Eren’s titan’s arm was already reeling back for a punch before its legs could form. With a hard thrust forwards, Eren’s titan’s fist plowed into the Armored Titan’s face, smashing it against the wall. Mikasa watched as Eren’s titan fell to the ground and the Armored Titan tumbled down the wall and to the bottom.

“EREN!” she shouted.

The sound of the Colossal Titan shouting up above her made her look up at the half formed behemoth. Seeing it brought her to great anger.

If only I just cut off their heads back then, she thought. I, of all people, could have done it too. Why couldn’t…

Mikasa suddenly remembered the scared looks on the faces of the two people she considered her friends before she disfigured their bodies. Mikasa took a rough, guilty sigh.

There won’t be another chance… she resolved. Never again…

On the other side of the wall, Annie swung down to the supply carts where Erwin and Levi stood, wondering what was happening and what had happened.

“Annie!” Levi shouted. “The Colossal Titan has appeared.”

“I realize!” she yelled. “We have to move these carts now!”

Erwin nodded running to Kirill’s cart. Levi and Annie both ran to the horses on the cart containing the cure. Up on the wall, the Colossal Titan raised both arms into the sky. Hanji gasped knowing what was to come.

“MEN!” she ordered. “Get off the wall!”

As Hanji, Kirill, and others leapt from the walls, Hanji looked back to where Armin and the other ponies still were.

Come on, guys… she hoped.

Twilight, Armin, Applejack, Spike, and Rainbow Dash looked with horror as they saw both of the Colossal Titan’s arms swinging down. The left arm swung north in front of it at Hanji and the soldiers, and the right swung south right at them. Its massive arms were slow, but they would be lethal once they hit something.

“Guys!” shouted Twilight. “Jump northwest off the wall!”

“But, Twilight,” objected Applejack, “that’s right into its arm’s–”

“Just go!” Twilight shouted, galloping towards her destination.

As Spike ran to follow Twilight, Armin picked Spike up and ran to follow her. Rainbow Dash and Applejack made their own way off the wall. While Rainbow Dash and Twilight flew up and out of harm’s way, Armin let go of Spike as Applejack and the two of them fell down and out of the titan’s way.

Launching their hooks, the three of them swung to the wall’s north side as they watched the Colossal Titan’s arm plowed just beside them into the wall, spraying rock and boulder over the area. Looking to their left, they watched the rock fly off the wall to the north, the soldiers there frantic enough to jump north scrambling to avoid the debris that hit several unfortunates.

On the south side of the wall east of the Colossal Titan, Hanji, Kirill, Jean, Fluttershy, Auruo, and Petra, swung to the side of the wall, looking out at the damage the titan made behind it. The Armored Titan, seeing this, stuck close to the wall and watched as the pieces of stone fell about where Eren’s titan was laying. Mikasa swung west away from the falling rock.

“Oh no!” cried Fluttershy. “Twilight! Rainbow Dash!”

“I can’t see anything in the debris,” Hanji said, “so they must have made it to the other side.”

“What about the others?” asked Petra.

“I can’t say for sure, but I don’t want to think about who jumped north around us.”

Hanji then looked at the right arm of the Colossal Titan as it brought its hand to its mouth.

Great! Hanji shouted in her head. The antidote is over there! That debris will surely crush it!

Down below on the north of the wall, Annie looked up to see the rock falling towards them as she sat on one of the carts.

“Hyah!” she shrieked, whipping the reins of the horses attached to the cart.

As Annie’s cart went forwards, Erwin and Levi drove their own carts out of the path of the plummeting rock. While Erwin and Levi looked forwards, continuing to flick their reins to push their horses further, Annie looked back, watching as the rocks were falling just behind the wheels of Erwin and Levi’s carts, but they kept their composure, surprising her.

“What are you looking at?” Levi shouted. “Keep your attention ahead!”

Annie did just that, looking forwards and moving the carts away until she, Erwin, and Levi heard the last of the rocks fall. The three of them stopped to look up at the Colossal Titan as they watched it drop something from its hand to its mouth.

From atop the wall at the edge of the gap made by the Colossal Titan’s frontal swing, Conny, Pinkie Pie, Historia , Sasha, and Rarity, watched as Ymir disappeared behind the titan’s teeth as they closed. With a forceful gulp, the Colossal Titan swallowed her whole.

“It ate Ymir!” shouted Historia.

