We stared up at the colossal titan in shock and it returned our stare. It moved forward slightly and its foot made contact with the wall, blowing chunks of it everywhere and sending civilians flying through the air. The chaos died down after about half a minute and we looked at the wall again. The titan was gone....but there was a huge hole in the wall.....
the titans will get in!
A titan appeared through the hole and looked down at the large crowd. Everyone started panicking and running away, screaming about how they were going to devour everyone.
I started walking against the crowd. Armin called after me,
"Eren no!"
"My house is in that direction...... Mom's home by herself.."
Mikasa ran after me and armin called out to her too, with no success.
We ran down the streets, bumping into people and seeing death around every corner.
Our house is fine. Our house is fine. I'm going to turn the corner and it's going to be there like always.
We turned the corner and i saw what i dreaded thd most. A huge boulder had crushed our house. Tears formed in my eyes.
"MOM!!!"
We ran up to the house and saw my mom buried. We got to work on trying to lift the pillar that was on top of her. I heard a loud foot step and my head whipped up to see a titan heading in our direction. I yelled over at Mikasa,
"Hurry up dammit!"
"I'm trying!"
My mom looked up at us,
"It's them. You have to get out of here".
I continued to try to free her.
"Eren! Just take Mikasa and run! Now!"
I hoisted with all my strength.
"I want to more than anything! But first i need you on your feet!"
"Sweetie listen to me. My legs have been crushed. Even if you could get me out of here, i can't run. There's no time".
Tears rolled down my cheeks.
"Whatever! I can carry you!!"
"Will you just shut up and listen to me for once in your life?! One thing I'm asking you! One thing! Mikasa make him!"
Mikasa was crying.
"I c-cant".
We continued tryimg to lift the pillar.
My mom looked at us.
"You want all three of us to die?"
Mr Hannes came down on his 3DM gear and ran over to us. My mom seemed grateful that he was there.
"Hannes! Take the children and get them out of here".
"Now don't go doubting me carla. I'm gonna kill that thing and save the three of you".
He ran off in the direction of the titan as my mom screamed at him not to fight it.
After about thirty seconds, he came back and grabbed both me and mikasa, and running away from my mom.
"Wait! Put me down you bastard! My mom's still in there! We can't just leave her!"
My mom yelled after us,
"I love you! Do you hear me?! You have to survive!"
She began crying and the titan was tight above her, digging through the debris and picking her up.
"NO STOP IT!!!"
She began to struggle and pound on the titan's hand with her fist. It grabbed her upperhalf and pulled, most likely breaking her spine, but not killing her. I watched, not being able to speak, as the titan put her in its mouth and bit her in half, causing blood to splatter on to the ground.
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Hannes continued running until we were in a part of the city that hadn't been affected yet. I punched him in the back of the head.
"Dammit stop!"
"You son of a bitch! We could have saved her! We almost had her out! Why did you come?! Why?!"
I elbowed him in the head.
"I told you to stop!"
He threw me ahead of him and i hit the ground. Mikasa ran towards me.
Hannes walked towards us.
"Look. There's noting you could've done for her, you understand? You couldn't save your mom...because you lacked the strength."
I got angry and swung at him. He caught my hand.
"And i couldn't save her... because i lacked the courage! Your mother died because I'm a damn coward!"
He paused and got up,
"I'm sorry".
He grabbed our hands and continued walking towards the gate.
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We boarded one of the boats waiting for us and sat down. I stared off at nothing and tears streamed down my face. We made it outside the gate right before the armored titan smashed through it, allowing the titans access to the inside.
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It's gone.....our house....it's all gone..forever...forever. Why was i such a brat? Why did i always fight her? I never even said 'i love you'. Now I'll never get to...... Never.
I got a flashback lf Hannes telling me that i couldn't have done anything for her.
Because I'm a kid.....because I'm weak. Because every last one of us is a damn coward.
I looked down at my blistered hand and clenched my fist. Is stood up and began walking to the edge of the boat. Mikasa asked me what i was doing and I ignored her. Armin put his hand on my shoulder,
"What's wrong? Did you see something?"
I pushed him off.
"Eren?"
I grasped the railing on the edge of the boat,
"I'm gonna kill them. I'll kill them all. Every last one".
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They sent 250,000 people away to reclaim Wall Maria. That was 20% of the human population. And not even 200 made it back. Armin's grandfather was among the people eaten.
Mikasa and I stood above armin as he clutched onto his grandfather's hat and cried.
I broke the lingering silence,
"We have to find a way to stop them. Our lives will never be our own until we do. This world will never feel like home" i collapsed next to Armin.
"Next year.... I'm joining the cadets....to become strong enough to fight back".
Armin looked at the ground,
"Me too".
"What? You don't have to-"
"Yes i do".
"I'll go too" mikasa joined the conversation.
"Dammit. I'm not trying to drag you in. Look There's no point in following me to my death".
"Yeah. And if i can help it then it won't be your death".
I got up.
"Alright. Together then".
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1 year later
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"Staighten those spines piss heads! The 104th cadet boot camp starts now! Allow me to introduce myself, I'm your instructor Keith Shadis, And you will grow to hate me! Training is gonna be a white knuckle ride through hell! If I've done my job, you'll be waking up in a cold sweat from memories of this for the rest of your miserable lives! Right now you're nothing! Livestock! But over the next 3 soul crushing years, you'll be twice the person you are today! Remember this moment when you come face to face with one! That's the moment you will ask yourself 'am i a fighter or am i feed?' 'am i gonna be ground up to human pulp between two boulder sized incizers? Or am i gonna be the one to bite?'..."
Oh I'm a fighter alright. And before I'm done with them, the titans will grow to hate me.
*A/N* hello!!!!! So this is still going along with the anime. But i will do time skips and get to levi asap.
