Mizu: I'm so sorry for last chapter's sadness but am I the only one who was shocked to see that? AOT was actually my first anime ever. I only got into anime a few months after AOT was produced so I have great attachments to it.

Ameko: Very peotic

Mizu: Fuck you

Ameko: I love you too

Mizu: Grrr...black-haired, red-eyed, son of a bitch...

Ameko: Reviews!

Mizu: We don't have any, we're writing this five seconds after we finished chapter 9...

Ameko: Well then we need more! Onwards with the blood-curling threats! And promises of loved-ones demise! MWAHAAHHAHHA

Mizu: SO REVIEW OR ILL USE THE DEATHNOTE!

Mizuki's POV

I was numb. I couldn't feel anything. All I could comprehend was that the home I had so desperately fought to return to was gone.

My mother was gone.

I heard the sound of flesh hitting flesh as Eren tried to land a blow on Hannes's head.

"Damn it stop!" He stopped running and looked at Eren's enraged expression.

"You son of a bitch! We could have saved her! We almost had her out!" He tried to launch an elbow at the man but he only flipped Eren off his shoulder and into the ground.

"Eren!" Mikasa ran over to help my brother while I was set down cautiously. My expression showed no hate but I still needed to do this.

I ducked down and knocked Hannes to the floor.

"Ow! What the hell was that?" He got off the ground and scowled at me.

His gaze softened as he looked at Eren and I, "Theres nothing you could have done for her, you understand? You're a kid. You're weak"

"If I couldn't fight a titan then that means you're just as weak. If I was able to knock you to the ground that means you're weaker" I snapped. His face was surprised at my actions.

"You're right...when push came to shove I was too frightened to hold my ground...You're mother died because I'm a damn coward!" Tears fell out of his eyes. So did Eren's. Even Mikasa teared up a bit.

I was as stoic as ever.

He grabbed Mikasa and Eren's hand before taking them somewhere. I followed closely behind.

It looks like we're all on even ground.

Now we have all had to see our parents be killed in front of us.

I walked along the wooden boards to an already crowded boat. I stood next to Eren, I held his hand as if he couldn't comprehend the situation.

Mom told me to make sure Eren didn't get killed. And I needed to fulfill that promise.

Because right now I'm the most capable survivor in Shiganshina.

The underground was filled with dying people and I was tought to over look them sometimes to look out for myself and those I cared about most. I was accustomed to the stench of death. But even I never witnessed a massacre.

We sat down at one of the seats and tried to get past the blur of colors that was the world.

For once in my life I wish I was back underground.

A large crash echoed around Wall Maria. Followed by another, and another...

Until something broke the wall.

Glowing light poured through the gate to reveal another titan roughly 15 meters tall. It had padded skin, red cracks, and silvery white hair. It let out a burst of flames before I lost sight.

"Thats it...we're all dead"

"We're dead and standing at the gate of hell"

People murmured their demise as titans flooded through the opening. But all I could think of was my mom.

Images flashed through my mind.

"It's gone...our house...it's all gone..."

"forever..."

"Why did I get upset with her?"

"I should have said that I missed her..."

"Why couldn't I save her? After all I've done...It was all for nothing..."

"Now I can never tell mom about the adventures I had with them"

"Never..." I spoke out loud.

Eren stood up next to me and walked over to the edge. I followed in suit. Armin put his hand on Eren shoulder he he shoved him off.

He threw his knuckles on the boat's bars and growled, "I'm gonna put a stop to this! I'll kill them all! Every last one!"

"Eren, I want to help" I put my hand on his and looked deep into his tear-stricken eyes.

"No, I don't want you killed" He turned his head.

"I take serious offence to that because no matter what you do I'm not gonna let you die" Eren stared at me.

"Alright" We nodded.

"Eren! Mizuki! Wake up! Stay with me!"

"Dad what are you trying to do?"

"You don't need to know! Eren! give me your arm!"

"No! You're insane!"

"SHUT UP!"

"Get away from me!"

"Eren, Mizuki! You can not forget the key! Whatever you do, you must reach it! It's the way to the truth! There is only enough for you Eren but you both must realize this!"

"No!"

I slowly woke up, no longer fazed with nightmares anymore. Self-consciously I felt around the wing necklace I had been given, it seemed so long ago. My gaze eventually drifted towards Eren, more specifically, the key our father gave Eren was still tied around his neck, and the spot where the need went in was completely healed.

Eren was awake as well but he took nightmares harder then me.

Ever sense the day mom died I've been having nightmares every night. And they were all about the same thing.

They were either about death. The death of my mother, Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Isabel, Farlan, Levi... But now I'm forced to watch my father and his outburst when in dreamland.

