Eren ran through the white, empty halls, brushing his hand against the wall, strange of his soft, chocolate brown hair falling in front of his face as he did so, ocean eyes glimmering with exitement. Soft and still pure and white, his wings fluttered slightly as he ran, his gloria barely showing. Giggling, he finally reached the end of the seemingly never ending hallway, stopping in front of two, gigantic doors, leading to the front garden, which lead to

The gates.

Now, there was one rule that Eren was always told for as far back as he can remember. Do not go beyond the gates. His parents told him that if he were to go beyond them, terrible things would happen. Was he told what kind of things? No. Was he curious? Yes. Eren was always a curious little Angel, desperate to find out more about the unknown. The idea of exploring and finding out what was beyond those gates appealed to him. Just the mere thought caused shivers of excitement travel up and down his body, but he knew very well that if he were to fulfill that curiosity, he'd be putting himself in danger. Not that he minded. He would risk his life just to explore beyond the gates. Beyond Heaven.

To Eren, Heaven began as this peaceful, amazing place meant for Angels and Angels only. "Not that there's anything other than Angels." he was constantly told. Impossible, he'd say to himself everytime that thought came in mind. The idea that Angles were the only intelligent life ever, was just so proposterous. There had to be other intelligent life somewhere. Outside of heaven perhaps. This was one of the many reasons why he was so desperate to leave.

Heaven also seemed like a prison to him. He was always stuck behind the gates,never allowed to leave or even question what was behind them. Whenever he did ask, he was given this look, as though he was insane or crazy. Afterwards, the Angel he asked would give him a disgusted look and walk away, often muttering the same words under their breath. "Ugh. Human Angel." Yep. Everytime he showed the least bit of curiosity, he'd be accused of acting like...like...humans. Flithy, sinful creatures that were selfish and always put themselves before others. His father, however, was the creator of these so called "filthy" humans. He's always keep a close eye on them. It was only natural for Eren to have human qualities, such a curiosity yet... He always felt so angry and offered being compared to them. They weren't intelligent. They'd use their own "intelligence" for selfish reasons They'd do thing just to fulfill their curioisity. Such as experiment on small animal like guinie pigs. Taking advantage of the fact that they were small and defesless. Not only that, but they were destroying the beautiful world that god had create or them.

"They deserve to be punished." he's say to his father after he heard about what humans were doing.

"No eren. Don't you see? I'm giving the a chnace to fix things. If they don't in time, I guess that's when I'll wipe out the race." The same answer everytime. Eventually, Eren learnt to ignore these comments about his wondrous and imaginative mind, curious and determined to learn more. When he had the idea about going beyond the gates, he immediately ran to his best friend , Armin

"Armin. Guess what?" Eren asked eagily, not being able to hold back his idea any longer. Armin put his book down and looked at Eren.

"Yes Eren?"

"Okay. So you remember that book you showed me? You know, the one about the demons?" Eren asked, still jumping up and down with excitement.

"Yes..." Armin replied, not really sure where this was going.

"Well, what if it turns out that demons are real?"

Armin looked at Eren for a minute, confused at what he was going on about.

"What are you talking about?"

"What if demons do exist?"

"State your evidence."

Eren then stood up staright, pacing up and down, about to explain and prove his thoery. "I think that it's impossible for Angels to be the only living thing of our intelligence. That there is no other life. Demons, however, share out intellectual ability."

"Yes, but how does that prove they exist?" Armin asked, still confused yet intreged.

"I'm getting there. I getting there." Eren cleared his throat, ready to state his logic. "Demons, being the exact opposite of angels, well, Angels would fear them. There would be a constant battle between Angel and demon. It would explain why Angles hate when you question if there's other life. They don't like talking about them. It would also explain why we arent allowed past the gates. Demons could be lurking there. To back up my theory, I suggest we go beyond the gates to find out more."

Armin sat there, his mouth hung open at Eren's idea. "G-go beyond the gates?"

"Yes. Why? Are you scared?" he said, smirking."Besides, you said they didn't exist."

