Chapter 2-A Chanced Meeting
The Path towards the village the man spoke of seemed to be a bit farther away than he explained it. Chise found herself again in the woods; the sun was getting lower in the sky by each passing hour. She doubted that if she was going the right way, or this town even existed. The answers she found for the questions in her mind only lead to more doubts. Chise's mind was cloudy, something's that previously passed she could not recall them.
A rustle in the weeds caught her attention, no sticks or twigs near her or that she stepped on them. Looking toward the north, she noticed the movement of another presence close by. Whizzing past her, scratching the left side of her face, an arrow hit the trunk of the tree by her. The original target was one deer that stayed in the outer reaches of the herd.
"What?" She wiped the blood off her face, looking down at her fingers. Chise watched the deer scurry off deeper into the forest. Curiously, she pulled the arrow from the tree. "I guess there are no such weapons as guns in this world."
A great distance from her, unknown figure watched her every move. He eyed her not letting the girl leave his sight. Chise knew that there had to be around, or that arrow would never have hit her. Ignoring it, she threw the arrow to the ground. In addition, she continued walking. Now, the sun was low on the horizon, but it was still light enough to see.
"I think I'm seriously lost now…" She heard the leaves crackle from behind, it was not very often when she heard the sound, what ever it was, and it surely knew how to stalk. As the darkness crept in, Chise stopped in her tracks, "I know you're there." She turned around, waiting for the person to come out. A boy-about a few years younger than her- came from behind a walnut tree, he walked towards her just standing a few feet away.
His hair color was dark with deep brown eyes, clothes completely worn out. The boy was carried what appeared to be a wood-frame pack. A good size yew bow was also on his back, it had been covered by some kind of animal skin. His hand rested on a bone- handle knife that was hanging off the side of his belt.
"Why are you following me?" Chise asked in a serious tone. The boy seemed that he did not want to reply. She shook her head and started to walk again.
"You're not from around here, are you?" he finally asked making Chise turn her head.
"No I'm not," was her simple reply. "Plus, I'm not even sure where I'm going anymore."
"Yeah, but I mean are you even from Alagaësia? You're dressed sort of weird." He added question.
Chise did not answer him; she bit her lip until blood started to trickle down. Mingling in thoughts the boy sat down, starting a small fire. "Anyway, what is your name?" she quickly asked.
"Eragon, what is yours?"
"Chise." She sat on a small log.
Night came; she stayed up with the kid who was telling her how he has been hunting up in the woods known as the Spine. Deeply, her eyes looked into the blazing fire. "I need to get home..." was the only thought in her mind. Chise had no clue what to do any more or why she was even in this world. The wind howled through the trees, making the flames sway.
During the night, Chise stayed on guard. Her eyes slowly scanned the distance around her. Eragon was sound asleep; he paid no mind that she was not from Alagaësia, or at least that is what she thought. A screech came from the north. She jumped up was, noises came from all around. Her body began to glow an eerie white as it always has during transformation. Metal wings came from her back, with small amounts of blood dripping from them. Another roar came from the north, as it was getting closer.
Following it into the mountains, Chise came across a bunch of disgusting creatures. They looked like men with bowed legs and thick, brutish arms made to kill. Twisted horns were above their small ears, the creatures seemed to be looking for something.
"What are you doing human?" A man appeared behind her with crimson hair and maroon eyes. Chise jumped away, yet he just stood there as the monsters looked up.
She was confused, "How in the world was he able to appear like that?" She thought.
Cliff hanger!!!
How do you like the story? Usually my first few chapters are quite short... but I promise that chapter three will be much longer…. Please review! it be a good idea for Shuji to be forced to wok for Galbatorix? I'm not sure on that ides.
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