13 by James Phelan

Author:James Phelan [Phelan, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781921990953
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Published: 2013-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

21

‘You asleep?’ Alex asked in their dark bedroom.

‘Yeah, doofus, I’m sound asleep,’ Sam said. He was reading through the Academy’s history on an electronic tablet. Sam was in no hurry to get to sleep—who knows what nightmares I might have next. Maybe I’ll just stay awake forever. ‘And right now I’m having a dream where you’re a different version of you—one who doesn’t snore.’

‘Ha, like I was snoring!’

‘You were five minutes ago.’

‘That was a snort,’ Alex retorted. ‘A schnort. Called it! Whole new word, invented on the spot. Anyway, whatcha reading?’

‘Right now, prophecy-type stuff. You?’

Alex flipped round his screen, showing notes from an Academy computer class. ‘Computers are my thing—but I gotta say, they never taught us this level of programming at regular school. I mean, this is fierce. How about you—you learned anything useful?’

‘Yeah and no,’ Sam said, scrolling through the pages. ‘I’ve learned that whatever’s coming, if all these theories are correct … let’s just say I’ve got a hell of a time ahead of me.’

‘We, buddy,’ Alex said. ‘It’s not all about you, remember?’

‘Yeah, well …’ Sam put the tablet aside. ‘So, want to talk about whatever your dream was that got you here?’

‘Not really, no,’ Alex said. ‘You want to talk about why you flipped out in the aura corridor?’

‘Not really, no,’ Sam said. Maybe another time.

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