Never would she even think that she could ever feel that desperate to get away. There's was no doubting it anymore. No way to see through it. No way to deny the truth. She had known it when she had seen that look in Mikasa's eyes as she sliced cleanly through her un-crystalized fingers. She had to have her mark. Along with Eren and Armin. And for a moment, just a instant when Eren traps her under his weight holding her arms down does she allow herself to think of how much she has suffered. Stupid really. This new world is a cruel place after all and she Annie had felt nothing as the crystal encased her, wrapping her in the protective remaining power of Rhea. Protecting her form the them.

And as the crystal formed around her visions of her father's final moments flashed through her mind. Him begging for her forgiveness, asking her to hate this new world for all of it's crimes. She remembered that for a time she could not come to hate it. It was only after that day in her country, which was now only a frozen wasteland, that she saw the world for what it now was. She had nearly let Carlos die. And for what? She had felt nothing for them since that day even when she was cornered by helpless, pitiful humans all around her she couldn't help but think of a turning tide. She had been like that once and now they were feeling it. All because of the Wallist or what they had used to call themselves. Vaguely did she hear the cries of anger yells shouting her to repay her debts. What did they know of the depth of the debts they had done? Barely did she feel her crystal being picked and prodded before being lifted and put somewhere dark. Soon she sensed more then felt the crystal around her break apart. For an instant she felt fear strike her heart thinking the scouting legion had somehow gotten through. But this crystal could not be broken by anything they had. There was only one other person who could.

"Carlos, we have to go back!" she shouted, as they were leaving.

"I know for Sina..."

"No! Not just Sina! Listen, her being is not just in her but three other's as well."

"What..."

"Couldn't you feel it?"

"Feel what? I just got here?"

"...You'd think after a thousand years they'd stop arguing..." Reiner stated dully, as he watched them.

"...I don't know, I kinda like this other side of her." Bertholdt shrugged smiling sheepishly, thankful to Carlos that he could make such a change occur in Annie "It was rare for her to show something like that..." the taller boy finished with a slight smile.

It was rare that they they could laugh so easy like this time.

"Annie... who are these other three you're talking about? Either way It's dangerous to go back now. I would have taken Sina and been here if it wasn't for that shadow sneaking bastard..." Reiner asked when they were done.

"Shadow... You mean!?" Annie said, her eyes widening in shock.

"Yeah... He's appeared again, along with a child of a gods light..." Carlos said, his teeth bared in a snarl despite knowing that Sina would be protected by Rose if those fallen humans did anything to her. "The bastard disappeared right after I came..."

"Carlos... we have to get them. Armin, Eren, Mikasa and Sina. They're all in danger!

"You mean that they... No way... That's nearly impossible. They think we're all just a bunch of mass murders any. There's no way they would come with us! I know Sina will but... there's no way Annie. Plus we also have the professor to convince that they're changing."

"We have to try, maybe if the Professor sees his daughter again he'll believe in the people again. I know. I have in a way, Carlos. "

"...Still you believe in the fallen humans?"

"I started to, after Angel came to us... As well as Armin..."

(...)

"I was born in a country not too far from here. Atop the white snowy mountains of Russia. I was once the daughter of a genius scientist named Kichirou Moto. He was a kind man and he was partners with a doctor named Grisha."

"W-what?" Eren breathed.

"Oh, you know him?" Alex asked quickly.

"You can quite the act," Atem said, suddenly looking at her sharply, "I have been thinking about this for a while now. But nothing else would explain it. You are from the Darkness Dimension. Sometimes people who are reborn there their mind are still tied to the places they had tried to conquer. They even make books off of it so other people can see. But sometimes they get it wrong."

"Yeah some of 'em get filthy rich off of it. You look kind of silly too."

"So wait... our lives are nothing more then entertainment for some people? Jean asked his brow furrowed in worry.

"In a way... yes..." Alex said sheepishly.

"Sadist..."

"Oh.. Jean you have no idea..." Alex said, rolling her eyes.

"Enough! Continue," Erwin said holding his hand up at Jean's next retort. "How does this man.. Carlos know you?"

"Carlos... wasn't he the one who nearly strangled you?" Levi muttered.

"Carlos along with Annie. They were once the Person Guard or warriors to Rhea long ago. They were found by my father. Half frozen and starving in the snow... They were being hunted down. He took them in, protected them..."

"Protected them from who? Do you mean..."

