Alright alright! Call me an idiot for starting another series when I already got one goin' on. =P HOWEVER, my excuse: The other writers do it, so why can't I? =D ...Yes, yes. VERY strong arguement. *Sarcastically* :P
Anyways. This is a tad bit sketchy in the beginning, but I'm still working on it, so hopefully it's good! It's the usual 'girl falls into _', but hopefully I can provide a few twists to that. ^^ Such as with this story.
Chapter 1. The Beginning
She looked around, brushing brown, wavy locks out of her eyes. Locks that had escaped while she ran her usual run. Feeling them coated in sweat and salt, she proceeded to wipe even that out of her eyes. Turning green eyes towards the unusually large rock on the pathway, she stalked over to it, examining it with a curious eye.
Brushing her hand gently over it, she drew it away in an instant, upon feeling a tiny spark erupt from it. Startled, she couldn't help but exclaim, "When the heck are rocks magnets for electricity?"
Waiting a few minutes, she brought her hand back down to it, this time feeling no electrical charge. Continuing to run her hand over the smooth, flawless rock, she took in its texture and color. "Someone took the time to sand this down!" She exclaimed in a singsong manner.
Tapping it, she noticed that it was also hollow, judging by the way it sounded when she tapped on its hard surface. Grinning, she picked it up. "I found a silver colored stone!" Looking up at her house, she was still surprised to find the stone on the lawn, having found itself there barely an hour after she had gone on one of her usual runs. "Not here when I left, too. And wouldn't someone have retrieved this rock if they had dropped it by accident?"
Pulling at her keys from her neat little bundle of running supplies, she made her way up the steps and towards the house, opening first the screen door, and then sticking her blue plated key into the main door, turning it and opening it successfully. "Evera," She told herself, "What are you going to eat? Families gone for about a month, so I have nothing to do in that period."
Grinning, she slipped into the house, happy it was still summer vacation. Setting the stone on the table, she slipped into the kitchen, opening the fridge to examine it. Finding nothing, she slipped into the cabinets, pulling out several packs of ramen. Unwrapping them, and stuffing them into a bowl, filling them with water, she stuck the ramen into the microwave, setting the usual time at three minutes.
Slipping into her room, Evera grabbed one of her newer books, and sat at the table, reading it, waiting for the food to finish cooking. Kicking her feet up onto another chair, she leaned into the one she was in, trying not to disturb her tuxedoed, and easily scared, black and white cat. Hearing the buzzer beep, she got up from her chairs, diving towards the kitchen, her hungry stomach urging her on towards it.
Pulling a plastic fork out, she pulled the ramen out, beginning her meal of it in an instant. Walking back towards the book, she reopened it, delving into the story, oblivious to the cracking of the egg next to her. She put everything to the back of her mind as she read, creating a wall between her and the world.
Evera was snapped out of it, however, through a clicking sound. Looking up in the direction of the stone, she nearly fell out of her chair, surprised to see a large dragon on the table, unfolding once foiled wings. Seeing it look at her, silver colored eyes, a deeper, far more detailed silvered color then the rest of its body, it crawled towards her cautiously.
Snapping it's jaw at her in a gentle manner, as if it were scolding its child, it looked to Evera's left hand, indicating she raise it. Unsure of what to do, she brought it up, making to pet its scales. It finished for her, darting its head in to touch her hand, letting Evera feel pain.
Shrieking in pain, for the first time in a long time, she clutched her hand, feeling it tingle with pain, as if it were being stabbed over and over, into non-existence. Feeling blackness on the edge of her vision, she flopped over onto the table, letting it enter her sight with gratefulness.
The clicking sound resounded through her head, rumbling through both ears clearly. Wake up, Evera, She heard a mental thought, Face me with the brave intensity you show everyone else.
Evera opened her green eyes, staring into the silver eyes with an intense glare. Looking at her hand, with a silvery oval residing on it, she snapped at the dragon. "That hurt!" She then froze, as if realizing something.
It snorted, as if in amusement. Of course it did. The eyes and mental connection told her. Are you surprised to see a dragon? To know that that series you read… Inheritance Cycle, is proving to be so very real?
"What else do you think?" Evera snapped, once again, "To be perfectly calm and accept all this like I do with everything?"
Is that not what you did with the death of your mother? The dragon asked.
Shrinking away, as if having been scolded, Evera asked softly, "How did you know of that? In the story, Saphira, to my knowledge, could not know Eragon's past, not unless he explained it to her."
Simple. The silver dragon stretched its wings, silver scales glinting in the light, and took off flying, I am far more powerful then she was at this age. Why else do you think I can speak so soon? It touched Evera's nose with its own nose, before drawing away.
Name me, It spoke to her, landing on the table gracefully.
"Gin." Evera spoke, "Mostly because of your silver scales, and that is what the name means."
Gin snorted, laughing once again. You are quite the interesting girl, naming a dragon after the color of the dragons scales. It is an interesting name, however, so I will keep it. Especially since it is a female name, and I am female. Fortunately for you, however, the larger I grow, the more intricate my scales and I will become.
It's eyes glittered mischievously. Taking to the air, it landed on the chair where Evera's cat had originally been. Silly cat. It said, as if he could hear her.
Smoke erupted from its mouth, and Evera blocked its mouth and nostrils off. "No smoking." She told it, "Otherwise the alarm will go off."
It nodded amusedly. If it will please you, then I will avoid letting smoke erupt from my mouth.
Evera nodded, "Thank you! I really hate dealing with that thing."
Gin looked at her, Do you have any… Food? Raw meat?
Looking towards her fridge, Evera spoke, "Yeah. It'll be cold though. Want me to warm it up for ya?"
She shook her head intensely, No. I would rather not spoil myself on cooked meat.
Gin's eyes looked at Evera, before flying towards the fridge. Open it. Gin started, attempting to curl her claws around the fridge, and beat her wings roughly. The door flew open, and Gin stuck her snout in curiously, attempting to find food to feed herself with.
Finding one of the frozen bags containing meat, Gin pulled it out, ripping it open and bit down hard on the meat, crunching the frozen meat with ease. Evera saw a slight shiver ripple through the dragon's body, and asked, "Cold?" In a very teasing manner.
Gin lifted her head to look at Evera. Of course not. What would make you think I'm cold?
Evera laughed, before opening her book up, and continued to read it. Gin, upon finishing her meal, flew into the air, and landed on the table next to Evera, studying the cover of the book she was reading.
So, likey? Hatey? Personally, I feel I shouldn't have left off at that part. - Probably shouldn't have, but ya'll can curse my eagerness to kick her into Alaga- ...Whoops. Almost spoiled a small portion of the plot. =P Hopefully none of ya'll can guess it from that VERY MINOR hint I left. XP And hopefully, I already set these two characters apart already, but if not, then lemme know if there's not much of a difference between your characters, and as I write the story out, I'll try and make it a bit more obvious. At least I'm trying, right? =P
Also! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read and review! It's something every author wants, and it's something I'm trying to get a tad bit more active in after a year of not reviewing! Us authors always appreciate reviews! ^o^