is singing along with her itunes The older I get , Will I get over it? It's been way too long for the times we missed. I didn't know then it would hurt like this but I think The older I get ,Maybe I'll get over it It's been way too long for the times we missed I can't believe it still hurts like this .. Huh? stops singing and blushes as she puts down her brush oh hehehe hi... umm sorry i was singing to this song i really liked that i heard on the radio when i was going to ...ugg the S.A.T's(i hope i pass). Anyway its called "the older i get" by skillet"(took me forever to find the song!!) i'm acutally think of making a Sakusasu oneshot out of the song(and i might use it as the theme for Murtagh and my oc when eldest comes around)... okay back on topic here the new chapter of Ranger.

Chapter 1:

Winter brings Stranges

Eragon had just arrived on Carvahall and his uncle and him had just finished talking to the merchent about the strange blue stone he had found in the spine as few days ago.

They had just found out not even the merchent knew what the value of the stone was, and thier hopes semmed dashed. After that Garrow, Eragon's uncle, had told him to spend the rest of the day as he liked and rember to meet him and his cousin Roran at Horst's. For that was where they were going to have supper.

So as of right now Eragon was heading back to thier wagon to place the strange stone away before heading around town himself. Needless to say his sprits were lower than they were when he first to Carvahall from the farm that morning. Here he had thought hehad found something of value to pay for other things his family needed for the winter. Such as meat, tolls , and such only to find out its value was unknown.

'This day can't get any worse' Eragon thought with a grunt.

Ironically, the moment he said that the cloth wrapped around the stone was lose at the bottom and gave way dropping it to the ground and began rolling away from him.

"AHH!! No wait! come back!!" he yelled chasing after it. "This isn't my day. I just had to open my mouth."

Eragon had to speed up to be able to catch the rolling stone, which was hard to do seeing as it was going down the hill.At the foot the hill it just...stopped. Smugly he called out "AHHAH GOT YOU!" But once again fate was not kind to him. The same second he yelled a figure was coming out of the alley, carrying a small stack of books. Eragon imedently tried to stop but the icy ground did not provied enough friction to stop him fully. Left with no other choice he did the only thing left in his mind...Yell.

"Hey watch out!!!"

The person looked up startled, but it was too late. Eragon slamed right into them, sending them to the snowy, icy, hard ground. As the person let out a high pitched yell.

"Oww my head." groned Eragon as he rubbed his head. "You said it." replied a girl's voice.

Eragon opened his eyes to see a girl on the ground in front of him, holding her head with bookd scattered around her. The girl loooked around his age, maybe a year older. Which would make her about 16 or 17. she had strawberry blonde hair pulled up into a messy ponytail with a few lose strands falling into her face. The girl had ona plain cream colored blouse anf a redish brown dress over that. To keep her warm from the cold a green clock was wrapped around her, as well as a pair of brown gloves.

Eragon got up and went over to help her. "I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where i was going." he aplogized. The girl laughed as she continued to rub her head.

"That's okay, I should have been watching where I was going." she explained "That'll teach me not to read while I'm walking"

When Eragon finally saw the girl's eyes when she looked up at him, they were a warm chocolate brown. And when he helped her stand up he saw she was only half a head shorter than him. Eragon bent doen and helped her the books and the bag she had dropped. He didn't understand what the books titles were, seeing as he couldn't read, but nevertheless one book caught his attention. A black leather bound book lay in the snow next to a red one. On its cover was a picture od a silver dragon curled up. The book itself was years old. Batered and beat up , its pages yellowing, curling up and frayed at the ends.

It interaged Ergaon beacuse all books of dragons were, supposidaly destroyed when the king first came to power. But as soon as it was there it was gone as the girl bent down abd picked it up and placed it at the bottom of her pile.

"Here." He said handing her the two book he had picked up.

"Thank-you." the girl said cherrfully taking them and placing them with the others.

"Sky! There you are. Hurry it up!" another female voice said cutting through the chilled air. The girl, who's name must have been Sky, turned around to the shout. Eragon looked past her to see two more girls down the road, The one who must have been the one to call out stood with 3 cloth blags carried in her arms. This girl looked around the same height as the other, maybe a few inchs taller. She had mid- slightly dark brown hair that was just past the shoulders anf half pulled back. Tho from this distance eragon couldn't quite make it out, same for the outfit she had on. All she could make out waqs a long dark green dress, with a redish brown belt lossly hung around the wasit.((a/N:it the dress the oldest sister wears in Narnina. I really like it. which says a lot cuse i;m a tom-boy and i'm never into dresses or fashion)) A pair of black fingerless gloves, adn a dark blue clock.