"T-that's true." Armin said, thinking over the idea, then shaking his head. "No. Eren. You know we're not allowed." Eren groaned at Armin's response.

"Come on Armin. Aren't you curious?"

"Curious about what?" Eren jumped at the sound of a different voice. It wasn't Armin's. It was the one person he was hoping wouldn't hear this.

"M-mikasa. Heyy. Armin and I were just talking about..." Eren trailed off at the end, unsure on how to reply.

"Talking about what?" The raven asked, her brown eyes narrowing, expecting Eren's response to be intelligent and not stupid.

"Well...um...I..."

"Don't play dumb. I heard your little plan. You're not going beyond the gates."

"And why's that? I just want to see what's beyond them. It's not like Demons actually exist. I mean, what's the harm in looking?" He responded, looking at Mikasa, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm not letting you get killed." She said in an emotionless voice.

"But Mikasa-"

"We're going." she said, pulling Eren by the ear, dragging him away.

"BYE ARMI-OW!" Eren yelled, as Mikasa tugged harder, dragging him back to the palace. Mentally groaning at her typical attitude, Eren obliged and went with her, not bothering to fight back. He would construct the perfect plan. No matter what, he would get beyond those gates.

Practicly jumping up and down with excitement, he pressed his hand against one of the massive white doors, ready to open it when he froze at the sound of a soft and all too familiar voice call from behnd. He inwardly groaned, cursing himself for getting caught.

"Eren?" He turned around to see his mother, standing about 10 feet in front of him, her maroon hair tied to one side, her amber eyes glimmering at him with suspicion and concern. Her mouth however, was curved into a smile, her arms in front of her stomach, connecting both of her hands together. "What are you doing?"

"Oh. I was just going to go outside and play in the front garden." Eren answered, making his voice sound innocent.

"Not going beyond the gates?" she asked.

"No." Luckily for him, he was a brilliant liar. Unfortunately, his mother could always see right through him. She walked until she was only inches away from his face. Then she tugged onto his ear, causing eren to flinch, for Mikasa had practically dragged him all over the castle.

"Your ears turn red when you lie. Tell me the truth. What were you thinking of doing?" she said in a low, calm yet deadly voice.

"I-I want to go outside. That's all." she tugged on his ear harder. "Fine fine. I want to go beyond the gate." Eren said quickly, his eyes tightly shut.

She pulled her hand rapidly away form Eren's ear, making eren sigh at the relief of pain. "What are you thinking?!"

"I'm tired of being stuck here like...like... cattle! I want to explore. To see what's out there. No one will tell me though. Why?! Well this is what I think." He nearly shouted, his voice rising with anger. "I think demons DO exist and I want to find out if my beliefs are tue or not."

"NO EREN! Stop talking nonsense. Demons don't exist but that doesn't mean it's safe to go out there."

"So then why-"

"EREN! I SAID NO! HAVE I MADE MYSELF CLEAR?!" She shouted, losing her temper completely. Eren scowled at her and stormed off into his room, yelling out in anger. He was frustrated why everyone would keep things from him. This little argument however proved that Demons had a larger chance of being real. That night, he was going to do it. He was going to leave the castle and go confirm his suspision.

Slowly and carefully opening his bedroom door, Eren peaked through the door crack he made, looking left and right to see if anyone was around. Since everyone was asleep, the halls were deserted. No wasting any time, Eren widened the crack, swiflt slipping through it, closing the door quietly behind him. Wincing at the clicking noise it made, Eren hoped nobody heard and tiptoed quickly,the sound of his soft footsteps echoing quietly through the halls as he proceeded. Finally, he reached the two doors, waisting no time as he used all his strength to push one of them open. Light breaking through the crack that he made, slowly getting bigger and bigger, until it was big enough for eren to slip through, carefully closing the door behind him, he turned around, shielding his eyes immediately from the blinding light. Soon, he adjusted to the light and ran immediately through the darkness, his bare feet brushing against the soft grass as he finally reached them. He was finally there. Finally outside the gates.