AN: Okay, here we are at Chapter XIV. I have decided to add another ending called the Delusion Ending! Yep, Three Alternate Endings for my lovely readers! How does that sound to you guys? By the way, this chapter is made to add more emotion into the story. Thanks to those who reviewed and I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

CHAPTER XIV:

TRUE FEELINGS

Hours later, Celeste woke up in her bed. She was getting really tired of this shit. She realized that her shirt changed. That sorta freaked her out because in her book that was invasion of privacy.

"How are you feeling?"

Celeste looked up and saw Petra leaning by the wall. Needless to say, she doesn't look pleased.

'Great, I'm probably the one who has to pay for something he started.' She thought.

"I'm fine." She answered as she rubbed her eyes.

"Why do you have the Scouting Legion insignia on your right shoulder AND your upper back (1)?" Petra asked curiously as she sat beside her daughter. Celeste looked up in confusion before she remembered. She forgot about the tattoos (2) she had. She answered the question immediately.

"When I was 14 and I was in school, I was so bored that I grabbed a pen and a paper and just started drawing all over it. It was like my hand was moving on its own accord. Minutes later, it was finished and that's how it came out as. When mom and dad died almost a year later, I had it tattooed on me because they said it was pretty cool. It was quite painful but worth it, I guess. I always thought it was familiar."

Petra smiled as she listened to her daughter's story but there was an issue she had to address regarding Celeste and Levi.

"That's nice but we need to talk. About you and your dad." She said.

"Here we go. There's nothing to talk about. He hates me, I hate him. End of story." Celeste answered as she angrily stood up.

"No, it's not the end of story. Your dad loves you, Celeste. Please just talk to him and sort your issues out. Preferably without your fists." She said. Her voice had a motherly yet strict tone.

"Look that's the Captain Jackass you knew! That was him before I left! You know, when I found out I was adopted I always knew I'd have 2 loving mothers but I'd only have 1 loving father! Well, it turns out I was right! He's incapable of love! I don't see why you married him! I don't see how you can stand him!" Celeste angrily said. Petra glared at Celeste and slapped her. She would do anything to have this family reunited but she was running out of ideas.

"Don't you dare say that about your father!"

"He's not my dad. He's incapable of love, mom. Look at the old Spec Ops Members. He left you guys for dead. If he was there, you and I both know they'd still be alive. He never loved them or you or me (3)." Celeste said, her eyes clearly showing the anger.

"Celeste, he loves you." She said once again.

"He has a funny way of showing it then. Need I remind you of what he did to me? At that Tribune when I was 15? When I got back here? Just now? Before you guys came along, we agreed to stop fighting for your sake. Not so that the three of us can hold hands, ride off into the sunset and act like a happy family and that everything is sugar and rainbows."

"Celeste-"

Celeste angrily walked away from the wall and grabbed her coat. She knew that she shouldn't get mad at her mother. It wasn't her fault why she was so angry. It was Levi's.

"You know what? He's your husband; go defend him and stick with him but as for me…well…I have two moms. One of them died. The other is alive and well and is standing in front of me and I can see that she loves me as well. As for my dad…I only have one dad. A dad who loved me. And he died with one of my moms. My dad is dead (4). That's it. End of story."

Petra's heart broke upon hearing the words come out of Celeste's lips. That she could never look at Levi as her father.

"It's just another cruel reality you'd have to accept. Same with the reality that the titans are out there." Celeste told her before leaving the room. She felt really bad for telling Petra those things. Just as she was about to go out and run into the pouring rain, she heard someone call for her.

"Celeste."

She turned around and saw Irvin standing there.

"Commander." She greeted him with a salute. He waved her off immediately and she brought her fist down.

"I heard the conversation with your mother." He said. Celeste's eyes widened. She never realized that she was that loud. "It's true. Your dad does love you."

"No he doesn't. He never has. He has no heart." She answered as she shoved her hands in her pocket.

"Come with me. You and I are going to have a little chat." Irvin said as he led the girl inside the dining hall. Petra, Armin, Eren, Hanji and Mikasa sitting there.

"Celeste, sit down." Armin addressed her as Irvin sat down. With a sigh, she reluctantly did.

"Yeah, I know I'm in big trouble. You guys gonna make me run laps in the rain without dinner now? Because I'm telling you, I'm used to that thanks to Shadis." Celeste said. She was an unruly trainee so Shadis made her pay for it.

"Celeste, shut up. We're here to talk to you about your dad." Eren said.

"Goodbye." She said but when she tried to stand up, Mikasa held her by her coat and forced her back down.

