A/N: This chapter is the last chapter of the Eren arc, I think it's obvious who's arc is next -winkwink- Be prepared everyone there's gonna be a few new OC in it :D

P.S. The italic words are thoughts :3

I DO NOT OWN SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN!

"Hello there! Thank you so much for coming all the way here." Carla greeted her guest.

"It's my pleasure. Forgive us for visiting so suddenly."

"Don't be. Eren always has so much fun. You must be Alice, thank you for playing with Eren." She bent down to greet the little girl.

"Ah! Albert! Luce! I didn't expect you to arrive so early." Grisha said.

"Alice was too excited and kept rushing us." Luce laughed.

Alice covered her redden face with her rabbit.

"Eren was also very excited. He stayed up all night because of it. I just sent him to get some firewood he should be back soon."

"Hey, mom! Don't tell them that." Eren screamed as he came in the house with his crimson colored face.

He quickly unloaded the firewood and took hold of Alice by her wrist. He stormed out.

"What was mom thinking?" Eren mumbled as he walked through the busy streets.

"Eren can we go there?" Alice pointed out.

"Ah, the lake? Sure." He replied.

They walked up to it. Suddenly a voice called out to them from behind.

"Oi, Eren. Hanging out with a girl?" a local bully teased with two others behind him.

"What do you want?" Eren asked in an annoyed tone.

Eren was often bullied by him, recently he tries to fight back often resulting with a black eye and bruises but that didn't stop him. No, Eren wasn't the type of person that was willing to go down without a fight. The bully was definitely a few years older than both Alice and Eren, they didn't have the time to flee.

"Could she be your girlfriend?" One of them teased.

"Don't be stupid. She's one of my dad's patient's daughter."

Somehow the sentence 'dad's patient's daughter' made Alice feel distant, was that really all she was to him? It hurt her a little but she shrugged it off.

"Eren's got a girlfriend! Eren's got a girlfriend!" they chanted over and over.

Eren's blood boiled a little, he was pissed but he didn't want to let his emotions get the better of him.

"Yeah, very mature. Let's go Alice." He took hold of her arm and pulled her away but before he could do that the three boys stood in front of them.

"Move aside." Eren commanded.

"Or what?" the bully answered.

"Eren…" Alice tugged on to Eren's sleeve. Tears welled up in her eyes.

"Eren, your girlfriend's about to cry." He pretended to cry.

Her tears were about to overflow, Eren noticed that and he swung his fist into the bully's face.

"You looking for a fight?" He shook his fist angrily.

A brawl began between Eren and the three boys. Alice stood there, thinking of how to stop them. She got closer to them but they knocked her over and her rabbit went flying and fell into the river. The four of them stopped fighting upon realizing.

"Usa-chan!" Alice screamed.

She ran to save it but she was held back.

"Wait! That's the deep part, you can't swim can you?" Eren said.

"But… but…Usa-chan." She started sobbing.

"I-it's not my fault. She dropped it in herself." The bully said and he ran off with his companions behind him.

"Hey!" He said as he chased after him but Alice held on to his sleeve.

"Eren, Usa-chan." She said it between sobs.

"Don't worry, I'll get it back for you." He gave her a reassuring smile and he dived in. In a few moments, he came back up gasping for air. "I got it!" He said as he held the rabbit up in the air with one hand. He pushed himself back up to land, Alice ran up to him and started crying

"Why are you crying? It's a little dirty and wet but you can wash it"

She shook her head.

"T-thank good…ness. Eren is sa..fe." She cried.

"I'm fine as you can see, so don't cry, alright?"

She nodded and dried her tears. They sat by the steps to the river.

"You're always carrying that rabbit around, it must be very important to you, huh? Does it have a name?"

She shook her head.

"Usa-chan is Usa-chan."

"So Usa-chan isn't its name? Why doesn't it have one?" Eren asked.

"I can't think of one."

Suddenly, the sound of bells chiming echoed throughout the city.

"The heroes have returned!" Eren said as he jumped up.

"Heroes?"

"The scouting legion! Come on! Let's go!" Eren said with enthusiasm.

Before Alice could say anything, Eren had begun tugging her towards the large crowd that was gathering. She was mesmerized by his passionate and excited eyes. She smiled little, seeing him so happy and worked up. He jumped up a crate and helped Alice up. Eren's looked on with awe as the army marched by. Some severely injured, they all walked with their beady eyes downcast on the ground. After a while, the crowd died down and it began to dispersed.

"Aren't they cool? When I'm old enough, I'm going to join the scouting legion." Eren said.

"What does the scouting legion do?" Alice asked.

"You don't know?! They're the heroes of the world! They fight titans first hand and the best of all, they get to go outside the walls."

"Do you want to go outside the walls?"

"Of course I do!"

"But why?"

"I don't want to spend my life living like livestock. I want to see what's outside these walls."

"What does the outside world look like?"

"I don't know but I'm sure it's really pretty."

"I don't think I want Eren to join the scouting legion."

"Why not?"

Because… if you go. I'll be alone. I don't want that!"

"You can always come with me."

"Can I?"

"Of course! Let's go explore the world together!"

"When I grow up, I want to join the scouting legion too! And I also want to be Eren's wife."

"What?" Eren's face turned red.

"You don't want me to be your wife?"

"Well it's not that…" Eren answered in a flustered voice.

"Then let's make a promise!"

"What kind of promise?"

"Let's promise that no matter what happens. We'll be together forever!"

"Alright."

"Pinky promise?"

"Y-yeah. Pinky promise." Eren blushed.

"Thanks again for inviting us over." Luce said.

"The pleasure is mine. I'm glad that the kids had a good time. Please do come again." Carla thanked them.

"Of course we will, oh dear! Look at the time. If we don't hurry now, the boat will leave. Now Alice it's time to say good-bye." Albert said.

"Bye-bye." She waved.

"Bye." Eren waved back.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" She ran back to Eren and whispered into his ear. "I thought of a name for Usa-chan."

"Really? What did you name it?" Eren asked.

"It's a secret." She placed her finger in front of her lips.

"Alice come along now." Her mother shouted.

"Coming! Bye-bye Eren, see you next time." She said as she ran off.

I'm sorry I couldn't tell you his name, Eren. But I just couldn't, because it's too embarrassing. After all, I named him after my first friend and my first love. Someone who I treasure deeply. I can never call him by his name in front of you because I named him, Eren.

"You two stay here. I'll go call for a carriage." Luce said.

"Did you enjoy yourself Alice?" Albert asked.

"Yeah."

"That's good." He smiled. "I'm glad you're having fun."

"Papa. When can I see Eren again?"

"Hmm… probably in three days."

"Really?"

"Yes. Aren't you glad?"

She nodded.

Little did she know that reality wasn't as nice as she thought and that this world was a cruel place, a very cruel place and no one and nothing can escape it's fate.

"Papa? What's wrong? Papa?!"

Farewell little Eren, it was fun writing your kid self and your adventures! TT^TT

A/N: This has got to be my shortest chapter yet . I'm sorry that the pace is really fast this time.