Chapter 7

"We can't just let him keep moping around like this!" a voiced said, sternly. "Well, if we do that he'll forget him." another voice reasoned. Armin knew who he was talking about, his parents were talking about him.

Eren had...went away a few weeks ago and his parents were talking about what to do with him. He felt as he couldn't do anything anymore. His best friend was gone. "Armin. Can you come down here please?" His mother called.

"Shh! Shut up Bert!" a voice whispered. Armin stirred abit, since he was in a deep sleep. There was a moment of silence. "Is he awake?" Bert asked. "No. Dang boy is a heavy sleeper." Reiner remakred. Armin kept still, wondering what the heck they were gonna do. "Now Bert keep his arm still this time! And don't sneeze!" Reiner whispered. "Sorry, I just don't think this is right!" Bert whispered back. Armin felt someone pinch him arm, like they do when they give you a shot.

"So, keep it still and..." Reiner said, about to inject a shot into Armin's arm. Armin quickly opened his eyes and stared at Reiner. Reiner and Bert froze. Armin looked at Reiner then down at the shot, which was still hovering over his arm. "I...uhh..." Reiner said. Armin slightly looked around the room he was in. On a stand that was, luckily, close to the bed Armin laid in, a knife. Maybe he could use that. "Bert! Grab the knife before-" Armin quickly grabbed the knife and pointed at Reiner. Reiner froze once more. Armin slowly backed away from him and sat up, still pointing the knife at Reiner. Armin kept a dead stare on Reiner and every few seconds looked over at Bert. "Now. I want you to tell me, what the heck were you doing." Armin said, trying to keep his voice steady.

Neither of them replied. "Tell me, now." Armin warned. Then a man bursted through the door. "Annie!" He yelled. The guy Armin thought was Reiner turned into a cat. Annie. She started to laugh. "Wow Armin! You fell for it!" She laughed. Reiner shot a scowl at her. "No wonder non of the Alice's ever liked me." He mumbled. "You can put the knife down now Armin." Annie said, finshing her laughter. But Armin didn't. He still kept the knife raise, pointing at Annie. "Come on Armin. Put it down." Annie continued. Armin thought about it for a bit. "I'll put it down. After you tell me what you were gonna enject me with." he growled. "Oh that. I dunno what that was. I just found it in Reiner's science room." She replied, shrugging. Reiner grabbed the shot , which had an orange colored liquid in it, and looked at it. His expression went to horror.

"What's wrong?" Bert asked. "Nothing. Don't worry about it. Let's just leave Armin to go back to sleep." Reiner said. Bert got up and followed Reiner out of the room. Armin stared at Annie. "What?" She asked. "Aren't you gonna get out?" Armin asked. He didn't care if he sounded rude. She could have killed him, or could ahve done something. "Oh I see. You don't trust me." She said. Armin nodded. "Well. I'll leave but let me tell you a few things." She continued. "Since I'm a powerful Reality Bender, I can see into the future. And I will tell you this. It's going to get bloody. And far more worse." She finshed. Armin stared at her in confusion. What did she mean?

She sighed. "Anyway, you need to sleep. And I do to. So I'll help you." Annie cheered. "What do you mean?" Armin asked. Annie then rose her paw up and smacked Armin, really hard mind you. "Ow! Why did you do that?!" Armin asked. "Watch!" Annie said. "Er...What did you do...?" Armin asked. Annie looked surprised. She booped him on the nose a few times. "Why. Isn't. This. Working?" She said in between boops. "Why is this not working?!" Annie paniced. She also looked furious. Armin looked at Annie, confused. "Hey Armin, do you feel different?" Annie asked. "No." Armin replied. Annie cursed under her breath. "Damnit Eren!" She exclaimed. Armin was going to ask what she meant but decided not to. "Nevermind." Annie mumbled and bounced out of the room. After that, Armin went back to sleep.

"Armin?" a voice asked. It was Bert. Armin opened his eyes and saw, it was morning. He sat up and looked at Bert, who was by the door. "Yes?" Armin asked. "Can you forgive me? For what happened last night?" He asked. Armin thought about it and nodded. "Thank you. She would have done something far worse if I didn't help." Bert mumbled. "I understand." Armin replied.

So after breakfast and that stuff, Armin decieded to leave. "See ya Armin!" Reiner waved. Armin turned around and waved back. "Thank you for letting em stay." He said. "No problem." Reiner repled. And Armin then continued down the path into the forest. "Hmmm. Does Eren have a boyfriend now?" Reiner asked Annie. Annie shrugged. "Probably likes him. But knowing Eren, he won't admit it." Annie replied.

Armin walked down an old forest path,to where? He didn't know. After awhile of walking, he exited the forest and was, again, at the Kingdom of Red Hearts. He thought about turning back, not wanting to see Kirchstein. "Hello there." A female voice called. Armin looked to his right and saw Mikasa. "Oh..Umm.." Armin began. He started to worry a bit. Was he suposed to greet her formally or something? "No need to be formal, Armin." Mikasa smiled. "Oh, okay." Armin mumbled. "Now. I was hoping I'd run into you. I believe we got off on the wrong foot." Mikasa continued. "So, can we start again? On a walk?" she asked. "Oh. Sure." Armin agreed and smiled. Something told him, that Mikasa wasn't really that bad.

As the two walked down a path in a garden behind the Kingom's palace, and to help you imagine it, it's full of roses. Red roses to be exact. "So. I'm known around here as 'The Red Queen'. But you can call me Mikasa." Mikasa began. Armin nodded. "And you never have to formal around me actually. People just assume that they have to be." She contineud with a tiny laugh in her voice. She kept this strange stotic tone in her voice. "So, have you met Jean? Or Eren?" Mikasa asked. "No, not Jean. But I've met Eren." Armin replied. "Hmm." Mikasa mumbled.

"Did he ask you to dance with him?" She asked. Armin looked shocked. "Yeah." He replied. "Hmmm." She mumbled. "And, I'm sorry for doing that. When we met. I was not actually thinking of trapping you here. No way." Mikasa continued. Armin smiled. "Armin?" ARRRMIIIIN!" A voice yelled. Kirchstein. Mikasa stiffened and pushed Armin into a bush. Kirchstein saw Mikasa. "Ah! Mikasa!" He called. He came over to her. "Have you seen Armin anywhere?" He asked. "No. I haven't." Mikasa replied. "Oh. Do you have an idea where he is?" Kirchstein asked. "Maybe near Reiner's place." Mikasa suggested. "Okay. Thanks Mikasa." Kirchstein thanked and ran off.

Armin crawled out of the bush and stood up. "Sorry about that." Mikasa said in a apologetic tone. "Don't worry. I understand. And really I should be thanking you." Armin replied. "So, do you have any questions? About this world?" Mikasa asked. "Oh yeah. When it was my 3rd night here, Eren said something about 'only 5 more days' until something would happened." Armin mentioned. "What does that mean?" He asked. Mikasa looked at the ground. "On the 8th night an Alice is here, a mysterious murder appears. We don't know why, but the murder comes out at night and will do anything to find the Alice's." Mikasa said. "Alice's? There more than one?" Armin asked. Mikasa didn't answer. "You'll figure it out soon." She whispered. They finally reached the end of the path. "Well I believe this is were we depart until next time." Mikasa said. "It was a nice walk Armin." She continued. "O-Oh, same to you." Armin sqeaked. Mikasa smiled. She began to walk away when she stopped and looked back at Armin. "Oh yeah, and Eren only asks special people to dance with him." She said, then continued to walk away. Armin just stared at Mikasa in shock and confusion.

CHAPTER 7 END