Day: 006 as a comrade

Light burst from the closed shades and I groaned. Lenalee was standing next to the now open blinds in my sister's room. "C'mon Sephiria, wake up." I rubbed my tired eyes and stretched. When my hand hit the soft bed that I was laying on my eyes flickered to life. My sister wasn't next to me, why? "Where's my sister?" "She left for school already," Lenalee replied. "What time-?" I began but was interrupted. "It's almost 12 o'clock," Lenalee answered."12! Aren't I supposed to go to school too?" I scrambled out of bed. "It's fine, you're not attending school today. Instead you're going to go and explain to your school in an all school assembly." "An assembly! You mean I have to talk in front of my whole school on a stage! Are you kidding me!" I asked nervously. "Well actually you can just stand there while Allen explains everything. Allen's used to talking in front of people since he was a clown before he was an exorcist and is really good in front of crowds. Also he has white hair."

I looked at her oddly giving her a huh? Stare. "Oh it's because it's a little odd that he has white hair when he's so young." she replied. Oh, she was right, I'd completely forgot that Allen having white hair was abnormal because of how beautiful it looked on him. I felt awkward for thinking such a thing but I was pretty sure that I wasn't the only one. "Well get ready slowpoke or you're going to be late for sure!" Lenalee urged me out of bed.

On my way to the bathroom I ran in to Allen. His hair was dripping water and he was holding a white towel matting it dry. "Hi," he said. "I used your shower if you don't mind," he told me pointing to the white bathroom. "No it's okay," I replied. Then I noticed that he wasn't wearing his uniform. He was wearing a white long sleeve button down shirt, with black pants.

He must've noticed that I was staring because he asked what was the matter. "Oh nothing it's just that I realized that you aren't wearing your uniform is all." I stuttered feeling a little embarrassed that I was caught staring. "Oh," I said scratching the back of his head, "well we normally only wear our uniforms when we fight, but I'll put it on later. Just not right now." "I see," I smiled. He smiled back at me then went downstairs.

I went in to the bathroom and looked in to the mirror as I did every morning. There stood Solara behind me in my reflection, to me it was actually really surprising how fast I got used to seeing her in the mirror. I found it a little weird but I decided not to worry about it much.

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"Sephiria! Time to go!" Lenalee called. "I finished up my lunch and hurried out the door. Lenalee and Allen waited for me on the sidewalk and when I got to them Lenalee grabbed on to Allen and I and her red anklets deconstructed making her unique boots. Then her feet launched off the ground. In a couple of seconds we reached the entrance of the school.

I led the both of them to the main office and stopped. The two ladies at the front desk recognized me immediately. "Miss Sephiria!" they both said at the same time. "Uhm hello. I'm supposed to be here to explain yesterday's incident." I told them. "Oh, yes you and your friends may go to the commons."

We entered the commons, and a knot tied in my chest. Probably the nervousness of standing on a stage in front of my whole school, and me realizing that this could possibly be the last time that I ever set foot in a school with my friends ever again. That feeling was the worst of all.

In a couple of minutes the students were about ready to come rushing through the doors happy that they had gotten out of class. Then they would be faced with the horrible truth about the world they lived in. truthfully I really didn't want that to happen but maybe that was what was the best for everyone. All of a sudden Lenalee threw a black coat at Allen and he caught it. "Wear it. It's your uniform," Lenalee ordered him and he let out a sigh. "Tell me again, why I'm always the one explaining everything?" "Hey don't complain! I explained everything to Sephiria's parents yesterday!" Allen stayed quiet after that probably realizing that how hard that was for Lenalee. Then came the dreaded footsteps of the students. They were here. We stayed off stage and stood by the wall.

As the students entered they stared at me with a nervous gaze. Monster, I could almost hear them think. The only reason that they thought that was because they never truly knew what a real exorcist was. The only real thing that they knew was that exorcists got rid of demons, but that also was a reason why when they thought of an exorcist they thought of monsters. Allen, Lenalee, and I weren't monsters though, we were human. Maybe a lot less human than they were, but still human. Many familiar faces came through that door, my friends too, but they all just gave me that cold and afraid stare. All of them except for Kameron and Lydia, they looked at me like they usually would. Like a friend. They looked like they wanted to run over to me and hug me hard, but they weren't allowed out of their lines.

When everyone was seated my principle walked up on stage and grabbed the microphone. "We are all here today because of the incident that occurred yesterday." she told everyone. "Today our student Sephiria Liang and the two others with her will explain what happened yesterday." I was nervous, though Allen was doing most of the talking. My hands trembled violently. "It's okay," I heard Allen whisper to me, "just don't think too much about it." Allen's voice was very calm and cool and it made me feel a lot better. Now I only trembled slightly, still a little scared. The red rings on my body were cold like ice, making me tremble even more. Then Allen began to speak and I completely stopped. He had such a beautiful voice. How could anyone think of him as a monster, I thought to myself.

