Epoch by Timothy Carter

Author:Timothy Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: flux, teen, young, youth, adult, fiction, end of the world, demons
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2007-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

Vincent and Grimbowl floated in the air in a dark room. There was something very familiar about it, and when he looked around Vincent saw why.

“This is my hospital room,” he said. He could see the door on one side, the window on the other. He saw Max standing beside his bed, holding Grimbowl in his arms. A needle-thin cord stretched from the elf’s head all the way to the Grimbowl who floated in the air beside Vincent.

“What the … ?” Vincent said, looking from one Grimbowl to the other. “How can you be in two places at once?”

“I’m not the only one,” Grimbowl said, pointing down.

Vincent looked. Below was his bed, and lying in that bed …

“Woah!” Vincent said, recoiling at the sight of his own face.

“Don’t get scared, calm down,” Grimbowl said. “Strong emotions will snap you right back to your body.”

“What? I don’t … ” Vincent said, but then he understood. “I’m having an astral projection, aren’t I?”

“What was your first clue?” said Grimbowl.

“I thought it would be really hard to do,” Vincent said, looking down at his sleeping form. Like Grimbowl, he had a thin silver cord stretching out of his forehead into the back of his astral skull. Vincent reached back and felt it; it was like having a tail in the base of his neck.

“It usually is hard,” Grimbowl said. “A lot of concentration and focus. But everyone leaves their bodies when they dream, kid. They hover above their bodies and surround themselves in their own personal dreamworlds. If you know the trick, you can pull someone out of their dream.

“But enough about that. Your brother said you needed me to help you do this. What I want to know is, why?”

“My brother?” Vincent looked back at Max, now sitting on the bed with Grimbowl’s body still in his arms. “He actually found you?”

“Wasn’t hard,” Grimbowl said. “I was here anyway. I wanted to ask you what you’re up to, hanging around with pixies and fighting demons.”

“I shouldn’t tell you,” Vincent said, turning away from him. “You made me beat up my best friend. And you hurt me. A lot.”

“I did what I had to,” Grimbowl said. “We needed a human to go where we couldn’t.”

“You should have just asked,” Vincent said. “That’s what Nod did.”

“Good for him,” Grimbowl said. “He’s one terrific pixie, that’s for sure.”

“I thought you elves hated pixies,” Vincent asked.

“We do, yeah,” Grimbowl said. “My people, Vincent, we’re not exactly big on trust for other species. Goes all the way back to our epoch, when the Centaurs ... ”

“I know,” Vincent said. “Nod told me about them.”

“Did he?” Grimbowl said. “What else do you know?”

“I know we have less than two days until the end of the epoch,” Vincent said.

“What?” Grimbowl replied.

“So we don’t really have time for your trust issues,” Vincent pointed out. “We need to get on with this before we lose any more time.”

“You know what, kid?” Grimbowl said. “You’re right. And I was wrong about you. You’re not just some dolt.

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