Chapter 1: The Arrival

Hi! We're Sandra and Candice Cook the twins and we're writing this on a holiday in ClubMed Bali. It's really a weird holiday, because there's Murtagh and Nasuada squabbling behind us and Eragon singing lovey-dovey songs to Arya in the background.

"And Durza is hanging over my neck reading this!" yells Sandra. "Shoo, thou moronic individual!!!"

Durza scampers off whimpering and Sandra turns back to Candice's laptop with savage satisfaction.

"Don't bully Durza, Sandra," protests Candice half-heartedly. Why, may you ask, is this motley crew with us on holiday? We'll tell you, but you'll probably find it more than a little wacky…

SANDRA:

We were in Candy's room. I was hanging from the swing stuck in the ceiling and she was poring over the Inheritance Trilogy. Again. I told Candy to take and eye-break. So we went to our backyard and had a water hose fight.

Suddenly, a huge purple portal appeared right next to Candice. It "produced" a huge, red, overgrown lizard with wings. A nanosecond later, a guy with a messy mop of black hair popped out. He took one look at my t-shirt, wondering what was wrong with it, and almost immediately covered it. "PERVERT!!!" I yelled. Then I gave him a nice rabbit punch that knocked him unconscious. The big red thing… ok, ok, your turn, Candice.

CANDICE:

OMG!!! I think I have never been so embarrassed in my life! Sandy looked confused but I knew it was definitely Murtagh and Thorn. Aaaaaaah! Well Sandra knocked Murtagh out, and I could just sense Thorn flaring. Uh oh, I thought, this is not good! I shoved Sandra behind me, and then I said,

"Thorn! Errm… how are you? What a surprise to see you…" no longer had I gone into this pleasant intro than the rest of the gang (e.g. Eragons, Arya, Saphiras, Durza, Galby… you name them, they fell through) fell through the portal in a huge heap. Sandra couldn't contain an "Ooooooooh, it's raining Eragon characters..." and forgot all about her drenched t-shirt. The Second Eragon landed with an undignified "thump!" on his S.B.ed brother (S.B.ed stands for Sandra- banged).

SANDRA:

Thorn was starting to look REALLY mad, but the Second Saphira stalked up and slapped him on the face with her tail. "Now, kids, no fighting." said Brom, struggling up with difficulty.

Kids? I'm not a kid. That's a kid, and a fcking irritating one too, Thorn snarled, staring belligerently at me.

"Hey! Wassat supposed to mean?!?" I started, but I didn't get any further than that since Candice promptly slapped her hand over my mouth.

CANDICE:

How crazy can big sisters get? I'm the only rational person around here! Insulting a dragon can be really, REALLY dangerous!

BOTH:

Well, after a while, we got things sorted out and-gee! You dignified folks, you wouldn't have believed your eyes!

CANDICE:

Oromis in the washing cupboard; The First Eragon under Pop's bed…

SANDRA:

Durza and Galby in Candice's room; the dragons in old Mrs. Finch's rosebeds…

BOTH:

And Murtagh In The Fridge!

SANDRA:

Heehee! Murtagh likes chee-eese! Murtagh likes chee-eese!

NASUADA:

Better than me?

SANDRA:

Definitely.

NASUADA:

You 'orrible two timer!

chases after Murtagh

CANDICE: Do you remember what a shock we got when Pop and Mom decided to bring us all on holiday?

SANDRA:

Yeah, I totally fainted!

CANDICE:

No you didn't!

SANDRA:

Metaphorically speaking! as Archie Hubbs would say.

CANDICE:

You're totally OBSESSED with that guy…

SANDRA:

AM NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CANDICE:

Alright then, you're obsessed with Trouble Kelp.

SANDRA:

GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

CANDICE:

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!

Well, so we ended up in Bali with this whole lot, and pretty funny it was too!

SANDRA:

Yeah! Like when Arya went down to the beach in that skimpy red bikini and got her hair braided? And then the Second Eragon passed out when she came back!

CANDICE:

You 'member, when Shruikan and Galby ate all the choccy croissants at breakfast one morning? I could have SO slapped them, I love choccy croissants!

BOTH:

To cut a long story short, we arrived at Bali without much ado, apart from Roran almost killing an air steward who sat on the invisible Katrina by mistake, found each of The Gang someplace to sleep and settled down.