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Year 845: The Fall of Wall Maria
Dust and rubble flew by her, her breath catching in her throat. The unthinkable had happened. Wall Maria had been breached and titans were flooding in. The only world she’d ever known was shattering right before her eyes.
She’d only looked back for a second, but that was long enough to make her stumble over in fear. Her parents rushed to her side, trying to help their daughter to rise to her feet.
“Oh, I’m glad you’re safe!”
“Are you alright? We have to get out of here, quickly!”
Edna’s mother took her hand and began to run, but a deafening sound caught the attention of both her parents. They turned around, and before she could do anything, her father shoved her out of the way and then…
The sound cut out. There was a ringing in her ears, and the sounds of people screaming suddenly sounded muffled. Edna looked on in horror at the spot where her parents had previously been, replaced with a piece of debris so large that it could’ve been a home. She numbly acknowledged a stranger tugging at her and forcing her to run to safety, staring back in horror as she ran.
A titan that almost looked like a statue barreled through the opening in wall Shiganshina, eyes like fire and breathing steam. It couldn’t have been possible, but she felt like that titan’s eyes locked with her own. If the stranger pulling her to safety hadn’t been so determined, she would have been frozen in place.
She felt herself reliving the memory of the Armored Titan over and over once on a boat to safety. She’d later relive it countless times after that. She drew her knees up and hugged them.
“I’ll kill you. There won’t be one titan left in the world when I’m through with you.” A kid around the same age as herself promised, clutching at the rail of the boat and staring out after the titans pouring in. Edna found herself agreeing with the sentiment, one hand balling into a fist.