Special

Annie's POV

I was allowed to enter the Scout HQ on my day off.

"Mrs Leonhart this way please." said Floch

Floch leads me towards the main HQ building and leads me to the other side of the interrogation room where Hange, Armin, Mike and Scout team 104 was standing except Eren.

"Eren hasn't been home?" asked Mikasa

"He's been at Zeke the past two days." I replied

I looked through the window and saw a fat man with a busted lip and bruised chin sitting there with Captain Levi inside.

"Is he Rod?" I asked

Mike nodded in response.

"Start the interrogation." said Armin through the mic

Levi sits down in front of Rod and opens a folder.

"Rod Reiss, the father of our queen Historia Reiss." said Levi, "Why were you in hiding?"

Rod doesn't respond for a while until he takes a deep breath.

"Let me talk to my daughter." he said

I scoffed and everyone in this room looked confused and in disbelief.

"You haven't showed up to her at all for who knows how long." said Levi, "Why?"

Rod stays quiet again.

"Oi shithead talk." said Levi

"Cause she was a failure." he replied

Levi was clearly getting agitated.

"Why was she a failure?" asked Levi

"Levi, we'll ask those questions later. By the queen herself." said Hange through the mic

Levi turned the page.

"By any chance did you possess the power of the founding titan?" asked Levi

Rod stayed quiet and I was getting impatient.

"Yes, we did." said Rod

My heart started thumping fast.

"Who possesses it right now?" asked Levi

Rod stays quiet and I was just about to run in there when Rod opened his mouth.

"Eren Jaeger." he replied

My mouth dropped open and Bertholdt just choked on his water.

"How do you know?" asked Levi

Rod closed his eyes and his breathing was visibly getting faster.

"His heart rate is rising." said Armin

"Geisha Jaeger, father of Eren Jaeger murdered my daughter and my entire family. He was a selfish piece of shit who killed my entire family!" he yelled

"When did he kill them" asked Levi

"Right before the fall of shiganshina." he said

"Why did he do that?" asked Levi

"He wanted to use the founding titan powers to drive away the titans as they entered the district." said Rod

"He's cooperating better than I thought." said Connie

I ignored his remark and thought about it.

'You can't use the powers of the founding titan if you don't have royal blood, the only way you can use it is if you make contact with anyone with royal blood.'

"So you could have saved lives on that day." said Levi

Rod stayed quiet so Levi just stood up and left and entered the room we were in.

"Selfish bastard." growled Levi

But Hange put a finger on her earpiece as if she was listening to something.

"Understood bring her majesty over to the interrogation room." said Hange

"Oh shit." groaned Connie

Historia came into the room and glared at all of us but when she saw me she looked surprised.

"Annie what are you doing here?" she asked

"Before you get mad at them, I was the one who requested it. I know I'm out of line for asking about this so this is on me." I said

Historia's anger disappeared and Reiner entered.

"What the, Annie what are you doing in here?" he asked

"This was all on me." I said

Reiner looked at the window and raised an eyebrow.

"Is that..."

"Rod Reiss, my father." said Historia, "Let me talk to him."

Hange thought about it but nodded so she left the room and entered with Hange. Once Rod saw her his eyes widened and he tried to stand up but Hange immediately put her hand on her side arm stopping Rod from standing up.

"Reiner, I mean my king-"

"Bertholdt you don't have to call me that." said Reiner

"Okay that doesn't matter but Eren was the founding titan this whole time." said Bertholdt

Reiner's expression dropped.

"How do you know?" asked Reiner

"The Reiss family possessed the founding titan powers but Grisha Jaeger, Eren's dad stole it so that he can use it to save lives during the fall of..." Bertholdt trailed off for a bit.

"Oh, right." whispered Reiner

We stayed silent for a while until Levi broke it.

"This would be a bit personal, let's leave." said Levi, "Armin stay here."

We all left and waited outside but then Jean thought about something.

"Should we tell this to Ghost?" he asked

"I should try to contact him but he's probably going to use a burner phone to contact me." I said

"Or he's going to send me."

I turned around and my eyes widened as I saw Commander Recon approaching us.

"Commander Recon?" gasped Mikasa

"Malvik told me that he and Ajax wanted to know what the hell is going on. Oh and Ajax has another lead with whatever shit you're doing." said Recon

"Fine by me, what's the lead?" asked Levi

"Who was closest to Grisha Jaeger? Or well anyone who knew him?" asked Recon, "We all know Captain Hannes but is there anyone else?"

"Not that I know of..." mumbled Mikasa

"We should ask Captain Hannes then." I said

"What did you learn from Rod?" asked Recon

"We figured that Eren Jaeger is the founding titan." said Jean

"Fuck me, so that makes him a what? The strongest titan shifter?" asked Recon

"Maybe." said Levi

"Is that it?" asked Recon

"Her majesty is talking to him but that's it so far." said Connie

"Does Eren know he's the founding titan?" asked Recon

Everyone looked at me.

"I don't know, he probably does cause his memories are fucking him up but at the same time I don't think he knows at all." I said

"We'll keep this quiet for now." said Levi

But then Levi put his finger on his earpiece, then his eyes widened.

"Eren's here." he said

Recon immediately became invisible and hugged me and Mikasa, making us invisible as well.

