Author's note: Gia's name came to me while I was going through long name lists. It seemed to fit perfectly. I also looked for a meaning but there is nothing for sure, only I found it could be Italian origin. And yes, I heard the name before…it was used in some movie or something I saw on TV.

"Get up, Gia!" said the maid who entered the room and removed the curtains from the windows, letting that little bit of light in the room.

"Argh, fuck!" said Gia, covering her eyes with her arm "Go away!"

"No, Gia! You have to get up!" said the maid and grabbed Gia's arm "Uh, what were you doing last night? You smell horrible!"

"Fuck off!" said Gia, getting curtains back down with magic and looked angrily at the maid "Who told you to play with your life?"

"Come on, Gia. You're awake anyway." smiled the maid "The king wants to see you."

"The king? Shit!" said Gia nervously and almost fell from her bed "Get out!"

"Fine." said the maid and went out while Gia was throwing things around, searching for a clean dress.

"Ugh." said Gia, placing her hands on her head because she felt sharp pain "I'm a magician, damn it! Why do I have to feel so horrible after little bit of partying?"

Finally she found a dress under a lot of other things and put it on. She looked at herself in the mirror and almost screamed.

"I need to fix this!" said Gia and used magic to cover dark blue bags under her eyes. She went with her hands through her hair rapidly and hurried to get to the throne room. When she got there, Galbatorix gave her a furious look.

"Where were you all this time?" yelled Galbatorix.

"My king…I'm sorry." said Gia, looking at the floor.

"Ah, whatever." said Galbatorix and rolled his eyes. Finally Gia realized that the Twins are standing in the corner with Murtagh.

"So…" said Galbatorix looking at the Twins "…you said that the name of Eragon's mother was Selena? Interesting."

"Yes." said one Twin, while they were both smiling, proud of what they've done "I saw it in Eragon's mind."

"That would mean Eragon is Murtagh's brother." said Galbatorix and started to laugh. Murtagh looked totally shocked.

"Gia!" said Galbatorix "Get the egg!"

"The egg?" Gia looked at him surprised.

"Dragon egg!" yelled Galbatorix annoyed "Right there!"

"Oh, that…" said Gia and immediately hurried to get the egg. After some moments Gia returned but without a thing in her hands.

"Where is the egg?" asked Galbatorix shocked.

"Red or green?" asked Gia, smiling stupidly.

"Just bring one!" yelled Galbatorix and sighed. The Twins started to laugh quietly but then Galbatorix gave them an angry look.

"Here it is, my king." said Gia, holding the red egg in her hands.

"Murtagh, come here." said Galbatorix "Let's see what will happen."

Murtagh got close to Gia and she gave him the egg while having a seductive smile on her face. The egg started to shake in Murtagh's hands and finally hatched. Everything in the room went quiet when little red head appeared and looked curiously at Murtagh. He was just standing there, unable to move from surprise when the little dragon spread his wings and broke the rest of the egg. The little dragon looked at Murtagh again and finally bit his hand, leaving gedwëy ignasia on his palm. Gia looked curiously at the baby dragon; her eyes were shining. It was the first time that she sees a baby dragon making someone a Rider.

"Now…when you're a Dragon Rider and you got a nice male baby dragon, you will serve me." said Galbatorix "…if you plan to keep the dragon, of course."

In that moment Galbatorix whispered something in ancient language and the little dragon was in the air, trying to move but he couldn't do anything. Finally the baby dragon let out a crying roar.

"Stop it." said Murtagh, ready to do anything to keep the dragon.

"Good. You must swear your loyalty to me in ancient language." said Galbatorix, happy that everything goes according to his plan. Murtagh just said all Galbatorix told him to say and little dragon was released from Galbatorix's magic.

"Twins, Gia…you can go now." said Galbatorix and they left the room, leaving Galbatorix with Murtagh and baby dragon.

"What he's going to do?" asked Gia one of the Twins but they pretended like they don't hear her and just left down the hall.

Gia decided to visit Nick again. There were so many things she wanted to share with someone, no matter with who but still Nick was the best option. While going down the street she yelled to some people that they should be careful because there is another dragon who just waits to eat them. People stared at her in horror and she just laughed.

"Gia! I was waiting for you!" said Nick nervously.

"Oh, really? I'll tell you all." said Gia as Nick got close to her to hear better and she just gave him an angry smile "Give me the drink first!"

"Oh, yeah, sure." said Nick and gave her the first bottle that got under his hand.

