Twin Sapphires
By
Ragnorokrising
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Prologue
Brom and his dragon lay in a field near the Beor Mountains. He looked up toward the skies and looked at the stars until a snarl and multiple twigs being destroyed alerted him. He felt a large group of Urgals heading his way. He grabbed his sword, Undrbit, and woke his dragon Saphira. The large deep blue dragon stood up on her hind legs and let out a roar. "Saphira, wait till they come to us."
'I know Brom, you needn't remind me!' the Urgals jumped out of the forest a moment later, weapons flashing in the fire light. He felt their presence long ago and knew they were outnumbered.
"Burn them Saphira!" the dragon roared, releasing a blue blast of fire that destroyed half the Urgals in an instance. Brom used this distraction to fly into the rest and began to chop them apart. Saphira ripped them apart with teeth and claws. As Brom slammed his sword into the last one, three hundred more Urgals appeared. "I don't have time for this! Deyja!" Brom drew upon the energy in his sword as the killing word destroyed his enemies.
"You have done well for yourself Brom. Your power has increased if you can kill that many Urgals with one spell." Saphira growled as Morzan rode into view, his red sword Zar'roc flashing in the light, on his red steed.
"Morzan of the Forsworn, what is a scum eating bastard like you doing here?"
"Is that any way to treat your idol?"
"Brisingr!" a ball of fire flew at the man's head as Brom ran to his dragon. Morzan blocked the attack and flew after Brom. Saphira jumped up high into the air and circled around to face Morzan. She flew at the red dragon and spun under him, allowing Brom to slash him through the stomach. It roared and sent a blast of fire out of its mouth. Saphira sent an equally large blast from her maw that collided in a raging explosion. When the smoke cleared, both beasts were still breathing fire.
"Give up Brom. You can't defeat me." said Morzan as the fire increased.
'Saphira, on the count of Three, stop the fire.'
'But-'
'One…'
'Brom, this is stupid!'
'Two…'
'Don't do this Brom!'
'Three!' "Skölir brisingr!" a shield of fire formed in front of them. Brom cursed his miss interpretation as Saphira flew high into the air. Balls of fire flew after them as Brom worded the next spell carefully. "Skölir nosu fra brisingr!" an invisible field blocked the fireball that was an inch from Brom's face and redirected it, back at Morzan. He swerved on his dragon and followed Saphira up high into the air. She did a back flip and sent a fireball at him, which he deflected with a spell.
"Is that the best you got Brom!?" yelled Morzan, until he realized no one was on the saddle. His dragon roared as the left front and back legs fell off, showing where Undrbit had cut them off. Saphira dove down and caught Brom while Morzan cast a spell to bring the disembodied legs to him. "BROM!"
"What is it Morzan?" he yelled back with a smile.
"You may have won this battle but I will kill you and Saphira and take her Eldunarí for myself!"
"Not if I take you dragon's first!" he yelled. Morzan flew away at a fast pace, back to his estate.
'Brom that was a risky move using so much energy and diving down like that.'
'And if I hadn't you would have been killed and had your Eldunarí ripped out.' he argued. Saphira grew quiet as she realized the logic behind that.
'I'm sorry I yelled at you. Can you forgive me?'
'Of course I can Saphira.' the dragon rubbed her muzzle against his face, making him laugh, then flew off, back to Ellesméra where Glaedr and Oromis waited.
(Galbatorix's Castle: Urûbaen)
"I'm sorry milord, I tried by best but Brom has been taught well." said Morzan, blood seeping from several wounds on his body.
"I know that. Let this serve as a reminder for you Morzan. Do not fail me again." the black dragon of the king roared and Morzan bowed his head.
"I shall not milord."
"I know Morzan. Now leave me!" Morzan bowed once more and left the chamber, getting back onto his newly healed dragon.
(A Few Years Later)
"Garrow, take care of him for me, please." begged a beautiful young woman in black battle armor.
"I will sister. Don't worry." said an aged man. His wife cradled a young baby in her arms.
"His father may come to get him one day. Prepare him for that." she walked down the road and when the house was out of view, she uttered a spell to heal herself.
"Goodbye Selena, and be careful." said Garrow as he closed the door and looked at his nephew. "Eragon huh? He'll make a fine man one day."
