Chapter 1 – Change
Eragon was 8 years old, he was playing hide and seek with his cousin Roran, and he was tired of losing and decided to hide in a place Roran couldn't find him, the spine. He walked through the forest looking for a place he could hide, and found it in a cave. Without thinking he went in and sat down against the cave wall, the cave was relatively small, dark and he constantly heard droplets of water falling to the ground. All of a sudden he felt movement deeper in the cave, he was getting up to investigate the noise when he saw a pair of glowing red eyes glaring at him. He slowly backed down making his way to the cave's entrance and with the light coming through he saw the owner of the red eyes. A big black wolf the size of a big horse, his fangs were showing as the wolf snarled at him and he tripped on a rock.
Suddenly the wolf sprang forward, he held up his hands in order to shield himself from the bite that was surely to come. He felt teeth sink into his arms, and felt the worst pain he had ever felt, it was like a fire was burning him from the inside out, leaving nothing but the knowledge that he was in pain. Two minutes later he passed out and he knew no more.
He woke up, but something was wrong, all he could see was white space stretching on for miles, he turned around and yelped as he saw the black wolf that had attacked him. As he did before he paralyzed under its stare. Suddenly vapor started rising from the wolf and his size diminished as if he was being consumed, and out of the vapor came a man with long black hair and a black beard, his eyes were strangely red, and he had a strange wild look to him.
"Don't be afraid," he said, in a voice that reverberated with authority "I mean you no harm"
Eragon got his voice back and scared spoke "Who are you? Why did you attack me? Where am I?" the man laughed at Eragon's impatience, but nevertheless started talking and telling him about his story.
His name was Black Fury; he was a werewolf and the High Alpha of his people in other words, their king. The Empire's magicians attacked them and because there were not a lot of them there was no chance of victory. He decided to let the others escape while he drew the attention of the Empire, as he was for all intents and purposes their king, the Empire followed. He managed to lose them in the spine, but not before he was mortally wounded. Wolves were created in two ways they were born or bitten. But the wolf that bit another creature to turn them died.
"I have no heirs, and I thought that I was going to die without leaving someone behind that could lead my people, and then you stumbled onto me and even though I knew that it was a big burden I was placing on you I decided to turn you, when you wake I will no longer be there. But I can see that you will turn into a great wolf."
"How? I'm just a kid I don't know what to do" he cried, scared the responsibilities he now had.
"Because my memories will live on in you, letting you learn all you need to learn." he calmly said "Now, don't be alarmed and look at yourself." He summoned a large mirror and urged Eragon to walk up to it.
Eragon walked up to it and was surprised, he thought he was going to see his eight-year-old self reflected on its surface, but in his place was a white wolf the size of a small horse. He had electric blue eyes that seemed to glow, a long white mane, and an air of regality.
"When you wake up in your world, tell no one about you, not everyone smiles upon our kind." He said and his surroundings started vanishing "you'll have to learn how to control your shift, and the way to do that is to being in your emotions, find our people and lead them to peace."
Eragon awakened inside the cave and was astonished by what he could feel, he could smell everything, and through it he could taste it. It was night but he could see as if it was as clear as day. He felt energy coursing through him and immediately knew he was stronger and faster as well. And inside of him burned a fire that wasn't there in the first place. With a jolt he realized it was late and his family would surely be looking for him, he got up and started running back home.
