A thousand years

Confusion

Levi p.o.v

"who are you?" I stared in disbelief at the girl I'd known for over ten years. She looked confused and scared which hurt me more than when I lost her over five years ago. "I'm sorry, I know your name but that's it I'm sorry" she kept apologizing over and over until I'd had enough "so... That's it? You don't know anything, where you've been and who I am? Do you even know who you are?" She looked away in shame "i-I couldn't answer that" my gaze softened slightly as I began to realise she looked like a vulnerable child "so you can't remember Isabel and Farlan?" She nodded "I know who they are but I don't know how" I nodded at least she hadn't forgotten them "I get flash backs now and then and things come back in pieces" she stared out the window that looked out into the court yard of the hospital "where did you find me?" She glanced at me briefly then returned to looking out the window "a villager found you passed out in the bushes and immediately recognised you as the missing Lena Makin" tears began to roll down her cheeks "I've been missing? How long?" I stayed silent until she turned and looked me directly in the eye "how long?" I looked away from her "I've been searching for you for nearly five years now" we didn't speak for a few moments then she wrapped her arms around my shoulders and hugged me gently and stayed there, eventually I returned the gesture stiffly and she began to laugh "you were never one for hugs were you?" I could feel a smile tugging at my lips but I refused to let it shine through "Hange can help, she knows what to do... Could you take me to her? I can't remember what she looks like I just know who she is" I nodded and began to walk at a brisk pace, Lena managed to keep up fine to my annoyance "why are we walking so fast?" I ignored her and silence filled up another few moments until she grabbed my arm with great force causing me to stop "Levi! Talk to me! I'm sorry I can't remember you but please don't act like a stranger" her eyes were full of sadness which made me feel terrible, the knife that had been stuck in my side for the whole time she had been missing had begun twisting and turning again because of the way I was distancing myself from her "I'm sorry its just I don't know you anymore I can't..i just don't know what to do, you've been gone so long and now your back but its like your still gone" she looked away "well then help me get my memories back" a broken smile cracked through "sure lets go then brat to shitty glasses" she chuckled "I'm not a brat" I ruffled her hair "sure thing brat" she scowled "your just a grumpy garden gnome" I turned to glare at her "your still smaller than me" she pouted "whatever, he Levi" I turned two seconds too late to react to her flicking my forehead "oi!" She laughed then stuck her tongue out "gotta be fast Levi" I smirked "I'll show you fast brat" she put her hands up in mock defence "oh please don't hurt me mister I'm just a wittle girl!" I lunged at her but she moved away too fast causing me to trip slightly before regaining balance "oh I'm sorry grandpa should I slow down for ya?" I scowled "please I could outrun you any day of the week" she raised her eyebrow "is that a challenge?" I grinned "maybe" a strange noise came from my throat as I began to chase after her, it was a strange sound that I hadn't made in years, laughter.

Hange p.o.v

I couldn't believe my eyes when I stepped out of my office after hearing laughter from at the time what I assumed to be two cadets messing around I was about to scold them when I recognised the two running around. Levi who hadn't even cracked a smile since Lena went missing had what he would class as a 'shit eating grin' on his face and... It couldn't be Lena? The similarities were to alike to be another person, white hair and big blue eyes nobody could even come close to her strange beauty "Lena?" It came out as a strangled cry, she turned to look at me slowly then Levi tackled her to the ground making her focus her attention elsewhere, I began to speed walk towards them then full force ran "Lena!" I screamed as tears of joy flowed down my cheeks, both looked surprised as I jumped on them and squeezed the life out of them "Lena is it really you? This isn't a cruel joke?! It's really you isn't it?" Levi squirmed in discomfort "get off shitty glasses! You weigh a ton!" I laughed "just wait till Erwin hears about this!", "hears about what?" I jumped up taking Lena with me "Erwin look who's back!" His eyes widened in disbelief "Lena?" She nodded slowly "Hange could you please let me go?" I released her "where have you been? What happened that day? Where's the rest of your squad?" Erwin released question after question until Lena silenced him "I don't know! I can't remember anything other than my name and your names! I need to get my memories back and I just know the only one that can help me is Hange I don't know why! So we started heading over here then bumped into her and now you" I looked over to Levi "where did you find her?" He looked away from Lena to look at me "a villager found her and recognised her, she was passed out in some shrubs so he took her to the hospital then he came to me and told me he'd found her, I went immediately, knew it was her then she told me she didn't know who I was" I took a chance to look at Lena properly and realised that it looked like she hadn't aged in all the years she's been missing "Lena where have you been?" She glanced up "it's a long story and you probably won't believe me" I smiled "try me, alot of crazy stuff has happened since you disappeared, what you have to say probably won't even touch what I need to tell you" she smiled "okay but all of you might want to sit down" we all headed into the mess hall which was empty because most cadets were training at the moment, we all sat around a table and Lena began to tell us what had happened during the past few years.