The flight to Ura'ben (I don't have books w/me so if that wrong let me know.) was uneventful since no one tried to struggle or escape. It took the group a little over half a day to reach the capital.
The group landed in a big courtyard in front of the castle. Murtag took his spell off of Saphira, who started to charge at them but stopped when she saw her rider.
The Razac that Eragon had ridden with was holding a knife to the blue riders neck.
"Go with Thorn to the dragon hold Saphira" Murtag said to the fuming blue dragon. Saphira did not move muscle but keep her eyes on Eragon who still had knife to neck.
"Go Saphira I will be fine. Try and find a way out of this and see if you can talk to Arya." Eragon said as the Razac put more pressure on the knife causing to dig into his skin.
"I will do as say but I won't be able to reach Arya, we are to far away." Saphira said turning and following Thorn. Eragon watched Saphira leave wondering when he was going to be able to see her again. He was brought back from his thoughts when the Razac started pull him toward the castle. Eragon saw the other monster leading Roran who had given up struggling. Katrina was walking by his side without being lead seeing as she was to weak and tired to put up fight and just followed the group.
Eragon struggled the whole way the throne room which slowed the group down a bit. Murtag shook his head at his little brother attempt to get away. The group stopped at a pair of handsome oak doors that had dragons carved into them. Eragon looked the doors up and down and noticed all the little details that had been put in to them. Murtag stepped forward, giving his brother sympatric look, he knocked three times then stepped away from the door as they swung open on their own accord.
They entered a large dimly lit room with only one chair in it, which was occupied by the traitor king himself.
"What have we here?" he asked looking at the small group that had stopped in front of him. Murtag bowed followed by Katrina but Eragon and Roran had to forced to by the Razac who were still holding on to them as if they were going to try and flee.
"You three may go" He said to Murtag and the Razac. Murtag bowed again and left but the Razac hesitated before they left as well. "So you are the great Eragon shadeslayer I have been hearing so much about. It is about time we meet." He said looking Eragon up down. Eragon just glared up the king with hate burning in eyes. He ignored the Eragon' glare and turned his attention to the other two in the room.
"And who are you?"
"I am Roran stronghammer this if Katrina" Roran said quickly not wanting to defy the king for fear of what he would do to them.
"Ah, yes you're his cousin are you not?" Roran only nodded but the king had turned his attention back to Eragon. "So my little trap not only got me the blue rider but his cousin as well. What day this is turning out to be." He said clearly amused by his luck to capture both of the boys who he had been searching for for months.
"What shall I do with you shadeslayer?" He said now ignoring the other two people in the room as if they weren't ever there. "First you shall swear fealty to me. Then we shall deal with what have done over the past few months." He said answering his own question.
Eragon laughed at the king's words before he said he would never swear himself to the king and that his loyalties lie with Varden. A second after he said this, the king threw across the room and in a wall with magic. He heard Katrina scream and Roran curse at what had just happened. Eragon slowly stood up with some difficulty since arms were still bound behind his back. Eragon just glared at the king and watched him walk up him.
"You will swear yourself to me in the end or die" Galby said he was inches from Eragon.
"Never" Eragon replied. The king picked up the boy by his neck and slammed him into the wall.
"Oh you will, just as you brother did. He was stubborn as well but in the end he did"
Eragon was barely able to breath but still spit into the king face as words. He was thrown across the room again and landed ten feet from his cousin. Before Eragon could stand up on his own the king had grabbed by his neck again and pulled Eragon to his feet. The king placed his sword against the boys' neck "Never do that again" The king said tightening his grip around Eragons' neck and pushing sword against it as well drawing blood.
Roran and Katrina stood still in shock over what they were seeing happening to Eragon. Even though they watching it they could hardly believe it.
The King held Eragon like for few minutes before he called for guards. Not a second later four guards came rushing into the room and bowed to the king who was still holding Eragon by his neck.
"Take those to the dungeons," he ordered not even looking at the guards but watching Eragon. They did as they were ordered and took Roran and Katrina out of the room closing the doors behind them. As the group turned their backs on the doors they heard something hit the doors with loud thud and a scream.
A few hours later the cell door the Roran's and Katrina's cell opened reveling two guards carrying a struggling person. The two guards looked as if they were have trouble holding the person even though his hand were bound and he was hurt and bad. They threw the boy into cell so hard that he hit the stone wall but that didn't stop him from jumping back up and ran for the door as it was shut. The boy hit the door just as it was closed. He sat down leaning against the door cursing his luck.
There was very little light in the dungeons so the couple had not been able to see who it was even when the door was opened.
"Are you okay" Katrina asked
"Yeah, I'm fine how are two holding up?" a familiar voice asked
"Eragon?" Roran asked.
"Aye" He answered getting up moving to the other bed in the cell. Katrina and Roran where sitting together on the bed in little light they had in the cell coming from a small in window in the wall. Eragon stepped in to the light for a second as he moved to the bed.
Katrina gasped when she saw Eragon's face. It was covered in bruises and small cuts. She also noticed that he was limping. 'How can someone go though so much pain and still be able to walk?' Katrina asked to herself.
"What did he do to you?" Roran asked voicing Katrina's question out loud.
"I'm okay" Eragon said sitting down "It's nothing I can't heal. Roran can come pick the locks on these for me." Eragon asked knowing his cousin had something on him he could use to get the chains off. Roran stood up and pulled two small wires out of pocket. Eragon turned himself so that Roran would be able to pick the lock.
It took Roran a few minutes to pick the locks but he managed to do it. Once the chains were off Roran noticed that one of Eragon's wrists was purple and swollen.
"Your wrist is broken" Roran said looking his cousin up and down and notice most of the other injuries he had.
"Actually, it is shattered." Eragon said moving his arm again to help get rid of the stiffness in them.
"You need to see a healer" Katrina said standing up and heading to the door but stopped when she heard Eragon laugh "What is funny?"
"If you think the king would let a healer come down here or me of up to one then you are very much mistaken and besides I can heal the wounds." Eragon said placing his hand that had the tattoo on it over his wrist then muttering something that Katrina could here. She saw light appear from Eragon's hand and watched as his wrist slowly healed.
"How did you do that?" She asked
"Magic" Eragon said moving the more serious injuries and healing them first. Eragon left the small cuts and bruises alone knowing he had used up more energy then he should have. Katrina and Roran watched Eragon in awe not saying anything as he worked.
"You can do magic" Katrina asked once he was done.
"Aye, I take it that Roran has not told you everything then"
"No" She said looking over at her lover.
"Then I shall leave that up him tell you." Eragon said lying down and going into a trance like sleep but he could still hear Roran tell Katrina about what had happened since she had been kidnapped