Another ride led us past many spots where Hange fled from her horse to gain samples. It wasn't until after the sun had passed it's highest point, that we made it to our intended destination.
There are more tribes people here conversing with the cadets, everyone is lounged in the branches breaking apart a star shaped fruit that's yellow and pink on the ends.
Eren picks one us, "This a fruit called cosmo." Eren says and hands it to Hange.
"Ohh it's so soft," she breaks it open easily and like the leaf, there is a liquid in there but it's thicker and looks sticky. Hange licks some of the contents, "This is amazing Eren!" she all but exclaims to the boy that is right beside her.
Eren chuckles lightly , "It is a favorite with us." He says with a smile.
"Come on guys, I want some samples." Hange says motioning Moblit and Armin to follow her to a soft looking patch of grass with some 'cosmo' resting there.
Mikasa rides closer to Eren and I saying, "Eren, this place is beautiful."
Eren nods, "And popular, it's changing season," He says, "We go to branches, for fresh fruit?" Eren asks glancing between both of us.
"Yes Eren, can I carry you up?" I ask.
"I can climb." He says.
"No, I want to show you how we fly." I insist.
Eren bites his lip but nods at me, I smile satisfied. Mikasa, Eren, and I slide from our horse and walk them to a tall tree.
"This tree please." Sasy Eren.
I gently pick him up and he tangles himself around my torso similar to our position from earlier. I grapple up the tree slowly not wanting to scare Eren who grips my jacket a little bit, but thankfully doesn't scream. Mikasa follows us settling down on a branch just slightly above us.
I look down, you can easily see the people below, and to the right you can see the waterfall we had camped at, this is probably how they found us.
Eren slides from my embrace and settles on the branch grabbing three fruits from below the branch and handing them to us.
"Eren, why were you alone in the jungle the day we came?" Mikasa suddenly asks as she breaks her fruit open.
"I was mad at father." He says scratching at the fruits top layer.
"You guys fought?"
"Yes, I don't want to marry Anna, she is friend." He says with a sad expression, I reech out and ruffle his hair making him pout.
"You have to marry Anna?" Eren nods slowly.
"Tradition to marry women, before being chief." He says.
Mikasa nods her head and they continue this talk for a while back and forth. I opt to slowly digest my fruit all the while listening to their conversation.
"Levi, how old are you?" Eren asks and Mikasa tries to cover a cocky laugh.
I roll my eyes, "I'm thirty-four, Eren." I say
Eren's eyes widen a fraction and he begins to giggle, "Stamina." He says, I actually laugh at this and now it's Mikasa who looks confused.
We continued to sit in the tree, legs dangling from the branch and laughter ringing in the air.
"THEY'RE ATTACKING!" Screams a person in the distance, Anna breaks through the trees, her hands are bloodied and it looks like some fingers are missing, "THEY'RE ATTACKING AND BITING ISN'T WORKING!" She sobs loudly as she falls to the ground.
Natives and cadets surround her, I grab Eren by his waist and quickly swing down to the ground.
I push past everyone and Anna looks up to me, "Levi, don't let Eren die Eren," She pauses and coughs up blood there is a chunk of her stomach missing as if she's been bitten into, bitten into, the titans are attacking.
My eyes settle on Eren, he looks shocked, "I promise to protect him Anna." I say and grab Eren pulling him away from the bloody scene. I yell at the people to go high into the trees but the natives don't listen. Cadets try to convince the natives to come, but they push the soldiers off and start to run from the area.
Eren tries to run, but I keep a firm hold on him. "Levi, I must fight!" He exclaims.
"No Eren, I promised i'd keep you safe." Eren growls and start to dig is teeth deep into the flesh of his hand, blood spills from around it. Eren looks at his bleeding hand with shock and tries it again with the other one, this time harder.
"Eren stop," I try to restrain him as cadets land on branches around me. "Captain, Titans are everywhere, the Natives are refusing to come with us to safety." One of the cadets cries out.
I pant gripping Eren to me as he bites himself, "We ne- we need to go," I say quietly.
"We need to board the horses and get back to the walls, gather as many Natives as you can!" I raise my voice, the cadets leap from the trees and onto their horses as footsteps start to rumble closer, at the falls, I can clearly see a few soldiers fighting off titans that are mindlessly eating The Natives.
Eren is sobbing beneath me slowly biting and gnawing at his hands, I don't know what it means, but h looks like he's going to pass out any second. I harpoon down to the ground and hop on my horse, Mikasa runs from Anna's dead body and jumps on hers, "Captain Anna is dead, we need to go now, the number of Titans flooding is rising." She says frantically.
I secure Eren in front of me and dart off into where I last remember us entering. It takes a few seconds before I see titans reaching out for soldiers on horses riding the same way as me and Mikasa. I see Erwin in the distance riding quickly with soldiers behind him, Hange isn't far from us. We all have to dodge grabby hands until we break out of the thick Jungle and into grassy plains.
Titans can be seen to the farthest left of us running into the jungle. I look down as Eren slumps against me unconscious.
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FanfictionCompleted \/ Needs Re-Editing Beyond the walls? It was always a touchy subject. ~~~ Eren stops suddenly at a small lake, it glistens with the moonlight. The view is stunning, but not half as stunning as when Eren walks forward pulling his shorts...
