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Hi all! I took my Japanese speaking exam yesterday and it went really well. Thank you to all those people who wished me luck. Ah! Exams are beginning! So scary!
I don't really know what to write, so I'm just going to skip ahead to the story...Now!
The next morning was bright sun and blue skies - the perfect day to go to Trost. Levi was the first to awake that morning. He opened his eyes slowly and stared at the sleeping face of his mate. Levi felt like he could never forgive himself for ruining Eren this much.
A little more than half a year ago, they had never met each other and Eren was free. He was now facing different things too fast and sometimes Levi blamed himself for that. He ruined Eren's childhood.
After staring at Eren for a number of minutes, the Omega began to shift and moan awake. He opened his emerald eyes slowly, his ears twitching. He looked at Levi and smiled. Levi's heart throbbed slightly as he knew what he had done, but Eren had never blamed him.
"What you staring at?" Eren asked, quietly. Levi shook himself mentally and huffed.
"Someone who is still a brat," he replied, before kissing Eren softly. Eren laughed quietly and kissed back. Those sort of mornings were nice and it made them feel like they were normal, but sadly neither of them were.
Levi sat up and got ready for the day. Eren stayed in bed, snuggling into the warmth. Levi rolled his eyes, before grabbing the duvet and pulling it off the tired Omega.
"Levi!" Eren complained. Levi smiled.
"Come on, get up. We're going to Trost today, so I need to go and inform Erwin of this. I'll also tell Carla. You don't need to do anything apart from get dress and be downstairs, ready, in a hour," he replied. Eren growled.
"Yes, giving me forty five minutes to get ready. Good night!" he said, before grabbing the duvet and pulling it over himself again. Here we go. Levi got on to the bed and crawled over the large lump of duvet that hid Eren.
"Brat, move you carcass," Levi said.
"That is not something you say to your pregnant mate," a muffled voice said. Levi sighed.
"Yes, well, it seems that my pregnant mate doesn't want to get out of bed when he should. Don't be in a mood with me," he replied. The duvet was pushed back to show Eren's face glaring at his mate.
"Don't tell me what to do, Levi," Eren hissed. Levi groaned. This was not the time to get hormonal.
"I'm not telling you what to do, brat," he replied, but Eren sat up and pushed Levi back.
"Yes you are. You think you can't rule over me just because you're a King. I don't care if I'm your mate, I won't bow," he said. Levi felt the memories coming back of Eren being stubborn as anything when they first met. He just hoped he could handle this Eren. Levi leaned forward and pecked Eren on the lips.
"I won't dare telling you what to do, brat. You tell me things and I tell you things. We're balanced, that's why we work," Levi replied, trying to calm his mate. Eren's expression softened and he looked down, feeling ashamed.
"Sorry," he muttered. Levi smiled and ruffled Eren's hair.
"It's okay. You're doing fine," he replied. Eren nodded and got out of bed obediently. They both knew that this was just the beginning of Eren's hormones.
They got ready for the day and had breakfast with Carla. Levi informed her of the trip to Trost. She was a little shocked about how soon it was, but agreed. He also told Erwin to rally up a few guards and to get Grisha.
After breakfast, everyone was getting ready to go to Trost. Erwin had picked Mike, Eld, Gunther, Auruo and Moblit. Eren was pleased to see Moblit happy as he laughed with the others. He was the only one who wasn't wearing the green cloak though. They all saluted as their King and future Queen walked passed, Grisha being dragged behind them by Erwin and Mike feeling very confused.
"Let go of me! What have I done wrong now? Are you finally going to kill me?" Grisha shouted in the front entrance hall. Levi turned around and sighed.
"You're getting your wish. We're taking you to Trost, on the condition you tell us what we want to know. You also get another wish granted..." Levi said, looking behind Grisha. Grisha frowned and looked behind him.
Carla was walking down the stairs in a white summers dress with a black ribbon around the waist. Her hair was tied to the side and her ears and tail were perfectly brushed like always.
Eren stared at his mother. He had never seen her like this. She was beautiful. Carla walked up to Grisha and stared into his eyes.
"One word that is bad and I'll kill you myself," she threatened. Grisha wasn't really paying attention.
"You look like a teenager again..." he muttered. Carla sighed and put her cloak on.
"Let's get this over and done with," she replied, walking outside. She opened the front door and allowed the ray of light to flood in. Grisha squinted as he stared at the harsh light, but mainly paid attention on Carla.
