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emerged one after the other. The two figures stood up and paused for a moment looking towards the door. They were both dwarfs. They were short, very stout and had long bushy beards. One pulled out a large sack and walked over to the row of egg stands nearest to them. He stood with the sack held out in front of him, while the other carefully began plucking eggs from the stands and gently setting them in the sack.
    They had bagged five of the eggs when yet another figured appeared from the dark hole. "Hurry you fools." The small figure hissed at them. "We mustn't keep our master waiting."
    Unexpectedly Davin's foot slipped on the wet shaft surface and it slid into the metal vent in front of them. It made a loud clunk as it rattled against the fasteners.
    The small figure quickly looked their direction. Both of the kids quickly moved away from the vent on either side and back a few feet. It was dark enough in the shaft that they could not be seen except for Davin's eyes.
    " Close your eyes!" Chloe quickly whispered. "I can see your eyes."
    Davin shut his eyes and even put his hand up in front of his face.
    The creature was slowly walking over to the vent. It was an imp. Nasty little creatures with horrible dispositions. They were semi intelligent creatures, able to speak and think for themselves, but by no means evil masterminds. The imp was wearing a small loin cloth with a knife belt, that held a small dagger. It had pale purple skin and fire orange eyes. It stopped a few feet away from the vent and stretched out it's small wings. With a few flaps of it's wings he was up in the air in front of the vent the kids were once looking out of. He peered through the vent with his beady eyes. He looked to the left and then to the right. Quickly dropping back to the floor, he hurried back over to his accomplices.
    " Must have just been a rat." The imp muttered to the two dwarfs. "Now let's get out of here."
    As quietly as they came, the three thieves crawled back into the dark hole on the opposite side of the room. They pulled the large stone brick back into place. Other than the five missing eggs, you could not even tell the room had been disturbed.
    Chloe quickly scooted over towards Davin who still had his eyes closed and his hand in front of his face. Chloe grabbed Davin's hand and pulled it from his face.
    " They're gone. You can open your eyes now." She said to him softly.
    " What in the world was that all about?" Davin gasped. "They just took five eggs from the chamber."
    " What do you think they are going to do with them?" Chloe asked.
    " I'm not sure, but it's probably not good."
    " Well we're kind of stuck. We can't very well say anything. Then we would get in trouble for coming here in the first place. And who would believe us anyway. Even my brother would laugh at me if I walked up and told him I saw two dwarfs and an imp steal five eggs from the egg chamber."
    Davin looked at Chloe with a serious look on his face. "Maybe we should just wait and see what happens. Surely your brother will find out that the eggs are missing and start an investigation."
    Davin and Chloe sat in the shaft for a bit longer contemplating what they should do. They finally decided to keep quiet on the issue and would wait and see what happened. They crawled back through the shaft the way they came, being careful at the vent next to the chamber door where the guards were. After getting back to the small closet, they climbed out of the shaft and placed the grate back in place. They both looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief.
    Chloe slowly opened the door slightly and peeked out the crack. She turned to look back at Davin. "I'll see you tomorrow at school," she said as she blew out the lamp. Chloe slipped through the doorway and disappeared off around the corner.
    Davin walked out the door and shut it quietly behind him. He started making his way back to his room upstairs. The halls were quiet and quite eerie this time of night. After seeing