From their left, Hanji and Kirill leapt from the side of the wall and to the top of it. As Hanji looked down to the hanging soldiers on the north side, Kirill ran to the south side and looked down at the few soldiers who avoided the Colossal Titan’strike.

“Men!” Hanji cried at her soldiers. “Prepare for battle!”

“We’re taking down the Colossal Titan!” Kirill shouted to his men.

All at once, each soldier, including the now steadfast Conny, Pinkie Pie, Sasha, Rarity, and Historia on the wall, charged at the Colossal Titan using their Maneuver Gears. Armin, Applejack, Spike, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash watched with intrigue as Hanji, Kirill, and the rest of the soldiers weaved around the Colossal Titan’s arms as it tried to reach for them. Its efforts were in vain, as its movements were far too slow to take any of its attackers out.

“Look at that slowpoke!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “I can take out that guy in a snap.”

“Wait, Rainbow,” Twilight warned, putting her hoof on Rainbow Dash’s shoulder. “Try not to get in the way. Besides, I doubt that that thing is going to go down without some kind of fight…”

Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and the other three below them watched as Hanji, Kirill and the others went around the Colossal Titan, now beginning to reel in towards its neck.

“NOW!” Hanji shouted. “We’ll cut off its nape together!”

Rainbow Dash watched in excitement as the soldiers got closer and closer to killing the massive titan. Just as their arms swung back to strike, the Colossal Titan let out a loud roar as a harsh plume of steam erupted from its body, the force and heat pushing the soldiers back. The cloud went straight at Rainbow Dash and Twilight.

“Look out!” yelled Rainbow Dash as she and Twilight ascended as fast as they could to escape the gas.

Below them, Armin, Spike, and Applejack watched the steam pass just over them, the heat forcing them to retract their wires and slide down to a safer distance.

“It’s so hot!” Armin shouted. “What is going on up there?”

The soldiers still attached to the Colossal Titan’s back couldn’t advance further. On top of the sweltering heat, the force of the blast was too strong for them to reel in further.

“Men!” Hanji shouted. “Retreat!”

As Hanji and the others fell along both sides of the wall and swung towards the east where the steam wasn’t spreading, Armin, Spike, and Applejack swung out with them. Rainbow Dash and Twilight flew to the area as well, meeting back up with Hanji and the others. Many of the soldiers were tending to the steam burns they garnered, producing a cacophony of painful groans and shouts.

“Is he going to try and disappear again?” asked Hanji.

“No,” Armin answered. “It’s different. Last time, he disappeared in an instant. But right now, he’s maintaining that form. As long as he keeps producing that wall of steam…”

Armin shot a hook at the Colossal Titan’s face, but as the hook and wire neared it, they both hit the steam, flinging them both into the air and away from the titan’s face. Seeing that his endeavor was pointless, Armin reeled the hook back into its holster.

“…our 3D Maneuver Gear is useless.”

“It’s a good thing I don’t use one,” Rainbow Dash grunted angrily, drawing two blades from her sheaths and flying towards the titan’s face.

“Rainbow Dash,” shouted Hanji, “wait!”

Rainbow Dash arced over and around the Colossal Titan’s body, getting a good view of where the neck would be. Rainbow Dash flew backwards for a soaring start, flapping her wings in preparation. With a burst in energy, Rainbow Dash made a beeline straight for the titan’s neck.

As soon as she entered inside the steaming cloud, she instantly felt the agonizing sting of the heat against her skin, as well as the hard gales that kept her away from her target like two magnets at equal polarities.

Rainbow Dash didn’t care. If anything, the pain only fueled her resolve. Flapping her wings with the likeness of a hummingbird, she tried to inch closer and closer. She looked to her blades, which she was shocked to see were bending due to the head and force being inflicted upon them. It was at that point that the heat became unbearable to Rainbow Dash. She flew out of the steam and zoomed back to Hanji and the other soldiers, tossing her bent, useless blades out to her left.

Upon landing on the wall, she felt another searing pain in her hooves, making her yowl in pain. Pushing the buttons on her operational device shoes, they final came off her hooves as they clattered on the ground. Hanji and Twilight watched sadly as Rainbow Dash blew on her hot hooves in an attempt to cool them off.

“Now what are we supposed to do?” asked Armin.

“Nothing,” Hanji solemnly responded. “We’ll just have to wait.”

Hanji turned back to face the soldiers awaiting further orders.

