//------------------------------// // Daybreak Files: Case #000C45D1 // Story: Broken Barriers: Secret Reports // by BioQuillFiction //------------------------------// Daybreak Report Files Report: #000C45D1 (Titan Downfall) Operatives: Squall Leonhart, Ulysses Twisted Hairs World: AE0022546 (The Walls) Operation Task: Exterminate Titan Population. Location: Wall Maria Top Walkway “So, these are the problem?” Squall asked. He and Ulysses where sent out after Zeke had vanished to this world, his last known sighting. It was infested with giant humanoid man eating monsters known as Titans. In the recent years two unknown and abnormal Titans appeared, breaching this outermost wall. One massive, able to stand over the wall itself, and an armored on that bashed through the gates like they where paper. They vanished completely suddenly after. “Yes. While the Armored and Colossal Titan haven’t been seen since only more of these monsters enter the hole daily. They mostly wander around now that there are no more people and scratch at the walls if they hear something loud on wall Rose’s other side of on these upper walkways.” This lands most powerful fighter, or so Leon was informed, Levi, spoke. After proper introductions where met, Levi wanted a demonstration on how Daybreak deals with other worlds issues. He can tell these two won’t die, but he wonders how many Titan they will kill. Right where he and Leon stood easy fifteen titans where roaming about. “So, where is your partner?” “In position on the other side of Wall Maria.” Leon answered. “Already? It takes days to get-” “We have our own means of rapid travel.” Leon spoke, interrupting Levi. “As for that hole, that will be quite the challenge. It’s too large and the wall is too thick for a proper repair job… An improve job can work for a while.” “Like?” Levi questioned. “We’ll need more Keyblade wielders. With all the panic going on in the government about our Founder going missing making a call for backup could take more time we don’t have. I don’t suppose you can lend any soldiers for us to train?” “How long would it take for them to use...those weapons?” “A week at least to learn the basics and get the hang of it.” “The current Cadet Core is graduating in a week.” Levi spoke. “They’re fresh, moldable fighters. Those that take it seriously.” “It’s better than nothing.” Leon said, summoning his Keyblade and giving the handle to Levi. “Take the handle, and after this ceremony is complete, the Keyblades power will be yours. I can tell you will be one of the best fighters.” Levi, looking at the supernatural weapon, grabbed it’s handle. “If it means victory, then I’ll gladly use them to their full potential.” “Good.In your hand, take this Key. So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder you shall one day be. And you will find me, friend no ocean will contain you then. No more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love." Leon spoke, Disbanding his weapon. “Welcome to Daybreak Empire Guardians Guild Levi.” “So, what do you make of these guys Eren?” A blond, thinly built boy spoke. Armin. The boy next to him, brown hair with an unmoving willpower, Eren. A long time childhood friend. “Some are good, others…” Eren trailed off, motioning to the snobbish trainee with disdain. “Not them.” Armin corrected. “Those two that were seen with Scout Captain Levi. They were with some weird weapons.” “They looked strong...those weapons though...I've never seen anything like them before.” Eren said honestly. “Think it’s some kind of new Anti Titan weapon? The designs looked so strange I thought it was a toy at first.” “Their designs are...colorful to say the least.” Eren said, given that color seemed to be more dull even in the lush open fields. “But...I can’t shake the feeling that those are actually really powerful…” “Wonder what kind of metal they’re made of for those designs to even work?” Armin questioned. “Steel is one but their thickness borders on being a blunt instrument.” “Yeah, that is a problem I noticed. They look more like clubs than swords.” Eren said. “Also...why do they have a key shape to them?” “Dunno. Well whatever they are the whole camp aside from us cadets are setting up some crazy obstacle course outside.” “I noticed that to...I wonder what’s with the sudden change?” Eren questioned. “I doubt this has anything to do with the Titans…” He muttered bitterly, wanting to have been a Scout to kill Titans and avenge his mother not deal with whatever those new people had in mind. “Eren.” A dark haired, asian looking girl said, walking up to the boys. Mikasa, another old childhood friend and almost big sister figure to the two. “Instructor Keith Shadis wants us all outside. Apparently these two new men have some advanced methods and a plan to patch the hole in Wall Maria, temporarily from what I overheard.” “That’s a pretty