I would love to have your guys input on what you want the characters to see or experience in our world. Every other two chapters will be a strictly fan idea based chapter. Keep in mind this story is meant for laughs and I do not own Attack on Titan or any of the characters except the ones I made.
Lexi came home from picking up ingredients for dinner that night. With an arms load of paper bags filled with food, she fiddled with her key ring trying to find the key into the house. She held unto the correct key and unlocked the door. Struggling to turn the handle, Lexi finally opened the door to her house and walked inside. She placed the bags on the table and dropped her keys by the front door. She shut the door and sat down on a chair next to table. She listened for sounds. The clock ticked. The birds chirped. The faucet dripped. It all felt too quiet. She sighed.
"I really need a social life," she groaned.
She pulled out her phone and opened the music app, scrolling through her 'Awesome Anime' playlist. Lexi tapped a song in the playlist and got up from the chair. The song that played from the tune was one she had known all to well
"Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!"
She started to dance like a maniac to the song as she stored away the food, using several small objects as pretend microphones. When she finished, she then proceeded to dance her way to her bedroom with her phone in hand. She threw it onto the bed and sat down at her desk. She flipped open her computer and began to type on Google search.
"Episode... 14... Attack on Titan... Time to continue my marathon," she said with a pleased grin.
She grabbed her phone and silenced the music. As the episode played on, she found herself leaning in closer to the screen. Attack on Titan was her obsession. Many people called her a crazed fangirl when it came to Aot. She never denied them; she embraced her obsession. Her cellphone began to ring. She picked it up and saw the contact name. She answered it.
"Hey Charlotte!"
"Hey Lexi!
"How's it hanging?"
"I'm great. Say can I come over later for some dinner? I haven't seen you in a while," Charlotte asked.
"Sure thing."
"Alright I'll see you at seven."
She hung up the phone and looked back at screen. However, the scene playing was extremely unfamiliar. Levi, Hanji, Eren, and Erwin were staring at the wall which had a large glowing purple portal. The screen flashed to Armin and Mikasa staring at a similar portal, as well as Jean, Connie, and Sasha.
"What's going on?" Eren asked.
"I could ask the same thing Eren," I commented.
Hanji walked up to the portal and stared at it up close. At the sense of her presence, three rays of light shot out. The each hooked unto to Hanji, Levi, and Eren. Just as quickly as they appeared, they went back into the portal, pulling the characters along with them. The three of them were flying through a pocket dimension along with the other characters near the portal.
"What the heck?!" Lexi exclaimed.
They were flying at superfast speeds toward the screen. She didn't realize what was about to happen until a second too late. Each of them flew out of her computer screen and into her room. First came Eren who flew straight into the wall. Then Armin right after him. They each flew right past her except Levi who crashed right into Lexi.
"Ow… What the hell…?" Eren groaned as he sat up and looked around. His eyes widened when he saw a poster of himself.
Everyone else looked around and saw that almost every part of the wall had a poster of the show.
"Where the hell are we?" Levi questioned.
Lexi struggled to breathe with Levi's body smothering her and all they could hear from under him were muffled cries. Levi finally noticed he was crushing someone and got up on his feet. She took in a deep breath and sat up, staring at each of them with a fear expression, hoping that they weren't who she thought they were.
"Who are you and why are you all in my house?!" she snapped.
Everyone looked at each other, unsure how to answer that question.
"Well, my name's Eren and this is Mikasa and Armin."
Lexi's eyes widened from the realization.
"Quick question: why is there a poster with my face on it?!" Eren exclaimed while staring at it, "That isn't even the right side of the titan that I come out of! I come from the nape not the chest!"
Lexi was feeling light-headed, "Then that means… he's Jean. Connie. Sasha. Hanji. The real captain Levi…."
She turned her head to look at him; he was staring back at her. She felt extremely light headed to the point she couldn't stand straight. Lexi fell over and went unconscious.