"I lived during an ear of great religious persecution. They are what you call the walist now. Once they had great power over the weak minded people. They burned, pillaged, and killed anyone who stood in the way of their beliefs. They hated me because they hated my father for what he was. So, one day when he was away they came and burned the mansion down with my mother and I inside. My-my mother was a frail, sickly woman. Even before I was born... The... the smoke was the one that did her in. Lucky her, really. I died in the flames." the young girl's voice broke. "After that I existed as a ghost watching my father as he drove himself into madness over our deaths and sought vengeance against the world... That's hardly the real reason though. They all though I was the goddess reborn into human flesh because I bore her mark on the back of my hand. When I died they saw no reason for this world to go on less it fell into ruin. My mother's name was Maria, and my name was Sina. And this..." Alex said holding her arm up as Rose floated down on it. "Her name is, Rose..."

Standing next to Rotto Onyx stiffened and his fiery red eyes narrowed in surprise.

"I see, so that's it is it? The walls were named after the three of you in some form of penitence..." Erwin mused softly frowning a little. Could he really believe her? Was that really the origin of the Titans? The working of a man who had lost everything? It seemed impossible to believe in all the things she was telling him. But, then again she seemed to know exactly what she was saying. along with these strange developments these past couple of months he was nearly inclined to believe anything now.

"As if we would protect them..." he heard Sina scoff coldly, her eyes nearly black in their anger.

"You little shit..." Levi hissed, and suddenly grabbed her by the shirt.

"SHUT UP!" Alex shouted suddenly startling even Levi. "My father was a good man. You have nothing but your own damn ancestors to blame for all this. You don't know... You have no idea... You have no right..." Levi grimaced and let go of her and turned sharply to Atem.

"What the hell is this talk of religious persecution anyway. Aren't they still worshipping a god after all."

"No. It is a dark and false worship. A dark idol. A worship of the very darkness who started the war. It is a strong worship in the darkness dimension that is broken only by a few. They worshiped Pitch and in doing so slowly destroy the light of the world," Atem said gravely.

"Very popular..." Alex muttered.

"Is that right?" Levi muttered and then turned back to Sina. "How did he create the titans anyway, Sina?"

"Annie and Carlos. They were both granted special powers from Rhea, powers to transform their shapes. Into any form they wanted."

"Including titans?" Arimin asked dreading the answer.

"Yeah... They shared it with my father. Only when he did it it was... imperfect..."

"So... he took... humans... and experimented with them."

"For a time before the gods took me I watched him do it. They no longer saw the them as people... more like animals. And I'm sure no one believed this more then them... Since they were the only ones faithful to her teachings now... And you heard what Atem said."

"But.. how can he get a power of a god from Annie?" Are gods support to be on a higher plane or something? Jonouchi asked frowning in confusion.

"Not really, Father once told me that Rhea preferred science and truth over magic..."

"You call that an answer." Kazuma muttered. "I don't know about all this idiocy you're saying but this is going too far."

"Guh... Kiaba I think someone tried to clone you..." Jonouchi muttered as Nora's hair stood on end at his, how he hated to say it! masters comment while Kaiba just scoffed. "Dude you have a sacred pentagram on your hand that let's you destroy stuff with a single word and action from him... seriously that's..."

Sina giggled a little as Rose hotted happily at its masters change.

Not one of them saw the dark could until it was too late. Atem's eyes widened in shock but it was too late Alex was already in its clutches and pulled her ruffly up by the hair and around her throat.

"I see... so that is what happens... My hatred for the gods... Did you think you could escape from me!? Watched her precious light snuffed out in front of your eyes..."

Alex cried out in pain and coughed feeling light headed as her body cried out in pain against the cold, iron grip upon her being. Feeling helpless as her head spun with nightmarish images of mangled, decapitated bodies that seemed to be mingled into the very darkness itself. Inky, blackness along with the scent of dried blood entered her senses. Twisted smiles shown about them Was this how she had died? Or was he seeing his twisted desire of the darkness. But then all of a sudden it disappeared and was soon replaced with an odd sense of a strangle sensation of cold.

"Don't worry, your safe," a voice said. Sina opened her eyes to soft snowflake shaped eyes looking down at her. Her eyes widened in a strange mixture of shock and... something else.

"Whoa! What are ya trying to do, melt me?" he asked, laughing a little at the bashful look on her face as he gently took her back down to earth.

"Hey ya. Missed me?" he asked smirking at Atem as he placed her on her ground before him.

"And... he is?" Erwin asked looking at Atem.

"Jack Frost," Atem said simply smiling at the one before him.

"Jack...it's been too long..."

"Not really... only a few hours... Didn't Eirene tell you that?"

Carlos looked down at his hand and frowned slightly. I much prefer the other hand. Despite what people may think the left hand is not the devil, Eren."

"What? No way!" Connie shouted turning to Atem who nodded.

... ... ...

Asher: That's right! Everything you know is a lie! Including what you believe is true about vampires! That's actually why Pitch can't stand me.