Mike and Erwin dragged him outside, but he was now coming willingly. Grisha accepted the fresh air and the outdoors. He had missed it.
All their horses were ready and Eren watched as his mother got on a horse. She looked puzzled at her son.
"What's wrong, cub?" she asked. Eren smiled.
"I've never seen you wear things like that. I really do have a beautiful mother," he replied. Carla blushed a little.
"Shut up..."
They set off after that. Grisha was on a horse between Mike and Erwin's horses. A rope connected them to his hands, but Grisha didn't care. He was enjoying himself.
The ride was long and they eventually made it to Trost around midday. Carla had to be the one to lead them to the field as they had never been there before.
Grisha was yabbering on to Mike and Erwin about his time in the field. He seemed happy for once, even if his complexion was ruined.
Eventually, they made it to the field. It was huge and by the sea. Eren could understand why there weren't many people there; it was right by the cliffs and children could fall. There were a few people, but they didn't bother them.
They all got down from their horses, and Eren wandered around a bit. Carla followed behind him as he went closer to the edge.
"Well, what do you think of this place?" she asked, feeling curious. Eren smiled and nodded.
"It's amazing. Levi took me to see the sea around the time we first met, but I still can't get over it. I never thought such a place existed," he replied. Carla hummed in response.
"You should see it when the sun goes down. The cliffs are in the perfect place to watch as the sun sinks into the sea," she said, walking back to the others to help unpack. She had made sure to bring lunch for everyone. Specially made by Connie, Sasha and his mother.
Grisha was being very obedient. Mike and Erwin had perched him on the grass and he didn't move a muscle. He just stared into the distance, his eyes taking in the beauty.
Levi walked up to Eren.
"You okay?" he asked. Eren nodded.
"Who would have thought that Grisha would be so well behaved?" Eren asked. Levi sighed.
"He wants this more than anything it seems. He want one last date with his mate, even if other people are around," he replied. Eren looked down.
"It's kind of depressing," Eren muttered. Levi smiled and ruffled Eren hair.
"Cheer up. We can still have a nice time," he said, kissing Eren's cheek. Eren rolled his eyes walked back to everyone, where they had set out a mat.
Grisha was very silent during the whole of lunch. No one really spoke. It was kind of awkward. Moblit seemed to be quiet chatty and just made it worse.
It got to that point where Carla sighed and got up from next to her son and walk over to Grisha. He looked up at her, while she half glared down a him, before softening. She sat down next to him and offered him a sandwich.
"You may be dead in a couple of weeks, but it's good to eat," she said. Grisha breathed out a weak laugh.
"You always know what to say," he said, accepting the sandwich. He ate it in almost a whole bit being so hungry, but refrained from doing so. Carla rolled her eyes and offered him some more. He smiled at her and took them.
Carla hugged her knees and looked down.
"I know that Levi and Eren want to discuss something else with you, but I have questions of my own. I understand that being in that cell has made you think," she said. Grisha munched on his sandwich as he looked to his mate. He smiled slightly.
"Normally I would take that as an offence, but I guess not today. Ask away," he said, taking another bite.
Eren and Levi had made sure to give them their space and went of to relax in another part of the field. Erwin and Mike were watching them, so it was okay. The other four were watching their King and future Queen.
Carla sighed.
"Why did you have to go spoil it all? Even while I was mated to you, I still didn't like you, but I could bear you. You were so happy when Eren was born, but it was all broken when you found out he was an Omega. Why couldn't you just accept him? I had never seen you so happy and I thought everything would be alright after that. You ruined everything," she accused. Grisha swallowed his food and stared at his hands.
"I'll admit, I did ruin everything. I wouldn't have thought that way a few months ago, but I do now. I thought that if I took Eren away, I could have you again. But who was I kidding? I sometimes wish that Eren was never born, not as much as I used to, but I now watch him," Grisha said, turning to where Eren and Levi were laying down.
Eren's head lay on Levi's chest, turned to the side. His tail wagging and a smile beaming.
"He's a great kid and he'll go far," he continued. Carla huffed.
"No thanks to you," she replied. Grisha nodded.
"Yep. I would blame my families origin, but that's a coward's move. I'll die, but I don't really mind anymore. I've been allowed to think and realise my mistakes, and boy are there a lot of them. I'm a cruel man that would go as far as to poison my own flesh and blood. I've become low," he laughed the last part, before going quiet. Carla looked down.
