Wake up, Eragon! Eragon snapped awake. It was before dawn, and Saphira was standing on her bed, looking at him. He looked around for the source of the commotion when two large eyes appeared outside. Saphira was looking in the window at him. What is wrong? Eragon asked. An enemy soldier has been sighted near Ellesméra, Saphira told him. It had been two hundred years since the Varden had fought Galbatorix and his army. Since then, Eragon and Saphira had trained many young elves and humans on the path to Dragon Rider, including his present pupils Ny'ara and Ronteli, and their dragons, Yeara and Zinel. The Varden had been disbanded. There were becoming more and more Dragon Riders. Eragon's cousin, Roran, was dead. Hundreds of Riders had been trained but the vast amount of dragon eggs did not seem to be lessening, which, Eragon thought, was a good thing. It was the next generation of Riders. A soldier? Eragon thought, confused. He hadn't heard of an enemy soldier being seen since Galbatorix's rein except for the occasional group that tries to fight back against the Riders. We can take care of it, he said to Saphira, as he scrambled out of his bed. If there were Ra'zac ravaging about now, were they just doing this out of long lost retaliation, or were they being commanded? Hopefully the soldiers are avenging or hopelessly retaliating, he told Saphira, or we may have a problem on our hands. He was thinking of Galbatorix at the time, and he tried to shake the thought of him out of his head. Eragon said. Eragon quickly picked up Saphira's saddle, and his sword, Brisingr, and head out the door and strapped the saddle on Saphira's back, and clambered on. With a great whoosh of her wings, Saphira shot into the air toward the village. They were heading to Ellesméra when they saw the commotion. A lot of elves were huddled around something they could not see. They landed and got in closer. The elves made way for him. It was a dragon egg. "An elite team of soldiers were trying to steal it from us," an elf nearby said. "We killed them, but I think there will be more." "The queen should be informed," said Eragon. "We already sent someone to tell her," said the elf. "Good. I will take the egg back. We should keep watch around the border of the city; make sure there are no other soldiers around the perimeter of the city."