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"Erity!" Eren exclaims happily as he, Mikasa and Armin approached their house in Shinganshina. It was a simple house with a garden outside where a small girl was playing with her toys.
"Ah, Eren! Mikasa! Armin!" Erity's mom, Flora Agawa greets as she went outside of the door.
Flora Agawa was a beautiful woman, she had long brown hair and ocean blue eyes. She always had a kind smile on her face which made it hard for people to dislike her.
Erity grinned with joy before running to give Mikasa a hug, the black haired girl widened her eyes before softening her gaze and returning it.
Erity Agawa was adorable, a beauty some might say but she was only 10 years old so that would be quite creepy.
She had long black hair and bright blue eyes that shined brighter than the stars in the night, her face was pale but there were always a light pink color that dusted her cheeks.
She had her hair tied up as she wore a pair of long pants underneath the dress her mother handpicked for her today.
"You missed the scouts coming back today" Eren sighs as he placed an arm around Erity who rolled her eyes and pushed it off of her shoulders.
"I know- but mom told me to help her wash the dishes so I didn't make it in time" Erity stuck her tongue out at her mom who laughs before ruffling her hair.
"Mom! My ponytail is a mess now" Erity mumbled and her mom just shook her head with a fond smile.
"I'll tie it for you again, come here- please wait a bit Mikasa, Eren and Armin" Flora says and the other three kids nodded before sitting infront of Erity and Flora who was tying Erity's hair back.
"Okay!" Armin exclaims "Erity, have I told you about the-"
"-the sea?" Erity completed and Armin's face flushed red before nodding.
"You four should stop getting yourselves into trouble" Flora sighs before poking Eren's nose, causing him to flinch and blink before pouting.
"It's fine, mom" Erity grins "Eren doesn't give up and he shouldn't! I think he's cool!"
"H- Me too!" Armin nodded as well, Mikasa stayed silent before looking back at Eren who was grinning at the sight of Erity and Armin.
"There- all done, you all can go play now" Flora says and the four children all stood up before waving goodbye to Erity's mom.
"Where are we going?" Erity asks "The scouts already came and I don't think the other people want to play with us"
"Then let's talk about it by the stairs" Eren says before sitting down in their usual spot, Erity taking her place next to Mikasa as she looked at the river before grabbing a pebble and throwing it into the water.
They all sat in a comforting silence before Erity stared at the walls encasing the area
"Do you think the wall is going to hold up forever?" Erity asks suddenly "Do you think that there are more people out there? People we don't know of?"
"The wall has been protecting us from the titans for 100 years" Armin says "I think it's fine that the wall would hold up, but I'm not for nor against it"
"But don't you want to see outside the walls?" Erity hums "Maybe the people out there are suffering from the titans too"
"We never know" Armin looks down to his feet
"I want to join the scout regiment" Erity says making the other three widen their eyes at their black haired friend.
"Y-You?" Armin asks "The scout regiment?"
"I want to get out of these walls" Erity mumbled "Anyways, Eren wants to join the Scouts as well! I can be by his side!"
"I don't think I can anymore, she outed me" Eren says and both Armin and Erity looked at Mikasa.
"I never promised to not tell" Mikasa says calmly as she stared into the river
"Your parents know about the scouts?" Armin asks
"Yeah, they're not too pleased about that" Eren sighs
"I understand, mom almost threw a spoon at me when I told her that I wanted to join the scouts" Erity looked down "I think it has something to do with my dad"
Erity's dad had joined the Scouts Regiment before he settled down with her mom, before Erity turned 5- he was announced as missing, most probably dead after an expedition had gone wrong.
"It's sad that people would settle for this for some fleeting sense of security" Eren says "You know?"
"There's no mistake that it is fleeting" Armin says "The walls can't hold forever, only a matter of time"
"I think it'll hold on for enough" Erity sighs and the four looked back at the river before a huge lightning strikes, the impact was so large that all the kids flew up in return.
"What was that?" Eren asks as he rubs his head in pain, Erity groaned as she accidentally landed on her butt- Mikasa went over to her and helped her up before they saw Armin staring at the people rushing to look at one side, pointing at something.
Armin rushed out to follow them, making Erity quickly follow as her heart pounded out of her chest.
Erity arrived to where the people all were and she looked at Armin confused before she turned to the direction they were staring at- her eyes widened in shock as her knees felt weak.
"What's going on?" Eren's voice echoed from the back of her mind and Erity unconsciously pointed at the wall.
A red hand gripped onto the top of it before cracking the top pieces.
"Remember what I said before?" Erity whispered in fear "I was wrong"
"That's impossible! That wall is 50 meters high!" Eren muttered to himself and Erity looked at Mikasa who was no different.
A skinless face of musle appeared over the wall and Erity dropped to her knees, causing Mikasa and Eren to shout for her worriedly.
"Get up" Mikasa hissed as she brought Erity up, the two girls looked back at the being in horror.
"It's a.. titan" Erity mumbled "But- how?"
The titan kicked open the gates at the walls of Maria and Erity let out a small scream as rocks flew all over the place.
