AN: EEEP! Here we are at Chapter XXIII! It seems like no one disagrees with the new Arc ergo, this chapter officially marks the start of the Future Arc! Anyways, thank you guys for the reviews it meant a lot to me and I hope you guys enjoy this!

CHAPTER XXIII:

PLANS FOR A TRIP

The next day, Petra woke up as the first rays of sunlight peek through the window. She realized that she had to make breakfast for the squad so she moved to get up but instead, a certain someone's arm tightened around her waist.

"Stop moving." Levi mumbled against her shoulder. With a tired smile, she turned to face him.

"I have to make breakfast." She said but he just tightened his arms around her even more.

"I'm sure they can last a day without you in the kitchen."

Petra smiled and kissed him in response.

"I think we woke Celeste up last night." She said as she laid her head on her husband's bare chest. Levi may not show it but Petra knew Levi loved to cuddle.

"Judging from what she yelled at us outside, I'm guessing we did." He answered.

"It's amazing how we can still traumatize her at this stage of the game." Petra said as she got up. With one last kiss, Petra left to take a bath and make breakfast.

When Petra headed downstairs, she was surprised to see Celeste there before her. Usually, she always got to the kitchen before the 19 year old.

"Good Morning, Celeste." She greeted with a smile to which Celeste greeted with a glare. Petra noticed that Celeste was shaking as she drank from her cup.

"Is-is that coffee?" Petra asked her. Celeste slammed the mug down, showing Petra that it was pure black coffee. Judging from the bags in her eyes, she obviously didn't get much sleep. Just then, Levi and the squad entered the room.

"Give me that." Petra demanded but Celeste's grip on her cup was strong.

"Give it. Celeste, give it."

"Fucking make me! I didn't get too much sleep because of the two of you last night!" Celeste yelled as she fended Petra off with one arm. Taking the mug, she downed every single drop of the coffee.

"Then go back to sleep!" She yelled back.

"No way, man! I'm going to be nocturnal if that happens."

"Petra let her go. I think she's already drank too much for her to sleep anyways." Levi said. Petra released her hold on her daughter and went back to cooking as the other squad members sat down with Celeste.

"Did you eat anything yet?" Levi asked Celeste. She scoffed before answering.

"No. I can't cook to save my life."

Okay, maybe she can and she's just too lazy to do it but she'd never tell them that. They'd just think they'd have another Petra in the kitchen. Just then, Petra set down some food in front of them. Levi and Petra's eyes met and Petra was gesturing to Celeste.

"Okay, what do you and mom want?" Celeste asked them.

"What?"

Eren and Armin snickered, knowing that their seniors won't be able to hide it from Celeste any longer. Seriously, they've been planning what they want to tell Celeste ever since they found out they were related.

"What do you guys want? Mom was nodding her head towards me like an Epileptic having a heat stroke and judging from these two idiots' snickers, they've known what you've been planning for quite a while."

They both looked at each other once again so Petra spoke up.

"That attack yesterday was apparently a distraction. While we were fending the Titans off, Bertholdt was able to smuggle Ymir and Annie's crystal out of where they were being held."

"What?" Eren, Armin and Mikasa asked at the same time. Something told Celeste that they knew about it already and what they were questioning was about a different matter entirely. Her left eye twitched in annoyance.

"And you only tell me this now? Nice try. I'm surprised. I know you're telling the truth but that's not what you want to tell me. So, spill." She demanded. Levi and Petra were surprised. She was very perceptive. I guess that comes from her being their daughter.

"We want to meet your adoptive family." Petra blurted out. Celeste choked on the food she was chewing.

"I'm sorry, what?" She asked when she recovered.

"You heard her." Levi responded as he drank his coffee.

"Wait. Wait. To meet them I'd have to get you guys through an anomaly. Not to mention, you guys would have to take leave, the heaps of explanation I'd have to do to my family back there and you guys would have a hard time adjusting there. To the technology and how things work there." Celeste tried to reason. She really didn't want them to meet. There are only two ways this would go; both sides of the family would either get along or slug it out on which family she loves more. She loves them both equally but it would be so awkward if they met.

"Actually, Commander Irvin decided that The Squad take a month leave. It seems like the next Expedition won't happen until the first week of May so we got time to kill." Armin reported. Celeste looked at him with a glare.

