Chapter 3
The boy from a different world.

Someone shoved my shoulder. I tried to ignore it, but it was really annoying.

"Leem!" I heard someone yelling. It sounded desperate. But not desperate enough to make me wake up.

It was peaceful. Just laying here. No worries. Nothing could stop this.

"Leem!"

The blackness disappeared and before my eyes was fire. Everywhere was fire. Wherever I looked. I looked around in panic and tried to see if there was a way to get through it. But there was no way.
A scream was heard behind me and when I turn I saw my mom being captured by something. I took a step closer to her when two giant eyes were staring at me behind her. Scared I took steps back. Was that a titan?

"Mom!" I yelled out. The panic is me was huge. I didn't know what to do. Breathing was painful and there were tears in my eyes. "Mom!".

"Leem!" she reached out for me but then the Titan opened its mouth and brought my mom to its mouth.

"No!" I yelled out and tried to stop him. But another hand was closed around me and lifted me in the air. "No! let go!" I started to hit the hand. But it didn't matter.

My mom let out a scream and I looked up to see the titan closing his mouth and the arm of my mom flied away.

Tears streamed down my face. "NO!"

My eyes flew open and I sat up way to fast. My head was hurting like hell and I couldn't help to let out a cry. Tears came in my eyes and I let them fall. What happened? Where was I?
someone grabbed my shoulder and I tried to move away. But the hand was to strong.

"No" I said but it was a whimper.

"Calm down. You're safe" that voice sounded really familiar. "Go lay down. You made a big fall".

I looked up slowly and saw commander Erwin standing next to me. Well at least, it was family.
I laid down slowly and looked around. Nope, this was not my own room. Not my house. Not my family. It was a room where the ceiling was made of wood. The walls were of stone and all the other things in the room were from the same wood. Just like a place it would be in this century.

"So" Erwin said and sit next to me. "Who are you?"

I chuckled. "If I tell you, you won't believe it".

"Try me"

I looked at him and saw how serious he was. There was no way he would believe me. But he still wanted me to tell me. There was nothing else I could do.

"My name is Leem" I started and looked at him. "Leem Smith".

Erwin looked surprise at me. But he didn't say anything on it. He probably would think that there were more Smiths on this world. But if he knew better, he knew I was family of him. But I didn't look like him. So of course he would not know.

"Where are you come from?" he asked after a long silence.

"Somewhere far from here" I answered. "I can't really explain. But you can say: I'm from the future".

Erwin looked at me like I was crazy. I didn't though he would think different about it. It sounded crazy. Like really crazy.

I sighed. "I told you, you wouldn't believe me".

A deadly silence came between us and I was really curious what he was thinking. But he didn't let me see anything.

"Who says I don't believe you" he finally said and stood up.

I looked at him surprised and fallowed him with my eyes. Why was he so calm? Why did it look like he knew anything already? When he walked back to me, he held something in his hands that looked very familiar. My backpack!

"That's my" I started and wanted to sit up. But stopped trying when my I started to get dizzy again.

"One of my squat founded where we found you" Erwin answered and lays the bag on my bed. "I'm sorry, but I needed to see what was in here to make sure you're we not going to do anything" he zipped open the bag and picked out the dairy. "Because of this I believe you".

"That's the dairy that's-"

"Been in the Smith family for centuries" he finished me and sat back in his chair. "My father started this and I was the one who needed to finish this. But it seems like that it even went further in the family after I finished it".

I slowly sit up again and this time I leaned back against the headboard. "So you do believe that I am part of the family?"

Erwin stared at me and I stared back. This was a test. In our family was it imported to tell the truth and knowing that you are telling the truth is saying it while staring at the other.

He stared a little longer, before he smiled and looked away from me. "Yes, I do believe you".

I let out a sigh of relieve before let myself relax. That was step one. Now the next one. "So, where am I?"

"You are now in wall Rose" Erwin answered and crossed his arms over each other. "I think you already read the book?" I nodded. "Then you know, that this all is real. Titans. The Survey Corps. Everything".

I frowned. "But that means that I almost" I stopped and just looked at him. He nodded. My eyes widened and I felt sick. I was almost being eaten by a titan.

"But your fine now" he said and laid a hand on my shoulder. "I don't know how you came here and I don't know when you will leave. If you can ever leave".

I looked at him in terror. I did not thought about that! When will I ever get home? Will I ever get home? Would I even survive all of this? I can't fight! All of this needed to be just a story. Just a history. Why was this happening to me?

"This is bullshit" I whispered, but I knew he heard me. "This can't all be real. This is all one nightmare. I'm going to wake up anytime and then I'm home again"

"Leem" Erwin started and he squeezed my shoulder. "Everything that is happening is real. You need to understand that".

"No!" I shook my head ignoring the pain in my head and arm. "No! This is all a nightmare".

"It's not" Erwin said more forceful. "This is not a dream!"

"IT IS!" I yelled and pushed him away. He was so surprised that I pushed him on the ground and I fall with him. "THIS IS A DREAM!" I punched him in the face. "IT'S NOT REAL!" I wanted to punch him again. But he grabbed my wrist and pushed me away from him.

"IT'S REAL!" he yelled out so hard it really shocked me. He grabbed my shirt and pulled me up. He dragged me to a window, pushed it open and pushed me out of it. "Look around! Look around and tell me this is not real!".

I looked through my tears and saw everything that I saw in the dairy. It can't be.

"I-it can't" I sobbed.

"It is! It is all real!" Erwin pulled me back and grabbed my face in his hands. "Leem! See it! It's all real! If you won't see it, you will not survive a day with the titans!".

"I-I don't want to s-survive with the titans" I sobbed even more and buried my face in Erwin's chest. "I want to go home!".

I didn't know what was happening to me. At first I felt excited about the idea that this was the real deal. But now that I know it was real, I couldn't take it. It was too hard to be real! I couldn't take it. This was no life for me.

"Leem" Erwin said gently and pushed me away so he could look at me. "Whatever will happen I will promise you something. You are my grandson from far away and I will do anything to protect you!". He saluted for me and I know it was the real deal. "Me and my squad will protect you. We will teach you to survive the titans. Do you trust me?".

I stared at him, not knowing what to say. But then I made up my mind. Yes this was all real. There are titans. We needed to fight them! I wiped away my tears and saluted just like my grandfather. "I trust you and your squad with everything I have! I will help you defeat the titans and safe humanity!".

To be continued...