Eren's Pov
As I took the mask and tied it on my belt, I've felt strange, like someone's watching me. I looked around to see if someone was suspicious or what. But I found nothing, or should I say, no one acting suspicious.
Maybe it was just my imagination?
Maybe I'm just being a paranoid.
I should get on my horse now.
I shook my head and headed to my horse, I prepared myself, got on and positioned myself in the middle of my childhood friends. Mikasa to my left, and Armin to my right. The Captain (correct me if I'm wrong) gave one last speach and we headed off.
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We're moving at a slow pace, it's been seventeen hours after the titans have been spotted, Squad Leader Hanji told us that we are heading to Utgard Castle, a place where we could get a good view of the wall with it's tower.
We've headed off after a few minutes or maybe an hour and I've been feeling weird lately. I closed my eyes and held my head down, getting myself together.
I wonder who's 'Riya'
Why did she not want the mask anymore?
Why did she leave it there?
Why did I feel a sense of responsibility when I touched the mask and read the letter?
Why did I feel watched?
Is there a spy watching over me or...?
Maybe it might be Mikasa always watching me like an overprotective sister
But when I scanned the area no one was watching me
What the...
I opened my eyes and I saw that I wasn't on top of my horse anymore, in my vision was a night sky with a sea of stars, a forest under the moonlight, an opened gate at the end of the forest, and some strands of orange hair in front of me.
Wait...
Where am I?
I was on my horse a while ago
Riding to Utgard Castle
But how did I end up here?
I don't have orange hair
Nor am I supposed to be in a forest with a gate at the end
This isn't my body....
This is someone else's!!!
I blinked.
We're now inside the gate, I didn't notice but the orange haired person was holding a bunny. A white stuffed bunny. The person was near a.......what? Then another person came to my vision going to the door of the 'thing', it was a young boy, he had snow white hair and crystal blue eyes. He was wearing a white buttoned up long sleeved shirt with a collar, white pants and brown shoes. He has numbers on his neck that I didn't seem to understand. He was saying something but all I could hear was his muffled voices.
My eyes are having the need to blink so I did.
I-
I mean 'the person' was now near one of the doors but far enough to see their appearance on the mirror that was attached on the side of this 'thing'. They looked like a boy, but the person is a girl, she has orange hair but with a lighter hue at the top of her head, her hair is messy and had antenna like strands pointing out upwards. She had sparkling green eyes and also had a number on her neck that I didn't really read fully. She has the same white buttoned up long sleeved shirt with a collar and that's it that I could see from the mirror.
So this is the person where my vision is trapped in?
They seem to be looking for someone...
Is that bunny hers?
If they're looking for someone and she's holding the bunny, they must've been finding for the owner
Again, I needed to blink so I did.
The next scene terrified me.
The girl opened the cloth that was covering whatever's inside, when she did, it made her drop the bunny and back away with fear.
If I was there, I would drag them away, I would cover their eyes, I would cover the body with the cloth.
But I can't
Because I'm not the one in control
The other boy came and he was in shock too
I am shocked as well, because never I have seen in my life, a young girl, dead in front of my eyes, killed in a way I don't know.
The girl's corpse was laying on it's back, the head dangling free while her wide lifeless eyes felt like it was near rolling back to her head. Her skin was very pale near to grey, some blood was stained on her face. Her messy blonde hair was wet because of the water that surronded it.
The one thing thay caught my attention is the red bouqet of flowers that's sprouting off her body.
Is this, the owner of the bunny?
Why did she die?
Who did this to her?
What's happening?
I blinked.
The orange haired girl and her friend is now under this 'thing' it had wheels and a space under it.
It looks like they were hiding from something, but who?
I then saw pairs of feet in front of me, they were talking about something I didn't understand, the voices were muffled and the feet doesn't look like normal.
The girl took a peek out from under the thing, what we looked at, scared me, knowing they were infront of us.
Demons
Demons....
They're real?
I must be seeing things....
I then saw another person but because the girl didn't peek any longer, all I saw was the hem of a dark purple dress, and that's it.
I blinked, not wanting to see this any longer.
The girl was now infront of an adult, a woman, she had a dark purple dress, a white apron, and a white collar, she has dark brown hair put up in a bun and purple eyes that seem to be staring at the poor girl's soul.
Is she the one with the demon's at the gate?
Why is she staring like that at the orange haired person?
Did she know about it?
Did they leave anything that would make this woman suspect her?
I blinked.
The girl was now being held up by the collar and was about to be punched by a boy, taller than her, with dark brown hair and brown skin, he had brown hair and is clearly angry.
