-Chapter 8-

Mikasa closed her eyes. The bed underneath her was extremely soft to the touch. She was not used to this softness because the beds back home were sterner. She felt as if she was going to sink into the bed beneath her. She sighed quietly as her mind raced with endless thoughts about what to do, about Eren; she hoped Armin was okay. She clutched at the soft blanket underneath her as she started to doze off. Finally,she thought some peace from my racing mind. Eren, are you doing okay? The darkness engulfed her.

Mikasa was suddenly in a room which was not new to her. She quickly looked around trying to figure out where she was. As the answer appeared into her head, so did Commander Erwin Smith along with Hanji Zoe.

"Erwin, did you contact them?" Hanji's voice filled the room. Erwin simply nodded as he walked over to the desk which happened to be right by Mikasa.

Mikasa froze; was she dreaming? They could not see her that much was obvious. She tried to walk towards the door, but it seemed impossible. Her feet were very heavy, as well as her hands. She simply stood there, encrypting all the conversation into her head. She was not going to forget this, whether it was a dream or not. She heard footsteps coming closer. She looked at the door, patiently. What was going on? Her eyes stared at the door with such intensity. Suddenly without warning, Armin and Eren walked through the door. Her eyes widened and her heart fluttered. It was them! She was finally with them! All she had to do now was walk towards them, but that heavy sensation in her feett was not leaving. She tried to open her mouth, she was going to yell at them. Her mouth then became stuck together, as if it was shut with glue. She looked at them, disbelief in her eyes. All she could do is watch?! Just watch as the most important people stood in front of her?! She shook violently, yelling at them from the inside of her head. It was no use, they could not hear her.

"Hello, I understand you both are going through a hard time right now."

Mikasa stopped her yelling and quickly looked over at Erwin Smith, who was the one that had just spoken. Her heart stopped when Eren opened his mouth to speak,

"How the hell can you be so calm about this?! Mikasa- she may still be alive!" Eren spoke loudly and angrily. Armin grabbed him to make sure that he didn't stand up from his seat. They both looked horrified, devastated and depressed. It broke her heart apart just to watch them go through this.

"Eren…Eren believes that Mikasa is somehow still alive-"

"What?! I know she's still alive!"

If Mikasa could, she would have cried. But she felt at peace because she was still alive…just…in a different time. Everything started to get hazy and the room started to get darker and darker. Eren…Armin, please wait for me. I promise I will make it back to you. Please stay safe.

Mikasa then became engulfed in sunshine. She opened her eyes slowly; they burned as she focused on the room around her. She felt her eyelids heavy and wet; she had been crying.

Without a warning, Mikasa's memory burned with the dream that she had. She stood up and looked around the room.

"...a notebook. I must write these dreams down. I need all the information that I can get." Mikasa quickly walked over to the corner of the room. A small drawer had grabbed her attention.

Quickly, she opened the first one. To her dismay, she found a stack of papers with the the phrase: Shigure's Novels. Mikasa slammed it shut, she quickly opened the second one. She found a notebook and a couple of pens and pencils, without hesitation she took the notebook along with a pen.

Day One she began to write,

I have found a way into a different world. A world in which Eren does not exist. I have met a strange boy by the name of Sohma, Kyo. He has orange hair, it almost seems fake. He has been kind enough to let me stay at his house for the moment. I have decided to start writing about my dreams that I have with Eren and my time period; my dreams reveal things from that world...from my world. Today I had a dream where I was located in Commander Smith's office. He was trying to console Eren and Armin over the accident...

Mikasa kept writing with power in her hand. Something deep inside of her began to twist and turn. She was not going to give up. As long as she was breathing, she was going to try and find a way back to Eren and Armin. Fight Mikasa! Eren had told her that a long time ago and that is what she was intending to do. If she did not fight, then she would not stand a chance.

As Mikasa finished writing her details about what was going on, she took her pen to the very top of the page. In clear, neat handwriting, she wrote: The world is a cruel place but it is also very beautiful.

Mikasa found out that whenever she would sleep, she would get glimpses of Eren's world. Even when she took a nap, she would get glimpses. She also found out that she would still space out and get glimpses of the Annie situation. Luckily she was spending a lot of time in the spare room that Kyo said that she could stay at.

Mikasa would randomly fall asleep, especially since she would wake up early in the morning to train. She didn't want her body to get weak in this world. What if she were to go back and she wasn't strong enough to defend Eren and Armin? The second dream of her world was when she was taking a nap after training in the morning. Mikasa was placed in a half lit room. She could somehow feel the cold, crisp air that was clinging onto the room. She looked around; at first, everything was hazy. As she blinked, the room got into focus. Her heart skipped a beat, Eren was sitting in a chair next to Armin. She knew that she could not move; all she could do was to sit and watch from the corner of the room. Her heart was heavy with pain, she was not used to being so useless.

"…useless. That's what I am, Armin!" Eren's soft, angry voice broke Mikasa's thoughts. Eren slammed the table with his fist.
"Eren, calm down. There is nothing that we can do at this point! All we have to do is listen to what Erwin tells us to do. I know how you feel Eren. Please keep that in mind…I know that I am not the strongest and that I was not able to save a lot of our comrades. So please know that I understand how you feel."

Eren's gaze softened. He looked over at Armin and sighed,

"Yeah, well. You have the brains, Armin. I think that is more than enough."

Mikasa looked over both of them softly, she loved them very much. She sighed, blowing out some air in the room. She called out to them, feeling useless.
"…Eren…Armin…" She then began to feel the room become hazy once again.

Back in the room, Eren and Armin looked at where Mikasa had been. Armin's soft voice spoke out,

"Eren…did you hear that?"
"Yes. Someone called my name…"

That was the last thing Mikasa heard before she woke up.

Without hesitation, she grabbed the notebook that was right next to her bed. The sun was barely coming out; looking at the placement of the sun, she figured it was about half past six. She began to write down what she had dreamed, all in full detail.

Mikasa checked the time; it was 7 a.m by the time she had finished writing down her thoughts and what she had seen in her dream. She stood up and hung her scarf around neck. She began to think deeply and evaluate the information from her dreams. She was like a ghost, but she could feel the temperature and feel her heart beat. She couldn't move but she had managed to get Eren and Armin's attention before she woke up today. What did it mean? There must be a way that she could simply solidify herself to stay where they were. She wondered if she could take her scarf off-no. It would have to be something else, maybe a string? She made a mental note to try that out next time she had her dream.

"Oy. What are you doing up early?" Mikasa sat up and looked over at the door where Kyo was standing by.

"I got up early and did some training. As much as I can, at least, with what's available."

The boy's eyes lightened,
"You mean you run every morning too?"

Mikasa nodded quietly,
"How am I to protect Eren if I am not prepared? If you fight, you win. If you don't, you lose. It's simple." Mikasa stood up and went inside. If it wasn't for Eren, she wouldn't have known that statement. He was her everything. She locked herself in the room and emerged herself with hypothesis and ideas of how to get back to him.

Meanwhile, Kyo began to run, thinking about what she had told him. He guessed, from the way she had explained the world that she had come from, that it made sense for her to talk like that. Something made him dwell on that statement; it could be that he was used to being the only one to think along those lines. Could it be that someone understood how serious he was when it came to fighting? He sighed and cleared out his head, right now it was his time to exercise.