“Squads 3 and 4,” demanded Hanji, “you’re on standby behind the target.”

“Roger!” Auruo confirmed.

“Squad 2, you’re all on standby here. Kirill, I’m leaving you in charge.”

“Roger that!” he answered.

“Armin, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Spike, follow me.”

“Yes ma’am!” Armin called back.

The six of them walked off to the side of the wall to see the Armored Titan standing back up to fight Eren’s titan, who still laid on the ground. Auruo, Petra, Sasha, and Rarity jumped to the north side of the wall and swung around behind the Colossal Titan.

“It will be interesting to see how long he can keep that shield of his up,” Hanji told Armin and Twilight, “because he’s going to run out of energy sometime and he’ll have to come out. We’ll wait then to make our move. Now, listen to closely. At this point, we might have to kill them, cure or no cure. If the time comes, don’t hesitate to take their lives. Armin, Spike, ponies, and squad one…”

Hanji leapt off the south side of the wall towards the Armored Titan and Eren’s titan.

“…follow me!” ordered Hanji.

Twilight and Rainbow Dash dove down and swooped alongside Hanji while Armin, Spike, Applejack, and several other soldiers followed close behind. On the wall, Conny piggybacked an unconscious soldier away from the Colossal Titan while Pinkie Pie had two slung across her back. Conny panted in pain as steam rose off the soldier’s skin. Historia slowly dragged a soldier from the Colossal titan by his arms, who was screaming in agony.

“So hot!” Conny shouted.

“Krista! Connie! Pinkie Pie!” shouted Kirill towards them. “Get back! All of you! You tend to the wounded!”

“Excuse me?” called Historia. “What about Ymir? I’m certain she’s still alive! Please, save her!”

“No promises,” grunted Kirill.

Conny and Pinkie Pie looked back up at the Colossal Titan, saddened by their friend’s true identity.
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Eren, his body broken and torn apart from both his fall and the debris of the wall that fell upon him. Mikasa let go of her spot from the wall, swinging down towards the Armored Titan. Hanji, Armin, and the ponies watched as Mikasa soared into action. The Armored Titan walked up to Eren, its left arm grown back and the plating on its mouth still covered over, its expression ambiguous.

Eren’s titan’s eyes were rolled up in the back of its head. Inside its nape, Eren’s own eyes were rolled back as he looked back on his time with Reiner.

Shit… Eren thought… damn that fucker…
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Eren stood over Reiner, both in their cadet uniforms inside the training pens, keeping his right arm pulled back as Eren held and locked it with his left arm. Reiner grit his teeth at the pain shooting into his shoulder.
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You kept going on about being a soldier and doing your duty and all that shit, mused Eren, all while holding back against me during our training, huh?

Eren’s left hand began to regenerate, the wrist and bottom of the palm appearing from the stump.

You were always so strong. I can’t even move now.
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Reiner, his uniform draped over with a cadet’s cloak and backpack, turned back to Eren, Mikasa, and Sasha, all in similar clothes, at the foot of a cliff overlooking the mountains and shimmering lake in the distance.

“If we keep doing our best,” stated Reiner, “even when training starts to become the most difficult, someday, we’ll be useful to mankind.”

Reiner turned to give Eren an assuring smile.
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You were really a great guy, thought Eren. Always keeping calm in any situation, always thinking one step ahead, and putting the lives of your fellow soldiers before yourself.

The Armored Titan stepped closer, savoring its hunt before it could get Eren inside his titan’s neck.

I even wished that I could be as strong as you, Eren continued to think.

Mikasa swung by the Armored Titan’s nape and delivered a hard slash to its neck, only for her blades to shatter off, leaving her with two, six-inch long nubs.

“Damn!” hissed Mikasa.

“Mikasa!” shouted Applejack in the distance.

Nothing works on him, Mikasa calculated. Eren’s attack hardly fazed him, and my blades are just as useless. That thing is covered in protective skin, unlike the Female Titan.

Mikasa looked into her sheaths, dismayed to see only one blade inside each one. Regardless, she launched her hook at the Armored Titan’s back, she reeled herself towards him for another attempt.

“Eren!” she shouted.

Eren’s titan’s eyes looked back at the Armored Titan, its angry scowl appearing on its face, much like Eren inside of it. Finally, Eren’s hands and feet were finishing their healing, becoming good as new.

