chapter 2

Where's the sacrilege now, huh?" A boy asks, as he roughly shoves Armin against a wall. "Or does your philosophy say it's wrong for you two to fight back, too?"

I was currently being held back by the other two boys, and since I'm so weak, I can't escape their grasps, meaning I can't attempt to help Armin out.

"You know what? It actually does say that." I reply. "We weren't going to fight back anyways, because then we'd be bullies t-"

"Oh, shove it up your pretty little a*s!" One of the boys holding me interrupted me and covered my mouth.

It's been about two years, since we first met Eren and, of course, we've been bullied even more, but I started getting less punches and kicks and more bruised up wrists.

I guess their parents finally told them a little of how they should treat a lady, which they still suck at, but that doesn't help me in helping Armin from getting punched and kicked.

"She's not lying!" Armin exclaims. "We'd rather take a few lumps than brawl like a couple of beasts!"

"Oh? So, now I'm a beast?!" The boy holding Armin against the wall asks.

I nod vigorously. "Mhm!" I muffle out.

"Take a good hard look at yourself and tell us you're not acting like one. You always resort to violence, because your brain's the size of a walnut!" Armin replies.

I guess we've gotten a little better at standing up for ourselves. I mean, take for example of what Armin just said. Neither of us would've said anything like that two years ago.

"Yeah!" I shout. The boy had removed his hand from my mouth.

"You can pummel us all you want! No, you can pummel me all you want! We've already won!" Armin exclaims.

"Yeah? Well, you know what? I'm a sore loser!" The boy admits and pulls his fist back.

"Stop! Please don't do this!" I beg. I don't want to see Armin get punched.

"Back off!" A familiar voice shouts.

I look over in that direction, as the boys let go of me and I fall to my knees. "Eren!"

These boys are not scared of Eren anymore, just like I knew they would grow to be. Even though they're not scared of him anymore and he always gets into fights with them, we are always rescued.

"Well, lookie here! He's back for more?" One of the boys that were holding me back asks.

"You think he would've learned his lesson by now." The boy that was holding Armin back stickers.

"Give this one to me." The another boy that was holding me back says, before gasping. "Oh sh*t! She's with him."

By she, they mean Mikasa. She became Eren's adopted sister about a week after we had known Eren himself. I'll admit. When Eren first introduced her to Armin and I, I was a little scared. She was quite intimidating and still is a little bit, but once I got to know her, she's actually really kind and has become another friend of mine.

"Run!" One calls out. "Just run!" So, they all ran away scared to death of Mikasa.

I get up and walk over to Armin and sit beside him. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah..." He nods stiffly. "Are you okay?"

I shrug. "My wrists hurt, but that's about it."

"Heh-heh." Eren chuckles, once him and Mikasa reach us. "That's all it takes. One look. I'm just that scary."

Armin and I look at each other, before looking at Eren. "Well, at least one of you are."

I walk over beside Eren and give him a gentle slap on his shoulder. "I don't mean to be rude, but I think Mikasa is the threat to them." I look back at her. "Thank you, by the way."

She nods, hiding her face in Eren's old scarf. "You're welcome..."

"Come on, Y/n. Do you seriously have to break me down like that?" Eren asks, slumping his shoulders a bit.

"I did say I didn't mean to be rude." I recall.

Armin nods. "Yeah. Y/n would never be mean on purpose, unless she absolutely had to be." He tries to stand up, but grunts in discomfort.

"Uh-" Eren walks over to him and offers him a hand to stand up. "Where'd they get you, Armin?"

I walk over in front of my brother. "I knew something was off when you said you were okay...why didn't you tell me what was wrong?"

He looks down. "It's alright. I'm okay now. I promise." He stands up on his own and leans against the wall. "See?"

"Alright then. Let's go sit by the water." I suggest, so we all walk to the steps that lead down into the nearby water.

"So, what happened this time?" Eren asks, once we had all taken a seat.

"Oh, they just heard us rattling on about how mankind's future lay beyond the walls." Armin answers.

I sat making a circle in the water with my foot. "With their walnut brains, as Armin put it, I doubt they even understood half of what we were saying, but still...that's what happened. We weren't even talking to them this time."

"Idiots!" Eren exclaims softly and throws a rock into the water, splashing very tiny droplets onto my skin. "Why's it got to be like this? Why can't people just let us dream?"

"The walls are a powerful idea..." Armin starts, making me look back at him. "We've survived for a hundred years because of them. No one's keen on tempting fate."

I get up and walk over to him. "You're not saying you agree with that sentiment, right?"

Armin waves his hands out in front of him. "No. Of course not. I can see where they're coming from, though." He looks down. "It's human nature. When all's said and done, the government's policies are a reflection of our fear."

"Yeah?" Eren looks out into the water. "Maybe the rest of the herd is, but I say to h*ll with them!"

"Eren." Mikasa warns. "Someone's going to hear you...keep it down."

"Why would I care?!" Eren asks. "You'll rat me out either way!"

"What?" Armin asks, looking up at Eren.

"Hold on." I climb onto the wall and sit next to him. "So, your parents know that you want to join the Scouts now?"

He nods. "Basically. They're not too pleased about it either."

Armin sighs. "Yeah. Big shock."

Eren looks out into the water again. "It's sad. What most people here are willing to settle for in exchange for some fleeting sense of security, you know?"

"And make no mistake..." Armin starts.

"It absolutely is fleeting...the walls won't hold forever...it's only a matter of time, before they break in." I finish. "I've felt that way for many ye-"

Suddenly, a very large vibration in the ground throws the four of us from our spots we were sitting.

I sit up and hold my head, since it hit the ground pretty hard. What on earth could that have been? Could our nightmares be becoming reality?

