The Guardian's Tale (AOT fanfiction)

-Bystander pt.2-

Our group, accompanied by Levi and Hange, went to meet the Commandant on the training grounds. Apparently he was the 12th Scout Regiment Commander and was Commander Erwin's predecessor. The Commandant brought us to sit inside but Sasha insisted on standing up. Poor girl was probably still scarred from the time we spent training with him. 

"It's only been a handful of months...yet I barely recognize you kids." The Commandant noticed. 

Hange asked him if he knew why we were here but, instead of answering her question, he looked at Eren and said he resembled his mother but that the daggers in his eyes were his father's. Suddenly, Eren got up and demanded that the Commandant tell him everything he knew about his father. The Commandant admitted that in the grand scheme of things, he didn't know anything but he agreed to tell us what he knew in his personal history as a bystander. 

(.............)

In short, he met Grisha, Eren's father, 20 years ago outside the gates of Wall Maria. He had lost his memory but he remembered that he was a doctor and he remembered that his name was Grisha Yeager. He then told us about his personal history with Eren's dad and how Grisha believed that only someone really special, a chosen one, could be a Scout. He also told us about how Eren ate his father and I noted that Commandant Sadies seemed to have had a thing for Eren's mom. Jeez, talk about drama.

"At least now I know the REAL reason you chose to resign. Not to atone for all the soldiers you got killed, but because YOU realized that you're not a special snowflake. Just a delusional self-centered child. You had NO right to keep all of this to yourself just to spare your own ego." Hange stated, clearly angry. "We pledged to give our lives and our hearts for the good of mankind !"

"Please let it go Commander." Eren spoke up. "The Commandant was right. Just like him, I was never special. Looks like...I was just the son of a man who was. That's all there is to it."

"Listen." I yawned. "I don't mean to interrupt this clearly gloomy self pity party but Eren it's time you stopped being a little bitch. You're not special. Tough shit. We don't need you to be special. We need you to man the fuck up and help us save humanity. That's all there is to it. No one needs to be special to do that. We need dedication. We need courage and we need to stop wallowing in self pity all the time. Believe me. I know what you're going through. I wanna die too and I know I shouldn't have been born, hell, I've been told that my whole life. But unlike you, I decided to fight through that and use my powers to help mankind. Does it mean I don't wanna die anymore ? No. But it means I'm strong enough to suck it up and help my friends instead of pitying myself. Now it's up to you. What will YOU do ?"

After a few minutes of silence, Commandant Sadies spoke up.

"After I yelled at her...this is what your mother said. 'Why should anyone HAVE to be special ? That just isn't the way I like to look at things...and when it comes to my child...I don't care if he grows up to be great. My son doesn't have to be better than anyone. After all, just look at him, he's so cute. I think Eren's special enough already. For no other reason than that he was born into this world.'"

(...........)

As we all got on our horses to leave, Jean whacked me behind the head and I whined. He lectured me for almost making him laugh at Eren during a serious moment and I stuck my tongue out at him. Before he could catch me, I headed off to catch up with the others. I looked up at the sky and let out a small chuckle.

Special huh ? My brother told me I was, more than once, but...what does it mean to be special ? Does it mean to surpass others...or to be able to surpass one's self ?

TO BE CONTINUED !

(Ik this one was shorter sorry !)