On a dark misty night, Ethan made his way up the foothills of the spine.

Eragon had been gone for 3 months, and with his leave the responsibility of hunting food had fallen upon him.

Ethan was Eragons twin brother, born in Carvahall, he like Eragon always wondered who his mother was. The town story teller Brom had fled with him and some rumors in the town said that some large beast had been to Garrows farm that fateful day.

Ethan ground his teeth, "damn't!", how was he supposed to hunt in all the god damned mist. Blam! A dark object barrowed into him. He slowly stood up and realized it was a smooth polished golden stone, or egg as he thought.

"This part of the mountains is to misty", thought Ethan, *sigh*, "better just camp in for the night".

He spread his cot and stomached several cured hams. Then slowly, he fell asleep with the golden object held close to his chest.

The next morning, Ethan set out in the northern direction of the spine, the day was glorious, sunlight streaming everywhere and the birds were chirping in the hidden mountains yonder, he spotted the tracks of a wolf and followed them cautiously.

Ethan had always been more of the outgoing brave in the face of danger type and to this day had killed a number of wolves and a bear. As the sun reached its highest point in the sky Ethan slowly nocked an arrow, he drew 3 other just in case. T

he wind blew slightly and the gust ruffled his black hair. He waited, crouched down at the edge of a crumbling pile of rock, a black and silver wolf circled each other looking ready to kill below unaware of his imminent arrival.

With a yell he burst forward and the let an arrow loose, the arrow flew and pierced a silver wolf between the leg and the thigh, he quickly shot 2 more consecutive arrows and the pierced the opponent black wolf's hide in two separate places.

Before he had a chance to celebrate his success the edge of the rocky outcrop gave away and he plummeted below. Suddenly a word came to his mind and he yelled out huildr! He stopped 3 feet away from the ground and before he could express his surprise he fell into a deep sleep thinking, "Oh Shit"…

3 hours later

Ethan awoke with a start, his hand was head was burning like never before and to top that the silver wolf was still not dead.

Ethan slowly stood up and felt a sudden hunger. He dug into his pack and dug out a piece of mystery meat and chewed slowly. He was suddenly reminded of the golden "thing" he found and quickly checked to see if it had been damaged. To his surprise it was still fully intact and there was not one scratch on it.

With a sudden pain Ethan withdrew and felt a fierce burning in his hand, he quickly glanced at the gold object that had burned his hand, before him beheld a small reptilian with wings on its back, he exclaimed, "By the Gods, it's a dragon!"

He felt a trembling in his mind and suddenly the world seemed so different, so much more open as he thought.

A tendril of thought slowly crept towards him and he involuntarily jumped in the opposite direction, the thought slowly solidified and Ethan sensed an overwhelming hunger in the dragon.

He sighed and took out yet another piece of mystery meat and ripped it into pieces. The dragon quickly snapped up a few chunks and eyed the bigger piece warily. With a puff of smoke the dragon snapped it up and swallowed it with a loud gulp. I

t sighed contentedly and curled up on his chest, he suddenly realized the stone he found greatly resembled the one Eragon found.

He decided to ponder some more on this matter some more once he reached the Igualda falls. He journeyed for a few more hours climbing fallen trees and clambering over rocky outcrops. He heard a whispering to his right and noticed a large dark hole slightly concealed by the aging vines and ivy that grew over it.

He drew his hunting knife and approached the hole cautiously. He quickly slashed away at the vines with his knife and saw a dark staircase. As he walked forwards, fire suddenly leapt up in the rotting torches and he advanced slowly and steadily.

After a few minutes of walking he felt a nudge in his head. He took one more step and heard an ear shrieking scream and fell unconscious to the stone ground.