Hello everyone! Here´s is my first fanfic. Unfortunaly, I haven´t seen Seva for few days so he can´t be here right now. But maybe we´ll see him next time.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN INHERITANCE CYCLE NOR IT`S CHARACTERS. THEY BELONG TO CHRISTOPHEP PAOLINI.
I OWN IDEA TO THIS FIC AND TO DAELIN AND YUWA, BUT I OWN NOTHING ELSE.
Note: The lines that are like this, means that they are spoke in characters mind.
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Chapter 1
I lifted my head and gazed to the sky. Clouds were drifting lazyly in the wind. Nothing was out of order, everything was perfectly fine. But still I was restless.
Suddenly my eyes caught sight of small dot in the sky. As it came closer, I recognized it.
It was my little spy, a bird, who had accepted my offer.
I lifted my arm and the bird sat on it. Gently I entered it´s mind.
" What did you see?" I asked. The bird´s memories ran into my mind same time as it said:"A new Rider has arrived."
" Finally", said voice in my mind. I turned my head behind me and looked into the eyes of purple dragon. His amethyst eyes locked with my slightly silver colored eyes.
" Yes Yuwa, finally", I answered to my partner.
I questioned the bird for a while and found out little more details about the Dragon Rider and his dragon.. The bird had never actually seen them, but it had heard their names. As soon as we were ready, I let the bird go to rest.
" What you think about it, Yuwa? " I asked him.
" We should pay a visit and see if the new Rider is fitting to be called a Dragon Rider ", he answered. I nodded. Deep inside my mind, where Yuwa rarely stepped, my thoughts were racing and I felt my eagerness rising. Finally, after long wait a new Rider and dragon had appeared.
I smiled. If name would count, the new Dragon Rider would be perfect.
We´ll come see if you´re ready to inherit the ancient pact between Rider and dragon, Eragon and Saphira.
I felt wind blowing through my black hair. Only sounds I heared were wind passing by and Yuwa´s strong and steady wing beats. I loved flying with him, it was what I needed to get my nerves relaxed. I had been so nervous recently, feeling that something would happen soon, but without knowing when. But now the feeling was gone and a new Rider had appeared.
I coulnd´t wait to see him and his dragon. What was their names again? Eragon and Saphira.
To me, and to Yuwa, these names were full of hope for better tomorrow.
Yuwa felt my eagerness.
" I can´t wait to see them too, partner, but we have to land. Four days and nights without much rest is too much for me ", he said. I sighed and started to look a place to land. I found a place and showed it to him. He agreed and landed there.
After two days of resting, we continued, more aware of our surroundings than before. We were close to Surda and place where the Vardens had their camp.
We could see the Burning Plains.
I saw few big looking boulders and asked Yuwa to land there.
" What do you plan to do know? " he asked.
" I can´t fly there with you, not immediately. It brings too many questions. And on top of that, we couldn´t anwers even half of them. They would ask where we have been all this time, how we knew about them and most important, who I am. You know that they wouldn´t believe who I really am, because I can´t prove it to them. It´s all thanks to that curse that I can´t even speak the truth of my true form in ancient language. The words just won´t come out ", I explained. Yuwa was not happy to be left behind, but he knew I was right. He lowered his head until our eyes met and said: " Please take care of yourself, Daelin, my partner. "
" Yes, I promise that to you ", I said and left.
The Vardens had been more far away than I had thought so it was almost midday before I reached the camp. I looked like I had been walking long way and my clothes were tattered. I hoped it would help to lessen the suspicions to me.
" Hey, you what are you doing here?" I heard rought voice calling. I stopped. Before me, there were five soldiers blocking my way.
" I don´t seek trouble, I just want to see your commander", I said tiredly. I had runned the whole time after I lefted Yuwa and I was little nervous, not to be able to speak with him.
To my surprise, they surrounded me. Now I was really worried.
" Tell the REAL reason you are here ", one of the soldiers hissed.
" Just I said, I want to meet..." I wasn´t able to finish the sentance. The soldier hit me. I could have dodged it, but I honestly didn´t think he would hit me. I fell to my knees, my ears ringing.
" You are an assassin who has been sent to kill Lady Nasuada" he said, anger burning in his voice.
" What? No, I´m not! " I protested. The soldiers didn´t care, they just grabbed me and started to drag me. I shouldn´t have fought back, but my self-defence instincts kicked in.
Luckily I was still smart enough to not to fight back with my full powers. But they had to put a lot of effort in dragging me. Soon we entered a tent. The soldiers bowed as best as they could holding me.
" Lady Nasuada, we found assassin who tried to get close enough to kill you ", one of them said.
" Is that true?" I heard woman´s voice asking me. I lifted my gaze and saw her. She was young and her skin was dark colored and her appearence made clear that she knew what she was doing. So this was Nasuada.
Before I could answer, we heard a knock outside the tent.
" Come in ", Nasuada said. I saw young, blonde boy enter the tent. He wasn´t wearing armour. His brown eyes were surprising deep. But I was confused about his appearence. He wasn´t elf, his jaw proved it, but no human would have those eyes. Elf´s eyes. So who he was?
Nasuada answered my question without knowing.