"Listen carefully. We have a new Dragon Rider!" whispered Gia with a smile on her face "I saw a dragon hatching!"

"Wow!" Nick's eyes widened with surprise "Who's the Rider?"

"Murtagh!" said Gia "You should see the dragon! It's male! And the color…maybe it was just me…but that wine color! Ah, totally crazy!"

"You want to say that perfect man got a perfect dragon…and you want…?" smiled Nick.

"Both!" said Gia "This is so so…I don't know what to say…exciting!"

"Do you think the Dragon Rider is easy to get?" suddenly asked Nick.

"I don't know." said Gia and laughed "I still remember his face when I kissed him! So funny!"

"Do you want to bet? He seems to be not easy to get. So if you get him in your bed, you win." smiled Nick.

"Wow, wow, wow. Last time you made me bet on something I lost my mum's necklace!" said Gia and then pulled him closer and whispered "I had to kill to get it back! What do I get if I win?"

"You win free drink for a week. As much as you want." smiled Nick "And if you don't do it in two months, I win and you pay double for ten bottles of anything you want."

"Is that what you offer to all ladies? How dare you?" said Gia, faking surprise and shock.

"Oh, shut up! You're not a lady!" laughed Nick.

"Ok, I accept." smiled Gia and they shook hands "But tell about this to anyone and you can say goodbye to life."

"Ok." said Nick "Good luck!"

"Do you think I will need it?" smiled Gia and headed for the door, dropping the bottle from her hand which fell down on the floor with loud sound.

"Hey! What was that for?" asked Nick, not liking the idea of cleaning up the mess.

"You said I'm not a lady, so there you got!" said Gia and went out, pretending offended.

Gia was walking back to Galbatorix's castle when she saw a big red dragon flying above.

"What the fuck?" said Gia surprised, rubbing her eyes to make sure she's not seeing things. She immediately ran to the castle and saw Murtagh and Galbatorix standing outside and looking at the dragon. Soldiers and magicians were everywhere around to make sure Galbatorix is safe. After some moments Gia saw Shruikan flying with the red dragon.

"What happened here?" asked Gia to one soldier "That dragon was a baby and now is…well huge!"

"King's magic." whispered the soldier.

"Huh, good thing." smiled Gia and realized Galbatorix is calling her to come closer.

"Yes, my king?" asked Gia.

"You'll be helping to Murtagh." said Galbatorix.

"Helping?" asked Gia surprised.

"Yes, you're going to help Murtagh to see better what are we doing and how. Battle things." said Galbatorix.

"Yes, my king." said Gia even she wasn't sure what exactly the king wanted from her but it seemed like he doesn't know either.

"You can both go now." said Galbatorix and went back to the castle, lost in his thoughts.

"Ok, what now?" asked Gia and looked at Murtagh.

"I don't know." said Murtagh "Don't you know?"

"Shit!" said Gia "I'm not sure. I guess…well, let's just walk around, ok? We can talk or something…"

"Ok." said Murtagh and they started to walk "What's your name?"

"Gia." she said and smiled "I'm one of Galbatorix's magicians as you probably already know."

"Yes, I noticed that first time we met." said Murtagh with a bitter smile.

"Good." said Gia "I think you'll easily become a part of this. You have a dragon and that will make you popular here for sure!"

"Popular?" Murtagh looked surprised at her.

"Yes, other magicians and soldiers will probably admire you. Or envy you. Galbatorix will let you lead the army, I think." said Gia and smiled.

"What about you? Do you envy me?" asked Murtagh with a mysterious smile on his face.

"Yes. You're the one having that beautiful dragon." said Gia "But I'm surprised by something. You looked so lost and depressed earlier this day and now you look like a completely different person."

"His name is Thorn." said Murtagh.

"Thorn?" asked Gia "Oww, that's cute."

"Cute?" Murtagh looked at her surprised.

"Yes." said Gia "So you don't like to talk about yourself?"

"Actually you're supposed to help me." said Murtagh "How did you become Galbatorix's magician?"

"That will help you?" Gia gave him a questioning look "Well I came here looking for a job and I got it."

"Do you like it?" asked Murtagh and looked deep into her eyes.

"Yes, it's great. Working for the king is a special and important thing." said Gia.

"Huh." said Murtagh "Do you know anything about sword fighting?"

"No, that's not my thing." said Gia "I tried…but I broke my nail and gave up."

"Seriously?" Murtagh raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah." said Gia showing him her dark nails "You see? Perfection!"

