FROM You: 2000 Years Ago

You gave us warnings, but we took them for granted. All the signs were there, but we refused to see them. Your situation was hopeless, ours is deemed even worse. Though we may have expanded our limits since you've left, though we may have become stronger since you left, though we may have become more than what we were since you left, we flew too high and came crashing down.

It was on this day, 2000 years ago, that the Titans were defeated. It was also this day, that any person who wanted the walls destroyed was arrested. Civilization finally had peace.

It's been 2000 years of lies.

Since that day, 2000 years ago, humanity has gone from a population of several hundred-thousand, to a population of nearly a couple million. Food was abundant, even crime dropped to a rate of nearly nonexistent.

But in all this happiness and merriment, the walls have not been taken down. In 2000 years, they have been rebuilt and reinforced. Three other walls have also been built- Wall Jäger, Wall Schmidt, and Wall Krieg.

Since that day, two scientific projects were started- The Ace Project and The Spade Project.

The Spade Project gathered up any and all Titan Shifters into one massive military force and put through vigorous training. They were also scientifically enhanced, and, as time went by, became a lethal fighting force. However, anyone who turned traitor, was executed.

The Ace Project came later after The Spade Project. After the first successful Titan Shifter enhancement, it was decided that more could be done. Research progressed, and scientists discovered a long dead race that once fought against the Titans. They were known as the Chimeras.

Chimeras were much like Titan Shifters- hiding by day in a human-esque form, and coming fighting in one of several sizes of their true form. They were killing machines. More research only proved that they were much stronger than any Titan Shifter could be. Their ability to change size in their Chimeran form gave them advantage over their enemies. Their bodies produced mist rather than steam to counteract the Titan's Steam. While their bodies did regenerate faster than a normal human, it did not compare to the regenerative abilities of a Titan or a Titan Shifter. But where they lacked in regeneration, they made up for in coming back to life. Through a process called Reanimation, Chimera's are able to come back to life an unnumbered amount of times. Though it varies between them, most Chimeras regret the ability to Reanimate. After seeing death and those who stay dead for the rest of eternity, it becomes a heavy burden of not being able to die with comrades.

For suffering death and seeing others suffer death eventually takes its toll on the mind.

But isn't it ironic- a being created for death and destruction was born of it? A being that could ravish the earth in despair and war, born from the very thing it's life purpose is? A special thing called Essence, leaves a Chimeran body upon it's final death. This Essence usually wanders around until it uses itself up. But should it be captured, it can attach to another being an create a new Chimera.

Essence, as its name implies, is essential to the Chimeran way. Little bits if it can be released at a time to attach to another human to gain access to their memories. It can also be released to heal wounds faster. In the records, it is most famously known for the time when Chimeras went into a hundred year slumber. They released their Essence, and it formed a protective barrier around them.

Little more is known about The Ace Project and it's test subjects, other than scientists have shoved two beings into one body.

The Ace Project successfully created one thousand, so called "perfect", Chimeras. They were put together into one group called The First Folio. Each one was given a number to go by. Eventually, once they were strong enough, they fought each other for a rank. Once a year, they test each other's skills and rerank.

However, they are not the only ones that were created. Hybrids and Purebloods were made. Hybrids were half-human or Titan Shifter and half-Chimera. They were stronger than humans and were much more adept than them. But they paled in comparison to their Chimeran parent.

Purebloods were stronger, and until Hybrids, could transform. Purebloods, however, lack the ability to Reanimate and change their size.

But alas, all this data was gathered through testing and the finding of ancient books in what is now known as the Giant Chasm- the apparent and once magnificent home of the ancient Chimeras. Their writings were still intact when they were found, and told of many stories of fighting against Titans even stronger than the Elite Chimeran Force.

All the information slowly started coming together. It came together to make killing machines for humanity. It came together to make guards to guard against the outside world.

It created monsters.

The public knew not of these Chimeras. Anyone who found out was put on an execution list. They were always found dead a day later.

But, despite all of this, the greatest monster scientists had created was the monster called humanity. They no longer feared. They lived too peacefully. Humbleness and kindness was forgotten. The world became hell.

The world forgot the past. And more importantly, a certain segment of time that covers 82 years was lost.

The last thing was written was a boy's name- Eren Jäger - as part of a birth registry. The next time the books pick up is with his supposed death.

The real monster wanted to forget pain. Forget sadness. Forget misery and terror. The real monster wanted to forget the past.

And yet, there are still signs of every warning you gave us. You knew that someone wanted to burn the memories. You set up a back up plan.

As of today, that was 2000 years ago. We have lived everyday in oblivion and ignored every warning you sent us.

So, as I stand here before you, would you believe me if I told you that someone made you and, as it seems, select people, comatose? Would you believe me, if I said the year was 2838?

Would you be scared to know, that what you thought were Titans, were really just decoys for what was truly coming?

Humanity is dying faster than ever before. It is up to the Chimeras now, to take up the defense, for we lost our humanity long ago.

It's quite ironic how monsters are what end up protecting us the most.

Wouldn't you agree, Eren Jäger?