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Chapter 2
We were engulfed in Lightning and Heat, searing me from the inside. I couldn't scream from the pain, it was as if the air itself has constricted my voice as well as my breathing. My also body felt like it was being tossed around inside a hurricane. I couldn't even feel nor hear if Dr. Jaeger was still beside me. My eyes were glued shut as I was blown away from the world that I once knew.
Chaos… then light. There was light. I opened my eyes to see what happened, and my body grew rigid as I took it all in.
There were people wearing dresses, breeches, cloaks, and even leather trousers. Even the structures were different, from near and far were buildings and houses which were either cemented or timber-framed. But the most surprising sight was the structure from the very distance. A massive wall that dwarfed even the highest buildings in the vicinity. It was breathtaking and ominous at the same time.
My knees buckled and I fell to the ground. I really did go to another world… I was shocked and amazed at the same time. I couldn't even remember anything else.
I was too engrossed in the sight when I realize that Dr. Jaeger was not around. "Huh?." I glanced all around me, seeing various people and houses, but no Dr. Jaeger. The panic inside me spiked up, as I found myself alone in this unknown environment.
What should I do? I thought, I didn't expect him to leave me. Did something happen for him not to be here? I just sat there frozen, as the people around me passed by. Some looking curiously at me, maybe wondering why a girl was sitting in the middle of the road looking lost and afraid. Well, I guess they're right about that part.
I looked at them, and I noticed that they were just like Dr. Jaeger, they all had German features.
Maybe we just got separated. If that's the case, I'll go look for him. Just sitting there won't help me anyways.
Then stood up, and walked around. Inspecting every little detail of my surroundings. It was quite amazing, I was now in a different world.
After a while my feet begun to hurt and I still haven't found Dr. Jaeger. I never tried asking because I was scared that they would speak in a different language. They all looked like foreigners. "...!", Wait. Didn't I converse normally to Dr. Jaeger before I went here? Now that I think about it… Did he even speak Japanese?
I decided to try my luck and asked a girl who was carrying a basket of vegetables. "Uhm… Excuse me… Do you know who and where Dr. Jaeger is? I'm lost you see..." I hope she understood what I said. I don't want to be left here alone especially since the sun has started to set. That would be bad.
"Oh! Dr. Grisha Jaeger? I don't know where he is, you should just go to his house and ask his family. If I remember correctly its..." She points somewhere in the distance, "That house over there." She must have read the confusion in my face, so she added, "You know what, just come with me and I'll bring you there instead." She smiled at me and started walking in the direction of Dr. Jaeger's house. I followed her.
I sighed in relief, Thank goodness she understood me. Wait. How? We weren't speaking in Japanese. We were clearly speaking in a different language…
"Oh! I forgot to ask your name" She held out a hand, "I'm Dorothea!" She was completely oblivious to my dilemmas, but I guess this is also part of what's happening to me. First I called my best friend annoying. Secondly, I smashed the nose of my ex-crush. Then Thirdly I found out that I belong to another world and I speak foreign languages.
I don't know who I am anymore… It's as if everything that I knew was a lie. But being worrying about questions with answers out of reach won't help me.
I took her hand, "Sakuno… My name is Sakuno." I said with a new found voice. Strong and confident. If I can't be who I was anymore, I'll just have to start from scratch. And this time, I want to be strong and confident with myself.
"Well, nice to meet you Sakun-" Then she stopped dead in her tracks. Staring off the distance, her eyes were wide open and mirrored in it was fear.
"Eh? Dorothea?" She was completely still. "Huh?" I found that the other people around us were too. Some pointing at the distance of the massive wall, but all of them had the same expression.
Fear.
I raised my eyes and looked, then my eyes grew wide and I gasped in surprise. At first my mind couldn't believe it.
There was a gigantic hand clutching the top of the 50 meter wall. "What… is that?" I said. Not sounding confident anymore.
"Is.. is that... a hand?" I asked Dorothea, but she wouldn't respond. Then I saw her lips move, as if she was saying. "The Titans are here." then came a large shadow, engulfing the town.
