Creation began on 05-25-15
Creation ended on 05-31-15
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Hope from the Sky: The King's Fear and Belief
A/N: I have only the information of the Wikipedia and its Attack on Titan Wiki to give me much of the details of certain characters, as I've not read the manga version. Therefore, if anything doesn't make an sense, it's due to that.
Within the confines of Wall Sina, the ruler, Rod Reiss, having heard about the new situation that was within the Walls, sighed as he wrote down notes about the recent discovery. While the idea seemed ludicrous in its entirety, the citizens believed in the power of this purple giant that defeated the Colossal Titan and devoured over twenty lesser Titans no more than three months ago and that they, along with this Eren Yaeger, who could turn into a Titan himself, could help mankind take back the world beyond the Walls. But Rod was skeptical of this, mainly due to the fact that the Coordinate had been lost to his family some years ago in the aftermath of the fall of Wall Maria, and how the belief of a foreign person and his giant could ever save the people.
And from what I've heard, this person that rides the purple giant, this Shinji Ikari, appears to be an Asian, thought Rod, just as he wrote it down. So, even if we had the Coordinate, there's no chance of it ever affecting his memories. And then, there's the Titans themselves…and how they grant the giant power. They that devour the weak will become devoured themselves, eventually. How can the people that have never been beyond the Walls believe that a giant from the sky will help them take back the world and help them live beyond the Walls? The Walls have been our safety for over one-hundred years. Don't they realize that the world beyond them is not meant for us, anymore?
But Rod had to admit that this feeling of hope that the citizens possessed, their faith in this outsider…was quite remarkable…if only because they didn't have much hope to begin with. To have no hope…and then be given such hope…is such a rarity that he found truly to be another gift from God himself.
In the end, all we have is hope, he thought, writing that down, as well.
-x-
"…So, people are starting to leave the city again," Misato heard some people talking as she had gone grocery shopping, something she had often let Shinji do when he had arrived to Tokyo-3.
"Yeah," a man had said to a woman. "It's only a rumor, but something happened that has people unnerved by the city sinking into a black hole."
"It's almost as insane as the rumors I've been hearing about a pair of giants wandering around the remains of the coastal areas of the country at night."
That, of course, was something Misato didn't take too much into the consideration of believing, even though she believed in the Angels.
-x-
"…With the loss of Unit-01 and the Third Child, the Committee is sending over Unit-03," Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki informed Gendo. "They're also considering sending Unit-04…once it's been installed with the experimental S² Engine salvaged from the Fourth Angel."
But Gendo wasn't listening; to him, only Unit-01 really meant anything. Without that Eva, he might as well had died already.
Fuyutsuki wasn't blind to this and knew that Ikari's scenario was beyond reach, leaving only the objective to eliminate the Angels.
-x-
As the rebuilding and expanding of the town progressed, Eren, Mikasa and Armin were standing in front of the ruins of the Yaeger home. For Mikasa and Armin, it was a mystery to why they needed to come back here, but for Eren, it was the hope of discovering the reason to why he was able to turn into a Titan and why he couldn't remember what his father said before disappearing.
Behind them were several other members of the Survey Corps, tasked with helping them discover the truth and use it to aid in bringing mankind back from the brink of extinction.
"Well, here goes nothing," Eren sighed, and pushed the front door open.
-x-
"If this progresses, they will, eventually, abandon the Walls," a member of the Wall Cult said to several other members. "The purple giant that can consume Titans as food and the man that can turn into a Titan will shatter their faith in the Walls."
"The purple giant is controlled by a young man that fell from the sky with it," a female member uttered to the first one, a male member. "That is how it is able to do what it does. But if the young man were disposed of, the Survey Corps wouldn't be able to use it to progress their expansion plans. The man that can become a Titan is the lesser of the two threats."
"Dispose of the one that controls the purple giant, and the giant becomes useless."
-x-
After seeing a man that specialized in therapy, Shinji found that he had a problem with being under ceilings that weren't familiar to him, and every time he was under one, he addressed it as an unfamiliar ceiling. This unfamiliarity with ceilings was due to his childhood being filled with unhappiness and unresolved issues with his estrangement from his father and his inability to grieve over his mother's untimely death. And now, he was under another unfamiliar ceiling, but one that was far from the ones he had been used to seeing, as it was made of wood.
I never thought I could pilot the Eva to…actually help people, he thought, his face bathed in the bluish-white light of the moon outside the window. And the people praise me for doing so.
NEIGH! He suddenly heard a horse whine…and the unsheathing of what sounded like a blade moments later.
SLASH! He heard something cut through what sounded like cloth with meat inside it.
"Aaurgh!" A man's scream was then heard.
"Retreat!" A woman shouted.
SLASH, SLASH, SLASH! More sounds of cutting could be heard, along with the whining of a horse.
Shinji raised his head up and looked out the window, seeing a stranger from afar on the road outside, obscured by both the distance between the small shack he was in…and the cloak-like garment they were wearing, holding what looked like a sickle.
Beside the stranger was a horse that was as white as the moonlight, and possessing a single horn on its head, like a mythical unicorn.
The stranger stroked the horse's neck and then climbed atop its saddle and rode off, leaving only their sickle behind.
A/N: I'll stop this chapter here. Can anyone guess who the mysterious stranger was? What do you think Eren and the Survey Corps will find in the basement of the Yaeger home now that they've taken back Wall Maria? Read and review, please.