Disclaimer; if I did own Eragon I would live in a big house, but since I don't live in a big house I couldn't possibly own Eragon.

Shay and Triss

Shay was sitting next to the fire (eating steak if you wanted to know) she was currently very bored and agitated, for one her younger sister wouldn't shut up, and this was the third night in a row that she had had steak.

Her younger sister, though she had a kind soul, was a complete blabbermouth; she didn't know when to stop talking and when to start. She gave out trust like candy (this action had almost gotten her killed a number of times) she still wore the scars from last time (she believed the bear that has growling at her wanted to be her friend, it was not pretty).

"Triss would you be quiet," said Shay.

"Why" asked Triss in that cute little 6-year-old manner that made grownups forgive her every time she made a mistake.

"Because I'm older," said Shay, who was well past being effected by her sister cuteness.

"You're only 13," mumbled Triss.

"Ya well that's four years older than you," said Shay in a bossy older sister voice.

"But…" Triss tried to continue.

"Drop it," commanded Shay.

"Fine."

I don't know how to do that cool line thing

AN; I only added that scene so you could meet the characters and learn how old they are and stuff.

It was about three days after Shay and Triss had had their little talk about how Triss talks too much. And Triss had completely forgotten all about it, so as you can imagine Triss was blabbering on about something that had no importance whatsoever. But Shay wasn't listening; she was concentrating on the sounds of the wilderness (sounds boring, I know). Or she was just trying to tune out her sister's endless gabber, whichever you prefer. But as she was listening she heard something of great importance, something she had not heard in two years, humans.

(Flashback)

Two years ago

It was a January 13, Shay's mother had just had a little boy, everyone was fawning over how cute he was, everyone that is except Triss, Shay believed it was because Triss was jealous, Shay had no idea just how right she was.

Triss was 7 at the time Shay was 11. Triss being the age that she was had no idea the difference between right and wrong.

So about three days after Kyle (that is the name of Shay and Triss' brother) was born, Triss decided to try and get to know her Kyle, plus she wanted to do something nice for her parents, so she thought she would give Kyle a bath. So long story short she accidentally drowned Kyle in the bathtub (remember she didn't mean too).

But because one of the elders of the town had seen Triss drown her brother, the village decided that Triss should be killed, (AN I know they're overreacting a little bit, but it needed to be done in order for the story to work) but Shay loved her sister, so she grabbed her and fled into the foothills of the Spine, where they hadn't seen any other humans since, but the only thing of interest that Shay had ever seen was this blue flying lizard, but she passed it off as her imagination.

(End Flashback)

Shay sat upright, and ran over to her sister.

"What the…" started Triss only to have her words muffled as Shay put her hand over her mouth.

"Shut up" said Shay, and for once Triss did as she was told, that in it self was a miracle.

"What the heck is going on?" asked Triss, but then a look of understanding came on her face as she heard the gruff sounds of men approaching.

"Hide," Shay whispered to her sister as she herself scampered off into the underbrush.

From their current position in the leaves Shay and Triss could barely make out what the men were saying.

"What we looking for again", said Ugly #1.

"I don know", said Ugly #2. Ugly #3 and #4 wandered around the camp, tripping over all the gear that Triss and Shay had left out in their rush for cover.

"Oi, look what we have here", Said Ugly #5.

Shay and Triss looked around wildly, trying to see him, it was only when he stepped on a twig that they realized he was right behind them.

"Well look at the time. We really should be going", said Triss.

"Shut up" commanded Shay.