Chapter 15
After using the War Hammer Titan's ability to create the walls that surrounded the whole area, they decide to spend a night in the area, each of them has their own house, while Fay decides to live with Eren.
Fay says, "Hey, Brother Eren... can you tell me the whole story? Back in the afternoon, you told me about the Rumbling and the fact that we're on Paradis... I think I want to know you more..."
"Of course. However, are you sure about this? The story could be really long, and I'm not sure if you want to hear it all." Eren says.
"I don't mind." Fay says. "Please tell me everything."
Eren says, "Okay, here is the begin of my story..."
"You don't mind if we join in as well?" Petra asks. Eren notices that Sasha, Marco, Petra, Erwin, Colt, and Frieda decide to hear.
Colt says, "Since we're going to live together for who knows when... we might as well learn more about each other."
"Not at all." Eren says. "Okay... now where do I begin... maybe I should tell you about my two friends, their names are Armin Arlert and Mikasa Ackermann."
Eren takes out a photo that they take in Marley, "This is the group photo that we took when we traveled to Marley. And the blonde-haired boy here is Armin, and the black-haired girl here is Mikasa."
"All of you look really different from before." Erwin says while looking at the picture.
Sasha says, "Of course, those clothes weren't comfortable to wear."
"Yeah." Eren frowns a little. "Armin and I dreamed of joining the Survey Corps since we were little, our goal was to see what the ocean was like."
"You don't know what the ocean was like?" Colt asks.
Petra says, "Normal citizens are forbidden to leave the walls, those who tried to leave would get punishment, except for the Survey Corps."
"Armin's parents were tortured and killed by the Military Police because they made a blimp..." Eren says, and he notices Fay's frown. "Sorry, maybe I shouldn't mention that..."
"It's fine." Fay says. "What about this Mikasa?"
Eren's face starts to become pink a little and he says, "My Dad knew Mikasa's family, but we didn't meet until we were nine. However, when we got to the house, we found that Mikasa's parents were murdered by sex traffickers and Mikasa was kidnapped."
Eren sighs, "My dad thought to call the Military Police, but I just thought that it would be late when they arrive... that's why I decided to do things by myself."
"Is that why you and Mikasa killed the three traffickers back then?" Erwin asks.
"Hold on... you killed people when you were just nine years old?" Colt asks in surprise.
"I managed to kill two of them since they're just animals using human skin. Or that's what I thought..." Eren says. "However, the third one managed to grab me and he tried to choke me. It was then Mikasa grabbed the knife."
Eren frowns, "She was scared at that time, it was when she found me about to pass out that she managed to get some strength and kill the last one. According to Captain Levi, this is called the Awakening, one of the things that the Ackermann family had."
"I think I've heard about the Ackermann family." Frieda says, "They were the accidental result of the Eldian Empire's experiments with the Subjects of Ymir and Titan science. They were designed to protect Eldia's king and acted as the monarchy's right hand, entrusted with the survival of their people. However, when King Karl Fritz erased the memories of the people inside using the power of the Founding Titan, the Ackermans were among those immune to it. Which is why he tried to persecute them."
"For Mikasa's family, they were chased away to the mountains, which were close to here, and for Captain Levi's family, they were hiding underground." Eren says. "After we managed to save Mikasa since she didn't have a home, we decided to let her stay with us."
"So that was why Mikasa was so attached to you." Sasha says. "And I can see why she refused to talk about this."
"And now that we know about my friendship with those two, it is time we talked about that day...the day when Bertolt broke Wall Maria..." Eren says. "My Dad left because of the business he had to intend to... about that, I still need to apologize, Frieda..."
"Don't be. Though I didn't know it happen at the same time." Frieda says.
"When Bertolt kicked open the wall, the pure Titans all come in and started to eat every citizen they could see..." Eren says, and it causes Fay to widen her eyes in horror. "Those Pure Titans... were they the people who Marley sent to Paradise..."
"Yes. My mother and my house were crushed by one of the wall boulders, I tried to save my Mom with Mikasa, but Hannes, a friend of mine from the Garrison, quickly took both me and Mikasa away, and my mother... she was eaten by the Titan... who turned out to be Zeke's mother, my stepmother."
Marco says, "Hold on, you mean your stepmother turned into a Titan and she was the one who ate your mother?"
"I didn't know about that until we get to the basement of my house..." Eren says. "Hannes brought me and Mikasa to the ship, and it was also then we saw Reiner, as an Armored Titan, destroying the cannons on the way."
Sasha says, "Still, those two were the same age as us, and yet they managed to do those things..."
Colt says, "I think they have to do it since it's Marley's orders..."
