Drunk
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A/N: thnx to all my reviewers! I really appreciate it. Due to objection by my 1st and most loyal reviewers, Fredsonetrueluv, I decided to no let Nasuada be captured by the Razac.
Eragon awoke to find himself on a soft bed. He groaned as he pushed himself up. "You wake at last Eragon." He heard his master say.
"What happened?"
"Well, Thorn's oaths were deeper than I expected. Galbatorix made him swear horrible oaths." Replied Oromis. "The spell used too much power so you fainted."
"Did anyone else faint?"
Oromis sighed "Yes, both my spell casters fainted as well. You aren't the only one, don't think that you are weak. But I have to apologise, I miscalculated and you almost died. If you had, the Queen would have my head."
Eragon smiled. "It's ok master. So is Thorn free of his oaths?"
"Yes he is Eragon, he's out with the other dragons" Oromis smiled.
Eragon felt Saphira touch her mind. "You wake at last little one."
"Saphira! How are you, why did you block me out of your mind like that?"
"I am well" she said smugly. "All the dragons in Alagaesia had a dream, we were called by a dragon egg."
"That reminds me, the dragon egg, has it hatched?"
"Stop interrupting my story!!!" said Saphira with a raised voice.
"Ok ok, peace my good dragon"
"So, on with my story. Because Glaedr and I were closer, we got there first and realised that Shruikan and Thorn would come."
"What?! Shruikan came" said Eragon interrupting Saphira.
"There you go again! Interrupting my story! Now I know how Brom feels." Said Saphira rather hurt.
"I'm sorry Saphira, but I wish you didn't remind me of Brom…" said Eragon feeling tears swell up in his eyes as he thought of Brom.
"I'm sorry little one, but will you let me continue my story without interruption?"
"Yes, of course. Please continue."
"Well we figured that Shruikan wouldn't come because Galbatorix would prevent him from doing so, but we figured that Thorn would come so we planned to capture him. We hid and when Thorn was busy examining the egg, I popped out. He thought it was a trap so he tried to escape but Glaedr got in his way. Considering that Glaedr is the size of a small hill, it would've been very difficult for Thorn to escape. We then caught him and brought him to you and Oromis. That is the end of my story Eragon, you can now speak" said Saphira happily.
"So what happened after I fainted?" enquired Eragon.
"Well, the spell took more energy than any of us expected. You and Master Oromis's spell casters started fainting one by one. Thorn saw this and knew that if he didn't help, you, master Oromis and the two spell caster would die. With that, Glaedr and I would also die. If that occurred, there would be no resisting the King. So, he used his own power and aided the spell. The spell was aimed at him so his help was very useful and the spell was complete" Saphira smiled.
"Saphira, I'm going to get something to eat, do you want to come?"
Saphira considered for awhile. "Yes I will come."
Eragon and Saphira went into the large dining hall at Ellesmera and asked for some food. "Oops" said Saphira, "I forgot that no one in Ellesmera ate meat."
"You can go hunt something, it won't bother the elves much, and they let you do it before. Just don't bring the carcass inside, eat it outside then you can come and have a drink with me."
"Something alcoholic?" suggested Saphira.
"…possibly" Eragon winked.
Two days later…
Saphira was sprawled over the floor. "Wha… Era…go…wha…happened?"
"HAHAHA Saphira, you drank so much! You've been asleep for two days."
"Oh… I never thought I would drink that much…" said Saphira guiltily.
"So how does your head feel?"
"Bad… it still throbs… So how much did I actually drink?"
"Four barrels." Said Eragon trying to control his laughter.
"WHAT?! I don't remember anything after my third."
"The elves are still laughing over the matter. It isn't the first time you drank a lot but this has got to be the funniest," said a laughing Eragon. "You were trying to dance. You scared a lot of the elves away. This will be sung in songs for generations. Saphira the drunken dragon."
"Grr… Eragon where are you?"
"I'm coming. The cook is still trying to find you for drinking what would have been one year worth of mead. He also had to do a lot of mopping."
Eragon strode into the tree house with a grin.
"Good to see you Saphira."
"You too little one."
"I think you should get some more rest. We should continue training tomorrow. We have been here more many days but we still haven't got any training done."
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Nasuada felt giant claws grab her arm. She used a free arm and stabbed it. The sword just slid of its leathery skin, only putting a small cut in it. As she flew higher, she heard several people call her name. Several of her spell casters attempted to kill he thing by sending bolts of magic. The Lethrblaka easily avoided these. Nasuada tried to stab the thing again, this time making a bloody wound on the thin membrane of its wing. This caused the Lethrblaka to drop several feet. This gave the elves the chance they needed. The elven spellcasters gathered all their power into the leader of Oromis's elves. "Risa!" yelled the elf, the sound echoing through the battlefield. The silver haired elf flew into the air, rising above the Lethrblaka then landed on its back with a thud kicking the Ra'zac off in the process. The elf took its place and placed his hand over the Lethrblaka's head muttering a string of words. Suddenly, a blue nimbus of magic appeared upon the elf's hand. He flung it into the leathery head, killing the beast instantly. The Lethrblaka dropped down immediately, releasing her.
She fell for what seemed like forever… then she blacked out.
Two days later, Nasuada found herself inside her command tent. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. Suddenly Jeod strode in. "You are awake at last Lady Nasuada. We won the war!"
"That's great! So what happened after I fell?"
"Well the elves cast some spell to make you fall to the ground softly but you were going too fast so you still hit the ground rather hard. After the elves managed to the Ra'zac and Lethrblaka, the Empire lost yet more morale. We then crushed them against the Jiet River. Some escaped by jumping into the river, other managed to break though our circle but most either surrendered or are dead. Well I was going to ask you what we were to do with those that surrendered," explained Jeod
"Tell Du Vrangr Gata and the elves to examine each of their minds,"
"Lady Nasuada, do you know how long it would take to examine more than 2 thousand minds!?" exclaimed Jeod
"Yes I do Jeod, but it shouldn't take too long. You know what you are looking for and most of these people don't know how to shield their mind anyway," stated Nasuada.
"Ok, I will tell Du Vrangr Gata to give it shot."
"Oh and Jeod, do you have any information regarding the Black Hand?"
"I do have a bit of information from Belrose. She said that during the battle, she managed to kill some but there are still others around. She ordered some of her trustworthy spell casters to be guards for you."
"I will not walk around with guards following me!" Nasuada demanded.
"No, no, they will watch you from a far."
Jeod suddenly noticed Nasuada's grim expression. "What's wrong Lady Nasuada. We slew a Ra'zac, we have so many people who surrendered and we won the war. You should be happy."
"No Jeod, we didn't win the war, the only won the battle. The war depends on Eragon."
Ok, that sort of fills in some stuff… Please Review people.
