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moon was not very bright. He could hear his dad snoring. This was his clear sign it was time to go once again. He slipped out of his room and headed across to the front door. He paused. Waiting for the sound of his fathers deep sleep coming from his room. He cracked the door open and looked down the hall. He stepped into the hall and closed the door behind him. It wasn't long before he found himself in front of the small closet once again. Inside was evidence that Chloe had already been there. The grate had been pulled away already exposing the passageway through the ducts. Davin dropped down into the entrance and began crawling down the passage. He didn't hear anything at all. He slowed up, only while passing the the vent next to the guards that stood watch. There were at least six guards now, down below standing in front of the door.
    He came to the vent that looked out into the chamber. The cover was missing. He poked his head through the opening. A single rope hung down to the floor below. Davin pulled his head back in and took a slow deep breath. He turned and stuck his feet out through the opening and grabbed hold of the rope firmly with both hands. He slid down the rope and on to the floor below. Stepping out slowly in to the room he moved towards the first row of eggs and they all began to glow. He walked down the isle of dragon eggs across the room. The eggs that he moved further away from went dark and new ones getting closer began to glow in their place. The light followed Davin as he crossed the room. The stone in the wall had been moved out of place. It seemed rather large, but upon closer inspection Davin found that the back side had been hollowed out, leaving the appearance of a solid rock from the chamber side. Davin quickly ducked into the opening and peered down what seemed yet another long passageway. He could see the glint of light at the very end.
    Davin had made his way through the small crawlspace of a tunnel. It had gone on for some distance and Davin had lost his sense of where he was at within the Keep. Or if he was still in the Keep at all.
    He finally emerged out into what appeared to be an abandoned coal mine. Just as he stepped out into the light he felt a soft hand grab his shoulder. He jumped and turned, startled by the sudden touch only to see his friend standing in front of him.
    Chloe giggle, at the sight of Davin's shocked face. "Didn't mean to scare you." She snickered. "What took you so long. I'm forever waiting on you."
    Davin merely shrugged. "You're lucky I even came at all." He said.
    Chloe looked at him still smiling. "Oh, you know you wanted to come just as bad as me."
    " Not Really!" He paused. "I only came because I knew you would get mad at me if I didn't."
    Chloe changed the subject and began examining the small cave like structure. "Where do you think this goes?" She said with a inquisitive tone.
    Davin glanced down the widening tunnel that curved around a corner. "I don't know. It could lead anywhere"
    " Why don't we follow it and see where it goes?"
    Chloe started to follow the tunnel and Davin hurried to catch up to her. The two of them had walked a little ways through the rather dank and damp tunnel. They soon came to what seemed to be a very odd placed door. Both of the kids stopped and placed an ear to the door. It was silent. There was clearly no movement behind the door. Just to be sure, Davin dropped down onto the floor and peeked under the door way. There was light coming from the well lit room on the opposite side and he did not see anyone standing in the room past the door. He stood up and slowly grasped the handle on the door and began to turn it. It wasn't locked and the door opened slowly.
    The door opened up to a small room with a table in the middle and a few shelves lining the walls, some packed with books and others holding different jars, containing a number of different colored substances. In the middle of the table was a large, leather bound book. It was