ERAGON! Eragon's ears perked up as he heard Silverein's voice echo through his head. He could hear Saphira trumpet outside his house as she took flight. The other dragons bugled calls of response to Saphira. A flood of images filled his head from Silverein of what she saw. He immediately donned his silver tunic and sapphire blue cape, throwing on his blue armor in haste. Sprinting out the door with with Brisingr in hand he saw all five dragons in the air and all of their Riders assembled in the middle of the square, yelling to be heard over each other. Eragon stepped into the group and silenced them all.
"Mount up we are leaving," Eragon said in a rushed tone. None of the Riders said anything but instead called back their dragons. Saphira had not even touched the ground when Eragon had leaped up into the saddle. He had his legs strapped in before the others had even got in the saddle.
"LET'S GO!," yelled Eragon. Saphira roared so as to emphasize his point. They took into the air and began climbing to an altitude that the Shades' magic could not reach. Eragon heard a cry and swiveled his head. Fortün had fallen out of the now burned saddle and was plummeting to the ground.
Eragon pointed to her, "Rïsa!" She stopped in mid fall and began to rise through the air. As Eragon was lifting her to Elenea another bolt of blinding red light struck her in the side of the head and she went limp. Elena cried out and dove towards the now lifeless body of Fortün. Eragon released her as he knew she was dead. Elenea kept diving towards her falling body. Eragon opened his mind and was about to tell her to stop when another bolt of light struck her in the chest and he felt her life force die. Saphira moaned NOOO!
Eragon's eyes stung with tears as spurred Saphira forward. Eragon could feel the other Rides' and dragons' sorrow but he paid it no heed as he continued forward. Eragon heard another scream but did not look back as recognized the voice and could not bear to see Sartar die as well, although he knew what had happened as he felt another presence disappear.
Eragon saw a blinding light flash out of the corner of his eye and everything went quiet. He could not even hear the wind in his ears. Everything was the same as before but he could hear nothing. Eragon tried to keep his eyes open as he knew that he may never open them again if closed them. At last he could not keep them open any longer and the last thing that he felt before slipping into the void was the feeling of falling, and Eragon didn't care.
Lucipher was scared. It was something that he had never felt before. It was fear that spurred him to safety. Sartar and Fortün were dead, so were their dragons. Eragon was falling towards the Shades right now. Dive Silverein! Dive!
The only hope for him now is us surviving and getting help. Lucipher grimaced at the ugly reality. Silverein veered left towards the Beor Mountains and saw Saphira do the same, moaning for her in-danger Rider all the while. Lucipher looked down and saw a huge cloud of dust fly up as Eragon struck the ground. Lucipher could not feel his presence anymore and prayed to the gods that he didn't believe in that it was just because the distance was too great, and that he was not dead.
Vanir didn't look back as Fortün died. He didn't look back when Sartar died. He didn't even look back when Eragon fell to his almost certain death. He didn't know how he knew these things be he just knew. He had been that way his entire life. He could just tell when stuff happened. Sometimes he could even tell stuff before it happened. He was planning on asking Eragon about it but now it looked like he would never get that chance. Where shall we go, asked Sultan hesitantly. The Beor Mountains. Vanir didn't know how he knew to go there but he just did.
Sure enough as they got closer to the Mountains they saw Lucipher atop Silverein riding astride to a Riderless Saphira. The sight broke his heart as he knew that bond that they held. Just as he was about to open his mind to them he felt something tugging in his mind. STOP! He screamed with his mind at the three. They all stopped abruptly as a ray of black light flared up right in front of Saphira's nose. Saphira roared and dove straight downward. Silverein howled but didn't follow Sultan roared as well. They both accelerated as fast as they could towards the Beor mountains. Some of there great speed came from determination, but mostly it came from fear.