"You have become low, but at least you can accept it. That's always the first step. I'll never forget what you have done, or forgive, but I guess I can remember today and what you are now. That was what you wanted, wasn't it?" she asked, smiling. Grisha nodded slowly, before pushing his forehead onto Carla's shoulder in defeat.
"Thank you..." he whispered. Carla nodded.
"Remember these words in the next life and I know you'll do better," she replied, stroking his worn out ears. His fur was completely wrecked, while hers was perfect. Carla could hear Grisha breathe in her scent deeply, but didn't mind.
"May I ask you a question now?" Grisha asked. Carla looked puzzled, but nodded.
"Sure."
"If you hate me so much, why wear clothes that you know will remind me of when we were young? If I remember correctly, you were wearing a hat as well," he asked, smiling when he said the last bit. Carla huffed.
"Eren told me that you want me to remember what you were like then, and not now. As I've already said, I didn't particularly like you even back then, but I guess you were good enough. This is you last wish though, isn't it? I might as well do something special," she replied. Grisha nodded and sighed.
. . .
Eren and Levi lay on the grass around ten metres away. Thy could feel eyes on them, but when did they not? Eren's head lay on Levi's stomach, Levi's hand brushing through his mate's hair.
"How do you think their doing?" Eren asked. He could feel Levi shift; he was looking at the pair.
"They seem to be getting along just fine. I'm not too worried about it. Grisha would never do anything to Carla, he has that look in his eyes whenever he sees her," he replied. Eren smiled.
"What? Do you have that look as well?" the Omega teased. Levi breathed out a chuckled.
"In a way. I for one do hit you," Levi said. Eren failed in holding in a laugh.
"As a joke. The only time you were trying to hurt me, even though you weren't, was that day I kissed you in the library. I still haven't gotten over your excuse of testing my reaction time. Go on, enlighten me. You were just annoyed with me and wanted to snap some sense back into me," Eren said, smiling. Levi gripped Eren's hair tightly. "Ow."
"Well, you are very annoying when you want to be," he replied, before loosening his grip. "However, you're right. I would never truly hurt you unless I didn't know what I was doing. I most certainly won't be hitting you anytime soon, even if your hormones are a nightmare." Eren chuckled innocently, scratching his cheek with his finger.
"I can't help it. You try carrying a kid for nine months without breaking down. I will be mentioning I look like a whale at some point," Eren said.
"And at that time I will be walking out of the room," Levi replied.
"You wouldn't dare! I swear we've already had this conversation," Eren muttered. Levi rolled his eyes.
"That's because we have. You'll be fine," he said. Eren huffed and traced his swollen stomach. He was wondering when he would feel the cub move. His mother had explained that a cub could start to move between 16 - 25 weeks, and Eren was sixteen weeks.
Levi looked to his mate and stroke his ear. Eren shivered slightly, before flicking his hand away.
"Stop that," he said, slightly annoyed.
"What are you thinking about?" Levi asked. Eren shrugged his shoulders.
"Only what's to come," he replied, smiling. "I have no idea what I'll be like in a few months. God, it had only been 4 months. I don't know how I will act or how I will change. Just promise me one thing, Levi."
Levi looked puzzled but nodded. "Go on."
"If get to the point of being a very submissive Omega, snap me out of it, okay?" Eren replied, grinning. Levi rolled his eyes.
"Sure thing, brat. It would be boring if you were like that. Always put up a fight, promise me that," he said. Eren nodded and looked back out to see.
"Always."
At that moment, Eren and Levi were disturbed by Erwin. Levi slightly glared at him.
"What?" he asked. Erwin coughed.
"Grisha believes it is now time to talk," the blonde Alpha replied. Levi and Eren sat up and nodded. They stood up and walked over to Grisha and Carla. Everyone sat down in a circle and listened.
"Okay, Grisha, will you now answer the questions we ask you without any back talk?" Levi asked. Grisha looked to Carla, before nodding.
"I will," he replied. Levi nodded.
"Tell me about the people you experimented on in the past. Do you recognise the name 'Nicholas Frey'?" he asked. Grisha looked down.
"I do. It all happened before Eren was born, but Carla was pregnant. I took a business trip to a run down place is Maria. There, I met five people. One of them was Frey. I asked them if they could help me. During that time, I thought that Carla was going to give birth to an Alpha and was determined to make him stronger than any other Alpha. I tested different abilities on these people," he explained. Eren leaned forward.
"Other than being turned into a shadow, what other abilities were there?" he asked. Grisha looked to his son and thought for a second.
