Chapter 3

I turn away from the window still thinking about my past. Then I realize that it's my 16th birthday and Eragon promised he would be back today. Automatically my thoughts brighten up. Eragon's my best friend and when he makes a promise to me he keeps it. I go get dressed, the only thing I miss about my past are the clothes, like any girl, I loved my dresses but I do like working in men's clothes if I have to do dirty work. Today I wear my dark green dress because it's my favorite (and Eragon's too). I race downstairs to make breakfast and when I'm done Brom comes down the stairs.

"Are you sure your alright" he askes meaning how I feel after last nights dream.

"Yeah" I don't like to elborate on my dreams only if they're good or important.

"Happy Birthday, your present's in my room" he adds laughing when I make a face. I don't like presents.

I go up to his room and there's a new book of Dragon Lore for me. It's beautiful and I can tell he wrote and worked on it for a long time. I try not to cry as I open the, no my, book. It has illistations and is written in the Ancient language so only he and I know what he's written.

Brom was a Dragon Rider, he doesn't like to talk about it because he misses his dragon so much. Since we live together there's really no reason to keep secrects from each other. When I turned twelve and started showing magical abilities all the secrects came out. He was very old and had lost his dragon, Saphira, when my father took over. He told me that there were no dragons left. I didn't press him for more when he told me and he told me stories about my mother and about my name sake.

Brom explain my birth to me saddly "Your mother loved your father before he lost his dragon and when he dissappeared she was heart broken. Since your mother was royal she could not look for him herself she sent many others to look for him even after he came back and betrayed the Riders she still loved him and went to him when he made himself ruler of this land. He kept her with him and she was his prisoner, for he gave her potions that made her unable to see his faults and to love him unconditionally. When she became pregnant (elves, apparantly know exactlly when they become pregnant) she and your father were shocked, a half-human, half-elf had never been heard of. After that the potion stopped working and she woke from the spell, she was imprisoned in the high tower. She only had her two sevants with her, your nurse Meelha and Delgo they were only 15 and not dangerous to your father. She instructed them to tell you the truth when you were older, teach you to be a kind, compassionate person and help you escape when you were older. Only three people were allowed to see your mother, your father, Morzan, and, at first, Morzan's wife Selena. Selena was your mother's best friend and when your mother was three months pregnant, Selena dissapeared and your mother was heart-broken. After that your mother's health started declining and she died giving birth to you. Her last gift to you was a spell that would keep your father from ever saying your true name. If he does he will die, it was powerful magic and that was why she was so weak when she went into labor. For some reason your father let your name be Selena, personally I think it was because deep down your father had loved your mother. You know the rest of the story."

I knew what I needed to know and I glad even though it was my sad story.

I ran downstairs and hugged Brom and said thankyou then I ran out the door. Eragon would be coming to see me soon.

I was walking down the street when I saw him. He was just a three months younger than me and he was handsome with his blue eyes and slender but muscular frame. I stopped myself before I got out of hand. I wanted him as my friend then maybe someday we could be..........................stop I don't want to think about this now. We weren't sure how we felt about each other but I liked him more than a friend and I think he liked me more too...............................god I hate it when I do this to myself.

Shaking my head at myself I run to meet him he drops his bag and pulls me into a hug.

"Happy Birthday, Lena I have something at my house for you but I have to go see Sloan first" he says

"Why?" showing my distaste, we both knew Sloan didn't like him.

"Because I didn't catch anything." He says embaressed "but I might have something to trade with."

"I thimk I'll wait outside" I hate meat, those poor animals.

"Wait for me at the end of town I'll be there in a few minutes"

I waited for longer then I thought I was going to have to wait but finally Eragon came with a sack full of meat. He looked really aggitated.

"Sorry Sloan wouldn't trade with me so Horst had to stop us from fighting and...................well it doesn't matter." He said hurriedly.

"It's ok so what were you trying to trade with him?" I was curious.

"Ok" He begins excitedly, "I was about to shoot a doe when all of the sudden a burst of really bright light blinded me and all of the sudden this precious stone had appeared and I wanted to trade it for meat but Sloan wouldn't take it because it was from the Spine."

"Can I see it" It couldn't be, could it?

"Ta-Da" He pulled it out of his bag and it was just like the green one I had taken from my father except it was blue. Then I remembered Brom had said that a long time ago he stolen something from my father and that it was very important and Brom had given it to the Varden. It was too much of a likeness between the two stones."

I was shaken. "I..I have to go I promised Brom I would help him today.....I'll come over tomorrow I promise."

"Ok" his face started to fall "I had your present though but if your coming tomorrow than I'll see you then" I hated disappointing them but I had to go home and see my stone.

"Bye Eragon."

"Bye Lena."

I ran all the way to my room, Brom wasn't home but he might be soon. I took out my bag that I had brought here with me so long ago. I had barely touched it since Delgo had brought me here and it was a the bottom of my chest. I didn't have any jewelry left except that which I knew belonged to my mother. I looked at the stone and held it. It looked the same as ever and it hadn't grown dull at all.

"Why are you so special" I asked it and unsuprisingly it didn't answer. I looked at it some more muttering to myself. I jumped when I heard the door open downstairs and hid the rock under my pillow.

"Your home?" Brom asked suprised "I thought you be with Eragon."

"I was but he was tired so I just let him go home." I lied it felt so wierd and wrong to be lying to my adoptive father who I had never lied to before.

"Are you ok?"

"No I think I'll go to bed I'm still tired from last night I think I'll read and go to bed"

"Night then."

"Night."

I changed, got my new book, climbed into bed, and started to read I fell asleep quickly dreaming of Dragons and stones.

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Notes from Pixi15:

Hi I hope you like it please read and review.

I'm slowly remembering what happens in this story so my Chapters are short but I hope to update more often this way.