Sage's Story Chapter 1
Behind these wall are ruthless monsters that wanted to eat me, is what my older what trying to explain to me. I believe him but that didn't mean it would ever happen, no not in the past hundred years.
"Even if there are titans out there, there is no way they could get in here, the walls are too high and too strong" I said most confidently.
"That's true but don't you ever wonder, if one day they will ever find a way past the wall's and come and eat us" Eli said looking up to the sky, to avoid my disapproving gaze.
We had this conversation almost every single day for the past couple of weeks; about titans and what lies beyond the walls. He seemed really worried about this and every day I insured him that nothing would ever happen to us because these walls have protected us for the past hundred years. Even though I would repeatedly say this, I couldn't help but doubt my own words because my brother had a sort of sixth sense. He was able to sense danger; if someone he cared was hurt he could sense it. Once our little brother Landon fell down some stair while playing and hurt his legs, bad enough that he was unable to walk on his own. He screamed for help but his screams were mixed in with the cries of the other children playing but Eli was able to sense that something happened and we then found him before nigh fell. Since then I haven't doubted my older brother, so I couldn't help but feel a bit nervous as he worried about this.
"Eli" I said in the quietest voice
"What's wrong" he gave me this worried.
"What if I said I that I wanted to join the military" I said again in an even quieter, hoping he would hear me but he because he shot me a glare and we walked the rest of the way home in silence.
By the time we reached home the sun has a fallen beyond the horizon, but it wasn't entirely dark yet. We were right in front of the door and before Eli opened it I grabbed his shoulder and told not to repeat what we talked about. Our parents would surely be disappointed of what we were talking about. Going through the door and smelling the delicious dinner mother cooked made me even hungrier. While waiting for dinner I played with my little, he was especially interested in riddles these days so I recited some riddles I had learned this morning but as usual he didn't know the answer to any of them. Landon's spirit was something else even though he didn't understand any of the riddles, he would keep learning them, to one day solve. He told me that the other the day and I couldn't help but smile.
At dinner it was the usual small talk about father's day, mother's day, my day, and Eli's day, no one ever asked Landon because he would tell use anyway so what's the use.
"Eli" my father said in a stern voice which was a tone unusual for him to use during dinner.
"Yes father" Eli replied
"It's about time that you started working, your turning sixteen boy, why don't you come and work with me?"
My father was a carpenter and a popular one at that, his craftsmanship was the most respected in the entire Shiganshina district. His name had even reached the ears of people in wall rose, and I'm sure now he is hoping to involve my brother, as his apprentice. My brother keep silent and looked as if he was thinking really hard about what my father asked him. I wonder why he didn't answer straight away, I'm sure he would loved this, he's been building things with me father since he was old enough to hold a nail and hammer.
"Well what do you say boy" my father said impatiently with a smirk on his face.
"Father, I would love to come and work with you but there something I want to do"
"And what could that be my boy, go inside wall Sina?" Father said jokingly
Once again my brother fell into a long silence and the rest of us along with him; we were all anticipating what he would be say. I was especially curious because I would have thought he wanted to be a carpenter just like father.
My mother finally broke the silence "well Eli you've all got here waiting to hear you answer, please don't keep up waiting too long"
Quickly and quietly my brother muttered "I want to go outside the wall".
By the looks on my parent faces they hadn't heard what he said and were still waiting for his answer. I thought I was the only one who heard so I was going to keep quiet because I didn't want to be the one to set off father and once again we fell into silence until Landon spoke up.
"What so u want to see outside the wall Eli?"
"Landon dear what are you talking about" my said in a worried tone
"Eli just said he wanted to go outside the walls so I asked why"
At that moment we all turned to look at my father except for Eli who kept his head down. My father's gentle features hard turned had and ridged and his gaze had become very scary. Only once in my life had I'd seen my father like this and that was not a memorable event. My mother touched my father's arm as if to calm him down but I could tell she was not happy too; she just didn't want to show it.
"Sage take Landon and put him to bed" father said in a low and scary tone.
I didn't hesitate to get up and took Landon to our room, where he bombarded me with questions about what was going on. He understood somewhat because he said it all in a quiet voice so that no one but me could possibly hear him. I told him that I would explain tomorrow and put him to bed. I spent the next hour up against the door trying to hear the conversation in the next room but they were talking in hushed tone. I decided to go to bed and talk to Eli in the morning.
In the morning I woke up to find myself alone inside my room, both Eli and Landon beds were made and vacant. I found Landon at the table trying to read a book with my mother.
"Good morning mother" I said still half asleep.
"Good morning dear, did u sleep well" she said with a warm gaze in her eyes; warmth had been missing in her eyes last night. So I was glad that she back to the mother warm loved mother I knew.
"I slept well" I was reluctant to ask but I wanted to know "Mother where is Eli and Father"
"Your father took him to work with him. We thought it was the best thing to do right now. Anyway why don't you take you brother out to play. He's been waiting all morning for you to wake up, I have to go run some errands to I'll be back in the afternoon, okay"
"Okay Landon let's go"
I so desperately wanted to go and talk to Eli but I knew I shouldn't if he was around father, so I spent the morning playing with Landon. We were playing tag and I was the chaser, he wasn't that fast mainly because he was five, so I was able to keep up with him without breaking a sweat. I was chasing him through a row of houses as he quickly turned into an alley and that when I heard it. It sounded like a thunder bolt but the sky was clear and then I saw it, at the wall was a giant human without any skin. What was that, it was huge, and where is all that steam coming from, I was frozen there and couldn't take my eyes off it. Then I heard a loud knocking sound and I knew that that thing was trying to break down the wall. I immediately found Landon who was also watching that thing too from the alley. I decided to take us to father's shop which was nearby, where I found father and Eli packing up. Father said that we had to leave immediately and head to gate leading into wall Maria.
"What about mother we can't just leave her, she said that she was going into town, she should be close by" I said franticly
"Okay I'll go get her and meet you there, Eli take you sibling to the gate" father said.
He also whispered something to him but I didn't have time to ask as we hurried out the door and that when I saw them in the distance. Titans and lots of them were coming our way. Eli saw them too and immediately picked up Landon, took my hand and ran. I couldn't stand the thought that mother was out there somewhere in town close to where titans were. I looked behind and saw father running in the opposite direction towards the area where the titans were coming from. I didn't want to leave him behind but I had to keep going, I knew they would catch up.
" Sage don't stop, keep up" my brother yelled at me
By not we were half way there and I was out of breath, my lungs were burning and my legs shaking from fear.
"Where are mama and papa, I want to see them" Landon asked with tears in his eyes
"we'll see them soon don't worry, but we have to go to them at the gates" Eli said trying to pick up Landon but Landon broke free and began running back where we came from. We began chasing him and screaming for him to come back but he was running faster than I'd ever seen him and Eli and I were both exhausted from running. We couldn't catch up to him and then it was right in front us, a titan. I was frozen in place and couldn't move, so was Eli and Landon who was right in front of it.
"Landon!"I screamed but he didn't move.
Its smiling face looked as if it was enjoying seeing us cower in fear. I looked over to Eli hoping he would go to save Landon but he looked terrified. So I knew that I had to do it, mother and father would be livid if I let my little brother get eaten but it was already too late. The titan had already swooped down and picked him, it was now holding him close of its face. As if it were examining him, I could hear Landon's screams as it started crushing him. I felt so helpless, my feet wouldn't move and even if I were to try to save him, how would I. This titan is like three meters tall and I'm so small.
With all my breath I let out a wail, as I saw the titan put my little brother in its mouth and his blood run down it's the side of its face. In that moment I was going to kill it, I didn't know how but I was going to, I picked up the rock right next to me and was ready to throw it. When a garrison came flying and stabbed the titan in the eye. From behind I felt someone pick me up and was running away, but I couldn't take me eyes of the garrison, he continued slash away at it until the titan he caught him and put in a strong grip. Even though by now I was far away from them I saw the garrison look my way and flash a smile, as if he was comforting me but saying goodbye, before the titan ate him too.
The person who had picked me up was also a garrison troop and had made sure that my brother and I got on a boat. We didn't fight him, we just got on and sat somewhere in silence, afraid to talk about what we just witnessed because if we did it would be accepting that it had actually happened. That was the last thing I wanted to do. I looked at my brother and he looked more distraught than I was, I felt weal because he was always my moral support but right now I couldn't do anything for him
The rest of the day went by in a haze of screams, sobs and blood.
That day was the last time I saw my little brother , my mother and my father.
