~10 months later: December 24th~

Day: 348 as a comrade

The whole order was lit up with candles. It was Christmas Eve and the order had never been so beautiful. There were some boxes laying around, since we were moving to the new order soon. Apparently the new HQ was stationed somewhere in London. I was thirteen years old now and was basically treated like any other adult now. "Hey Sephiria!" I heard Allen call. "Hi," I smiled at him turning around. Over these couple of months Allen and I had grown very close, we were almost always together. "Merry Christmas Eve," he grinned and put his arm around my shoulder. My heart skipped a beat for no reason at all.

All of a sudden another arm wrapped itself around my shoulder. "Hey Allen, ya' think you can take Seph away from me?" It was Lavi, joking around like he always was. "Lavi," Allen greeted him in an irritated tone. "Lavi, what are you doing?" I asked.

"Well it isn't fair that Allen gets to keep you all to himself," Lavi whined.

"We're just friends," I said firmly.

"Then tell him to stop putting his arm around your shoulders! It looks like you guys are a thing or something!"

Allen quickly removed his arm when he heard Lavi's words.

"Now that's better," Lavi nodded in approval.

I didn't know what Lavi's deal was. Ever since he'd learned my secret he seemed weirdly over protective over me. I didn't really mind though. Sometimes I thought that maybe that was how having an older brother felt sometimes. Lavi was 19 now and Allen, 16. We'd all aged one year, and I had been away from my family for almost a year now also. What were they doing now on Christmas Eve? Were they having fun? Or were they sad that I wasn't with them on such an important day? I clicked open the locket that they had given me so long ago and stared at that happy family in the photo. We were together, sort of at least. Allen immediately recognized my actions and asked, "do you miss your family Sephiria?" "Don't worry, I'm fine," I lied. The both of them saw right through my lie, and even though I knew Lavi hated me lying to him he let it slide just this once. Allen just stared at me sadly, but also followed Lavi's example.

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It was getting late and I sat alone in my room talking to Solara, who was probably the closest thing to family for me at that moment. "Merry Christmas Eve," I laughed.

"Now that doesn't sound right, it sounds rather odd."

"Yeah, I know."

"You let Allen say that to you without a single word though."

"Yeah, what of it," I said knowing where she was trying to take this conversation.

"You like him," I could almost see Solara's amused face.

"Nope, I don't." I replied right away without even having to think.

"Oh and Lavi hasn't run his mouth about anything right?"

"Nope. Don't worry, he won't. I really actually trust Lavi completely.

"I know. I do too, but a Bookman is a Bookman."

The clock struck 12:00am. Christmas. "Merry Christmas," I said to myself even though I wasn't really feeling it. I wondered where Lux was. Probably off with Timcanpy. Shutting my eyes and rolling over I began to sleep, but suddenly my sleep was interrupted by someone knocking on the door.

I know this was a fail chapter with no plot… what a sucky first chapter of part 4 huh? Agreed? Oh well, who said that I had to start off the first chapter with a bang? Anyways, the next chapter was one of my favorite chapters out of the whole book so I hope you enjoy it!

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