You know, Reiner, Eren thought, I don’t know what your face looks like right now, but you… and Bertolt. You are the lowest form of scum. Of all the deaths humanity has faced in its existence, no one has killed more than you.

Mikasa landed on the Armored Titan’s back and viciously stabbed the back of its neck. As the end of the blade continued to bounce off the plating, the Armored Titan ignored her and continued towards Eren’s titan. Eren’s titan jumped up into a crab-like stance, tensing the muscles in his arms to push off.

You can’t be allowed to live any longer, seethed Eren. What were you even thinking? You seriously disgust me. Just remembering your face, and how it was filled with justice and honor, it makes me want to vomit! You goddamned shithead!

Eren’s titan pushed off the ground, putting itself upright onto its feet. It threw its arm forwards with every fiber of its being, its fist striking the Armored Titan in the face.

I’m going to slaughter you! Eren declared.

The strike, just like the last one, left no damage to the Armored Titan’s plating. The Armored Titan, its own arm reeled back, threw a punch into Eren’s titan’s face, blowing half of it off in a crescent shape as Eren’s titan was sent hurling back.

“Eren!” screamed Rainbow Dash.

From behind them, Annie swung along the south side of the wall, just catching Eren’s titan flying back by the Armored Titan’s strike.
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Eren, in his cadet’s jacket, landed upon his back, onto the ground, arching his back and shutting his eyes from the sudden sting he felt running up his spine.

“Ow…” Eren squeaked.

Eren opened his eyes to see Annie, also in her cadet’s uniform, standing above him with a wooden oar in both hands.

“Hurts…” grunted Eren as he sat up. “Can’t you let up a little, Annie? Haven’t you ever heard of consideration?”

“Look who’s talking?” Annie responded, turning away from him.

“Huh?”

“The only reason you keep getting hit so hard is because you yourself won’t ‘let up.’ I block you just as hard as I always do. It’s clear I’m not as strong as you, so if you were truly a man, wouldn’t you let up on weak, little me?”

Eren scoffed, shooting back to his feet.

“Weak, little me my ass!” Eren called back. “If you’re so weak, how is it that you’re still standing and I’m getting knocked down to the ground?”

Annie sighed, tossing the oar behind her and approaching Eren.

“That’s because the technique I use is much different than the one they teach you and the others. Did you really think I threw you back with my strength?”

Eren hobbled backwards, unsure of Annie’s intentions.

“Weaker fighters have to resort to self-protection techniques against stronger ones.”

Annie put her fists up in her fighting stance.

“Of course,” she advised, “it wouldn’t hurt to know this fighting style either.”

“Alright!” Eren exclaimed, waving his hands back at Annie encroaching. “I get it! Can we just take a break or–”

With lighting speed, Annie hooked her left arm towards the right side of Eren’s head. Eren, in reflex, lifted his arm over his ear, his shoulder taking the hit. As Eren’s upper body collapsed to the pain, Annie reeled her left arm back and swung her right arm at Eren’s face. As Annie locked her arm around the front of Eren’s neck, Annie stepped forwards past Eren’s feet with her right foot and kicked back, swinging Eren by his neck.

Eren gasped at Annie’s overly-impressive maneuvers as he felt Annie push him towards the ground. Annie and Eren fell to the ground on their stomach and back, respectively, as Annie kept firm hold of Eren’s neck, choking him. Eren gasped for air that was knocked out of him, kicking to break free but to no avail.

“Annie!” wheezed Eren. “I give up. You hear me? I give up!”

“Give up?” Annie asked casually. “You’re not supposed to give up, you’re supposed to learn, how to use your strength… and how to talk to girls.”

Eren kicked even harder as Annie made light of his situation.

“I get it!” he gasped. “I memorized the move, now let go of me!”

“Really?” she asked, almost surprised. “You want to learn more of the same–”

Annie could suddenly hear clothes rustling above her and a shadow being cast over her and Eren. Annie relinquished her hold on Eren’s neck and leapt back, observing as an airborne Reiner landed on top of Eren, knocking more air out of him.

“Reiner?” Eren exclaimed, sitting up. “Where did you come from?”

“Annie,” Mikasa spoke as she walked up to the three of them, her face dead serious and cold, “why don’t you teach those moves to me as well?”

Annie glared at Mikasa as she began to stand back up as Eren picked up Reiner and dragged him away from the two women.

