The waves crash onto the golden sand, leaving foam on the shore as it pulls back. It is a special day, as a girl, deeply into anything floral, has fulfilled a cherished promise with a ghost.

"Life is beautiful, yet so cruel," Ezlyn whispers, as she looks up at the clear, blue sky above. Crystal tears threatening to cascade from her emerald-like orbs. A happy, yet sad smile spread over her thin lips. 

She walks over to the edge of the salty, deep, blue ocean. "All people are nothing but tools. It doesn't matter how it's done. It doesn't matter what's sacrificed. In this world, winning is everything. As long as I win in the end... That's all that matters..." A strained laugh slips from her lips but, that laugh chokes into a pained cry. She turns round to face her comrades, red streaks going down her cheeks. 

No one had ever seen her this way, they were completely astounded, confused at how their strongest female soldier had broke right before them. Although she holds unyielding power and excellent resolve, she is shattered on the inside and she's letting that show on the outside. 

"Ezlyn, no matter what, we will win the next war. We'll... do our best and, you do yours" Levi 
assures her, as if he were the big brother she never had.

"That's right, Ezlyn. We'll win this war and finally get the freedom we deserve. No casualties, I promise." Hange whispers gently, wrapping her arms around the broken soldier. But Ezlyn knows that promise is next to impossible to fulfill. As there is calm, before the storm...
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Ezlyn Harper, a girl with a string around her neck that's connected to something, unknown. She desires freedom from the god-forsaken world she was born in, but she knows fine well not all wishes come true
(S:22-3-21)
(F:12-7-21)
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Hello just to let you know this is a story based on Attack on Titan so some of the Characters don't belong to me except Ezlyn, her parents, and a few others.

All rights and respects to Kodansha Comics and Hajime Isayama.
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