Attack on Titan/Zelda crossover - To Hyrule and Back Again

Chapter Fifteen: The Problem District

Eren's Point of View

This week has been one of the worst in my life.

I don't know what's going on.

I don't know who to trust.

Hell, I don't even know if I'll ever see my friends again.

I can't think straight.

I barely eat.

I barely sleep.

I barely have the motivation to look Krista in the eye and tell her everything's going to be okay, because it's probably not.

I've learned they're planning to let titans into Wall Rose, dooming humanity for good.

I've learned two more people I've come to trust are actually something very, very different.

Levi left, I don't know where he is.

Hanji's being escorted somewhere.

I don't even know the whereabouts of Erwin, or any other scouts of that matter.

All I know is that Annie, Reiner, and Bertholdt have both humanity's strongest soldier, Levi, and the only good titan shifter, me, trapped in this "problem district."

That's what they refer to District Utopia as.

The Problem District.

. . .

I awake one morning, not to loud noises from outside nor people rapidly screaming at me to wake up, but naturally waking up. The atmosphere is peaceful; the room is neat; for once, being in this hell, I feel fine.

Maybe I've gotten used to Utopia. Used to being away from everyone that counts on me, and everyone I count on. Independence is definitely something.

Krista's in the bed beside me, dozed off; I think she barely got any sleep because of what happened yesterday.

"There's a hole in Wall Rose. Phase two is complete, sir," I heard some man say to another. It had more of an effect on Krista than it did me.

Wall Rose is being invaded by titans and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

The colossal, the armored, and the female titans are alive and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

Levi's going on a suicide mission and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

My friends' lives are at stake and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

The only thing I can do is listen to the harsh orders from them...

After convincing myself I'm going insane yet another time I walk outside without waking Krista up. Gazing into the crowd of people ignorant of what's happening around them. Ignorant of the fact that mankind's greatest enemies are walking past them daily.

I take a seat on the bench I've sat on every single day since Annie... Annie sentenced me to this place. There's a large oak tree behind it, and a busy sidewalk in front of it.

I've only seen Bertholdt, not Reiner, and though I don't dare to ask one of those... "Fraternity Rose Utopia Guards," I can't help but wonder where he is, what he's doing...

It was Annie who told me the true identities of Bert and Reiner. I was mute for the entire day, with Krista constantly asking what was wrong. I told her later, and she acted the same.