The Next Shade
Thunder shook the castle walls,as Daryna sat in her chambers,awaiting the news of how the battle had went.The flame's silhouette danced on the walls from the fireplace as she felt a sudden surge of pain in her heart.She started to cry as she went over to the fireplace while pulling some magical dust out of her pocket.She threw it into the fire and the blaze errupted as she stood back from it's brief little explosion.She saw a picture of a battle.Her father,Durza, was riding a shadow and a dragon rider flew across the skies as they fought sword against magick.She had seen the cause of why her heart was throbbing.The boy had stabbed him in the heart.A stab to a Shade was fatal and would kill him instantly,however, if he were stabbed anywhere else he would regenerate elsewhere.
She dropped to her knees,crying, as King Galbatorix entered her room with a stone in his hand.He stepped towards her,smirking from ear to ear,laying the stone in front of her.She looked up at him.
"I see you have seen the tragic event with your father.He failed me, Daryna.He lost to that pesky Dragon Rider named Eragon." he yelled as he kneeled,cupping her chin in his hands.
"Yes m'lord.I know"she said in disappointment.She looked at the fire once more as the event played over and over.
"You have learned enough of Dark Magick,haven't you,to know that you are in need to help me in the quest of destroying the Dragon Rider?" he asked as he was expecting the answer to be yes.She nodded.Daryna was an expert in dark magick as her father taught her since she was a mere child.Now at 19,she was advanced in the arts.Her skills had lead her to accomplish premonitions and other powers that her father also had possessed.She looked at the stone as it shook.She stood up and gazed at the King as he was smiling widely.
"Is that what I think it is?"she asked as she cleared the red hair from her eyes.She was a beautiful red haired girl with eyes of dark blue and a face of magnificent complexion.The king loved her so much and thought her a gift when Durza and his whore had her.He had given her everything she ever wanted and despite him wanting to be the only dragon rider,he had given her a dragon egg now.
"Yes,my dear.It's a dragon."he smiled as he looked at the hatching egg.It found itself a hole to poke at and finally broke through the red colored egg.The dragon was ruby red and had beautiful yellow eyes.Daryna dazed at the dragon as it shook off the bits of egg that remained on it.The King grabbed her hand and made her touch him and a bright red glow filled the room instantly as she fell back into his arms unconsious.He looked at her limp beautiful body as she slept.He picked her up and laid her on her bed,glancing at the dragon.The symbol of a Shur'tugal was engraved on her hand and she was now a Dragon Rider.He threw the baby dragon a rat as he turned to face the door.
"Good Night,my princess."he said as he walked towards the door and turned around to get a last glimpse before he left her room.He walked out into the corridors and shut the door behind him.Now he had another Dragon Rider at his side and he would surely win this war,he thought as he made his way down to the thrown room.I've done it, he thought to his dragon,Shruikan.Now we can beat that imbecille and rule over Alagaesia in peace,the dragon replied to him in a hoarse tone.I haven't told her about the engagement yet though,he said regrettably.He could hear the dragon's roar as it thought,Durza should of told her before.The prophecy will never come true if you dont marry her before the next full moon.The King sneered at that thought.He hated deadlines and he wasn't fond of completing any task at an exact time.He entered the thrown room and nodded to his dragon.