Attack on titan x male reader

What comes next

Year 844

Age 9

You ran in the woods for what seemed like forever not stopping for anything. All you could think about was finding your sister. Eventually you got the point where you couldn't see the smoke from your burning village. Then you were hit by another reality. You were lost. 

You had ran so far, for so long and so fast. You were completely physically and emotionally exhausted, your legs were ached, your lungs burned and soon enough you collapsed. You laid there stomach first in the cold hard dirt, all the traumatic events coming back. 

The sight of Butch, the countless bodies of your neighbors, what happened to your uncle... your parents. The reality was unbearable for you and the only thing you could do was run away. Even though you knew you had too and even your father, the man who told you never to run away unless there was absolutely no choice told you to run. A small part of you couldn't help but feel like a worthless coward.

You tried to keep it all together and tried to keep going but you were just to exhausted. So you just laid there, laying in sadness, exhaustion, and shame. You were uncertain of what was next. After all there was no guarantee you were even going to make it out of the woods. There could be wolves or some other predator or maybe who ever attacked your village would send people out looking for survivors. All of this made you extremely worried. You couldn't die out here. Then your uncles death would have been for nothing, your father, your mother, no one would ever knew they existed. You had to keep going no matter what. You had to live for them.

These thoughts were interrupted however when you heard some rustling not far from you. This got you to get on your knees and try to see what it was but you couldn't see anything other then trees. The rustling grew louder and was getting closer. You wobbled to you feet and felt weak. You were simply to exhausted to fight. However you weren't gonna give up. No matter what you wouldn't give up. You held the sword with both hands, not doing it one handed like you were used to and even though you were scared, cold, and exhausted you were prepared to see through to the bitter end.

Y/n: "Odin veita mér styrk. (Odin give me strength)" you whispered as you ready your sword taking the best stance you could in this exhausted state. 

The rustling grew louder as it got closer until It finally broke out the trees, out of the darkness and into your view. You immediately noticed it wasn't a predator. It wasn't an animal at all. It was a person and she took one look at you and instantly knew who you were.

Angela: "S-scarlet..." She said weakly, yet in a relieved tone. 

Y/n:  "Angela...." You replied to your sister, eyes widening when you saw her.

She looked like she had been threw the worst of it. Sure you were covered in cuts and bruises but Angela, the toughest girl you knew, looked like she had seen the gates of hel. She had cuts all over her arms, her jacket and dress ripped all over, especially by the knees, she had a multiple bruises on her face and marks on her neck. Her eyes seemed just like yours, physically and emotionally exhausted, yet they lit up when she saw you alive.

Y/n: "Angela!" You finally spoke out breaking out of your mini state of shock and getting closer to her.

Angela: "Listen to me Y/n." She said abruptly yet in a somewhat defeated tone. "We're not safe here. There's predators in these woods. I know a cave nearby we'll be safe there." 

Y/n "Ok but.....uncl-"

Angela: "Lets just get there first." She interrupted you "We can talk there."

All you could do was nod in agreement.

To your relief the cave wasn't that far away. However even though it was a relatively short walk, your legs almost gave out from being so tired. You almost tripping every 5 seconds cause you could hardly see didn't help either. Angela on the other hand didn't have nearly as much trouble as you. By now you got a painful reminder that you had been kicked multiple times and trained hard with a sword. You felt like your body was going to break entirely.