“Well,” she admitted, “I don’t know about that. This is a fighting style meant for humans. I don’t think someone like you needs them. But,” she finished, stretching her arms and cracking her joints, “I wonder if they’ll work on an animal.”

The two stood before each other as Annie put her arms up in her fighting stance. The other soldiers, seeing Annie and Mikasa squaring off, stopped sparring themselves and gathered around to watch them.

“Is this really happening?” Eren asked himself.

“Hey, hey,” exclaimed Conny. “Are they really going to duke it out?”

“It’s the perfect matchup,” Sasha commented.

“Who’s going to win?” Daz asked.

“I think it’s going to be Annie,” Marco predicted.

“Huh?” Jean shouted, his cheeks blushing. “Are you stupid? I’d bet dinner on Mikasa!”

Reiner stood back up, brushing his pants and coat off of dust and dirt.

“Who do you think will win, Eren?” he asked him.

Eren scanned between the two, unsure of who to pick.

“Well, I…” he stammered.

Mikasa began to walk towards Annie, who held her position firm and resolutely.

“Really,” Eren wondered to himself, “which one?”
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Eren’s titan landed back on the ground, crushing and breaking the trees that his body fell upon. Eren’s titan’s eyes were frozen still, its controller inside still preoccupied by his memory.

So in the end, Eren wondered, who won that fight? No, wait! Why am I even remembering this now of all times? Is this where your life flashes before your eyes right before you die?

Eren’s eyes shot open, putting his focus back on the situation at hand. Eren’s titan rolled over to its stomach and began to stand itself back up.

Fuck it, Eren resolved. No use dwelling on it. I feel like shit anyways.

Armin and Twilight looked in horror as Eren’s titan, despite its half-missing face, stood before the invincible Armored Titan again.

“Eren!” Armin shouted. “Stop!”

“He’s too strong for you!” yelled Twilight. “Don’t fight him!”

“What are you guys doing?” asked Rainbow Dash. “He needs our encouragement!”

“Rainbow Dash!” Twilight shouted back. “The Armored Titan is too strong! Nothing Eren can do can break that plating of his!”

Rainbow Dash winced, unable to accept the fact. Mikasa, down below, swung to the ground, only to look at her dull stubs of blades inside of her devices. Applejack swung down next to Mikasa, surprising her.

“Applejack?” Mikasa shouted.

“Don’t think I’m letting you do this alone, partner,” Applejack said with a serious frown.

Mikasa looked at her blades, suddenly realizing the hopelessness of their situation.

“What are we going to do?” Rainbow Dash wondered desperately.

“It’s simple!” Annie called from behind.

The others turned to Annie as she swung out to the wall beside Armin and Spike.

“Hey!” Rainbow Dash called, flying close to Annie’s face. “Where were you this whole time?”

“Making sure your antidote didn’t get crushed by the falling rock!” Annie retorted.

“Antidote…” Twilight wondered. “Yes! Rainbow Dash, fly back to the cart on the other side of the wall and get two small, long boxes from one of the carts.”

“What?” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, turning back to Twilight. “You’re not seriously thinking of curing them still? After what they’ve done?”

“We gave Annie the same courtesy, Rainbow. We’re not going to kill anyone unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

Below, Eren’s titan, put its fists up again, its head barely standing up straight on its neck.

“EREN!” Mikasa shouted.

“This is bad!” Armin spoke.

“He’s losing control!” observed Hanji.

Twilight grabbed Rainbow Dash’s face and pulled it close to hers her eyes fiery with rage.

“Rainbow, quit arguing with me and get those boxes!”

Rainbow Dash, fearing for her life in the livid face of Twilight backed away and put the side of her hoof to her forehead.

“Yes, ma’am!” she shouted.

Rainbow Dash flew in an arc over the wall and to the other side. Twilight and Armin watched with fright as Eren’s titan and the Armored Titan pulled their arms back to throw a punch.

“I can’t watch!” Spike exclaimed, shielding his eyes.

As the Armored Titan threw its punch Eren dipped under its fist and charged at the Armored Titan, wrapping its arm around the Armored Titan’s neck. Annie gasped in nostalgic surprise while the others hanging from the wall, flying, or on the ground were stunned by Eren’s titan’s surprise tactic.

Eren’s titan stepped its right foot behind the Armored Titan’s ankles and swept back, knocking the Armored Titan off of its feet, its back parallel to the ground.

“No way!” Spike gasped.

“He threw the Armored Titan!” Armin commented.