"Here. Take my hand." Mikasa instructs, holding her hand out to me.

I grab her hand and stand up. "Thank you, Mikasa."

She nods. "No problem."

"What do you suppose that was?" Armin asks, also holding his head.

"I don't know." Eren replies, looking down an alleyway.

There were men and women running toward the center of town, saying that the sound had come from where they were running.

Armin starts running down the alleyway to follow where all the other people were running.

"Armin!" I run after him.

"Hey!" Eren yells. "What are you two doing?!" I just assumed that him and Mikasa started running after us.

It wasn't long until Armin and I reached the town square and saw the horrifying sight that everyone else here was seeing.

"Talk to me!" Eren exclaims, now arriving beside us. "What's going on?! Some kind of explosion or-" I'm guessing he finally saw what we were seeing.

On top of the wall, there is the hand of a Titan just resting there with smoke emitting from it. I'm so scared right now. I don't think I'll be able to run away, if anything else were to happen.

"No! That's impossible!" Armin exclaims. "That wall's fifty meters high!"

"I-It's obviously possible, seeing as there is a hand resting there!" I reply.

"Oh God..." Eren gasps, as the Titan's face appeared above the wall. "It's a Titan..."

Suddenly, giants rocks, which are practically boulders, begin dropping all over town, crushing houses and...people.

I stumble back, falling onto the ground, where Armin is too. "T-This can't be happening. I-I mean, we were just talking about it and now...it's actually happening..."

"It...it blasted a hole." Armin notes. "As if it were kicking a rock..."

Titans begin flooding the area, causing people to start screaming and running like their lives depended on it, which it does now.

Armin helps me off the ground. "Come on! We have to get out of here!"

I see Eren walking towards the Titans. "Eren! No! What are you doing?!"

I can't even hear what Eren is saying because of all the screaming that's going on around us. Soon, Mikasa runs after Eren.

Armin reaches out to her. "Mikasa!" His hand starts shaking, so he pushes it down with his other hand. "This...this is the end. We-" He gulps. "Every last one us are going to be devoured!"

I let out a shaky breath. "Armin, we can't worry about getting eaten right now! Our first priority is that we need to find Grandpa and get to the boats like all these Garrison Cadets are ordering us to do!"

I grab him by his shoulders. "You hear me?! If we do that, we could make it out of this alive! No...we will make it out of this alive!"

He nods shakily. "Yeah...yeah, you're right. Let's go find Grandpa and go get on a boat!"

So, we started running toward our Grandpa's house, which was thankfully the opposite way from where the titans were coming in at. After we find Grandpa, we're getting on a boat with him. I can only pray that Eren and Mikasa will be able to join us on the boat or be able to get on another one.

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"Armin, Y/n. You two best have a seat." Grandpa suggests.

Thankfully, we found Grandpa and he was safe, so we all made our way to the boats and are now sitting on one. It's really crowed, because of all the people they're loading on here.

"We will." Armin replies. "We're just keeping an eye out for our friends."

"I hope they're okay..." I look back out at the crowd of people trying to get on the boat and once I do, I see Eren and Mikasa about to get on. "Armin, they're right there!"

Armin whips his head around and starts to call out to them, but I bring his hand down. Eren looked as though he'd seen death up close...he probably had.

The smile on my face quickly turned into a frown. "Eren..."

"I wouldn't try calling out right now." Grandpa suggests. "Give 'em their space. God only knows what they've just seen..."

"Ok, Grandpa..." I step down off my seat and sit down next to Armin, who was still standing.

I gently tug on Armin's sleeve, making him look down at me. "Just sit down. We'll go find Eren and Mikasa later..."

He nods. "Right..." He steps down and sits down in between Grandpa and I.

I'm guessing that Eren and Mikasa ran back to their house and they saw their mother get eaten. I doubt Dr. Jaeger was there, since he probably left to go to someone's house to treat them. I mean, he is a doctor.

Suddenly, the people that are not on the boat start yelling and shouting, asking why they're not letting anyone else on.

"I'm sorry!" A member of the Garrison apologizes. "This boat is at full capacity! Roll out!" The boat starts moving along the cable lines above us.

I turn around in my seat and sit on my knees to view the town that was once Shiganshina. There's smoke emitting from all over and there's fire in multiple places. We have no home anymore, and there's no way we can save it either.

Out of no where, a Titan comes bursting through the wall. It looks different from other Titans. It looks like it has armor on. That's very terrifying to know.

I bring my hands to my head. "Our home...it's gone. We're never going to be able to go home again..."

"Don't dwell on that thought. "Armin gets out of his seat and drags me out of my seat and gently pulls me behind him. "Let's go talk to Eren and Mikasa."

I walk to keep up with him. "Ok."

They weren't far from us. It took no time for us to spot the two of them. Eren seems upset, as he's now walking towards the side of the boat.

Armin is quick to grab his shoulder. "What's wrong? Do you see something?"

Eren roughly shoves Armin's hand off his shoulder and grips the railing of the boat.

"Eren-" I start.

"I'm going to put a stop to this!" Eren exclaims in a scary tone. "I'll kill them all! Every last one!"

"Eren..." Armin says softly.

Now that Eren has definitely made up his mind in wanting to kill every living titan, there's no way anyone is going to talk him out of becoming a Scout.

A/N: Hey, cadets! So...Bertolt and Rei- I mean, the Colossal Titan and Armored Titan have broken into Wall Maria and has caused panic throughout Shiganshina.

Anyways, I love writing them as kids, but I want to get to when they join the Training Camp. I can't wait until I get there. I hope you all enjoyed. Bye, cadets!

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