Hello, my name is ThalioTP! (Don't mind the TP part, it doesn't stand for anything...)

In this fic, Armin I portray as depressed/angst sort of character. But later on he will be more of a confident boy.

I will continue this fic if you guys wants me too.

And... Did Armin's parent went to the Outside World when he was a child, or did they die in another way?

If so... Read on...

Please review! And tell me your opinions!

Armin sat under a tree like what he always do every Saturday afternoon, he brought a bag full of books each had different subjects for his entertainment. His nose was dipped inside the pages of The Brothers Grimm: the Complete Works, reading furiously words by words.

He heard the noise of a bell, he looked behind him where on the top of the hill was a group of children playing on their bikes.

He went back to his book, he didn't bother to join them.

"Ah! Wait up guys, I dropped my helmet!" A boyish voice rang out.

Armin's focus was distracted by the sudden noise in the grasses as an object rolled down the hill, a reddish helmet stopped rolling just beside him.

Then a boy his age quickly galloped beside him to retrieve her helmet, Armin quickly hid under his book, but his eyes were raised in curiosity just on top of the book's level.

A boy with brunette hair bend down beside him to grab the helmet, then he noticed Armin.

"Oh, hey." He said.

Armin lowered his book "H-Hey…"

"What are you doing here?" The brunette boy asked.

"Just reading." Armin said, why was he asking something so obvious?

"Oh, well, cool." The boy scratched the back of his head "Do you want to play with us? I'm Eren, by the way, Eren Jaeger."

"Armin Arlert." Armin said, his thoughts drifted off to his words, he had never been asked to join anyone to play with them.

"Eren!" Another voice rang out, it was a bit more girlish in sound.

Then a girl with long straight black hair went beside Eren, once she notices Armin she immediately looked back at Eren.

"Oh Armin, this is Mikasa, she's my sister!" Eren pointed to the girl beside him, Armin greeted her with his own name. "So do you want to play with us, Armin?" Eren made a broad grin.

Armin felt his heart flutter, he smiled widely "Yes! Of course!" He said happily

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Armin heard a loud knocking on the door "Hey Armin! Come out and play!" Said the voice of Eren.

Armin happily jumped downstairs from his bedroom "Just a minute!"

He went passed his grandfather on the way down, watching the news once again "Your friends, Armin?"

"Yes grandfather! I'll be home before five o'clock!" Armin waved him goodbye as he went to the front door.

Outside, Eren was already waiting for Armin's arrival with Mikasa clinging beside him.

Armin took his shoes and greet them "So what are we doing today?"

"I was thinking if we could go to the park today, me and Mikasa wanted to get an ice cream!" Eren said with determination, Mikasa nodded in agreement.

Armin realized that he hasn't had any pocket money "But, I don't have any money."

"Don't worry, I'll buy you one!" Eren offered graciously.

And with that, they all went off to the park, laughing loudly as they did.

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"So, Mikasa was adopted?" Armin's eyes widened by what Eren had told him.

"Yeah, don't tell her I told you, kay?" Eren warned "She doesn't really like me spreading it."

Armin nodded "You can trust me."

"Good," Eren said in relief "Trust me, dude. You don't want to be around her when she's angry."

Armin laughs in agreement "So… What happened to her real parents?"

Eren didn't answer at once, he looked thoughtful "Her parents was killed in a car crash, and I was there when they did." He whispered loudly.

Armin tried to look contemplative.

"So I gave her my scarf," Eren said, then he added quickly with a slight blush "Because I want to comfort her, you know?"

"Yeah, so that's why she always wore that scarf?" Armin asked.

Eren nodded.

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Armin woke up with a pain in his head, he looked at his wall clock. Why did he suddenly woke up at two in the morning?

He tried going back to sleep again, and as he drifted off to dream, a searing pain went to his head. Armin yelped in surprise, rubbing his forehead together.

He stared at the ceiling for half an hour, before he optimistically went back to sleep. Maybe then the mysterious pain would stop.

Instead, he felt he was leaving his bed, soaring through the clouds. Must be a dream, he thought, But… It feels so real!

He saw a bright light, but in flashes. He began to hear noises, but muffled and impossible to understand. He began to realize what the voices were, screams of fear. He looked at his feet, he was standing instead of lying down, his heart was beating quickly inside his chest. Then with the flashes of light he saw his surroundings, people running, old looking houses, cobblestone roads, and flying debris. What the heck is going on? He screamed internally.
But just right then he saw beside him, he was utterly bewildered when he saw both Eren and Mikasa in his crazy dream. They were both looking at something with horror stuck in their faces, Armin's instinct told him to look up, that's when he saw something that made his body froze completely.

A giant… So big… So terrifying… Just before he could process it all, everything went dark and light and dark and light all of a sudden. He can't move! He was having a sleep paralysis!

No!

No!

NO!

NOO!

"ARMIN WAKE UP!" A booming voice brought him into existence.

Armin gasped and choked, not knowing what just happened. He looked straight into his grandfather's eyes, which was full of fear and worry.

"Oh my god, Armin! Don't scare me like that!" His grandfather held him tightly on the shoulders.

"G-Grandpa?" Armin stuttered, his body was sweating a lot.

"What happened, son?"

"I-I don't know… " Armin could not stop his heart pounding painfully, tears began to swell up.

"Are you feeling alright? Do we need to take you to a hospital?" His grandfather said thoughtfully.

Armin thought for a moment, he wasn't feeling anything painful, he only felt really terrified for a couple of minutes "N-no, I don't think so…"

"Are you sure, Armin?"

"Y-yeah… Yes…" Armin nodded slowly, his eyes still struck with a mix of confusion and fear.

The next morning, he came to the school with a heavy heart. Mostly because of his dream last night, it was nothing like a common dream, it felt more realistic yet he knew it was inside his head.

So what was that, then? And why was Eren and Mikasa in it?

He felt a hand tapped his shoulder, it had made him jump about higher than before.

Amrin turned around and saw Eren. "Dude, what's wrong? You looked like you saw Mikasa on her period!" Eren laughed at his own joke.

Armin just stared at him.

Eren wiped a tear from his eye "But seriously, I haven't seen you jumped like that. You look so pale at class, you wanna come to our today?"

Armin thought for a moment, maybe he did need a company "Sure, why not."

"Sounds great! And we can play that new game my mom brought me." Eren said with high hopes.

They heard a knock on the classroom door, it was Mikasa "Hey, it's time to go home."

"Sure thing!" Eren said, then he tirmed to Armin "You coming?"

"Y-yeah!" Armin packed his books and shoved his homework inside his bag. He quickly followed Eren and Mikasa outside.

Armin was fighting the urge to tell them his dream last night, but what's the use? It was just a stupid nightmare.

"Hey, there's smoke…" Mikasa suddenly said.

Both Armin and Eren looked up, there was a thick grey smoke coming from the distance, the smoke looked very big, making Armin came to a conclusion of a burning house.

"What happened there?" Eren asked.

Armin saw in horror, no, he must be wrong. "Isn't… Isn't that your house?"

They all paused for a moment, Eren and Mikasa was thunder-strucked. And so was Armin, but it wasn't just the burning building of the Jaeger residence, it's because it was somehow familiar.

"No…" Eren started "MOM!-"

Just right then, an explosion happened, loud enough for them to hear. But right after that, came another, more nearer explosion. Everyone around them stopped at what they were doing, some began shuffling away from the scene, making others follow.

People around them began to ran towards the opposite direction, while the trio moved forward.

Soo, that was chapter 1, yay!

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