In Another Lifetime

.heartbreak and haunting nightmares.

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Annie's P. O. V

Im slowly starting to hate waking up. wiping my tears as i forced myself to get up. after all the dreams are over  i have to face the reality i live in which is here.... but..i can't help but think back to armin...I'm pretty sure that he has it worse right now.. i shake off my thoughts as i heard a knock from my door.

i got up and opened to see my father, do you need anything dad? i ask him.

I'm just here to say goodbye since I'll be going to a friend's house today I'll be back by 10 pm ....and uh...i made you lunch downstairs eat before you go to work thats all.... dad then left after saying all that nervously.

well...thats odd for him to be in a good mood this early in the morning...but im glad that today isnt all bad.

i got ready for work and ate before leaving i took a glance at the history book that pieck gave me , i hope you're okay armin.

-at work-

I have finished all my paperwork for today, I stood up to grab some water when I noticed eren hurriedly packing his things.

why are you rushing to go jaeger? as far as I know you're shift isn't over yet. I raise a brow at him.

oh I took an early leave today. you see I'm going to see my childhood friends whom I haven't seen since high-school! one just got back from Japan and the other is a lawyer who finally got some time to hang out. anyway gotta go annie see you tomorrow. with that eren gives me a wave and walks out of the station.

childhood friends huh?

ymir taps me on the shoulder, annie wanna come with us to the bar tonight? she offers but I decline saying I was busy but I really was just tired.

-timeskip: home -

I notice the time and it was already pretty late , I got worried for my father. he did say he'll be back by 10 so where was he now?

*ring*ring*

the ringing of my phone surprised me making me jump a bit. the caller was marlo another collegue at the police station.  i answered it.

hello marlo? why are you calling at this hour? is it urgent? I question .

Annie it's your father...he's been arrested. marlo's reply made my anxiety rose as I ended the call and rushed to our station.

where is he? I ask pieck who was slouching on the front desk chair.

he's put in the 2nd cell -

I already ran for it before pieck could even finish. and there on the 2nd jail cell was my father sitting on the dusty floor cross legged , his face was pale and he seemed afraid of what might happen to him.

dad! I call out to him gripping the cold bars of the cell. My father doesn't belong to  be in a room filled with dangerous criminals, I'm sure he did nothing wrong.  my dad may not be the most righteous man out there but he isn't someone who'll commit a crime either!

annie....go home now. my dad stood up and quietly spoke almost as if he'll break if he spoke any louder.

No. I'm not leaving you here.... I held his hands and tried to put up a strong face.

Officer leonhardt visiting hours are over, leave and come back tomorrow. I heard the head of the police station's voice captain levi as we call him from behind me.

Im sorry sir but I can't leave my dad here. I stood  my  ground.

leonhardt your father is accused of theft, and he is guilty  until proven inoccent in court. he strictly says but his eyes seemed to be pitying my situation.

isn't there anything else I can do right now  to help him? my voice was desperate.

you of all people should know damn well that as of now there isn't anything you can do...except find him a fucking good lawyer that will get his ass out of here. captain levi takes a sip of his tea that he was holding.

I looked down trying to think of anything to help my dad but captain was right, I felt my dad hold my arm from inside the cell he gave me a reaasurring look.

I'll be fine..Annie now go home and take a rest. dad softly spoke.

alright.....I'll be back tomorrow early dad I promise.

before I could leave captain levi taps me on the shoulder. eren jaeger has a friend that's a lawyer, you should try asking jaeger to give you his friend number or something to help.  captain levi suggest and then goes back to his own office.

that's right eren did mention that maybe tomorrow I can ask him about it.

I went home and locked myself in my room. I took the old history book and went to the page of armin's photo. what am I supposed to do armin? I feel like my life is slowly collapsing....Happy things happen then all of a sudden it all falls apart.... I hugged the book trying to seek some comfort and fell asleep on the cold floor.

-dream-

my point of view....is weird it's like I'm very tall? I was running while yelling behind me I could see hoards of titans following as if I summoned them, I was leading them towards a gigantic wall. the scene shifted and now I was in bed my point of view  seemed normal now compared to earlier except a bit smaller, my body felt like a 10 year olds. it looked like I was a refuge of a crisis of some sort. it shifted  again this time I was chasing an orange haired girl who I stepped on like a mere bug. STOP!.

I woke up with cold sweat my heart pounding in my chest.

I took my phone and look at the time 4:34 am I noticed a text message from yesterday.

-text-

* sent from yesterday at 11: 54 pm *
eren: hey annie...I heard about what happened from captain he contacted me and I'll to talk to my friend see if he can help with your case.

*just now*
Annie: thanks I appreciate it.

-text end-

I took a deep breathe calming my nerves, so.....in the past...I was cold blooded murder....these nightmares .....are my memories from back then.

I Was a monster. No since I'm still the same person, that means I'm a monster.

how in the world did armin fall for me? I'd never know.. not unless I see him again.. the chances are probably low though ...but then again the red thread of fate works in mysterious ways.