"It blasted a hole through the wall like it was kicking a rock" Eren exhaled
Then out of the darkness of the gates came out a tall 10 meter titan, it had no lips nor reproduction organs- it's teeth formed up into a smile as it looked at the area with wicked eyes.
"RUN!" People screamed "IT BREACHED THE WALL!"
"We have to go" Armin whispered before Eren ran to the direction of the titans.
"My house is in that direction, mom is all alone" Eren whispered before running off, Mikasa following suit.
"Eren!" Erity screamed "Mikasa!"
She ran over to follow them but Armin held her hand back.
"Eren and Mikasa could die and mo-" Erity cried as she looked back at Armin before her eyes widened and her face drained of color.
"Mom" Erity whispered before running over to follow them, her house was not far from their direction.
"Erity!" She heard Armin yell but she shook her head and ran over to her house- which was still intact.
"Mom!" She screamed out and turned around the area, only to find nobody.
"Mom!" She yelled again before she stopped at the sound of someone letting out a shriek of pain.
"Mom" She muttered before snapping her head and quickly going over to the direction of the sound.
"Erity" She heard someone exhaled and she looked down from a large piece of rubble to see her mom crushed underneath it.
"Mama" Erity's eyes filled with tears before she looked at the rocks above her- she couldn't pick it up, there were too many.
Her mom's upper body was out but her legs were crushed and her stomach was covered in blood.
"Erity, you have to go" Her mom whispered "You have to go my darling"
"But Mom, I can't leave without you" Erity cried as tears streamed down her eyes
"Erity, I love you- you have to go" Her mom says before struggling as her hand motioned forward.
Erity crawled to her mom's hand as her mom wiped her eyes with a handkerchief- it was ocean blue, the same color of her mom's eyes.
"You're my daughter- you're my lovely daughter" Flora whispered "Now if you love me, you have to run and save yourself"
"But-But mom" Erity choked on her sob and her mother smiled at her before a rumbling thud started shaking the area.
"GO!" Her mom yelled "If the titans see you here then you're going to be eaten-"
"But if go, then you will be eaten" Erity whimpered and Flora looked at her daughter with tears.
"I'm going to be there for you always" Flora says and Erity held onto the blue handkerchief.
Erity looked up to the wall to see an armored titan, it's head was searching around the area before it's eyes landed on her.
It stopped walking and paused as it looked at her, Erity's eyes widened in fear as she started shaking and grabbed her mom's hand.
"I'm not leaving you! I'm not leaving you-"
"Flora!" Erity and Flora's eyes snapped to look over and see a Garrison Soldier, Karlos running over to them.
"Take Erity" Flora begged to him and the Garrison soldier looked at the mess Flora was in and he scrunched his face in fear and defeat- she wouldn't make it, even if he saved her.
"Please, take my Erity and run from here- I'll hold the titan off long enough for you all to get to the boats" Flora cried, Erity doing the same thing as she held onto her mother's hand tightly.
"It's my final request, Karlos- please" Flora yelled with all the life she had left in her.
Karlos looked over to Erity and Flora before nodding and grabbing Erity, hoisting her up onto his shoulder. The black haired girl was screaming as she held her hand out to her mom who smiled at her for the last time.
"MOM!" Erity screamed in agony before a titan turned the corner and walked towards Flora, it grabbed the woman out of the rubble and Flora- accepting her death just looked over to Erity who was screaming for her.
"I love you" Flora mouthed before closing her eyes as the titan's jaw crushed the woman's body.
"MOM!" Erity cried, her heart had dropped and her life crashed at the moment- her body was shaking from the tears before she looked away from the scene.
Erity's eyes looked at the walls in daze as she didn't realize- something was looking at the whole scene unfold, it had stopped in it's place as their eyes looked at the girl in pity- it was heartbreaking but the mission must go on.
Karlos held in the tears in his eyes as he ran as fast as he could to the boats where his comrades saw him holding Erity, she stared onto the floor with widened eyes of shock and fear, the scene had paralyzed her in a state of anguish.
"Erity Agawa" Garrison Soldier, Hannes says in worry and he turned to Karlos who had a single tear stream down his tanned cheek.
"Is Flora?" Hannes asks as he looked down, his eyes darkening- he got not answer from Karlos and Hannes took a deep breath before a female soldier allowed Erity to go in, directing her to the side of the boat where the girl saw Eren and Mikasa.
"Eren, Mikasa" Erity muttered and the female soldier looked at her before nodding and Erity slid down on the wall next to Mikasa whose face was hiding in her maroon scarf.
Mikasa turned to Erity and her breath hitched to see Erity in a horrible mental state, her hair was still in a neat ponytail but her cheeks were wet and stained with tears, her eyes were wide in shock and her hands were shaking from how things played out.
"Erity" Mikasa whispered and Erity turned to Mikasa before she looked back to the gates at the sounds of screaming and heavy thumping.
The armored titan was running at incredible speed to the gate, the police were running to get out of it's way but it was too late as the titan burst through the gates- knocking everyting out of it's way.
Erity used all her strengths to stand up and she turned to face the titan who looked up from the smoke seeping out of the area and stared back at her.
"Oh my fucking god"