AN: Aand here is Chapter XXXIII! And YES! I am not grounded! I hope you guys enjoyed the previous chapter and Thanks to those who reviewed, favourited and followed this story. They are very much appreciated and they keep me going. I love you all. And now without further ado, I give you guys the new Chapter of Link through Time.

CHAPTER XXXIII:

BIRTHDAY REUNION

Celeste woke up very early the next morning. So early that it was still dark out. That's a new record for her. Looking at her bedside clock, she saw that it was just 5 AM. Knowing that she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, she got up, took a quick shower and changed into her exercise gear. Grabbing her jacket, she walked out of her room as she wore it and zipped it up before grabbing her hover cycle keys. No one was awake yet. Celeste opened the kids' room and saw that Andrea was half off her bed. She put her back properly on her bed before leaving the room. She checked the guest room and saw that her parents were sound asleep and wrapped around each others' arms.

'And decently dressed. Thank God.' She thought to herself as she left the room. Celeste left a not by the bar.

Went to the Track Gym. Be back later.

With that, Celeste left the penthouse and walked up to the parking lot. She hopped on the hover cycle and stuck the key in and activated it before going on her way.

"YAHOO!" Celeste yelled in joy as she sped off to the outskirts of Las Vegas, where the Nevada track was. She parked at where she can park her hover cycle and headed inside with a bag containing a change of clothes. As expected, a couple of racing participants were working out as well. Putting her stuff in a locker, she walked up to a treadmill with her headphones on her ears and plugged to her phone and started running while listening to music. Celeste can clearly feel the eyes of the men ogling her. No shit, all she was wearing now as a black sports bra, track pants and sneakers. They can clearly see the scars and the 3DMG belt marks on her body. After 15 minutes on the treadmill, she walked over the Elliptical and hopped on.

"You sure that's a good idea?" A feminine voice asked. Celeste basically froze; she knows that voice. She slowly turned around and saw Hannah Monroe, Hanji's reincarnation.

'Fuck.' She thought to herself. She prayed that Hannah isn't as crazy as her past self.

"Not really." Celeste answered as Hannah used the Elliptical next to hers.

"So…where's your sister?" She asked curiously.

"Meh, at the Bennett's with her fiancée." Hannah answered.

"Ah, cuddling with the fiancée, eh? I can clearly see that you don't want to let her go." Celeste said as she went faster on the Elliptical.

"Yeah, but what are you going to do? Our little siblings are born, we try to protect them from every single ugly thing in the world and pretty soon, we'll have to give them off to someone else." Hannah said as Celeste got off her Elliptical and drank some water.

"I get how you feel. I cringe each time I hear my female cousins say they like someone." She answered as she did some knuckle ups.

"Mmm…I have to say, Knight; you have quite the figure." Hannah said. Celeste immediately sat up. Was she supposed to take that as a come on? Grabbing her towel, she drank some water while she looked down on her body. She didn't have a body builder's figure but she does have a 4 pack. While her military training really kicked her in to shape, she has a long way to go before she catches up to her dad's Abs. Or Mikasa's Legendary Abs. On the right side of her stomach, her stab wound scar was there, closed and reinforced with ice. Celeste felt her phone ringing.

"Yeah?"

"Yo, we pre-ordered a cake for Andrew and Andrea. Mind picking it up?" Rex requested.

"Sure. Don't blame me if it falls off my hover cycle." She said before hanging up.

"I have to go. Nice talking to you." Celeste told Hannah as she walked away.

"Nice talking to you too!" Hannah yelled after her. As Celeste walked up to the locker room, she noticed that women and men were clamouring outside looking for her. She gave them all a wink before heading inside. All of a sudden, she heard the girls yelling. She immediately took a shower. It was 7 in the morning so that bakery should be open by now. It took her an hour to get to the tracks and back. Once she was done and out of the locker room, fully clothed, women and men who were outside walked up to her, begging her for her autograph, which she granted.

'Weird. This always happens when I'm fresh out the shower.' She thought to herself as she walked out of the tracks. 'I guess guys and chicks dig the wet look. Even if it's a girl.'

Hopping on the hover cycle, she immediately went to the bakery. Within 30 minutes, she got it back to the building safe and sound. Now, she was taking it inside where everyone was preparing.

"You guys should've seen the gym. Guys AND girls were ogling me." She said as she set the cake on the table.

"They were doing what now?" Aunt Natalie asked.

"They were ogling me." She bluntly repeated.

"What the hell were you wearing?" Rex asked as he came in.

"A black sports bra…and track pants." She answered honestly.

"What did you do this time, Celeste?" Levi asked as he came in.

"Apparently your daughter worked out wearing only a bra and a bunch of perverted men AND most likely bisexual women kept staring at her." Uncle Damon answered, having overheard the conversation.

"Thanks for adding fuel to the fire, Uncle." Celeste said in annoyance as she made herself a cup of coffee. Levi's eyes narrowed towards her as he drank his coffee.

