Chapter 10

Eren's POV:

I'm trapped, I'm alone. Where am I?. My eyes scan the walls surrounding me, they stand tall and firm as if scraping the skyline. Fear grips onto me Like a black cloak, distorting my vision and blocking away the light. There are buildings here, Old and crumbling. They look battered and abused, some with caved in walls and rooftops. Rubble littering the floor. As I look around, my eyes fix upon a stain, a red splotch tainting the ground... Is that blood? I don't remember seeing that before.

I feel something drip onto my shoulder, then. I look down and notice small droplets of blood begin to appear on my clothes. Where is it coming from? Am I bleeding?.

Another drop on the head and I know it's not me.. It's something.. above me?

Hesitantly My head fall back as I look up towards the sky, What I find dangling over me, takes the air from my lungs and the blood drains from my face.

A beast... No a man the size of a building is crouching over me... there's... there's somebody hanging from it's mouth.

Frozen In fear, recognition floods over me. A crushing weight of grief crippling me to my knees... It, It can't be real. No.. please, not again!

"Mum"

My face twists in pain as tears spill from my eyes "No! Mum! LET HER GO! DON'T TAKE HER FROM ME AGAIN! PLEASE"

I reach out to her in an attempt to pull her from it's teeth. The thing before me lowers its head, as if granting me my wish. Our hands brush and her eyes open slightly.

"Eren, my boy. I've missed you"

"Mum.. Mum I'm going to get you out okay? I'll kill it if I have to.. just don't leave me again"

"Oh, sweetie. You will see me again. You just have to wait a while longer"

"No! what do you mean by that! you're here now!"

Just like that the beast snatches her fingertips from my grasp and he stands tall.

He clamps down.

Blood showers over me, my eyes grow wide and a scream rips from my throat

"No... GIVE HER BACK"

And in some sick twisted pleasure, He grants me my wish. A grotesque smile stretching across its skinless body, her lower half falls.

She lands at my feet in a pile of her own blood. Eyes closed as the blood pools around her face, her hair floating in the crimson sea of sorrow. I stand there, unable to move, to even look away. I.. Can't breathe, my heart is breaking and my lungs are failing. Loneliness consumes me, I've lived a life of pain and fear and as my body hits the ground, one last tear rolls down my cheeks, I'll die the same way... for we must all face death alone.

Gasping for breath, my head shoots up. Tears are blurring my vision, I feel disorientated as a pair of hands clasp my shoulders.

"Hey, calm down. It was just a dream.. come on snap out of it the whole class is worried about you"

Blinking away the blur, My eyes land upon Ymir, my art teacher. she sighs and stands up.

"You okay now kid?"

she sounds annoyed but I can see the sympathetic look In her eyes and I hate it. My eyes scan the room, everyones looking at me, I half expected them to be laughing at me but they all seem worried. I say nothing, trying to process the dream and the situation I'm in now.

This morning I was at the graveyard, I got a phone call from Krista, I kissed Levi, I now have a boyfriend, I went to class, I fell asleep and I had a nightmare in front of everyone and now I just want to go home a curl up into a ball. They may not be laughing but it's still embarrassing.

"Eren, go home. You need to get enough sleep so you don't end up falling asleep during a lesson again"

Wordlessly I get up, gather my things and leave the room. Pulling out my phone I send a message to Levi.

'Don't worry about waiting for me after college today, I've been sent home early'

pulling out my earphones I plug them in and slide my phone into my pocket.

Music surrounds me as I walk home.

'Can't look back, they will not come back

Can't be afraid, but time after time

It is like a nightmare and it's pain for me

Because nobody wants to die too fast'

I heard this song a few days ago, Amanda Lee's voice is so amazing! And I thought these particular lyrics fit well with this chapter. As always I hope you enjoyed it and thank you for reading!