What did she do?
Why is he angry?
He was about to punch us?
Did he punch anyone else?
Near them was a girl with short green hair, and grey eyes. She has round glasses and based from her expression she's either scared or dissapointed.
What happened here?
Are we the only ones here?
Is there anyone else present?
Was the green haired girl involved?
The boy said some things I didn't understand and left the room together with the green haired girl.
The orange haired said a few things and turned to the other people left in the room. One was the same boy from before, the other was a boy with spikey black hair that covers his left eye and sharp dark green eyes that reminded me of Captain Levi.
Do they know each other
Because he's here I suppose he does
Both of them had bruises in their faces
So they got punched too
What did they do to make the brunette resort to violence?
I blinked once again.
The trio is now in front of the duo. They were outside in the middle of the night. The moon being covered by the clouds like a blanket. They have a lamp with them so they can see in the night. Something tells me they're being watched.
They're smiling
Did they make up?
I can't understand what they're saying
Might as well blink again.
So I did.
The girl was now in her bedroom reading a book.....
But it wasn't just any book...
The page she was reading...
was me...
in titan form...
roaring to the sky as I placed the boulder at the hole in the gate...
Why...
Why am I there?
Why are my friends there too?
Is my whole life being planned out and written into a story?
Is someone watching me from afar?
Are they writing everything what's happening to me???
I don't understand
Is my whole life planned out into a story?
Is someone out there writing my whole life into a book?
Is there someone spying on me and writing everything into a book?
But
I think I don't exist in their world
Is this really the demon world?
Were those really demons?
Am I seeing things or....
Subconsciously I blinked.
She was still there. But, on a different page, holding something on her hand that I clearly recognize.
It was the logo of The Scouts.
But it was smaller, like a badge. If she read about my life, then she knows what this is.
She then started to read the page, I did too. This was after I turned into a titan, I was in and out of my consciousness, two titans were nearing, but, someone killed them both. His picture on a panel with him saying his dialogue.
It was the Captain.
Captain Levi.
I don't remember that
Maybe it's because I was in and out of consciousness
But why was there a badge with the logo of the scouts in that book?
Was it supposed to be there?
My eyes feel strained...
I need to blink...
So, I did.
I was back on my horse, riding to Utgard Castle, with Mikasa on my left and Armin to my right, holding the torch as our light source.
Was all that
Just my imagination?
Demons aren't real
They are just part of a made up story.
Yeah, a made up story...
"Eren, are you ok? You're staring onto space for a few minutes, that's not like you." said Armin.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine, just....thinking..." I said
I shouldn't tell him
They might think I'm crazy
It's just my imagination
My imagination.
Armin didn't seem to buy my answer but he didn't pry me to it. I looked around my surrondings to see anything weird or interesting. I looked to my right, nothing, in front, nothing, to my left....
It was her...
I was shocked with eide eyes because she was there. She was floating and the others didn't seem to notice her.
How is she floating?
Is she real?
Am I seeing things?
She looked at me in surprise too, but something was off... Instead of sparkling green eyes, she has dual colored eyes teal blue and emerald green,. But the shade of blue looks like my eye color. Her smile then faltered as we continued to stare at eachother.
Why does her eyes have two colors?
Is that normal?
How is she floating?
Is she also part of my imagination?
She then put her hand out to me, I wasn't aware, but I subconsciously put my hand out aswell, once our fingers touched, I was at another place.
I was sitting down on the floor, in my own body. I looked up to see my surrondings. It looked like a bedroom considering the beds and such. The room was dark and the only light source there is, is the moonlight shining through the windows. I heard a gasp and when I found the source of the sound, I was filled with shock and disbelief.
It was the girl again.
But why?
Why am I here?
Why am I not with my friends?
Why do I get transported here?
Is there something I did?
She began to look at her surroundings. I noticed how her eyes are still green. It didn't have the blue color. Then, here eyes landed on me. The blue hue started to appear. She stared at me in shock. She didn't know what to do, so she kept staring. She started to rub her eyes and I blinked once more.
When I did, I'm back again, but I was now holding my reins for my horse pretty tightly.
What was that I just saw?
Was that just an illusion?
Is that all my imagination?
"Eren."
I turned my head to Mikasa, as she was staring at me.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said
That was just an imagination Eren.
Just an imagination
It could be an illusion or such
I'm just seeing things right?
I'm not crazy
Demons aren't real
Man eating demons aren't real...
The dead child isn't real
Those children aren't real
I'm just seeing things
It's all my imagination.....
Right?
Next Chapter: Chapter 5- What's Real? What's not?