big hole the titans made...wonder how they can fix it…” Eren thought, wondering what kind of methods they know that can fix a hole in the wall that big that fast. The cadets all where marched outside, where Keith Shadis spoke up. “Alright, listen here Cadets. I have no doubt that any of you have failed to noticed the two unusual gentlemen beside me. While I can in no way disclose the information, I can in fact tell you they they have a plan to seal up wall maria temporarily, while crews can safely begin permanent repairs. I shall let the Gentlemen speak now.” The first of the two abnormal men to walk up had his hair in thick dreadlocks, wore an outfit with a strange symbols that alone spoke pride and history. His face was half covered with what appeared to be a gas mask of sorts. “I am Ulysses.” He spoke, his tone hollow, but firm and demanding of respect and attention. Eren stiffened up. “My partner Leon and I come from a place you do not need to know about at the moment. Nore will we tell you anything unless we know you are worth this mission.” “We need at least seven of your cadets to aid us in this mission. If you prove yourselves, we can guarantee your Wall Maria will be fixed, and these Titans will be exterminated.” The other, Leon spoke. ”They come out of nowhere, asking us to help them in their mission and it’ll kill the titans?” Eren thought to himself, staring down the strong man. ”What’s their game here? Even if they ask us what to do they can’t promise us the world like this.” He thought, very suspicious of what he was told even though he heard some of his fellow cadets murmur to each other about how the new people can end their titan problem. “We understand none of you have reason to trust our words.” Leon spoke again. “So then, Ulysses… Show them.” Ulysses nodded, raising his weapon up as… A circle of light began forming around him, the energy raising to the heavens. Every member of the Cadents, the mentors, even Captain Levi where awe struck at the sight. Ulysses then brought his weapon down, pointed it at the nearby hill, and from his weapon’s tip fired a single orb of pulsating light. When it hit the high point of the hill, what followed was an explosion of white light that blinded all for possible miles and was seen by those behind wall Sheena. When it faded, the hill that was there was now a crater that met Ulysses at his feet, and spread around in a perfect circle for a mile around, and went even further down. “Any questions?” Leon asked, looking at the cadets. “How…” Eren breathed, that one solitary word seeming to have encompassed everyone's fear and awe. “How?” Leon asked, his eyes falling on Eren. “It’s what these weapons can allow us to do.” He explained, raising his. It was chrome, simple in it’s design and more resembled a sword than Ulysses. “These weapons are older and more powerful than anything you can imagine. Yet they are only the tools for us to focus out our own strengths.” In his other hand, Leon crafted an orb of light, making everyone on edge at the display. “What Ulysses did that with his weapon, not three months after he became a member of the people I represent. I have been with my organization from the beginning. What he just did, I can do from my own fingertips after just two years. And that’s not even the most advanced power at my disposal.” The orb disbanded. “We need seven of this Corps strongest, any less and what we teach you might not stick.” Eren gulped, not expecting literally any of this to happen. “Oh…” He said, so flabbergasted at the feat of strength that he couldn’t think of his blinding rage for the Titans. “With the seven chosen here today, your titan problem will become legend.” Ulysses said. “After that, well, our organization could always use more talent. Cause I can promise you this, and I know you’ll be taking it to heart. There are greater threats than these mindless monsters.” Eren took a deep breath and hardened his heart, knowing that if they could get their hands on this power they can win this war and kill all those bastard Titans. “When do we start?” Leon smiled. “In one hour. The obstacle course being constructed will put most of you into the medical tents for weeks to months. Survive it, and you’ll get your very own Keyblade.” Armin felt conflicted. His head was filled with terror and Anxiety about what Leon and Ulysses just displayed, but he also felt… hope. “Eren… that was nuts...right?” He asked. Eren, Mikasa and himself sat on the edge of the massive crater Ulysses made with one attack. “I mean… Look how deep this hole is. It’s like a mineshaft…” “If it means the Titans will be no more than that’ll be a good thing.” Eren said honestly. “Eren, they said this test will land most everyone in the hospital for potential months. What if it kills you?” Mikasa spoke up. “I promised your mom nothing bad would happen to you.” Eren clenched his fists. “It’s because of mom that I’m doing this.” Eren growled. “I know that. But if you die trying to avenge her then what’s the point in even have tried?” “Then I won’t die then.” Eren countered simply. “Simple as that.” “Nothing is ever that simple Eren…” Mikasa said, taking in a deep breath. “I’m going in with you on this, just like when we joined the scouts… but if you are about to get hurt, I’m taking the hit and knocking you out of the way.” “Mikasa.” Armin spoke up. “If you get hurt, who’s gonna look after Eren? I can’t bale him out of trouble like you can.” “I can take care of myself alright? I can take a few hits, I don’t need to be looked after like a helpless child.” Eren frowned. “Even so, who knows who, if any of us might make it through this course if it’s this bad, cause after what that Ulysses guy did… Do you think what Leon said was true? That...there are worse threats than Titans?” “I don’t know Armin…” Eren signed out. “But if they have those weird powers...then maybe they're right.” He said, not knowing much about what’s going on. “But again...if it means our Titan problems will be over...then we have to listen to them.” “Makes you wonder… where did these two come from? And if they have weapons and abilities than can make this crater… where were they? And where did they come from?” Mikasa asked. “Too many questions and too little answers…” Eren sighed out. “Yeah.” Armin agreed. “Wonder if- GAH!” Armin shouted, a tall, black creature about half his size suddenly rose from the ground, not out of the dirt, out of...nowhere. It’s hollow yellow eyes and large, twisted jagged mouth in a disturbing smile as it looked at the three. Then… nine more where appearing. “What are these things?!” “I don’t know!” Eren yelped, looking around for any weapons to use against these new weird things. Mikasa reacted, kicking the one before her in the head, only for it to do nothing as it grabbed her ankle, and bit into her skin, drawing blood. “Gah!” She yelped, trying to pry the beast off of herself. “Eren, Armin, run!” Eren grabbed a stick and swung it at the creature, trying to get it off of Mikasa. “Get off her!” As Eren was trying to bash the creatures head in, failing as it showed no signs of releasing her, they were suddenly met with the gleam of Ulysses Keyblade, it’s fast thrown landing embedded itself in the ground where the creature was, impaling it and killing it as it died in a Eren didn’t understand how the hell the Keyblade hurt that thing when his bashing wasn’t but he didn’t care. “Come on!” He said, grabbing Mikasa’s hand and running with her away from the creatures. “Come on Armin!” Armin, not far behind, followed Captain Levi, who himself seemed to have Acquired his own of these weapons. His was strange. It’s tip had what looked like a creatures metalic head as the blade resembled a skull of sorts. Once inside the Mess Hall, Eren placed Mikasa down while one of the medics that ran in with the cadets tended Mikasa’s wounds. All the while from the windows the whole cadet corp witnessed Levi’s combat in action, as well as Leon’s and Ulysses. “What the hell are those things?” Eren muttered, seeing Levi and the two strange fighters beat all those shadow things like they were nothing. When the last of then where slain a massive swirl of some sort of dark gas or something emerged from the crater… and what rosed up looked at tall as a Titan, but it had all black skin, vine like things around it’s head, with only it’s empty yellow eyes looking out, it’s moby muscular, and while it’s feet where small, as where the wings it had on its back, it sent fear into everyone. “Eren…” Armin muttered. “Is that… what they meant… worse than Titans?” “But...that’s impossible! There’s no history on a Titan like that…” Eren muttered in a panic, staring up at the thing. Everyone watched as Leon, in one single jump, reached the monsters head level, and swung his weapon, knocking it over as Ulysses delivered the second, finishing blow as it too, now vanished into the black myst like vapor. With that, Leon walked into the mess hall, all eyes on him. “Course is gonna be a bit late, eat up while you’re in here.” He said casually, closing the door as he exited. “So...he just waltz’s in after killing...whatever the hell that was, tells us to eat, and then leaves?” A cadet asked slowly, their brain trying to process what the fuck happened. “Is this...normal for him?” Another cadet, brown haired teen. Sasha Braus, spoke. “No idea…” Eren shook his head. Within the hour, the cadets ate the the course was completed. Four meters long, and filled with various exercises and obstacles ranging from standards to deadly. One section even has series of large swinging logs… ends sharpened into points… “This course is based off what I and Leon practice weekly back home.” Ulysses spoke. “It’s the basic version. Seven of you make it to the end, and you’ll be working with Leon and I personally.” ”Basic is murderous?” Eren thought to himself, thinking if this is what they went through in basics then literally everything he would have done for the cadet training would be a cake walk. First up was Mikasa, who ran through the simple parts, but stopped herself before the moving platform section, calculating her moves before jumping, then running through the swinging logs, and lastly climbed a three meter rock well and landed safely in a three foot wide hole filled with water. The hole was deep, deep enough to splash in safely. “Mikasa.” Leon spoke, helping her out of the water. “Welcome to the team. Let’s hope the rest of your cadet members can make it.” Majority did not. Most broke a leg, arm, feet, or even unconscious. The second to make it was Sasha, then Connie, Armin surprised even himself, Krista surprised everyone, she made it through without a scratch. Ymir made it right after Krista. All that was left was one spot, and now it was Eren’s turn. Eren took a deep breath and put on a very determined face. ”Alright, my turn.” He thought to himself, ready to do anything and everything to get past this obstacle course and be apart of whatever Leon had in mind. Eren ran, so far so good as he passed the basic obstacles. He almost fell off the moving platforms, and nearly broke an arm on the swinging logs. His last obstacle was the fall. His plummet had to be perfect to make it into the small water hole. With some mental predictions, Eren jumped, but overshot, and landed face first a foot in front of the water hole. Leon walked over to Eren. “You conscious?” “Physical pain…” Eren whimpered. “Indescribable…” “If you stand, you get the spot.” That sparked something in Eren. Eren was dead set on getting the spot, and even though his entire body screamed at him not to because he fell face first into solid ground from a high place he shakily got up. Once he stood firmly on both feet, Leon nodded. “Alright, that's our seven.” Eren was laughing with joy and pride. “The rest of you will continue your trainings as normal. You seven and Levi… Follow us.” Leon said, leading the way out of the grounds. Mikasa and Armin helped Eren along. “Congrats Eren, you had me worried when you fell face first into the ground.” Armin said. “I’m still in massive pain.” He said, not able to feel his nose at the moment cause it was broken. “Looks like you’re as stubborn as ever.” Mikasa said. “You do know that what comes next will be a whole new kind of hell, right?” “I’ve come this far, I’m not backing down.” Eren said. The next day the seven Cadets were at Wall Maria, a simple camp set up where after a night's rest the seven stood in a row, Leon and Ulysses stood across from then while Levi was off to the side. “Listen up, what I say here is truth. If you have questions, feel free to ask. First off, Ulysses and I are not from your world.” “I mean...it’s kind of obvious when you think about it.” Eren brought up, never having seen those two before and finding their clothing rather off compared to literally everyone else’s. “We come from a place called Daybreak Empire. While we work and live there, we were not born there. I was born in a place known as the Arizona Wastelands, in a tribe known as the Twisted Hairs.” Ulysses spoke. “And I was born in a world known as Radiant Garden.” Leon spoke. “What were those creatures that attacked yesterday?” Mikasa asked. “Heartless.” Leon replied. “There are two kinds. Purebloods, the ones that attacked you yesterday, and Emblem. Purebloods are made from darkness, the specific ones that attacked yesterday are known as Neoshadows, and then the big one is known as a Darkside. They are some of the stronger ones, but outside their own realm they are much weaker. Keeping that in mind, like your titans they have numbers, mass numbers and various abilities and forms.” “Why couldn’t I hurt them when I hitting them as hard as I could?” Eren asked. “Think of it as trying to break down a bolder with your bear hands.” Ulysses spoke. “While normal weapons can harm them, they can not kill them.” Everyone gasped when Ulysses weapon APPEARED in his hand, in a flash of white light. “Keyblades can not only kill them, but they can also free the hearts of those trapped inside the Emblem heartless.” “Which brings me to that.” Leon added. “Unlike Purebloods, Emblem heartless are made from someone’s heart falling to darkness. So if you see one of those monsters again and they have a symbol on them of a red and black heart, that’s someone’s entire core essence, the heart, trapped within it. They crave powerful hearts to create more powerful versions of themselves. The stronger the heart, the more powerful the emblem heartless.” “How can Heartless be Heartless...if they have a heart?” Krista asked in confusion. “It’s just