"Hear us out. We're going to tell you about your dad and how he felt when he learned that he was going to be a father. When you were born and finally when you disappeared. I'll start." Hanji said.

"Please, start already. Waste your fucking spit. It's not like I'm going to believe you anyways." She said emotionlessly with a matching glare.

'So much like Levi.' They thought at the same time. With a sigh, Hanji spoke up.

"When Levi found out that your mother was pregnant with you, he didn't show it but he was so happy. He was over the moon."

Celeste raised an eyebrow at her. Her mind was telling her not to believe Hanji but her heart was telling her the opposite.

"I didn't realize the prick was even capable of happiness but okay." She commented.

"My turn." Commander Irvin said. "While Petra was pregnant with you, your dad kept fussing over her and did everything he could to make her happy and to create a safe environment for you."

She couldn't comment on that one. It was a bit convincing than Hanji's that's for sure.

"During Petra's final stages of pregnancy, around the 8th month as I remember, we were on an expedition and it was obvious around camp that the Captain was freaking out because he wanted to be there when you were born." Eren told her with a small smile. The boy hoped it would touch her heart and finally convince her that Levi really does love her, even if he won't admit it. Hell, they all did. This time, it was Mikasa who spoke up.

"When we got back from that Expedition, we saw him rush to Commander Irvin and begged for a month long leave so that he can be there when you were born. So he can hold you immediately."

Celeste's heart was starting to get heavier and heavier as they told her these. Tears were starting to come to her eyes but she took a heavy breath to stop it.

"When you were finally born, he immediately took you from the midwives and when he came out of the room, for the first time in our lives, we saw the Captain smile and he had tears in his eyes. The Captain smiled at you and he was crying out of happiness. In the days that followed, whenever he was done with his paperwork, meetings or training, he'd immediately return to your old house in Karanese so he can spend time with you and Petra. He wanted to hold you as much as he could in case that he died in the field." Armin explained to her with a small smile like Eren's. That pretty much took the cake for Celeste. She was close to crying but her pride prevented her from doing so. After Armin, her mom spoke up.

"Celeste, when you disappeared, your father was broken inside. He acted like it didn't affect him but it was like a part of him died that day. Levi wanted nothing more than to have you back in his arms and raise you with all the love and affection he could give but when we thought you were dead, he lost the chance to do so. Levi said he wondered if you could ever forgive him for losing you and he was scared of facing you because he was so guilty for it."

Their words sunk in after a while. Celeste knew that she had to get out of there before the waterworks started. She stood up so fast that her chair almost fell.

"I-I have to go and think about what you guys said. I need-I need time to think and some fresh air." She said and she speed-walked out of the room. Celeste shoved her hands in her pockets and walked to the stables. She located where Clara was kept and entered. Clara bent her legs to stoop to her level to nudge her with her nose.

"Hey, Clara." Celeste greeted as she patted the horse. When Clara turned away, she pulled her necklace out and opened it. Celeste gazed at the faces of her adoptive parents in the holographic picture as if she was looking for an answer.

"What should I do, Mom, Dad? I'm so confused right now." She whispered. The more she gazed at their faces, the answer came to her little by little and Celeste, who never cried even when her adoptive parents died, wept. She thought her true feelings towards Levi were hatred but when she heard her comrades' stories, she started to doubt that. And now she knows the answer. While she was listening to their stories, it occurred to her that maybe the Captain did once love her and maybe he still does and he just couldn't show it because of the guilt that's keeping him tethered to the past. And Celeste realized what her true feelings were towards him.

Whether she liked it or not, there would always be a part of her heart that will love Levi as her father.

AN: Crap. I know but I don't know what's wrong with me. You guys can chew me out at the reviews if you like. Now, let me tell you guys what those numbers meant;

1 - Yes, as stated above, Celeste had that tattoo when she was 15 and they're located in her right shoulder and her upper back. Now, even though Celeste was sent to the future when she was only 3 months, she has a very, very faint recollection of seeing the insignia somewhere. When she was bored in middle school, deep in the recesses of her mind, she remembered the insignia but she didn't know it and so she drew it.

2 - I have no idea if they have tattoos in that time and if you have to be 18 to get one but what the hell?

3 - Celeste has a tendency to not think before she speaks when she's pissed. So, she obviously doesn't mean all those things that she said.

4 - Again, due to her anger, Celeste refuses to accept the fact that Levi is her father, preferring her father to be Raphael Knight.

And that's all there is to it. Thanks to those who will review!