AOT: Forget and Forgive

What's Happening?

2 Weeks Later

"I hate going outside for recess." I complained as me, Leena, and a couple of my friends Andy, Alexis, Sophia, and Kara walked outside for recess, usually we went to the library, but today it was closed, sadly.

"Why?" Leena asked.

"I don't know, I like the library, the books, playing Apples to Apples or B.S." I said.

"True, that is really fun, especially when we cheat."

"Its not really cheating, we just get our own cards and have only one judge. Its not cheating, it's a different way of playing it, a better way." I said as we reached the metal bleachers.

"Sure." Leena said as she sat down. Then we got into a conversation about the library, and then it just wandered from there.

After a while I saw a guy that looked familiar standing at the edge of the woods, on the other side of the track. I saw a bunch of people walk past him, but no one noticed him, and I don't know how they couldn't have, he stood out.

Then I recognized him as the guy I saw on my way to math one day, the guy I've been seeing for the past two weeks.

"Mystie! Mystie!" Someone was yelling. I turned to see them all staring at me.

"What?" I asked confused.

"You zoned out." Andy said.

"Oh, sorry, do you guys see that weird guy at the other side of the track?" I asked, I had to know. I always seeing him, every time no one paid attention to him. I had to know if I was going crazy or not, cause it felt like it.

"No," Andy said. "Where?"

"By the edge of the woods."

"No, why?"

"No reason." I said sad, I was the only one who could see him. "Leena, walk around the track with me?"

"Why?" Leena asked.

"I don't know, I want to." I said getting up, if I was going to face it, him, I was going to need a friend.

"Sure," she said getting up, grabbing her stuff and following me down the bleachers.

"Can you really not see him." I asked again, I knew what the answer was going to be, but I needed to know anyway.

"Where again?" She asked as we started walking the track.

"Over there, edge of the forest." I said pointing to the spot where he was.

"No," She said, with the answer I expected. Then she seemed focused on that spot. "Wait, yeah, now I can. Wait, why can I now see him? Its like he suddenly appeared."

"I don't know but I intend to find out. I've been seeing randomly the past two weeks."

"Really?"

"Yeah, and its only me. No one else sees him, except now you."

"Wow."

"How do you want to do this?" She asked as we got close.

"Play it cool, then once the bell rings, we'll confront him, not doing it with people around. And, as if on cue, the bell rung and everyone started heading inside.

We hid behind a bush by the corner of the track, about a 2 yards away from where he was. He didn't look interested in us, or anything else, he even looked bored, as if he was waiting for someone who was not ever going to show.

"You guys coming out or not?" He asked.

"Umm... Yeah." I said quietly as we walked out from behind the bush.

"Hi, I'm Armin." He said turning away from the school to face us. "Nice to meet you."

"How can we see you?" I asked nervous, not knowing how I was even able to speak to him, anyone else would run, but some part of me said it was safe.

"I was about to ask you that." Armin said.

"Wait, how did you know we could see you."

"I saw you and your friends look in my direction, which is not a big deal, maybe a coincidence. Then I saw you point me out to your friend here. I saw her looking intently at me. Then I saw you hide behind the bush, all obvious signs." He said, a lot calmer then me.

I didn't have anything to say. I couldn't find my voice, I was too scared. Me and my friend could see a random guy who I saw have swords, which I was certain he had on him now, he had the box they came out of.

"Anyway, I'm on an order to come talk to you."

"Why?"

"Wait," He said taking a couple of steps toward me. "I'm getting there. Basically, I'm part of a world hidden from your kind."

"Wait, my kind?"

"Yes, humans?"

"If you aren't human what are you?"

"Well, technically, we have no real title, but were normally called Titan Hunters."

"Titan Hunters? What are Titans?" Leena asked for me.

"There, well, its hard to explain, and we really don't have the time. We'll have to get to one of our safe spots."

"I'm not going anywhere with you." I said.

The last thing I remember was the sound of feet landing behind me, then everything went dark...