Hey guys, here is the rewrite of my original Attack on Titan story. I have reworked my story to follow closely with the canon story, but it won't be like every part of it will follow directly. While major arcs will happens, they will be from Sarah's POV (Point of View) thought some POV of other characters will appears to help the flow of the story but i won't rewrite scenes from both manga and anime shot for shot if Sarah isn't here to witness it.

I will write it similarly to how i wrote my Child of Heaven fic, thought THIS IS NOT A SELF INSERT. This is Sarah's story but I decided to write it in first person view, to give a more intimate feeling with our protagonist. As it is said, Sarah will interact with canon characters when they are around, but she won't actively seek them out, since her story will be wrapped around the canon storyline as she did her own thing while the canon character do theirs.

OH and by the way, SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE MANGA and I DONT OWN ATTACK ON TITAN just writing this for my own enjoyment...

Enjoy the read.

Chapter Cover: Sarah's turned back as she was facing the Wall in front of her which had a large skinless hand atop of it.

Chapter One

The Day the World Changed

Like everyone I was completely frozen in shock at the sight that I was seeing. When I first heard of the loud explosion noises, I had believed that it must have been a canon or something that had happened with the Garrison soldiers that were in the city, however, nothing in my life could have prepared me for the sight of the giant skinless hand that was on top of the Wall.

I can feel my hands going slack, tightening my grip upon the instrument that was within my fingers, heart palpitating as I stared at the sight of the hand…unable to believe what I was seeing, the fear rising within my body at the sight.

Titan.

It was a Titan…it's large head slowly appearing from above the top of the Wall, covered in smoke as well as it stood there, a large skinless face staring down at the city of Shingashina…

A few hours ago,

The entire reason I was in Shingashina was because of my parents. I was seating in a carriage beside my mother, looking out toward the window with a complete and utter boredom. My father had some business associate that he had to meet within the city and since he was going to be gone for a few days, my mother had the brilliant idea to go and meet with her sister who was staying in Shingashina and as her lone daughter, I had no choice but to go along with her.

"It has been quite a long time since we've seen Maria," my mom spoke out drawing my attention toward her.

"How come she never visits?" I asked her.

"She did visit some times ago but that was around when you were born," my mother told me with a small smile, "But her work keeps her busy, so she can't really leave home all that often…thought she did come to your birthday party when you were five, so I am not surprised if you don't remember it."

I stayed silent, thinking back to that birthday.

I don't really remember much of that time to tell you the truth but I still have some impression of people there and some familiar voices here and there and that's the extent of my knowledge of what happened that day. Maybe if I see her face, then I would remember her thought I doubt that it would amount to everything at all.

"How are your flute lessons going?" my mother asked golden eyes turning toward me.

I let out a small shrug.

"They're okay," I said, "Miss Borgia say that I need to practice my dexterity more. It seems my fingers are a little stiff when I move them."

My mother let out a small hum.

"Why don't you play something for your father's birthday coming up in a few weeks?" she asked.

I gave her a look.

"What?"

"It would be a nice surprise don't you think?" she said urging me, "It would be a great gift to give to him."

I thought about it.

My father wasn't a man that I believed would ever enjoy something like that. He was always business whenever he was around with us and most of the time, there was something about him that just…feel odd whenever he and my mother were together. I don't know if it was just my mind playing a trick on me or something, but sometimes I would see this look in his eyes…

And it scares me. I wanted to talk to my mother about it, but what can I say? I returned my eyes toward my mother who was gently smiling. The woman had long ebony dark hair and golden eyes, a trait that many of her family shares. I didn't have the dark hair that most of her family has, sharing my own father's light brown hair color, however, my eyes were the shade of ember like the color of the sunset on a late afternoon day.

My father hardly spent any time with me anyway. He was always out of the house, on business or something else that I didn't know of so I doubt he would care much about anything like that. However, I buried all of those ugly feelings within me and give my mother a light smile.