When she woke up, she opened her eyes to see everyone staring at her.
"Hi," Jean said.
"Hello," she replied. She went wide eyed again and she she could feel her heart race from panic, "What are you guys doing here?!"
Everyone stared at her confused. She got up from the bed and started to pace in between rooms while they watched her.
"Why are they here?! They should be in their own show! How the hell are they here in my world… in my house?! What is going on here?!
"What are you talking about? Our show?" Connie asked her.
She realized they were still here, on earth, in California, in Los Angeles, in her house. She had to break it to them gently, especially with Levi being there. If he found out his and everyone's suffering was for our world's sick amusement, it would be genocide.
"Alright… um… you may want to sit down for this," she suggested.
"We're fine standing," Levi replied.
She gulped out of nervousness, "You see… you're in the United States, specifically in California in the year 2015."
They all stared at her shocked, "2015!"
"And also to….um…. lightly… put this…" she replied nervously, "In this world…. you guys are kinda fictional characters…"
They all stood silent. They all wore the look of surprise, some of them shock on their faces.
"Fictional? I feel pretty real to be fictional lady!" Jean snapped.
"And why are there posters of us on your wall?! That's extremely creepy!" Connie added.
"If you would please let me explain-"
Levi walked up to her and despite being the same height of her, made her feel like she was staring up at a titan.
"Are you meaning to tell me, that in your world, they watch us for entertainment?" he asked with harshness in his voice.
I gulped, "Well I mean….. Yes, but it's not like in the way you think I swear! I know this looks bad! Very bad! But if we can all calm down I can explain!"
"You're the only one freaking out here," Armin replied.
I took in a deep breath and tried to control my breathing, "Yah, Yah, I am…. Okay let me just…. Oh gosh… this can't be real right now…"
"Just calm down and relax. None of us are going to bite your head off," Hanji said, "Well maybe except Levi."
"I feel sick…" Lexi commented while leaning against the wall.
Hanji stepped forward, "How about this? Everyone, step out for a moment and let me and this young lady talk things out. That should make things easier for both sides."
"Yah…. Good idea Hanji….." Lexi replied while taking in deep breaths.
Hanji gestured them to go into another room and closed the door. Lexi sat on the bed while she sat herself in a chair in front of her.
"Well, this has been a strange course of events hasn't it?" she commented, "What's your name?"
"My name is Lexi Lorane," she answered.
"Lexi, well it's nice to meet you," Hanji said with a smile, "I'm glad you've calm down a bit. It's much easier to talk to you like this."
"It's easy without Levi being here," she explained, "I've always been a fan of his, but now… he's so terrifying…."
"Levi tends to have that effect on people he meets. So tell me. You said in your world we are fictional characters in a show?"
Lexi nodded, "It's an anime series called Attack on Titan."
"I see," Hanji replied, "and… um… what exactly is anime?"
This is going to take a while…
Lexi explained how the show Attack on Titan was following Eren's journey to becoming a Survey Corps member. She was a devoted fan to the show as well as other friends of hers and that was the reason she had the posters on her walls. Everyone and everything in the show is fictional including the walls, the titans, and all the chaos that came with it. When they explained it to the others, things made a lot more sense for them.
"Wait… so there are no titans in this world?" Jean asked.
"Nope."
"None?!" Sasha shrieked.
"Zip."
"So the walls-" Eren began to ask.
"Don't even exist," Lexi replied.
Everyone smiled in joy and relief.
"A world without titans. It sounds to good to be true!" Armin exclaimed.
Levi peered out the window of her house, staring into the deep blue sky. Hanji walked over to him.
"Didn't you hear her Levi? A world without titans! This is amazing!" she told him.
"And what about our world? Are we just suppose to relax and celebrate in this world while everyone we know is dying in the other one?" he replied pessimistically.
Lexi stared at Levi thoughtfully trying to think of a way to show that he had nothing to worry about anymore.
