Chapter 7

Eragon panicked when he arrived where Glenda suddenly vanished off to. There were absolutely no traces of her of her existence anywhere. The only conclusion he came to was that the feisty girl was being kidnapped by those hooded guys that he spotted earlier. He grabbed the hint of Brisingr and continued moving about, frantically trying to locate the missing girl.

Damn it, where could she be? Eragon wondered in thought. Panicked thoughts rushed through his mind. He soon felt he presence of his dragon enter in.

Hey Eragon. Did you see Cleva? Saphira asked.

No I didn't. Did you notice where Glenda could have went? Eragon asked back, worried.

No. Did she suddenly disappear without a trace? Saphira questioned. He could tell the blue she-dragon was worried sick of the two. Eragon nodded mentally.

Yeah and I promised Murtagh that I would watch over her! Now he'll surely have my head! Eragon sighed and continued moving about. Where could she have gone now?

"Eragon? What's the matter?" Came his foster brother's voice. Eragon twirled around to face him.

"I-I lost her. I-I'm sorry, Murtagh. I tried following her and..." Eragon trailed off and looked down. He felt a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it. Thorn informed me that Cleva disappeared moments after Saphira looked away to speak briefly to Thorn. We'll find her, I"m sure. It's not your fault, Eragon." Murtagh reassured comfortingly towards him. Eragon looked at his brother and sighed.

"I guess your right. Where do you think she might have been gone anyway?" Eragon looked at his brother.

"I don't know." Murtagh admitted."But I have a hunching feeling that she was kidnapped and brought to somewhere and convincing her to work with them." Murtagh's fists were clenched and a bitter tone was brought at the end of his sentence. Eragon frowned.

"We better find her quickly before things turn for the worse." Eragon murmured. Murtagh nodded.

"Yeah and Cleva as well." He agreed. Eragon grabbed the hilt of Brisingr and moved on, deeper into the forest.


"Mn..." Glenda moaned softly in her position. She was just starting to wake and the position she slept was not her favorite one. Her eyes fluttered open and was greeted by the near blinding light near the window. Her eyes narrowed slightly before she got the adjustment through her eyes. She sat up and looked around. She was in a cell, rusted and dirty. She was sleeping on the floor which was hard with brick. Across the room of the cell, was a metal door with a heavy lock on it. The only vision they had was a small bar window for viewers to see. And that Glenda saw a guard walking back and forth.

I can't escape here immediately but why did they brought me here in the first place? Glenda thought, wondering who their kidnappers were and if Cleva was somewhere and hiding. Unfortunately, she sensed no presence of her dragon. She sighed. She got up to her feet and moved around the cell until something on her foot made her loose her footing the moment she was heading for the door. She yelped softly in surprise and looked down. She was attached to a chain on the wall which was only allowing her limited space to move around. Glenda groaned. Heading back to the spot where she slept, she sat down and crossed her legs.

At that moment, the door of the cell clicked open and a hooded man walked right in with two guards accompanying him. Her eyes narrowed at the hooded man, clenching onto something but found there was nothing to clench onto. She then realized her sword Barblitz was in the far corner of the room, far from her reach. She inwardly groaned before turning back to the man.

"You are awake, my lady." The hooded man had a thick accent of some unknown language yet it was merrily deep.

"Who are you?" She asked cautiously.

"Kylie at your service." Came the reply and the hooded man bowed.

"Then why have you brought me here in the first place? And where is my dragon?" She continued questioning although the man would probably give her the answers or not. Kylie smiled under his hood.

"That is quite simple. I want you to work with us to take over all of Alagaesia. Of course, if you turn down our offer, there will be consequences." Kylie explained with a smirk and that of an evil one. Glenda glared at the man, a boiling hatred starting to bubble inside of her.

"What makes you think I'll work with you? I know bloody hell how much Alagaesia suffered from the last time Galbatornix and Shruikan threw rage into this damn world. So no I won't work with the likes of you!" She growled, glaring at Kylie. All the hooded man did was bellow in laughter.

"Interesting. You are much harder than I expected to be. Very well. Let's see how much longer you will last before you actually gave in and join my side." Kylie sneered. With another cackle, Kylie turned his heel and left the cell door. There was another click of the sound of the locking and the cell went silent. Glenda sighed exasperatedly and leaned against the wall of the cell. Just how did she got herself into this mess in the first place?

If anyone can hear me...Please...Get me out of this rusty place... Glenda thought before she closed her eyes.

*End of Chapter 7*


Alllllrriiight! Another chapter done finally! I apologize for the slow updates lately so bear with me. I'm still working on progressing through the story and it's taking me time and effort. Anyway, I will see you all on the next chapter! :D