"If I remember correctly, I gave each person an ability to do with the elements, and I don't mean fire, water, earth and wind. They are involved, but I included others. Frey was the first I experimented on. He wanted to earn some money and I was paying them a little. I gave him the power to slip through the night, undetected, but at the cost of him never being able to step into the light ever again. It was a fail.
"The next was a young Beta girl called Freya. She was spirited, so I gave her the power of earth. The price was that she could no longer swim. She was able to become much stronger and was soon arrested and executed. That was a fail too," Grisha went on. Levi huffed.
"Were any of your experiments successful?" he asked.
"I'm getting to that, so don't interrupt. You wanted answers, and I'm here willingly giving them to you," Grisha said, frowning at the King. Levi rolled his eyes and allowed him to continue. "After that was an Alpha in his mid twenties. I'm afraid I've forgotten his name. He had a fierce reputation already, so I thought carefully about him. In the end, I decided on the power to manipulate metal. He also had the price of not being able to swim, as metal sinks in water. I heard that he had robbed a good few heavy guarded places. At first, I thought that it was a success, but he abused his powers and thought that he was immortal. He died in the most pathetic death ever; being crushed by metal."
Eren huffed. "Smart guy," he said, sarcastically.
"The next one was a Beta boy. He was the same age as Eren is now. He was not interested in money, but already had a strangeness about himself. I can say that he is still alive, or I think he is. I haven't heard from him in five years. Anyway, I gave him the power opposite to Frey's; light. The price is that he must always be in light, which is much more difficult than having to always be in the shadows. He has the power to blind his opponent or even set fire to things. He didn't abuse his power and I decided that the experiment was a success. However, I think it's the last one you want to hear about the most," Grisha said. Everyone looked puzzled. "The last one I experimented on was an Omega. I wanted to see the reactions she had and gave her a small power, but she turned it into something more. At first, I gave her a serum much like Freya's; the power of earth and strength, but added something else to it. In a fortnight, she had gained the power to destroy villages with one step. It seemed that she didn't have to sacrifice anything, well, apart from her humanity."
Levi leaned forward. "You couldn't have..." he muttered, but Grisha nodded.
"During that time, I had been reading a book about legendary beasts called Titans. I wanted to give her the power of a Titan, but without the high. However, it went wrong and she turned into a Titan, but it seemed she could turn back. I turned her into a shifter. The book had a chapter about shifters and how they came into the war that happened a couple thousand years ago. She was a threat though, and ended up having the same fate the shifters had; decapitation," he explained. Eren frowned.
"You weren't going to turn me into a shifter, we you?" he asked. Grisha smiled slightly.
"Actually, I was. She showed superb results and was able to control herself perfectly. I was originally going to sell her, but I decided to use her. I did warn her about the dangers, but she didn't listen, saying that she finally had enough power to not be possessed. I left her to it, not caring, and she got herself killed. I believed that if I raised you in the proper way to hone your powers, you would be able to be something great, and not end up the way she did. When you were born and I saw you were an Omega, I realised that you would be as foolish as she was and ruin everything, so I left. I conducted the plan of selling you years later, something I should have done to her." Grisha took a deep breath as he finished going through his memories. Eren was beyond shocked.
"You were think of turning me into a monster? For what purpose?" he asked, feeling very angry.
"To remind this world of how lucky it is. People would fear you and you would be able to rebuild the Jäeger family, greater and stronger. But, alas, it was a fail and in a way I'm glad it didn't happen. Sure, I'm still upset about how the Jäeger family turned out, but what can I do? I guess I never thought of selling my son to become Queen, making the Jäeger family powerful in the three Kingdoms," Grisha said, smiling, before he put his hand out to Eren. "I'm a dead man, Eren, I know that. But at least give me a friendly handshake before I kick the bucket. I misjudged Rivaille, hugely, and thought you were just a play thing. You've made the Jäegers even more powerful than they were in your own way. For that, I can say I'm proud of you."
Eren looked at his father with a serious expression. He sighed, but accepting the hand and shaking it.
"You'll do better in the next life," Eren said. Grisha laughed.
"You really are like your mother," he said, before standing up. "I think it's good to go back now. It was nice seeing this place again. Oh, one more thing. I know you will ask me this question at some point, so I might as well answer it now. The Beta kid that is still alive is called Ryuuji. The last time I saw him was in Sina. I'm sure you dear friend, the King, could help you with that one. A guy in this thirties using strange light shows shouldn't be hard to forget." Levi nodded.
"Much appreciated," he replied, before everyone stood up. They should be getting back, it was getting later into the afternoon and they wanted to be back for dinner.
They all got back onto their horses and left Trost. Eren could see Grisha looking back one last time, knowing that he would never see that place again.
. . .
They arrived back at the palace just in time for dinner. Grisha was out back in his cell, with something nice for his dinner. He did earn it.
After dinner, Eren went to the library to look for 'The Legend of the Titans' book that he picked up months back. He wanted to read through it one last time, looking for things that he may have just missed or not taken seriously. The book spoke of Titan's that live thousands of years ago, but as the book says, they were just a legend. However, Eren couldn't out rule anything.
He skimmed through the book, mainly looking at the hand drawn picture. The Titans were truly terrifying creature.
'Huge man like creatures that devoured humans, but never for food.'
Images appeared in Eren's head. If he had been an Alpha, Grisha would have turned him into such a things. Eren immediately shook his head to push the thought away. He flicked through more pages, until he got to a chapter that intrigued him.
"The Shifter and a Horse," Eren read aloud. He skimmed through the text and smiled to himself. "The only horse that wasn't afraid of him, huh?" Apparently, all of the horses feared the shifter, for even though Titans never ate horses, they still were scared. However, one was not. A beautiful white horse that was said to have the heart to look into the shifters soul and see that he was as scared as they were.
Eren laughed and closed the book. "Wow, this book is like a fairy tale. How cheesy can these writers get?" he asked himself.
At that moment, Levi walked into the library. He nodded to Eren.
"I thought you would be here. What have you got there?" he asked. Eren looked down at the book in his hand.
"The Legend of the Titans," he mumbled. Levi raised an eyebrow and sighed.
"And? Did you find anything?" Levi asked. Eren smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. This book makes it seem like it was all just a fairy tale. What did you want?" Eren asked back. Levi nodded.
"You know how Grisha was going on about that Beta is experimented on, and is still alive?" he asked. Eren's eyes widened and he smiled.
"We're going to look for him, aren't we?" he asked. Levi shook his head.
"No, I am," Levi replied. Eren's frowned and looked hurt. Levi sighed. "Don't look at me like that, Eren. I wasn't even meant to allow you to go to the Slums, but I did, and now Hanji fears you could have a miscarriage. I honestly don't want to hold you back, but I think you need to sit out on this one."
Eren glared at his mate.
"It's your fault in the first place that I'm like this. Why do I have to stay behind when I've done nothing wrong?" he questioned. Levi rolled his eyes.
"Will you stop with that. You're staying here, and that's final. I'll have Hanji and Petra watch you. I don't entirely trust Mikasa to hold you back, so she's coming as well. I leave tomorrow," he said. Eren stood up and just walked passed the Alpha, bumping into his shoulder.
"You promised never to order me around," he muttered as he walked passed, leaving the room. Levi sighed and looked out the window. He knew what he was doing was harsh, but it had to be done. Eren had a tendency of not thinking things through at first, but would eventually get there.
Levi turned around and left the library. He walked to his room, but found that Eren wasn't there. He check in the bathroom, but still nothing. It was until he heard a knock at the door.
Levi walked over and opened it. It was Hanji.
"Hey, Short Stuff," she greeted, cheerfully. Levi sighed, half expecting it to be Eren, but when did Eren knock on the door of his own room.
"What do you want, Shitty Glasses?" he asked, rubbing his eyes. It was then that Hanji's expression became very serious.
"I'm sure you've noticed that Eren hasn't come to bed," she said. Levi frowned.
"What do you know?" he asked. Hanji sighed.
"He's in the lab. He said that he didn't want to sleep with you tonight. He said something about being bossed around. I guess you told him about tomorrow, huh?" she said. Levi clicked his tongue.
"Yeah. He didn't seem to happy. Thank you for telling me," he thanked. Hanji nodded, with a worried expression.
"Anytime. Night, Levi," she said, before leaving. Levi sighed and closed the door.
He walked over to the bed and got in. He realised how big the bed was. The last time he didn't have Eren in his bed was when he was is a coma. Levi's balled his fists and glared at the ceiling.
"Shitty brat..." he muttered, before closing his eyes and drifting off into a dreamless sleep.
Tada! I decided to allow Grisha to make amends. He's going to die, but I wanted to add a little back story to it. Please tell me if you think I'm ruining this story. I was a little concious about this chapter, so please tell me what you think.
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