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A/N: This is my first AoT fanfic. I really enjoyed season 2 and I wanted to get this out. It will probably be only a dozen or so chapters long. Nothing too major. Speaking of major, MAJOR SPOILERS for season 2 ahead. if you hadn't seen season 2 I wouldn't recommend reading this story! I would also appreciate some feedback, this is my first AoT fanfic.

Now enjoy please~~~

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The earliest memories of my life are almost nonexistent. They pester me in my dreams, pressing against my subconscious so stark and contrast next to each other, like the ruined remnants of stained glass. There were some memories that I was able to make out every now and then: an ocean, a soft touch, a song. They would return at the most random of times, interrupting my fake life with flashes of a life I couldn't remember. One fateful day, I was badly injured and everything that I had forgotten violently rushed back, including a mission that made me rethink everything I thought I was.

"Hey! Little girl! Are you alright?" I could hear voices, loud and worried and I slowly opened my eyes.

"Did someone hurt you? You're covered in blood!" I sat up and winced at the bright setting sun.

"Little girl! Where are your parents? Are they around here? How did you get here?"

"Where's here?" I asked softly. An older woman quickly came to my side.

"We need to get her to Dr. Yaeger. She doesn't look too good." I Iooked down at myself and saw torn and bloodied clothes. I blinked a couple of times and tried to remember what happened. I couldn't remember anything, not even my own name.

"My name…" I gasped. "What is my name?"

"Come on, dear. Can you walk?" The older lady got me to my feet and began leading me away from the uneasy crowd.

"Weird for a girl as young as her to wind up in the middle of the street looking like that. I wonder where she came from?" I could still hear the people talking about me as the old lady aided me along.

"You're telling me. It's almost as if she just fell from the sky. How ridiculous of an idea that is." The group dispersed and returned to their previous duties, the thoughts of the origins of an unknown girl no longer an issue.

I continued to focus my attention on the road ahead of me, my mind an empty abyss. Why can't I remember anything? Is this my home? Do I have people worrying about me? What is my name?

We stopped at a small house and before we could step towards the door, a woman emerged, wearing a simple dress with an apron tied around her waist. Her dark hair was tied back and hung down her shoulder. Her face was stern but loving and I felt a pang of longing deep in my chest.

"Mom?" The beautiful woman rushed to meet us and began looking me over.
"Carla, dear, is your husband here? Me and a few other villagers found this young girl in the street and she seems to need a doctor. She can't remember anything about where she's from, she doesn't even know her own name."

"It's Rayne." I said uncertainly. I looked back up at the beautiful woman, her name was Carla, and suddenly remembered the voice of another woman who looked like this one. She had her arms around me, was she crying? She was patting my head and kept saying something. 'It'll be okay Rayne. Momma loves you. No matter what happens, I'll always love you.'

"Oh dear!" Carla put her arms around me. Tears had starting to fall down my cheek and I hadn't realized it. The sharp pang of longing hit me out of nowhere and at that moment, I really missed my own mom, wherever she was. "Come on in, dear. I'll make you something to eat. Thank you, Mrs. Rally. Grisha is out on business right now but I'll take care of you until he comes back."

"Okay dear, that sounds good and you're very welcome. I just knew something was off when we found her and when she started talking I brought her straight here. I hope you get better soon, young lady." I turned to wave at the old woman.

"Thank you, that's makes two of us." I joked. She laughed and with a wave, headed back down the street. I followed Carla into her modest home and she ushered me into a seat at a wooden table.

"Here we are, dear. Just relax and I'll get something nice and hot for you." She began to tend to a small stove, igniting the fire and placing a small pot on the stove top to warm.

I watched the fire dance, the flames leaping and fighting for dominance. It was oddly soothing to me and suddenly I saw a flash of something. I was sitting in front of a fire that was dancing similarly to the one back in the stove. I could barely make out the man sitting across from me cross legged on the other side of the fire, his round glasses reflecting the light.

I blinked and I was brought back to the kitchen, a bowl of some white rice which had been cooked in hot milk sat in front of me. I also noticed a generous piece of bread on my napkin next to my bowl. I could feel how hungry I was but I was too overcome with emotions to lift my spoon. I looked down at my food again and noticed a small dark stick stark against the white of the rice. I plucked it out of my bowl and brought it to my nose. An intense smell exploded and in surprise I dropped the stick. Carla turned quickly to me.

"Oh, I'm sorry I should've asked if you liked cinnamon. I can take it dear." She extended her hand to take the stick from me but I brought it close to my chest.

"No, it's alright. I just didn't expect the smell to be so nice." Carla grinned down at me.

"So, did your mom cook with a lot of cinnamon? Did it trigger a memory?" I looked up at the woman. Her back was to me and I was grateful for that.

"I…" I didn't know how to answer her.

"I know a little bit about memory loss, Rayne." She turned back around to face me and then took the seat across from me. "Sometimes, when you suffer a head injury or endure a tragic event you would suffer some memory loss. However, it's not always a bad thing. With the help of certain triggers, pieces of your memory will return. Either in flashes or all it once, I think it all depends on the person." She smiled at me and I smiled back before looking at my bowl again. I tore a piece of bread and dipped it into the bowl. I popped the morsel into my mouth and my taste buds exploded. The food was hot and sweet and I gave a very satisfied hum.

"This is delicious!" I exclaimed before repeating the process. Carla gave a gracious laugh.

"Thank you, Rayne. It happens to be Eren and Mikasa's favorite."

I opened my mouth to question her but before I could a huge tremor ripped through the earth. Carla and I were thrown to the ground along with various objects from the table, stove and shelves throughout the house. Before I could get up, Carla was at my side, lifting me up by my arms.

