What if to save the
ones you love, you had to unlock the key to a different reality?
Generations
of mystery smash together when a seemingly traditional family must shatter
their illusions of normality to confront themselves and their friends, leaving
no possibility unexplored in order to rescue—well, who exactly? Watch the Ross
family, the High Five Gang, and multiple generations dig into an innovative
explosion of imagination where they must confront numerous realities,
real-world danger, and worst of all—their own teenage hormones!
In a
place where nothing is as it seems and shocks are around every corner, even the
people you thought you knew may find themselves strangers in this moving and
provocative reality-bender. With breathless pacing and psychological intrigue,
Erasing: Shadows and the High Five Gang will keep you guessing until the very
end.
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Exactly one hour later, six raggedy
looking teenagers showed up out of nowhere in the astral, sitting on the ground
near a farm. For a moment, they weren't quite sure where they were. Then it all
came back to them. The gravel underneath their legs was leaving imprints like
always. They smelled hay. It was a sure sign they were there.
The Emergency Meeting Place.
The group surveyed the landscape,
and it appeared exactly as it was supposed to be. The field over the hill lay
behind Mira's childhood home. Then they caught themselves staring at each other
because of the sheer scale of difference between their before and after
appearances.
"Wow." Jonathan spoke
first. He gaped at Michael, who, true to his word, had come back at about
sixteen-years-old. Even his clothes were teenage clothes. "You've learned
some things haven't you!" He was impressed.
"From Mira," answered
Michael. "And apparently you have too." Jonathan looked obviously
older than Michael. If Michael had to guess, he would say Jonathan was nineteen
or twenty. "But, I've re-thought this, and maybe I am going to return to
age twelve. It’s closer to Mira's age, and I can build more rapport with
her."
He didn't mention that also he just
plain missed her. If they were both twelve, well, hopefully her former crush on
him when they were younger would manifest this time too. In real life she was
older than him, though not by much. That was the weirdness of the astral.
Playing with ages got really complicated.
Michael amazed the others as he
shrunk. Suddenly he wasn't sixteen anymore. Jonathan knew the technique, but
the others were in awe.
"Can I do that too?"
asked Zac, who was changing into the clothes he brought. Jonathan noted his
older clothes were hanging off of him. Zac was the only other one at about age
twelve. He was also the only one who hadn't seemed to travel into the correct
clothes. He had arrived still wearing his adult attire. Somehow his traveling
skills were a bit behind the others, who looked their appropriate ages.
"No," said Michael.
"You are the cousin I have that is Mira's age. The more people her age the
better."
Trina laughed at Zac's adult
clothes falling off. "Okay, Mr. Hobo, about ready there?" she teased.
Then she turned to Onie. "Wow,
you're suddenly a cougar , aren't you,?" she said laughing, for Onie had
turned up as age sixteen, four years older than her husband.
"Ha, ha," said Zac.
"Yeah, forgive me if I wait
until we're back into the real world to um—oh never mind," said Onie.
"So you do only love me for my
body!" teased Zac.
"Well," said Jonathan,
getting everyone back on track, "we have to be careful how we introduce
ourselves to Mira. It needs to be like it was before; except atour current
astral age, so we don't freak her out. I'm not sure where she would end up if
she got confused and upset, but it wouldn't be good."
"Right," said Michael. He
popped a few more Tums. "She could end up in a forest or a storm. Or alone
in the desert—you never know what the unconscious will do, so everyone needs to
concentrate hard because Mira won't be able to. So I will find her first and
try to develop our old rapport. Knowing her, she will want to learn, and then
I'll introduce her to Jonathan like before."
"Let's write this down,"
said Lu.
"I have paper and pen,"
said Onie.
Lu looked at the group. "We
really haven't changed much personality-wise. There's Onie with supplies on
hand, Jonathan ordering us around, and Zac falling apart." She laughed.
"I think it will be easiest if
we think of this like a play. We all have our parts that are mimicking how we
met and acted before. Only don't forget how serious it is," said Trina.
"I agree," said Michael.
The group spent the next hour
recalling their collective memories, remembering the old days, and then
reenacted some of their initial encounters with Mira. Michael decided to leave
out some of the negative events so as not to traumatize Mira. In the end, they
had a plan.
"Does everyone feel
comfortable with this?" asked Lu.
"Do you mean, do I feel
comfortable as a nineteen-year-old?" said Jonathan. "Hell, yeah.
Loving this."
Everyone laughed. Perturbed, Zac
spoke. "I'm surprised that I'm only twelve. I thought I'd be older. Why am
I the only one that was automatically so young?"
Jonathan answered, "Well, it
is representative of your inner evolution, so physically you may be older, but
astrally, in this world, you haven't really done that much more traveling or
advanced your learning so you haven't particularly grown intellectually or
evolutionally 'here.' And remember," he added, "when Michael first
came back, he was twelve too. And look at him now—he can stretch to any
age."
Zac frowned. His wife saw and added,
"It's not a bad thing, Zac. Some people get older and can't go back
because they've lost their sense of wonder and attitude of learning. Other
people never grow up because they never mature. I think we are right where we
are supposed to be, and you never know, this adventure may change us a
bit."
"Yeah, hopefully in a good
way," Zac acquiesced.
Lu and Trina at sixteen voiced no
complaints.
"Actually, Onie, this may come
in handy, because you know we are not exactly the same ages as when we first
met Mira, except for me, so I think Zac being closer to her age is a good
thing," said Michael.
"That's a good thought,"
said Zac. "I feel better."
Jonathan was gathering his things
and making moves to go. "It's getting late. Is everyone clear on what to
do? And the order to do it in?"
There were nods all around. Michael
added, "Okay, from now on, I am twelve-year-old Michael. Is everyone also
clear where to sleep tonight, how to eat, and all the practical things? We
sleep in the real world, eat in the real world, but if anyone can, someone
should bring some real food to the astral next time."
Jonathan volunteered to try.
"Okay, unless there are any
last concerns, let's get this show on the road," said Trina.
Onie had one last comment.
"Everyone remembers our name, right? We loved it at the time and believed
we were so slick. Mira liked it."
Michael remembered back to his
younger self. "The High Five Gang."
Biography
K.D. Rose is an author and poet and currently
has "Heavy Bags of Soul", "Inside Sorrow" and “I AM (Poetry
in Motion)” on sale at Amazon.com. "Erasing: Shadows" is the first of
a Seven Book Series for New Adults in the Fantasy/Paranormal Genre. K.D. is
currently at work on Book 2, Erasing: Shattered.
K.D. Rose is now also an author with Lycaon
Press.
Just like her books, K.D. Rose is edgy, hits you
in the gut and gives you the education you never knew you needed. Writing with
irony, truth, and a spiked pen, she takes you past the self into
self-evolution.
K.D. has an eclectic mind and loves language, physics, philosophy, photography, design, art, writing, symbolism, semiotics, spirituality, and Dr. Who. K.D. is an avid supporter of music, the arts, cutting edge science, technology, and creativity in all forms that encourage us to expand and explore past the artificial limits we often set for ourselves in order to see the everyday connections that exist among all things.
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