"We're sorry for what happened yesterday. We had no intention of bringing you in to our battle yesterday afternoon." He apologized. The students stayed quiet as he spoke. Allen began to explain innocence just like he had to me. Who he and Lenalee were, The Black Order, and finally the demons. The word demon sliced through the crowd like a knife. All of their beliefs had been changed forever, and for some theirs were proven. The existence of such monsters, even the teachers looked scared out of their minds, but nobody doubted our words. Finally Allen finished, and I knew that I needed to apologize also, I needed to and wanted to. I stepped forward and Allen knew what I was going to do. He handed me the microphone and stepped back as I began to speak.

"I'm sorry," I began. "I know that Allen already kind of apologized for me, but I thought that it might be better if a I say it once for myself too. Those demons were after me, and nobody else. I put all of your lives at risk and I'm really sorry for it." the students were quiet just like they were before. Then all of a sudden they began to talk amongst themselves. My first thought was that they probably hated me, but then one of the groups that Lydia and Kameron were talking in spoke up. "You don't have to apologize, you saved our lives yesterday, and got hurt badly in the process, we forgive you." my eyes opened wide, I was happy. Then slowly throughout the whole commons a chorus of I agree rang out making it's way from the students sitting in the front of the commons to the end. I was overjoyed, the last thing I wanted to do was leave this school with everyone hating me, and now I didn't need to. The last sight of my school would definitely be a good one.

I left the commons walking in between Allen and Lenalee, kind of like bodyguards would stand on the sides of the person they were protecting. All of a sudden I heard Kameron and Lydia's voices calling out my name. I quickly turned around and was tackled with a hug by the both of them. I choked at the strength of their hug, finally they released me from their tight embrace. "Why didn't you tell us before Sephiria?" They asked me sounding a little irritated. "I'm sorry," I laughed. "I wasn't supposed to tell anybody." "Well it's okay now since now everything's going back to normal. I mean you still have that power, but that doesn't really matter." Kameron smiled. I stayed quiet at that, that wasn't true. They still didn't know that I was leaving. How would I tell them?

"What's wrong Seph?" Lydia asked me noticing the complete silence. Allen and Lenalee both turned their heads away trying to hide their sorrowful faces. "Everything is going back to normal right?" I gritted my teeth and then said. "Yeah, everything's going to go back to normal now." Lenalee's eyes widened, "wait Sephiria! You're not serious are you!" I raised my head up and gave her a reassuring look. She quieted down immediately. "It'll be normal again for you guys but for me, my life will be as abnormal as can be." "But wait how's that possible? If we're living a normal life then how will you not be?" Kameron asked me. "Unless- are you leaving?" I nodded looking at her with sad eyes. Tears rushed out of the both of their eyes. "I'm going to go and become an exorcist. I've finally found what I'm supposed to do on life! I can save people! It's not something that I can just put off." I told them. "Promise that you'll come back. When you come back we'll be waiting for you okay? So you better come back. I don't care when you come back you just have to!" Lydia said. "Yeah goodbye," I replied my heart aching. I left the school and took one last glance. "I'm sorry," I said. "But I may not be able to keep my promise."

"C'mon it's time to go," Lenalee said kindly. Allen walked ahead of me, then looked back and smiled. He reached out his hand and I grabbed it. My parents and family were probably on their way to the airport. I would go home and grab my suitcase. It was time to leave, and I was on my way towards the meaning of my life.

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The airport was very crowded. Allen, Lenalee, and I pushed through the crowd of people to find my parents. Finally we spotted them sitting in a row of chairs. I rushed over to them and hugged them. It was especially going to be hard saying goodbye to my family. "Your plane will be coming soon," my mother held back tears. I held her tightly, "I'll miss you too." "Hey Sephiria!" Dora said. She had her hands behind her back. She slowly revealed her hand and in it was a small black round toy with black bat wings and I recognized it immediately. "That's the toy that the nurse gave me saying that some other man gave it to me, when I was born right?" "Yep," my sister said, "I thought maybe you'd want it. I was digging through a bunch of our old toys and found it." She handed me the small toy. It looked somewhat like Allen's golem Timcanpy. I even remembered the name of the small toy, it was Lux. A pretty weird name for a child's toy, but I liked it. "Thank you," I told her cupping the little toy in my hands. "You take care. Don't get too beat up." my father told me. "See ya'," my brother said. "Bye Ben," I replied hugging him tightly. I noticed that Ben was holding a leash and on that leash was my puppy Tommy. "My puppy baby Tommy," I cooed then kissed his forehead. "The plane is now here at gate 5. Passengers please enter through the boarding area." The intercom said. "Well I go to go now," I smiled. "I love you." I waved then turned towards the gate with Allen and Lenalee. Then I heard my parents call Allen's name, "please come here for a moment." Allen turned back and we went forward without him. Lenalee handed the ticket lady the two of our tickets and we walked in.

We sat down and soon Allen joined us. The plane started and then sped up, and with a jolt took off. I looked out the window. "Goodbye old life," I whispered and then I was gone.

/The Truth about the World

Goodbye old life. Hello new exorcist life Sephiria Liang. (I couldn't find a black haired girl)