Forgotten History |Prologue |LeviXReader Modern!AU

"Can you not drive any faster, (f/n)? At this speed Jean's going to get there before us!" Your younger seventeen year old brother, Eren, complained as he sat next to you.

"At least I can drive, unlike you, dipshit" you retaliated, causing Eren to roll his eyes at you "besides, I normally would drive faster but this damn fog is too dangerous!"

"Excuses, excuses" he muttered under his breath, causing your right eye to twitch as you tried to stop yourself from slapping your brother upside the head.

"Can you two please stop, (f/n) you should focus on the road and Eren, you should stop talking back to your sister" a voice from the backseat spoke up. Said voice belonged to your brothers best friend Armin. He was such a polite and down to earth boy, sometimes you wished Eren was more like him but you knew deep down you loved your little brother and wouldn't trade him for the world.

"Right, sorry Armin" the pair of you muttered. You focused your gaze back to the road as Eren tried to find some sort of signal on your cars radio but his attempts where unsuccessful as most of the radio stations came through with an annoying buzz. The rest of the car journey was silent, albeit the few light conversations about your surroundings.

Currently, you were driving the three of you to an old abandoned castle. A castle which apparently was the only remaining structure of a time when giant man-eating creatures known as Titans roamed the Earth. Very little history remains about the Titans, which is unsurprising considering it was many, many years ago. People nowadays even refuse to admit they existed at all, claiming that they were just made up creatures to scare children. It's tragic really, people apparently fought tooth and nail as well as gave up their lives to defeat said creatures, but those people were all forgotten and their triumph was forgotten along side them.

It was your brothers idea to explore the old castle. Halloween was just around the corner and he needed to satisfy his craving of adventure, the castle was apparently the best thing he could come up with. You weren't entirely thrilled with the idea but, as Erens older sister, your mother forced you to go with him to prevent him from causing any trouble. Considering you pretty much had to go, you wanted to be as helpful as possible and offered to pick up Armin on the way as he had no other way to get there. The three of you would soon meet up with a few of Erens friends, which included Jean, Marco, Sasha, Connie and Mikasa. Apparently Mikasa's older brother, Levi, would also be there which didn't bother you at all, you were glad that atleast one person of your own age of nineteen would be there, you got along with him pretty well too. Not to mention he was pretty damn attractive. Your thoughts caused you to snicker at yourself which earned you a raised eyebrow from Eren but you shrugged it off.

After a couple more minutes the three of you pulled up to what you guessed would have been the castle stables. You parked your car near the two other cars that occupied the castle grounds, those cars belonged to Levi and Jean. Eren wasted no time in climbing out of your car, slamming the door rather loudly and running up to his group of friend. You sighed and looked at Armin through the rear view mirror, he offered you a small smile and the two of you exited your car. Once you had locked it the two of you also joined the group.

"No sign of Sasha and Connie?" Armin asked.

"No, they're not here yet but I don't think they'll be too long" Marco chirped back, he was always so calm and happy which you somewhat admired. You took your gloves out of your jacket pocket and slipped them on to prevent any frostbite from affecting your hands. Autumn was particularly cold this year which annoyed you to no end.

"Hey Jean!" Eren called as he ran over to one of the stables "you 'reckon this belonged to one of your ancestors?" He mocked. This caused the taller boy to scowl as he stomped up to your brother but before he could retaliate he was cut off.

"If you two even attempt to fight I will cut off both your hands and feet." The Ackermans said in unison, this caused you and Armin to laugh as Marco awkwardly scratched the back of his head. The two argumentative boys suddenly looked defeated and returned to your little circle of friends.

Whilst waiting for the last two friends to turn up to the destintion, you took the time to admire the scenery. The castle stables where barely still standing, some of them had collapsed due to old age but the stables that survived had an authentic sense to them. You turned your gaze to the castle itself, the building was an absolute mess. Fog surrounded it, causing you to not help but remember how old the landmark was. Not to mention the way the moonlight casted shadows added an all-round disturbing attribute to it.

A couple of the castle windows had been smashed, naturally, this intrigued you. The windows themselves where stained with what would have been a once elegant design. The missing pieces destroyed this elegance but added a different kind of beauty that you could only describe as mysterious. As you turned your gaze to study the intricacy of the ginormous doors, you heard Levi mutter something about how long the weeds covering the castle grounds where and how they needed to be pulled out, this caused you to slightly giggle as you silently agreed with him.

This castle had apparently once been occupied by a group known as 'The Survey Corps' or 'The Scouting Regiment', you couldn't remember which name it was, but either way, the idea that this castle was once lived in by people who helped rid the world of the so called Titans was absolutly remarkable.

A cold breeze suddenly filled the air, covering you in goosebumps so you stood closer to your friends with the hope that some of their body heat would warm you up. In no time, a pair of lights where seen in the distance, as you turned your head, the sharp brightness of the lights almost blinded your pretty (e/c) eyes.

"This must be Sasha and Connie!" Jean slightly yelled.

"It can't be! I've just got a text from Connie telling me that him and Sasha can't make it!" Marco replied.

