You arrived at your destination. At this point, you were starting to wake up. But at the same time, not fully awake.
"Oh come on Y/n...you can't sleep right now. We have to go." Armin said while pulling your arm, trying to wake you up.
You groaned lightly and slumped a bit, refusing to open your eyes.
"Ha...?" You didn't know what was happening.
"Come on Y/n..." Armin shook you slightly, but you were still having trouble seeing and trying to figure out your surroundings.
"This is the worse time for her to take a nap right now," Eren muttered.
"Y/n, we're here." Mikasa gently told you.
"Oh..." You nodded while yawning.
You rubbed your eyes, but Eren grew impatient. Instead, he grabbed your arm and began pulling you out of the carriage.
"Eh--!?" You yelped.
What was his problem! You tugged to let him go.
As Eren pulled you along, you entered a small room and waited for Captain and Pastor Nick to come back. Hange has gone off somewhere.
By then, you were fully awake. Yet you were staring off to space a bit, lost in thought. Or in a trance.
"You said Y/n was getting better. But are you sure she's alright?" Mikasa asked.
"Maybe she's still not over what happened with Annie. She's most likely tired like Eren is right now. Not to mention she did just learn that she was a titan shifter. Eren, you knew about it right? What happened when she transformed?" Armin asked Eren.
"..." Eren remained quiet. Mikasa and Armin continued to gaze, concerned about his silence.
"You're not saying anything, Eren," Mikasa spoke.
"Did something bad happen...?" Armin asked.
"..."
"Eren, what happened!?" Armin asked again.
"...back when our squad died, Annie attacked her. She killed her...Y/n died..."
Mikasa and Armin's eyes widened.
"She was dead...?"
"Dead!?"
"She was supposed to dead! I checked her! She wasn't breathing or moving. She was gone...or at least I thought..." Eren continued.
"When I was fighting Annie--no, the female titan, in my titan form...Y/n came back to life. She transformed and just went on a rampage. She was attacked Annie, threw her off of me. Then she attacked me...I couldn't fight back. She nearly killed before Annie stepped in again. I--I just watched as she tried to kill Annie. I couldn't do anything! Even as a titan, she still overpowered me!" Eren explained.
Armin and Mikasa stood there in silence, taking in what they've heard.
"Was her fighting style...the same when she was a titan?" Mikasa asked.
"Yeah. But it was also weird. Her body changed, like changed itself on its own. When Annie tried using her hardening against her, she was able to change her body to deflect it."
"Change the way her titan form is at will?" Armin asked himself.
"I don't know! I don't know how she was able to!? But I know what I saw that day, I'm not lying!"
"I know you're not lying Eren." Mikasa replied.
You walked up to them, acting completely unaware of their conversation.
"Y/n!" Armin exclaimed, not expecting you to come on them so quick.
You lifted an eyebrow.
"I was just explaining to them when you first transformed. I told you before, right?"
You nodded.
'How about you?'
"Huh?"
'Do you see me differently?' You signed.
"Of course not."
"No."
Mikasa shook her head.
'I overheard. Sorry.'
"Again with that?" Eren asked.
'Maybe stop talking about me behind my back.'
Eren sighed.
"Point taken..."
You four heard footsteps approaching, it was Pastor Nick and Levi.
"So, what happened? Did you get any answers out from him!?" Armin asked.
For the first time, Pastor Nick spoke.
"Although what I saw today is something I would never want anyone to go through. But I must keep my word," he said.
You all were not happy about that.
What kind of bullcrap excuse was that!?
"But...I would give you the name of the person who also knows the secret of the titans inside the wall."
....
You all gathered in front of Pastor Nick, listening to his words carefully.
"...she has royal blood who has known of the wall titans for quite some time. She has taking hiding in the survey corps and developed a fake name," he explained.
He's talking about a person who knows about the wall titans?
Royal blood? Fake name? Hiding in the scouts?
Then that must mean we might know them.
But it could be anyone...unless.
Krista...
Despite her fake kindness towards you, you've always had suspicions about her. She carried an aura that spelled mysterious. It made sense that she could possibly have royal blood.
"Wait...she's apart of 104th scouts!" Eren exclaimed.
