Zuri: Attack On Titan

Unexpected

When you think of guns, you definitely don't think of them connected with the words "pointed at you" and "father." So when I see my father pointing a rifle at me, I freeze. In front of me, Eren's titan collapses, the wounds smoking. The nape of the neck would open in a puff of steam, and a very short Mikasa would run over to pull Eren out of the muscle. *So that must be where I am right now.* I think. *In the Nape of this bodies neck. And how exactly am I NOT freaking out right now?*

"Who... And what.. Are you?!" I hear a yelling deep voice. I look down to see a commander for the Garrison Regiment. I stand there staring, though my mind is straining to get words out. *I guess even a Titan Shifter can't speak to humans.* I think. "Answer.. Or I swear to God, we will kill you!" He shouts. I hear another couple hundred guns cock.

I blink almost helplessly. "Wait!" I hear a yell of a light female voice. I see Mikasa leave Eren to a Survey Corp warrior before stepping forward. "Titans cannot speak." She says confidently. "I know, because I have family who becomes a Titan every time he needs to." Her voice sounds effortlessly calm, and controlled.

As she speaks I move my eyes over the little crowd of humans. *Wow,* I think. *I'm already thinking like a Titan. Isn't this fantastic.* My eyes stop on a particular blonde boy. Staring at him for a moment, he looks up at me.

It's Armin.

The thoughts that had run through my head and had gone still wash away. Only pure happiness escapes from me as I look down at the short blonde boy I love so much. He locks eyes with me, and though I know it must be a little ominous, I smile at him.

Before I plummet to the ground and my world goes black.

When I open my eyes, I'm staring at a white ceiling. The bedding is softer than what I have at home, and I sit up. In my attempt, I find I'm restrained by chains. "What?" I question myself. "Why am I chained..?" I would pull against the chains again before relaxing and laying back down. I would hear the light sound of footsteps approaching the closed doors.

"Is she awake yet?" says a soft voice.

*That voice. It can't be..*

"I thought I heard the sound of jingling chain mail, sir. I think she finally woke up." says a gruffer voice.

"Thank you." says the lighter voice before the door handle turns. When the head pokes in, I can't believe my eyes.

It's Armin.

I couldn't help myself from saying his voice. "Armin!" I yell cheerfully. His reserved stature falls away when I call his name, and he runs over to my bed. "Oh God, Zuri, your not evil.. Your okay.. I knew you'd be okay!" He squeals. He pulls out a ring of keys and unlocks the chains that bound me to the bed.

The question burns into my brain. "Im not.. Evil? What do you mean by that?" Armin looks a little surprised, as if this is common information that everyone should know. "Well, you see, after you gave me that amazing Titan smile, you fell just about on top of Mikasa. She, of course, dodged it, but just barely. Then, I saw you in the nape of that Titans neck.. And it just... Zuri, it worried me so much these past few days. They put you in a coma so they could get everything ready to hold another Titan Shifter."

I shudder. Armin had just called me a Titan Shifter. "So.. It wasn't a dream?" I ask him, my eyes pooling with tears. Armin tilts his head in worry. "No.. It wasn't." he says. "But we beat the Titans because of you!" He adds in a forced-cheerful tone.

"Thats not what Im worried about." I say. "Im worried about my father pointing a gun at me. And then seeing you die. Maybe this is still a dream! Yeah! I bet your all my imagination!" My voice is raising. "Maybe there was never any Armin! Maybe you never crushed my soul because you never existed in the first place! The Titans never attacked! The attack on Shiganshina 5 years ago, this is all just a big dream!" The more I go on, the more I know this is reality, but I continue to rant. The feelings that I had bundled in when I became a Titan were breaking free, and they were all directed at Armin.

"So my Mom isn't dead, and neither is my little brother! Dad's not in the Garrison Regiment, he's the apothecary, like he always was before the attack, because the attack never happened! And you never crushed my heart because you never existed!" The final words of my rant escape my mouth right as Eren and Mikasa enter the room.

"I will not be a disgusting Titan Shifter!"

Then I crumple from exhaustion, still not recovered from my Titan epidemic.

My world goes black as I go unconscious.