Summary: Lifaen and Nari(yes the two elves accompanying eragon in eldest, i have changed them a bit, actually quite a lot.) go fishing one day, and Arya turns up rushing from dangers with two eggs, one he entrusts with Lifaen the other she rides off towards the Spine with. Please read and review comments are always accepted!
Please note this is somwhat the same as my story i started yesterday...but is a lot different..please give this a chance and review.
DISCLAIMER!!! I do not own any of these characters! i will twist the plot a bit but a lot of events will still stay as you will see...just another reminder this is all Christopher Paolini's not mine!
Chapter 1: At Lake Isenstar
In the grand pinewood city of Ellesmera lived two elves, one named Lifaen and the other Nari. They had once lived in Ceris, another Elven city, but had moved to Ellesmera to learn further training in magic. Lifaen was rather tall nearing 6 feet in height for being an elf of only 16 years old, but was a great spell caster for his undoubtedly young age. Nari; however, was a shorter by for inches and more skilled in swordsmanship, he was only a year older than Lifaen.
Lifaen and Nari liked to go out to the edge of the forest and fish on the lake of Isenstar, though they were not allowed to eat any meat, so they'd let the fish go after catching them. They had been warned many times by elders of the city to not go fishing at night as many mysterious things happened during the night, and being near to the lake the magic of Du Weldenvarden would not protect them from danger.
Elves are not any ordinary creatures; they live long lives lasting hundreds of years, not to mention they have mastered magic almost as much as the riders had. Only no rider remained except for the evil King Galbatorix, who had defied all the riders and made some turn against others until all were killed and the land was under his rule.
The elves sought out shelter in the forests of Du Weldenvarden, and all "traitors" to the king had hidden in the Beor Mountains. These "traitors" are known as the Varden and have been opposing the King ever since the downfall of the riders.
It is now that only four eggs remain, all of them in the king's clutches, but one night in autumn an elf managed to steal two eggs, as this elf rode out of the castle and towards the edges of Du Weldenvarden she was being pursued by an evil shade that worked for the king. Avoiding chasms that were opening in the earth from the shades wrath, and small fireballs that would whiz past them every so often the elf rode on with two others.
She had finally managed to get far ahead of the shade and almost into the forest when she saw Lifaen and Nari, two of her usual companions on journeys, at the edge of the lake fishing. She hurriedly rode towards the boys and spoke fast in the ancient language, "Lifaen take this egg and run to the queen, tell her I am being pursued and if I haven't sent word by tomorrow, assume I am dead."
Lifaen replied, "Yes I will be as quick as I can, Arya!"
"Nari, please guard Lifaen and whatever you two do, do not get separated!" with this warning she rode off towards the Spine leaving the boys in the dark shades of the moons light.
Lifaen responded to the elder elf by taking the mysterious green stone and hurrying of into the forest leaving any gear he was using to fish behind. Nari quickly gathered the materials and then realized Lifaen was out of sight. Nari then started to panic, and ran into the green gloomy forest shouting for Lifaen, but no replies came.
Accompanied by the two Elvin soldiers, Arya rode for endless hours to what seemed like safety, for the shade had left them. The elves were deep within the spine when a faint sound of crunching leaves was heard. Arya, still carrying one egg, stopped the horse and listened to the surroundings. Then she shouted out to the elf to her left, "Duck!" but she was too late the elf was struck in the heart by and arrow.
Arya's horse was in chaos and so was the remaining soldiers for the third horse had rode off into the never-ending forest of the Spine. A few seconds later an arrow lit on fire shot right past Arya's face and pierced the other elf in the leg. He dropped to the ground pleading for Arya to run to safety.
Arya did not leave; instead she protected her and the guard from harm for enough time to heal the wound. As soon as she let her shield down the Shade appeared in the clearing and whispered some words to a spell that killed the elf guard instantly.
Arya got up and muttered an enchantment that blinded the shade for a few seconds as she ran into the forests of the Spine. Only to reach a dead end, it was then the trees went ablaze, burning wildly granting the elf no passageway to escape. The shade then stepped through the fire and in the same moment used a spell that made the Arya fall helpless to the ground, the egg rolling more than five feet away.
The shade was dressed in a long dark red and black robe. His hair was as red as the flames around him and his eyes were a dark red color with the fire around him reflecting in his eyes. He had a smirk on his face as he walked up to Arya, using spells that cause her great pain. The shade then walked to the sapphire egg and held it in his hands.
