"My cosmic friend"

"She's beautiful!" Thought Armin as the aching in his head slowly subsided as Krista tightened the bandage on his head.

"She's a goddess!" Jean thought, Krista Lenz tended to have that effect on everyone in the 104th Scouts.

"She's going to be my wife." Like everyone else even the closet traitor Reiner Braun couldn't help but be moved by the adorable person that was Krista Lenz.

"I've got everyone a horse or a spare and some flares." Krista said to herself as placed her hand inside her cloak. In the lining of the cloak was a small rock about the size of her hand and it was filled with what looked like smoke.

Krista grinned to herself, all she had to do if she was in trouble was squeeze the rock and she could summon someone to assist them. The spirit was a human, when Krista had first summoned him, he had been unco-operative but thankful.

Ever since then Krista only talked to him and never summoned him. He seemed not much older than some of the members of her class but his eyes seemed much older. Suddenly they heard several roars and nine ten metre Titans rushed them.

Armin, grabbed Krista's horse and forced them into a gallop as Jean and Reiner grabbed Krista to keep her from falling off her horse "What are we going to do? I mean we're in the open and can't use our manoeuvre gear." Said Jean looking positively desperate.

"I may have something…Not too sure how useful it's going to be but it may help. But for now, concentrate on keeping us in one piece…Reiner, I'm going to need you to give me a lift."

Reiner nodded and effortlessly pulled the girl onto his horse. Krista reached inside her cloak and pulled out a stone containing smoke "I hope that's going to do something amazing like confer you the powers of a Titan because I don't see how a smoke-filled stone is going to save us."

Krista smiled a secretive smile and she raised it above her head "I call to the spirit within…Hadrian hear my plea…Thou have need of you."

Reiner, Jean and Armin watched apprehensively "Was that meant…"

As Armin began to speak the clouds gathering overhead thickened and in a flash of lightning that encompassed the blonde girls horse another figure arrived.

The lightning receded revealing a young man about as tall as Berthold Hoover, he was pale like ghostly pale, short buzz cut black hair in a style somewhere between Reiner and Jean's.

He looked at them and their eyes widened, they had hard eyes indicating they had seen unforgettable things but this newcomer that Krista had summoned, and his eyes looked like glass and less like eyes.

"You summoned me, His…Krista." He couldn't let that name slip.

"What do you need?"

"I need you to deal with some Titans." Krista said, this was the hard part. Her friend was a good person to chat with but to get him to do something, which was the hard bit.

"Why?"

"My life's in danger." Krista replied.

"Of your own choosing…So what's in it for me?"

Krista thought hard "You said you wanted a functioning body, one built for your character. Someone brash, fierce and loyal correct?"

The stranger nodded and the other three scouts watched as Krista evidently tried to bargain with something much older than her.

"You'd do the ritual…Even though you're likely to be executed for doing such a thing, His."

Krista's eyes hardened "Yes…I forbid you to call me that."

Reiner, Armin and Jean stared at her "What are you keeping from us Krista?"

"Nothing that I'm ready to confess as of yet." Krista replied calmly and to Jean in a way that sounded almost like royalty.

The stranger grinned and turned the horse around, cocked his head and muttered "Boy, in the looks department they hit every fucking ugly branch on way down. Lyn!" The four watched as out the stranger's hand flew bolt of whitish blue lightning and it reduced the Titans to ash.

"Now that's out the way. Krista, who are your lovely friends? Please tell me you're not dating the three of them."

Krista blushed "Harry! It's not like that! I was bringing them their horses."

Harry grinned at her "Whatever you say. We've a lot to talk about…So how'd you guys meet?"

Jean snorted "I think we're more interested in the fact that you incinerated those three titans with just a word." Harry shrugged.

"Okay, question for a question. First I have a request."

Reiner nodded "We'll help Krista help make your body again." Harry grinned at him.

"If I wasn't so reckless, I'd have said I want your blood." Harry sighed looking at Reiner and the giant felt like Harry knew exactly what he was.

"I think I know the people. Eren Yeager, he's impulsive and rash with a bad case of bloodlust. Mikasa Ackerman, she's got the ferocity down pat and as for loyalty well depends…Loyal to self or a cause."

"A cause and friends."

"Then you'll want me." Armin said. "I joined the military because of Eren and Mikasa and joined the scouts because of them. I'm not that strong but…"

"You're probably a brainbox, make things up on the fly and they actually work?" Harry asked and Armin blushed "You're like an old friend of mine actually. She'd devour you alive as you're so damn adorable."