a name.” Ulysses said. “Don’t ask, not even we know why that is, but it fits and it gives the enemy an identity.” “What are your weapons? Keyblades?” Armin asked. “They are…. Huh, now that’s hard to explain.” Leon said. “While true, we learned to forge new ones, repair them even within the recent years, but what I can tell you is that each Keyblade has a name, and chooses its wielder. Mine is called Sleeping Lion, and Ulysses is called Guardian Soul. While multiple exist of each Keyblade, they also rank in terms of power and rarity.” “How do you know which one you’ll get if they just...randomly pick you?” Eren asked. “You don’t. You’ll just see when it comes. What we will be doing today is bequeathing you each with your very own Keyblades, and you will be trying to summon them. Levi here has his own now, Fenrir. A powerful Keyblade fit for warriors.” “Sounds...too simple.” Eren frowned. “Trust me. Summoning them is the hard part.” Once each of the cadets was bequeathed a Keyblade with the inheritance ceremony, they immediately began trying to summon them. “So, is there something we have to do specifically?” Krista asked. “Try reaching out for it with your heart. There’s a Saying on daybreak, older than we know. May your heart be your guiding key. Keep that in mind when calling forth the Keyblade that has chosen you.” Eren had no idea what that could even mean, even if the weapons were called ‘key’blades but he shrugged it off as he tried...whatever it was they wanted. ”Reach out with your heart? What is this a children's story?” He thought to himself, thinking the ‘power of your heart’ was something a child would hear in made up stories. “Oh!” Everyone turned around. Krista, in her hand, held a Keyblade that looked as if it was grown from a plant, three flowers at it’s tip. “Pixie Petal.” Leon spoke. “While not the best in terms of combat, you can land powerful blows and times and, bare with me when I say this, casts spells much stronger than they are normally.” “Spells?” Eren asked honestly. “What do you mean?” Leon smiled, raising his Keyblade towards Eren. “Drift.” A dark aura pulsated around Eren, then, he floated up a few feet in the air above everyone’s heads. “That’s called Zero Gravity, a simple spell to incapacitate enemies while you deal damage to them.” “Simply put, magic exists, in many strange ways.” Ulysses said simply. “Magic…” Eren couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “Magic exists…” Eren shook his head. “Didn’t...expect that.” The spell wore off, and Eren fell on his back to the ground. “So...I can do that?” Krista asked. “With time.” Leon said. “Now back to it, Krista, follow Ulysses and he’ll teach you how to properly use your Keyblade.” “Right...is there anything else those things can do besides...magic?” Eren asked. “This.” Leon said, throwing his high into the air, out of sight. There was a twinkle of light as suddenly, what flew down was some kind of floating wagon made of metal. “Gliders. With this we can travel across whole worlds within hours to minutes.” Eren was shocked at the sudden floating wagon of metal. “How…?” “Magic.” Ulysses said simply. Eren face palmed. “I have a feeling that’s what you’ll say to explain a lot of things.” After Krista, Mikasa got hers to appear. It was called Void Gear, and looked rather intimidating. Leon said only four other people in Daybreak had this Keyblade, which put Mikasa in with an elite crowd it seemed. Conny was next, his was called All for One. “Woah… Eren, it’s way light. Much lighter than our swords.” Conny said. “Wonder what the symbol is?” He wondered, thinking the actual ‘blade’ part was a symbol for something. Ymir got hers next. Hers looked as intimidating as Mikasa’s. Leon said it was called End of Pain, another rare and powerful Keyblade. Armin was next, his was called Wayward Wind, it looked like part of a bigger weapon to be honest. Then was Sasha, who got a REALLY long one called Ends of The Earth. If it wasn’t for these weapons being so light, Eren believed she could never ever pick it up. It was taller than her. All that was left is Eren, the only one without his yet. Eren didn’t know how this even worked to begin with, just people hand their keyblades appeared in front of them. He tried doing what Leon said, trusting his heart to summon the thing if possible. “Eren.” Leon spoke, startling him. “Having trouble?” Eren growled. “No, I’m fine…” He muttered, even though Leon could tell Eren was lying and was having trouble. “Eren.” Leon said, kneeling to his eye level. “You're clouding your mind. You’re angry. What’s made you this full of rage?” “I mean, besides the fact that this is apparently so simple for literally everyone but me?” The angry teen frowned, stating the obvious at the moment. “Sometimes people’s Keyblades can take years to appear. Other times, it’s because something is keeping it