The Pauper Prince || Attack on Titan x Male Reader

Stable Destitution

Your eyes widened as Emporio ran straight past you, the metal clasp that you had tried to grip simply slipping through your fingers at the last second. Your heart sunk into a bottomless chasm as the warmth of the hand behind you finally reached you, the titan taking a crushing grip on your raised forearm before mercilessly ripping you from beneath the horse's carcass. It was a moment of reflection and sadness, fear and loathing. The titan twisted you around softly, your petrified gaze staring into its neutral eyes as it simply opened its mouth and tossed you forward. 

(Y/n) W-Wait! No no no-

Of course, you would never be so lucky as the titan that had so leisurely taken its time with you attracted another smaller monster, its hands reaching up and taking a hold of your leg before pulling you down, sinking its teeth into your leather-covered shin. 

(Y/n): F-Fuck! Get the hell away from me!

As the shorter abomination tried to nibble away at your leg, the larger one finally got into action, taking a hold of your other arm and lifting you up, the smaller titan weighing down on your leg like a dog refusing to give up a toy. Your screams of pain were nothing to the creature and with a simple motion, it opened its maw once more and rested your chin against its teeth before snapping shut.

Your eyes opened with a start, your body coated in sweat as you tried to sit up though found your body in immense pain. Your eyes searched the grass before you for any signs of lumbering monsters before you begrudgingly managed to lift yourself up. You had been lying face first in the grass and the sudden movement forced a grunt from your lips, noting a serious pain in your right shoulder. The pain was sharp and concentrated, almost forcing you back to the ground as you place your knees under you.

(Y/n): Fucking nightmare... 

Your words sounded labored, in between pants as you lifted your head to see Emporio lazily munching away at some grass. Using your left hand, you managed to twist your body into a seated position, your legs outstretched in the grass as you gazed around for titans. Besides a lanky one-off in the distance, you were relatively ok.

(Y/n): Holy... I... I did it... I made it?

Your statement made more like a question as you lacked total confidence in that answer. Your body attempted to lift itself once more but only found more pain jutting from your right shoulder. It was probably dislocated from the force of being yanked out of socket by Emporio. With a breath, your lips pursed and a soft whistle to Emporio told him to finish up his snack and trot over. Emporio walked in front of you and using a combination of him and your left side, you managed to flip yourself unevenly into the saddle. 

(Y/n): Emporio let's get onto the rock.

You led the horse forward, having him softly move on top of a jutting-out rock to try and catch your bearings. It seems that Emporio had carried your further north for a couple of miles. Being dragged on your face by a horse for a few miles just to end up falling asleep sounded like the epitome of stupid out here with the titans but once again it either seems dumb luck or fate kept you from dying a quick silent death. However, you wouldn't be alive for much longer if you didn't get on the move. To the south, a horde of titans was moving toward you. As to why you weren't sure, or maybe they were simply following the trails of the Scouts. However, that doesn't make sense as the north was a giant forest of trees. you had heard something about it in the past but it was certainly not where the scouts were. It was dense and was perfect for titans to hide. So they must have gone around. You, however, did not have this luxury so if you wanted to have any catch of catching up you would have to carefully move through the forest yourself.