
Manipulation
A girl sits up.
She groans, as she feels so much pain.
Her vision is a bit blurry, and she has blood dripping down her right arm and her cheek.
The girl grabs her head slightly, as she begins to stand up.
She looks behind her, to see a piece of fallen debris.
And blood dripping down. "Oh god..." She says as she realized that blood was from her head.
Her hand slightly rubs the back of her head, she brings her hand back and looks at it.
Yup. Covered in blood. My head is bleeding... and a lot.
She begins to walk down the street. She remembers what had happened.
"Harper... Mom, please be okay..." Hayvon whispers.
After what felt like years, but in reality, was only three minutes, she hears a loud noise.
She looks up at what is in front of her.
Hayvon's eyes widen.
Three titans.
And they all are eating someone.
Thats why she didn't hear them coming. They weren't walking towards her; she was walking towards them.
One of them is two meters.
Another one is five meters.
And the last one is seven meters.
She gasps as they all turn to her, while they finish their snack.
"No.." She whispers, while backing up, eyes wide.
They all begin to walk towards her, as she turns around, and runs.
Thankfully, her legs and spine weren't injured, and she can run.
Thats one of the things she good at. Running fast.
Thats how she uses to win tag when playing with Eren, Mikasa, Harper and Armin.
Her eyes begin to fill with tears, while she's running, remembering memories with her sister and friends.
She can hear the titans begin to catch up with her.
When she suddenly gets a memory.
Or... can we even call it a memory? She doesn't remember this, and it seems more like this person is getting in her head.
"You must run. Run fast." It's a man.
It's the man that comes to her in her dreams.
She doesn't recognize him, but he seems so... familiar.
"Run as fast as you can, Hayvon. Your mother and sister need you."
This makes her run as fast as she can, not that she wasn't before, but she has never run this fast.
When suddenly she sees a figure next to her.
Brown, long hair, and green eyes.
He reminds me of an older version of Eren.
"Stop." What?
"Stop running, Hayvon."
Hayvon goes wide eyed.
How does this man know her name?
"Stop. Now!"
Hayvon felt herself come to a stop.
And she can't bring herself to move anymore.
The man is now behind her.
"Good job." And then he leaves. He just fades away.
She drops to her knees.
Why can't she move?
Why can't she bring herself to move?
Is this how Harper felt?
Who is that man?
Why did he remind me so much of Eren?
She can feel the titans get closer.
Tears begin to roll down her face, when the man in her dreams comes back, "No! Don't listen to him! If you go down this route, the world won't be saved the right way!"
She looks at him and sees the same red bandana she has.
Though, she just carries it around, he has it around his neck.
Who is this man?
And what does he mean, 'the world won't be saved the right way?'
"Hayvon! You can save the world! Right here and right now! Just don't move! Don't run!" The man who looks like Eren says.
"Please! Hayvon! Run!"
She puts her hands over her ears...
Who do I listen to?
"Hayvon! I am your father! You must listen to me! Now run!" The man with the red bandana yells.
Hayvon goes wide eyed...
My father?
"Hayvon.. Do not listen to him. Remember what Abigail always said. You are your own person. Just because they're your parent, does not mean you have to listen to them. Please, just stay put"
How does he know my mom's name?
And why... did he say 'said'? As in past tense...
"Listen to me, now! Run!" The man yells in her ear, as she covers her ears more, though it's not helping.
"Hayvon. Stay. If you stay, you get to see Harper, Mikasa, Armin and I again."
Her eyes go wide again, the number of times her eyes went wide, they should be popping out of her skull.
He said... I... Harper, Mikasa, Armin and... I...
This is... Eren?
"Don't listen to the boy! Hes manipulating you!" The man, who is apparently my father, yells.
Hes my father... She thinks and she begins to get up. "No! Hayvon, don't! Please!" Older Eren says in a panic.
The man starts to smirk.
I hear the titans getting closer, as the two men disappear, as I get ready to run.
But I don't move.
Something is holding my shoulder.
I turn around, to see a girl in a white, and dirty dress thing.
She has blonde hair, with bangs, and blue eyes.
"Athena... Do not move."
Athena? She used my last name.
But now I couldn't bring myself to move.
Two people. Two people told me not to move.
But if I don't move. The titans will get me...
Tears roll down my face, as I stay in place.
The titans will get me any second now.
"Ymir Fritz." Was what the girl said, before fading away, as I feel the touch of her hand, fade away.
In replacement of her hand. A giant one wraps out my body.
I'm going to get eaten.
I listened to them, and I'm going to die.
But... Eren said... I would get to see them again...
Did... did he lie?
Was my 'father' right...? Was he manipulating me?
I begin to accept my fate.
But the titans hand gets chopped off.
I gasp, as my body begins to fall to the ground.
I feel someone grab me and fly off.
A soldier.
Eren didn't lie.
I'm going to survive.
We land on the wall. I guess he needs to take a break.
Or that's what I thought. He turns around, bending down and grabbing my shoulders. "Are you the sister?"
I look at the blonde soldier... "Well... I have a sister, but I don't know if I'm the sister you're talking about..."
He sighs, "Is your mother a brown-haired pretty lady?" I nod, "And is your sister..." He looks at me, and sighs "Is she your younger twin?" I nod again.
"I thought she meant older by a few years, not a few minutes." He sighs again, "As long as your safe."
He then furrows his eyebrows, "What were you thinking, kid? Why'd you stop running?"
I'm not sure what to tell him.
"I'm... not sure..." I speak.
