This chapter has been heavily edited as it appears my co-creator copied somebody else's work. I have apologised to that author and I am in the process of finding a new co-creator as I cannot do these stories alone. PM me if you're willing to help
Imagine the room has three columns of couches. From the front, the seating arrangements are; Eren, Mikasa, Armin and Jean on one side of the room. Sasha, Connie, Krista and Ymir on the other. Erwin, Levi, Mike and Hange in the middle.
The middle row consists of; Gunther, Eld, Petra and Oluo behind Levi. Moblit, Ness, Peer and Siss behind Ymir. Annie, Bertholdt and Reiner behind Eren.
The back 2 rows are the other Scouts like Squad Mike, the rest of Squad Hange, Dieter, Jurgen and Darius.
Before we start, I will say Season 4 of AOT will not be showing as I haven't caught up with the anime yet. If this story is still going by the time AOT finishes, i will consider it. Without further ado, let's go.
As the Scouts sat back in the comfy chairs, the man stood up. "i think a few more things will be needed to make this more enjoyable," and with a quick whistle, plates upon plates of food and drink appeared on tables in front of them, much to Sasha's delight. Connie, Ymir, and Krista leaned back into the couch while Sasha ravenously tore through all the food. The man whistled again and another table laden with food appeared for the three.
Levi rolled his eyes as his squad fought over the stacks of bacon and bread. Ignoring Oluo's pained cry as he somehow bit his tongue, he turned to Erwin, "So why do you think us lot in particular were brought here?" Erwin leaned back holding a plate of cheese and crackers, "Who knows? Whatever this mysterious entity is, it wanted us to see our past and future. Maybe to stop us making the wrong decisions or to understand each other more? We can only watch and see."
The man spoke again, "If you need the bathroom; ladies to the right, mens to the left. Squad Leaders, Corporal and Commander, you all have your own personal bathrooms located at the back of the room. You all have bedrooms designed for three people at a time, and provided you are mature," he looked at Connie and Sasha in particular, "you can be with different genders."
Levi spoke up from the crowd, "Bedrooms? How long do you plan on keeping us here?"
The man's positive mood diminished for a moment, "Until you all realise the truth and what should've happened all those years ago." The man sat back down as the rest of the Scouts discussed what he could've possibly meant.
Bertholdt spoke in low tones to his couch-mates, "Does he mean the truth about the outside and us?" Annie was quiet next to him, while Reiner shook his head looking troubled. "I don't know. The best thing we can do is not panic, and if worst comes to worst, hope that our bedroom has a lock on it."
In front of the Marleyan Warriors, Eren, his friends and a horse spoke about what he could mean. "Maybe it's about the Titans and the world outside the walls?" Armin pondered. Eren poured another glass of the fizzy liquid and took a sip before adding his two cents, "maybe we find out about the Colossal and Armoured titan?"
Jean was silent before murmuring quietly, "maybe we find out what happened to Marco?"
The murmuring amongst the rest of the Scouts stopped as the screen began to play.
Purple flowers swayed in the wind as the sunlight grazed over them. Birds tweeted in the background.
"Wait, so what is this we're watching now?" Eld interrupted. The man paused for a second before answering, "a dream... well, at first, anyway."
Out of nowhere, the serene setting changes to one of horror. The flowers are sprayed with blood, and a mouth is shown opening wide, before a flash of red appears, looking very much like blood.
Connie jumps and pushes himself into the couch. Oluo yelps as he bites his tongue, yet again. Gunther looks at him in utter confusion, "You weren't even talking, how did you..."
The screen flashed and showed a corpse with open eyes being picked up from the ground. Next a windmill was shown, the scene looked oddly peaceful for a dark setting before Titans appeared behind it. The scene changed again, into what looked like a titan opening its mouth in a forest. Blood sprayed onto the screen again.
"Who's dream is this?" Mike asked, slightly freaked out. Although the dream wasn't the cause of Mike feeling uneasy, but his nose, catching what almost smelt like titans.
The man didn't answer. He didn't even look away from the screen. He just pointed at the far left couch, at a boy with dark hair and emerald eyes.
More images were shown in quick succession; a suit in front of a lit fireplace, toys on a child's bed, 5 bodies in a forest, a green eye with a bug crawling over it.
"Fucking hell!" Ness breathed out. "I thought that kid was weird enough with that Titan shifting thing, but that..." he trailed off, thinking about what he just watched.
"What the fuck?" Annie murmured. The sight of the eye that clearly belonged to someone dead, even if it barely lasted a second, freaked her out more than she'd care to admit.
Levi clenched his fist before turning to Erwin, "Wasn't that the Forest of Giant Trees?" he whispered harshly. Erwin nodded, he saw the same thing Levi did. One of those bodies looked very familiar...
Another spray of blood appeared, followed by a wide smile that only a titan could make, and finally limbs cast in shadow lifted a body from a pile of rubble. The sequence ended with Eren's eyes opening, and the boy gasping in surprise.
