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A Second Chance - Blitz Stratus



If you were given a second chance what would you risk to have the chance to change.

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Chapter 4 The Keeper

Trixie walked up the stone stairs leading to the Towers entrance. It seemed to grow ever larger

as she neared. The tower was constructed of large gray blocks much wider then Trixie at its

base and blocks the size of her head as the tower went up into the fog. After many more stairs

Trixie finally reached the towers enterance way.

Trixie was nervous, after what she had experienced so far she really didn't know what would be

beyond the doorway.

"Well here goes nothing." Trixie muttered as she pushed open the heavy door. What she saw

inside was not what she had been expecting.

Instead of being dank and dirty as she had expected the hall she was now standing in was clean

and lined with shelves holding what seemed like an infinite number of scrolls. Trixie paused for a

moment absorbing her new surroundings.

"Theres so many of them." She was filled with a sudden urge to pull one down and read it. Then

she felt the feather tug reminding her that she was here for a reason.

"I don't have time to read these I must find The Keeper." Trixie backed away from the shelf and

began to look towards the end of the hall.

As she walked down the hallway passing more scrolls she started to hear faith chatter. Trixie

couldn't figure out what they were saying but she could tell there were two voices.

"I hope there friendly." Trixie said with a gulp.


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When Trixie reach the end of the hall she was left speechless. The room she was now in seem

to hold an infinite number of books and scrolls. Shelves covered all the walls.They seemed to

go all the way to the top of the tower.

"Oh look we have a guest" A piercing voice called out.

"Yes it appeares we do" A second lower voice agreed.

Trixied turned her head away from the books toward the massive counter that lay in the middle

of the room on top of a gaint set of marble steps.

"Are you The Keeper?" Trixie asked as she made her way up to the desk.

"Well now that we share one body the answer would be yes." Both voices said in unison.

"Wait what do you mean?" She said as she peeked over the counter.

"Pretty much as we stated." The piercing voice replied as it poped up from behind the counter

scaring Trixie.

Trixie was not sure what to make of the pony that stood before her.

It was like it had been split in half and put back togther with part of another pony. The right side

of The Keeper was jet black, his short blood colored mane standing out brightly with blood red

eyes. But the left sea foam green, with her long faygo blue mane covering her kaleidoscope eyes.

"So what can we help you with." They said in unison.

"Uhm you see I came here cause Sa..."She stopped when the feather tugged. "I mean I need help

finding a book for a certain spell." Trixie lied.

"Oh we have alot of those." The mare half answered. "I'll show you were they are." She said tearing

herself off of her right side colt half.

Trixie was about to throw up but the mare half poped into smoke and reformed as a whole mare.

"Hurry up we still have alot of work to still do."

"Oh bite me you stupid Keeps." The mare retorted. "The first guest we get and you have to be rude."

The mare troted off and Trixie quickly followed for some reason she felt safer with her then staying

with the colt. They reached a elevator and the mare hopped in Trixie stood there, hesitant to get in

a confined space with her.

"Oh don't worry I might be crazy but I don't bite, thats Keeps."

"Oh ok." Trixie mumbled as she stepped into the elevator.

The door click shut and they began to raise as the elevater music started to play.

"Im crrrrryyyyying,... yellow mound of custard.... dripping from a dead dogs eye." The sea foam

mare sung along.

"Uuumm."

"Oh by the way my names Sky Diamond nice to meet you." She said spining her head one-hundred

eighty degrees so she could see Trixie standing behind her.

"Uuummmm." Trixie mumble as she tried to hold her stmoach.

"Oh im sorry." She said as she spun the rest of her body around. "And by the way I know the real

reason your here." She said as she point toward the feather.

"So you saw that." Trixie nervously shuffled her hooves.

"Don't worry I already got Sages message." Sky said with a smile.

"You did!" Trixie said louder then she ment to.

"Sshhhh. Keeps doesn't know and we need to keep it that way." She said pulling her hooves away

from Trixies mouth.

"Sorry but your only the second pony here who seems to want to help me."

"Yeah Azreal and Keeps can be pretty mean." Sky said as her face turned a little red."Its sometimes

makes me wonder why I work here."

"But if you know why I'm here then what are we going and getting?"

"The magic book you wanted or rather you'll be needing." Sky said as a twisted smile came across

her face.

"And I need this book why?" Trixie asked as she backed up a little.

"Oh I'll tell you when we get to where the book is."

The elevator stopped and Trixie stepped out.

"Well lets get looking." Sky said as she lock the elevator an ate the key.

"What we don't won't keeps following us." Sky said innocently.

"Ok, but why did you have to eat the key?"

"Cause it tasted good of course."

"Great she is crazy, what have you gotten your self into Trixie." She thought to herself.

"Anyway lets began looking for that book." Sky said as she bounced down the lines of shelves.

After what seemed like several hours of looking Trixie was about to give up when a thin blue book

perked her attention.

"Hey you found it." Sky said rather loudly causing Trixie to jump. "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you."

She said as she watch Trixie climb down from a shelf.

"Yeah I just I did, so what will this let us do?"

"Oh nothing really just help us convice Keeps to help you." Sky said as the twisted smile returned

to her face.

"And it will do that how?"

"Oh by leting us puting his heart back in his chest."

"Wait it well let us do what?"