"Dragon knights of Algaesia"
I do not own Eragon or any part of the Inheritance cycle whatsoever.
I do not own anything related to anything else written in this story whatsoever.
This is my first story. But flames and critics are welcome. (:
The moon shined overhead, at its full brightness as if it was day. Light beamed down from the moon, lighting up the sleeping city of Urû'baen. Citizens of the city were sleeping, the men in the bars all gone home. But they would never have known what would happen in the keep situated in the middle of Urû'baen.
As the city slept, four dragons consisting of blue, brown, white and bronze swept across the sky like eagles hunting their prey, together with their riders. None of them spoke, as all four knights knew what their mission was and everyone knew their objectives.
Swiftly and silently, they landed at the roof of the keep and dismounted, only to be met with a couple of soldiers who were guarding the roof.
"Master Aver Evenstar!" exclaimed one of the soldiers, addressing the white-robed elf, "to what does the city of Urû'baen have for four riders to visit?"
"We seek to call on Master Councillor Barius." Said Aver Evenstar, "There is an...Urgent matter to discuss."
"Oh but Master Barius is currently at work and does not want to be disturbed..." Began the soldier, but Aver cut him off.
"Now! And don't go running off to inform him of our presence. Bring us to him."
"Y-yes master rider! Immediately sir!" Stuttered the guard.
"Be careful Aver..." said Aera, Aver's white dragon.
"Don't worry... i'll be fine Aera." Replied Aver with a smile.
Leaving the four dragons at the rooftop to wait, the two guards brought the four riders to the entrance of the councillor's chamber and unlocked the door. Just as they were entering, the blue-clad rider waved his hand in front of the faces of the two guards and muttered an inaudible spell. The guards then felt sleepy and dropped on the floor unconscious.
"Good work Teris." Said Aver.
"Works all the time my friend." He replied with a grin.
"This Barius... if he really is what we suspect him to be, I would feel more secure if Master Eragon were with us." Whispered the human male in brown robes as the four Dragon knights walked swiftly down the hallway to the Councillor's chamber.
"Nonsense Sarec!" Scolded the bronze armoured knight, "I believe that the four of us should be able to tackle him. Justice will be served tonight!"
"Yes Bale." Replied Aver, "Justice will be served tonight. To think that a man like Barius would be such a person to manipulate the Alagaësian council with such ease."
The four dragon knights burst into the room and stopped at the entrance of Barius's room. Barius turned around on his chair with a calm face as if nothing had happened, much to the surprise of the four knights standing in his chamber.
"Master Aver! What a surprise! I take it everything is going well...... I must say you've arrived sooner than expected..."
Unnerved by his calm expression, Aver declared as all the riders unsheathed their swords, "In the name of the Free peoples of Alagaësia, you are under arrest Master Councillor."
The Councillor's face wrenched with anger "Are you threatening me Master rider?!"
"The council shall decide your fate." Replied Aver.
"I AM the council!" Hissed Barius.
"Not yet!" exclaimed Aver.
With a grinning snarl, slowly, Councillor Barius rose from his seat "So..." he said, unsheathing his own unusually black sword from his table, "its treason then..."
Giving a loud, and almost animalistic howl, Barius leaped forward in a spin, covering the distance between him and the Dragon Knights. With the element of surprise, he tried to lunge a stab at Teris. However, Teris managed to barely parry his attack and pushed his sword away with his own. Barius then tried spinning round and slashing the four riders at once, but the knights were beginning to recover and parried all his attacks.
By then, the fight shifted to the middle of the chamber. Barius was open to attack on all sides and in desperation, shifted his attention towards Aver with a flurry of attacks with Aver parrying all of them. Seeing an opportunity, Sarec ran forward with his sword overhead. But the desperate Barius was waiting for this moment. He locked his sword together with Aver's and Kicked Sarec, sending him flying.
"Sarec!" Shouted Aver.
"Wrong move!" exclaimed Barius as he took Aver's brief interruption of concentration and thrusted his hand at him, shouting "Letta!" and managed to grapple him with magical force in mid-air and throw him across the room.
Bale then sensed danger and jumped at Barius, doing a jump and a somersault-slash in mid-air to Barius' head. He parried the blow, however, and started to aggressively attack Bale. Teris joined the sword match and kept Barius' busy with his own flurry of attacks.
Sarec, recovering from the kick, ran to help Aver up. "Lock his sword!" shouted Aver. Teris made contact with Barius' sword and spun both of their weapons to the ground, lodging it in place. Aver then made his move, shouting "Thrysta Vindr!"
A ball of air coalesced and flew at Barius, still trying to dislodge the sword lock. The ball hit him at the chest and blasted him to the side of the chamber, disarming him and hitting the wall before slumping onto the floor.
The four riders then ran up to a tired, but not defeated Barius. Pointing his sword at him, Aver repeated his delaration "You are under arrest dear Councillor. Your plans have failed. You have lost."
Seething with anger and hate, the councillor exclaimed "No... no no NO! You will die! KVEYKVA!!!"
A shower of lightning erupted from his hands and was aimed at all four riders. But they anticipated this desperate attack and held their swords afront as the power of their blades held against the barrage of blue electricity.
The blades worked to the rider's advantage and reflected the lightning back at Barius, burning his skin and weakening him. Eventually, he was too battered to continue any longer and stopped his barrage, slumping to the ground unconscious.
The riders lowered their guard. "whoop!" exclaimed Bale with a grin, "that went well."
Just then, a company of guards burst into the room. "Halt!" Cried a soldier, "What's going on here?!"
"The Master Councillor here is under arrest for high treason against the people of Alagaësia." Ordered Aver, "We'll be taking him with us back to Vroengard. The council is now in charge of administrating Alagaësia for the moment until we deal with him. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir." The soldier said, with much astonishment at first, doubting if the orders at first, "I shall inform the council members immediately. Okay men! Back to your posts!"
As the soldiers marched out of the chamber, Bale picked up the black tainted sword from the ground. "This is going to be one strange find. I bet the exploration corps can find something about this. Where on Alagaësia can you find a sword with such dark energy?"
"And the way he fought us just now? It was incredible for a normal human like him. His powers and use of magic is quite advanced. How did he manage to elude detection until now?" exclaimed Teris.
"We will find out more about this later." Said Aver, "Let's take him back to Vroengard. The Dragon high council and Grand master Eragon should find something out from him."
"Agreed. Let's go." Said Sarec.
Ok I know that you all may have an idea where i got this scene from. But its a start alright?
Please review/criticise/flame/praise(hopefully) and i'll do a better job next chapter.
More character and world description next chapter! (: