Well this is my first fan fic story! When I saw that they were doing Eragon stories I felt that just HAD to do one! I LOVE that book! I hope you like my story. Please read and review but don't be too mean please!

Anywayz….ON WITH THE SHOW!

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Chapter One

The soldiers were almost upon her. She picked up her feet and made a sharp turn off the dirt road and into the dense forest. She only glanced back once and chuckled in satisfaction as the soldiers ran into one another and scrambled to regain their footing to pursue the chase.

Kareia's long, wavy, auburn hair whipped across her sweat painted face as she sped up, weaving in and out of the trees, hoping her pursuers would lose her trail. Her breathing became short, painful stabs in her chest and her throat was parched dry from the lack of moisture, but she refused to stop. Clutched under Kareia's arm was what appeared to be a bluish-green stone that reflected the scenery of the blurry trees.

Shouts behind her grew loud again and she felt the breeze of an arrow that whizzed past her right cheek. More arrows flew into the foliage around her disappearing into the forest's greenery. She got momentarily unlucky as one found her left shoulder and brazed along it, slicing part of her skin. She gasped in pain but did not lose her stride. There was no time to succumb to weakness when you are a second away from something much worse.

Damn! These guys catch up fast!

A voice pierced the walls of her mind and leaked in like water in concern and anger, I'm right above you! I can be there in a heartbeat! Are you sure you don't want me to assist you?

Kareia leaped over a log and twirled behind a tree, as a new flurry of arrows whistled throught the air. Kareia replied desperately to the mystical voice, No! Not yet! That has to be a last resort! Come when I call!

The voice replied fiercely, If they so much as touch you, I'll come and rip them to shreds!

With that, Kareia shut the voice out of her mind and concentrated more on the soldiers behind her. She saw sunlight seep through the trees up ahead, which signified the edge of the forest. Kareia was completely oblivious to the panicky calls in her mind as she raced to be free of the trees and branches scratching along her face. She sprinted towards the sunlight while dodging several more arrows. She took a huge leap out of the forest and screamed while thoughtlessly sending the stone flying through the air.

The ground below her feet had disappeared. Wind brushed against the soles of her feet instead of twigs and leaves. In panic, Kareia managed to grasp an overhanging branch from the tree closest to her just in time to stop herself from falling to her death.

She was hanging on the edge off a cliff which was lined with the last of the tall forest tree life. She managed to catch the stone with the very edges of her fingertips, but it was with her bad arm. Hundreds of feet below were sharp, rocky points that thinned out to a sandy ocean shore. With her stone held in her feeble grip, she hung there for a couple seconds in a sad attempt to collect herself. It was then when she realized that there was a voice intruding her mind again in outrage.

….tried to warn you! Kareia, are you all right? They set it up! It was a trap! They made you take that route to the cliff. That's it! I'm coming!

It was too late for Kareia to reply. Out of the mist of the clouds came a horse-sized winged creature. It was nothing more than a silver blur as it shot from the sky toward the soldiers who stood still along the edge of the trees with drawn swords. When the creature landed, the soldiers gasped in awe at none other than a grand silver-scaled dragon.

The sun reflected off each silver plate in a blinding light that covered every inch of its body. It stood there menacingly with its teeth bared and giant claws visible for all to see and then the magnificent creature swiped at the nearest victim. One by one the soldiers fell. Their attempts to cut the dragon were in vain as they merely clashed harmlessly off its scales.

Kareia could hear the battle behind but had little concern to spare for what was going on. What she needed to concentrate on was getting herself and the stone off the stupid cliff. A roar from Saveil made her desperately wish she could help him but the struggle to hang on for her life kept her preoccupied. Pain seared through her arm and panic slowly began to overwhelm her sanity. One of the remaining soldiers managed to fire an arrow at the dragon, but just like the swords, it bounced off the silver armor and flew down the cliff's side where Kareia was helplessly dangling. The arrow, by pure chance, pierced Kareia's arm again and she finally lost her grip on the bluish-green stone. It slipped from her fingers and fell down the cliff's side.