Annie nodded slightly, respectfully acknowledging Eren’s titan’s use of her own maneuver. Rainbow Dash flew over the walls and back towards Twilight, two small boxes inside her hooves. Twilight retrieved them with her magic and placed them inside the pockets of her jacket.

“Great work, Rainbow Dash,” Twilight complimented.

“How’s Eren?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“Take a look.

Rainbow Dash watched as Eren’s titan climbed atop the top of the Armored Titan, sitting its knees upon its abdomen. As Eren’s titan held the Armored Titan’s arms down and pinning it, Eren’s titan’s head began to grow at an alarming rate.

I have no idea why you did what you did… Eren thought.

The Armored Titan reached up and grabbed Eren’s titan’s waist, making Eren’s titan’s arms slip into the Armored Titan’s shoulders. As the Armored Titan tried to push Eren’s titan off of it and get up, Eren’s titan wrapped its hands around the Armored Titan’s neck, keeping it down.

…but you and Bertolt made such a stupid mistake.

The Armored Titan rolled Eren’s titan onto his back and pinned it down, scaring Rainbow Dash and Armin. Eren’s titan, however, lifted its legs up and constricted the Armored Titan’s neck with its right leg, pushing its own leg down with its left foot and increasing the squeeze.

You taught me how to fight, finished Eren.

The Armored Titan’s right arm was caught in between Eren’s titan’s legs, and Eren’s titan pulled it towards itself and away from its face. As Eren’s titan’s legs continued to squeeze the Armored Titan’s neck, the Armored Titan’s had its shoulder pressed into the side of its face, several cracks running along the plating by its mouth.

“Woohoo!” cheered Rainbow Dash. “Way to go, Eren!”

Annie kept a close watch over Eren’s titan, unsure when she should come in to help.

I did it! Eren thought. I’ve got him locked down. I can still fight.

The Armored Titan put its left hand on Eren’s titan’s right thigh, pulling the leg off its neck and stopping Eren’s titan’s hold.

No! Eren worried. I’m not done yet!

Eren swung his leg over the Armored Titan’s head and fastened it around the front of the titan’s neck, thrusting it down and forcing the Armored Titan on its back. With its arms still in its grasp, Eren’s titan held the Armored Titan’s neck down, arched its back, and pulled on the Armored Titan’s arm, dislocating its shoulder and elbow.

Eren pushed into the Armored Titan’s side and rolled it over on its stomach. Before the Armored Titan could get up, Eren’s titan leapt on the Armored Titan’s back, forcing it back onto its stomach. Eren’s titan bent down and hugged the Armored Titan’s bicep. With a major yank with its arms and body, Eren’s titan pulled the Armored Titan’s arm from the elbow, spraying blood all over Eren’s titan’s stomach.

“OHOHOHO!” howled Rainbow Dash. “Nice!”

Annie detached her hook from the wall, falling down and hooking into the Wall below Spike and Armin. Following her lead, Hanji, Armin, Spike, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight swung and swooped down to the ground. As Eren’s titan held its trophy in its hand, the Armored Titan’s mouthplate shifted down, showing its angry face.

“Eren!” shouted Armin as he and Twilight ran to Mikasa and Applejack. “Can you hear me? You have to escape! Get to the wall!”

Eren’s titan turned to Armin, scaring Twilight with its furious look. Rainbow Dash flew down next to the four of them.

“Dude!” Rainbow Dash called. “Reiner’s wants to get you! Don’t let him have that chance!”

“Rainbow Dash!” exclaimed Mikasa. “Do you think Reiner would let Eren escape that easily?”

The Armored Titan stood back up, the steaming spots all over its body giving it an extremely threatening appearance. Eren’s titan ran to the wall, and the Armored Titan began to approach. As the Armored Titan got closer and closer, a green blur soared behind the knees of the Armored Titan.

A splash of blood appeared out from behind the Armored Titan’s left knee, forcing the Armored Titan to fall to its right knee and support itself further with its left foot. Twilight followed the attacker and was surprised to see that with her blonde hair, the attacker was Annie.

“Annie?” Twilight questioned. “How–”

Twilight then looked back at the Armored Titan, who looked at Annie and roared in anger at her.

“That’s right!” exclaimed Twilight.

Annie swung around a tree and slid to a stop next to Twilight, Armin, and Mikasa, the latter of the two shocked at Annie’s flawless hit.

“Annie,” Armin asked, “what did you do?”

