Oh, shock, Katrina knows what she is now! This is not my greatest chapter ever, but hey, keep reading; hopefully it will get better.
Katrina didn't know what to do. She just couldn't be a Dragon Rider. But she was. She just couldn't hide her dragon from her father. But she had to. The question was: how?
She quickly ruled out leaving Saphira in the forest; Eragon might see her and try to kill her. He had done it before; chances were he would do it again. At least she knew how to feed her. Her father was a butcher, wasn't he? It would be easy enough.
Then, as she thought of the raw, juicy meat hanging in the back of Sloan's shop, she felt an overpowering hunger, as though she had not eaten since the day she was born. Why should she feel hungry at the thought of raw meat?
Then she remembered Saphira. Their minds were connected, she had figured that much out. So it must be Saphira that was hungry, not Katrina.
Katrina felt a pang of pity for the little dragon. Eragon had probably not bothered to feed it. She picked her up and walked quickly back to the shop. She guessed that it would be about another hour until dawn, so she opened the door and grabbed a large handful of meat.
Locking the door behind her, she walked over to where she had left Saphira hidden in a bush. She searched for her for a moment before she found her. The dragon's head popped up immediately when she smelled the meat. Katrina silently handed her the meat.
Saphira didn't even bother to sniff it. She knew it was meat. She ripped into it, getting blood and gore everywhere.
By the time Saphira finished her small belly was distended. Katrina looked up at the sky. The sun was just coming up over the horizon, making the snow glisten and sparkle.
Katrina's stomach lurched. It was only a matter of minutes until her father got up and realized she wasn't there. Now that the dragon was full, that left the matter of finding a place for her to stay.
She almost cried when the answer came to her. She had no place to put it, and Sloan would try to kill it before he would raise a dragon. She would have to run away.