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Chapter Three

I see Eren and Mikasa and they're joined by a blond child who looks the same age. This must've been the friend my Clara was meeting at the river. I wonder if they ever met and if they did I wonder what their last conversation was about. I walk over to the trio and a sad smile appears. There's pain in their eyes as if they've seen something just as terrible as I have. I pulled all three into a hug and although Eren slightly grumbles, they relax into the hug. I pull away and look at the blond whose name I don't even know.

"Hey there, I'm sorry for hugging you without even introducing myself. I'm Y/N. I'm - I" I couldn't finish my sentence before the blond rushes into another hug with me. He pulls me tight and rubs little circles over my shoulder blades. It was very comforting.

"My name is Armin, and it's ok." We pull away and all four sit alongside the edge of the boat. Armin knows somehow, he must be smart. I take a deep breath before I have to tell Eren and Mikasa my news.

"Clara, she's, well. Clara was eaten by a titan." I close my eyes shut, forcing the tears in. Honestly Eren and Mikasa were so close to Clara. We were all close. I felt as though I was all of their older sister, not just Clara's. I couldn't hold the tears back any longer and let them flow. I leaned into Eren as Mikasa interlaced our fingers. She began to rub my back in a comforting motion and Eren pursed his lips. He began crying as well as mumbling to himself. I look up at him, questioning his whispers.

"Clara, she was so playful. She left to find you just like I left to go find my mom but, but they both," Eren's mouth twists in a painful way, "they both left us. They got eaten. I am going to kill them. The Titans. I'm going to kill all the Titans." Eren throws his face down and begins screaming. Armin walks over to an older man, possibly a grandfather and waits out the boat ride.

I leave our group after recuperating myself. That blonde man who saved me, he must be here. He has to be. There was no way that he saved me and didn't make it himself. I had to properly thank him for getting me away. I picture his face, his stature and realize something that I hadn't noticed before. He was about my age, the way he looked was mid teenaged. I walk through the crowds of people attempting to meet the stranger again. I almost make my way back to Eren's group before I make eye contact with someone unexpected, my father.

My eyes begin to water again as I throw myself into my fathers arms. It had been hours by now and I was worried he had been left behind. I thought he was dead, eaten by a titan. He smiled at me and squeezed so hard I thought my ribs might break. Once he pulled away the happiness in his face ran dry. His lip quivered as I could tell he was pausing to ask the next question, know and hating the answer.

"My dear Y/N, where is Clara? Please tell me she's with her friends on this boat." My father palms my shoulders and leans down meeting our foreheads together. The tears run down my face faster and harder than they have since I witnessed the horrible event.

"I - I - I'm so sorry father, I'm so god damn sorry. She just - I watched it happen father, I'm so sorry."

"My dear, my dear, dear daughter. You saw it? Oh my god, I'm so sorry we are stuck in this nightmare." He pulls away and gazed into my eyes with the same intensity the stranger had done earlier. I nod and we walked over to Eren's group. Armin had walk back over and sat with us. Eren and Mikasa looked at both my father and I and sadly smiled. It'll be okay they both mouthed. I knew it would be ok, it had to be ok. I'm glad my father made it on the boat and escaped but a part of me wished it had been my sister. A deeper part of me wished it had been the brave stranger who saved me.

*Trost*

We made it. We five were alive and made it safely into the walls. My sister didn't though. She was food, digested at the bottom of some Titans stomach. My little brat sister, Clara. I felt what Eren said now, I know what he wants. I, too, am going to kill all Titans. I am going to join the scouts alongside Eren and we are going to free our family from these walls and taken down all of those damn things. Those damn man-eating monsters. Clara will be redeemed. I was not saved to do nothing, I was saved to retake my home and protect those important to me. I would find the blond stranger and thank him for giving me this chance to fight back for my family.

Weeks pass and my father eventually finds a small house that had two rooms. Unfortunately due to most of humanity being in the second inner wall, there wasn't enough space for him to open up a second shop for his tailoring business. One of the rooms had been set up as his office. He apologized profusely on how he would not have the money to give you your own room but you understood. You had let him know it was alright as you had planned on joining the scouts with Eren, Mikasa, and Armin. You wanted to in Clara's memory.

   "Father, after breakfast I was going to visit the memorial." I look up from my father as we both eat in silence. He responds with a gentle smile and go back to his notes for his current project. He had been instructed to design a new uniform for the medical employees at the infirmary. I had taken up as learning how to sew from him since it would be another 4 months before I joined the military. My father didn't work as late now that I would help him. I clean my plate and head out towards the center of town where the memorial was for the lost at the wall breakage.

  I hum to myself as I walk, trying to lose my thoughts of Clara's passing. It seemed to be on repeat in my head and there never seemed to be an end. I stop alongside the side of the path and pick some daisies that grew. I reach the memorial and set the flowers down. I look around me to see I'm surprisingly alone. It's strange considering people are usually crowds the memorial and this is the middle of town. I pull out my book to pretend some part of Clara was here and reading along with me. It brought a smile to my face. Tears had started to fall and stained the pages of my book. In the next few months I would join the Scouts alongside Eren and we would enact our revenge on the Titans.