Hi everyone! So this is my second story and my first for the Inheritance cycle. I'm going to try to stick true to the characters as much as I can, but since they're not magic people or dragons, it might get a little difficult. And if you're a fan from Love at First Sight I still will be updating the story daily. It's still my top priority. Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: ALL GOES TO CHRIS PAOLINI

Chapter 1

Eragon

I have a friend back home that moved here just last year. He says that his dad's job takes them all over the place. That he's never gone to the same school for more than two years. He always used to talk about how much he hated being the new kid. How much it always sucked. I remember thinking that I was happy that wasn't me. I had grown up in my home town. It's one of those really small towns, where everyone knows everyone. I never once envied my friend for moving around, but now I envy him. For he gets to stay, and for once, I'm the one leaving.

Yeah, that's right. I'm right now sitting in the back on my mom's car, with a moving truck behind us. My mom, Silena, and my brother, Murtagh, are sitting up front. It's just the three of us. Murtagh's dad was a complete jerk. Mom hung around with him for a few years but then he hit Murtagh pretty hard one day, so mom packed them up and left. Then my mom met my dad. They dated for a little while, fell in love, and got married. Mom says even Tag liked him, although he's too stubborn to ever admit it. Then when I was about five and Tag was about eight, he got hit by a drunk driver coming home from work. His car flipped a few times. They rushed him to the emergency room, but he didn't make it.

"Look boys! There it is!" Mom squealed.

"There what is?" Tag frowned and squinted.

"Yeah, I don't see anything Mom." I said.

"Look! You see those two trees?" She asked.

"Yeah." I replied.

"It says on this map that when you see the two trees that look like a gate, you know you're only a few miles away!" She told us

"Great," Tag said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are now passing through the gates of hell." Then he stuffed his head phones back in, turned the music up so loud that we could hear it, and looked out the window. Mom sighed.

"I think they're lovely gates mom." I told her, trying to cheer her up again.

"Thanks Era." She said then went silent.

As I'm sure you can tell, Tag's not too happy about the movie. He's going into his senior year and he wanted to spend it with his friends. I can't really blame him. I'm annoyed too because I wanted to spend my first year of high school with people I knew as well. But Tag's taking all his anger out on mom. She got a better job in this town and she's a single mom with two growing boys. She needs the extra money. I also think she wanted to leave town since that's where dad died. I mean, I know it's been almost ten years, but she sometimes gets this faraway look in her eye and you know she's thinking about dad.

"What the hell kind of a name is Varden? Who decided that?" Murtagh asked to no one in particular. He was referring to the sign we had just passed that said, Welcome to Varden.

Mom was taping her finger on the wheel excitedly. We were pulling into a town, Varden, I guess. I had to agree with Murtagh. It wasn't the best name for a town. It was a lot bigger than our old town. We came into an area with a bunch of houses. We drove through a few more streets before we passed a big building to our right.

"That's your new school boys!" mom said proudly.

"Varden High." I read off the sign.

Tag snorted. "That's original."

Then we kept driving for a bit longer until we pulled into the driveway of a two story house with a sold sign stuck in the front of the lawn.

"Yay!" mom said, and then jumped out of the car.

Murtagh sighed then went after her. I got out last. The moving guys were already starting to take everything inside. Mom told us to grab our bags and then pick our rooms. We both grabbed our bags and ran upstairs. There were four bedrooms. We both looked at each other and agreed that mom should get the biggest and then Tag raced into the second biggest. I didn't mind actually. I took the third biggest.

"Boys?" mom called from down stairs.

"Yeah?" we both replied at the same time.

"Come help the movers."

So we did just that. We helped the movers bring everything in and then we tried to figure out where to put all the furniture.

After working for a few hours mom said, "Head upstairs to bed boys. You start your new school tomorrow." And with that we marched up the stairs and into our new rooms.

So I know it was a little short but it's only the beginning. What did you guys think? Good? Bad? Are the characters too AU? I really want your opinions so please review. Every review means so much to me!

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