Today was the 2-year anniversary of Leonora's death and on this fateful day, Murtagh was being forced to marry someone he ever had no intention of marrying. He stood there sighing deeply until he heard the priest say, "Do you, Murtagh, take Natasha here to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
Murtagh mumbled ungratefully, "I do." At the back, Breanna was crying uncontrollably. She whispered to her fiancé, "Don't they look sweet together?" Eragon agreed but he could see the sorrow and humiliation in Murtagh's eyes. At the door, stood a tall and graceful girl about 17 with long, curly, black hair and anger swam in those gentle eyes of silver, but she ran out before anybody saw her. The priest asked Natasha the same question, "Do you, Natasha, take Murtagh to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
Glowing with happiness, she folded back her wings and replied, "I do!!!" The priest pronounced them husband and wife.
Two weeks later, Murtagh found himself in the marketplace, looking for dragon food. When he finally found the Dragon store, he went in and bumped into the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on. She was tall and gorgeous. Her posture breathed nobility and grace. She apologized, "I am really sorry! I should have been watching where I was going." Murtagh noticed that she looked and talked exactly like…… Leonora. He said, "Sure, its allright, Leonora."
The girl turned around, looking surprised, "How do you know my name?"
Murtagh replied slowly, "I was betrothed to Her Royal Highness Princess Leonora. She poisoned herself and she has a green dragon named Jade." Leonora's hand flew to her mouth. She replied, "No one must know that I am still alive. Did you get my letter that I wrote those two years ago?" Murtagh nodded softly. Leonora bid her farewell and disappeared into the night. When Murtagh finally got home, he was grinning from ear to ear and his eyes were gleaming with happiness. Eragon noticed this and walked over to Murtagh and asked, "What's got you in such a happy mood?"
Murtagh whispered, "I saw my old fiancé! She is totally hot!" Eragon's eyes became wider than dinner plates. He said, "So she isn't dead? (Murtagh shook his head at this remark) Whoa, what do you want me to do?"
"I want you to lock the castle when you aren't here and don't tell Breanna where the key is!!!" Murtagh explained. Eragon agreed as soon as Natasha walked over to them and said, "Hey, Murtagh!" Murtagh hid his face in embarrassment and he disappeared from his wife. The next day, Eragon locked the castle gates and hid the keys inside Saphira's ears. Murtagh was already gone to see Leonora. Eragon simply went to visit Arya in the elf village. What he didn't know was that Breanna was following him into the forest and through the thick bushes. When Eragon stopped in front of Arya's house, Breanna ran up to Saphira and swiftly took the keys out. She ran back to the castles and opened it. Out flew a great white dragon with Natasha on his back. Natasha yelled, "Let's go Frost!" and the dragon took off.
Meanwhile all that was happening in Murtagh's castle, he was sitting beside Leonora, talking like a school-age kid. Leonora said, "Murtagh, do you remember when we went to spar and I hit you in the same spot 15 times?"
Murtagh
replied, "Oh, yeah!! That was so fun! And then I got my revenge by
making you cry saying that you are very ugly."
Leonora laughed,
"You were so mean. I didn't even talk to you for 5 days after
that! You remember the time when Eragon fell off Saphira!"
Murtagh stifled his laughter, "That was too funny! I also fell off Thorn 2 months ago." Leonora was surprised. "You fell off Thorn? Murtagh, the greatest rider, falls off his own dragon." she replied. Murtagh nodded. At that very moment, Natasha barged in and her hand flew to her mouth, "HOW DARE YOU!"
Leonora said, "Excuse me, lady! In whose presence do you think you harass people?"
Natasha said to Murtagh, "Who is that person?" But before Murtagh could answer, Leonora replied, "I am Her Highness, Princess Leonora and I ask you, lady, who do you think you are?"
Natasha bowed and replied, "I didn't recognize you, Your Highness. Now to answer your question, Milady, Murtagh married me 3 weeks ago." Leonora fixed Murtagh with a steely gaze. Murtagh stammered, "Well, you see, um um, I married Natasha out of desperation. I married her because I was missing you for two years, Leonora." Leonora's gentle eyes softened and she put her hand to her heart and murmured before Murtagh or Natasha could hear her, "He is so dreamy!"
Natasha heard that remark and said, "I am going back to my own kingdom."
Murtagh
and Leonora followed her but she had already disappeared. Murtagh
scratched the back of his head and said, "Now I can finally do what
I wanted to do for a very long time."
Leonora asked, "What?"
Murtagh whispered, "This." He drew Leonora towards him and closed the distance between them in a gentle kiss. Leonora broke the kiss and she asked, "Why did you do that?"
Murtagh replied, turning bright red, "Because I love you, Leonora!" She threw her arms around him and said, "We might want to get your soon to be ex-wife. Where do you think she lives?"
Murtagh though for a while and then replied, "Since she has a snow-white dragon, she has to be the Princess of the Arctic?!"
Leonora sighed and whispered, "Then that's where we're going." Ten minutes later they took on Thorn to the icy Arctic.
What will happen with their blossoming romance? Will the Ice Princess kill Leonora yet again or will she surrender? Watch for Chapter 5 &6