Wall Titania Productions
Eagerly jumping onto the Titan!Marco AU bandwagon because god do I love this AU. There needs to be more fics, I swear. I know it doesn't start out with Jean but, please, be patient! He's coming soon! I don't own Shingeki no Kyojin.
He couldn't remember much.
He could remember quite a few sounds. The sounds of whizzing about through the air and gas. The sound of chatter and laughter.
Then the sound of panic and screaming and crunching and pain.
He didn't like remembering those sounds.
In his head, he managed to distinguish quite a few voices. A few faces. Well, he couldn't connect which voice belonged to which face, but he was grateful that he could think at all with that great, muddled mind of his.
What else did he remember...
He had a name.
He couldn't remember what it was, but he was certain that at some point he had a name.
That's how he spent most of his days: wandering about the forest whilst trying to get a solid thought to form.
There was one day, however, that something drew him away from his fragmented memories. He was at the edge of the Forest of Giant Trees when he saw a curious sight.
There were little creatures sitting atop animals running by. The creatures looked vaguely like the other beings like him in this forest only much smaller. Most of their skin was covered. They had green things flapping in the wind behind them.
He was filled up with excitement.
What were they? How could they look like him and yet be so little? What did they sound like? What did they smell like? What did their faces look like up close? What did they taste like? He had to know!
Once they were all in the forest, he backed away from the tree he was peeking behind and started following them.
He took care not to collide with the trees, as they might crush the little things. They started moving faster and a few of them started screaming.
A frown made its way to his face. Why were they making that noise? Were they scared? Why were they scared? He wasn't going to hurt them. Animals weren't scared of him, how come these little things were?
He was getting closer and closer to one of them. It had bright hair and it was the one who was screaming. He'll take a look at that one.
He accidentally took a step that was too close to it, however, and made it fall off his animal to the ground. Now was his chance.
He wrapped his fingers around it clumsily. He lifted it off the ground and brought it closer for examination. It was... male? Was that the word for it? Below the mop of bright hair, he had wide blue eyes.
He, the little creature, was flailing about in his grip. He was using his feeble arms to try and push the fingers off of him. His eyes were bulging out and his mouth was open like a fish out of water.
He tilted his head in confusion. Was his little thing broken? Did it have something to do with his fingers?
He loosened his grip. When it felt like the smaller being was about to slip, he awkwardly rearranged his hands so that he was sitting in his cupped hands.
His little thing took in deep breaths. He turned his gaze up to him, his expression changing. To what, it was a mystery to the one holding him.
At last, he decided to figure out what his little bright-haired creature tasted like. Would it have a nice flavor because it was brightly colored? He began to bring his hands up to his mouth.
"Wait!" the little creature cried out from his palms. "Don't eat me! Wait! Stop!"
He froze.
That voice. That voice.
It was one of those voices that he remembered.
He brought the boy up quickly, not to his mouth, but to be be level with his eyes. He nearly fell off and let out a yelp of surprise at the action. He was looking at him with the same amount of shock and confusion.
That face... It was also one of the faces he remembered. Did he... know him?
No... This is the first time he'd ever seen something like this bright-haired little creature that was similar to him...
Human.
He suddenly felt a throb of pain in his head. He winced and let out a small grunt of pain. The little creature, human, tried to scoot away from him in alarm.
Walls.
He pressed a hand against his head in a futile attempt to push back the pain.
That's right... They were surrounded by walls. Wait, 'they'? Who were 'they'?
Humanity.
Friends.
You.
The human in his hand leaped off and whizzed away with the strange metal thing around his waist. He went out of his reach on a tree branch. But the other didn't care at the moment.
He let out a scream. His palms were squeezing against his temples and he was down to his knees on the ground. His head felt like it was splitting in half with all the information suddenly being shoved into it yet he knew there were still several parts missing.
Their size. Walls. Military. Top Ten. Military Police. Safe. Scouting Legion. Danger. Jinae. Serve the King. Trainee Corps. Friends. Jean. Armin. Connie. Sasha. Eren. Mikasa. Annie. Reiner. Bertholdt. Christa. Ymir. Mina. Thomas. Daz. Invasion. Trost. Screaming. Dying. Panic. Crunching. Good Leader. Pain. So much pain.
Monsters.
You used to be human.
Hot tears welled up in his eyes.
Used to be. Used to be. Used to be.
He could remember his friends. All those conversations... with his friends. Those voices and faces were them. The little blonde human was one of them.
Names... Names... What were the names? He could remember them all clearly except for their names.
He couldn't remember the names of those monsters that he was supposed to be fighting alongside them.
...He couldn't even remember his own name.
No matter how much he racked his brain for it, he couldn't remember it.
He lifted up his head. The blonde human should know! They used to... what was it?... pick apart the metal things that let them fly about together.
He was about to ask him what his name was... however, the human was already gone.
Damn, that's one hell of a muse. Over a thousand words in 24 hours.
Anyways, review, please!