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Titan Forest, year 850

They sped through the trees, all the while panicking because of how close the Survey Corps were getting. Bertoldt carried Ymir, Reiner carried Eren, and Allen flew on his own using Clown Belt. At least, Allen and Ymir were probably the only ones not panicking, and Eren was knocked out due to his violent outburst from earlier. "Like I said… why didn't we wait until night?" Ymir asked, but she whipped her head around to see the signal flares floating in the air. Which ultimately, answered her question. "Signal flares?! So the Survey Corps came to save us?"

"Damn it… they're already close. This is all because Eren got violent…" Reiner said.

"Reiner! It's Christa!" Ymir cried.

"Huh?"

"Christa's come here with them! Now's our chance to grab her!" She cried, desperate.

"How do you know that?!" Reiner snapped. "You can't see her from here!"

"I know she's with them! That idiot is too kind-hearted for her own good! She's going to come rescue me!"

"Even if that's true, we can't go now! We'll get another chance!"

"What?" Ymir demanded through gritted teeth.

"We're clearly not likely to succeed right now! How are you going to grab Christa while she's in that group?! Wait for our chance!"

Ymir paused, eyes widened. "Wait for our chance? When's that going to be? After one of your warriors eats me? No! I can't trust you!"

"Trust me! I'm not lying when I say that I need Christa, too!" Reiner yelled back.

"Then do it now! Prove to me right now! I… need it to be now…!" Her voice wavered. "I want to see her now… at this rate, I may never see her again!"

Allen hesitated. He was going to offer to retrieve Christa, but Bertoldt butted in, "We can't. Sorry Ymir, right now, we don't even know if we can escape safely ourselves."

That's right… he thought. Especially since the Black Order will be coming too…

"I promise you! If there's just one person we can free from this conflict, it'd be Christa!" Reiner reassured. "We'll save her, I swear!" Ymir paused.

Allen's eyes widened. "Ymir?"

She had wrapped her arms around Bertoldt's head. "Huh? S-stop! Ymir!" Bertoldt stuttered.

"I'd be able to dominate this area, don't you think?" Ymir asked. "Well?"

"Ymir, stop! We'll fall!" Bertoldt cried. "Allen!"

Said albino boy made no move to stop Ymir. "My titan might not be as strong as yours. But I can move quickly through the trees. I could probably steal Eren and Allen from you and go back to the Survey Corps." She turned to Reiner. "If you don't take Christa with you right now, I'll make a nuisance of myself here. Plus, I'm sure I could convince Allen to as well."

"A…" Reiner seemed at a loss for words for a moment. "And what about Christa?! We won't be able to save her that way! All because of your selfishness!"

"Yeah… and I'm fine with that…" She took a breath to calm herself. "Even if it means taking away Christa's future, I want to survive… and see her again. As a person… I'm really lower than shit. But she knows that, and she smiles kindly at me anyway. You two don't know what that's like, do you?"

Allen frowned. He actually knew what that felt like. Even though he told Lavi about his titan form, he was still treated the same, not like some sort of monster. The same goes for Levi and even Eren.

This was partially why he was going with them. Since he had revealed his secret, he was scared to face the music. He wasn't sure how the others were going to react, but they may not be as friendly as Lavi was.

So, in simple terms, he knew exactly how Ymir felt right now. "Don't get mad. I've thought this through. If I fight here, it'll make it easier for you two to escape!" She must've been excluding Allen, since she figured that he'd want to go back with her. "Or you want us to kill each other instead?! You think I'm nuts? Try me and find out!"

Bertoldt sweated.

Allen narrowed his eyes. Is she actually going to transform now?!

Outside Titan Forest, year 850

Titans emerged from the forest to attack the Survey Corps troops. That was when they saw a flash of light in the trees. Lavi, Kanda, and Lenalee noted the fact that it was from a titan transformation. "From Allen?" Lenalee asked, hoping that he was putting up some sort of fight so he could return back to his friends.

Lavi frowned. "Not sure, it could be Ymir…"

"All troops deploy!" They heard the booming voice of Commander Erwin over the sound of hooves against dirt. "Find Eren and Allen and recover them!" Titans were beginning to pick the soldiers off of their horses, before stuffing them into their mouths. Lavi was able to burn about a dozen titans with his fire stamp, careful not to destroy any trees.

