NOTE: THERE IS A LINK TO THE MAP OF ALAGAESIA THAT I USED FOR THIS STORY ON MY PROFILE!
You can understand the rivers and places better with the map.
Subtle Eldest spoilers.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini does, but I do own Lazuli. Everybody else doesn't belong to me, okay? I will say so if one of the characters do belong to me.
Lazuli nervously smoothed her dress out, and knocked twice on the doors to the guest chambers at King Orrin's palace. She was to relay a message from Lady Nasuada to Eragon Shadeslayer. She was excited to meet the rider—she had heard of his feats.
A young elf opened the door, surprising Lazuli. The elf look surprised too.
"May I request an audience with the Argetlam?" I sound nervous, even to myself thought Lazuli.
A grin twitched at the corners of the elf's mouth. "Come in." He said.
Lazuli curtsied, and stepped into the comfortable looking chambers, where she and the elf waited in silence. After a moment, she asked, "Is Rider Eragon currently available?"
"Yes." Came the elf's crisp reply.
When nothing more was said, Lazuli impatiently asked, "Well, may I speak to him?"
"You are." The elf looked into Lazuli's eyes, and he could suppress his grin no longer.
"Pardon me." If Lazuli had not been a fine actor, her voice would surely have betrayed her nervousness. "I thought that Rider Eragon was human."
"I am."
Lazuli looked at his pointed ears and slightly slanted features, as well his swordsman's body—it was comprised of lean 'elvish' muscle. She then realized that his movements weren't as graceful as an elf, but more so than a human. He must have been affected by some kind of magic Lazuli thought.
"Forgive me." She apologized after a minute of confused staring. "I have a confidential message from Lady Nasuada.
"Let me hear it." Said Eragon.
Lazuli nodded. She flicked her hand and said atra nosu waise vardo fra eld hornya. She could see the Rider's carefully blank face in the corner of her vision. She knew that she had surprised him.
"Lady Nasuada wishes for you to pack your belongings, and travel with Saphira back to Ellesmera to learn more from the elves in preparation for anything that may happen—she wants you to be as ready as you can."
Eragon nodded. "Will the journey be alone? Or will I be accompanied?"
"Orik is currently ruling in place of Hrothgar, so he is not available. Nasuada has asked me to accompany you, if you wish."
"What is your rank to Nasuada?" The Rider probed.
"I know the location of Ellesmera."
Eragon nodded, "But you are an elf, of course you would know."
Lazuli shook her head, laughing, "You made the same mistake as I, Argetlam. I am only part elf."
"Ah. May I ask, then?"
"Go ahead."
"How is it that you can do magic? Are you a magician?"
Lazuli tried not to show her emotion on her face, but Eragon's reaction told her it showed anyway.
"Another time then." He said.
Please Review! Sorry this chapter was short, but the next one will make up for it, kay?
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nosu waise vardo fra eld hornya: may we be warded from listeners
