Ch3

Eragon stood mouth agape staring at Saleth's Gedwey Ignasia.

"I am sorry for not telling anyone but I have to keep it a secret until my men reach the shores of Alagaesia." Saleth said. "But now I have to return to Surda, before I go I have to tell you that our bond with dragons is a little bit different than yours also magic altogether is different, goodbye."

"Eragon are you positive that he is a rider." Saphira said after Saleth's departure.

"He has the Gedwey Ignasia so I guess we have to trust his word." Eragon replied.

"He can turn on us at any second we have to watch him from a distance." Saphira continued.

"No I feel we just have to trust him on this because he could have come with an army at his back to take Ellesmera and all of Du Weldenvarden." Eragon finished

Roran was coming back with more bruises than when Eragon first spared with the Elves.

"Any luck?" Eragon asked

"No these Elves are good, if they were there at Carvahall we wouldn't had any need to leave." Roran replied.

Eragon visibly flinched at the name of Carvahall after its destruction he wouldn't talk about it at all just hoping he could have been there for them.

"Roran I have to leave I'll ask someone lead you to your room." Eragon said as he mounted Saphira.

Eragon reached out with his mind to find Oromis and Glaedr.

"Eragon? So you're back in Ellesmera." Oromis asked as Eragon brushed against his mind.

"Yes master I wish to continue my training also I have very important news for you."

"I heard you have mad contact with countries from across the sea."

"No, that's not it have you been watching my spar with Saleth."

"I have caught glimpses of it in Glaedr's mind while he was flying over the field."

"Saleth is a dragon rider."

"WHAT?"

Eragon mentioned a few other details like the way Saleth said that magic from over the seas is entirely different than magic in Alagaesia

"Interesting I think you should find Saleth and try to learn from him if possible so we have a weapon that Galbatorix doesn't." Oromis replied.

"I don't think so Saleth keeps mentioning something called the Drow and he keeps stiffening whenever he mentions them." Eragon continued.

Eragon heard a buzzing noise in his head and so did Oromis.

"HELP, I HAVE BEEN AMBUSHED." Saleth screamed mentally

Saleth sent a mental image of his location and blanked out.

Eragon grabbed his sword that the elves gave him.

Oromis Guided Eragon with his thoughts

"Stay back Saphira the Drow have a specialty in killing dragons so Eragon has to go on foot." Saleth said before he blocked them out again.

Saphira set down a good distance from Saleth. Eragon jumped off and said

"If I tell I need help I'll need you to come in, ok."

After a little while Eragon approached the camp, the Sun was high in the sky. Eragon approached behind a tree and saw Saleth tied and gagged, there where three hooded figures

"How nice is it, we found our old slave." The first one said in a calm voice.

Eragon could tell the second one was a female

"Slave?" Eragon thought to himself as he readied his blade.

"How many times where you caught trying to escape and how many time did you fell our Matron Mother's whip." The female continued off the first one.

Saleth visibly stiffened on the mention of the whip.

"Then we us you in a raid and our matron felt you had skill with weapons so she gave you a sword with which you killed her with."

"WAIT, we are not alone Dovre." The Third one said to the female.

At that moment Eragon charged onto the field tried to stab the first Drow. He easily sidestepped, Eragon found himself in front of Saleth trapped between three Drow. Eragon used magic to free Saleth from his bonds, as Saleth stood up the two Drow males charged Eragon. Saleth stepped in front of Eragon and intercepted the charge with a green glow. Eragon promptly closed his eyes but when he opened them Saleth had two long swords in hand. Both had a silver tint in the blade and a crystal at the hilt. Saleth cleaved one of the males with a backhand stab. As Saleth fended off the other male warrior, the Dovre took out a long eight headed whip. Each of the heads looked like a snake's head, almost lifelike as she swung it at Eragon two of the heads met home. As the whip struck Eragon started to feel woozy, he felt cold, his vision blurring. Saleth beheaded the last male and the female made some hand symbols and vanished. He charged at Eragon and yelled some inaudible words and the all went blank.

Eragon awoke a few hours later and grumbled

"What happened?"

He tried to stand up but he couldn't move at all

"Don't even try to get up, Drow poison is quite potent. If all the whip ends struck you, you wouldn't get up for a couple days." Saleth said as he entered the small camp he set up.

"I thank you for the attempt to kill the Drow but I must leave. You will find Saphira out hunting somewhere."

Before Eragon could ask about what the Drow said about being a slave Saleth vanished.