from appearing. Tell you what, how about I tell you a story from my past, then you tell me one from yours.” “Um...sure?” He said slowly, not entirely sure about the sudden story time. “Back home, before I knew about Daybreak, I was a warrior. A commander of the outermost regions of my homeland. One day… something bad happened, a friend of mine lost his way, and from his rage research, a new being was born. Not long after, this new creature was killing my people and laying waste to my home. To make matters worse, a witch, somehow able to control these monsters, invaded, and I had to leave. For six, long years my and the only survivors we could bring lived on a world called Traverse Town. A sort of refugee camp world for those who lost their own. But, one day I met someone with a rather unique keyblade. He gave me mine, and within the month, he helped me reclaim my world. That man is the founder of Daybreak Empire. In less than two years, he’s helped lots of worlds with their problems, saved many more and built Daybreak on the belief that everyone should know how to keep themselves safe, but only if there is no one to keep them safe. Everyone on Daybreak has Keyblades, everyone is taught the spells, how to make it into a glider, how to fight. But they have the choice defend others. And most do.” Eren blinked. “Uh…” He muttered, not sure how to respond to all of that. “Now then.” Leon said. “Tell me your story, your past.” “Why? After literally everything you said?” Eren asked. “In my story, I started off as an arrogant warrior, blinded by overconfidence. Losing my home taught me the meaning of dred, and suffering… but also humility, and honor. Because of this, I received my Keyblade right away, given to my by our founder. If I was still the same person I was back then, I likely might not be here, or even have this Keyblade, or one at all.” “Yeah, all that...while I killed slavers as a child to save Mikasa...and then literally saw my own mother get eaten alive by a titan.” He said sadly. “And...I couldn’t do a damn thing to save my mom from that damned titan.” Leon hummed, then patted Eren’s shoulder. “I think I know your issue.” He said, standing back up. “You're only focused on the negatives of your past. This is the source of your rage. You’re angry at the world and that you can’t seem to change how it is, right?” “I wanted to become a scout so I could change it...and I hate myself for not helping mom…” Eren sighed out, Leon seeing that Eren was just an upset teen that felt like a failure. “Eren.” Leon said, kneeling down to his eye level again. “Remember the good times. I want you to remember your mother, what she did for you, how happy you two where… Remember the warmth of her hug.” Confused, Eren sighed, closing his eyes. The memories brought forth a great sadness, but also… joy. He remembered his mother's warmth… and for a second, swore she was in front of him, hugging him. He jumped, breaking the image and feeling scared. “Wh-what the hell?” Eren panicked, feeling way too much for what should have been a little trip through memory lane. “Why...why am I scared?” He muttered worriedly, finding the hug was nice but the sudden fear made him worried. “Because you know she’s gone.” Leon explained. “She might be gone from this world, Eren, but she’s still with you here.” Leon said, poking Eren’s chest, over his heart. “So long as we remember those we’ve lost foundly, they aren’t truly gone. All hearts are connected, living or dead.” “R-really?” He asked, putting a hand on his chest. “We all lose someone or something we care about, but so long as we remember the ones we care about, we can always have them with us.” Leon said. “Now then, try summoning your Keyblade again, with this in mind.” Eren nodded and took a deep breath. “Well...alright. “ He nodded while trying to summon his keyblade, remembering the warmth of his mother being there for him as a child. Eren heard the now familiar sound of the Keyblade appearing...but he heard...two? He opened his eyes… two, one in each hand. “Eren, you have the Twin Keyblades, Oathkeeper, and Oblivion. Only one other person we know of has both. I’m impressed.” Leon said with a smile. Eren took both keyblades and looked over them both. “Wow...this...is really something.” Leon then pat Eren on the head. “Because of this development, I’ll train you personally. If you pick it up quickly, you’ll out match your friends over there.” Eren looked over to the others. Ulysses having them practicing swings and Krista managing to shoot a ball of fire out from her Keyblade, startling everyone as Ulysses applauded, everyone laughing after the event. “Well...can’t wait to get to training.” Eren said, having a feeling he’s got a lot of work to do. Lesson 5: Abilities of The Wielder It had been a few days since Eren and his friends got to training. In that time they learned