Complications Throughout Generations

Chapter 50

Eren's POV:

2 years later

I'm 10 years old now. Mikasa and Armin still come over almost every day. The memories have still continued. And they're not very pleasant. My father said he knows everything now. How could he possibly stop getting memories? Did something happen to him?

The worst one by far is the fact that I was turned into a Titan by my father. How could he do that to me? Why? Why turn me into something the world is afraid of? But obviously I can't be angry because it was in fact over a thousand years ago and we're not the same people. He refuses to tell me what he knows. The other night, I heard him talking to himself. He kept saying, "that's not the same Eren, you don't need to be afraid." Afraid of me? Maybe he's afraid that he had turned me into a Titan at such a young age. But why be afraid when I'm not even capable of transforming into that anymore? It upset me when he stopped sharing these things with me. It made me feel closer with him.

I still haven't gone over Mikasa's house. For whatever reason, I was petrified of her twin brother. We can't even say his name since it gives me a massive headache every time. I immediately feel like I'm going to pass out. What did he do? Although he was Mikasa's twin, he was never in any of my classes. I had wondered why until Mikasa had explained how he was homeschooled. She told me he had a hard time being around people. At 10 years old, you really have a hard time being around people?

School was okay. Mikasa and especially Armin excelled in every subject, meanwhile I was a little behind. Mikasa wasn't in my 4th grade class but Armin was. But now in 5th grade, we're all back together and we've made some new friends. There was Sasha, who was actually Mrs. Braus' daughter, our 3rd grade teacher. Connie, who was Sasha's best friend since kindergarten. And Jean, who was incredibly annoying but really cool and has a massive crush on Mikasa. The second their names were called in class, Mikasa and I immediately had the familiar rush to the head. I couldn't wait for those to be over. I went back to tell my father about them but he didn't know any of their names. But the next day, Mikasa told me she remembered that we were all in something called the 104th Training Corps. That explained where I got the flying from. We used some sort of equipment to get around. My father had brought up the timeline again and had explained that some memories came back sooner than when they should because seeing these people must've jump started it.

We were in October. So Halloween was around the corner. Mikasa, Armin, and I have taken this very seriously every year. In 3rd grade, we all dressed up as Power Rangers. I was the red, Armin was the blue, and Mikasa refused to be the pink so she went with green. Last year, there was a bit of a mishap. We planned on being characters from Harry Potter. But when we all showed up at my house, all 3 of us had round glasses on and a lightning bolt scar on our foreheads. This year, we haven't yet decided. But it's going to be epic!

We were at the playground during recess and created a game called "Tag the Titans".  The objective of the game was basically the same as hide and seek tag. Obviously Mikasa and I knew what it really meant but our friends didn't. It kept the inside joke. I doubt the old me from a thousand years ago would ever make a joke about Titans. I noticed a lot of crying in those memories. I didn't even know I was capable of that.

"Mikasa, stop running so fast!" Sasha yelled, trying to chase her down. I was smiling, watching my best friend run at the speed of light. But I was too distracted.

"Gotcha!" Jean cornered me on the playground.

"I don't think so, horse face!" I laughed and went down the slide.

"Will you stop calling me that?" Jean whined. "It's literally bullying."

Once I made it to the bottom of the slide, I slide out too fast and knocked someone over.

"Watch where you're going." She groaned, pushing the hair out of her face.

And just like that, an incredibly horrifying memory was unlocked.