"I'm not that good yet," I told her.

"But I hear you play sometimes," she said, "You sound amazing."

"That's not what Miss Borgia says," I answered with a small laughter.

My mother shook her head before her attention was drawn toward something outside, I glanced at where she was looking and I could see the Wall in the distance meaning that we were getting closer to the Shingashina District. I let out a small hum leaning toward the window so that I could see the Wall Maria.

"We're almost there," she said, "I send a letter ahead to Maria to tell her about our coming. We should be reaching them in a little while."

I kept my attention upon the Wall that was slowly approaching toward us. In history class, they tell us that this Wall is the last stronghold mankind was able to build before the Titans could drive us to extinction and as I observed the approaching walls, something caught my eyes causing me to turn.

It was of a group of bird flying in a formation in direction of the wall and I continued to follow them with my eyes until they flew beyond it and out of my sight. I stayed seated there looking at the wall that was keeping us safe from the Titans and yet, as I stared at it, I spoke out.

"Hey mom, didn't Uncle Markus join the Survey Corps?"

My mother let out a soft hum.

"He did," she said, her voice taking a soft melancholic tone, "And he died."

"Did he tell you why he joined?"

My mother laughed.

"As if anyone could understand what was going on in Markus's head," she answered with a light shake of her head, "He was just a dreamer and that got him killed."

I turned toward my mother seeing the sad expression upon her face. I don't remember Uncle Markus much but I knew that he was still alive when I was born since he was present for a few of my birthday but he didn't show up to my fifth one, having died the year before outside of the Walls. I let out another soft hum, the carriage we were riding in approaching toward the entrance Gate of the District.

Shingashina was big.

Houses littered around as far as the eye could see as the large Wall rose around it. All of the houses share similar colored rooftops and as we were passing through the streets, I noticed that they were not pavement like in the territory of Wall Rose and it from the way everyone was dressed, it was easy to see that it was a poor district. There was a saying that many of the territory beyond Wall Rose were mostly farmlands and people who didn't have much to live by.

"If your sister is from your family," I asked, "Why did she want to live all the way out here?"

My mother didn't say anything as her eyes were focused upon the passing buildings. There was an odd expression upon her face but she didn't answer me at all almost like she didn't even hear what I told her. She does that sometimes, simply becoming lost in her thoughts whenever she talks about her family. Other than coming for my birthday, I don't see much of my mother's side of the family. Uncle Markus joined the Survey Corps and auntie Maria staying here in Shingashina.

However, I have become aware of my father's side of the family. He has a sister, Charlotte, who has a son about my age, but we don't really get along all that well and with my father's strange behavior around me…I don't really look forward to it much whenever they were coming back to visit at the house. Then the carriage came to a stop, snapping me out of my thoughts.

In no time at all, the door was opened and our butler was here extending a hand toward my mother who was the first person to step out of the carriage and I followed closely behind her. The street was large where we had stopped and I found myself staring at a modest looking home. It was not as extravagant as the homes that were in Rose or Sina territory but it had a certain charm to it. I was holding the case of my flute within my arms as I stood beside my mother looking at the home. A man had come to greet us. He had short dark hair and a beard but his eyes shone lightly as he was staring at us.

"You must be Rosa," the man said looking at my mother, "Maria told me that you were coming today."

My mother stared at the man for a few moments as if she couldn't place him before something seems to click in her head.

"Kyle?" she said surprised.

The man laughed.

"I know, I am not the man I was, am I?" he grinned.

My mom smiled and took the man in a small hug which he returned. They seem to know each other from the looks of it. Then the man, Kyle's attention was turned toward me, and his eyes which were a curious green looked at me with surprise.

"My," he said, "You must be Sarah. Look at the size of you, the last time I saw you were so young and now already a young woman."

"Thank you," I said with a light smile feeling the blush warming my cheeks at the compliments.

"Where is she?" My mother asked.

