//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 A Secret // Story: A Second Chance // by Blitz Stratus //------------------------------// "Like I said it will let us put his bloody heart back into his empty chest." Sky said with a shrug. Trixie staggered back. "Your joking right." She said with a nervous laugh. "Trixie im not joking. If you want to get out of here your going to have to trust me." "But to kill somepony thats...thats." "Wrong? Yes but since he's already a vampony were actually doing him a favor." Sky said as she trotted to the end of the isle. "Are you coming or what." She yelled back to Trixie. "Y...yeah be right there." Trixie whispered as she moved to catch up with the sea foam mare. They walked in silence for a long time, passing many rows of books and scrolls Sky ever humming to herself. "You said he was a vampony. What is that?" Trixie finally breaking her silence. "Oh it's the name I gave for what he is. A vampire pony." Sky said tilting her head so Trixie could hear her. "Those really exist." "Well they use to." Sky said as her eyes seemed to darken. "Long, long ago they existed." "Umm so where are we heading to Sky?" "Oh to the vaults where he keeps his heart locked up." She said becoming cheery again. "He keeps it locked in a safe?" "Well wouldn't you?" "Umm its still in my body so no." "Oh yeah, your still alive. Sorry I'm use to dealing with dead ponys or things that don't have hearts or souls." Sky said with eerie grin. "Ok I'm just going to say it." Trixie said a she stopped walking. "Sky your scaring the hay out of me." The sea foam mare just stared at her then started laughing. "Is that all." She said wiping a tear from her eye. "Oh Trixe thats probably the nicest thing anypony has said to me." "Your not insulted?" Trixie asked dumfounded by Sky reaction. "Trixie I'll let you in on a little secret. Just like that pegasus wanted to save you, I chose to be insane." "But why would you choose something like that?" "Because it made me happy." Sky said with a smile. "It's that the reason you performed, because it made you happy." "Did Sage tell you that?" "No it was in one of these scrolls I read about you." "Wait theres a scroll here about me?" "Yep theres a scroll and or book about everthing that has, is, and will exist." Sky said waving her hoof over the vast expance of the tower. "Umm how do you find your scroll?" "Oh you don't want to read your own." "Whys that?" "Because your only allowed to read it when your going to be passing on. It will set out an energy field drawing you to it and if you read it you can never return to the land of the living." "Oh so It probably wasn't a good idea to place my scroll at the entrance of this tower." Trixie said realizing if it wasn't for sages feather she would really had been stuck here forever. "Sorry I was reading it before you got here." Sky mumbled as her muzzle turned red. "Yeah put that somewhere safe will you." "Can do Trixie but first we need to get Keeps heart." "Yeah where is this vault anyway?" "Oh about forty odd yards from here." Sky said with a shrug. "Well what are we waiting for?" Trixie said picking up her pace. "Yay a race I say." Sky gleefully shouted as she tried to catch up to Trixie. "Ok I know vaults are big but a entire wall!" Trixie said as she craned her neck to see the whole vault. It hadn't taken long to reach it, heck you couldn't miss it but to take up a entire wall. Trixie struggled to find the reason why it had to be so large. "Hey I just work slash live here ok. I didn't build the thing." "So how do we get in?" "Umm actually Trixie you me how do you get in." Sky said looking at the floor. "Wait your not going to go in there with me?" "Trixie im sorry I can't." "Why can't you!" "Trixie didn't you wonder why me and keeps were bound together when you first entered the tower?" "You mean you lack something too don't you." Sky didn't answer she only noded her head. Trixe was going to ask what but she already knew when she saw as tears began to fall from Sky eyes. "What do I have to do?" Trixie asked in a soft tone. "In the back there's a couple glass boxs. Each has something in it, and one have those boxs has Keeps heart. Bring it here I'll do the rest." "Ok wish me luck." Trixie said as she stood in front of the vault door. "Oh and Trixie." "Yeah Sky?" "You can only bring back one box." she said as she opened the door and pushed Trixie in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trixie felt like she was in a gaint freezer as she walk through the massive vault. The white marble that it was built of gave it the feel of a gaint asylum. "I really am HATING this place." Trixie mumbled. She had been having to climb her way up stairs, over gaps in the floor, and even a river full of snakes, and really hungry sharks. But then In the distance Trixie saw a eerie glow. "Well those must be the boxs." Trixie said holding her breath as she crossed another spiked pit. "If I ever get out of here." She said jumping a small gap. "Im going punch Keeps so hard in the bucking face." Trixie wiped the sweat from her brow. She after having to go up one final set of stairs, had made it to the boxs but something didn't feel right. Each of the eight glass boxs was set on top pedestal with a velvet cloth covering the top of the green pedestals kept the to surfaces apart. "This is so Daring Doo." Trixie said shaking her head. "I can only pick one cause there's a spell that will cause something to crush me if I take more then one box." Trixie went to grab the case with Keeps's heart in it but what was in next case next to it made her stop. The box was labeled SD's soul. And when she looked at it she could see a cloud floating in it. "I'm missing something too." Skys words resonated in her head. "Only one box." Trixie mumbled. She took a deep breath then her horn started to glow. "I'm sorry Sky." She sighed as she lifted one of the boxs off its pedestal. The room started to shake and Trixie took off spriting as the floor began to rubble and crack beneath her hooves.