"NOOOOOO!" Kareia senselessly cried as she watched the shiny stone grow smaller and smaller as it fell away from her.

"It'll be crushed! Saveil! Let's GO!"

Saveil came swiftly over the cliff's deadly side in another silver blur, leaving behind the remains of what were once soldiers. Kareia pushed off the wall of the cliff with her cut feet and released the branch. She flew throught the air before Saveil came up from beneath her and caught her on his back. With clenched teeth, she gripped his sides with her legs which were immediately pierced by his scales. The pain increased with each flap of his wings as they nose dived towards the ground below. Pain reached her palms as she gripped as hard as she could onto one of the spikes that lined Savail's back, attempting not to be blown off. The scales sunk deeper and deeper into her legs and Kareia let out a cry that was obscured by the wind blowing her voice away.

Despite their inhuman speed to catch their prize, it was too late. The stone landed squarely on a sharp rock tip and pieces of the stone could be seen flying through the air leaving the thing chipped and cracked, glinting on the sand.

Kareia did her best to hold back her cries as they landed with a thump and slid of the dragon's back with a yelp. The deepened cuts on the inside of her legs and hands bled freely. She strained to stand on the bloodstained sand and wobbled as fast she could over to whatever remained of the stone. She picked it up and ran her finger over a series of cracks and holes, examining the damage.

Oh Saveil…this…this…is terrible! What are we going to do?

Before her wise companion could respond, the object quivered in her hand. Kareia's heart skipped a beat as she watched the stone warily. It wobbled again before the horrible realization hit her.

"No, no, no, NO," Kareia pleaded the stone, "You can't—it's not—it—it—please little one! Not yet! There is no one here for you! Stop!"

The stone paid no attention to her words and continued to violently shake. Kareia gently placed it on the sand, barely daring to breath. Is it doing what she thinks its doing? Finally, the last of the remaining shell shattered, sending chips of blue-green substance flying in all directions. Kareia stopped breathing altogether. Saveil placed his enormous head over her shoulder and watched in interest. What unfurled and lay before her was the most beautiful and unbelievable thing in the world. An emerald green baby dragon. Kareia choked. Were her eyes right? The dragon just hatched! But how?

The dragon lazily gazed up at her through matching green eyes and shuddered. It was apparently still getting over the shock of the fall. Like Saveil, its back was lined with silver spikes and it had giant claws, even for a baby. It stretched its wings in a fashion that made Kareia remember when Saveil was just a hatchling. He had come out of a silver stone. At the time, Kareia just thought she found a fortune. It appeared to be a solid silver stone. She had to sell it discreetly; no doubt people would think it was a stolen object, which was why it stayed under her possession for so long. She had no idea how valuable it truly was.

It was then Kareia remembered how exhausted she was and collapsed on the warm sand, allowing the ocean mist cool her face.

A second dragon...I have to deal with TWO dragons! I can't be a Dragon Rider for two dragons!

When Kareia finally gathered enough guts to steal another egg from the king, she wasn't expecting it to hatch while she still had it. This wasn't supposed to happen! Kareia looked back through her memories on the tales she was told by her now deceased parents, long ago about the Dragon Riders who protected the land and its people. And NONE of them had two dragons. The dragons always chose their Riders. But this one was opened by force...would it accept her? Would she have to raise it as though it were her own dragon? Or did it still have a destined Rider and she needed to find him? Should she stop asking questions she doesn't know the answers to?

Oh Saveil…NOW what are we going to do?

I'm afraid this puzzles even me, little one...Saviel was obviously lost in thought but Kareia was feeling uneasy...this was the first time Saveil had nothing to say.

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Kay now that you've read this, allow me to make something perfectly clear:

I understand that dragon eggs are impossible to break by force, but for convieniences sake, that is the way I chose to compose my story. SO GET OVER IT.

And that was my first chapter! Hope you like it so far! Sorry it was so short though...I'll try to make them a little longer. Until next chapter!

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