Ok here's the fourth chapter, I really hope you like it. It's taken me some time to write because of my school work but here it is.
Kada stood in the stables petting a bay horse that she had saddled for their journey to Gilead. Eragon had saddled Snowfire and Roran had saddled a brown horse. Eragon had told Saphira to stay close to them and only come to them at night, as he had when they journeyed to the Varden. Roran was already on his horse, anxious to be off. Kada felt uneasy as if she had a secret to hide, but she did, and no one knew, yet.
Kada rode in the back of the group as they made their way through a field of wild flowers. Roran was of course riding in front of the group as Eragon rode a little ways away from him. Kada was always looking from flower to flower. There weren't any flowers where the king lived, there was nothing there except sadness and darkness. The flowers looked like little buds of happiness and life to her. Their smell was like pure joy, something she had never experienced. Her horse seemed to enjoy the field as well. Kada was not paying attention and her horse took this as an opportunity to eat all of the succulent grasses.
Eragon saw that Kada was transfixed by the flowers, and that she also had a smile on her face. The smile was frightening to Eragon, as he had never seen her smile and thought she was incapable of joy. Eragon saw also that her horse was indulging himself in grass and gave a chuckle. This brought Kada out of her flower induced trance. She glanced about and let her eyes rest on Eragon, he was laughing. She looked down and saw that her horse was eating vast amounts of grass. Kada pulled the horses head up and urged him to trot forward to catch up with the others.
Eragon had seen her eyes when she looked at him. They still seemed lifeless and cold despite their former joy. He never understood why her eyes looked that way or why they were black, they could not have always looked like that. Eragon thought back to Elva and what he had done to her. Perhaps Galbatorix had her under some kind of curse like with Elva. Eragon remembered watching her eyes loose their cold, dark feeling and see them with warmth and happiness. He only wished he could see that in Kada's eyes instead of the painful gaze that she now possessed. Her eyes seemed to extract all the joy in his body and leave him in sad darkness.
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The sun began to set and they set up camp in a small forest that was hidden from view. Saphira was with them now, eating the remnants of a dear she had found in a plain not to far from the forest. Kada sat alone as she watched the sun set while Eragon and Roran talked. Kada was amazed by all of the colors she saw in that one sunset.
"So what was Sloan like when you announced that you were getting married to Katrina?"
"What do you think he was like? He was furious." Roran replied as he thought about the scene again.
"I am happy that you will finally get to marry her. You must be very happy."
"I would be, if Katrina were not trapped in Gilead."
"Well in a matter of time we will have rescued her from Gilead and you will be married." Eragon said to try and cheer up his cousin.
"What if something happens, you escaped once but are you so lucky to do it again? Eragon, what if we are walking into a trap?"
"I trust Kada, she will not lead us into a trap."
"Have you seen her eyes? They alone can tell you she is not to be trusted. Make her swear in the ancient language that she will not lead us into a trap."
"I don't have to do that. I know where her loyalties lie."
"Oh really?" Roran said as he glanced at the spot where Kada was watching the sunset. She was no longer there as she was only a second ago.
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Kada sat on a stump in the forest a little ways away from camp. He knew, he knew. What would she do now? Eragon would make her swear in the ancient language and she would be killed. But she did not want to go back to the king, where she would be tortured until she died. She had to make them believe that she would not betray them. She heard voices calling out her name, and quickly ran over to a bush with berries on it. She picked a handful of them and walked towards the voices.
"I was just getting some food." she said when she saw Eragon and Roran. Roran still looked suspicious, but no one said anything as they walked back to camp.
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Eragon, I must admit that I do not trust her either. Saphira said when every one was a sleep except for her and Eragon.
Well I think that she can. I know that she is not loyal to the king.
Neither was Murtagh but that changed? Didn't it?
Murtagh swore an oath but that doesn't mean that he is loyal to Galbatorix. I think that maybe Murtagh is still on our side, despite his oaths to the king.
I wish you could see through those clouded eyes little one. Saphira said as she laid her head down to sleep.
Eragon could see that there was no more reasoning with her after that. He too laid his head down to sleep as he thought about what Saphira and Roran had said. Now that he thought about it, maybe Kada was just a spy. He had to find a way to figure out if she was on the king's side instead of theirs.
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Kada could not sleep. She could not stop thinking about what Roran had said about her, it was only a mater of time before they found out whose side she was really on. She wished that she could leave all that behind and be free of the king, but he would never do that, especially not for her. In Galbatorix's eyes she was no better that the scum on his floor. Somehow, maybe, she could be free though.
I am so sorry that this is an oober shorty, but I hope you enjoyed and leave a review.