Secrets of the Underground (The Devereaux Story)/Chapter 2

Eska opened the cellar door which revealed to be stairs leading under Papa’s house. She and Spiro looked at each other in curiousness and followed path downstairs.

“Ooh!” Eska marveled, “Secret tunnel!”

“It’s more than that,” Spiro looked into the dark abyss of the tunnel, “It looks like…an ancient tomb.”

“Then let’s go see if it has buried treasure!” Eska ran down, but then freaked, “I think it’s too dark to see anything!”

Spiro sighed and pulled out a flashlight, “Here. This’ll help.” He handed her the flashlight and the two continued slowly. As they walked, the spotted pictures of blue Smurf and red Smurfs. The first one was them, living in harmony. The second one is them, fighting to the death with many of them seriously injured. The third, however, was covered up. Eska stopped to that picture.

“So…they lived in darkness one time?” Eska cocked her head at the picture.

“No, Eska,” Spiro told her, “They must’ve covered the picture up for a reason.”

Eska ran her fingers across the picture until a corner started to peel. Just as she reached for the corner to peel it off, Spiro caught her attention towards a door with a riddle.

“That’s it?” Eska asked and crossed her arms, “Some tomb.”

“No, there’s a riddle,” Spiro pointed to it and started reading: “The pictures you saw tell a story Of a past time years ago If you plan to open this door The story you must know”

“So, the pictures we saw told some sort of story?” Eska thought, “How are we supposed to know which one? One of the pictures was covered up!”

“We probably need to tell from the two pictures we saw,” Spiro explained, “Let’s see…the first one was the blue Smurfs and the red Smurf living in harmony together.”

“…And the next one was them fighting.” Eska finished. She tapped her finger on her chin to think, then she had it. She whispered the answer to Spiro, even though he was skeptic about it.

“Are you sure?” Spiro asked, “I mean, if we get this wrong, our goose will be cooked!”

“It’s the only way,” Eska pat his shoulder.

“Alright,” Spiro sighed and faced the door, “Is the answer…The Purple War?”

As if on cue, the door unlocked and slid open. Spiro looked at Eska and smiled, “How’d you know?”

“Polar told us about the war,” Eska explained, “He said that the red Smurfs were turned against by us, while Papa told us that the red Smurfs turned against them. That’s how I know.”

“Well done, my friend,” Spiro smirked, “Now, let’s continue on.”

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