"Um, I guess." said Murtagh "So what's your role in the battle except torturing people?"

"My role? Well like every other magician; stopping opponent magicians and kill as many opponents as you can." said Gia with a playful smile on her face "Everything for the Empire!"

"Right." said Murtagh and looked at the sky, suddenly smiling.

"What?" asked Gia surprised.

"Nothing. Just talking with Thorn." said Murtagh.

"That must be great." said Gia "I always liked dragons and they always hatch for wrong persons."

"Do you think I'm the wrong person for this?" laughed Murtagh.

"Yeah, because you're not me." said Gia and smiled. Suddenly one soldier ran to them and gave a piece of paper to Gia who gave him a questioning look.

"It's from your mother." said the soldier and went away.

"Oh, shit." said Gia, looking at the paper.

"What's wrong?" asked Murtagh.

"I actually promised to my parents I'll come to visit them…just I didn't remember it until now, huh." said Gia "Do you have any idea of a perfect lie for this situation?"

"Maybe that you didn't have time because you were busy with torturing me?" asked Murtagh and smiled.

"Umm, something like that... just the Twins already spoiled all the fun!" she laughed.

"Fun?" Murtagh rolled his eyes.

"I'll just deal with this later." said Gia and threw the paper in the air, burning it with magic.

"Ok." said Murtagh "Would you like to show me some more magic?"

"Later, ok?" said Gia "I have to do something now. Don't believe in anything they say about me here and you can come to my room this night so I can show you something."

"Fine." said Murtagh, looking surprised "See you then."

"Yeah, sure." said Gia.

Gia hurried to see Nick again. He just looked at her and didn't even smile, still didn't forgive her for making a mess.

"What do you want now?" asked Nick.

"Just give me something, I'm freaking out!" said Gia.

"Why?" asked Nick now more interested, giving her a drink.

"I don't know what I'm saying anymore! When I'm around him, I feel like whole world is spinning around." said Gia "I think I like him."

"Dear, you're crazy about him!" laughed Nick "Why did you come here then? Go back and get him!"

"I came because…I don't know how to act with him! I don't know what he likes and I don't want to ruin everything with jumping on him." said Gia "I don't know even on whose side he is."

"Like that is important." said Nick.

"Yeah, well I called him to come to my room tonight." said Gia.

"Are you crazy? What kind of invitation is that?" said Nick.

"Nothing special, he just wanted me to show him some magic." smiled Gia.

"Showing magic in your room?" Nick rolled his eyes "Maybe you just ruined every chance to be with him."

"I hope not." said Gia "And what if he is as crazy as me?"

"Then you're meant to be!" laughed Nick and took the drink away from Gia.

"Hey!" she said upset.

"No, no! You can't seduce him drunk!" said Nick "You see, I'm a nice guy and I'm helping you!"

"Yeah, whatever." said Gia and left.

Murtagh was walking around the castle and thinking when one man approached him.

"Hello, you must be Murtagh. I'm Owen." said the tall man with dark brown hair "I saw you talking with Gia."

"And?" Murtagh gave him a questioning look.

"I suggest you to stay away from her." said Owen.

"Why?" asked Murtagh.

"She's a dangerous girl." said Owen "Did you know that her last boyfriend is dead?"

"Why would I care?" asked Murtagh annoyed.

"Well, you don't want to fell in love with that kind of girl." said Owen.

"If that's all you have to say, fuck off." said Murtagh bitterly.

"Fine!" said Owen and left.

The night came and Gia was sitting nervously in her room, unsure what to do. Suddenly the door opened slowly.

"Can I come in?" asked Murtagh.

"Sure." smiled Gia as he got in the room.

"Interesting room." said Murtagh, looking around.

"Um, thanks." said Gia "I have some books about magic in that corner."

"Ok." said Murtagh, taking the books "Can I borrow some?"

"Yeah, sure. I don't need them anymore." said Gia "I got them from my parents as birthday gifts."

"Nice." smiled Murtagh.

"I can show you some magic, if you want. But I prefer we go out for that. It's nice and dark outside and I know a perfect place for practicing magic." said Gia "I already destroyed my room enough, you see the black walls."

"Sure. But will the soldiers be there?" asked Murtagh.

"No, we can go closer to the river. The king's soldiers don't go there." said Gia.

"Good." said Murtagh "Let's go then. I'll take the books later when we get back."

They went out in the dark while soldiers were watching them surprised and Gia guided Murtagh to one dark blue river in the woods. It was very dark there and only light came from the moon. The air was cold and the only sound they could hear was the sound of the river. Gia looked around and used magic on some things, explaining to Murtagh what she was doing and he tried it too.

