Chapter 7

I woke early the next morning, it was about three hours before we had to get up and go give our regards to Nasuada then be in our way

back to Carvahall to get our family and head back to the new Vroengard to start training Roran. Since I had a lot of time on my hands I

decided I would go to the castle gardens. It took me all of a half hour to get to the castle gardens in the center courtyard of the castle. I sat

on a bench in the center of the garden noticing that the center had a few flower beds but most of the center was set aside for dragons to

land in. While I sat there inhaling the intoxicating fumes of the flowers I thought about all that had happened but then I realized that I would

have to tell Roran that now he was a rider he was immortal just like me and Katrina was not, Katrina would die some day and it would break

Roran's heart and his daughter would grow old and die in time. Roran and I would watch generations of our family go by while we remain

untouched by time. I was used to watching the ones I cared about dying I had done it with Garrow and Brom and I had seen so many of my

friends die in battle, death still effected me deeply but I was used to watching people around me die so I knew I could handle it without

going mad with loss but Roran on the other hand I did not know if he could. I thought on that for a little while wishing there was a way to

stop that from happening knowing there was not. Soon my thoughts returned to Arya the love of my life, even if she had not been chosen by

FĂ­rnen we could have had a life together because elves are immortal just like dragon riders are but fate seemed to unusually kind to me

when it made her a rider as well. I knew her people's customs better now than I did when I used to live here in Alagaesia even though I was

still young in her eyes I had almost as much knowledge about Alagaesia and our new home where the new Vroengard was which I had

named the island the isle of prosperity. Arya and I had been spending as much time as we could together when we did not have to attend to

other duties and now her and I would have even less time together again because we had to train the new riders. "Life never gets easier

even when it is a time of peace I have found that my work is never done. I at least have Arya with me and Saphira but it is hard for me to

know that so many of the riders have families that they will lose someday while they remain." I thought to myself I looked up at the ceiling

which was open to the sky and noticed I had spent over two hours here thinking on all these different subjects. I smiled stood up and walked

back to my courters where I knew Roran would be waiting ready to give me a tongue lashing for scarring him. I walked in the door ready to

confront Roran but he was too busy talking with a young woman about supplies and things we needed for a two and a half day journey to

Carvahall. After the young woman had left he saw me and said "So you leave me to do all the work while you go off to the gardens ay."

"How do you know I was in the gardens?" I asked with an eyebrow raised at him and my head cocked to the right a little Roran replied "How

else I found your mind in the garden though I did not make contact I just searched for you when I woke up because you scared me a little."

I laughed shaking my head hands on my hips "I see I also have to teach you courtesy and manners that a rider should posses." Roran just

slumped in defeat.

Once we had our supplies we said our goodbyes to Nasuada who asked when I was coming back and I said "I will be coming back for another

visit in about a year." I bowed to Nasuada then she hugged me and Roran wishing us a good trip. After I had said goodbye to Orik I met

Roran, Castis, and Saphira by the Citadel gate and we were off to Carvahall.