Kyle shook his head.

"She had been gone since morning," he told her, "But she should be back soon. With you here, I'm sure that she would want to catch up on how things are going."

"I hope so."

We followed Kyle into the house and it didn't have much inside. There was table visible as well as another room at the end of the house. Some food was upon the table and there were some apples as well, something which drawn my eyes quite quickly. I always had a fondness for the fruit whenever I saw it and I always asked if they have some back home.

"So how are things back home?" Kyle asked, as he placed some food for us on the table.

"Not much has changed," my mother answered with a light shrug of her shoulders, "Karl still has his business to take care of and I wanted to visit my sister today instead of staying alone in that house. It had been some years since we truly talked…but how are you here Kyle, the last I heard you were working in that bamboo mines?"

"I am still working there," Kyle answered, "But I have a few days off, so I came back home to spent some time with my wife. I heard that you were coming too, so all the better so we can talk again like we used to back then."

My mother had a light frown upon her face at that.

"Is that so?" she murmured softly, "I didn't expect that at all. I must say, Maria always had a penchant for doing thing her way even when we were children."

As I was eating, there was this odd tension in the air around the duo as they continued to talk politely to each other but I was completely focused upon my food not paying attention to any of them at all. It's not like they were talking to me anyway and I didn't know much about this Kyle to actually know him well.

Then, the sound of a bell started to echo across the city stopping the conversation as everyone's attention was turned toward it. I frowned lightly at the sound of the ringing bell. I didn't know what it was but somehow, it filled my heart with some form of apprehension.

"They're back," Kyle said softly, his voice subdued.

I turned my gaze toward the two adults in the room, a light frown upon my face confused as to what was going on. I stood up from my seat and made my way toward the window to see what was happening but there was nothing to be seen at all.

"You won't see them from here Sarah," my mother said drawing my attention toward her, "They only travel through the main road out of the District."

"Who are they?" I asked, confused.

"The Survey Corps," Kyle said, "They had an expedition this morning before you came…didn't expect them to come back this early thought…"

The Survey Corps.

The same division that Markus joined long ago. I stayed silent for a few moments thinking about them for a few moments. I didn't know anything about them at all other than they were the butt of a joke somewhere in the Capital. They were the most laughed at Corps of the Military from what I can understand.

We stayed in the house for a few more hours before Aunt Maria arrived. She was dressed in pants with a coat upon her body. Looking at her, I can instantly understand that she was my mother's sister. She didn't have the same black hair as my mother but the golden eyes were the exact same shade as my own mother. She was shorter than her but there was something in those golden eyes that was different than my mother's.

"Rose," she greeted, her tone warm as the shadow that was in her eyes lessened considerably.

My mother approached toward her and took her into a hug one which she returned gently. The two then stepped away from the hug talking softly to each other before my mother gently kissed her sister's cheek and they walked inside the house and instantly, Maria's eyes found my own.

"Sarah," she said, recognition within her eyes, "It's great seeing you again."

I approached her and give her a gentle hug like my mother has. Her voice sounded familiar and even seeing her face had awaken some long-lost memory from my mind. I know that I haven't seen her in a while but this woman was family. That much, I understood. Her hands were soft against my form as she held me for a few moments before letting go.

She was looking down at me with a small smile upon her lips.

"You have the same eyes as my mother," she said looking down at me.

"Thank you," I answered giving a small smile back.

She looked up toward my mother and smiled at her again.

"Rose," she said, "There is something that I wanted to talk to you about in private."

My mom nodded.

"Of course," she said, "Sarah, why don't you go outside and practice your flute?"

"What?" I said, not keeping the annoyance from my tone.

"It will be for just a few moments," she said.

Letting out a small annoyed sigh, I did as she asked and stepped out of the house and into the small courtyard that was outside of the house. There was a small fence that separated from the road which was filled with people going on about their lives. It was already afternoon from what I can see and I took a seat upon the one of the chair and pulled out my flute.

