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So, I guess I don’t have a
choice in this matter, do I? And where the hell is Grandpa Lamont?
What haven’t you tried to find him yet?”
    “ Don’t yell at me,” Nia said
in a low voice. “I’m not trying to find Grandpa because I know he’s
not in trouble. He’s on business like Paul said. And yes, you do
have a choice in whether you stay on Turgor or not. But this is
something that takes practice in doing, not one night. Get a grip.”
She leaned back and watched the other kids for a moment.
    “ You don’t have a choice in
whether you want to deal with this or not, do you?” I asked
again.
    “ Yep,” Nia repeated. “You
do. Sis, like I’ve said before, you don’t just happen to find
Turgor. You seek it...want it secretly, deep down. In a way, you
beckon it. And when you do, you make your choice.”
    I took a very deep breath and let it
out slowly, much to Nia’s horror. Nothing seemed real anymore. I
had been on a different planet less than twenty-four hours ago, and
now I was on a school bus that didn’t hover, heading back to my
normal school. I closed my eyes for a moment. My sister was going
crazy, and she was dragging me down with her.
    I looked over at her and thought for a
moment. “So, let’s pretend this is real. Am I going to
just...sporadically learn stuff or is Paul going to be my
mentor?”
    Nia giggled. “Paul? A mentor? Highly
unlikely. Senior Awakeners only help get you started.” She reached
down into her backpack and pulled out a small purple notebook and a
piece of gum. “Here”, she said, handing them over to me, “this is
your DiGi.”
    “ My DiGi,” I echoed,
stuffing the gum in my mouth.
    “ Yep. It’s kind of like a
planner, diary and manual all wrapped up in one. DiGi stands for
Dilon and Gixson, the name of the wizard company that makes them.
There are so many new Awakeners these days that the Senior
Counsel—that’s that Paul’s apart of—decided to split you up into
groups. Actually, Wizards and Walkers are in groups as well, so
don’t feel bad. You stay in it until you attend a specialized
meeting with the Counsel. Go ahead and open it.”
    I opened the DiGi and stared down at a
blank page. “Nothing’s on it,” I muttered.
    “ Breathe on it,” Nia urged,
elbowing me. I chomped a few times on my wad of gum, sighed, and
the pages began to fill with dates, times, and small notes. I
stared, mouth agape. This actually was happening. I could barely
hear Nia over the sound of the blood rushing to my head.
    “ It’s your own personal
device,” she said. “No one can read it without you being in their
presence. The Counsel assigns you to a group of other members in
your same skill level, and you guys meet whenever it appears in
your DiGi.” I looked down at the DiGi and began to read:
     
    Welcome to the Senior
Counsel ’s Inter-Planetarian notebook, made by Dilon &
Gixson. This is built for Awakeners, Death Walkers, Wizards and
Creators. In this DiGi all of your daily appointments from Turgor
and your home planet are recorded. Please keep this DiGi with you
at all times! Failure to do so with result in disciplinarian action
and can lead to imprisonment and a fine.
     
    Looking up, I raised an eyebrow at Nia.
“Imprisonment?”
    “ It’s a really important
book,” she shrugged. “Remember, there’s a war out
there.”
    “ And so what? I’m just
supposed to lug this around?”
    “ Not at all.” She took my
DiGi from me and said, “It appears in two forms and only when you
need it. The first is the actual book. The second is appearing
right in front of you as though it was put up on a projector. It’s
up to you to think of the way you want to see it. Be careful with
the second way, though. We wouldn’t want anyone else to see it.”
She handed me the DiGi, which I stuck in my backpack. I’ll read
it later , I thought, grabbing my bag and joining the line to
get off the bus.
    School was a drag. I found it hard to
concentrate on anything and was