At first, there was only silence as everyone stared at gigantic head that emerged from behind the wall. I almost pissed with fear as I saw it. A head… With no skin… Bigger than the wall itself.
Silence.
Then chaos took over as a loud crash came from the bottom of the wall from where it stood. sending violent quivers on the ground, it was so strong that Dorothea and I fell down with a loud thud. "Dorothea! What's happening?!" But she didn't answer me, she was fixated with something in the distance. Her eyes glued to where the monster was.
"M-my… Family… Th-they live.. there…", then before I could react over that horrible revelation. She dashed and went straight to the madness. She couldn't hear my screams over the others.
"The Titans are coming! Run for your lives!"
"This is impossible, how could the Titans break Wall Maria?!"
"Run straight for the inner gates!"
Large boulders began to fall from the sky, making the ground tremble. It was as if the world shifted, and went in flames.
"DOROTHEA!" I stood up and ran to her. From the corner of my eye, I saw a person from underneath a boulder, clutching a blood soaked doll was a little girl not older than six. I almost gagged at the scene, but I continued to run, encountering carnage from almost everywhere. "Dorothea! wait!", but she didn't slow down.
"Dorothea! Please!" I still continued to run after her, "It's dangerous to go that way!"
"You don't understand! My family lives there!", She didn't slow down, she was dead set on getting to her family.
If they were still alive.
"Then let me come with you!" I asked, "Let's help them together!"
Then she stopped and looked back at me. "Really? Sakuno…", her smile was beautiful, "You would risk your life for m-"
It happened so fast. She didn't even finish her sentence as a large hand snatched her body, leaving blood from where she stood. I just stood there and gaped, as a gigantic man with a terrifying grin brought Dorothea close to his mouth. He was standing over 12 meters tall and had no clothes nor genitals.
It was a horrifying sight.
Dorothea had no time to scream or struggle as the gigantic man put her closer and closer to its mouth.
"NOOOOO! DOROTHEA!" I screamed, desperation clawing at my voice. As if I knew what would happen next.
She was already in it's mouth when I saw her lips move, addressing the words to me.
"Run." And then she was crushed by it's teeth, splattering blood all over the place.
Then I ran.
I didn't know where I was headed, but I knew I needed to escape, because I can see them as they towered over the houses and structures, eating more and more people. Making the place a blood bath. Tears clouded my eyes as everything around me fell into ruins.
This is the world where I belong. This is the place where I was meant to be.
"AAAHHHHHHH!" I screamed on the top of my lungs, sending my sadness, anger, and fears into voice.
I kept running and running until the road became blocked by another gigantic man... A monster… No…
A Titan.
Then suddenly my nightmares begun replaying in my mind. The footsteps in my dream, mirroring the Titan's. Me in my shocked state, not moving at all. It was as if my nightmares came to life.
But this time, I would fight.
This is my world. My life. And I won't go down without a fight.
I saw a dead man with something that seemed like a sword and I took it, then I regained my composure and took a deep breath.
"1… 2…" The Titan was already in front of me, towering over 7 meters tall, "3…" Then I dashed.
My body felt light as I charged the Titan, it was as if I had wings.
I will destroy it. "I'm sorry Dorothea.. but I can't run anymore."
Its hand tried to grab me, but I was quick enough to dodge it. I continued to charge and went straight to it, not bothering how crazy my plan was. I couldn't turn back now, my only option left is to fight.
Its other hand tried to grab me but instead of dodging this time, I jumped and ran over it, imbedding my blade to its flesh as I made a mad dash to its head. Then I swiftly turned the blade and stabbed its eye. It struggled and fell, dragging me along since my blade was still stuck in its eye. We fell in a loud thud which made the blade go deeper into its head. Then with all the power I could muster, I took the blade out and stabbed its other eye with it. The Titan didn't scream, but I knew it couldn't see me now. So I drew my blade from its eye and stabbed it once more in the middle of the neck this time. I stabbed and stabbed, its hot blood dressing me from top to bottom, until I finally separated the head from its body.
