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After a day of riding, unable to move, and being switched from Snowfire to Tornac, we finally stopped. We were about twenty miles from my house, and had seen no sign of soldiers since our narrow escape. When we finally stopped, Eragon and Murtagh got off and made camp. They set up a tent, which I was pretty sure was for me, got me off Tornac, and untied me. I rubbed my wrists, sat down, and did the same to my ankles. I looked at the tent. "I am not sleeping in there."

"Elizabeth, we want you to have privacy." Murtagh said, after looking at Eragon. I shook my head, and repeated what I had said, only a little more forcefully.

"Liz," Eragon said, shortening my name so it was easier to say, "I insist that you sleep in there. That way you don't have to worry about us." He said, smiling. I smiled at him, but shook my head.

"I trust you, and I trust that neither of you will do anything with Saphira and my dragon around. Speaking of which, when will it be able to talk?"

"It will be able to talk in a few months. Then you can find out what sex it is and name it." Eragon replied. I thanked him, walked over, got my dragon off Snowfire, where it had rode the entire time, even when I was on Tornac, and stroked it behind the head and the back corner of the jaws. It started purring and put it's head against my chest. I smiled, grabbed my pack, sat it down by a log, and sat down on the log.

"Eragon, can you please start a fire? I will cook some meat my dad gave me with my secret spices." I smiled at their shocked, then happy faces. Apparently they liked my cooking.

"Sure." Eragon said, muttering a word.. All of a sudden, a fire was going in the little pile I had made of leaves and twigs. I added larger sticks, brought out a skillet, and put some meat in it, then put it over the fire. I added some of my spices, and let it cook. When it was done, I took it off the skillet, and put the meat on some plates I had brought with me. We ate, and then got ready to go to bed. I went into the forest, out of sight, and put on my dark purple nightgown that wasn't tight, I went back to camp, rested my head on my pack, and fell asleep. I dreamt of Eragon, Saphira, and my dragon, which I hoped was a girl.

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When I woke up, I was in the tent, with a blanket over me, a pillow under my head, and a Murtagh watching me. He smiled at me when he noticed I was awake. I looked around and saw my dragon, its head in Murtagh's lap as he stroked it where I had last night. "You have a very protective dragon. It wouldn't let me move you in here, Eragon had to. And it wouldn't let me sit here unless I stroked it where you had." Murtagh told me. I smiled when I noticed it had grown about two feet over the night.

"Well, now I know it won't let anything happen to me if it can help it, unless it trusts the person. "I said, laughing.

"Then I know it don't trust me." Murtagh replied, laughing also.

"Can you leave so I can get dressed?" I asked him. He nodded and left. After he left, I pulled out a dark blue riding shirt, black riding pants, and some riding shoes. I put them on, stepped out, and smiled at Eragon and Murtagh's surprised faces. I noticed that we had a dark bay horse with us today, along with Tornac and Snowfire. I walked over and stroked it. I checked and saw it was a mare. I climbed on, put her in a full gallop, ran her a ways, and she never slowed. I turned her around and headed back for camp. I stopped her and looked her over again.

"Darklightening..." I murmured. "Darklightening, you're the fastest horse I have ever seen."

"You chose a good name for her, Liz." Eragon said. "That's what I told Murtagh would be a good name for her when I saw you take off."

"Well, I chose it because she's a dark bay," and seeing Murtagh's confused face, explained. "Which means a very dark brown, with black mane, tail, and socks, which go from the top of the hoof to the knee; also because she's as fast as lightening. So...`Darklightening`."

"Cool."

"Well, lets get going." I said. I had noticed that while I was gone, they had taken down the tent and were in the process of packing the rest of the stuff when I had come back. They finished packing the stuff while I saddled up Snowfire and Tornac. I mounted Darklightening, took my dragon from Murtagh after thanking him, and was glad that I had no tack; the growth spurt my dragon had had would have made it very uncomfortable. I reached my mind out toward Darklightening's and calmed her down. She was very nervous because of Saphira and my dragon. When she calmed down, I smiled, tapped my heels to her sides, and took off at a gallop. I yelled happily into the wind as I felt it rush past me. My dragon roared into the wind also. I looked back and could hardly see Murtagh and Eragon. I looked up and saw soldiers in the distance. I groaned, then noticed that they were coming towards us, so I turned and headed back to Murtagh and Eragon.

"Soldiers! About a mile ahead! Heading towards us!" I gasped out when I got to them and caught my breath. Eragon and Murtagh were shocked. We stopped, Eragon and Murtagh covered themselves, Snowfire, and Tornac in dust; Darklightening and I were already covered in dust. I told my dragon to stay still and quiet, then put it in a wool pack, which Eragon cut a hole into for air. We got back on the horses and started out at a walk. The soldiers passed us and kept going. When they were out of sight, Eragon cleaned us all off with a spell. We continued west, towards the Hadarac Desert. I stayed with Eragon and Murtagh the rest of the time, riding in between them. We camped that night in a field by an empty farmhouse. I cooked again, and this time fell asleep in the tent.

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