"Well, honestly, good thing you did." I look at him, it's a good thing I stopped. "If you hadn't stopped you probably would have gotten too far, and I wouldn't have rescued you. I guess stopping saved your life"
I gasp. So then...
"Maybe a spirit from the future saved your life or something." He tries to make a joke, to calm this child down.
But all it does was make her realize.
If she had listened to 'her father' she would have died. He tried to get her killed.
Future Eren... saved her life?
And that blonde girl...
If it wasn't for her... I wouldn't have listened...
What did she say her name was again?
Ymir Fritz?
I think that was her name. Ymir Fritz.
Is she also someone I know in the future?
"Well, let's go. Got to get you back to your mother and sister." He stands up, "Wait..." She speaks.
He looks down at her, "Hm?"
She smiles at the man, "What's your name? I want to remember you forever." Her eyes light up.
He smiles at her, "Erwin Smith. What's yours?"
"Hayvon Athena. My mother is Abigail Athena, and my twin is Harper Athena."
He tilts his head, "No father then?" he whispers.
"No need to whisper it." His eyes go wide, "Oh, you heard that?" She nods. "Sorry kid..." he scratches the back of his head.
"No need. My father..." She trails off, her father tried to kill her... "My biological father doesn't matter to me. He died when I was young. I was too young to remember him."
He has a sad look on his face as he looks at Harper, "But I have a father figure, so it's all good."
Hayvon feels like she could be happy again, now that she knows everyone, she cares about is okay, and she's safe on the wall.
Wait... "Is Keith Shadis, okay?!" Erwin looks shocked, "Oh-" Then he remembers what Harper said.
"Wait is Commander your father figure?" She nods multiple times. He smiles, "Yeah, he's fine."
She smiles back, "Thats good."
She got on to his back, and he flew back down.
All the boats are gone.
"Excuse me..." Hayvon whispers in his ear.
"Hm?" She looks at where the boats were, "If all the boats are gone... How will I get there?"
----------- Back to Eren, Mikasa, and Armin
Mikasa groans, "Where are they?"
Armin begins to pace back and forth, "Oh my god. Oh my god." He has tears blooming in his eyes.
Eren also has tears in his eyes.
They've been searching and asking around for Hayvon and Harper.
But nothing.
Nobody has seen them, and they can't find them.
A soldier walks up to them, "Hey! Kids! Stop pacing around. You'll waste energy and we aren't giving you extra food!"
Mikasa looks up, "Sorry, it's just that our friends-" He cuts her off.
"Your friends aren't here?" The three of them just shake their heads, "Then they're dead. Don't worry about if they're going to come back, because they won't. You'll never see them again, and that's that."
The soldier walks off.
Because of what he said, Armin is now sobbing.
Even Mikasa has tears in her eyes.
Eren has tears rolling down his face, "They aren't dead! Hayvon wouldn't let anything happen to Harper! And then Hayvon is too stubborn to die!"
Mikasa nods, "Yeah..."
Armin is still just sobbing.
Suddenly, they hear something.
"Guys!"
They all turn around and feel a load of relief.
Harper.
They run to Harper, and Armin straight away hugs her, "Oh my god! Oh my god! I thought you were dead!"
Harper shakes her head, "What kind of scout would I be if I died before I could even join the training corps?" She tries to put on a fake smile, but she can't
Her and Abigail are alive, but she can't say anything for Hayvon.
The trio gasp as tears start to flood Harper's face. She still has that fake smile.
"Harp! What's wrong?" Armin tries to find out what's wrong straight away.
Eren looks around, "Wait, Harper, where's Hayvon?"
Mikasa gasps, and also looks around.
Harper just begins to sob.
Why didn't I just go and help Hayvon first?
I should have not listened to her!
I should have gone to her first...
"Harp! Where is she?!" Armin grabs her shoulders.
"Where is Hayvon?!" Mikasa steps forward.
"Come on! Tell us!" Eren shouts.
"Guys... stop she's probably overwhelmed..." Armin tries to calm them down.
But it doesn't work, Eren and Mikasa have always been closer to Hayvon.
Armin and Harper have been closer, because they are both calmer, and enjoy reading books together.
The two continue to ask Harper where her older sister is.
Harper eventually covers her ears, "I don't know! I don't know, okay?!"
With all the people talking around her, people fighting over food, and her friends bombarding her with questions about her sister, that even she doesn't know. It's too much.
"What do you mean you don't know?!" Eren steps towards her more.
"We were getting mom! Hayvon was running to the house and a piece of debris fell!" Harper looks at the trio, with tears falling down her face.
The trio's eyes go wide.
"So then... she's-" Mikasa starts, but Harper cuts her off, "No! -" She sighs, and tries her best to wipe off the tears, "I don't think so... she basically flew through another house when the debris landed."
Armin looks at Harper, "You didn't go make sure she was, okay?"
Harper shakes her head, "She yelled for me to find mom, and by time I did, a soldier took us to a boat."
Eren has tears running down his face, "So then you left her there to die?!"
Harper looks at Eren, "What? No! The soldier said he would go back for her! He just needed to bring us somewhere safe!"
Mikasa looks at her, "Soldiers these days are lying pigs! -" but she gets cut off.
"Dear... we need to go." Abigail turns the corner.
She is all patched up now, but her bandages still have a little blood on them.
And for some odd reason.
There's what looks like smoke, emitting from her cuts.
"Ms. Abigail, are you okay?!" Armin looks at his friend's mother.
She smiles, "I'm okay."
They can't see her injuries though; they all are covered by bandages.
But Harper saw them. And she knows.
Even with it patched up, there's no way a human could survive that.
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