BEST OC Maker: This is my first Inheritance Story, however I have been a fan of Inheritance ever since I first read Eragon and hated the movie when I was 11, ever since then I read Eldest twice and Inheritance(Or the Vault of Souls as some call it) five times, though I did read the other books, and I've always dreamed of making such story but it was last night I had this crazy dream of me riding the dragon you'll briefly meet on this chapter, also since this is my first fanfic about Inheritance I encourage people to send me criticism, but ABSOLUTELY NO FLAMES, I need advice, not insults, enjoy the chapter!
A 14 year old with spiky black hair and eyes was on a hill, behind him was the stone house that belonged to Roran StrongHammer, his father. Normally he wouldn't be up so early but today was The Day, his chance to realize his greatest dream, he looked outside of the walls that surrounded New Carvahall to see a wagon, a human was guiding the horses, however what made this wagon different besides the decorations was the fact that flying above the wagon were 2 average sized dragons, the boy could also see the town itself from where he sat.
New Carvahall resembled Carvahall in most ways, except that it had thick stone walls around it, siege towers and it was far more fortified than the original town, on the main square he could see the villagers preparing, tents and small stores were being set up, yesterday a group that came right before the riders came to prepare their arrival, for this was Rider's Day, a special holiday to commemorate the day Eragon first met Saphira.
It was also the day that the Riders brought Dragon Eggs to the villages and cities throughout Algaesia so they could hatch for their new riders, the minimum age to be tested was 14, and this was the boy's first chance to become a rider.
"Artur, why are you up so early?" A rough voice questioned as a bearded man came out of the house, Roran grew the last 20 years, he kept his beard and his hammer attached to his belt as always however.
"I wanted to see the dragons flying," The teen named Artur answered as he looked at the magnificent beasts, one was dark amethyst while the other was shiny black like obsidian both were fully grown and flew above the wagon.
"Aye, though Saphira is bigger," Roran commented and Artur rolled his eyes.
"Saphira is technically the oldest dragon that still has her body so it's obvious she would be bigger than those two," Artur pointed out.
"Well I gotta go help with the preparations," Roran told him before walking away, Artur decided to keep watching the dragons for a few minutes until a arrow zoomed before hitting the ground to his left.
"Hey!" Artur exclaimed as he turned to the attack, it was a girl around his age, she bright red hair hair and bright blue eyes, she had a quiver on her back and she set her bow on her arm, Artur grinned at her, she joined him watching the dragons.
"So today is the day," Artur smiled, watching the dragons.
"You know you might not get picked," The girl reminded him.
"I've been training for this ever since I first listened to my uncle's stories, my aim might be a bit off with the bow and arrow but my skill with a sword is way too good," Artur bragged.
"A bit off? You couldn't hit a tree even if it was right in front of you," Alex giggled and Artur huffed.
"That arrow was bent," Artur crossed his arms and Alex rolled her eyes just as the wagon crossed the main gate and headed to the square, the two dragons had already landed.
"Shall we?" Artur asked and Alex nodded before they raced through the streets, the villagers, including Artur's older sister, Ismira who was already there with their mother talking with Hope, the wagon opened to reveal 5 dragon eggs, the human that had been piloting the wagon turned out to be the obsidian dragon's rider while an elf with long black hair and brilliant purple eyes was bonded to the amethyst dragon, they would guard the eggs until the start of the selection. Roran was already talking with the human rider.
The next few hours passed quickly to Artur, helping the other villagers, and talking with Alex, then he decided to go see the eggs, the elven woman seemed to just watch the eggs and the human rider was telling stories to some kids nearby, their dragons stood close together near the wagon.
However before Artur could say anything the human rider joined the elf near the wagon and rang a bell.
"20 years ago, a dragon was born to a young farmer boy, Eragon ShadeSlayer met Saphira BrightScales this very day! So this is the day the riders started their return! Today we shall call to those who wish to join our ranks, the rules are simple, each person has 1 minute to try each egg, if the eggs don't hatch for them, they may try again next year, we shall call upon you in alphabetic order, wait for your turn!" The human rider announced, at the mention of Eragon and Saphira both dragons roared proudly.
Artur zoned out listening again to when they called Alex, the daughter of the blacksmith went forward on the wagon and touched the first egg, which had a smooth shiny black shell like obsidian, like most dragon eggs, it could easily pass for a rare gem and for the first few seconds the egg stood still and just as Alex's minute ended and she was about to remove her hand the egg shook.
Cracks quickly began to appear and grow on the egg as everyone gasped, both dragons looked proudly to the egg as a small obsidian dragon burst out, he awfully resembled a mini super cute version of the obsidian dragon, Artur quickly guessed that the two dragons were the newborn dragon's parents, as the small creature went towards Alex, the red haired girl lifted her hand as the black dragon put her forehead there, Alex then shook and fell to her knees.
"Alex!" Artur exclaimed as the elven woman helped her, her father, Baldor, went to her.
"Take her home to rest, sometimes people faint after bonding, she'll be fine in a few hours," The elf told Baldor, who nodded as he began to carry his daughter home proudly, the small black dragon landed on Baldor's shoulder and looked worriedly at her new rider.
The selection continued but no eggs hatched until Artur's name was finally called, Artur rushed to them full of excitement.
"Remember one minute for each egg," The elf told him and he nodded. The remaining 4 eggs stood before him, he touched the first one, which was bright emerald, the minute passed and the egg didn't shake ever so slightly, but Artur didn't give up yet as he touched the blood red egg, which also didn't react, the bright silver egg didn't react either, now a bit sadder but still hopeful and determined, Artur touched the final egg, which was a blazing orange color,the effect was surprisingly immediate but also extremely unexpected, at first it seemed like a common hatching but then...
Flames began to leak from the cracks before the egg seemed to explode in flames, Artur, the riders and the villagers gasped, both dragons stood up but relaxed as everyone's eyes adjusted to light, but still they looked confused and surprised at the newborn dragon.
Artur was speechless, at first glance he thought the baby dragon was on fire, but realized it was because the newborn's fiery orange and red scales were sparkling on the sunlight, making it seem like he was burning, however what interested Artur most was the newborn dragon's eyes, the small dragon had huge eyes like most baby dragons, but his fiery orange pupils looked curiously at him and there was fire on the baby's eyes, not literally, but if seemed so, smoke came from the baby's nostrils as he touched Artur's palm.
The result surprised Artur, he had always heard of how a bond was like a splash of cold water, however what he felt then was the complete opposite, it was like his palm was in the middle of an inferno, then all he remembered was black.
Author Notes:
BEST OC Maker: I hope you guys liked this chapter, also I'm feeling like it was a bit short though my logical part says it was a good start, what do you guys think? Put in the comments bellow and remember, every review helps! Except flames, so read, REVIEW and Stay Riding!