Chapter 21

Thalia stood in front of Annie. Annie was avoiding eye contact with her.

"How do you feel?" Thalia asked. Annie looked at her.

"I'm fine," she said.

"You know…I do miss you," Thalia started. Annie tsked. "And this is not how I wanted to be reunited with my sister." Thalia drew her blades. Annie looked at her curiously. She walked up and lifted her hand to strike. Annie closed her eyes and Thalia struck down. Annie dropped to the ground with a thud. Annie opened her eyes and saw that the chains restraining her were cut. Thalia sheathed her blade and knelt down to Annie's level. She looked into the eyes and wrapped her arms around her neck, hugging her. Annie was stunned.

"How do you know I won't attack you?" Annie asked. Thalia gave a soft smile.

"I'll take my chances, also I can tell by the look in your eyes…you missed me too," Thalia said. Annie hesitantly returned the hug, eyes still wide from shock. Annie took in Thalia's scent. The familiar aroma made memories of their childhood together. "You know…" Thalia whispered. "Since we were kids I always thought it was me and you against the world, I never knew things would come to this…" Annie closed her eyes. "Things during your rage were heartbreaking. I never knew you were capable of what you did…" Thalia's grip tightened on her sister's body. "Did you enjoy it?" she asked.

"Enjoy what?" Annie asked, her voice shaky because, though she'll never admit it, Thalia's strength was hurting her.

"Did you enjoy killing those people? People who had done nothing as much as protect? Did you enjoy watching the look on their faces go from determination to horror in the blink of an eye?! Did you enjoy running and looking right at their dead faces?! Did you enjoy their faces of fear when they heard you coming?! Crashing through the woods!?" Thalia let go and grabbed Annie's shoulders and when she saw Thalia's eyes, her eyes widened. Thalia's eyes were glowing purple. "TELL ME ANNIE!? DID YOU ENJOY HURTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU!?" Thalia took a breath. "They gave you a chance. Eren, Mikasa and Armin gave you a chance to surrender and make peace, but you made things go to hell, again you killed. All this for what…to get to Eren?" Thalia asked glaring.

Annie only sat there stunned and at a loss for words. Never before has she seen Thalia snap. It was terrifying. Thalia's eyes went back to stormy grey as they bored into Annie. Annie started to tremble.

"No…" she said making Thalia look at her. "No, I didn't enjoy it…any of it! I didn't enjoy betraying anyone! The looks on their lifeless faces broke me…You know, I didn't think I was capable of murder either," Annie said. Thalia tsked.

"Why were you after Eren in the first place?" Thalia asked. Annie avoided Thalia's eye.

"Something told me I needed to capture him…okay? I don't exactly recall. Being in a crystal has altered my perspective…all I knew was that I needed Eren." Thalia growled. Annie smiled slightly. "Not in that way…" Annie then frowned.

As she took in her sister, she remember how shy and timid she used to be. Annie changed her. Annie taught her to trust no one. Something she now regretted. Thalia never made decisions for herself. She would always make sure Annie was okay with it. She would constantly want to be by Annie's side and yet she never found it annoying. It gave her a feeling of comfort, of trust…of love. After her mother's death, Annie didn't think she was capable of loving anyone again. When her father revealed to her that he was seeing someone and she had a daughter about her age, she almost burst. He said they were moving to Shiganshina to move into their house.

Thalia and Annie clicked. Now, Annie had ruined everything.

She hadn't realized until now, but thinking about her past made tears stream down her cheeks. Annie covered her face and wept. Thalia looked at her stunned, but then gave a trembling smile. This was the Annie she knew as a child. Someone not afraid to show their emotions. Thalia felt tears well up and she wrapped her arms around her sister as the blonde cried into the blackette's chest.

Eren, Armin, Levi, Astrid, Mikasa, Hanji, Jean, Sasha, Krista and Connie took that moment to walk in. They all instantly relaxed when they saw the scene. Two sisters sobbing into each other's embraces. The Scouts let the Leonheart sisters have their moment, soon though they let go and turned to the others.

"I'm guessing this is a sign that everything's okay now?" Eren asked. Both girls smiled and nodded.

"Well, now that that's sorted out we can go and relax now that there's no more-"

"Captain Levi! There's been an abnormal Beast Titan spotted in the Inner South Wall Rose!"

"-attacks…" Levi finished.

The Scouts, plus Annie, sprang into action. They ran through the corridors and outside where their horses were waiting.

"Wait!" Annie called. Everyone stopped to look at her. "Can I join the Scouts?!" she asked. Hanji and Levi exchanged glances.

"We'll sort everything out when we get back, but for now…Annie Leonheart…welcome to the Scouts!"

The gates opened and the Scouts charged out with Annie, Thalia and Eren swinging up in 3DM gear and biting their hands…

Lightning struck.

*cries* I did it! Yes! But now what? They have another threat! Leave a review telling me if you want me to make a sequel, if I get 20 people telling me they want me to, I will! Also I DON'T OWN ANYTHING, as you all know.