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// Chapter 2: The fall of the Wall Rose! The story of Shiganshina is repeated in Trost! 
// Story: Attack on Titan: Friendship is Freedom 
// by Gidano90 
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The Colossal Titan. A frightening 60-meter-tall, skinless creature appeared out of nowhere near the Wall Rose. Elias, Eren and several soldiers present at that moment were surprised, incredulous and frightened by the sudden arrival of that monster who had forced humanity to abandon the security of the Wall Maria 5 years earlier. And without even giving the poor soldiers time to recover from the shock of his arrival, humanity's greatest enemy was charging a massive kick towards the wall.

"What the hell ... ?!" he managed to exclaim the young Elias before the mighty foot of the Colossal Titan hit the Wall Rose in full. The strong jolt caused by the heavy impact, forced the soldiers present on the walls to jump off the wall and, thanks to their three-dimensional movement equipment, they arrived safe and sound on the ground. But when they turned to the Wall Rose, horror and terror were the dominant feelings on the faces of the poor soldiers.

"The Wall Rose ..." Eren said weakly, unable to find the strength to continue the sentence.

"was knocked down ...!" Elias concluded, in a trembling voice, looking in horror at the spectacle in front of him: a huge hole was present in the Wall Rose. Just to witness the enormous chasm in the wall brought the terrible memory of Shiganshina into the minds of the two friends. How they lost their home, but above all how those disgusting Titans had ripped off their families' affection.

"Eren, Elias!" On hearing their names, the two soldiers turned to the source of the voice that had called them: they were Sasha Braus and Conny Springer, two of their companions in the military academy.

Sasha is a young girl six feet six inches tall with light brown eyes and reddish brown hair kept in a ponytail that reaches the base of her neck. Her bangs are parted slightly on the left cascading down each side of her face and stopping around the middle of her neck.

Conny is a young boy of one meter high and fifty centimeters. He has a slim build, with bright hazel eyes, and his head is distinctively kept shaved.

"Are you guys okay?" asked the girl still scared for the horrible event that was happening.

"Yes, we are fine, and are you all fine?" Elias asked, worried that their comrades had some wounds.

"Yes, fortunately we are unschated." Conny replied, reassuring Elias and Eren a little.

"And the others, do you have any news of the rest of our comrades?" asked Eren worried about the fate of their companions of the 104th year.

"No. When we got off the wall, we separated and we did not see what happened to them later." Sasha said she was worried about her comrades in arms.

"Do not worry." Conny added in a tone that conveyed security. "I'm 100% sure they're fine, we all know what our teammates are capable of." as well as his companions, with those words, he tried also to cheer himself up.

"Conny is right! We know what our friends are made of, I'm sure they're fine and we'll soon be reunited with them!" Elias exclaimed, instilling a little serenity among his companions, despite the crisis they were facing. 
Unfortunately, this serenity hardly hard when the three boys saw on the face of their friend a mask of pure terror.

"Sasha?" but the only thing they got after Eren called her was just a trembling finger pointing toward the hole in the wall.

"T-t-t-t-t ... Titan!" Poor Sasha screamed.

The boys immediately turned to the direction indicated by their terrified friend.
What they saw made the poor group of cadets freeze the blood in their veins: a ten-meter Titan was crossing the threshold of the Wall Rose.

"What do we do now!?" Shouted a frightened Conny at the sight of that terrifying creature that threateningly approached them with an apparently absent look but that actually hid a ferocity to make the spirits of the bravest of the soldiers shake.

"What do we do now?" Eren repeated, but unlike the young Springer, there was no fear in her voice. "I'll tell you what we do now: We will exterminate these abominations from the face of the earth!" And with a look full of determination mixed with rage, he gripped his blades, and lunged for the Titan to kill him.

"I agree with Eren!" Elias exclaimed, earning incredulous looks from Sasha and Conny. "If we do not do something, the Shiganshina tragedy will be repeated here in Trost and we can not allow the Titans to conquer the Wall Rose too." With every word he expressed, his determination grew more and more, in his soul burned a fire so big that nothing could turn him off at that moment, and without thinking twice, he took up his blades and launched into the battle with Eren despite the protests of Conny and Sasha.

"Let's go Eren! Let's show these monsters what humanity is capable of!" Elias shouted in the direction of his companion.

"Well said, let's make them regret that they were born!" Eren answered.

In these two soldiers now the insecurities that had a few minutes ago caused by the unexpected attack of the Titan Colossal were now a distant memory. By now in their hearts and their souls the only thing that burned was a strong determination and a great desire to free humanity from the yoke of the Titans. And this ardent spirit, their passion that was manifesting in them, came to light during their first fight: As soon as the clash began, the Titan immediately attempted to grab the two cadets, but Elias and Eren managed to dodge the monster's offensive without too much trouble. It was not for nothing in the academy that they came 11th and 5th respectively in the rankings, so their skills with the three-dimensional movement equipment were far above the average. Just dodge the first attack of the monster, Elias taking advantage of the moment of advantage, rushed towards the monster and with a precise shot, was able to amputate the right hand of the Titan. Eren soon as he saw that the Titan was distracted because of the hand he had lost, he also launched the offensive with a well-placed shot behind the left knee, and thus putting the creature of ten meters to his knees. The monster was now at the mercy of the two cadets and Eren saw the ideal opportunity launched in the direction of the Titan's collar, the only point where you can kill these beasts, before the wounds of the latter regenerated. But the Titan still had a healthy left arm, and was ready to use it to grab Eren and devour him. But Elias sensing the danger managed to amputate his arm before it came to Eren, so as to allow his partner to launch the last and decisive blow that would have won them the battle.

"We made it!" Elias said satisfied with the victory against the Titan.

"Yes, but our goal is another." Eren said looking at Elias eyes. And from that look the two cadets immediately understood what their next move was. So as the Titan's blood began to evaporate away from their bodies, they both left immediately to return to the walls. Because their goal was now humanity's greatest enemy, and if they defeated him, humanity would have more chances of victory against the Titans.
As soon as they reached the top of the Wall Rose, Elias and Eren found themselves facing the Titan Colossal, the only Titan able to break through the walls. If they had defeated this enemy, humanity could have saved itself. Loads of determination, the two cadets wielded their blades, and prepared to face the battle that would decide the fate of humanity.