Mikasa turned to Eren. "That last part... was that Carla?" Eren nodded. "How did you know?" Eren shook his head, "I don't remember having this dream."
Two crows jumped from a tree, flying away as Mikasa knelt over Eren. Settlements were seen in the distance, alongside windmills that looked very similar to the one from Eren's dream.
"Jeez Mikasa," Sasha yelped. "Could you be anymore creepier?" Connie nodded, wide-eyed beside her.
Eren's eyes were wide, tears trailing down his face. His vision sharpens, and notices who's in front of him. "Mikasa."
"We should get back," she said.
"Um, where are we, exactly?"
"Eren, honestly I thought you had issues when I first met you but this is ridiculous." Jean said. "What was your problem?"
"I don't know!" Eren replied. "I didn't remember any of that happening."
Connie piped up from across the room, "But how don't you remember where you are? Surely you must've walked there to have that dream."
Hange's brow creased, they turned and whispered to their couch-mates. "It is odd that he doesn't remember before the dream, but remembers something that hasn't happened yet. Almost as if...", they trailed off.
Erwin frowned, "Hange, we spoke about this. I very much doubt that Eren can see the fu-"
"For once, I agree with shitty glasses theory," Levi cut him off. "We know that Eren's mother was killed in Shinganshina, when the titans breached. The dream just showed, or at least hinted at both, his mother's death and the titans in Maria territory, before it even happened."
"Not to mention, it definitely just showed us the Forest of Giant Trees. The time difference of Eren's dream and the 57th expedition is about 5 years." Mike interjected. "We only just planned that trap within the last few months. Given the bodies we saw, I have a feeling that it won't go well."
Mikasa stood up. "Did you sleep that soundly?" she asked.
"I don't know. . ." he sat up, rubbing his eyes. "I felt like i was having a really long dream." A cloud drifted overhead, throwing them into shadow. "What was it about. . ?" He dropped his arm. "I can't remember."
Reiner shuddered and noticed Bertholdt and Annie looking at him oddly. "It's cold in here."
"You're a walking fire, dumb-ass." Annie deadpanned.
Reiner smirked, "Actually that description belongs more to Bert than me." Annie mentally face-palmed and turned away from the idiot.
Mikasa stood, pulling some stacked firewood over her shoulders. "Eren," she turned to him. "Why are you crying?"
Oluo laughed. "Come on, Eren. It wasn't that bad-urk." He ended his sentence with another tongue bite.
Moblit looked over at him, "If it wasn't that bad, why are you still holding Petra's hand?"
Moblit sent a wink at Eren while the rest of the Scouts laughed. Petra looked around in confusion as she raised her hands up, "But, he's not holding my hand." Everyone turned to see Oluo was in fact holding Eld's hand.
The man noticed and snatched his hand away, "Dude, I'm engaged, keep your hands to yourself."
"Why do you have such feminine hands?!" More laughter roared from the rest of the Scouts. Gunther was practically rolling on the floor, while Petra had tears in her eyes. Eld was red with embarrassment or anger, nobody could tell. Oluo was holding his head in his hands. The officers at the front allowed themselves to chuckle a little and a small smirk made its way onto Levi's face.
Even the warriors were giggling, even though warriors don't giggle. Especially Annie.
The laughter died down as the scene started to fade out.
Eren was taken aback, he raised a hand to touch the tears on his face. Sunlight streamed back onto them. Purple flowers swayed in the wind as the sunlight grazed over them.
"Wait"
"Wasn't that just..."
While the Scouts talked amongst themselves at that particular scene, Hange raised an eyebrow at Erwin.
Erwin looked down for a moment, "Ok. Say you're right and that Eren can predict the future. It's obvious he doesn't realise it and if he does, he still cannot control it so it's not much use to us right now. Let's see how the expedition goes, if it's a shit-show, we will talk about it more with Eren."
While the superiors spoke, the man walked over to the warriors and sat next to Annie. It was then, that she noticed more details about him. He had a slight limp and it appeared to be painful for his back to lean on anything. Her attention was drawn away when he spoke, quietly enough so only the three of them could hear.
"I apologise for what will happen next. You three are as innocent in this, as the trio in front of you. But you have to make a choice. A choice that doesn't depend on what other people want but what you want."
The man stood up and went back to the front, "Next up is the reveal of the Colossal and Armoured titans. You'll definitely all want to watch this, so go to the bathrooms now if you need to."
Bertholdt's jaw dropped at the sudden warning, "He didn't say where the bedrooms were." Reiner turned towards him, "Do you think the bathroom has locks?"
Annie was too busy thinking about what the man said. What choice does she have?
I am aware that the forest scene in the dream isn't fully related to Levi Squad, but i plan to go on that anyway.
Out of interest, would you guys like to see them experience some modern things like kettles and music? If so, let me know, I might make it in a separate fic so i can keep the reactions in here.
I said March 13 was the next planned update. Because my co-creator is an a-hole, I have to re-write the whole Colossal and armoured reveal from scratch as he copied from another story.
So unless I can pull off a miracle it'll be another week. Sorry guys.
