INTRODUCTIONS
Damn it, how am I going to get out of this? she thought as she was running. Fear overwhelmed her as the Ra'zac grew closer, How are they so fast?!! She was getting aggravated now, why had she decided to lure the Ra'zac away from the village? It's not like she thought it would work, but it had gotten them away from the village, however now she was stuck with them on her trail.
She tried to string an arrow, but realized that she would have to stop in order to do so and she knew that her only chance of living depended on her continuing to run. Why was her bow not working now? It had worked when she killed the other three Ra'zac, but with two still heavy on her trail she quickly dismissed this thought because she knew if she got distracted her life would pay the price.
But by deciding to not think on anything else, she didn't see the tree root rapidly approaching her feet and she tripped. I'm really dead now.
THWIPPP, something whizzed past her head and hit one of the Ra'zac right through the heart. While the other Ra'zac was distracted she grabbed the moment to quickly string her bow and shoot it at the distracted Ra'zac. Her aim was right on target and she now lay next to two lifeless Ra'zac. But something still puzzled her, where did the arrow come from that saved her life?
She turned her head around to look for the source of the arrow and saw two strong horses with two men on their backs, one holding a bow. She stood up and said, "Thank you, sir. I am in your debt and if it weren't for you I would be dead."
The man's horse moved closer to her and she could see his face better. He was young man, perhaps a year or so older than her. He had black hair with a very handsome face and she thought she saw a bit of a smirk on it. "Well, I wasn't going to let you do now was I?" he said with a hint of a playful tone in his voice, "What's your name?"
"My name is Katharinia[Kaa-TUH-rreen-ya, but most people call me Rinia. And what is yours?"
"Murtagh," he replied, "and this here is…"
"Eragon," said the man he was with. He was younger if not the same age as Rinia. He had light brown hair and seemed a bit annoyed with Murtagh.
"Murtagh, Eragon, I thank you both and offer you the hospitality of my home. My village is not far and I have food and water enough for you and horses and I would be honored if you would join me," she said. They both seemed to be happy about the offer and she began leading them to her village of Hirem.
On the way back they passed the body of three lifeless Ra'zac. "How many Ra'zac were following you?" Eragon asked.
"Only five," Rinia replied, "and I managed to, as you see, kill most of them, but then my bow was becoming unmanageable."
A bit of a chuckle came from Murtagh. "You were able to kill four of them? Well I'm impressed."
"It would have only been three if you hadn't helped me,"
"But it is impressive that you were able to kill them nonetheless."
"I guess so," Rinia replied quietly, her cheeks turning a light red. Her dark, wavy hair went down to her waist and her facial features were beautiful.
As they neared the village the expression on Rinia's face became grim as she was afraid to see what had happened. A young girl of about 14 ran toward her with tears in her eyes and whispered something into her ears and Rinia's expression went from grim to full of mourning.
