Viva la vida

Chapter 3

I stood among the cadets, listening to the man yell nonsense, wishing for this to be over. Having been trained for a while by Levi this didn't scare me. If I was still in my past world I would be shaking, terrified. But not now. I felt stronger, and I had one mission: Save Eren from insanity. As for watching the anime events take place, it wasn't as fun.

Once we were done I sneaked into the kitchen, making sure to grab something not just for me, but for Sasha Brause, also known as, potato girl. I knew Historia was coming this way, I could hear her light, careful, steps. She was going to get water for her. We looked at each other, the shock and happiness in her blue eyes were easy for me to see.

"A-" I shook my head, and signed to her my new name. "Cain? Your name is Cain Smith?" I nodded to her with a small smile. "I-I missed you" I nodded back and then gestured for us to sneak out. She gleefully whispered about the last part of her life, getting ready to join the military, and that she had kept all of the short stories I wrote for her. I was glad... but... did she remember?

It was the day for her to leave. Honestly, I was distraught. I knew the outcome of this, her fate. I wasn't able to change it much.

"Abel? Why are you spaced out?" I looked back at her.

"Sorry...I was just thinking..."

"About?"

"A-A song!" I did my best to smile.

"A song? Could you sing it to me? Please? I like the way you sing!"

I laughed nervously and sighed. I breathed in, I was going to make a parody of a song that reminded me of the Reiss name.

"We used to rule the world...

Titans would rise if we gave the word

from now on we must be alone,

flee the streets we used to own"

The images of that episode in the anime started to fill my mind. The day Frieda got her powers. The horror of watching it happen.

"After the bodies shift

we hear the fear in my enemy's lips

Listen as the crowd would scream

Now the old king is dead, long live the king"

Yes... That did happen in the anime, Historia kills her father... But, this one, she won't have to. I'm here. I know she won't... No.

"One minute I'll hold the key

Next, the walls were closed on me

And I discovered that these walls just are

pillars of men, pillars unarmed"

If I were to scream from here, would Grisha Jeager not attack? Or, would Bertholdt and Reiner not do it either?

"I hear Maria's bells are ringing

The scouting legion's people screaming

They'll be our mirror, our sword, our shield

Our missionaries in a foreign field"

Why did I feel myself choking on emotions? Were these Abel's true emotions? The thoughts of the fall were filling my head. It should be happening now. Right now! And here I was singing to Historia...

"For some reason, I can't explain

Once you go there was never, never an honest word

And that was when we ruled the world..."