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Prologue

The Night of the Awakening

It's dark. Eren can't see anything. Sometimes there are splashes of color and noises in the background. He can't make anything of them. He tries to see behind the blur. Sometimes he can make out faces. Colors, yellow blue and green glowing and looking at him. He can't breath.

"Eren." He hears his name and abruptly wakes up. He turns to see his adopted sister Mikasa. She is staring with worry in her eyes. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Eren lies. He can't tell her that he's dreaming and feeling like they're real. Before he can come up with an excuse he yawns. It seems he had fallen asleep in class. These days it happens often. Even with all the sleep he's tired. "Don't worry Mikasa. Let's go and meet Armin." He says before sliding his backpack on. He had slept through most of the classes anyway.

Eren and Mikasa walked to the door with the rest of the students intending to go out of the classroom when Mr. Levi calls on his name. Eren inwardly flinches. They're literary teacher is not very friendly.

"Jaegar wait." Mr. Levi seemed a bit annoyed. Eren wonders why. He puts his glasses down and sighs. "I have something important to talk to you about."

Eren inwardly grimaces. "Yes, Mr. Levi." He signals Mikasa to go on without him. She gives a heated glare towards Mr. Levi before nodding and walking away. She will probably wait for him together with Armin. She isn't entirely convinced he's fine however lets this go.

Eren looks back at his teacher. He seems to have put his glasses back on. He was fixing the paper. As he stands next to Mr. Levi he notices he is taller than him. The man is short but Eren once saw him take his shirt off in the pool. He is rigged and beautiful in an manly way. Eren doesn't know why but there is something weird about him.

"Jaeger." He states with his authoritive tone. Eren stiffens. He has no idea if he has done something wrong and feels embarrassed for checking out his teacher.

"I'm sorry for sleeping in class. It won't happen again." Eren quickly says to divert his attention. Better safe than sorry.

"Huh? I don't care about that." Mr. Levi seems annoyed. Eren is surprised. He was sure that was the reason why he asked him to stay back. Or could he read minds? Nah that couldn't be!

"I don't understand."

Mr. Levi takes a deep breath. He seems to be contemplating something. Then he looks straight at him. "Do you see strange things?"

Eren raises his eyebrow in confusion. What is the teacher trying to say? Seeing his expression Levi coughs. "Tomorrow's your birthday isn't it Jaeger? The day you'd become 16."

Eren nods not understanding where this is going. He suddenly feels sleepy and yawns. Eren get's embarrassed and blushes. "I'm sorry sir I..."

"You're dismissed." Mr. Levi flippantly says with a wave.

"Huh?"

"You're dismissed."

Eren quickly gets out of the classroom being very confused. In his haste to leave he misses the way his teacher's eyes flash blue from his usual grey just for a split second.

Eren rushes out of the classroom and sees Mikasa and Armin talking to each other. He stares fondly, just a few seconds before walking up to them. He hopes these days will go on forever.

Eren is at his usual place after school. It's the dojo where he studies martial arts. It's one of the only places he finds joy. Eren isn't a bad student. If he works diligently he gets good results. He does his best in what he puts his mind into it. He happens to love martial arts.

Eren takes a defending stance as Annie starts attacking. He takes notice of her moves. There's a punch there avoid it to the left. She's going to kick, block it and then launch your attack. But just as he launched his attack sudden dizziness struck him. The world started to become blurry and before he knew it a thick black blanket covered everything.

When Eren wakes up he notices that everything is white. He can't make of all the white until his disoriented head settles and he comes to the conclusion that he's in the dojo infirmary. He sits up when he can see the ceiling but somehow almost falls again. He clutches his head while squinting his eyes. Slowly the dizziness subsides.

He looks at the curtains when the white sheets are moved to a side by a pale hand revealing Annie. She's still wearing her gi. She looks her usual stoic self but he can see the underlined worry in her eyes. She's short but packs quite a punch for her size. And Eren can say that he has mastered the art of reading her expression which is hardly there.

"Eren are you okay? Maybe you should call it quits for today. Beating up sick people just isn't my stick."

Eren chuckles before nodding. "Sorry. I don't know if I'm sick I just suddenly felt..." he stops midway when Annie touches his forehead. Her hands are cool against his damp skin. Eren just stares as Annie retracts her hand.

"You don't seem to have a fever." She says softly.

It was already in the late evening. All the windows are open and because of it the room was cold. All the curtains are fluttering and in the midst of it Annie seemed unearthly.

"Yeah. I'll just be going now." Eren slowly says, he can't help but think she looks beautiful. He gets down from the bed and fixes his obi. "I'll see you tomorrow then." He tells her over his shoulder before leaving the room. Annie doesn't stir. She stays there. Just as a strong gust of winds goes by she slowly brings the hand that she touched Eren closer to her nose and takes a sniff.

"Yes. He is the one." She says as her eyes starts glowing ominously.

Eren changes his clothes and goes out of the dojo. As he walks back to the apartment that he shares with Mikasa, he feels a chill run down his spine. He can't help but speed up his steps.

Eren's head is dizzy and he can barely see by the time he reaches his apartment. He rings the doorbell. There is a pounding in his head that is making him unable to stand still. Mikasa opens the door and is barely on time to catch Eren as he falls down.

Mikasa takes him back to his bed and puts him down but Eren can't feel it. There are just too many noises that his mind can't filter. The giant clock on the dining room makes a sound that indicates its past midnight. He feels hot like he's burning up. He feels something spilling out from inside of him. He's sweating and there are strange noises outside and he can see them through the window. Silhouettes' of things perched around the surrounding places. They are watching him.

Mikasa just stares helplessly Eren thrashes around the bed. He's body is sweating. And he's gripping the sheets. She just stares in worry as her adopted brother's pupil slits.

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