"You like blokes?"

Harry snorted "If you want to be accurate anyone who's offering but preference are women then guys."

"What about you? I'm assuming that was one of the questions."

By the end of it Jean, Reiner, Armin and Krista were all red in the face when Reiner asked a serious question "How are we going to explain you to the others."

Harry smirked coldly and he pulled out one of Krista's disposable blades "Pull over to one of the bushes." What happened next surprised everyone, Harry ran through the bushes several times and used the blade to cut himself all over and proceeded to run at several points, tripped, rolled in the dirt and eventually got on his horse.

By the time he'd finished his shirt he had been wearing was gone and as were his shoes and trousers leaving him in his undergarments. "For my next trick." Harry muttered he lengthened his hair and rode through a low hanging tree section and got his mattered and littered with twigs and leaves.

Krista grinned "You look like…"

"Hell." Commented Reiner. Jean and Armin nodded.

"Important part, we confuse everyone." Harry instructed.

"What about Commander Erwin?"

"Come clean providing he can keep his mouth shut. Now what does the smoke mean?" Asked Harry.

"Directions we need to go." Said Reiner brusqley and they fell into a loose formation with Harry following closely to Krista.

"Why do you need to stay close well that close to Krista?" Asked Armin.

"This is hard to explain. Magic is real as you saw but it is capable of so much more. I lived for a hell of a long time before my body was ripped asunder by people I thought were friends. Anyway as that happens two people I could trust transferred my soul, powers and memories into that particular stone and hid it away alongside some possessions that I would need should I ever get resurrected. Those things are keyed to me, I don't know where they are but Krista does…Krista is in fact the first person in a long time to have found me and I've actually liked. I think I'm the closest thing she had to a best friend, teacher, mentor and confident. I know things about her that would stun most people, hence the slip of the tongue. I know her by two names and that is all I can say." Explained Harry.

Armin nodded "That doesn't answer the question."

Harry snorted "That stone is my body. If I move too far away from the body I turn into a spirit and then go back into the stone and then all this is undone."

The others nodded "You've got some shit luck."

Harry smiled a true smile, not the smirk they were accustomed to "You've right of it." By now they had re-joined the new recruits. The veteran looked at Harry with raised eyebrows.

"Who are you?"

"Harry." Harry replied.

"How did you get out here?"

Harry shrugged. The scout changed tack "Do you know where you are?" Harry shrugged again. The scout was getting frustrated "What do you know?"

"I'm fucking lost. I don't know where I am, what's going on. All I know is that there are some fucking big monsters who look at me like I'm dinner." Harry said looking definitely like someone who had been surviving on his wits.

"Up in the trees all of you." Harry wasted no time in running full pelt, into and up the tree his hands scrabbling for the lowest branches for Krista to grab him and help pull him up. Krista was surprisingly strong for her size as she and Ymir pulled Harry into the trees.

"You…going to get dressed?" Someone asked.

Harry looked at the speaker "You want to give me your clothes? Speaking of which, without endangering you can any of you get me a set?"

The veteran scout snorted "Unfortunately. Get in the trees and keep the Titans from entering."

Harry nodded "Okay…Krista, how do we kill these things?"

Reiner stared at him "You…don't…know."

"I'm a nigh on indestructible spirit with the ability to warp reality. Meaning I don't worry about fleshy things. So without blowing my potential cover."

"Neck, nape. 1 metre long, 10 centimetres wide." Whispered Krista.

Harry nodded "Okay…that buggers up a lot of my stuff. Oh well what are they gonna do? Destroy my stone? It's nigh on indestructible."

The Officer was listening, there was something not right about the newcomer. He didn't like it, he seemed to nonchalant about being bottom of the food chain.

"Who are you? What are you? How long have you been out here? I want the truth."

Harry looked at him "Now is not the time…Krista, Reiner, Jean, Armin…Take of yourselves and I'll hopefully see you later." With that Harry began to fade out of reality and he vanished into thin air.

The Officer rounded on Krista "Lenz, who was that? What did you do?"

Krista jumped "He's a friend. I called for his assistance and he helped. He saved me and three others."

"Summon him back…I have questions."

Krista grinned a shark like grin that took everyone back. They positively gulped at the normally sweet girls face turn savage "What have you got to offer him? Not much..." She was going to say more but a roar cut them off.