“I cut the tendon behind the knees, where the muscle is exposed,” said Annie matter-of-factly.

Hanji peered behind the trees to see the noticeable patches of muscle where Annie claimed they were.

Wait, Hanji thought. With his body covered in that skin of his, there’s no way he should move like he is. It’s just like armors used in the past, but certain parts couldn’t be covered so the person wearing it could move, like the crotch, armpits and the back of the knees!

“Annie,” shouted Applejack. “You’re a genius!”

“Not quite,” Annie responded. “You seem to forget, Reiner and I were friends once.”

Applejack drooped her ears and looked away, feeling embarrassed by missing this fact.

“Yeah, right,” Applejack responded.

The Armored Titan, its legs healed stood back up, facing Eren’s titan. The Armored Titan shifted to its right towards the soldiers on the ground, causing them to run back. Eren’s titan shifted itself left to face the Armored Titan.

“Mind if I take a shot?” whispered Rainbow Dash to Hanji.

“Yeah,” Hanji murmured back. “We could use some speed here.”

Hanji then turned back to Spike, Armin, and Twilight.

“You three,” she ordered, “stay back. Once we get Reiner out, we’ll need help administering the antidote. Go!”

Armin and Spike swung up to the wall where the other soldiers of Hanji’s squad were while Twilight flew next to them. The Armored Titan began to lunge at Eren’s titan. Rainbow Dash rocketed to the back of the Armored Titan’s outstretched right knee, blades in her devices. With a hearty slice, Rainbow Dash cut the back of the titan’s knee, weakening its stride and tripping it up.

Just then Eren’s titan charged at the Armored Titan, wrapping its arms around the back of Armored titan’s neck and leaned back and pulled its head into the ground. With the Armored Titan lying on top of Eren’s titan, Eren’s titan hugged the Armored Titan’s waist with its legs. Eren’s titan arched its back and pulled at the Armored Titan’s head.

“Do it, Eren!” Rainbow Dash shouted, flying up to and landing on Eren’s titan’s shoulder.

Inside Eren’s titan’s neck, Eren grinned deviously and wide as the heard the painful-sounding stretching sounds coming from the Armored Titan’s neck. Mikasa detached her old blades and put her final pair into her devices. She then latched into a tree and swung near the back of the Armored Titan’s knees, slicing them both in one swipe. On the wall, the others cheered as the Armored Titan’s body ceased its movements as Eren continued to pull at the neck.

“It stopped moving!” Armin exclaimed. “Eren’s got this!”

I can win! Eren thought inside his titan’s nape.

The Armored Titan grabbed at the ground and pushed itself backwards.

“Useless struggle!” spoke one of the soldiers near Armin.

“Keep going!” cheered a female soldier. “Just a little more!”

Armin, however, looked at the movement with severe suspicion.

“Where he stopped,” Armin speculated. “They’re right under…”

Armin looked up, seeing as the still-erupting body of the Colossal Titan was right beside the Armored Titan and Eren’s titan down below Up on the wall, Hannes flew up above the wall as his wire retracted back into his side. Landing into a kneel, he saw Conny, Pinkie Pie, and Historia tending to the wounded. Looking up at the Colossal Titan up close brought him trembling in fear as more Garrison soldiers appeared on top of the wall.

“The Colossal Titan,” Hannes gasped. “It’s really him. But why? Why is that bastard here?”
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Hannes stood in the streets of Shiganshina, each and every citizen stopped in their place as they looked at the steaming mass coming over the wall near the gate. Hannes shivered upon seeing the muscly face off the Colossal Titan peering over the top of the wall.
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Hannes, spurred from his memory, turned to Historia.

“Where’s Eren?” he shouted, scaring her. “What’s happened here?”

Down below, the Armored Titan let out an ear-piercing roar that left every nearby soldier covering their ears from the sheer volume.

“Eren and the others are on the other side!” Historia yelled, pointing to the south side of the wall.

Below, Annie winced, knowing what was to come. Once the screaming stopped, Annie looked to the stunned and confused humans and ponies beside her.

“Check the surroundings!” shouted Hanji at her men on the wall. “He called titans!”

“No,” Annie answered. “Something else. And we need to move. Now!”

Hannes, Conny, and Pinkie Pie all leapt to that side of the wall to see Eren’s titan continuing to hold the Armored Titan down. All of them were surprised to see Eren’s titan having the upper hand, the upper back plating of the Armored Titan breaking and crumbling away, revealing its bare nape.

