The Search for Truth (Erec Rex) by Kaza Kingsley

Author:Kaza Kingsley
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Action & Adventure - General, Social Issues, Magic, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Juvenile Fiction, Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General, Children: Grades 4-6, Dragons, New Experience, Science Fiction, General, Social Issues - New Experience, Fantasy & Magic, Fiction
ISBN: 9781416979883
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Published: 2010-08-21T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Novikov Time Bender

HOMER, THE GOLDEN ghost, hovered in the air before the Novikov Time Bender. He seemed to be smiling, although his features were hard to make out. "Welcome back, Erec Rex."

"Thanks." Erec hesitated. He didn't want to say anything to ruin his chances. "I would like to use the Novikov Time Bender, please. It's really important."

"I know you do," the ghost said, fluttering in the air. "And I know why."

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"So...it's okay?"

"Your motivations are the best, Erec, no matter what your results may be. That is all that matters. Steering the future is up to you, not me, as long as you are driven by your heart."

Erec looked at the machine with apprehension. It did not help that it looked like a gold coffin with a glass front. "Can I see through it when I'm inside?"

"Yes, until you turn the dials. Then you will see only where you are in time. I can watch over you through the glass. Or when I look in the viewer." He pointed at a small television screen extending from the side of the Time Bender. "There I can see what is happening where you have gone."

"So you'll see on the screen what I'm doing, and through this glass case you'll just see me lying there?"

"Yes."

Going into the past seemed too easy. Erec had expected some resistance. "Will you let anyone know that I went?"

"Not if you don't want me to."

He heard his voice crack, and he realized he was afraid of going. "Do I need to take anything with me?"

"You won't be able to," the ghost said. "That was a problem with the first prototype. People went back naked because they could not take clothing with them. This new model will give you a version of what you are wearing now, made to fit you at any age you pick."

"And when I go back, will I know everything I know now?"

"You will. Except your body will look the same as it was at that time, of course."

Erec then asked a question that really bothered him. "What happens to the other version of me that was there then? What if I run into it?"

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"That's the beauty of the Time Bender," the ghost said. "You can't run into yourself. You go into your body at that time. So there will be no other version of you there. Whatever you do when you go back will be all that you do then. Your old self evaporates from your body a while, then returns when you leave."

"Does it remember anything?" Erec asked. "Will the old me remember what the new me did after I leave?"

"No, the old you will have no idea. It will feel like a bit of amnesia, I'm afraid. That's why it is only recommended to use the Time Bender once. More times might cause a problem. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Definitely." Erec gulped. He had his doubts, though. "Could I get stuck there?"

"That should not happen. Unless, of course, somebody keeps you from coming back to this room again.

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