Hidden Identity (Attack on Titan Fanfiction)

Dancing Shadows

Chapter Four: Dancing Shadows.

I stood next to Jean and the other 104th Trainees Squad members, everyone in the military has been called to a meeting, and everyone was regreting their decision to join the military in the first place.

Commander Pixis, the head commander of the Garrison Brigade, stands in front of everyone, ontop the wall, a calm yet strict look on his face.

He gives a small speach while people in the crowd start to loose their hope and contemplate of running away from the military, even if the punishment is death. I scowl, those prissy little scaredy a** b*tches... why join the military in the first place when you actually have a chance to save humanity and you just back out...!?

I scowl and clench my fist, glaring at the ground. Pixis notices the disruption between the ranks and gives another speach, somehow he managed to persuade the sissys into coming back... hmph, he is pretty good.

Eren Jeager steps up and Pixis claims that he could be the first steps to saving humanity... to be completely honest, I wasn't really listening... just kinda spacing out.

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I stood with the Jean, Connie, and Sasha. Our mission was to distract the titans and to kill them if necessary.

Jean and I exchange looks and we both nod, simultaneously we jump off the wall and into the titan fray.

Running across the rooftops I catch the attention of a couple of nearby titans, ranging from a ten meter class to a towering seventeen meter class.

I quickly run in their direction, my swords unsheathed and trailing behind me as I ran. Reaching the end of the current rooftop that I was on, I jump off doing a little spin, killing an eight meter class that wasn't really paying attention to anything.

I jump off the dead titan and killed another one and another, a ferocious roar cuts my concentration. Booming noises that sounded distinctly like footstep reverberated through the town.

Glancing up I spotted determined, glowing green eyes. I guess Eren was able to do it... hmmph, good job, rule breaking titan...

A jerk on my wires catches my attention. Titans were running past through the streets and one had (stupidly) tripped over my wire.

I was yanked from the roof I was on and thrown into a wall, hitting the wall I let out a small shout of pain and suprise.

Good thing I had shot my wired tk the top of the rooftop so instead of hitting the ground I was hanging like a ragdoll from only one of my wires.

Slowly I start to lose myself into the inky blackness...

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Huh...? Where am I, everywhere I look was just shadows within shadows....

I stare at my nail bitten hands, confused. I twirl around, searching for something, anything... but all I could find was dancing shadows...

Am I dead?

Is this where people who ran away from their duties go when they die?

If it is, then this must be hell...

Why am I so cold...?

I guess it is becuase no one really loves me...

"That is not true, my little love," a painfully familiar voice whispers.

Huh!? Who was that...?

The voice giggles, "Do you not remember me...?"

I twirl around, searching for the owner of the voice... but was met with only dancing shadows...

Who is that....

Remember who...?

"Your Momma, my little love," the voice says.

I gasp amd turn around, behind me stood a strikingly beautiful woman, Momma...

Running at her, I pull her into a hug, one that she gently returns, her gently smile warming my heart. She pulls away too quickly and I pout.

She gives me a smile and gently raises my chin, "You are not dead, my little love... but you are here because I need to give you a little warning..."

A warning...?

"My little love, soon you will have to make a grave decision, one that will change fate... you have to choose between your heart, or between what is right for humanity..."

A grave decision...?

A choice between my heart and humanity...?

What is right for humanity...?

But before I could voice my questions outloud the shadows begin to dance around us, or more like my mother.

Momma!

Before I could stop it, she is engulfed by the dancing shadows. I let out a scream of pain and sorrow.

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"Hey! Eli, Eli!" Someone was shaking me, but who would be shaking me... ouch, I hurt all over... expecially my ribs, "Eli! Wake up already!"

I let out a moan and incoherent mumble, "Come on, man... you need to wake up... damn it... wake up already, I already lost Marco..." the voice says, it was pained and full of sorrow...

"Jean, just shut the hell up..." I moan out, opening my eyes to glare at the boy who was shaking me.

I quickly sit up and gasp in pain, holding my ribs, "Careful, Eli... you broke some of your ribs... you should be okay soon though..."

I nod my head in understandingn slowly laying back down. I was in a small hospital room, a white curtain enclosing the space to offer some sort of privacy.

Wait a moment...

"Where is my sweater?" I ask, searching... I found it on a nearby chair, quickly putting it on, I pull the hood over my face.

I finger my split lower lip, watching Jean with a guarded expression, "You know... Don't you...?"

Jean watches me silently, his eyes borring into my hooded ones, slowly he opens his mouth to answer.

"Why... why did you keep it a secret?" Jean asks, confusion written across his face.

I look away, not able to see the look of confusion and disappointment that was on his face, "I am sorry... but I have my reasons..."

Jean doesn't answer and I sneak a peak at him, he was scowling at the ground.

"Does... does anyone else knows...?" Jean shakes his head and I sigh in relief... thank god.

"Can... can you keep it between us... please Jean... I beg of you."

Jean sighs and glares at the ground, an akward silence ensues, slowly he lifts his head up to mine, a small smile dancing across his face, "I sure don't know why the hell you are hiding a secret that big... but I won't tell anyone, pretty boy..."

I smile at him, slightly suprised that he had actually chosen to keep my secret.

"Thanks, horseface."

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Well, hmm... I kinda like how this turned out... ya know writing is much like drawing...

You don't know how it is going to end until you are done...

Anyway, vote and comment! And what do you think Eli's secret is...?