"Where am I?" Eren asked himself before opening his eyes. After he opened his eyes, he was shocked to see the sight before him. He was in the paths.
Impossible, no, it can't be. I thought the Titan powers were gone. This was the only thing that he could think of. He couldn't believe what was Infront of him. He started to rub his eyes thinking it was a lie, but nothing changed. All the Titan powers were gone; it meant that the paths would've also destroyed.
He tried to move his body, but he couldn't bring himself as a memory flashed. It was all the destruction that he did. Then after a moment, he yelled in pain as another memory flashed, no, it was a flow of memories, he saw the last moments of every person that died because of him, not only the people who died in the rumbling but the people that died when Wall Maria was breached, then when Wall Rose was breached, Levi's squad, when he fought with the Female Titan, every time he was saved or when he fought with his comrades that died. He was crying in pain after the terror he saw before his eyes. He started to dig his head inside the sand. The sand in the paths was so soft that he forgot the pain. But he felt a figure standing before him.
Eren stood up to see who that person was. Eren just froze when he saw the figure. It was he.
The other Eren had the same clothes as him, Black pants, a white shirt, and a long blue jacket. His hair was long, up to his neck, unless like Eren, which had short hair. He didn't understand what had happened with his hair, why it was so small.
"Shocked, huh?" the other Eren asked. Eren tried to answer him but couldn't; he couldn't bring himself to talk with him.
"You can't recognize me?" the other Eren asked with a grin on his face.
What the hell is he talking about? I can't recognize him! He looks just like me. Eren didn't know what to say. He had just died, but then he found another him.
"Well, I can't blame you for not recognizing me," the other Eren said while looking around the place. Our Eren tried to gain his composure, in which he was successful. He exhaled before finally speaking up. "What do you want?" Eren said with a cold tone.
The other Eren looked at him and laughed hysterically. Now Eren was angry at him for laughing at him for no reason. "What the hell are you laughing for?", Eren asked controlling his anger. The other Eren didn't stop laughing until our Eren grabbed the other Eren's shoulder. The moment he grabbed his shoulder, Eren got another set of memories. It was like when he had kissed Historia's hand after they discovered the truth about the outside world.
The other Eren had an evil smile on his face.
Eren backed up. "What the hell"?" Eren said with fear. "How-."
What was happening? Is it all a dream? They couldn't be true. Eren couldn't think of anything else.
"After seeing all this, who do you think I am?" the other Eren said, demanding an answer. Eren didn't respond, still processing what he just saw until a snap of a finger snapped him out.
"I would be straight. I am here to offer you something", the other Eren said.
"What?" Eren asked him, confused, what he would offer him.
"What do you think of living again?" the other Eren asked. It was unexpected of him. Just a moment ago, Eren died, and now he was given another chance.
"My fate has been fixed. I would kill my mom and then fight for no reason and then die again, showing the world how evil I am. It doesn't matter how many chances I am given; history will keep repeating itself", Eren said with a sad tone, almost holding back tears.
"You are wrong," the other Eren said. It was another unexpected thing from his mouth. Just a moment, he was looking down at him, but now giving him hope.
"What do you mean?" Can't you understand?" Eren grabbed his collar, yelling at him.
The other Eren didn't seem to mind it. "Then make me understand," the other Eren said with a straight face.
Eren couldn't describe it. Eren could never explain it to anyone. He was pulled back from his thoughts by the other Eren.
"The reality is you are afraid, you don't know what is right or what is wrong… Tell me something, didn't you hate slaves? then why didn't you said Mikasa to move on before dying?". The other Eren said, knowing that Eren didn't stand a chance in Infront of him. Eren couldn't answer him. He pulled him down, taking his hand from the other Eren's collar and putting them on his head.
"I know why, because you are a piece of trash, you just want everything for yourself and then throw it away," the other Eren said, knowing that he completely dominated him.
"No, you are wrong. I didn't throw-," Eren said, removing his hand from his head.
"After you touched me, you saw some memories, you know what will happen, right? If you don't act. " the other Eren said.
"But it won't change the fact that I will die as an evil person. I can't spend time with them," Eren answered, breaking down. To his surprise, the other Eren took him.