"After we found a shelter for us to stay in, my Dad and Commandant Shadis managed to find me. They were sad by the fact that my mother was killed." Eren says.
"Wait, Commandant Shadis knew your parents?" Marco asks, "How come we never know about this?"
Sasha says, "We only learned that after we visit him four months after graduation."
"Fay...this is when your brother was killed..." Eren says. "After hearing about my mother's death, he brought me into the woods and injected the Titan syringe inside me. All I remembered as his last words are these... Keep this key on you at all times. And every time you see it, remember. You must retake Wall Maria and reach the basement! If you want to save Mikasa and Armin, and everyone else, you must control this ability. I'm certain this ability will help when that time comes! Their memories will tell you how to use them!"
"So that's why you want to see the basement..." Petra says.
"He turned me into a pure Titan and I ate him... I passed out until Commandant Shadis brought me back to Mikasa and Armin. That was also why they didn't know all of this."
Fay says, "So my Dad give you his powers and you are the Attack Titan and the Founding Titan."
"Yes, however, back when I was naive, I vowed to eliminate the Titans, that become my new goal before joining the Cadet corps." Eren says.
"Yeah, we used to hear it every single time, but after we got to the sea, you stopped talking about this." Sasha says.
"And then two years later, all of us, me, Sasha, Marco, Armin, Mikasa, we all joined the Cadet Corps." Eren says as he turns to Sasha, "Did you know what Sasha did during the entrance ceremony?"
Sasha blushes and yells, "Don't you dare!"
"Wait, what? What did you do?" Colt asks.
"You mean the fact that you ate the potato when Commandant Shadis' rite of passage?" Marco asks.
"Wait, seriously?" Frieda asks.
Sasha mutters, "I don't want to remember that, if it wasn't for Queen Historia, I would've died back then..."
"So your queen was also a part of the corps?" Colt asks.
"Yes, she joined the corps from her father's orders." Eren says. "We'll talk about that later."
Marco says, "Did you want to talk about the ODM gear training, Eren? I remembered that you always fell upside down when you've done that."
Eren glares and says, "That's because my belt was broken, I thought it was Mikasa doing this since she had been wanting to get me out of the training corps, or Jean because he had been quite a jerk to me. I never thought it was Commandant Shadis himself that gave me the defective gear on purpose."
"He gave you the defective gear? But why?" Erwin asks.
"He wanted to see how far I can become a soldier. He wants to know if I'm really special enough to join the Survey Corps..." Eren mutters.
"Who's Jean?" Fay asks. "Is he one of your friends?"
Eren says, "This horse face here is Jean." He points at the man in the picture. "At first, he wanted to join the Military Police so that he could just hide further into the walls. That's why I've been fighting with him for a long time."
"But there is one time you managed to use a trick from Annie to beat him." Marco says.
"Yeah..." Eren says, "Good old memories. Eventually, all of us graduated. I got 5th place, Marco got 7th, and Sasha got 9th. As for the rest, Mikasa got first place, then Reiner, Bertolt, and Annie. Jean was the 6th, Connie, the grey-haired person here, was 8th, and Queen Historia got tenth place. Those who are in the top ten will be able to join the Military Police."
"And yet we've got 8 of them instead." Erwin says.
"With the exception of Annie and...Marco." Eren frowns.
"So even Jean joined the Survey Corps? That's surprising." Marco says.
"Because your death impacted him a lot. And believe me, Connie and I also wanted to join the Military Police at first, Eren's speech was motivating, but it was when Bertolt broke Wall Rose and sent more Titans inside that caused us to want to join the Survey Corps. By the way, how did you manage to transform back then?" Sasha asks.
Eren says, "When I witnessed my whole squad being eaten, Armin was next, and I tried to save him and thus I got eaten instead. And because the Titan just swallowed instead of chewing me, I was still alive and I was able to turn into a Titan..."
"You were quite lucky." Colt says. "What are the odds of that happening?"
"We don't know. However, it was my first time turning into a Titan, so I didn't have any control over it." Eren says.
"Connie said that you kept killing Titans and you lead him, Mikasa, and Armin to us. And you were about to be devoured by the pure Titans until you saw the one that ate Thomas and you struggled free."
"I see..." Eren says. "And I remembered that the Garrison was trying to kill us until Commander Pyxis saved us in the last second... He asked me to pick up a boulder to seal the broken wall."
"And you've done it pretty well." Erwin says. "Even though you weren't in control when you transformed at first."
"But that means we would also go through that phase, right?" Fay asks, "If we transform for the first time, wouldn't we be able to control it?"
"You're right... that's why we will need to train for a while." Eren says.
And here is a new chapter, this kind of conversation will be going for 8 chapters, and this is the first one. I hope you like this chapter.