Well this is my first fan fic story! When I saw that they were doing Eragon stories I felt that just HAD to do one! I LOVE that book! I hope you like my story. Please read and review but don't be too mean please!

Anywayz….ON WITH THE SHOW!

Chapter One

The soldiers were almost upon her. She picked up her feet and made a sharp turn off the dirt road and into the dense forest. She only glanced back once and chuckled in satisfaction as the soldiers ran into one another and scrambled to regain their footing to pursue the chase.

Kareia's long, wavy, auburn hair flowingabove her rosy lips and deep, ocean blue eyes whipped across her sweat painted face. She sped up, weaving in and out of the trees, hoping her pursuers would lose her trail. Her breathing became short, painful breaths and her throat was parched dry from the lack of moisture, but she refused to stop. Clutched under Kareia's arm was what looked like bluish-green stone that reflected the scenery of the blurry trees.

Shouts behind her grew loud again and she felt the breeze of an arrow that whizzed past her right cheek. Soon she was dodging five arrows at once but failed to be quick enough to dodge a sixth one that sliced the surface her left shoulder.

Damn! These guys catch up fast!

A voice pierced the walls of her mind and leaked in like water in concern and anger, I'm right above you! I can be there in a heartbeat! Are you sure you don't want me to assist you?

Kareia replied desperately to the mystical voice, No! Not yet! That has to be a last resort! Come when I call!

The voice replied fiercely, If they so much as touch you, I'll come and rip them to shreds!

With that Kareia shut the voice out of her mind and concentrated more on the soldiers behind her. She saw sunlight seep through the trees of the forest up ahead, which signified the edge of the forest. Kareia was completely oblivious to the panicky calls in her mind. Too busy dodging several more arrows, she took a huge leap out of the forest and screamed while thoughtlessly releasing the stone which went flying through the air.

The ground below her feet disappeared. Wind brushed against the soles of her feet instead of twigs and leaves. In near panic Kareia grasped an overhanging branch from the tree closest to her just in time stop herself from falling off a five-hundred foot cliff lined with the last of the tall forest tree life. She managed to catch the stone in the process, but with her bad arm. Five-hundred feet below were sharp, rocky points that thinned out to a sandy ocean shore. With her stone held in her feeble grip, she hung there for a couple seconds collecting herself and realizing that there was a voice intruding her mind again in outrage.

….tried to warn you! Kareia, are you all right? They set it up! It was a trap! They made you take that route to the cliff. That's it ! I'm coming!

It was too late for Kareia to reply. Out of the mist of the clouds came a horse-sized winged creature. It was nothing more than a silver blur as it shot from the sky toward the soldiers who stood still along the edge of the trees with drawn swords. When the creature landed, the soldiers gasped in awe at none other than a silver-scaled dragon.

The sun reflected off each silverplate in a blinding light that covered every inch of its body with exceptionof the wings. Teeth bared and giant claws visible for all to see, the magnificent creature swiped at the nearest victim. One by one the soldiers fell. Their attempts to cut the dragon were in vain as they merely bounced off its gleaming, powerful scales. Kareia wished she could help but she was struggling to hang on for her life. One of the remaining soldiers managed to fire an arrow at the dragon, but just like the swords, it bounced off thesilver armorand flew down the cliff's side where Kareia was helplessly dangling. The arrow pierced Kareia's arm again and she finally lost her grip on the bluish-green stone.

"NOOOOOO!" Kareia senselessly cried as the whole reason shehad almost beenkilledplummeted down the cliff.

"It'll be crushed! Saveil! Let's GO!"

Saveil came swiftly over the cliff's deadly side in another silver blur. Kareia pushed off the wall of the cliff with her cut feet and released the life-saving branch. Saveil caught her on his rock-hard spine. With clenched teeth, the sides of Kareia's legs were pierced by Savail's scales with each flap of his wings. The pain reached her palms as she gripped as hard as she could onto one of the spikes that lined Savail's back, attempting not to be blown off. She breathed in tightly as the scales sunk deeper and deeper into her legs. Wind rippled through her hair as they gained speed through the dive.

Despite their inhuman speed to catch their prize, it was too late. The stone landed squarely on a sharp rock tip and pieces of the stone could be seen chipped and cracked, glinting on the sand. Kareia did her best to hold back her cries as they landed with a thump. She slid of the dragon's back with a yelpbecause ofthe deepened cuts on the inside of her legs and hands. She strained to stand on the bloodstained sand and wobbled as fast she could over to whatever remained of the stone. She picked it up and ran her finger over a series of cracks and holes, examining the damage.

Oh Saveil…this…this…is terrible! What are we going to do?

Before her wise companion could respond, a sort of groan came from thestone.Itwobbled and finally the last of the remaining shell shattered and unfurled an emerald green baby dragon. It wasn't a stone, it was an egg. Kareia could hardly breathe. Were her eyes right? The dragon just hatched! But how?

The dragon lazily gazed up at her through matching green eyes and shuddered. It was apparently still getting over the shock of the fall. Like Saveil, its back was lined with silver spikes and it had giant claws, even for a baby. It stretched its wings in a fashion that made Kareia remember when Saveil was just a hatchling and came out of a stone she was going to sell to some merchant. Saviel's egg was found by Kareia in the middle of the forest just like the one she had just been running through. It was then Kareia remembered how exhausted she was and collapsed on the warm sand, allowing the ocean mist cool her face.

Two dragons...I have TWO dragons! I can't be a Dragon Rider for two dragons!

When Kareia finally gathered enough guts to steal another egg from the king, she wasn't expecting it to hatch while she still had it. This wasn't supposed to happen! Kareia looked back through her memories on the tales she was told by her now deceased parents long ago about the Dragon Riders who protected the land and its people. And NONE of them had two dragons. The dragons always chose their Riders. But this one was opened by force...would it accept her? Would she have to raise it as though it were her own dragon? Or did it still have a destined Rider and she needed to find him? Should she stop asking questions she doesn't know the answers to?

Oh Saveil…NOW what are we going to do?

I'm afraid this puzzles even me, little one...Saviel was obviously lost in thought but Kareia was feeling uneasy...this was the first time Saveil had nothing to say.

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And that was my first chapter! Hope you like it so far! Sorry it was so short though...I'll try to make them a little longer. Until next chapter!

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