"That is why you have been given another chance," The other Eren said with a soft tone, still holding him.
"I know"
"So, have you decided?"
"You know my answer, right?"
"Of course,"
The other Eren started taking something out of his pocket, to which Eren raised a brow. "Let me give you something before you leave."
"What is it?" Eren asked with a curious look.
"Oh, this, this is…."
He took his hand out of his pocket with a ring.
A ring what is this for, by the look of it I think I have seen it somewhere, this is the same ring as…
"By the look of it, I think you know what it is, right?" the other Eren said with a smirk on his face. The other Eren gave the ring to Eren. Eren wore the ring on his index finger.
"Where did you get this?"
"This is a secret."
Eren took his arm out to shake Eren's hand. The other Eren still had a smirk on his face and started shaking his hand with him. "Want a tip?" the other Eren asked to which Eren nodded. "Start using your brain more," and with this, Eren was teleported.
"You didn't tell him anything, did you?" right behind the other Eren, a voice said. The other Eren looked behind him only to find Ymir.
"Of course not, Why would I? There still much for him to learn", the other Eren said with a grin on his face.
Eren was transported a mile outside the Wall Rose. Still not opening his eyes. It was not long before he heard someone walking towards him.
"Who's there?", It was a familiar voice, but Eren couldn't recognize it. He could feel that the person that called him was slightly drunk because of his voice.
He thought It would be some Garrison Officer, it was a Garrison Officer, but to his surprise, it was Hannes.
It was nighttime, and Hannes's shift had come to an end to guard on the walls with some other Garrison officers. Hannes was about to leave when he noticed someone outside the walls. He told the other officers to leave, and he will come later, to which they agreed. He quickly rushed in the wooden lift down the wall, only to find someone laid out there.
He got closer and saw Eren lying there. He said with a worried tone, "Eren." With this, Eren opened his eyes by saying, "Hannes-san."
"Eren, where have you been for the last two months? We all were worried?" Hannes said with a worried face.
What? I wasn't here for the last two months; I should have asked (the other) Eren about my status. Eren thought as he was coming with a lie. "I... I... was…"
Hannes cut him. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this, but you better tell me about this later," Hannes said with a smile on his face. He gave Eren a hand helping him to get up. Hannes walked towards the wall, pointing Eren to follow him, to which Eren silently did.
They both went inside the wooden lift and were lifted.
Eren noticed that he had worn the same clothes before he was transported here or died, whatever. His hair was short; thinking that he would have to grow his hair again made him annoyed. It took him more than four years to grow his hair like that. He was pulled away from his thoughts by Hannes.
"By the way, Congratulation," Hannes said, turning towards him and smiling.
Congratulations, exactly on what? Given my height, I think he is talking about my enlistment in the 104th Cadet Corps.
"So, did Armin and Mikasa also enlist?" Eren asked Hannes.
Hannes replied, "Yeah, they both did, their first day will be tomorrow, and yours will be the day after tomorrow. You know your instructor is 'Keith Shadis.' I heard he is very strict, so don't act stupid in Infront of him.
Eren knew the answer. He indirectly asked him if what he thought was right or not?
So, I will have to go through the three years of tanning again. It is unfair. The only thing that I know that is changed is that Mikasa and Armin will join a day before me. He was again pulled by his thoughts by Hannes when he heard him saying, "Sorry, that day I can't save your mother."
"It okay. It isn't like it is your fault," Eren said with a cold tone. Hannes was surprised Eren had matured. Hannes gave him a weak smile before saying, "here we are," they were already at the top of the wall.
Before Hannes said goodbye to Eren, Eren told him not to tell Mikasa and Armin that he returned. He said he wanted to give them a surprise. To which Hannes said, "Fine."
A/n: Here is the first chapter of my fanfic. There will be some changes to the events that are going to happen. I know there are many time travel fic out there, but this is not entirely a time travel fic. You will see. If you are want to see romance, then I am bad at it. There will be some scenes like that, but it will focus more on the plot. I don't care about ships, as long as the story makes sense. Ch 139 was full of plotholes, and I wouldn't say I liked it that much. Obviously, because of the plotholes.
Remember, when I say 'Romance,' that doesn't mean only to a particular ship. You can say Erenx(kind of)Harem.