"Hey It's ok, you were just dreaming" Mikasa's soft voice comforted Eren.

"But it felt so real..." Eren mumbled.

"It's ok Eren, I get them all the time" I placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Come on you two, they're handing out food rations in the warehouse" My stomach had slowly shrunken to the size of a walnut so I'm only really eating so Eren stops worrying.

I walked beside Mikasa as she talked about where we were, "I think this used to be where they stored dry goods. Now it's where they corral the refuges"

Despite the large number of people around my gaze focused on a girl that looked my age. She had blonde hair and light blue eyes.

She was only being given a small chunk of bread.

I was about to go ask about the small quantity because if people here are eating as much as people in the underground things so horrible..

My movements were interrupted my Armin's voice, "Hey guys!" he was carrying four loafs of bread in his arms, "Glad I caught you. Here, grandpa scrounged a little extra by telling the men he had kids"

"That was nice of him" Mikasa commented.

I held the morsel in my hand before looking back into the crowd. I once again spotted the girl taking only one bite to finish her food.

"I'll be right back" I walked to the girl who gave me a curious and slightly bored look.

I moved the bread to her hands and she took it gingerly. She almost seemed confused.

"From where I was from people would murder to get that, and they have. So try and enjoy it" She took a bite out of the food before nodding her thanks.

"I'm Mizuki Jaeger, you are?" She was silent for a moment before replying, "Annie Leonhardt"

(DIDNT SEE THAT ONE COMING DID YA!? Actually though, watch episode 2. You can see a brief picture of her getting food)

"What place were you talking about?" Annie asked as she slowly ate the bread.

"The underground. I was kidnapped from my family around a year ago and tossed in there" Annie didn't act the way I thought she would, she acted a bit more...like me.

"What is it like there?" My face hardened as I sat down next to her without permission.

"It's hell. You need to pay to reach the surface and even if you do you're sent back down without citizenship"

"How did you survive if it's so horrible?"

"I got lucky. A group of three people took me in, I was trained to fight and even use 3DMG" I looked at her posture and muscles before I realized something.

I pointed to her arms, "It looks like you've been trained before as well"

"Yeah so what?"

"Not that it really matters but I respect that. If you've been trained then I would like to see just how well sometime" She looked at me with a spark of competition in her eyes.

"Is that a challenge Mizuki?"

"It most certainly is Annie" I got up from my seat and walked away. If she wanted to I could fight her tomorrow.

And I'm looking forward to fighting someone my own size and skill level.

"Why did you give your food away?" Armin asked as I joined Eren inside a building.

"I've gone alot longer on alot less" I shrugged it off and looked at Eren's brooding face.

"I can't do this, I'm going back to Wall Maria. The titans have to pay for what they've done to us" I agree, Eren but you can't travel on foot.

"Hey now, you're not serious that's your stomach talking" Armin seemed a bit too light-hearted for my taste right now.

"No it's not!" Eren jeered, "Wake up! the guy standing between us and them are just a bunch of talk! To hell with all of them! Here!" He tossed the bread to my hands and I caught it with a scowl.

"What are you trying to do? Starve?" Armin sounded dumbstruck.

"When are you gonna get sick of their charity? Too much is handed to us! We need to stand on our own two feet!"

"To do what? get eaten by a titan? I know I used to think our future was beyond the walls but it's like you told that man! I've never seen what they could do to us!"

"Armin shut up!" I snapped from my position.

"M-Mizuki?" Armin stuttered.

"You think you have any right to say that? I've just gotten out of hell and now I'm thrown back into a different part of it! I've been trained for over a year to defend myself and this is what I get for all my sins? I'm going outside the walls with Eren, so you can stay here and enjoy your surface life!" I yelled my words before I heard a fist coming my way.

I dodged the blow and shoved Mikasa down to the stone.

"You think that can work on me?" I turned back to the ledge I was perched at and relaxed once again.

Mikasa got up and started talking something about parasites that I eventually zoned out. The bread Eren tossed to me was taken by Mikasa and shoved into Eren's mouth.

"Your mom asked me to keep you safe and I'm not about to let her down" Eren reluctantly ate the bread in silence.

~End of Chapter 10~

I hope you guys enjoyed this!

And to all the Annie-haters out there I'm sorry. I always liked Annie and only ever got mad at her when she killed Petra. So I decided that I would make her a semi-important character to the story but she is still gonna be a bitch in the end I guess :(

QUOTE AOT ABRIDGED "So by being an unlikable bitch do you think people are gonna like you ironically?"

Yes. The answer is yes.

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