Hey guys I'm really sorry I haven't updated lately but I've been busy but here's the next one :)
Darkness everywhere. I tried to get my brain to function clearly but I couldn't figure out how to open my eyes.
Still your mind, rider. A sudden voice said to me. I couldn't tell if the voice was feminine or masculine.
Still your mind, rider. Focus on my voice. I listened to the odd voice in my head and focused on it.
Listen to me, rider. You will face many challenges. I have brought you here to this world. You were chosen. You are needed here. Make careful decisions because each decision will determine the fate of everyone in the whole world of Alagaesia and the world of Alagaesia is your world now. I now offer you a gift, rider. Use it well. The voice faded away, and as it faded I began to be able to focus more on my mind and with a gasp I opened my eyes. Sunlight was lighting up the small cave we were in. Eirwen was hovering over me. I could feel her worry through our connection.
Jessica! Are you alright? Eirwen asked
"Yeah." I said getting up. "Actually, I've never felt better." The pain in my shoulder was completely gone.
I was so worried. You collapsed and then you started glowing and now...you're different.
"What do you mean different?" I said warily. Suddenly I could feel as she pulled at my mind and suddenly I was looking at her memory through her eyes. Everything was brighter and every white was somehow, whiter. I saw as I fainted. Eirwen got closer to me and suddenly pulled back when my whole body started glowing so brightly that Eirwen couldn't handle it. As the brightness faded and I got up I finally saw what the voice meant when it said it had given me a gift. It changed me in every way possible. The change so much different than Eragon's change at the Agaeti Blodhren. My big, normally brown, eyes were glowing. My brownish black hair had a couple streaks of white in it. I looked skinnier and slightly more muscular, but not in a way that made me look like those male body builders. I could see the large pointed tips of my ears. I felt (well, Eirwen felt) magic radiating from me, slowly dying down. Every step I took was more graceful, surely more graceful than an elf's movements. And when I talked, I saw that my incisors were longer and sharper but definitely not like "vampire teeth." It was weird. I looked more animal-like. I looked nothing like myself at all. I then withdrew from Eirwen's mind.
"Are my eyes still glowing?" I asked.
No. But now your eyes aren't exactly brown anymore they have some silver in them. I can't feel the magic pulsating around you anymore. You look different. She said.
"Well obviously." I said. I then told her about the voice that had talked to me.
Well whoever it was helped you out so I guess you have to be thankful. You definitely don't look like an elf though. She then showed me a picture of what she knew an elf looked like. Smaller ears, no pointy teeth, less graceful. Suddenly, something glimmered in the sunlight. I looked down and gasped. A beautiful ivory and silver scabbard lay before me. The hilt had tiny patterns in it. The scabbard was beautifully designed and indescribable. I picked it up carefully and pulled the hand and a half sword out of the scabbard. The sword fit perfectly in my hand. It felt like an extension of my body. I knew that it was made out of something even better than all the other rider's swords. I put the sword back into its scabbard as I looked at the next item on the floor. It was a beautifully designed bow and a quiver filled with arrows. I tested the bow out. The rest of the items were a beautiful belt with diamonds to store energy and hold my sword, a intricately drawn map of Alagaesia with landmarks of where the elves were and it was so detailed there was places where it indicated that there was a large clearing or a pond was, there was a elegantly made saddle for Eirwen that could change as she grew, and finally there was a huge book filled with information about how to read the language here in Alagaesia and everything I needed to know about the ancient language.
"Well, I know what we're going to be doing for a while." I said. I then got up and put the book in the pack that I had, and put the quiver and bow over my shoulder and strapped the belt on with the sword. I left the pack on Eirwen and we began to explore the cave. As we got farther from the sunlight I noticed that I could see perfectly in the dark. I went through what was sort of like a narrow hallway and as it opened up again, I smiled. This part of the cave was big enough for flying and anything else I needed. There was a small stream of water going through part of the cave.
"Great there's room for flying and doing magic, and there's water." I took the pack off of Eirwen and set it on the ground. Since we have a lot of room in here and we need to train what do you think about me putting this saddle on you and taking our first flight together?"
That would be amazing.
The next month was spent training. I made a small target to shoot at and I kept working on getting my swordsmanship better. Eirwen and I would occasionally go out for food and to get some fresh air. I found out that not only was my sight better but every other one of my senses. Taste, hearing, smell, and touch. I studied for hours every day and my ancient language vocabulary got better and better. I also found out that I had huge amounts of energy and I didn't tire easily. I worked myself harder and harder every day. Eirwen and I kept flying together she was a natural at it. She did complicated maneuvers easily and being in the sky was so much fun. But it wasn't exactly the sky. It was just the dreary cave. We agreed that we needed to stay in the cave to fly. We didn't need anyone knowing about us before it was time to reveal ourselves.
Eirwen grew fast and was still growing. I had to use magic to make the hallway bigger so that she could fit through. Eirwen finally learned how to breathe fire and she breathed out beautiful, but destructive, white hot flames. She trained to aim her fiery breathe and soon she mastered that as well. We trained harder and harder and every night I collapsed drowsily under Eirwen's wing.
"Good night Eirwen." I said.
Sweet dreams Big Eyes.
I soon fell into a deep sleep.
Rider. You have trained long and hard and now is the time to show yourself. Eragon is now on his way to Ellesmera with Saphira. They have just elected the dwarf king and now is the time to show yourself. You are now in Du Weldenvarden but it is a two days trip to Ellesmera. When you get there you and Eirwen will land before the border and you will be taken into custody by the elves there. I can only tell you as much as that. Remember what you have studied Jessica and please try to keep your anger in check. The voice faded out.
I woke with a gasp and Eirwen lifted her wing and woke up groggily. I then relayed to her what had just happened. We started getting ready right away. I burned everything we didn't need and packed everything up. I put my sword in my belt and felt to see that there was some energy in the diamonds. I had been storing energy in the diamonds and now there was so much it seemed like it would burst. I slung the quiver and arrows over my back and Eirwen and I stepped outside.
Are you ready? I asked Eirwen nervously.
Let us start the adventure. Get on my back and we will take our first flight, freely in the sky. Together.
And with that, we took off.
O.k. tell me what you think and PLEAASSSE review or make some suggestions. Thanks for reading :D I hope to update soon but I'm going on vacation on Wednesday soooo yeah. Thanks for reading :D
