Attack on Titan: Friendship is Freedom

by Gidano90


Chapter 16: Family Reunion!

The eight friends finally decided, under the advice of Applejack, to head to Sweet Apple Acres, so as to accommodate everyone and at the same time make sure that the family of the Earth Pony were fine. On the way to the farm, Elias exposed the doubts he had already told Sunset to the whole group based on the events that had happened during the day. Initially, the ponies were a little skeptical about it, but after the soldier pointed out the details of the area untouched by the monsters, the sense of doubt began to creep into the whole group and they decided by mutual consent that they would do some depth research as soon as possible. As soon as they arrived at their destination, Applejack and Applebloom began calling their family members in hopes of finding them safe and sound. Elias meanwhile began to observe the surroundings and in addition to admire the beauty of the landscape that offered the farm, the cadet noticed that the place had remained untouched by the fury of the beasts. The soldier found that the farm was probably not overrun because it was outside the town and so the monsters had not focused their fury on the house of the Detentee of Honesty. Luckily at the call of the Apple sisters, there was an immediate response and two ponies came out of the farm: A big red-clad Earth Pony and another very old Earth pony with a lemon-green mantle.

"Big Mac! Granny Smith!" The Apple sisters screamed as they ran from their family members.

"Applejack? Applebloom? What's up, what's all this excitement?" The old pony asked.

"Oh grandma, we thought those monsters had hurt you and Big Mac." The youngest of the Apple said as she hugged her grandmother.

"Monsters? What monsters?" The mighty red pony asked.

"See brother, Ponyville had been invaded by a group of monsters that were causing people to panic, but fortunately we managed to eradicate the attack thanks to the help of our new friend." Said Applejack.

"New friend?" The grandmother of Applejack asked, turning his gaze to the human.

"Nice to meet you ma'am, my name is Elias Schützen and if you're wondering, I'm human." The cadet said in a polite tone.

"Do not call me ma'am, young man. I'm not an old decrepit. Call me Granny." The old Earth Pony said. "But now I want you to tell me what happened, but in front of a nice lunch, you can see from your faces that you have faced a really grueling morning." And so the eight friends, Spike and the CMCs at the invitation of Granny Smith, settled into the house to finally be able to rest from the grueling events of the morning. While the old pony, Big Mac and the little ones in the gang were in the kitchen to prepare lunch, the cadet and the owners of the Elements of Harmony were in the dining room preparing the table. But during the preparations at Elias a detail came to the eye.

"Hey Applejack." Called Elias.

"Tell me Elias." Applejack replied without turning around as he finished the table.

"I noticed that we are preparing the table for fourteen people, but your parents do not eat with us?" When the young soldier asked the question, the faces of everyone present frowned, especially that of the cowpony.

"Applejack?" Called Elias worried about the sudden change of mood of his friends.

"My ... parents do not eat with us because they are ... gone." Applejack said covering her eyes with her hat.

"Gone? What do you ... oh ... "The soldier immediately understood the reason for the sudden change of mood. "I'm sorry, Applejack, I did not want to be insensitive!" Elias said in a sorry tone.

"Do not worry Elias, you did not know, yours was a legitimate question." Applejack said with tears in her eyes.

"Anyway, I had to be more sensitive, since I lost my parents too." Elias said, too, with tears in his eyes at the memory of his parents.

"You too…?"

"Yeah... you see, five years ago i lived in Shiganshina, a district that was inside the outer wall, the Wall Maria. It was a day like many others, me, mom and dad went out for a walk because It was a beautiful sunny day, I remember we had so much fun and we were coming home when at some point the sky darkened. We initially thought it was going to rain, and instead... "Elias's face was a mask of tears .

"And instead?" Applejack asked. Everyone was now listening to the story of the young cadet and in the hearts of those present there was a great sadness in seeing Elias with his face streaked with tears.

"And instead it was the Colossal Titan, and without even having the time to realize that there was a Titan that would exceed the walls in height, he kicked such a powerful kick that created a huge chasm in the Wall Maria. I remember the screams, the fear, the destruction , the death. My father died crushed by a giant boulder thrown by the Colossal Titan when he kicked the walls. My mother and I tried to escape, and we had almost succeeded, but when we were about to get to the port to take the ship that would brought us safely to the Wall Rose, a Titan appeared before us." The ponies jumped when Elias arrived at this point in the story, because they had already guessed unfortunately, how it would end.

"After five years I still remember the look of that monster: Eyes amber, anorexic, long arms and an ash-colored goatee.That abominable being fortunately had not seen us yet because my mother and I had hidden, but it was a matter of time before he found us. "Mom knew we would not survive both, so just to save me, she ... she ... "

"She decided to sacrifice herself ... is not it?" Sunset said with her eyes wet with tears.

"Yes ... she decided to act as bait to distract the Titan and give me time to escape, I strongly opposed her decision but she said that if she did not we would both have died." She kissed my forehead and told me that she loved me and went out of hiding to get the monster's attention.The monster saw it and started to follow it. I started running towards the harbor and when I turned back, I saw that the Titan had grabbed my mother and she in spite of everything, she shouted to run to the harbor and not look back. That was the last time I saw her. " When Elias finished his story, his face was a mask of tears and in a moment was enveloped by the embrace of all his friends who had a heart full of sadness for their human friend.

"Elias, we're so sorry for what happened to you." Sunset said with her face streaked with tears.

"What happened to your parents is horrible, know that for everything, you can count on all of us." Applejack said with swollen eyes for the tears caused by the tragedy told by the cadet.

"Thanks girls, and Applejack, know that for anything, you can count on me too, ok?" Elias said encouraged by the knowledge that he had some wonderful friends he could count on.

"I know thanks." The eight friends were still holding each other for a minute before detaching.

"Sorry girls, we had to have a quiet lunch to rest and instead I made you depress." The cadet said.

"Do not worry Elias, you do not have to apologize for anything." Twilight said, handing a smile to the soldier.

"Thanks again girls."

"But forgive my question, but there is something I can not understand."

"What Twilight?"

"In the train you told us about how you met Eren four years ago."

"Yes, and so?"

"In the story you told us that at some point your mother came because she was called to suppress the fight, how could she be if she disappeared five years ago?"

"Simple: she was not there." The woman who came four years ago to suppress the fight was my foster mother. "

"Your foster mother?" Exclaimed the surprises pony.

"So you mean you've been adopted?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Exactly, from Rico Brzenska, one of the best soldiers the body of Garrison can have." Elias said proudly.

"How did it happen? If you want to tell it." Fluttershy asked quietly.

"Of course I want to tell Fluttershy, at least that's a happy story."

"Yippie, it's time for a story!" Pinkie exclaimed, jumping joyfully across the dining room.

"But first we finish preparing the table ... After facing a psychopath, an army of monsters and having vented to tears, the next story I want to tell with a lunch in front of me." and so the eight friends finished preparing the table to eat. As soon as they finished the last things, Elias and the ponies took their seats and the cadet began to tell how he became the son of Rico Brzenska.