The other girl stood next to her. She has wasit legnth ebony hair and was taller than both the other girls, around Eragon's own height. Her outfit was a black dress that the sleves cut off at the elbows and had longer scarlet sleves under it. They matched the cape that she had on, well give or take a shade. There was also a red belt tight at her waist. She carried a bucket filled with diffrent vegitbles. As for how old they could be, Eragon would judge they where older than the blonde but not by much. They were probally 3 or 4 years olders that himself. The brown haired girl looked younger than the black haired girl,but older than the blonde but not by alot. So she'd be either 17 or 18. As for the tall girl she looked the oldest, deffianly in her late teens or maybe entering her early twenties.. So around 19/20.

"Coming!" replied Sky. then turned back to Eragon " Thanks alot again."

Eragon nodded then he rembered something. The whole reason teh caused this mess, the stone. Quickly he looked around the area for it but couldn't find it. Fear swept over him , for somereason the thought of lossing the stone was painful.

"Hey is this what your looking for?" sky asked. Eragon looked up and there was Sky holding the stone deacatlyin her hands.

Eragon let out a sigh of relife. "Yes, it got away from me."

"Its a very beautiful stone. It looks like a large saphire" she said looking at it.

"Sky!" shouted the girls again.

"Oh. uhh. got to go." she gave him back the stone. "There you go. Don't go lossing it anymore, okay?" she said walking twords her friends and waving back at him. The whole time a big smile on her face. Eragon watched untill all 3 were out of sight before heading twords his own cart.

He dodged through the crowd and happliy dashed back to the wagon. Fro somereason meeting that girl had rasied his sprits again. he rembered his uncle would take hours trading, and now he planned to spend that time fully enjoyed. Once at the wagon eragon hid the stone under teh bags, then set out into town with a cocky stride.

He walked from one both to the next looking as the items with great joy, and a buyer's eye, even with waht little money he had. As he talked with the other merchants he found out the waht Merline had said was true. Over adn over, thier word were repeated.

Last years gaurds are gone... Nothing is safe... Doom is upon us.

Later on he bought 3 malte sticks and a hot cherry pie, and just watched the rest of the village. Egear for night fall when the merchants would preform their enteratinment. Songs, tricks adn espically stories. He also form some reason kept a eye out for those girls. They interaged him, espicaly the blonde, the only one he knew the name of, Sky. Eragon had never seen them before in Caravahall. They might be new members of the merchants caravan, but her didn't see them behind any stand. And merchants don't usualy take newcomers. The possabilaty of them as hunters came to mind, but was instently pushed our for a number of reasons.

One was thier clothes. Their dresses were not what hunters were known for wearing. Hunters were known for wearing Dark colors, lose or tight clothing, and most certianly not dresses or skirts as those three wore. None of them carried weapons as far as he could tell. Then there were others. He settled on the idea that they just might be travelers going somewhere and stopped in Carvahall untill winter lightens and head off to wherever they where going. They were deffinaly form the north. the way they dressed showed they knew the climent of the Palancar Valley. Most likely mabye they were form Therinsford, the only other village in the valley, or the main city of the north, Ceunon.

Soon daylight began to dissaper and the traders took thier business into people's homes.Eragon remained outsdie still wating for the complete fall of darkness. He was breaking off a icical off the edge of one of the roofs of one of the houses when her spotted Sloan near by. He hadn't seem to spot Eragon. So he dunked his head and hid inside the alleyway between the buildings. He sighed in relife as the bucher passed by. Then he heard the Tavern's door open, spiling light onto the dusked colored snow outside.

"There such jerks." said voice

"Hunter, calm down." siad another one which Eragon insetnly notcied.

He tilted his head around the corner of the building to see the 3 girls from earlier exting teh tavern.The black girl looked visalby pissed off while Sky semmed to be slightly mad too. The brunet was closing the door, also looked peved espicaly when she said. "I agree Hunter, but one shouldn't cause to much comotion. Alltho those men should think twice about talking like that."

The girl called Hunter, the black haired one, closed her eyes with a frown. "Fine...," she walked down the steps in to the road. " Sight, why do you always have to spoil these things?" she addressed the other.

Sight smiled at her, teal eyes sparkeld with a life of thier own. "Simple. Someone's gota keep you form killing people" she said with smirk.

Hunter rasied a eyebrow at this "isn't that MY job?"

The other two girls laughed anf steped down to join thier friend. "Come-on. lets get back. the should be starting that gahering we heard about soon" said Sky.. The others agreedand began walking down the snow covered path opposite of Eragon.

After the girls were gone, Eragon stepped out of the alleyway. He looked to the tavern door a idea forming in his mind about how to find out more about them. Then just as he thought this he saw Sloan soming back up the road. Quickly without a second thought he ran into the tavern.

Whew! that was LONG!!!!! well now you sorta met our 3 heriones. Sight, Sky, and Hunter. Thoes arn't their real names tho. only nicknames. Thier real names are Aranel, Silima, and Pandothiel. If you want to see what they look like check out my devant accont. (link on my homepage) and my firend's minomoto( hunter is based off her) STAY TUNED!!