The shade then spoke, "Pathetic Arya, you practically handed the eggs right to me!"
Arya responded, "Hahahahahaha….you have only but one egg. How will you tell Galbatorix you failed at bringing both eggs back, Durza?" then she mumbled a complicated spell under her breath.
"Both eggs, ha I have one right here, I have at least one to bring back." He replied mocking her incorrect saying of his failure. But it was right that moment the sapphire egg vanished from the grasp of Durza's hands, "You wicked son of a Bitch! How dare you mock me by transporting the egg. Tell me now where it is?"
"Poor poor Durza, you failed to retrieve both eggs, what are you going to do now?" she spoke faintly as the spell the shade cast on her was also draining her power.
Out of rage Durza attempted to penetrate the barriers of the elf's mind to find the whereabouts of the eggs, but Durza had no success. After failing that he mumbled a few words and Arya screamed in torture as her body ached all over until she could bare it no more, her eyes closed slowly and after that it was as if she had died.
Back in the forests Lifaen hurried through tripping many times over overgrown roots, stems and all different things that grew in the darkness of the forest. He kept on pushing through even though he had scrapes and one root even tore his leg open so he had to limp as he ran.
Nari was not too far behind him, and he could here her scream but he ignored his cries to him. His only thought was I must get this egg to the Queen or I have failed my brethren. He was now only about a half mile away from the city he tripped again and rolled down a hill, the egg was jerked out of his hands and fell deeper down the hill into a pond. He began to cry and tried to push himself up but he couldn't do it, he had no energy left to get up, he had failed to get the message to his queen, he had failed all of the elves.
Nari had finally reached the root where Lifaen had tripped and fell, but stopped right before the huge root that crossed the path. Panting he sat on the root and tried to regain his breath. I hope Lifaen didn't get lost, if he did I have failed my duties that I promised to Arya.
Nari then shout out one last time, "Lifaen where are you?" and then abandoned all hope.
Then in the stillness of the forest came a sound of crying. Nari got off the root and began to walk, and then ran towards the sound. When he found the source he was overwhelmed to see his companion lying on the ground hurt, but safe.
Nari muttered a little spell transferring energy from himself into Lifaen so he could get up and finish the walk to Ellesmera. Nari then noticed the emerald stone was not in Lifaen's hands.
"Where is the egg?" Nari spoke in a serious tone.
"It fell into the pond when I tripped on that root and tumble down this hill." He replied sniffling.
Lifaen then suggest he go get it, but Nari instead dove into the pond and retrieved the egg from the bottom. When he got back to where Lifaen was standing he muttered, "Protect the egg with your life. Don't let it slip again," then with a glare he marched off towards Ellesmera. Lifaen soon trailed behind the now angered elf.
They walked through the rest of the way silently and finally they reached the beautiful city of Ellesmera. Once in the city they hurried to the throne of Izlanzadi, Queen of all elves. They rushed past citizens until they were stopped by a pair of guards.
"Stop! What is your business with the Queen?" one guard said.
"Arya has told us some important information and has entrusted us with this," he said pointing to the green stone. The guard then stepped aside and let the two young elves through.
Right when he got in front of Izlanzadi, Lifaen fell flat on the ground, this time the stone did not roll out of his hands, he held onto it tightly. Nari laughed slightly as he saw the action Lifaen did to keep the stone safe in his grasp.
The Queen then spoke, "What brings you and this boy to my throne?"
Nari responded, "Arya told us to bring this egg to you," then pointed at the egg in the unconscious boys arms.
"Why do you look sad?" the Queen asked.
"Because I have not told you the bad news, if Arya does not send news of her safety by nightfall tomorrow, she said that she is assumed dead," Nari spoke in a solemn tone.
"This is bad news indeed, please stay in my quarters tonight, and have good nights sleep. We shall talk more of this tomorrow." The Queen then left the room and left Nari and Lifaen alone.
Before Nari left to get someone to help Lifaen he heard something from the boys mouth, "Nari, please don't let them take the egg."
Nari then knelt beside the boy and said, "Don't worry Lifaen I won't let anyone." Then he left the room and Lifaen once again fell unconscious.
Thank you for reading please review..i love comments...and no flames please!
next chapter might be out soon...i have final next week and a few tests this week..time for me is limited!