I'm doing this song by request. It's "My Immortal" by Evanescence. Murtagh is the same age as "Unwell".

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

Murtagh sighed deeply as he thought about Selena, his mother. She had left him… left him to his father, or what he called father, and Galbotorix. Why couldn't she have taken him with her? He wanted to do away with his memories of her, for the pain was so bad, but he knew that as long as he was alive, the image of his mother would always be burned into his mind.

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

Murtagh thought back on all the pain that he went through and the pain that he was going through presently. He remembered nights when he was a child and he would find his mother on the floor, crying and usually with a scrape or two, maybe a bruise. He would embrace her for he knew that this was the work of Morzan. Murtagh remembered all the nights when Selena would be shaking so violently and screaming in her sleep; he comforted her, and was always there to love his dear mother.

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

Selena had been the light of Murtagh's life. He thought of her to be so graceful and strong. He was so attached to her. He learned his lesson from that, though. He hadn't let himself grow close to anyone since Tornac died. Selena's beautiful face haunted all of Murtagh's dreams.

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

Murtagh stood up and ran his hands through his hair. When Selena left, he missed her greatly. She had disappeared into the night. He wondered why she fled the night Morzan opened his back with Zar'roc.

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

Murtagh flung a vase across the room and silently watched as it shattered against the wall, just like Selena's life had shattered. He still didn't fully believe that Selena was dead; he couldn't convince himself. He thought of his mother's last words to him: "Murtagh, remember that I am always with you. I will always be with you… I will… be in your …heart." And with that, Selena, wife of Morzan, mother of the only child of the Forsworn, took her last breath.

Yes, mother. You are here with me! Murtagh thought bitterly. He then decided to himself that he had always been alone.

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

There, in the dark of the night, Murtagh, the red Rider, second strongest man in the world, shed a single tear.

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