AN: Waah, Chapter XXI and Part Four of Five (finally decided on how many) of the Forgotten Arc. I still haven't watched Episode 23 because of the Typhoon here and it's messing my internet up. Thanks to those who reviewed to the previous chapter! I love you all! Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this.
CHAPTER XXI:
ICE TITAN
When Celeste woke up the next morning, her first instinct was to take a bath, which is what she did. Next instinct was to have breakfast. Heading for the dining hall, she saw that like always, Petra has already beaten her there. She was already making coffee and preparing breakfast for the Squad.
"Good Morning, Celeste." She greeted with a smile. It was contagious so Celeste returned it.
"Morning." She replied as she sat down. Petra sat down a glass of water and a plate of food in front of her. She knew that the girl doesn't take tea and they're still trying to get her nerves down so no coffee for her.
"Thanks." Celeste told her as she sat down. While they were eating, the entire Squad came down.
"Hurry up and eat. We're training today." Levi told them. He probably meant that they're heading out to where they trained and use the equipment there. They all ate their breakfast, grabbed their horses and they rode out to the Training Fields.
The moment they got there, Levi immediately sent them out to train with the mock Titans. It turns out that they were to demonstrate things for the new recruits. This, unfortunately, escalated into a competition between Eren, Celeste and for some reason God only knows why she even joins them, Mikasa. They zipped around in their 3DMG, stealing each other's kills. Celeste and Mikasa were tied with 6, while Eren has 4 kills. Their score system relies on who hits the titan first.
"Come on, Eren! You want to be better than Mikasa so you can protect her, right? Then, pick up the pace!" Celeste taunted him. Eren blushed furiously and gritted his teeth in frustration before racing on ahead of them and took down the mock Titan that sprung up in front of them.
"Why are they doing this again?" Armin asked. It wasn't the first time this happened. Last time they did this a month ago, it ended in a draw between Celeste and Mikasa. They've done this a couple of times and it always ended in a draw between them.
"Come on, guys. Come at me! I'd love for this to end with one of us actually winning." Celeste yelled at the other two as she zipped around the Napes of three mock Titans with Lightning Speed. They were nearing the end of the course and Mikasa still has 6, Eren, 5 and Celeste just ended up with 9.
'I am so going to win this!' She thought gleefully to herself. Just then, she saw 5 mock Titans coming around.
"Decision making time!" Celeste yelled, hoping they'd hear her. She was about to attack the nape of the first 3 titans when a flash of red zipped past her. She knew it was Mikasa.
"Fucking hell? How'd she get so fast?"
Now they were tied once more while poor little Eren still has 5. Joy. Thankfully, Celeste hit the 4th mock Titan.
'10. Now time for the last one.' She thought to herself. She saw Mikasa was beside her and was about to move in for the kill.
"Oh, no you don't!" Celeste yelled and she immediately reeled herself in. Unfortunately, so did Mikasa. Celeste refused to have this end in a tie once more. She brought her blades down and hit the titan first before Mikasa. Unfortunately, Mikasa's head hit her stomach sending her flying back full force. That is one powerful head she has. Celeste barely recovered before hitting the ground but thankfully she was able to hook herself to a tree. She immediately released the hook when she was close to the ground. The trainees were staring at her in awe and all she can give them in return was turning her back on them and losing her breakfast. Quiet a role model, isn't she? Eren and Mikasa immediately came to check on her.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Eren worriedly asked.
"Her. Her head hit my stomach hard." She answered as she pointed to Mikasa. Just then, Armin, Petra and Levi arrived just as she threw the last of her stomach's contents out.
"Training's over. Let's head back." Levi decided. Unfortunately for them, Irvin came.
"Karanese is under attack again. We were able to open the gates just in time before the Armoured one was able to break it but it brought a Titan Army trailing after it. Thankfully, there are only about 20 with him." He explained. Celeste whistled for Clara, who came rushing in immediately.
"I'll go on ahead." She offered. Before she went ahead, however, she turned to the trainees, who were still staring at her in awe and gave them a wink and a smile.
Needless to say, the majority of the males and some of the females fainted.