" I see you are back Eragon ", she said. I hardly managed to swallow my gasp. And almost as making my efforts to hide my surprise harder, from the back of the tent, which had been open, appeared blue dragon´s head.
" And you too Saphira", Nasuada said.
So these were Eragon and Saphira. Judging by appearence, they showed no signs of hesitating. That was good sign.
Eragon´s eyes turned to me after he had greeted Nasuada. Saphira was looking me too.
" And who is this? ", he asked.
"Apparently an assassin who was sent to kill me", the young woman answered. Eragon hand moved to his waist, where I saw belt and blue sheath. Saphira let out growl.
" No I´m not an assassin ", I said.
" Then who are you?" Eragon asked.
" I came to serve Vardens. I have lost my home, my family and my friends because of Galbatorix. I want revenge, but I know I´m not strong enough alone. And of course I have heard the rumors about a new Dragon Rider ", I explained. My story was not completely made up, so I would be able to repeat it in ancient language if I had to. Then I surprised them.
" I promise I´m not here to harm any of you ", I said in ancient language. They had to believe me.
" Release him. Well consider taking him in our ranks tomorrow. He seems to be tired. I´m sure he has been traveling long way to get here", Nasuada said with voice that didn´t left choices.
I walked next to Eragon, Saphira coming behind us. I was nervous and I hoped Yuwa would be here.
Nasuada had ordered me to go with Eragon, there wasn´t any free tents so I had to share Eragon´s tent. He didn´t argue with it, but I was kinda sure that he wasn´t happy about it. So I walked silently at his said.
When we reached his tent, he turned to me.
" How did you get that wound ?" he asked. It took me a while to understand what he meant.
" A soldier hit me ", I said.
" Let me heal it ", he surprised me. I just nodded. He put his hand gently to my cheek and I winced a little as I felt pain. Eragon whispered: " Waíse heill "; and I felt how the pain disapeared.
" Thanks ", I said, still surprised from his kindness.
" I know you already heard our names, but I´m Eragon and this is Saphira", he said, smiling.
" My name is Daelin. Nice to meet you both", I said, smiling too.
The next few days were busy. Nasuada wanted to test how good fighter I was and I faked to be as good as human. I didn´t want them to doubt me too much. But because I had spoke ancient language, they wanted to test how good mage I was. And I couldn´t hide how well I pronounced the words. Luckily they didn´t do very through out test and they didn´t suspect me much.
But I wasn´t able to to fool Eragon.
" You are better than you let us know ", he said one night, when we were talking in his tent. He totally caught me of guard. Then came the question I had feared.
" Who you really are ?" the blonde boy asked.
" I can´t say. I really can´t. But tomorrow, I can show you and tell some details ", I said, little sad. That quelled his curiosity for now. Eragon put his little magic light out and darkness filled the tent. Soon I heard his breathing turning into a sleeper´s slower breathing.
I sighed again and went to sleep myself.
" Is it those boulders there ?" Eragon asked. I nodded. We were walking and Saphira had just landed and started to walk with us.
" Just to be sure there isn´t any archers who try to shoot me down ", she explained. She didn´t trust me fully. I couldn´t blame her, not after I had heard what had happened to them.
It took about half an hour to get there. I wasn´t surprised to see that Yuwa wasn´t there. At that moment I felt familiar perens in my mind.
" You came back, my partner ", Yuwa said.
" Yes. Could you land, I have brought Eragon and Saphira? But be careful ", I said. As an answer I heard his wing beats.
" Watch out! Above us! " Saphira yelled a warning. I had already been looking at sky, but Eragon turned quickly his gaze above. He gasped.
Yuwa was readying to land and Saphira was prepared to fight.
My partner gracefully landed before us. Saphira let out warning growl. To their surprise I walked to Yuwa and put my hand to his neck.
" Eragon, Saphira, this is Yuwa, my partner ", I said. They both were amazed. Saphira reacted first.
" So Galbatorix has finally found a Rider for the last dragon ", she hissed.
"No. I´m not working for Galbatorix. And I would never work for that stupid, young traitor ", I said, almost hissing too.
" Young? ", Eragon asked. "He has lived more than one hundred years", he continued.
"I know, but hundred years is nothing to me. I have lived and fight in the Dragon War, I have seen the loss and hatred of that war. I have watched how my sisters and brother were killed. But most importantly, I have seen the first Dragon Rider and his dragon, Bid´Daum, and I have even know them ", I said, letting things just drop from my mout as they came in to my mind. There was long moment of silence. Finally Eragon whispered: " No, you couldn´t have..."
"Yes I have. But it was in my true form ", I said bitterly. I missed my true form so much.
" True form? " the boy asked.
" I have curse which binds me to this form. And it prevents me to tell about my true form in ancient language. And instead of weakening it has been just getting stronger, so it almost prevents me to talking about my true form in any language ", the words came out slowly, I struggled to get them out.
" Can´t you even give us a hint ?" Saphira asked. Before I could answer, Yuwa said: " Even better. I can tell if he it´s okay with him." I nodded.
"Well?" Eragon asked, impatient.
" He is really a dragon. Silver dragon ", Yuwa said.
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There it was. Hope you liked it. R&R if you want.
I just hope there wasn´t too many misspellings.