The doorbell rang which caused everyone to jump in surprise. Lexi headed over to the door, peeked through the little eye hole seeing it was Charlotte. She opened the door a crack and poked her head through.
"Hey Charlotte," she greeted.
"Hey Lexi… um… are you okay? You seem… nervous…" Charlotte replied.
Lexi simply said, "It'll make sense when you come inside."
She opened the door wider and let her friend in. Charlotte walked in and saw the group of people in Lexi's house.
"Lexi, who are these people?" Charlotte asked her.
Lexi sighed before answering, referring to each person, "Charlotte this is Levi, Hanji, Jean, Sasha, Connie, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin."
Charlotte stared at each one of them, realization rushing into her face with every second, "Oh my god, you're not kidding!"
"No, they're the real deal," Lexi replied.
Charlotte had a face that was hard to tell that she was extremely happy or absolutely horrified. She let out a high pitch fangirl scream and ran up to Armin. She grabbed his hand and shook it violently. She spoke so fast though that it was hard to tell what in the world she was saying.
"HimynameisCharlotteandIjustwantedtosayI'mahugefanofyours!" she excitedly greeted.
Armin was trying to stand still from all the shaking she was causing him to do, "Hi…. um…. who are you?"
Lexi finally pulled her away from him before she shook his arm off, "Everyone, this is Charlotte, a fangirl of your show-"
"I may be addicted to the show. Just a bit," she commented.
"And she is my close friend, who was going to join me for dinner tonight," Lexi explained, "Which reminds me, I need to pick up more groceries for the new guests. Charolette, I know I invited you here, but do you think you can get started on preparing the food?"
Charlotte made a suggestion, "Or we can just order Chinese take out?"
"For ten people? That's very pricy," Lexi replied hesitantly.
"But it's so good…" Charlotte begged.
"Fine but you are paying half," Lexi demanded.
Lexi ordered the take out. Once it came, Sasha and Connie completely forgot table manners and chowed down, making everyone around them feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Oh my gosh," Sasha cried out while stuffing her mouth with food, "this is heavenly!"
"I haven't had food this delicious since forever!" Connie exclaimed.
Levi had the irritated expression on his face, "Hasn't anybody taught you how to swallow?!"
Sasha and Connie immediately snapped out of it at the sight of a pissed off Levi.
"Sorry!" they yelped at the same time.
Later that night, Lexi saw Levi frantically scrubbing the counter where the take out was being served. The fact that he was able to find the cleaning products amazed her. He must've been like a bloodhound for cleaning products and messes. She pulled out her phone and cleared her throat to get his attention. He glanced up at her and back at what he was doing.
"Don't mind me. The mess was bothering me," he simply said.
"Right," she looked down at her phone, "I hope you don't mind, but I couldn't help but listen in to you and Hanji's conversation earlier."
He didn't look up at her and kept scrubbing.
"Listen, I know you're concerned about what's happening in your world, but actually, I don't think guys ever left," Lexi suggested.
Levi stopped what he was doing and looked straight at her, "What do you mean?"
Lexi handed him her phone which showed the character list of the entire show, "If you ask me, if you were were sucked into this world by a portal there would've been some sort of reaction or change in the other people of the story and in your character descriptions, but looking at each one of them, there are no changes."
Levi studied the pictures on her phone with a focused face, "Why is that?"
Lexi shrugged, "I don't know, but what I think happened is that my computer copied all your data and placed you in our world."
Levi gave her a puzzled look since he had no idea what she was talking about.
"Basically, you are all copies of your real selves," she reassured.
"I guess it makes sense…" Levi replied.
Lexi gave him a reassuring smile, "Let's try not to think about it too much. You should get some rest. It's been a long day. I'll take over here."
Levi abandoned the counter, "Thanks."
He walked past her and went to living room where she let him stay. She watched him walk out and smiled as she finished off his work.