"Then who is that?" Armin screamed as the pair of lights sped towards the group at a dangerous speed.

"No time to figure that out, everybody, haul ass to inside the castle" you heard Levi order from the back of the group. Nobody questioned it and you all followed his command. You grabbed Eren by his wrist and pulled him with you in order to hurry him up. As soon as everyone entered the old and daunting castle, Levi slammed the huge ass door shut and leant against it, you all followed his lead and soon, the whole group stood with their backs against the door.

A loud thump was heard on the other side and the door moved forward an inch, causing you to squeal slightly and grab the arm of the person standing on your right as you held it with a death grip. A couple of seconds passed and no other thump occurred.

"Tch, woman are you trying to stop the blood flow in my arm?" You heard a slightly pissed off voice exclaim, a pissed off voice that belonged to Levi Ackerman.

"Oh shit, sorry" you mumbled and quickly let go as you felt heat rise into your cheeks.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?" You heard Jean yell from the far left side of you.

"Could it of been a Titan?" Eren questioned.

"Don't be an idiot, Titans have been wiped out for more than hundreds of years!" Jean recoiled causing Eren to mutter something inaudible under his breath.

"What should we do? We can't exactly stay in this castle" Mikasa finally spoke up, stopping the two boys from arguing, a silence filled the group as everybody stood dumbstruck.

"Marco, do you still have phone signal?" You asked politely. The tall boy checked his phone.

"No sorry, I only had one bar whilst outside" he replied whilst sounding genuinely guilty.

"It's probably due to the thickness of the walls" this time, Armin spoke up "there must've been some form of a radio tower nearby, that means we'll have to go back outside and find it" he explained.

"What? With that thing outside? I don't think so!" Jean claimed, almost hysterically. Another silence filled the group and honestly you were starting to feel a little scared, not to mention cold. You pulled your jacket closer to your body and linked your left hand with your younger brothers right hand.

"One of us is going to have to do something" Eren spoke with new found confidence.

"We split up" A more mature voice filled the air, everyone returned their gaze back to Levi.

"Split up? Nothing good ever comes from splitting up!" you enquired, causing the (shorter/taller) man to return your gaze. "At this point we don't have a choice" he replied, almost sounding sorry. A sudden uneasy feeling filled your body, you squeezed your brothers hand tighter, in which he returned the gesture, slightly calming you down.

"Although I'm not too fond of the idea myself, Levi is right, atleast two of us should go back outside and find the radio tower, the fewer of us there is, the more silent we'll be able to move without catching the attention of whatever it is roaming outside" Armin spoke again "then, the five of us that are left should split up into two groups again, a group of two, and a group of three." He then paused and looked down at the ground, avoiding everyone's eye contact.

"Me and Jean will head back outside and find the radio tower" Marco offered, earning him a look of 'what the fuck' from Jean. "Jean's a pretty good leader, and I don't argue with him so I think it's best for us two to go" Marco went on to explain. You really didn't like the idea of everyone splitting up, there was no way for everyone to get back in contact with each other, not to mention God knows what else could be lurking around the castle. You closed your (e/c) eyes and leant your head against Eren's shoulder, wishing that when you opened them again you'd wake up in your bed and this would all be just a weird dream.

"Good plan" Armin agreed "Mikasa, Eren and I will be the group of three, we'll search the upper parts of the castle, Levi and (f/n) will be the group of two, considering that they're the oldest" he continued as he turned to the two of you "you two should search the lower parts of the castle" he finished. You finally opened your eyes again, and glanced at the steel eyed man standing to your right.

"No matter what, we all meet back here in two hours" said steel eyed man commanded. Everyone nodded, silently agreeing.

"I guess Marco and I better get going" Jean whispered as the two of them stood facing the door.

"Don't do anything stupid" Mikasa whispered back sternly, mainly aimed at Jean as she tightened her scarf and moved between Armin and Eren. Jean took a breath and slowly opened the giant door, taking a peak through a small gap before opening it big enough for him and Marco to fit through. Once he noticed that the area was clear, he and Marco disappeared into the dead of the night. Levi closed the door behind them once they had left.

"We better get going too" Eren exclaimed, a sudden 'Tch' was heard from Levi.

"You better make sure my sister returns unharmed, Jeager" Levi warned.

"As long as you make sure mine returns unharmed too" Eren spoke as he faced the shorter yet older man. The two then shared a nod of acknowledgement and Eren let go of your hand as his group began to walk off.

Suddenly, you felt cold again as you watched the trio walk off into the dark halls of the castle. The sickening idea that you may never see your younger brother again almost caused you to start crying and run after him. You couldn't bare the thought of anything happening to him, you knew that he could look after himself well, but he was still the only sibling you had and he meant everything to you. You were scared, for everyone, the nauseous feeling in your stomach wouldn't leave you alone, bringing anxiousness and sadness with it. A single salty tear escaped from your (e/c) eyes and ran down your (s/c) right cheek.

"Oi (f/n), are you alright?" Levi asked whilst nudging you slightly with his elbow. You wiped your eyes and looked at him whilst nodding. You had to stay strong, if everyone else could do it, so could you.

"Yeah" you spoke up "let's go".