“Why’s Reiner screaming all of a sudden?” asked Conny. “Is he scared to die?”

“Is that Eren…” wondered Hannes. “In his titan form?”

Before anyone could answer, a massive cacophony of breaking stone sounded off in front of them. The others turned to see as the Colossal Titan’s body swayed to the south side of the wall. Annie, down below, pointed up at the Colossal Titan as it looked to fall.

“Dear Lord,” muttered Hanji. “Everyone!” Evacuate immediately! Incoming!”

As Annie ran with Hanji, the soldiers on the walls reeled themselves closer to the top as they watched the titan above them begin to fall. As the ribs supporting itself broke free, the north parts of the wall that it latched too broke off and fell over to the north side.

“Hey!” Conny shouted from above at the soldiers below him. “Hey, hey, hey!”

On the west side of where the Colossal Titan stood, Auruo and Sasha looked over the side at their friends down below who were in the path of the Colossal Titan’s fall.

“Hey!” called Auruo. “Above you!”

Rainbow Dash, hearing Auruo’s voice, looked above her to see the massive behemoth falling right for them.

“Eren!” screamed Rainbow Dash, pounding on Eren’s titan’s shoulder. “Run! Just run!”

Mikasa and Applejack looked upon the falling titan with fright.

“EREN!” shouted Mikasa as she ran to Eren’s titan.

“Rainbow!” Applejack called as she galloped alongside her partner.

Rainbow Dash looked around, wondering if she should stay and get Eren out or leave and save herself. She then saw Applejack and Mikasa coming towards her. Her eyes narrowed on the sight, jumping off Eren’s titan’s back and soaring towards the two of them. As Rainbow Dash’s arms wrapped around Mikasa and Applejack and tried to fly them away, the Colossal Titan’s body landed upon both Eren’s titan and the Colossal Titan.

The collision left a massive explosion that plowed into Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Mikasa. They tumbled to the ground and rolled onto their stomachs, hands, and heads like rag dolls. Annie and Hanji were merely knocked down to their feet and blown a few feet. Twilight flew out in front of the soldiers hooked to the wall and used her magic to shield Armin, Spike, and the others from the blast, protecting them from the heat, wind, and light.

The soldiers along the edge backed away as the hot gales blew up towards their faces, shielding their eyes from the intense brightness.

Armin, through Twilight’s shield, watched with shock as Eren’s titan, his body crushed by the explosion, laid on its stomach as the Armored Titan knelt down to Eren’s titan’s neck and bit deep down, yanking the nape out. As the light began to fade, Bertolt emerged from the Colossal Titan’s body with Ymir in his hands. Using his intact Maneuver Gear, he hooked onto the Armored Titan’s back and reeled himself onto its shoulder. Armin then watched as the Armored Titan ran south with Bertolt and Ymir in tow.

“Eren!” shouted Armin.

The light finally faded, and the soldiers watched as the Armored Titan ran off with both Ymir and Eren. Twilight ceased her barrier, but swayed woozily, frightening Armin. Right before she could faint and fall, Armin pushed off the wall and caught her in both arms, holding her limp, tired body tight.

“Twilight!” shouted Spike in worry.

“She’s alright!” Armin responded. “But she’s weakened.”

On the ground, Hanji and Annie sat up to see the unconscious bodies of Mikasa, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack on the ground next to a sizable crater next to them.

Sasha and Rarity looked south with Petra and Auruo as they watched the Armored Titan get away. Jean and Fluttershy looked out too before Fluttershy jumped off the wall and flew as fast as her wings could carry her towards the Armored Titan. Despite her best efforts, the Armored Titan continued to further its distance from her, making tears well up in her eyes. Realizing that the venture was pointless, she stopped flying and watched the titan run off, breaking into a full-on, miserable sob.

Erwin and Levi swung to the top of the wall by Hannes, Kirill, Historia, Conny and Pinkie Pie, looking out with them. While the former six looked stunned at all that just happened. Pinkie Pie looked at the fast-disappearing Armored Titan with tears streaming down her face.

“Reiner…” she wept.

As Pinkie Pie continued crying, each strand of her mane and tail began to fall completely straight. Within a few seconds, Pinkie Pie’s mane and tail went from poofy and fluffy into straight and nearly lifeless as her tears dripped onto the top of the wall.