I didn't want to play but my mother seems to want to talk to Aunty Maria by herself. I don't remember much about her but the few memories I have of her had been of a kind woman who seems to care deeply for me. It makes me wonder exactly why she never visited us before. Maybe she couldn't afford it, or maybe it was like my mother said.

That she was too busy to do so but it seems she always come to my birthday party…

I lifted the flute toward my lips and was about to play when a sudden explosion shook the world around me. It was a loud boom completely taken aback by what had happened. I glanced around myself for a few moments and noticed that many of the citizens were pointing at the direction of the wall so I glanced at the direction as well.

Like everyone I was completely frozen in shock at the sight that I was seeing. When I first heard of the loud explosion noises, I had believed that it must have been a canon or something that had happened with the Garrison soldiers that were in the city, however, nothing in my life could have prepared me for the sight of the giant skinless hand that was on top of the Wall.

I can feel my hands going slack, tightening my grip upon the instrument that was within my fingers, heart palpitating as I stared at the sight of the hand…unable to believe what I was seeing, the fear rising within my body at the sight, but in the back of my mind i knew what i was seeing, the old horror that we were always reminded of when we see the large Walls.

Titan.

It was a Titan…it's large head slowly appearing from above the top of the Wall, covered in smoke as well as it stood there, a large skinless face staring down at the city of Shingashina…

It was a Titan.

I had heard people talk about Titans before, at how terrifying they were and, in that moment, all of those horror stories came to the forefront of my mind. I as looking at the monsters who had pushed humanity to the brink of extinction. My entire body was completely frozen unable to think or move at all my eyes completely fixed upon the Titan whose head was above the Wall looking straight down at us.

Then, another massive explosion echoed again from the direction of the Gate of Shingashina as a large wave of dust as well as strong wind blew everywhere and even from where I was standing, the force of the wind pushed me backward and on the ground upon my back, the flute flying out of my hand as I fell down.

I stayed there for a few moments, my limbs frozen in shock at what was happening around me. Numerous booms echoed all around me with screams as well the ground shaking from the force of the landing debris. I pulled myself up to my feet and caught sight of something that was coming down straight toward where I was seating down.

My eyes was wide with terror as I realized that it was a large boulder and that it was coming down straight toward where I am, completely frozen.

Then someone screamed my name and I was suddenly yanked backward through the air and I was flying for a few moment and I saw my mother's face, her eyes wide and golden fixed upon my own before a wave of dust completely covered everything as a massive explosion took place right in front of me. The screams became even louder now, rising from seemingly everywhere as I landed down upon the ground, snapped out of my stupor and shock. I instantly seated up.

"MOM," I yelled looking at the direction she was in.

But in front of me was a large boulder twice my side. The ground around it was cracked as it was only a few feet away from where I was on the ground. Beneath the boulder, however, was a splat of red that was spread everywhere. I stared at the red on the ground…unable to believe what was happening…There was no way that mother just died like that…

There was no way that she would simply…

"Mom…," I gasped raising a trembling hand toward the direction of the rock.

Then someone picked me up by the waist.

"Sarah, let's go."

It was Aunt Maria, who simply picked me up like I weighted nothing at all and started to run away, leaving the large boulder behind…

Leaving mom behind…

"No, we can't leave mom," I said struggling from the grip around me, "We can't just leave her like that…"

"It's too late for your mother," Maria said still running alongside Kyle who was beside her, a weight in her voice, "We need to go now if you want to survive."

"NO, I WON'T LEAVE HER LIKE THIS," I screamed, tears falling from my eyes, "I WON'T LEAVE HER."

But Maria continued to run, ignoring my screams as we left everything behind to the Titans invading inside the city, their tall forms towering over the houses along with the echoing screams of terror.

So ends the first chapter of the rewrite. I hope you have enjoyed the read.

Next Time: Cruel Cage

Jacques0 out.

R&R