"Mikasa does it, why can't I?" She asked in defence.

"I don't care what Ackerman does. That's her business and Jaeger's problem but no daughter of mine is working out without a shirt." He bluntly said before walking out to the balcony.

"That's cute." Duncan said.

"How the fuck is that cute?"

"Your dad is pretty blunt, emotionally detached guy, Celeste. Seeing him become overprotective of his only daughter is kind of cute." Aunt Natalie supplied as an answer. Just then, Petra came out of her room, freshly showered wearing a change of clothes.

"Morning, Mom." She greeted.

"Good Morning, sweetie." Petra replied as she kissed her daughter's cheek. "What were you guys talking about?"

"Just how my status as 'Humanity's 3rd Strongest' is pretty much powerless when dad's scolding me about something." Celeste replied while her mother was clinging to her waist like a koala.

"Oh, what did you do this time?" She asked.

"Celeste worked out in the gym, wearing only a bra and men were looking at her the whole time. Her dad scolded her." Duncan tattled as he was carrying Janine to the couch.

"Frigging traitor." She snapped at him as Petra unlatched from her to make her own coffee.

"Try to understand, Celeste. Your dad's just looking out for you." Petra said as she patted Celeste's head.

"I'm 19, not a 10 year old." She answered.

"I just cannot win with you, can I?" She asked in annoyance. Petra noticed that no matter what defence she'd use for Levi against the reasons of Celeste's annoyance with him, she'd always find a way to bypass that argument.

"I ain't a champion racer for nothing."

"Hey, bring out the cake and light it up. I'll go wake them up." Rex told Celeste. She immediately took the large Chocolate cake out of the box and put 14 candles in it and lit it up.

"What's going on?" Petra asked curiously.

"We're surprising Andrew and Andrea for their birthday. They're pretty down because Uncle Federico ain't around and their mom died the same day they were born so yeah, we're trying to distract them from all that." Celeste answered while she helped Duncan put up the 'Happy Birthday' banner. Just then, Andrea and Andrew walked in with Rex while they were in blindfolds as Uncle Damon came out with platters of breakfast food and set it down on the table. Rex took the blindfolds off of their eyes.

"SURPRISE!" They yelled.

"Whoa! What is this?" Andrea asked in amazement.

"Happy Birthday." Rex said as he hugged his younger siblings.

"Come on, let's have some breakfast, then we're all going somewhere." Natalie said. When they were all eating and talking, someone knocked on the door.

"Were you guys expecting someone so early?" Celeste asked but they all shook their heads. Grasping the handle of her colt python, she pointed it to the door before cautiously opening it.

"Uncle Federico?"

"Yeah. It's me." He said with a jovial smile. Celeste let him in after hiding her gun yet again. Federico engulfed her in a hug immediately.

"Welcome home. I'm sure the kids would be happy to see you." She said as they walked to the kitchen.

"Andrew, Andrea, there's someone here for you." She announced as she walked in. They stood up in surprise upon seeing their father and ran up to him for a hug.

"Happy Birthday. I wouldn't have come home if it wasn't for Celeste. I hope you both forgive me."

Celeste sat beside her mother at the table while she brofisted with Rex and Duncan. The day went on fast; her parents finally got to meet Uncle Federico, they took the kids to the huge Arcade joint in one of the Casinos. Celeste taught Petra and Levi how to play video games with her. It was obvious that they had fun shooting stuff up even though her dad didn't really show it. Now, they were on the way home after having dinner. As they walked back to the car, Levi handed Petra something.

"Here." He said as he held out a stuffed bunny to his wife. His face was turned away from her and Celeste was having a field day. Her dad was trying to give her mother a toy and he was shy about it. Or embarrassed. It was so fucking hard to say which is which with her dad.

"I won this with Celeste earlier." Levi said. Celeste was leaning on the car as if she was watching a cheesy movie in front of her, trying to hold her laughter in. It was just too priceless; imagine it. Humanity's strongest soldier. The man who never quaked or shook in fear in front of the Titans now looked away in embarrassment as he tried to give his wife a stuffed toy.

"Oh, I-Thank you, Captain." Petra said. Celeste almost lost it as she walked up to the driver's side. Her mother only called her father 'Captain' off duty when she was nervous or embarrassed. She watched her mother kiss her father's cheek before getting on the car. Her dad was riding shotgun and she gave him a sly look before starting the car and driving away.

"We're proud of you, Celeste." Petra said.

"For what?" She asked as they drove.

"You brought your Uncle and cousins together again on their birthday. Knowing our daughter did that makes us proud of you." She answered. This time, it was her turn to be embarrassed. Heat rose up to her cheeks as she kept on driving.

'If this is some sort of karma, I curse whatever God is out there.' She thought to herself.

"Sure. Whatever." Celeste answered.

AN: And that is Chapter XXXIII of Link through Time. I watched the last episode of Shingeki no Kyojin yesterday and I am BEGGING and hoping for a Season 2. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this and Thanks to those who will review, favourite or follow!