"Rayne! Are you okay?" I nodded and we both listened to the commotion that was going on outside. I wrestled out of Carla's arms and ran out the door. I could hear her calling my name but I didn't stop. Once I was out in the open I looked over in the direction of the wall.

I couldn't believe what I saw. A titan was peeking over the wall. It had its large hand gripping the wall, pieces of it crumbling down to the streets below. I looked over back towards Carla. She was standing in the doorway looking over at me. I think she was calling to me. I was just about to run back to her when giant chunks of the wall were violently propelled into the air. Tears welled in my eyes as I saw a large piece of wall crash right into Carla's house. That wasn't the only place that was being bombarded with the deadly projectiles. All around me, people and buildings were being crushed by debris that was impossible to escape. Then, as if that wasn't bad enough, titans began coming through the hole. I didn't worry about them. I ran to the crumbled remains of Carla's house. She was trapped in the rubble, underneath what seemed like a mountain. I knew my efforts would be futile, but I didn't care. With the screams of the titans victims rising in the air, I knew I had to get Carla out of there. I saw her beautiful face, bruised and bloody from the crash.

"CARLA!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as my small hands began digging her out. I didn't acknowledge the cuts and splinters I was receiving I only had one objective: freeing this woman. I continued calling out to her again but stopped when I heard a young boys voice behind me.

"MOM! MOM!" He disregarded me and began doing what I had been doing. He was joined by a young girl who joined him in trying to free Carla. I began to realize that this must be Eren and Mikasa. I noticed movement where Carla lay and saw that she had awaken.

"Carla!" I sighed as I reached down and grabbed her free hand. "Don't worry, we're going to get you out of this!" I saw that the majority of the rubble had been cleared off and the only thing that stood in my way was a huge wooden beam. I knelt down and grabbed it but I was suddenly pushed out of the way by Eren.

"Who the Hell do you think you are?! This is MY mom! I'll save her!" Eren began trying to lift the beam off of her but it wasn't budging one bit. I sat there, tears in my eyes as I looked over at Carla who was looking right into my eyes.

I saw my mom again. She was looking over at me with the same look I saw in Carla's eyes. My mom was standing at the gallows with a noose around her neck, tears in her eyes. She reached her arms out to me and I saw the tears falling down her cheeks. 'Momma loves you, Rayne. I will always love you.' She started to fall and then -SNAP-

"Aauuughhh!" I screamed and grabbed the sides of my head.

"Rayne!" I looked up and saw Carla reaching out for me. I quickly went to her and grabbed her hand. She pulled Mikasa and tried to pull Eren but he couldn't be bothered. "I want you to meet the new friend I made. This is Rayne and she's all alone. I want you two to take care of her." I gripped Carla's hand tighter and the tears started flowing freely.

"We won't need to take care if her! You'll be able to! Just as soon as I free you!" Eren was still pulling at the beam. His hands began to bleed and I turned away from that.

"Eren, please stop. This is pointless. The debris crushed my legs, I can't walk, let alone run. I won't be able to escape."

"I'll carry you if I have to! I am not leaving you!" Eren shouted in his mother's face and watched him, appalled.

"Dammit Eren! Why can't you listen to me for once in your life?! Get out of here!"

I suddenly heard a zipping noise and an older blonde man came swooping down to us.

"Hannes!" Carla called out. "Please get the-" she stopped mid sentence due to the footfalls of a disturbing titan with an evil grin heading right toward us. "Hannes please! Get the children out of here! Leave!"

"Don't talk like that Carla. I'm going to save all you. I'm going to start by killing that titan!" He extended some blades from the gear attached to his waist and he ran off in the direction the titan was coming.

"Rayne, Eren, Mikasa, please you have to stay strong, you have to stay alive and fight for each other! I know that you just met but you have to take care of each other. Promise me."

"I promise, Carla." I gripped her hand again.

"Mom, please. Stop this! Hannes is going to kill the titan and we're all going to-" Eren was suddenly lifted by Hannes followed by Mikasa. He took off running toward the inner wall and I looked at them as they ran away.

"Let's go, girl!" Hannes called to me but I couldn't move. My grip on Carla's hand was too fierce.

"I-i can't." The pain in my heart was fierce. This woman took care of me, a total stranger fed me and brought me into her home and now she was going to die.

"Rayne, please. You have to go." The footfalls were getting closer.

"I can't lose you. My mom is gone Carla. I lost her and I can't lose you, I won't lose you too!" I began sobbing uncontrollably and I felt Carla place a hand on my cheek.

"I'll always be with you." She whispered. I placed my hand on hers and closed my eyes as I stood up and ran away. I couldn't look back and see what was happening. I could hear enough. I ran as fast as I could to the inner wall and I never looked back.

The mission started off a success. Bertolt was able to bust the wall open and I was able to infiltrate as just another titan. I slowly made my way to the inner wall, leaving a path of destruction and death in my wake. I didn't move too fast, I wanted to enjoy this victory. Once I was in position with my sights set on the inner wall, I took my stance and charged. I ignored the cannons firing in front of me and kept my eyes on the target. Once I got closer to the wall I crashed through with such force I couldn't help but grin. I was a fulfilling my duty as a warrior and I knew that my family and my life will be made whole again. I wouldn't have to worry about them any more.

Once I was through I got a bit carried away and a stream of fire flew from my open mouth. I was going to make sure these devils knew who they were dealing with. I also couldn't help but wonder where our secret weapon was. I was told that they were going to put on one hell of a show. I guess we'll have to wait to meet them when we infiltrate the cadet corps in a few years.

Long may Marley prosper.