Wishing Tree |Alternate Ending |

The Old Meets The New

I made a map ⬆️ to hopefully help you understand where everything is.
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Mikasa's POV
"Aunt Mikasa....Aunt Mikasa!" I hear Kineths voice under the rattle of chains. My body stiff, with the cools sensation wrapped around my wrist I blink out of my haze. Tan sand comes to view as Kineths voice rings louder "Hey, are you okay? I was so worried."

My vision clearing I finally see it, Kineth and I chained up in the pathes "what the hell..." I mumble, jerking one of the chains attaching my wrist to the sand.

My mind starts to race realizing this isn't what our Pathes look like. The Pathes Eren showed us was always light, under a heap of stars, while the tree was always stemming out of what looked like an Aurora Borealis but this one is darker. The tan sand reflects the red-orange sky filled with hovering rocks. Rocks that float like unlit stars in the distance. If you look too far, all you see is a heavy white cloud thats surrounding us, except the view of the tree. The tree here is gold and has leafs. Although half of those leafs lie scattered in the sand but not like the beautiful golden ones in the tree. The ones in the sand are white, completely colorless.

Moving my attention to Kineth, who's eyes stare at me with a panicked worry, I try to reel my mind back in. I need to get us out of here.

"Whats going on? What is this place?" His voice calming now that I am up. Adjusting himself from his knees to sit crisscrossed, he looks up to the tree.

I adjust myself as well, trying to seem level headed as the chains dig into my wrist "This is what we call the Paths. A realm in which you as Founder has connections to in your case all the Ackerman line."

"I feel like I've been here but it didn't look like this." Kineth explains, examining the area.

We suddenly hear a clapping from behind us "Glad you noticed.." a masculine tone, comes toward us. My instincts kick in and I attempt to jump to my feet to get in front of kineth but I am pulled back by the chains that allow me enough length to kneel.

Turning to the sources of the voice I see the Nolan. His dirty blonde is longer than I last saw, straitened waves, just below his ears. His clothes are a pristine black suit but his eyes are riddled with eye bags as if he hasn't slept for days. While his skin is tanner than normal from being at the Kingdom for so long.

Walking around to the front of us, sand crunching with every step I clench my jaw "What the hell is this Nolan." I growl.

Nolan huff a snide smile, running his hand through his hair "I don't know if you're tracking Mikasa but we are about to wage war against eachother."

"But why? What did Paradis do so wrong? Are you not Queen Historia's husband? Why would you want to hurt your family." Kineth shouts comfused as he doesn't know anything. Levi has kept him out of the loop because we wanted to keep him out of war. It's our job to protect him and yet he's always been right in the middle.

Nolan raises a brow at me, "The kid knows nothing? Honestly how reckless of parents not to inform their kids of danger...." He shakes his head, walking closer to Kineth.

I try to lunge "stay away from him!" I shout, chains digging deeper.

Nolan rolls his eyes, waving his hand towards me. The gesture pulls the chains slack into the sand, forcing me back down "Im talking Mrs. Jaeger. It would behoove you to learn some manners." He hisses, turning his attention back to Kineth "Now where were we? Ah yes, why did I wage war?" He kneels down to Kineths level "well you see son, my family line was Massacred but little did they know, quite a few of us survived." He laughs bitterly "and we wanted revenge." He waves up his hands, standing up straight.