Disclaimer: I don't own Christopher Paolini's characters but I do own Leonor and Diamond.
While Eragon and Murtagh were searching for the Varden, they came in dark and thick woods. Everything seemed so peaceful and quiet but Eragon had a feeling like something is moving behind the trees.
"Saphira!" called Eragon trying to connect with mind of his dragon.
"Yes, Eragon?" answered Saphira and flew above the trees.
"Do you feel something about these trees? I have a strange feeling that something is moving, like shadows. But I don't see anything." said Eragon.
"Don't worry so much. I will tell you if I feel something. Maybe you saw shadows of animals. But they are afraid of me, so don't be nervous." said Saphira happily while trying to catch one deer.
"I hope you are right. But night will come soon and we are still in the woods. I have a bad feeling we will have to stop here." said Eragon, looking at the sky.
"You are much safer here. Urgals don't come in here because they are too big to pass these trees." said Saphira searching for a place where she could stay.
"Yes. Unfortunately, you can't come down here." said Eragon, little bit sad.
"I will stay close. But if something happens, it will be very hard for me to help you." said Saphira, "You will have to take care about yourself."
"Hey! What that means? You still think I can't do anything without your help?" Eragon got angry and looked at the sky. In that moment he tripped on the rock and fell down.
"Eragon? Are you ok?" asked Saphira and started to laugh.
"I'm fine." said Eragon shortly and cut his mental connection with Saphira.
"We should stop here." said Murtagh looking at the dark in front of them.
"I don't like this place." said Eragon when something moved behind his back. He turned around quickly with Zar'roc in hand but he didn't see anything. Suddenly he felt something cold pressing his neck.
"Drop down your weapons!" said the man who was pointing his sword at Eragon. In a second more men appeared, coming out from dark corners. Eragon didn't know what to do. He almost dropped his sword, but Murtagh gave him a sign not to do it.
"Who are you and what do you want?" asked Eragon and slowly turned around to face the man with the sword. The man was tall and strong. He had a dark short hair and his dark eyes shined like fire.
"Drop your weapons or you will be dead." said the man and Eragon and Murtagh couldn't do anything else so they dropped their swords.
"Good." said the man and look at the rest of the men, "Take them to our queen."
The men took Eragon and Murtagh deep in the dark. But after passing by something that looked like a wall of trees, they entered in a small town. The houses were small and covered with the flowers. In the middle of the town, there was a house bigger than the others. It was covered with red roses. The men led Eragon and Murtagh exactly to that house. The main room in the house was blue and it was hard to say from what material everything was made. At the end of the room a girl in long blue dress was standing and looking at them. Eragon tried to call Saphira, but something was blocking him. The girl came closer to them and asked the men to leave. When they stayed alone in the room, she looked at Eragon with her dark brown eyes.
"Who are you?" she asked looking deep into Eragon's eyes.
"I'm Eragon and my friend is Murtagh." said Eragon, "Will you tell us who are you?"
"I'm Leonor." she said with a smile, "Queen of this place. And I want to find out more about you."
"We were just passing by." said Eragon.
"Really? I will see are you saying the truth. And for that I will need to inspect your mind." said Leonor while playing with her long dark brown hair.
"What?" asked Eragon surprised.
"I need to know can I believe you. And you don't have to be scared, it's just a little check." she said looking at Eragon who became nervous.
"I can't let you do it. Are you a friend of the king Galbatorix?" asked Eragon.
"No! I'm not a friend of the king. My town is just mine and we stay away from everyone." said Leonor little bit annoyed with Eragon's question, "Will you let me check your memories or I will have to kill you?"
"Ok." said Eragon after some time. Leonor just smiled.
"Fine. You made a right decision." she said and looked deep into Eragon's eyes. In few minutes Leonor finished with checking Eragon's mind.
"This is interesting." she said smiling, "As I thought. A Dragon Rider. Where is your dragon, Saphira?"
"She is on safe." -said Eragon thinking did he make a good decision because Leonor's eyes were sparkling different than before.
"Call her. I want to see her." said Leonor with a smile.
"Why?" asked Eragon afraid that he just put Saphira in danger.
"Because I know much about dragons." said Leonor and laughed, "Come on, don't be afraid. I removed magic that was blocking you from talking with her. I didn't know with who you wanted to contact so I had to protect my people."
"I will call her, but how will she find the way to get here?" asked Eragon.
"Don't worry, she will find you." said Leonor smiling and first time looked better at Murtagh.
"She is coming." said Eragon after some time breaking the silence in the room.
"Fine." Leonor smiled and then looked again at Murtagh, "And what about you? I still don't know are you dangerous for me."
"I'm not dangerous for you. But I will never let you enter my mind." said Murtagh.
"Really?" asked Leonor and looked deep into his eyes but after some moments smile from her face disappeared, "I'm surprised, your mind is very strong. Where did you learn that?"
"That's none of your business. I'm not dangerous. I promise." said Murtagh.
"Fine, I will let you like this because of Eragon. But if you ever do anything that is against me or my people, I promise I will kill you." said Leonor looking little bit angry, then a smile again appeared on her face and she looked at Eragon, "Let's go out. Saphira will come soon."
When they went out of the house, they could see Saphira looking angrily. Leonor went closer and Saphira growled at her. Leonor didn't show that she is afraid, which totally confused Saphira and she calmed down.
"Hello, Saphira." said Leonor and touched the neck of the dragon, "You are so strong."
"You are not afraid of dragons like other people." said Eragon smiling.
"I have a good reason for that." she said with a smile, looked at the dark near the house and called, "Diamond!"
Something moved between the trees and big silver dragon appeared. Saphira looked at the dragon surprised and happy in the same time. Eragon looked at silver dragon. He was surprised too.
"This is my dragon. His name is Diamond." said Leonor and went closer to her dragon and touched his head.
"How is it possible that you have a dragon?" asked Eragon.
"It's my secret." she said smiling, "My grandmother found his egg in the woods. It was an egg of wild dragons which got in contact with some magic of Riders. He hatched for me."
"Does Galbatorix know about him?" asked Eragon wondering could there be more dragons.
"No. And no one should find out. That's why I ask you to keep my secret." said Leonor and looked at Eragon, "You know better than anyone how important is Diamond to me."
"Are you also a Dragon Rider?" asked Eragon hoping that he finally found someone like him.
"No, I'm not. I'm not like you." she said smiling and Eragon looked at her surprised.
"What are you then?" asked Murtagh laughing.
"That's none of your business." said Leonor looking him with anger.
"Can Saphira stay here somewhere?" asked Eragon.
"Yes, sure. Saphira can stay with Diamond." said Leonor and looked at Diamond, "Take Saphira to your place."
Diamond spread his wings and went, Saphira followed him.
"Eragon, I want to talk with you." said Leonor and then looked at Murtagh, "In private."