Chapter 1
She woke up. She could see from the sun that she was asleep to long. Crap, she thought, I am literally dead now, she thought. The girl grabbed her daypack and ran back to her masters house, Edgar Shoke.
He was a cruel man, always beating her with an inch of her life. He kidnapped her from her house in Danais, a land farther than Du Weldenvarden itself, killing both of her parents with magic. He was part of the Forsworn, few who escaped with their knowledge of the Dark magic and their lives.
Her name was Gabrielle, a girl of 16, with jet-black hair and a pure heart. Hope, courage, and compassion always lived with her when she felt that her life couldnt go on. But someone was searching for her, and was getting closer.
"Gabrielle!" shouted a drunken voice not very far from which she was standing."Where are you?"
She reached the dining hall just in time to see the tables and chairs astray, all but one very small table and chair from which her master was sitting. She warily walked in and said,
"I am here." as she dodged a thrown wine bottle.
"Bring me some more wine!" barked back Edgar.
She dare not object, for fear of being shut in the tower for days on end. She rushed to the wine cellar and brought back as many bottles as she could carry, knowing that her master would soon fall asleep. But as she returned to the dining hall, she faced her deadliest nightmare that only appeared in her sleep, Galbatorix.
As he drove his blade through her masters heart he said,
"Finally I have found you my granddaughter."
"What!" she screamed, "This cant be"
"Blothr!" he said, binding her body as she tried to run away. "Did you know I has one dragon egg left?"
He released her head so she could answer. "Yes" she said, "I know of it."
"Good, less to explain, let us go now, for I have something to show you before I die."He stepped forward, released the magic binding her, took her hand and walked out of the door toward Shruikan.