Not One Of Us
People swarmed the streets for their heroes. Hanging from windows, climbing to the roof, anywhere they could see them. A path of fresh flowers was placed in honor of them, petals were thrown from the roofs so that they would fall gently upon the soldiers. It was over, finally, after so long. Humanity was free. A strange thought to the Survey Corps. When fighting for so long, losing so many of their kin. It was strange to think that it was finally over. Hearing people cheer and chant for them was almost just as strange. No judging glares, no mutters under breath. Just happiness. They couldn't help but be proud of themselves, their cloaks fluttered behind showing off the sewn wings on their backs. The joyful atmosphere around them was contagious, they soon became joyous themselves. They smile, laughed and waved to the people who only started to cheer more at being noticed by their heroes. It was finally over. A pair of children looked down on the soldiers, smiling just like everyone else. They noticed one of the soldiers looked almost sad, they didn't know why. The children stared at him in confusion, wondering why someone would be upset at such a happy time. As if the soldier could feel their eyes on him, he looked up to look at the children. They blushed at being caught. The soldier just smiled and looked at them with such kind eyes that almost glowed a brilliant turquoise in the sun. He gave them a small wave as he passed, the children only blushes some more but. Not before waving and smiling at the man, a small chuckle came from the soldier. How cute they were.
"I didn't take you for a fan of children Eren." Jean smirked at Eren. The soldier, Eren, only jokingly poke Jean with his elbow.
"Shut up horseface." Eren chuckled before giving his horse a playful pat on the neck, smiling when the steed gave a soft nickering to show his affection for his rider. The brunette tried to enjoy the warm greeting from the public but that crushing feeling in his chest wouldn't let him, neither would that little voice in his head. Thinking about it only seemed to make it worse. Thankfully, Sasha brought him from his thoughts.
"I can't believe it's finally over, we should have a celebration! We should have meat!" Sasha shouted, her eyes wide and bright with the idea of food. Many of the soldiers that heard her laughed or softly chuckled. Someone from the back shouted "And beer!" earning more chortles from the Corps.
"Of course! What else would be do when we get back!" Hange shouted out to Sasha, a large grin on her face.
"Go to sleep.."
"Raid the kitchen!"
"Visit the liberty maybe." A chorus answered the Commander. The woman was gave the title of Commander after Erwin lost his arm, even thou the man refused to turn in to a vegetable when told to hand over the title. It wasn't until they were nearly finished and his troops were out of danger that he finally let it go. It didn't take to long of to get to the Military Police's base, only an hour ride at the pace that they were going at.
As they drew closer to the wooden doors, they grew excited when they saw that Erwin was standing in wait for them. A small smile graced the man's face before he gave the signal to open the gates, walking inside as they opened. The Corps passed him on their horses. By the time they had stopped and left their saddles, the previous Commander was standing in front of them. "Nice to see you all back." He shook his only hand with Hange's. "How did it go?"
"No problem, we guarded the shipment of titans. Once they reached the city, the Garrison took over and we were on our way. Took a little patrol to make sure that we did in fact have all of them." Hange explained to him, a smile still on her face.
"All clear?" Erwin grinned.
"All clear." She returned the grin. Erwin's eyes shinned at that. "I'm guessing that the Garrison soldiers that were with us made it back here?" The blond nodded. The front door to the base suddenly opened up with a bang. All heads were turned to look at Nile Dawk that exited the building. His face as emotionless as usual. He didn't say anything, he only looked at the Corps before looking at Erwin. The ex-commander sighed before giving him a nod. Nile took it was an answer to his silent question and looked at Eren. Eren's eyes became clouded with sadness before he slowly stepped out of the crowd. Patting his horse on the neck for a final time. The MP Commander turned to the two soldiers that had came out with him and nodded. The Survey Corps were starting to somewhat form a circle around Eren, some reached out to stop him, whispering came from the soldiers. What was going on? The two MP came forward and grabbed the titan shifter by his arms and almost dragged him to the building. Now, the Corps were furious. Shouts of protest came from them. Abuse words were screamed at the MP's, threats were thrown if they didn't let him go. What confused them was that Eren did not fight, he went along with it. Nile looked over the Corps in surprise before turning to Erwin.
"You didn't tell them..?" Erwin tried to contain his glare while also trying to calm the troops.
"They just got here, you didn't give me enough time to tell them." His voice was low and full of displeasure of the situation. The MP Commander was still confused but he took the answer, no reason to fight but why didn't Erwin tell them before they left the walls.
"Tell us what." Levi growled dangerously, his grey-blue eyes narrowed at the MP. Nile didn't answer, it wasn't his place. He just turned and walk back. Levi nearly hit the man when he ignored him, the Corps snarled in anger. They glared at Erwin, their eyes burning brightly with anger. Erwin gave a deep exhale, his eyes closed with his head to the ground.
"Hange and Levi.. Come with me..." He didn't look at them, he just walked away expecting them to follow. The pair that were called out shared a glance before they did follow in to the base. The Corps continued to rage.
"What is this all about?!" Hange yelled. She didn't like that Eren was just dragged away like a criminal and that apparently there was a reason for it. Erwin looked around his room before looking at Hanji.
"Eren is to be executed." A silence reigned over them, each face was emotionless before a fire burned in Levi's eyes.
"Excuse me." He looked at Erwin wide eyed. The blond saw Hange's mouth open to speak but he stopped her.
"The public thinks that Eren is threat to everything and to be safe, they want him to be executed along with the others."
"After EVERYTHING! Eren has done for thou-... Others?" Hange screamed before she recalled what Erwin had said. "What others?" He looked down. The three officers didn't realized that the 104th training legion was standing outside the door listening in on the fate of their friend.