'Couldn't help me out here, could you?' She asked him mentally. Celeste sighed, knowing that she won't this.

"I-pack a month's worth of things, then. I'm going to go find an anomaly and tell my family there. If they agree to this, we leave this evening. No promises." She told them as she left the HQ. Locating her car, she rode it out of the woods and drove around until she found an anomaly in the middle of a clearing.

"Well, here goes nothing." She said before driving into the anomaly. When she passed through, it was 6:30 in the evening. But instead of going to the Knight Mansion immediately, she headed for the mall. Since she promised the kids she'd bring them some gifts the next time she comes by as compensation for 3 years worth of birthdays and Christmases that she missed, she bought some suitable gifts for an 11 year old girl and a pair of 13 year old twins. 2 hours later, she has them. Now that she's walking back to her car, however, something weird happened. Celeste bumped into two people, dropping her equipment. They moved to help her immediately.

"Sorry." She said but when she looked up, she almost pissed herself. The guy had blonde hair and blue eyes but the shape of his eyes, the grouchy look on his face and facial structure was someone's she knew too well. The man in front of her looked exactly like Levi.

"No, we're sorry too. We should've been looking where we were going." The woman said. When Celeste looked at her, she saw that she has brown hair and green eyes and again, Celeste was familiar with the facial structure; except for the hair and eyes she looked exactly like her mother. They looked about her age, 19. They all stood up once her things were gathered.

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry if I held you guys ack. Thanks for the help." Celeste told them.

"Aren't you Cassandra Knight?" The male asked and she nodded.

"As in the race car driver?" The woman asked and Celeste nodded again.

"Wow…it's been three years since you last raced. Your older cousin's been knocking at your door lately." The woman explained with a smile that looked so much like her mother's.

"Yeah, so I heard. I should get going. See you around." Celeste said with a wide smile. With a nod, they went their separate ways. Before she got in her car, however, she stood there and watched the couple wrap their arms around one another as they walked. She gave another wide smile and got in her car. It hit her two minutes after she saw them; her parents were reincarnated in this time. Celeste got in her car but never took her eyes off them.

"Heh…would you look at that? They'll get a happy ending after all. Maybe I'll get reincarnated as their daughter again someday." She muttered to herself as she drove to the Knight mansion with a smile on her face.

When she arrived at the Knight Mansion, she immediately grabbed the bag of gifts and knocked on the door. It swung open to reveal Uncle Federico on the other side.

"Celeste! What brings you here?" He asked as he hugged her.

"Uh…that's the thing, Uncle. I'd like to discuss with the family about why I came home, if you guys will hear me out, of course."

"Of course. Uh…guys, Celeste is home!" He yelled as they walked to the living room. The kids came down immediately.

"GIFTS!" Celeste told them as she gave them the bags. They hugged her before scurrying off to see what they received. Rex, Duncan, Uncle Damon and Aunt Natalie emerged from the kitchen and hugged her.

"Oh, Celeste, what brings you home? I see you're getting stronger every day." Aunt Natalie praised her.

"Yeah, sit down guys. I'll explain why I'm here, actually." Celeste answered as they all sat on the couch.

"Uh…so…yeah, I'm here because my real parents want to meet you all." She said.

"WHAT?"

"I know. I'm here to work out on an arrangement. If you guys ain't cool with that, I'll tell them."

"No, we want to meet them but only Damon and Natalie will since my plane to Italy leaves in 3 hours. They can have the guest room if they're staying." The head of the house, Uncle Federico, explained. Uncle Damon and Aunt Natalie nodded in agreement.

"Uh…swell. But please don't say anything offensive or bring up any abandonment issues I have because they'll feel bad since they didn't mean to lose me. Oh, and whatever you do, do not bring up Titans since we're from the past and we fight Titans. We'll be here tomorrow morning, alright." She said. When Celeste received the DNA test results, Celeste explained EVERYTHING to them. Surprisingly, they believed her. Without a shadow of a doubt.

"Of course, Celeste." Uncle Damon answered.

"Good. I have to pick up my parents from the past. See you." She said before leaving the house. She entered her car and drove away.

"That went well. Hopefully, shit doesn't hit the fan when they arrive." She thought to herself.

AN: And that is Chapter XXIII! I hope you guys enjoyed this. Please leave a review and Thanks to those who reviewed and will review!