"Ok, I see you have experience with this." said Gia after some time.

"Not really, but I knew some things about magic before I could use it." said Murtagh.

"I'm getting tired." said Gia and put her hands in the air, suddenly running to the river.

"What are you doing?" Murtagh asked her surprised when she threw herself in the river.

"It's great! Come!" she said and looked at him.

"No." said Murtagh but Gia whispered something in ancient language and he ended up next to her.

"You can't say no to me!" she laughed.

"Hey!" he said angrily and pushed her under the water. Gia gasped and kicked him to let go of her. Finally he pulled her into his arms and she tried to remove water from her eyes.

"Ok, this was…" Gia stopped in the middle of the sentence, looking deep into his eyes. His hand went through her wet hair as he pulled her closer and kissed her passionately. Gia looked at him for a moment and then pulled off his black shirt in a second. He kissed her again, gently touching her face. Gia closed her eyes and Murtagh started to kiss her neck. Suddenly Murtagh ripped her dark dress a bit and Gia shivered from cold wind. They kissed again while Murtagh was trying to rip the rest of her dress. Gia suddenly moved away from him with a mysterious smile on her face, fixing her now half ripped dress. He looked at her surprised.

"Not now." she smiled and bit her lip. Gia just turned around and started walking back to the castle.

"What were you thinking?" almost yelled Nick when he heard Gia's story about last night. Gia was the first guest in the restaurant because no one comes so early as she came the next day.

"He was there…so perfect…and so warm…and I could have taken him right there." smiled Gia "But I didn't."

"But why?" asked Nick.

"I want to drive him crazy." smiled Gia.

"Why you have to be so stupid?" said Nick "Do you remember what happened last time you tried this?"

"I know. The guy ran away without thinking." Gia rolled her eyes "But with Murtagh it won't be like that. At least he can't run away."

"Good point. But still I think you did wrong." said Nick, crossing his arms.

"Think what you want." said Gia annoyed and went.

"Gia!" someone called from across the street while Gia was walking back to the castle. She turned around and saw a young blond girl there.

"What do you want, Alicia?" asked Gia when the girl got closer.

"I just came to tell you in the name of all ladies of this town that we won't let you ruin our lives!" said Alicia.

"What are you talking about?" Gia laughed and pulled Alicia with her behind one house.

"You're acting horrible! You go around dressed like a whore and you act like a man! We don't care you're a magician. Your bad example has to stop. Stop playing with our husband's minds." said Alicia, not even breathing.

"Oh, I am a bad example?" said Gia ironically "First, I don't give a fuck that you don't have money or can't use magic to make a sexy dress. Second, you don't have right to say anything to me because you're gossiping and have thousand of lovers!"

"You can do whatever you want but act like a decent woman in public." said Alicia nervously "And you can't kill me because everyone would know it was you."

"Huh, I don't know what are you talking about…me not being a decent woman in public? You and your nice little group of annoying chickens can go fuck yourself because you can't change me." said Gia "I don't care what you think…I don't care what anyone thinks…so leave me alone! But I must admit you keep surprising me with new ideas what to tell me!"

"It's still not too late for you to be friends with us." said Alicia.

"You're funny." said Gia and looked at her "You said I can't kill you, why are you shaking then?"

"I'm not." said Alicia, trying to go away but Gia stepped in front of her and made her take a step back.

"You are afraid because I'm a magician." smiled Gia.

"Let me go." said Alicia nervously. Gia smiled and pressed Alicia against the wall.

"You…made me…angry." said Gia.

"Please, let me go! Please! Please!" cried Alicia "Please don't hurt me!"

"Oh, how nice! But I'm not letting you go without something…you said I act like a man." said Gia, putting her hand around Alicia's neck. Suddenly Gia laughed and kissed Alicia.

"A kiss of death." said Gia with a mysterious smile on her face. Alicia was now screaming and crying and she ran down the street when Gia moved away.

"Yuk." said Gia to herself, spitting and cleaning her mouth "I wonder did I just ruin her life forever! She'll have nightmares!"

Gia went back to the castle, still laughing about crazy ideas women had in the town. They already tried so many ways to freak her out but never succeeded. Suddenly Gia heard a loud roar and looked up. There were two dragons fighting and flying so fast like she never saw before. After some moments the red dragon started to fall down, looking badly hurt. Gia stared at him in shock.