Save Me (Erekuri/Erestoria) [ON-HOLD INDEFINITELY]

Prologue

Krista's POV

I killed that titan.

Was that all...my imagination? Am I really moving of my own accord...? I didn't believe that I would actually be able do to it...

"I am...Historia Reiss."

But somehow I did.

"The true ruler of these walls."

This is my role. I needed to make it sound real and convincing. But are the people so naïve that they'd obey a ruler in name only? Would they really believe that a weakling like me is the real heir to the throne? Would they really believe me when I say that I am the queen?

This is all just a lie, right?

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Krista.

Huh...? Who's that?

Hey Krista!

Umm, I don't think I know that person.

Krista...?

Ugh, why is that name echoing in my head?

"Historia!" Suddenly, all my senses came back.

"H-huh...? "I blinked a few times before focusing on the person in front of me. "Wait what—"

"Do you know the plan?" Plan? What plan? I mentally shook myself, trying to refresh my mind for a second. It was a bad time to drift off, but I did it anyway.

"This is how it goes. Jean and Armin will diguise themselves as the both of us, and the Survey Corps will surrender the two of them to the Military Police..." Oh yeah, I remember that. We are to be "confiscated" for further investigation, and I suppose that this whole situation will be passed on to the Military Police since everything has kinda gotten out of hand while the responsibility was under Commander Erwin's control.

"...So in the meantime we have to hide from them or to anyone from outside who might recognize us. I don't think it's much of a plan for now, but I hope this works." Eren sighed and rested his back onto the wall. "What a situation we've gotten ourselves into, huh?" he said with a weak chuckle. I nodded in response and went back deep into my thoughts. What, how, and why? I wanted to ask myself as more questions came flying into my mind. I was so confused to the point it kinda made me dizzy. I held my head to support it since it felt like it might fall off at some point. There was just so much to think about, so much to worry about, and so much to—

"Hey Krista," Eren called, pulling me back to reality again. I dragged my tired eyes to meet his only to receive a worried look. "Are you alright?" he asked.

"Oh," the question kind of startled me,  "um, I'm alright." Then I flashed him a weak smile, but he didn't seem to buy it. "There's no need to worry," I assured him.

"Are you sure? I know that a lot has happened and you shouldn't push yourself too much about it, but you gotta—"

"Eren," I cut him off. "I said I'm alright." I sighed and rubbed my face in frustration. "There's just...so much to think about right now and I just can't ignore it. There's so many questions needing answers. So much information that I need to know." I took a deep breath to calm myself before continuing.

"It's like...I had this puzzle before, and there were so many missing pieces. I looked for them; I looked for answers and secrets that might fit in the empty spaces and reveal another part of the picture. But some pieces were just too difficult to find, and at some point in my life I didn't get to make any progress in searching them... So I decided to forget that puzzle, toss it to the back of my memory, and move on. Well, I tried to but eventually it came back to me, reminding me of my responsibilty to complete it. Now I'm back to searching for those missing pieces again, but the problem is I don't know where to start. I don't know where to look for those pieces; I don't know where to ask for the answers. Basically, I don't know how or if I can even finish this puzzle."

Everything has gone complicated and I felt like I didn't know what to do anymore. I pulled my knees close to my chest and buried my face between them as I continued to overthink about our situation. Eren and I were silent for a while; both of our thoughts consuming us little by little as we slowly went deeper into insanity. My head hurts, my body feels weak, and I'm confused. Sometimes I wonder...what did I do to deserve this?

"You can do it," Eren said, breaking the heavy silence between us. "You'll find them. They'll come up to the surface eventually. You always find a way for good things in bad times." I stiffened at his abrupt statement, but I shook my head at it.

"And what makes you say that?" I asked, my tone sounding negative and dry as I managed to utter the question in an audible voice. I lifted my head up to face him with tired eyes.

Eren was looking up like he was searching for the answer like it was just above him, but then he looked at me and shrugged. "Well, maybe it's because you're Krista."

I blinked at his response, but then let out a weak laugh while shaking my head in disagreement once again.

"That's not true," I replied with a sigh.

Now it was Eren's turn to shake his head. "It kinda is," he said. "To Krista, it is true. But that depends..." Then he looked at me straight in the eye.

"Are you even Krista right now?"