There will be some serious OOC-ness with one of the characters in this chapter. PLEASE continue reading it to the end so you can read my explanation at the end of chapter 17.
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"PREPARE FOR THE ENTRY EXAM!" The gatekeeper hollered.
Finally, after a confusing few days in Earthridge, Bookman, Lavi, Kanda, and Allen had managed to retrieve Silverton and bring her back to the Black Order HQ to begin training as an exorcist.
After the quick scan of Silverton's body, the gatekeeper yelled out, "YOUUUU MAAAY PAAASS!" and the gate slowly opened, granting access into the building.
The five of them walked through the massive hallway, all of them silent. None of them had even tried speaking to Silverton ever since they'd left her home town. Allen assumed she was thinking about her master who stayed behind by the way she held her head low and stared at the ground as she walked. In a way, he'd wondered what it felt like, since he himself could never 'miss' his master.
The four men walked her up to Komui's office and opened the door, only to reveal its cluttered mess of papers littering the floor. Komui was sitting at his desk drinking coffee and in the seat in front of him sat General Tiedoll. The two of them both turned their attention towards the door.
"Back so soon?" Komui said with a small smile.
Tiedoll rose from his seat and approached them. "Even I expected you four to be gone longer than this. I trust you gathered all the information you needed, Bookman?" The elderly man spoke.
"Gathering information was the least of our troubles." Bookman replied. "We found far more than that."
"Such as…?" Komui spoke from his desk.
The exorcists parted down the middle only to make the brown haired girl visible to them. Silverton stood there with her arms crossed and her eyes averted from everyone.
Bookman gestured to the girl and stated, "This is the Sage's apprentice, Silverton. We brought her here because she is an accommodator of innocence."
"Is that so?" Tiedoll said with a welcoming smile. He held out his hand to her. "I'm glad to finally meet you, Silverton. I'm General Tiedoll, your new mentor."
Unsurprisingly, she completely ignored him and continued to look down at her feet.
-12:13pm-
In the cafeteria, Lavi carried his tray of food over to the table Allen was sitting at. Allen swallowed the large gulp of food in his mouth and said, "Hey, Lavi, have you seen Silverton anywhere?"
Lavi sat and shook his head. "Nah, I haven't seen her since we left her in Komui's hands. Maybe she's with General Tiedoll or something."
"MMH!" Allen grunted after he had just stuffed a loaf of bread in his mouth. "Hmm-mm-mm-mmh!" He was now pointing over by the large entryway where Silverton peeked in curiously, holding a black notebook. She laid her eyes on an empty table in the corner of the cafeteria and snuck inside; sitting all alone at the table with her back against the wall and the notebook in her lap, hoping no one would bother her.
Lenalee waltzed up behind Allen and Lavi, who where both looking across the room at Silverton. "Hey, you two! I haven't seen you lately. Were you on another mission?"
Allen turned around and glanced at his cheerful pig-tailed friend and swallowed another large bite of food. Like Allen and Lavi, Lenalee wasn't wearing her uniform. "No, we weren't on a mission this time around, but it kinda felt like one after a while…"
"Oh? How come?" Lenalee glanced up at Lavi, who's eyes were fixated on Silverton. "Hey…who's that girl over there? Is she a finder? Why isn't she wearing her uniform?"
Lavi looked back at Lenalee from over his shoulder. "You mean Komui didn't tell you? We brought her back with us on our last trip."
"She's an accommodator of innocence. Her name is Silverton." Allen added.
Lenalee smiled. "That's great! We found another piece of innocence AND an accommodator!" She strutted around the table and headed in Silverton's direction.
"Uh…Lenalee, where are you going?" Allen asked, concerned.
"I'm going to introduce myself, of course!" Lenalee stated, and continued walking towards her.
Lavi opened his mouth to warn her of how anti-social Silverton was, but instead he chose to sit and watch. "This should be interesting…" He whispered to Allen.
Silverton noticed Lenalee approaching her out of the corner of her eye. She'd hoped the girl was just walking by, but as she expected, Lenalee was headed straight for her.
Lenalee stood in front of the quiet girl with a cheeky smile on her face. "Hello there! My name is Lenalee, I was told your name was Silverton, it's nice to meet you!"
For once, Silverton decided to acknowledge someone's presence. She looked at the girl who stood before her, and without even the slightest moment for thought, instantly was disgusted by her. The pigtails, the miniskirt, the voice, the smile, everything about this girl made her want to hurl.
Lenalee tilted her head when Silverton didn't answer. "Is something wrong?" She noticed the nasty glare she was being given, yet she didn't seem to take the hint. "Are you hungry? It's noon, you should get something to eat while you can! If you're going to be a full-fledged exorcist like me, you're going to need lots of energy!"
Silverton scoffed at her and thought to herself, *" 'full-fledged exorcist like me'…! Please. More like full-fledged tramp. I'm nothing like you."*
Unwilling to accept her lack of response, Lenalee looked for another way to get a conversation going. She then noticed the black notebook resting gently in Silverton's lap. "What's this?" Before Silverton could react, the notebook was in Lenalee's grasp. "What's in here?" The nosy girl then positioned her hands to open it up.
The moment Silverton realized what the green-haired girl had gotten a hold of, she lunged out of her chair at Lenalee, knocking the chair to the ground and making plenty of noise, enough to get the attention of everyone in the cafeteria.
Lenalee held the notebook out of reach as Silverton desperately tried to grab it. "Hey, wait a second, I just want to see..!" Lenalee honestly didn't notice the hateful glare in Silverton's eyes.
"GIVE THAT BACK TO ME!" The brown haired girl hollered. Her eyes were narrow and her hands were tightly squeezed into fists. Although Lenalee's face in reality showed signs of fear or worry, in Silverton's eyes, all she could see was a devilish little grin, one that she'd seen on the face of her older sister, Nova, many times.
Lenalee backed away a bit. "H-hey…calm down I just wanted to-"
"I SAID GIVE IT BACK!" Silverton was cursing in her mind. What was it about Lenalee that reminded her so much of Nova? Was it her eyes? Her hair? Clothing choice maybe? The only certain thing was that Lenalee had stolen her notebook and Silverton would go to whatever lengths necessary to get it back.
"Just calm down already..!" Lenalee ordered as she again attempted to open the notebook. "What's so important about this thing anyway?"
Running out of options and patience, Silverton lunged at Lenalee again, this time fist first. Her knuckles crashed into Lenalee's jaw, sending her flying backward, leaving everyone in the room shocked. The notebook slipped out of Lenalee's grip after being punched and landed on the floor in front of Silverton, who then picked it up and furiously darted out of the cafeteria, before anyone could retaliate.