THIS IS IT GUYS believe it or not, this chapter was already mostly written before I even started this story. The end part was written by KappasRule, also this was beta'd by KappasRule. Blah blah blah KappasRule. You are so special. Lol, jk. Sorry for the kinda short chapter too. Anyways, please review~ Reviews make me happy~

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The men of the Garrison stared in disbelief at the boy. Levi felt amused. He and the boy decided to team up after the first game to take down the Garrison. "Now, you will go to work." Levi commanded, even though he wasn't in charge of the Garrison at all. "Since you lost." He added.

The boy grinned evilly. "I can't believe this…" The men kept on muttering, as they dragged the chairs out from beneath them and left. The boy shuffled his cards and put them away, gathering up the money.

"Thanks, though I didn't need your help at all." The boy smiled at Levi.

"Those damn poker skills of yours…" He muttered. "How does a kid like you even play poker like this?" The kid looked to be about thirteen or fourteen.

"Well…. That may be a story for another time." He said. "But, either way it's getting late. I should take my leave. Goodnight, Corporal."

With that, Levi and the albino boy departed. The Garrison had met the Demon King of Poker, and thus never played poker again. Levi thought he would never meet the boy again.

Year 850, Courtroom

The courtroom was filled with Garrison leaders, Military Police leaders, Survey Corps leaders and the wall worshippers. In the middle of the room, the subject of the matter, Eren, had been chained to a pole. Mikasa and Armin stood in the crowd as spectators and witnesses.
Mikasa had been accused, and threatened to be inspected by the Military Police. A look of shock and fear spread across her normally stoic face. Eren couldn't take any of this. With a deep breath, he broke the chorus of mutterings in the courtroom.

"I may be a monster, but Mikasa has nothing to do with that!" Eren's voice rang throughout the room. All eyes had turned to him in anger, annoyance, and disbelief. "She has nothing to do with that at all." Eren defended, "And you know what? All you did so far is speculating one-sidedly and taking guesses. Unfortunately for you, you won't get anywhere close to the truth, if all you do is disregarding how things really are." The spectators only blinked, Eren faltered a bit, but nonetheless kept going. "And besides, what are you all scared of, when you haven't seen a titan your entire life?" Eren gritted his teeth. "What are you going to do if the strong stop fighting for you? If you say you're scared to fight for your survival yourselves, then, please, at least lend your support to those who fight for you. You damn spineless cowards!" Eren breathed in, raising his voice and shutting his eyes tight. "Stop the fuss already and just invest all you got in me!"

The courtroom stared in an immeasurable silence, and, for a moment, Eren thought he had overdone it, that they were going to have his head for sure. "At the ready!" He heard the audible sound of the clicking of a gun.

"Sir!"

Suddenly, the courtroom doors swung open and all eyes turned to the boy at the doors. The loaded gun froze in place, and everyone fell silent.

He wore a black poncho over the usual military uniform, similar to what the Survey Corps wear. Instead of the wings of freedom, the silver rose cross glinted in the light as he passed by several confused faces.

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Allen couldn't help but feel a little amused. He heard mutterings ranging from "It's him!" to "Who the hell does he think he is?"

Allen could tell that Eren was in a terrible situation, since he spotted a gun held in the crowd. The man loading it had only stopped to watch Allen.

The judge was about to protest as Allen approached Eren, but Allen shot the judge a look and he immediately quieted, causing a bit of low mutterings. After this, Allen knelt in front of Eren so he could make eye contact. "Allen, is that you?" Eren asked upon seeing the face of the person beneath the hood.

"Hey Eren, long time no see." Allen replied calmly, his poker face up and hiding his emotions.

"What are you doing?! They could arrest you!" Eren exclaimed, barely keeping his voice in a whisper.

"They wouldn't dare. Anyways, Eren can I ask you a question?"

"Are you kidding me?! I'm chained to a freaking pole, accused of being a titan, and threatened to be executed! If you have to ask a question, it better be a damn well important one!" At this Allen's face became completely stoic, making Eren realize that the person he had come to known as being a shy, quiet person, could be very different.

"This will probably be one of the most important question you will ever be asked in your life. Are you ready to hear it and answer honestly?"

"Yes," Eren replied.

"Eren, are you prepared to use the abilities that you were cursed with? To be willing to try to control the demon inside of you that will always fight to destroy your very self every time you call upon it? To be insulted, tortured, and never trusted, except by those you can call friends? To be feared, yet to also be humanity's only hope of taking back our world from the Titans that plague it? To feel the burden as everyone around you falls, but you must keep moving forward and carry them with you? To continue on even though you feel you couldn't go on any longer long before that? Are you willing to become a monster, to fight monsters?"