Then I just stood there. Basking in the warm glow of the sunset in my blood soaked clothes. It actually felt good. And I found it comforting how the blood evaporated from my clothes and skin.
Then I remembered something from the past. My mind begun recalling numerous scenes and pictures like a movie in fast forward, it was still hazy but a woman's voice in one of the scene echoed through my ears "Red suits you best."
"You there." A voice, this time I didn't imagine it. "Did you do this?" I heard him say again. My mind snapped back to reality as I faced the stranger who was talking to me. He was a man with sharp and intimidating grey eyes, his stare boring into me. He also had his hair styled in an undercut. Though he looked about my height, the way he stood and made his presence dwarfed me. I suddenly felt conscious with myself. I was covered in blood and I decapitated a gigantic monster. He should be afraid of me. Heck, I was even afraid of myself.
"You did a good job, by killing this Titan by yourself." He said in a cool yet monotonous voice, but I swore I detected a hint of respect in his tone.
Then suddenly the body beneath me begun to crumble, making me lose my footing, "What the.. ?" but the stranger caught my forearm, and suddenly the machine hanging from his thighs shot up hooks with metallic strings attached to them, then I was dragged upwards and unto the roof of one of the houses. And from here I saw another Titan, this time bigger and was running in our direction.
"Tch. Another abnormal." He let go of me and brought out two swords identical to the one that I used, "Stay here brat. And don't do anything stupid while I'm gone." Then he shot out the hooks again and began gliding from house to house until he reached the Titan.
I couldn't see the fight clearly, his movements was just too fast, it didn't took a minute as he swiftly killed the Titan by slashing the back of it's neck. "So that's their weakness…" I glanced at the evaporating carcass of the one that I killed. "I just got lucky with this one…" Since I just unconsciously drove my blade to its neck, digging deeper and deeper. If I went straight for its heart… would I still be alive?
It wasn't long before he came back. He brought out a handkerchief and wiped the blood from his blade. "Damn Titans."
"Thank you." I said, really grateful that someone came. "If there's anything that I could do to help-"
"Shut up, If you want to help, go to the inner walls and ride the boat that will take you away from here." He said, again with the monotonous voice, as if he was bored even with everything that happened.
"But, I want to help! I promise not to interfere with-"
He interrupted me again, but this time he was so fast that I didn't realize that his face move closer to mine. His expression, casting dark shadows across his face. "Listen to me, brat. If you wanna help that much then you should join the Survey Corps." Then he added menacingly, moving closer to my side until I can feel his breath on my ear, "That is, if you're suicidal enough to join us in hunting these monsters." with that, he moved away and turned back, "My name is Levi. Don't forget it." then he left using his machine to glide and jump from building to building.
I just stood there. Staring from where his form disappeared, and until a man with the same uniform and equipment as Levi came and asked me to come with him to the inner gates. I didn't remember agreeing to come with him, but I found myself in the ship that was supposed to take us to another place much safer than this. Another place with a wall, that can be broken down. A place called Wall Rose apparently.
There were other people who didn't go on board. I didn't look at them, even as the people around me shouted and screamed. There were probably Titans who have finally broken down the inner gates, to eat and kill the ones left behind.
I still couldn't find Dr. Jaeger and perhaps, with everything that happened, I never will.
This is now my world. And I have a new purpose.
"I have to join the Survey Corps."
Yay! I finally finished chapter 3! Woohooo!
I know that there are still lots of secrets to be revealed about Sakuno and her heritage, but worry not! I will reveal them through the story when the time comes~ especially the hidden meaning in Sakuno's nightmares D
Again, please don't mind my crappy english and just enjoy the story~ And if you didn't like it, please don't bash me (TAT ), as I said, I'm new to writing fanfics...
Well anyways, I will continue to work on Chapter 4 and will probably upload it soon!
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this! Arigatou Gozaimasu!