"Don't move." she whispered

I watched as Eren was coming down the hallway looking the same, doesn't give a shit and doesn't want to deal with it.

"We're leaving, we're going to Japan." said Levi

"Huh?" questioned Jean

"We got the lead that there's something going on there." said Levi, "We're leaving right now."

Eren left to gear up so the rest followed.

Once Levi and his team left, Recon let go of us and became visible again.

"Keep a close eye on him, I could see danger in his eyes." said Recon

"I have to leave to go to work, get home safe." said Mikasa

And with that both of them left so I just sat on the bench and waited until Historia was done but then I remembered about Captain Hannes so I quickly left and began searching around for him.

"Mrs Leonhart is there a problem?" asked Colt, Falco's older brother

I keep thinking that Colt is Marksman but every time I see him it's not.

"Is Captain Hannes here?" I asked

"Yes he is, he should be somewhere in the training facility." replied Colt

I thanked him and left towards the training facility and there he was with Ian, Rico and the other Garrisons.

"Hannes." I called out

He turned around and looked surprised and excited at the same time.

"Ohhh Annie what brings you here?" asked Hannes

"Do you have some time to spare?" I asked

He nodded and left the training facility.

"You knew Eren when you were young right?" I asked

"Yea I did." he said, "Boy sure caused a lot of trouble back then."

"Sounds like him." I said while smiling, "But what about his parents?"

"I only knew his mom." he said, "His dad, I remember when he first came here."

"What was his dad like?" I asked

"I don't remember, he was under arrest for being outside of the walls with no memories. The only thing he remembered was his name and that he was a doctor. He saved many lives when a disease broke out and he saved my parents but I don't remember anything else other than that." he said

"Is there anyone who was close to him?" I asked

"Yea I know one." said Hannes, "Your camp instructor Keith Shadis."

"Keith knew Eren's father?" I asked

"Sure did, he was the one who found him and was the first one to become friends with." said Hannes, "Keith Shadis was the 12th commander of the Survey Corps."

"He was a commander? Why did he quit?" I asked

"A lot of reasons, I think it'll be better for you to talk to him." said Hannes

"Okay, thanks Mr Hannes!" I yelled as I ran off as he waved

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1 hour later

It took me a while to find him but I was able to find him back at my old training camp. He was standing there looking at the ODM gear training thing where Eren failed a lot because of his broken gear.

"Instructor Shadis." I called out

Shadis' back straightened and turned around and his eyes widened.

"Annie Leonhart, the lone wolf." said Shadis

"Well, I'm no longer called that." I said

"What brings you here?" he asked, "No one really looks for me nowadays."

"I wanted to ask about Eren's father, Grisha Jaeger." I said

Once he heard that name, his eyes widened even more and looked away from me. He then leads me to his office and I take a seat at a table and he gives me some hot tea.

"Grisha Jaeger, he was a good friend." he said

"Captain Hannes told me." I said

He nodded and looked at his hands.

"36 years ago, I found him where he wasn't supposed to be. Outside of Wall Maria confused, scared. He couldn't remember why and how he was outside the walls, all his memories had been lost. The only thing he remembered was his name and that he was a doctor. We were supposed to arrest him but we didn't since it wasn't a big deal. But he asked me to help him teach about this world, how it works." said Shadis, "He also talked about being special, the chosen one. No matter how messed up the things were in the walls there will be someone who would help. I took those words to heart and I thought I was the special one. I became commander of the scouts but I kept failing while Grisha kept succeeding. I felt like a failure, for the lives that were gone because of me, the lives that were scared because of the people who left them."

He sighed and took a sip of his tea.

"But there are special people in the world, Grisha was among them. But looking at them, I realized, I was never one of them. So I quit and handed my spot to Commander Erwin who was one of the specials. But all of this was because of Grisha's words, because he convinced me that I was the special one. So when Wall Maria fell, Eren, Mikasa, Armin came back alive and that's when Grisha and I learned about Carla's death, Eren's mother. He took Eren into the woods and from there I never saw Grisha again but Eren was there." said Shadis, "I couldn't change anything, I tried but failed and in the end I couldn't help the world. I was merely just a bystander."

I thought about it but nothing he said seemed to help.

"So that's the real reason why you resigned."

I gasped and turned around and Hange and Armin were standing there at the doorway. Keith looked at the two of them and looked away in guilt.

"Not for the sake of the lives lost under your commander but just for your reputation!" yelled Hange

"Commander stop please." said Armin

"All those lives, dedicated for humanity but all of that was because you weren't special?!" Hange continued yelling

Keith didn't look at her at all, he continued to stare at his hands in guilt.

"Commander stop please." I said, "I got what I came here for."

I got up and saluted to Keith.

"Thank you for your time." I said

I left with Armin and Hange.

"How did you find me?" I asked

"Hannes, we were looking for you but we bumped into him and he told us what you asked him." said Armin

"Did you get anything out of him?" asked Hange

"Nothing that helped." I said, "I'm going to go home."

Armin and Hange nodded and we separated.

"Eren, you're the son of someone special." I whispered to myself, "No no, you are special just for being born in this world."

I started the car and I started crying.

"So why, why are you changing?"