Later on, Celeste was riding to Karanese with Clara. Immediately, she saw how many Titans are in there. People were being evacuated and she immediately charged in. The Garrison were getting their asses kicked. Celeste latched onto a building, set her blades aflame and hit the nape of one of the Titan's neck. Then, she saw the others attacking various Titans. Celeste kept going on attacking the Titans in a blind fury.
"Celeste!" She heard someone call for her. She wasn't able to turn around in time when she felt pain in her right arm.
"AAAH!" She screamed as she skidded along the rooftops. When she came to a halt, Celeste saw that Levi and Mikasa took the Titan down. Looking to her right, she saw that her right arm was eaten off. The bloody stump stopped at her elbow and she felt immense pain. So much pain that she yelled so loud.
'I guess this is what Eren felt when he lost an arm and a leg.' She thought to herself. Suddenly, she saw Petra and Armin looming over her. Blood pounded to her ears so she can barely hear what Petra was yelling. All she knew was Armin picked her up and carried her inside a building. With a kiss to her forehead, Petra left Celeste lying on the floor. Celeste looked at the window and watched the squad take down the Titans.
"No. I don't want to die like this. I don't want to die bleeding out on the god damn floor. I want to die with honour in the battlefield! I don't want to die without my mom remembering me! I don't want to die here! SO GOD! IF YOU'RE REALLY OUT THERE! YOU BETTER HELP SHAKE THIS OFF AND LET ME GET BACK OUT THERE WITH MY SQUAD!"
After that, everything went black for Celeste.
Petra just took down another Titan with fury. She was beyond furious when she saw that Titan injure Celeste.
'You bastards, harming a little girl like that.' She thought. All of a sudden, they saw lightning strike the building where Celeste is. They all halted their attack and saw it; another Titan.
"What the hell is that?" Eren asked. They were all shocked at the Titan's appearance; it was like the Female Titan but it was made of pure Ice. What surprised the crap out of them was that there was a carving on the Wings of Freedom on her right shoulder and her back. Immediately, Petra knew who it was.
"It's Celeste! What did Hanji do to her?" Petra asked. They watched as Celeste took down the remaining Titans. Unfortunately for her, 5 Titans were able to gang up on her. The Squad moved to take the remaining 5 down. When they were done, the Ice Titan collapsed. They all ran towards the Titan and they chipped the Nape of the Neck. Hanji and Irvin arrived as well.
"MY GOD! IT WORKED! I KNEW IT WAS CELESTE!" Hanji yelled.
"Hanji, what the fuck did you do to her?" Levi asked furiously as they chipped away at the nape. Hanji was poking at the body and its bite marks and she yelled.
"WOAH! It's so cold. And the body is hard. It's pure Ice. This is beautiful! No Titan would be able to get to the nape easily!" She praised.
"Hanji, what did you do?" He asked once more.
"I kept injecting her with Eren's blood while she sleeps. The last one I gave her was yesterday." She explained. Finally, they were able to break into the nape and Petra immediately pulled Celeste out with some difficulty. At that moment, everything came back to her. The last remnants of her memories returned; she was married to the Captain she's been in love with ever since she first saw him and that this girl that she was pulling out was the daughter who just recently returned to them. Petra took off the shards of ice in Celeste's blonde hair as the tears fell down from her eyes.
"Petra, look at her arm." Armin told her. They all looked at it; the arm she lost was covered in ice once more but it was slowly shedding the ice.
"Celeste, will you wake up? My little girl. I remember everything now. So, please wake up." Petra begged as she held the cold body to her. If it wasn't for her breathing, they would've thought she was dead already. Petra cried as she held Celeste. Mikasa's eyes widened. 18 years ago, she was the same. They both held someone they loved close to them and Mikasa pitied her.
"Do you really remember everything?" Levi asked Petra, who simply nodded. Levi fell to his knees and held them both close to him.
'Once she wakes up, we'll be a family once more.' He thought to himself as he held the two most important people in his life.
AN: And that's it. I know there may be some discrepancies here but this ain't called a fanfiction for nothing. The next chapter will be the conclusion of the Forgotten Arc. So, I hope you guys enjoyed this and Thanks to those who reviewed and will review! Ja ne!
