Serena stood outside with her father who had tears in his eyes, her brother Roran was leaving to escape being taken away and forced into the army "Take these" Garrow said handing Roran a few coins that he had, Roran glanced at them hesitatingly

"I've been saving them for you" Garrow said reasuringly, Roran sighed "Your blessing is all I need" he said, Garrow gave Roran the coins and they hugged "Take care of yourself Roran" Garrow said as they hugged "Goodbye father" Roran said sadly, they both pulled away and Serena walked with him and Eragon to Carvahall village.

Once they arrived Roran turned to Eragon and Serena "There's something I have to do before I go" he said, Katrina popped up smiling and a smile made it's way on Eragon's face "Katrina" he said, she faced Roran and they shared a rather heated kiss, Eragon smile fell and Serena's eyes widened, Roran pulled away from Katrina and faced them

"Were leaving together" Katrina said apolagetically "I'm sorry we couldn't tell anyone if Sloan found out he'd never let her go" Roran said "It was the only way" Katrina added, Serena nodded and Eragon said nothing "We'll send for you and Serena once we've settled, be strong brother. And work on that aim" Roran said pulling Eragon into a hug,

he whispered something to Eragon before pulling away and facing Serena "Goodbye little sister" he said, Serena fought back tears not wanting to look suspicious and gave him a large hug, he hugged back tightly "Bye brother" she whispered kissing his cheek "Roran my father" Katrina said worriedly, they pulled away "Goodbye Eragon"

Katrina said giving him a brief cheek kiss, she turned to Serena and they shared a small hug "Goodbye Serena" she said, Serena nodded and watched her walk away with her older brother "Just me and you now cousin" Serena sighed smiling a little, he nodded and they were about to head back to the farm when Sloan caught up to them

"Eragon just who I've been looking for" he said "I might've changed my mind about that stone of yours" he said quietly, he glanced around to make sure no one was listening before carrying on "I've spoke with a few people and well it may have some value, not much perhaps but a little" he said "I put it back just like you told me"

Eragon said "Tell me where, I could give you some lamb, maybe a side of beef" Sloan offered "Sorry, it was dark" Eragon replied, he walked away and Serena gave him a look of confusion "Did you really put back that stone?" she asked curiously, he gave her a smirk and she chuckled "Of course you didn't" she said amused.

The Next Day...

Once Serena woke up she noticed Eragon was nowhere to be found in the house, she looked around the farm until she eventually found him in the hay barn, but that wasn't surprised her, what surprised her was the fact that he had some blue animal with wings lying on his arm, Serena's eyes widened and she resisted the urge to scream in shock "Eragon?"

she asked nervously, his eyes slowly opened and the thing on his arm woke up, it panicked and stumbled behind one of the hay bails "What the heck is that?" she asked pointing to the way it went,

Eragon stood up and held out his hands as though to calm Serena "It's okay Serena, the blue stone wasn't a stone, it was an' egg" he explained in a soothing tone, her eyes were still wide "And t..that thing came from the egg?" she asked, he nodded and she took a deep breath "What is it Eragon?" she asked nervously,

he shrugged and glanced behind the hay "I don't know, but we have to keep it to ourselves Serena" he said, Serena nodded "Okay, but it's going to be hard hiding that thing from Papa" she said, he nodded and sat back down on the floor "It's alright" he said looking behind the hay, the little blue thing came out slowly and glanced at Serena

"She's okay, she won't hurt you" he said reasuringly, the thing ran to him and snuggled into his side "That's actually really cute" Serena said giggling, he smiled and stroked it's head

"She's our secret now Serena, and we have to keep her safe" he said turning to her "Are you sure it's a girl?" she asked, he shrugged "No but I'm not checking" he replied, Serena smiled and stared at the strange creature "Eragon!" Garrow called from outside, Serena jumped "I'll keep him away" she said, Eragon nodded and she exited the barn.