Chapter 1

Screams rent the air. One scream came from a fair haired woman's, the other was a child's. A newborn baby to be exact. The woman's screams quieted down, but the baby kept on crying. Another woman, dark haired, was trying to calm the child. She wrapped him in a small blanket and made shushing sounds at him. The dark haired woman handed the baby to his mother. The mother quieted him and rocked him in her arms.

"Selena, what are you going to name him?" the dark haired woman asked the new mother.

Selena thought for a moment, then answered quietly, "Eragon. I will name him Eragon." The dark haired woman, Marian, nodded and walked briskly over the the man and toddler that were standing by the door.

Marian left for a moment with her husband and toddler to give the new mother and baby a little time to themselves.

Selena cooed at young Eragon weakly. "Hello, my beautiful child. You are so wonderful, and you look like your father. You have the same eyes, and the same button nose." Eragon gurgled quietly while his mother spoke to him. Selena giggled at her child. "One day you'll grow up big and strong, Eragon. Like your namesake. He was the first dragon rider. He brought peace to a world filled with war. I hope one day you will bring peace, too."

Selena lied back on the uncomfortable bed and stared at the ceiling. She hoped Brom would be here soon so he could take care of their child. She wanted Eragon to be safe, and Brom would keep him safe.

The door gently opened and Marian walked in. "I think we had better wash him, don't you?" Marian asked. Selena looked at her child—who was covered in blood from his recent birth—and nodded. Marian asked if she could get Selena anything, but Selena shook her head. Then Marian took young Eragon from his mother and got a basin of hot water ready. She got all the blood and gooey stuff off of him and dried him off. She gave him back to his mother, who started to coo at him again.

Marian got up to leave again but was held back by Selena calling to her. "Marian, wait. I have to tell you something." She walked back over to where Selena was lying and sat by her.

"Yes, what is it?" she asked gently.

"Eragon's father. He'll be here soon, I know it." Selena explained. Marian was shocked. She hadn't known anything about the whereabouts of Eragon's father, but was under the impression that he was far away and couldn't make the journey to see his wife give birth. At least she thought they were married, why else would they have a child?

"How soon? Will you be leaving with Eragon and him?" Marian questioned.

Selena answered quickly, "No. I have to leave before he gets here. I—I have to get back to my duties. Will you take care of Eragon? I am not sure if his father will be able to take care of him. He might not even tell you that he is Eragon's father."

"Why wouldn't he claim his own child?" Marian asked, shocked.

"It would be too dangerous if...certain people were to get wind of him having a child. They might use Eragon against him."

"I suppose...If he does claim Eragon, what do you want us to do? Just give Eragon over to him?"

"Make sure he is who he says he is. It should be fairly easy. His name is Brom. He be on his own and will probably be pretending to be a bard or teacher."

"All right. I think we can manage that," Marian said.

"Thank you—" Selena cut off suddenly to cough. Marian poured a cup of water for her. Selena nodded her thanks and drank deeply.

"Garrow would like to see you. He wants to make sure you're all right."

"That would be fine. He can bring little Roran too, if he wants."

Marian smiled and got up from her place by Selena's bedside to go to the door. She opened it a crack and whispered to the people standing there. Then she let them in.

Garrow was an older looking man. He had graying hair and bushy eye brows. He had smile wrinkled around his eyes and he had hardened tan skin. He was sort of short, but he made up for it in width. He was a very wide man; wide shoulders, wide hips, wide everything.

The boy—Roran—was short too, but he was lanky. He was only two years old and hadn't really grown much. He had dark hair like the rest of them and dark eyes too. His skin wasn't tough, but it was tan from spending days in the sun.

The trio strode over to Selena's bedside. She smiled up at them while Eragon squirmed. Garrow's eyes stayed on his sister, checking for anything wrong. He seemed satisfied with what he saw, and switched gazes to his nephew. The boy definitely looked like his mother, but he had some features that must have been from his father.

"Well? Do we pass inspection?" Selena joked lightly. Garrow smiled happily at her. He nodded at her and held out his arms.

"May I?" he asked. Selena handed Eragon to him and watched as her brother marveled over her son. Eragon stared at Garrow for a second before looking away. Garrow keeled down to show Eragon to Roran. Roran looked at his cousin and touched Eragon's forehead. He smiled when Eragon reached up and touched his arm.

Eragon was handed back to Selena. Everyone was happy for the new addition to the family.

"So...Who is his father?" Garrow asked. Marian looked at him sternly, but he didn't see. He was too busy watching Selena for a reaction to notice what his wife was doing.

"His name is Brom. He's a...a bard of sorts. He doesn't exactly have a profession. Marian, did you tell Garrow what I told you?"

"Yes, I did. He knows." Marian answered.

"That is good to hear. Now I will not have to repeat it. I am very tired." She yawned to prove it. Garrow and Roran said their good-nights and left. Marian set up a small cradle for Eragon then wished Eragon and Selena good-night and left as well.

Selena fell asleep quickly. She was tired from giving birth and was ready to sleep for a long time.

When she did get to sleep, she had dreams about a man. That man was racing toward her and Eragon at top speed. As for his intentions—Selena knew nothing.

Hey people! Surprise surprise! I actually uploaded something! HOORAY! (Though it probably isn't what you were hoping for XD sorry...)

Well, I've had this chapter written for about a bajillion years, and I was EXTREAMLY bored so I uploaded it. I'll probably do that with some of my other fics too (though I don't seem to want to write right now... -_- damn it)

For those that are fans of my Twilight fics, I am sorry, but I can find no inspiration for them AT ALL. I might do something for them, but it probably wont happen for quite some time. It's like they were chryogenically frozen, like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. XD Oh well, maybe I'll surprise you with something. Eh, anyway.

I have most of the second chapter written, but I haven't finished it yet (big surprise there *looks at self disaprovingly* *innocent face*). If you like this then I'll try to finish up chapter 2. But I'm NOT putting a "review this many times and I'll put it up :D" because I really HATE those! Je déteste stupides review things! Oooh, got a little French in there. XD

This author's note has gone on long enough! I'm shutting up now! And there's nothing you can do about it! HA!

...bye...