the basic spells, Fire, Blizzard, Thunder. Reflect. SPecial attacks, Strike Raid, Stun Edge, the basics. Now though Ulysses and Leon had a different lesson in store. The group stool at wall Maria’s edge, Leon and Ulysses standing at the very edge, backs to the drop. “Now then, you’ve all learned the basics, now it’s time to learn about unique abilities that you can pull off with and without your Keyblade.” “Without?” Eren asked. “Like that ball of light Leon did?” “Not that advanced. Remember when you all watched me take out that Darkside, I jumped up to its head in one go.” The cadets nodded. “That was an advanced high jump. Such abilities are passive. You can perform them at any time once learned.” “So...you can just jump that high without ODM gear?” Eren asked. Leon smiled. “Ulysses?” Leon asked, with that one word Ulysses fell backwards, falling down the wall. The cadets ran to the edge, only to see Ulysses FLYING back up. “You won’t need ODM gear at all with these abilities.” “He’s literally flying, how?” Eren asked bluntly. “Passive abilities are spells and enchantments, often cast on the person and is permanent.” “Of course...more magic…” Eren sighed out. Leon cast out the spell on everyone. The ability was easy to master. Maneuvering was the tricky part. But after a few hours it became easy. “See, not that hard at all.” Leon said, watching the cadets fly in formation. “Did any of you expect any of this?” Eren asked the others. “No.” Conny said. “Never in a million years.” Ymir said. “This is so fun!” Krista said. “We’re literally flying with clubs that are somehow swords...and magic is real…” Eren said. “Man...never thought any of this would have happened.” “Now then, yesterday I received a package from Daybreak.” Leon said. “It’s a gift for you all.” “So soon?” Eren asked curiously. “Yes.” Leon said, turning around and picking up a box. “You’ve seen the metal sleeves Ulysses and I wear, right?” Leon asked, showing his. The large sleeve was grey in color, with what looked like a button on it. “Yeah, what does it suddenly turn into armor or something?” Eren asked, coming up with something that seems a little outlandish even for what’s been shown here. “Exactly.” Leon said, pressing the button and ina bright flash, his whole body was covered in well fitted, full body armor. “Keyblade armor is specially designed for not only deep space travel, it’s protects you from lethal attacks and darkness.” “Okay, magic exists, we can fly...but deep space travel? Excuse me what?” He asked, finding the place where the stars are being accessible a little less believable than magic. “It’s true.” Ulysses said. “If you are unable to travel with DTL’s, Doors to Light, deep space travel is used. When traveling with a Keyblade, space takes on a different form for us, known as The Lanes Between. This allows rapid travel between worlds.” “Right then…” He said, feeling like that shouldn’t be right but knowing magic is magic so whatever. “Now then, come here. I have Keyblade armors for you all.” Leon said, opening the box as he pulled out one of the sleeves that transforms at the push of a button. Eren moved over to get said sleeve. “And they all just...fit perfectly fine?” “The straps are adjustable, and once activated the spellwork resizes and fits the armor to your body type, so are you age and grow up they’ll still fit perfectly.” Leon explained. Eren nodded while taking one of the sleeves and put it on his keyblade sleeve and seeing how it actually adjusted to his arm. “Okay…” He said while adjusting it to his arm. After it fitted itself Eren activated the armor, the bright flash covering his whole body before it faded. Eren’s armor was a black color with gold trims on the edges, and Eren had to admit, it felt almost like normal clothes. “Fit’s perfectly…” He said honestly. “I can’t even tell it’s there.” “That’s how it is. Now then, call forth- huh?” Leon said, everyone turning their heads to the spot down the edge of the wall. There, three titans were scratching up at them. “Huh, well that’s annoying… Cadets! Fall in!” Leon ordered. Everyone rushing into a formation on the wall. “This will be your first test of your new powers and abilities. Using your new found flying and teamwork, kill the three titans below.” “Well we can test if these things are sharp enough to cut through a titans skin.” Eren brought up. “Succeed, and your world will belong to your again.” Ulysses said. “Defeat these Titans below, and the first of their whole species will know extinction like you all have feared for over a hundred years.” Eren nodded. “Alright, time to kill some Titans.” He said while gripping Oathkeeper and Oblivion a little tighter, ready to go off and kill those bastards. The first of many was slain, and from this day forward, this world no longer feared these once monstrous creatures. Now, they feared the humans.