Era

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Eragon if I did things would be very different.

Era sat out side her home or what was her home the kings soldiers had burned it down when her parents could not pay there taxes. Era could not belive it. She had been out hunting when the soldiers came. Because her parents had no sons she was raised as a boy. Actually her parents had no children, Era herself was adopted. Her parents had found her on the side of the rode sixteen years ago. She never knew her real parents, all she was found with was blood red gem the size of a chicken egg on a chain of gold and a note that read this is Era, raise her well keep her from trouble. She tried to sell it to pay off the taxes but no one in her town of Daret.

Era sat there silently her grief was too great to even cry. Though they were not her real parents but they had raised her. When she finaly broke down to cry she cried until she ran out of tears. Then and only then did she grasp the reality of the situation. Either she would have to live on her own or with one of the townspeople. She though about what her choices could be. She could stay with townspeople but it wouldn't be right. She had to much pride to live like that and worse they would make a girl out of her, making her feel useless and wearing a dress. Era could not deicide which was worse, the dress or uselessness. On the other hand she could live the free and wild life she always wanted.

Era decided that she would run wild she just needed two things from town. She walked down the slope from her home. From there she walked into the public stable that kept her horse at. She took her horse out from the stall and tacked him up. She still had all her meat in back pack that she never had unpacked. Then she rode over to Yuaza's home Yuaza was her best friend and Era was not going any where without her.

Yuaza's parents were over protective they only let her out of her home unless Era accompanied her. So when Era was busy doing boring stuff Yuaza spent her time in her room that was a library of books. Yuaza had taught Era how to read, write and even to speak some of the ancient language. Though no one knew other than Era Yuaza had a talent for magic, she was a sorceress. Yuaza had never told her parents about it because they would fear that she would hurt herself with her power.

Era rode up to Yuaza's home. She walked confidently through the door, and walked up the stairs and knocked on Yuaza's bedroom door.

"Who is it?" came Yuaza's voice from the other side door

"It's Era" Era answered

Era heard the sound of a lock being undone, then she saw the door open.

"Era! It's so good to see you!" Yuaza said as she embraced Era. " Did you see your home yet?"

Era raised an eyebrow " How did you know?"

"I scryed them burn your home. Geese Era I'm sorry."

"It's okay, but now that we have no need to stay here I say its time to leave."

" Do you mean it?"

"Yes, now that my parents are dead. I have no reason to stay and we have always longed for adventure."

"Thank you, Era, Thank you!"

Yuaza immediately started running around her room picking all of her treasured belongings, mostly books. Era stood in the doorway watching her friend pack. When Yuaza finished they went down the stairs across the entryway and walked to Yauza's stable. From there they picked up Yuaza's horse and tack. They mounted their horses in front of her house and rode away. At the top of a hill they turned around to have one last look at their former home.

"Good bye Daret! Good bye dumb rules and skirts and uselessness!" Era called down to the town.

"Good bye prison!" Yuaza called too.

After that they rode away. They first rode to the west until they hit the Lake Isenstar. Then they turned south toward Uru' baen but stopped short and turned east toward Dras-Lenon. This took them three weeks and by this time they had run out of food. Until one day they heard what sounded like an army coming toward them. They quickly got off the road. They hid in the trees waiting until they saw a huge group of soldiers marching around a metal wagon.

"Hey, Yuaza do you know how much food the soldiers must have?" Era whispered eyeing the soldiers with a look of starvation.

"They probably have enough food to feed us for a year!"

"You take the ones on the left, I get the ones on the right." Era whispered to Yuaza, grabbing her bow and arrows, and her knife. Yuaza just grabbed her knife.

"Now to make them stop" Yuaza said then said something that Era didn't understand that made the first row of soldiers fall over dead. The rest of the soldiers stopped. Era heard them whisper something about as soon as the rider left they run in to trouble. After a few seconds Era and Yuaza jumped out of the woods and into action.

Era took five down with her arrows, and Yuaza took another five down with a single spell. They soon had to resort to hand fighting. Era took down so many that she lost count, she was lost to the dance of death.

"jump, two three, kick, two, three. Stab, two, three…" she hummed to herself as she fought. She fought until suddenly there was no one to fight she looked up to see Yuaza panting, and grinning from ear to ear.

"We did it Era! We won!" Yuaza panted then stood up straight and mumbled "Note to self, never use specifics when spell casting takes way to much energy."

"What?"

"Oh, nothing just some magic junk."

"Okay."

The two girls made there way over to the horse that had a huge pack on it's back. In side they found a feast. They greedily dug through their goods. When they finished they made their way to the wagon, which was locked. Yuaza unlocked it then they went inside. There they found a whole library full of books on dragons, a gold pin that was shaped like a dragon, only Era could make out the shape Yuaza could just see it was gold, and a red stone

Okay you can see where I'm going, right?

For those of you who don't know the pin is significant if you read the book Green Rider (I don't own that either) you would know why.

these are about my OC's so far.

Era:

age: sixteen

birthday; one day and nine months before eragon's

appearance: a female version of the Murtagh in the movie but skinnier, with a lot longer hair

gender: female

Yuaza:

age sixteen

birthday: midsummer

appearance: brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin

gender female