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Mikasa Alternate Ending

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It starts at the South Pole, with Mikasa and I rowing a small fishing boat in the ocean. So there I was, rowing a boat just big enough for two children. Mikasa was practicing her waterbending. I aimed my spear just when she lost control of her bubble of water; Mikasa's bubble burst, soaking me, and the fish Mikasa had caught flopped back into the ocean. "Armin..." Her voice held a warning note. There it comes. She's going to narrow her eyes and glare at me for the rest of the day, even though I was the one who got soaked, and - "I had that fish! And you lost it!" I turned around. "Mikasa, I'm the one who's soaked here. Which stopped me from getting my fish, if you can recall." My voice was even, but her words surprised me. Mikasa never …show more content…

I almost said "calm down", but stopped myself. It would've made her even angrier. "Sometimes violence just isn't the best way to finish a battle, Mikasa." But Mikasa wasn't listening to me. "The whole village hates us, you know that? They laugh at us. The outsiders. The orphans. And you stand there, and you let them - " "Mikasa, stop!" The ice behind her broke completely, crashing into the water with a splash. I was about to berate her for almost destroying our boat, but then I saw another iceberg float to the surface. Inside, I could make out a silhouette of a boy, with glowing arrows on his body. He was sitting crosslegged... hovering? I got off the boat and pressed my face to the surface. Smacking it with my spear did nothing. I tried to think of other possible ways to break it when it suddenly cracked. I turned to find Mikasa pulling the ice apart. Mikasa widened the crack, and light poured out. The boy inside the ice opened his eyes. They were glowing. The crack widened into a sizable hole, and the boy jumped out. Green/turquoise eyes, messy brown hair, about twelve or thirteen years old. He looked like he was from Earth Kingdom. But then he landed lightly, and I felt the puffs of air coming from him. A glider strapped to his back... He was an airbender. The …show more content…

"Now that we all know each other, why don't you come back to the village with us?" It didn't seem like he had another place to stay, and I was curious. He didn't look like a monk, but he'd said that he was from the Southern Air Temple. Which meant that he was the same Avatar who'd disappeared a hundred years ago. Or, that four Avatars were born in the last century and died without anyone noticing. Yeah, the first option was more likely. Maybe Avatars had unknown powers. It didn't seem that far-fetched. Stories twist around and change over time. Maybe being the Avatar was more than elemental bending. Eren nodded at me. "Sure, wait a moment." He crawled back into the iceberg. I followed, looking around as if I expected something other than ice on the inside. It turned out to be just an icy cave. There was a mound of fur inside with a saddle on it, and horns, and it was moving - breathing. A giant bison - now that's something I haven't heard of before. I walked towards the sleeping bison, examining it from all sides. Now that I think about it, I remember hearing about airbenders and flying animals. It sounded like a child's story. But then again, finding the Avatar sitting in the middle of the ocean was pretty unlikely as well. "So. How are we going to get back to the village?" I said, more to myself than anyone. Mikasa continued to stand outside the ice cave, while I paced around and Eren hopped

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