Flames of the Dead (AOT Fanfiction)

Chapter 1

(So, to everyone who has read this story before, you may know that I have changed the mc 3 times already and that this chapter is no longer the same. I have gained inspiration for this story and will be doing my best to continue it, but I'm afraid that I cannot make any promises. I am currently suffering from depression and am very emotionally burnt out. This has affected my updating schedule and I barely have any energy most days. I hope you understand, please enjoy!)

(Blaise's POV)

A cloudy fog drifted into the air as I breathed, my frail body shivering slightly from the cold weather. The street lights placed a decent distance away from each other flickered and clicked, obviously about to break down. I sighed, worried about whether or not I'll be able to get back before midnight.

There had been an important meeting that I needed to attend for my family's company. I thought it would be best if I walked so I could get some of my daily exercise, but I vastly underestimated the distance. Maybe I should have taken the limo as my parents said.

My grey eyes drifted to a panting figure in the distance. Their breaths were loud and heavy, fog gathering around their mouth in large proportions. I paused my long strides and waited to see if they would do anything. They groaned and swayed to an imaginary tune then faced the building next to them and screamed in a maddened laugh.

I stumbled in surprise and the deranged figure seemed to hear me, turning towards me with a sickeningly wide grin. I immediately turned and ran in the other direction, deciding it was best to seek shelter in a convenience store or something.

This was not my night - not my night at all! I took a chance and looked behind me, seeing the person gaining on me with a glistening weapon in their left hand. I exhaled in fear and I suddenly realized how low on oxygen I was. My vision was cloudy and my lungs burned. I had never been able to run in the cold and I wasn't the most fit, I was at a clear disadvantage when looking at the man's impressive build.

Tears welled up in my eyes and I pushed them closed, forcing myself to look forward and keep running. I knew there was a convenience store right around the corner, I just had to make it-

My eyes snapped open once again when I felt a sharp pain in my chest. A cold - or maybe warm - liquid leaked down my back and I coughed blood out from my mouth. I sputtered the blood from out of my mouth before I choked on it and swallowed the tight knot in my throat. I looked down, seeing the glistening knife from before now protruding through my pale flash.

My throat tightened and I tried to find my breath, soon hyperventilating as my stiffening body fell to the snow-covered ground. The man laughed, his knife gripped tightly in both hands as he continued impaling my body.

I screamed each time with gurgled coughs, my vision soon turning black.

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"Hey, mind waking up?" A soft voice said. My body was slightly rocked and my eyes drifted open. "Wha...?" I blinked away the grogginess and looked to my right. A beautiful woman came into my vision, smiling gently. "Who are you...?" I asked with a scratchy voice.

I could've sworn I saw her smirk, but it was gone just as soon as it came. "I'm glad you asked! I am known in your world as God, but you may call me Ereri-sama!" I sweatdropped. Wasn't Ereri a ship name from Attack on Titan...?

"Uh, right... so I'm assuming I died? Am I going to Heaven or something?" With this, Ereri-sama didn't even try to hold her audacious smirk, "Fufufu, just as I would expect from someone my system chose! You're asking all the right questions." She stood up and posed, pointing at me with sparkles in the background. "I will be sending you to the one! The only! ATTACK ON TITAN!" A blinking gameshow sign appeared behind her and there were a lot of sound effects, almost as if I had won the jackpot at a casino. 

I spat out my imaginary tea and coughed, pounding at my chest in a desperate attempt to get more air into my lungs. "I- WHAT?!"

She chuckled and looked at me with a stare that pissed me off. An irk mark appeared on my forehead and my pointed teeth grit together in irritation. "You heard me! Now, bow and thank me endlessly for my kindness!"

I went face to face with her, glaring. "LIKE HELL I'LL THANK YOU! I'LL DIE BEFORE I GET TO AGE 8!!!" She gave a small pout and looked away, twiddling her thumbs in a cutesy fashion. "Boo~ I thought you'd be excited. I know I am. Hehehe~ I wonder if you'd fuck anyone hot over there- ahem, anyway, if I'm excited then you must be, too!"

"You're excited because you'll be watching from an aerial view," I grumbled.

She hummed and brought her hand to her chin and began thinking. Suddenly, her eyes sparkled and she clapped her hands together. "I know! I know! What if you were born into a noble family? You wouldn't die at such a young age then!"

I facepalmed. "I think you're mistaken, I'd have a higher chance of dying! I'd still have titans to worry about even if I were in Wall Sina. Then I'd have assassins! Political enemies! My own family! GIANT BABIES! Everything! There's nothing good about that!" I raged, now in a stance to tackle the goddess.

"WAIT! What if... I made you a titan?" She smiled as though she had solved all the problems in the universe.

I slapped her upside the head.

"NO! I DON'T WANT TO BE AN UGLY BABY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CLOTHES! I'D RATHER THROW IT BACK THAN TURN INTO A TITAN! WHAT ARE YOU?! A CHILD?! THIS IS HARASSMENT, RIGHT?! RIGHT?!"

"STOP YELLING! YOU'RE MEAN! BAKA BAKA BAKAAAAAAA!" She wailed, throwing whatever object she could get her hands on. I caught them mid-air and threw them back, the process quickly repeating.

"SHUT UP, YOU STUPID GODDESS! IF ANYONE HERE IS AN IDIOT, IT'S YOU! AT LEAST GIVE ME SOME OP POWER IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME SUFFER LIKE THIS!" She paused and blinked, dots appearing above her head as she processed my words.

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. (This dot's name is Chip :) )

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"Who said I wasn't?"

"Huh?"

"Who said I wasn't going to give you an op power? I'm not an idiot, I know you wouldn't last as long as Eren if you didn't have an advantage over everyone else."

"HUH?! ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ"