Me: I'm back! Chapter 2! Het Arya are you still not talking?
Arya: (glares)
Eragon: Talk! Please! I miss you voice!
Saphira: Love struck fool.
Eragon: I am not!
Me: before this gets ugly I'm going to start the chapter. Once again, I do not own any recognizable material.
Chapter 2: Good Fortune?
In her shock, Arya could only stand and stare at the emerald egg before her.
Murtagh must have had it. He was probably ferrying it around trying to get it to hatch. Did it fall while we were fighting? Arya thought. I don't see how else it could have gotten here. I should tell Eragon.
As she bent to pick up the egg, Arya contacted Eragon and told her what she had found.
'Do you think it could be a trap?' He asked.
'Perhaps,' she responded. 'But it is a risk we must take if we want to win this war.'
'Do you want me to come find you? In case of traps?'
Arya was irritated by the obvious concern in his voice. 'As I have told you, time and again, I am not one of your helpless females. I can take care of myself.' And with that she cut the connection.
As soon as Arya laid her hand on the egg she recoiled from it.
'I forgot how warm dragon eggs are.' She mused. She touched it again, only to withdraw once again when the egg let out an ear-piercing squeak.
'What the-? Why did it do that? Unless… no… It's not possible! '
Oblivious to her internal ravings, the egg began to shake. It squeaked again, and cracks began to spider web across the flawless surface of the egg. With one final squeak, the egg exploded and shards went everywhere.
Now standing where the egg had previously been, stood a small green dragon. It was about the length of her forearm and its throat and belly were a silvery green. Its back was a deep emerald color, the same as her eyes. It had long ivory fangs and sharp curved claws. The spines along its back were not white, as was most common, but a deep, inky black.
As it looked around, Arya hesitantly reached out to touch the dragon.
'My dragon.' She realized with a jolt.
Just before she touched the dragon, it jerked its head around to look at her. Before she could withdraw her hand for a third time, the dragon lifted its snout and touched her left hand.
Arya was unprepared for the pain that lanced up her arm and throughout the rest of her body. It felt like someone had injected ice into her veins and then set her on fire.
How long the pain lasted, she couldn't tell, but when it faded, she felt a weight on her chest. She looked down and saw the dragon sitting proudly on her chest. When she sat up, the little green ball of scales squeaked in displeasure. It scrambled off her lap where it had fallen and onto her shoulder and nuzzled her cheek. It seemed to be searching for something.
Suddenly Arya felt a ravenous hunger. When she realized that it came from her dragon and not her, she thought, 'What am I to feed it? We have no meat.'
She stood and the dragon wrapped its tail around her neck, so as not to fall. She grinned and began to walk.
When a butterfly flew past her face, the dragon leapt off her shoulder and began to fly after it. Before it got too far away, Arya grabbed his tail and told him, "Not that way."
She spoke in the Ancient Language so that it would be able to understand better. Although it didn't understand her words, it knew it had to stay with her.
Soon after she began to walk again, her dragon got bored and decided to fly next to her. Arya smiled at her dragons' impatience.
"We will be there soon, I promise." She told her hatchling. Again, she knew it didn't understand, but got the general message.
When she finally entered the clearing where their camp was, Eragon leapt to his feet instantly.
"Are you-?" he stopped when he saw the dragon resettle itself on Aryas shoulders. When he registered what it was, thousands of questions played across his face.
"I tripped over the egg, contacted you, and when I touched it, it hatched for me." As she spoke, Arya tilted her hand so he could see her palm.
"I guess Murtagh," the name was spat out of Eragons mouth with venom, "was too wounded to retrieve it."
"Lucky for us."
"That's not an understatement." He said sarcastically, and then his face went blank.
"Eragon?"
A moment later, he refocused. "Sorry, I was filling Saphira in on what happened. She has agreed to bring part of her kill back to share with the hatchling."
Arya nodded. "I'm glad she is willing to share."
"She is more than happy to do so."
Before Arya could respond, they were buffeted by wind and Saphira landed.
'Where is the hatchling?' she demanded.
"Right here." Arya said, putting a hand on the dragons' neck.
Saphira sniffed the dragon and said 'it is a boy.'
"A boy?" Eragon said. "That is great! Not only do we have another dragon and Rider, we have a potential mate for Saphira."
"Calm down," Arya chided gently, "he has only just hatched!"
"I know!" Eragon snapped, indignant.
Curious about Saphira, the young dragon leaned over to sniff her. In the process, he fell of Aryas shoulders and tumbled into Saphira. He squeaked in fear and scrambled onto the nearest shoulder, which happened to belong to Eragon.
All three chuckled and the baby dragon sniffed Eragon. He must have like what he smelled, for he began to hum.
Eragon scratched under his chin and asked "Hungry?" The hatchling looked at him questioningly.
'Come here young one,' Saphira ordered. 'You need to eat.'
When he realized what she wanted, he leapt off Eragons shoulders and hesitantly approached the deer carcass. He stopped and looked at Saphira, asking permission.
'Eat young one.'
Needing no more encouragement, the little green hatchling darted toward the deer and began to eat like a starving wolf. Or a starving dragon. Either one.
Eragon studied Arya, who looked a little paler than normal.
"Are you well?" he asked. "You look a little pale."
"I'm fine." She assured him. "It's just… all my life I've wanted to be a Rider, and now I am." She looked at him. "Eragon I'm a Rider!" she squealed and hurled herself into his arms.
Eragon stiffened in shock and hesitantly wrapped his arms around her in a loose grip, while she squeezed him with all her strength. Surprised at how tightly she was gripping him, he took a chance and tightened his own grip a little. She did not flinch, nor did she pull back.
After a few moments, Arya pulled away. She looked embarrassed at her sudden action.
"I apologize Shadeslayer. I do not know what came over me."
"It is fine."
When both dragons were satisfied, the four of them settled down for bed. When Arya started to lie down on the opposite side of the fire, dragon started wailing. She rushed to him, as did Eragon. When they both reached him, he stopped wailing.
"That was odd." Eragon stated.
"Very." Agreed Arya.
Saphira could no longer contain herself. She let out a booming laugh.
"What's so funny?" Eragon demanded.
Still laughing, Saphira explained. 'The hatchling will not be content unless both of you are near him.'
"Great." Arya muttered. "So does this mean I'm sleeping with you two tonight?"
Before anyone could respond, Arya felt a wave of approval coming from her dragon.
"Well he has answered that for us, it seems." Eragon said nervously.
Arya muttered something under her breath and said, "Fine, but I'm only doing this for my dragon."
"I know." He said quickly.
'Will you two be quiet and get under my wing?' Saphira grouched. 'I'm tired.'
"Fine my dear dragon." Eragon replied cheekily.
Saphira rolled her eyes and the four of them curled up together for the night.
Me: Wow this chapter is longer than I thought. Oh well. People have requested a longer chapter.
Arya: Why the hell did you make me sleep next to him?
Saphira: that is no language for a Princess to be using.
Eragon: I'm with Saphira. What's so bad about sleeping next to me? I'm not going to do anything bad!
Me: Or are you? MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love having supreme control!
Eragon: Why do I get the feeling I'm going to die in the next chapter?
Arya: Because if you so much as touch me, I'll kill you.
Eragon: Not fair! You can hug me, but I can't even touch you?
Arya: Yes.
Me: Ahem. It is up to me who touches who so suck it up. Bye people! Review!
Arya: But-!
Me: Review! I'll love you forever! First person to review this chapter gets to name Aryas dragon!