"She's the one with blonde hair, right?" Mikasa asked.
"Yes! She's the cute girl that always hangs out with Ymir."
"You mean Krista." Eren corrected.
"Hm!" You raised your hand. Everyone turned to you.
"Wait, Y/n? You knew all along too?" Armin asked.
'I wouldn't say I knew. But she seemed to have a fake attitude when we first met. My suspicions were high on her.' You signed.
"I should really consider going to you if you could read people so easily..." Eren joked, causing you to chuckle a bit.
You then went off to do your own thing, staring into space. You didn't even notice Pastor Nick talking about you.
....
Nick looked towards your direction as you spaced out.
"Who is that girl?" he pointed towards you.
Eren turned around and noticed he was pointing at you.
"Her name's Y/n. Why do you need to know?" Eren asked, feeling uneasy.
"The other titan shifter I presume?"
The group inwardly flinched at this.
"How do you know that?" Armin asked, growing suspicious.
Only the king, military police, and survey corps should know that information. How would a wall priest know you're a titan shifter.
Nick stayed quiet again before speaking.
"And that eyepatch...was she injured in battle?"
"T-That's none of your concern!" Hange butted in.
Nick thought for a moment.
Your features were awfully familiar to someone he's heard about before, but it couldn't quite figure it out.
But he knew one thing...she was a part of something important.
You turned your head and noticed Nick staring at you, your eye slightly widened as you looked away, uncomfortable.
You quickly noticed the atmosphere in the room changed, your eye went towards the others. You gave them an uncomfortable yet confusing look.
"Y/n...there's something we need to talk about." Eren says, quickly changing the subject.
That turned you away from being stared at.
As they began to explain the situation, Pastor Nick continues to stare at you.
"She looks awfully familiar to that girl they were referring to all those years before. She couldn't possibly be related to-"
He felt a hard slap against his head. He looked down to see Levi sending him a glare.
"Hey. This is not the time to be ogling at girls. Don't forget why you're here." he glared at Nick harder.
"Don't let me catch you staring at her again," he added darkly before walking off.
Nick only stared at Levi, his eyes growing blank.
"She doesn't belong here." Was all he said.
....
Your tension eased as your friends explained your exact theory, yet you were still weirded out by Pastor Nick's intense stare.
He was studying you. But why...?
"Oof!" Eren grunted as someone bumped into him.
You all looked behind him to see Sasha panting like she's been running all the way here.
"Sasha?" Eren asked.
"Where did you come from?" Mikasa added.
"Sasha!!" You thought.
Your eyes widened in excitement as you rushed towards her and gave her a tight hug.
"Missed you too, Y/n." she slightly muttered.
Where has she been!? You haven't heard from her, Connie, or any of the others since the conflict with the female titan.
You heard about troops being sent out to the walls, could that be where they have gone? That must be where Krista is too!
Hange approached you and Sasha immediately got out of your grip.
She tried to look professional, but you found it adorable.
"I-I...was sent to give a message from Commander Erwin. Who has instructed me to give this to you Section Commander!" Sasha bowed her head down, holding out the message.
Hange blinked a couple of times.
"Uh...okay then. Excellent work." they quickly took the message and handed Sasha a potato.
"Where have they been keeping that?" You thought.
Sasha lifted up her head and smiled widely. She instantly took a huge bite off of it. You giggled slightly and patted her head before going to join the others.
Armin helped you with your odm gear while Mikasa helped with Eren's. You were going to find Krista and get some answers out of her, hopefully.
Levi delivers one final speech of wisdom and you all head off.
But at the same time, why did you have a terrible feeling in your gut.
But you can't help it...since this world of yours is full of cruelty and betrayal...
Who knows who might go against you all next?
You stopped in your tracks for a moment. You had a pretty good idea who they are.
You thought back to Marco's talk, then Annie, Reiner, and Bertholdt's talk about you. Annie was already proven to be a traitor.
It made sense for Reiner and Bertholdt to be traitors as well. But you had a feeling you weren't the only one who had a feeling something was off about them.
"..." your eyebrows furrowed as you felt guilt eating away at you.
You weren't about to lose this life, even if it meant manipulating others.