𝐀 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐄 | eren yeager

35 | Guidance

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She knew she opened her eyes, shutting them tight and then opening them again, blinking fast to try and focus on something. She couldn't even tell if it was dark or if she had lost her eyesight, all she realized was that everything she saw was pitch black. It was frustrating. Just like those cold winter nights she spent with her mother years back. No kind of candle could illuminate the shadowy house enough for her to have the courage to step out of her bed.

Then, her mother would open the door with a tired smile, wave her hand and suggest sleeping next to her with a soft whisper. The young girl always accepted the invitation, running over to her and clutching onto her leg as they then walked down the hallway to her mother's room. It was a place where she felt safe, loved, and no monster could harm her.

That was before Agatha fell ill and died. She was like a strong tree that would protect her daughter with such strong roots deep into the ground that no storm could push it over. But then a parasite made its way in and killed her. That was six years ago, was it not? What a long time indeed...

What made (Y/N) think of her mother again?

A small light that glimmered in the sky was what brought her back to reality. Was it reality? It was a strange feeling. One star turned into two stars and suddenly the sky was illuminated by millions of them. She carefully moved her head on the ground, turning it from side to side on what felt like sand. Her fingers brushed against the ground, before rising up to her eyes. She inspected the almost white sand sticking to her sweaty hands.

She blinked slowly, her gaze becoming hazy as her eyelids struggled to open again. Her right calve tickled like crazy, but she didn't feel like laughing for some reason. It actually felt quite good, relaxing even, but still ticklish.

She slowly lifted her head from the ground, staring ahead of the countless dynes of sand surrounding her field of vision. Multiple meters or kilometers away was a bright light, so bright that (Y/N)'s eyes began watering only a moment after her eyes had landed on it. It looked like a tree whose millions of branches rose up to the dark sky so high it faded into the heights. Her features were illuminated by the auroras in the skies above her. She had read about those in Armin's books.

She began questioning whether what she was seeing was real of a dream made up by her worn out mind. She found the scenery to be weird, yet found the calmess of it quite peaceful.

(Y/N) sighed. She couldn't hear her sigh, for whatever reason, but it didn't really phase her. She let her head fall back to the ground, blinking tiredly. It felt relaxing to calm down for a second. Why did she need to calm down though?

What happened?

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(Y/N) opened her eyes, staring at the wooden closet on the stone wall opposite of her bed. Her eyes moved away from it to the stone wall on her right, her nose almost touching it as she turned her head. The brown girder logs on the ceiling looked even duller. Once conscious enough, she tried to go over whatever she remembered happening before.

'What happened?'

Annie was the Female Titan - that was all she could remember. She transformed in Stohess District, fought with Eren... But what happened after that was a complete blizz. The more she tried to think about it the headache she hadn't acknowledged up until now worsened. She tried to yawn away the anxious feeling tightening her chest, sinking into the surprisingly soft mattress under her. The blanket draped over her was thin, thinner than what she had back in Shiganshina, but still soft and a great source of warmth.