Chapter 3

Armin stared at the eyes, as they stared back at him. "Ummm...Hi?" Armin said, awkardly. A young man, around the age of 15, jumped out of the bush, well actually still standing in it. He had the grass green eyes, with a hint of teal. He had messy brown hair that almost looked like a chocolate color. He wore a long coat that was ripped at the end and had a brown hat that had a green stripe at the base. He had brown pants with a white dress shirt under his coat. "Hey there!" He said with a smile. "Oh. Hello." Armin replied. He didn't know why, but there was a strange feeling Armin got around this young man. "I'm Eren. You've might have heard of me as 'The Mad Hatter.'" Eren then extended his hand, for a hand shake. Armin hesistated a bit. "I know I know, you must be thinking you can't trust me but, I swear, I'm not as bad as they describe me as." Eren continued. Armin then fianlly met Eren's hand and shook. After a firm shack he let go. "So, what your name?" Eren asked. "Armin." Armin replied.

Eren then froze and stared at Armin. He then got closer to Armin till there faces were only 1 inch apart. Eren studied Armin, as if he was trying to figure out something. Armin felt his face flare up with blush. But why? He just met this guy. Or did he know him? After a moment or two Eren backed away. "Sorry, I thought I knew you or something." He said witha nervous smile and rubbed the back of his head. Armin's blush went down. "Hmm." Armin relpied and nodded. They looked away from each other and stared at the ground. "So, your another Alice?" Eren asked, desperatly wanting to change the subject. Armin and Eren met gazes again. Armin nodded. "But what's an Alice?" Armin asked, once more. "ARMIN! GET AWAY FROM HIM!" He heard a familar voice yell. Kirchstein.

Eren and Armin looked over a Kirchstein. And he had an, what seemed to be, army of faceless soldiers behind him. Eren and Armin looked back each other and thought the same thing.

Run

So that's what they did. They ran. Armin followed closely behind Eren, because he wasn't as nearly as fast as him. They both exited the forest and were met by a Cliff edge. Eren looked down and saw it was a rather deep canyon and the other side of it was two far to jump. "Ummm." Eren thought out loud. "Ahem." they both heard. They slowly turned around to find Kirchstein pointing a gun at Eren and the soldiers pointing there spears at them. "Hand him over Eren." Kirchstein said in a serious tone. Eren looked around for an escape, but found none. "Last warning. Hand him over." Kirchstein repeated. Eren quickly grabbed Armin around the waist and pulled him into his chest. And once again Armin's blush returned, he still didn't know why though. Eren then waved and jumped off the cliff, holding onto Armin. "EREEEEN!" Kirchstein yelled over the edge.

Armin clung to Eren's chest and closed his eyes tightly, waiting to hit the ground with a loud THUD. Eren just looked down at Armin and laughed. He took off his hat and it inflated with air like a parachute, slowing down there fall. Eren looked at Armin and smiled. "Sorry if I scared you." He laughed nervously. Then they softly came to the ground, but Eren lost his footing and they both fell. They both rubbed there heads. Eren sprung up and picked up his hat and dusted it off. Armin got up, still rubbing the back of his head. Eren looked around the canvern. "So, where are we?" Armin asks as he walks up to Eren. "I have...No clue.." Eren replied. Armin expression went to unamusment. "Well wasn't that a good choice. Jump off a cliff into cavern you don't know how to get out of." Armin said, sarcasticly. "You little..." Eren chuckled. Armin smiled at Eren chuckle. It was cute. "So I guess we'll just walk. I mean, we have no were else to go." Eren said, serious tone returning. Armin nodded. He looked behind him and saw that the other way was blocked by fallen rocks. "Well. Let's go." Armin sighed.

So, the two began walking through the canyon. "So umm..Can I ask a few questions? Or are you not gonna answer them like everyone else?" Armin asked. Eren looked at Armin and smiled deviously. "Lookie here. A curious one. Go ahead. I'll answer them." Eren replied. "Okay...Hmmm." Armin mumbled, trying to think of a good question. "Oh! Is there anyone else here? Besides Marco, Sasha, Connie, Kirchstein, and Mikasa?" Armin asked. "So you haven't met everyone yet. Yeah, there's more. But you'll meet them all soon." Eren answered. "Okay. Are you and Marco, and Mikasa the only sane one's here?" Armin asked. "Pretty much." Eren answered. "Why do they call you the Mad hatter? There's nothing really Mad about you. From what I've seen so far." Armin asked. "Well, they all think I'm Mad. And they kinda all have the right too." Eren replied. Armin tilted his head in confusion. "What do you mean?" He asked. "Well this." Eren responded. He stopped walking and Armin did to. Eren then snapped his fingers and just like that, Armin turned into a cat. Armin started to panic, wondering what the actual heck just happened. Eren snapped his fingers again and Armin returned to normal. "What the-?!" He said before Eren interuppted him. "Reality Bender. I'm a reality bender. Although I'm not as powerful as others." Eren said. "So that's why they think your mad. They fear you." Armin said, almost in a 'I just figured out what happen/I connected the dots tone. Eren giggled. "I guess so." They continued walking unitl they came across a large gap in the canyon.

"Crap..How we gonna get across here?" Eren muttered. The gap was too far to jump. (Yeah no dip, this gap is like 100 feet long) "Can't you just, make a stone path or something?" Armin asked. "I can't. Remember i said I wasn't as powerful as the others. And besides I could, but the path wouldn't last for long." Eren replied. "Awww, is the little Hat Boy gonna ask for help?" A mocking female voice called.

CHAPTER 3 END