Author's Note: Okay, so I'm trying my hand at writing once more. And I'm trying my hand at writing fanfiction yet again as well. Yes, those are two separate thoughts. I write a lot of original stuff after I got my start writing fanfiction. I guess the first thing I should say is that I do not own the Inheritance Cycle or any other literary works.
Also you'll notice that some words of the Ancient Language I'll use are not actually official. As Paolini has admitted that he used a mixture of Old Norse and Celtic words (along with some that he probably just invented), I've decided to employ a combination of online dictionaries and translators along with my own imagination to add words when I can't find one that suits my purpose. Eric's sword is a shortened form of two words that I selected to mean "Avenger of the Dead".
So below is the summary I promised. Hope it strikes your interest. Currently, I only have the Prologue finished. I'll be working on Chapter 1, but any constructive criticism or praise is welcome. I could use either/or after my long break from writing due to the bane called "Writer's Block".
Oh and I hope I can actually see this one through til the end.
Summary: Five hundred years after the rebirth of the Dragon Riders, Eric is a boy living in Tierm. He is two years after his coming of age and has been secretly courting Sara. On the day he promises to see her father seeking Sara's hand in marriage, Eric is kidnapped by a group of soldiers. Brought before a shade, Eric is told that he is more important than he ever realized and is then shown something that destroys his life as he had planned it: a green dragon egg.
Why is Eric so important? How is his becoming a Dragon Rider any more eventful than that of any other? And how is it that every major faction seems to know him?