Wow, look, practically right after the last one I have another fresh off the press! Aren't you a lucky lot?
Disclaimer: I own Miranda, Thaw, Julia, Maggie, and Annahh. That's it. Don't sue me!
In Miranda's opinion, elves were pretty boring. Sure, they were old, beautiful, super smart, graceful, and were all wicked fighters and awesome magicians, but they all sat around all the time in their nice little secluded forest. They never did anything.
Same with what they were learning. She and Eragon and the dragons would get up every day, go practice out in the training fields for an hour, then return to Oromis to learn the Ancient Language or about life or the history of the elves or something like that. They'd stretch and do yoga and meditate and it was boring. They'd have to tune into the lessons the dragons were having at the same time, then be sent home with things to read and questions to answer and no meat to eat. It was interesting, sure, but dull.
I thought I'd left school on the other side of the rainbow, Miranda grumbled to Thaw one day.
You did. Come on, it's not that bad.
Meh. Feels like school to me.
I suppose.
They wandered in silence through the outskirts of the elven city, talking of thing of little consequence, like the future, the end of the world, and Eragon. And the famed Blood Oath Celebration.
How long until Agaetí Blödhren? Miranda asked.
Two weeks.
Wow. Time flies. It's been, what, four months?
Yes. You know what you're going to do? Thaw asked.
Yeah. You?
Yep. I wonder how Cassidy and Elva are.
I'm sure they're loving the heat, Miranda replied. An explosion of light cut off Thaw's response, and they found themselves standing before a very familiar piece of architecture and an even more familiar person.
"Hey Miranda! Hi Thaw!"
What the heck? Thaw muttered.
"Julia?" Miranda exclaimed.
"The one and only! Well, not really."
"I have to know. Are you the werewolf princess of Sylivia and the long lost sister of Legolas?"
"…"
"Right. Ok, sorry, I wasn't sure if Ari was kidding."
"…"
"Yeah, so… how's life?"
Julia blinked, then refocused. "Awesome. Your parents say hi. Officially, you're dead from a terrorist bomb at school. But your parents know the truth. Mostly. Same with Cassidy's parents. I can't really stay, I have to go rescue Princess Leia in ten minutes, just wanted to stop by. See you around! By Thaw, be good."
"…Uh, bye Jules. Have fun."
Bye, youngling.
Julia muttered something and returned through the gate, which reverted back to its normal form. Thaw looked down at Miranda.
That's Julia.
"Yep."
She's very… hyper.
"Yep."
Shall we head back?
"Sure."
They spent one more moment looking at where Julia had just been. Then a small brown furry being shot out of the tree and thumped into Miranda. She looked, amazed, as the squirrel bounced off her, spun around 360 degrees, flipped twice, and landed.
"A squirrel?"
"An abso-freaking-lutely amazing kung-fu squirrel," the squirrel answered. "Named Maggie."
"Ah. Well, hello Maggie."
Don't worry, she wont bite, another voice said.
"Well, that's good," Miranda replied. "But who are you? Oh. Werecat. Hello."
Hello.
"Am I allowed to learn your name? Or is that your werecat secret?"
The werecat purred, laughing. My name is Annahh, she replied.
"Well, hello Annahh, hi Maggie. I'd really like to stay and talk but I have homework." She made a face. "So I'll see you two around. Bye!"
-o-o-o-o-o-
The two weeks leading up to the Blood Oath Celebration passed quickly. Lessons, training, flying, conversations, and other activities filled the days. It seemed like no time had passed. Oromis had neglected to inform them until the week before, but Miranda and Thaw each had their own additions to the talent show, though the not-so-small dragon wouldn't say what it was she was bringing.
On the eve of Agaetí Blödhren, elves gathered around the Menoa tree, which was hung like a Christmas evergreen with lanterns and elves.
At the stroke of midnight, Queen Islanzadí reached out her arm and a pale orb cam together in her palm. She stepped forward and carefully placed it in a hollow in the tree. The Blood Oath Celebration had begun.
Apologies for the filler, but we all know there are about five major plot points in Eldest. 1) Roran leads Carvenhall to the Varden in Surda 2) Nasuada takes charge and moves the Varden to Surda and enlist in their help 3) Eragon goes to the elves and learns stuff 4) Eragon's back gets fixed while he learns stuff and Arya totally turns him down 5) the climax, where we find out some interesting family history. I mean, really, that's it. So, I don't think there's anything of meaning in here (except the passage of time), but two of my friends (that's the squirrel and the werecat) requested cameos... so I have a filler chapter. Please review anyways!
