He was even more shock to find out that his neighbors, both the Bakers, Emma, and Mr. Parker were all Highborn and only used a trick to look like old people. One of the perks of being contracted to the grimoire was you stop aging as long as its bond stayed true. They were all excited that Kaden had awoken his book. It was weird seeing the already attractive Miss Emma turn young again. Kaden brain almost short-circuited as she was just too beautiful of a woman. She giggled and Mr. Parker felt proud at the reveal. Since then they kept up their disguise just to spare the poor boy. The Bakers joy at seeing Kaden awaken was mixed with the bitter feeling when their own son failed to do so. They were just glad that their friends were spared their fate. To watch your child grow old and die as you stayed young was a curse that did not wash on anybody else.

It turns out there was a deadline to when a child could awaken. If a child did not awaken before their fourteenth birthday they were doomed to stay a lowborn. One out of ten purebloods would still fail. If the child's parents were a mix of low, and highborn then the odds were even worse. A hundred thousand to one. It was far worse for a lowborn couple as the odds of their child awakening was ten million to one. Kaden was glad he did not fail in the end.

The two weeks had past fast and the difference in Kaden body from absorbing the starlight had started to show. He was stronger than before. Able to lift over a hundred pounds without breaking a sweat. He could even dunk the ball now. He felt he could easily school pro players now. His father busted his bubble when he told Kaden that he could no longer play sports with the Lowborns because he could hurt them by accident. Chad also poured cold water on Kaden NBA dreams by stating that the Elder Counsel forbids Highborns from any job that fell into the public light. He could not be a Pro Basketball player since it was too public. Same if he wanted to be an actor or anything else that might bring the t.i.tle of celebrity. To gain the t.i.tle celebrity of the moral world would grant the holder a one-way ticket to prison. Chad briefly stated that the Highborn Prison was like the prisons from the middle ages. That description was enough for Kaden to request his dad to give him the legal books of his new society. His father laughed it off and said he would learn all he needed to learn at Edensburg.

Before Kaden knew it then new year came and went. Today he would be going to visit his mothers family in China. Though the book did not look Chinese as he took after more of his father side. With dirty brown hair and hazel eyes. At his current hight hitting five nine by the time he was twenty-five was a sure win. Not as tall as his father but taller than his mother. One trait he did take from his mother was her pale white skin. He found it funny that his father was the Caucasian and was a darker skin tone than his Asian mother. All in all, he figured he become a handsome man if not devastation so when he grew up. For now, he could care less about such things. He was barely starting to have a reaction to the opposite s.e.x. Emma being the major trigger in his young life for said reaction. She loved teasing him constantly now. He hopes that his great grandmother would at lease act her age when he was sent to her. The little he remembers of the lady still hunted his dream. Ma might be strict in her exercise routine, his great grandmother was a demon when it came to martial arts training. His Gigi as he called her had come to visit the family a half a dozen time on the weekend. She was always like a tornado when she came through leaving everyone exhausted by the time she left. The only thing that Kaden could remember about her besides being more wrinkly then a raisin was her infatuation with wushu.

"You pack several gi, son?" Asked his mother bring him out of his daydream. "Yeah, a week's worth. If Gigi going to train me those pairs should hold out for a year," Kaden answered. He hoped they would anyways. "Hmm," his mother pondered. "I'll send you more if need be it's not like it will take me long to go there. We can have dinner like we normally do when your dad and I get out of work." She responded. Kaden looked at her in total shock before shaking it off. He had to get desensitized with having magic in his life. "Not like I'll be on the opposite of the planet or anything." He mumbled to himself as he walked to his room.

It was around 2:30 when his father returned home from work. It was decided that they take him to his Gigi at 3 pm. It would be around 6 pm there. As Kaden asked if they were going to drive to O'hare Airport. Emma and the rest of the crew laugh at him say he was too cute. He just shut his mouth in defiance. "We are going to create a gateway son. Its why we got our friend here to help us." Chad explained it like it was the normal way to travel. "Yeah, We could each just make the jump by ourselves but since it's you that has to go we need to make a gateway. You'll learn about Jumping in your third year. That's was a fun time huh Chad." Mr. Parker said as he nudged Chad. As it turns out he is Kadens dads best friend and Btw he is way younger than Emma. Cougar was all Kaden could think of now when he looked at Emma. He wondered if that lady held it as a t.i.tle in her grimoire.

Kaden was standing in the yard wearing his snow gear like he was going to go skiing. four large suitcases were stacked behind him filled with his stuff. His mother, father and their friends stood in a circle around him. "We see you soon son," His mother said before she and the rest of the group close their eyes and in each of their hands, a book appeared. Before long they started murmuring and what they said was in sync with one another. To Kaden, it was a bit creepy how in sync they were. Before Kaden could say anything to them a bright light engulfed him. The next instant he found himself on top of a mountain surrounded by snow. The air was so thin that he felt light-headed.

He was at a loss as he could see nothing but white snow and feel the bitter cold wind nipping at his ears and nose. Not one second since he regained his senses did two more flashes of light appeared beside him. "That woman I swear," Chad berated under his breath but stop himself for finis.h.i.+ng his sentence. His wife was kind enough to pinch his arm as a warning. "Grandma Mia, we have come to pay you a visit," Lisa said in Mandarin. Kaden and Chad both understood her as they both were fluent in the langue. Clap, Clap. The sound of someone clapping their hands together twice rang out. The magical scene before Kaden left him breathless. The barren snow filled mount peck before his very eyes transformed into a wondrous land filled with green gra.s.s and colorful flowers of various types. An ancient Chinese mansion came into view. It was complete with ponds filled with fish and lotus plants. "Beautiful," Kaden could not help but say. "Yes I know I am" came a voice sweet voice behind him. Out of reflexes, Kaden jump forward way from the perceived threat. Look back he saw a woman standing beside his mother. She looked like a younger sister to his mother but more beautiful than her. Her outfit was what gave it way as it was the same dark purple dress with a light blue belt that his Gigi seemed to always ware. "Not you too," Kaden yelled as he pointed his finger at the lady who always drilled the basic forms of Shaolin into his head every time she came to visit.