On the other side of Alagaësia, Brom and Morzan were having another fight. Brom ran up Saphira's head and jumped downward in a spiral. He landed on Morzan's red behemoth with his sword, Undrbit, a blue sapphire blade, against Morzan's sword, Zar'roc, a ruby red blade. "Nice try Brom, but you never could beat me!" gloated Morzan, causing Brom to smile.
"Who was it that chopped of you dragon's leg? Oh yeah, it was me." Morzan howled in rage and kicked Brom. He fell down on his back as Undrbit fell down towards the ground.
"Guess I'm still better." said Morzan and he raised his sword.
"Yeah but I'm the one Selena is in love with. And I got her pregnant of her own will." Morzan looked at Brom in surprise and dropped his sword. Brom grabbed the sword and stabbed Morzan, thrusting his whole body forward. Both bodies fell towards the earth in a spiral. Brom pulled the sword out and spun away to be caught by Saphira. He smirked as Morzan hit the ground with a splatter, then he dove down towards the ground.
'Brom, what do I do now?'
"Stall the Behemoth while I find Undrbit." she roared and flew at the dis-named dragon. They fought with fangs, claws, fire and tails to defeat each other. Brom searched the ground and found what he was looking for. He turned his gaze upon the dragons and searched his mind for his magic. "Flauga!" he rocketed up towards the dragon and crossed both swords. He increased his speed until he only looked like a lien of blue and red and uncrossed the swords as he reached the dragon's neck.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRR!" It howled in pain one last time before its head fell to the ground. Brom circled back around and grabbed the shining red Eldunarí in his hands, drawing all power from it so he could keep his magic going. Saphira laid the carcass on the ground next to Morzan's body. Brom removed the sattle bags and tied them to Saphira's own saddle, making sure the blue and red eggs as well as the rider swords where in there.
"Saphira, let's go see Selena." he and his dragon flew as fast as possible towards the house. Brom was surprised to find twelve more Eldunarí in the saddle bags, which he presumed to be those of the other Forsworn. They reached Morzan's estate at sundown. Selena was in there and he instantly realized what had happened when the healers told him her symptoms. "Selena, it's me, Brom." he said as he stroked her hair. "I'm going to heal you now."
"No Brom, my time has come. Let me pass over in piece." she closed her eyes slowly then opened them as he three year old son, Murtagh, grabbed her hand. "Hello sweaty."
"Mommy, where are you going?"
"Mommy is going to heaven sweetie. She's going to watch over you."
"NO! Then I'll only have daddy and he is mean to me all the time." Selena smiled at him.
"Daddy is in the other place baby. This nice man got rid of him for you." she turned to Brom as he color drained. "In Carvahall, my newest son Eragon is living with my brother and sister-in-law. Please, take Murtagh and go get him. Then take them and the eggs to Ellesméra. I know they are the next riders." she very carefully stood up and went into the next room, where many different colored orbs, the Eldunarí where the spirits of the dragons went when they died, and Rider swords adorned shelves and the walls.
"He had all these?"
"Yes, Galbatorix gave him a third of the collection. Take them and keep them safe in Ellesméra for me." she went to a chair and sat down, closing her eyes as she passed on. Brom began to cry but he wiped his tears long enough to place all the orbs and swords with Saphira. He held onto Murtagh and flew towards Carvahall where he knocked on the door and a kind man answered.
"How may I help you?"
"My son Eragon is here. I have come to get him."
"Where is Selena?"
"She died when she returned home."
"Then I can not give you Eragon." Saphira roared at him. The man fell on the ground in fear, then ran and got a baby. He handed him to Brom and slammed the door. Some how, the baby stayed asleep. Brom got on Saphira where Murtagh waited and flew to the capital city of the elves in their forest, Du Weldenvarden. He planned to raise them to be strong and take them to fight with him for the Varden in the years to come.
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A/N: This will be my first Eragon Story and I hope you all like it. I just needed to write this idea down so don't think my other stories will suffer because of this one.
Translations:
Deyja-Die
Brisingr-Fire
Skölir Brisingr-Fire Shield
Skölir Nosu Fra Brisingr-Shield Us From Fire
Eldunarí-The Heart of Hearts
Zar'roc-Misery
Ellesméra-Elf capital city
Du Weldenvarden- The forest where the elves live
Varden- Freedom fighters, hoping to usurp Galbatorix with the help of a rider