The other soldiers were not supposed to engage with the enemy, but the Black Order could do as they wished.

Eventually, however, they reached the inside of the forest. The first thing they heard was a titan's roar. Kanda surprisingly was the one who recognized who it came from. "That's not the Moyashi!" He shouted.

"It's not Eren either." Lavi also noted.

They scattered around the trees, holding on with their maneuver gears. Lenalee only had to float in the air. They spotted the source the roar came from, and it was hanging off one of the trees.

"That's Ymir." Connie was saying to the soldiers. "She's one of the ones they took! It's her titan form!" He turned to Ymir. "Hey, Ymir! Why are you by yourself?!" He paused, waiting for an answer. However, he received nothing. "Where's Eren…?! What about Reiner… and Bertoldt?! How about Allen?"

"Ymir?!" A third voice cried out. Lenalee recognized the owner of the voice as Jean. "Did you get away from Reiner and Bertoldt? Where'd they go?! How come beansprout's not here?"

Still, nothing came from the titan. "Come on…" Connie maneuvered onto her head. "Say something, ugly! We're in a hurry!"

"Something's… odd…" Armin noted.

Lavi frowned. Is she looking for someone…?

"Ymir!"

The titan's head snapped toward the direction where the voice came from. Christa zoomed toward her, happiness and gratefulness visible in her eyes. "Thank goodness, you're safe!"

Everything happened in a blur.

Ymir jumped from the branch, mouth wide open, and immediately swallowed Christa whole. Without a second to lose, she zipped away using the branches of the trees, leaving everyone in the dust. They were all shocked.

In the moment of stupor, Lavi cried out, "Well, don't just stand there! Let's move!"

This seemed to get them going. "Damn it, it was a trap." Kanda muttered. "Lenalee, go on ahead. Try to catch up with her."

She nodded determinedly, before dashing away along with the other soldiers. "Why would Ymir…?" Mikasa started, but her voice trailed.

"It's not like I never assumed she was on our side for sure." Jean said.

"Yes, she's clearly hostile! She's trying to help Reiner and Bertoldt! She just lured us in!" Armin cried.

Lavi pursed his lips as he listened to them. Yeah, but… where does that put Allen?

~*~

"She's here, Reiner!" Bertoldt cried.

"Yeah."

The three of them: Bertoldt, Reiner, and Allen stood on a high branch waiting for Ymir to return. Now she was back, probably with Christa. Without hesitation, Reiner jumped off the branch and cut his hand. Before long he was no longer Reiner, but the armored titan.

Allen latched his Clown Belt onto Reiner's shoulders, and Bertoldt and Ymir followed the lead. They left just in time, leaving the soldiers in their dust.

The soldiers got onto horseback to follow the armored titan, who was surprising running slower than usual. Before long, however, Ymir released Christa from inside her mouth. She emerged slimy and eyes wide with fear, but perfectly unharmed.

Ymir was emerging from her titan form as well. "Ymir?!" Christa cried as she was being hauled by the armored titan.

"Christa…" She coughed. "No, Historia… I'm sorry. I ate you out of nowhere. You must be mad, right?"

"Hey…!" Christa started. "Ymir, what's… what're you doing?! We came to rescue you, Eren, and-"

"You don't need to rescue me! Just stay here and don't move!" She yelled. "Allen and I are going with Reiner and Bertoldt! You too! Come with us! There's no future inside these walls!"

Christa's… no, Historia's eyes widened. "Wha…?"

"Okay, Historia? It's not so bad outside the walls. There's no one out here… No one will say it'd be better if you'd never be born." Ymir said.

This ticked Historia off. "Yeah, I wouldn't expect titans to tell me that!" Tears streamed down her face. "They'd be too busy trying to eat me!"

"W… we have all of our shortcomings, all right? They're not so bad if you can just ignore that stuff!" Ymir cried.

"Ymir?! None of what you're doing or saying is making any sense at all!" Historia snapped back. "It must be that Reiner and Bertoldt forced you into this, right? RIGHT?! I'll fight together with you! So just let go! I don't care about your reasons or your secrets! No matter what happens! I'm on your side!"

oooh see what I did there? lol, jk. I'm sorta getting tired of writing Ymir and... ahem... Historia now. Right now I'm dying inside, because of the newest chapter in Attack on Titan. AGGHH I CAN'T EVEN

anyways... leave a review pls!