Questions, questions. Alright, so I'm going to start by answering the many questions from the review from, Shruikan1

Will Nick and Andy get dragon?: Not going to say yet

What happened to the other two dragon eggs: They are carrying them with them, they are just out of sight, and Julia is really more focused on the novelty of Alagaesia.

Are all of them training in swordplay, or only Julia: They are all training. Though Julia doesn't realize it yet, Eragon knows that since she is a Rider, her brothers would make very powerful hostages, who would be easy to attain if they are vulnerable to attack.

When is Ione going to get her training from Saphira: As soon as she is large enough to fly, she will begin physical training, Eragon and Saphira are already teaching her and Julia about the Varden and Riders.

Will all of them get dragons: Again, just wait and see.

Alright, so that's all the questions, also, to Hazelcloud, Ryuu814, Writer of the North, and NationalWonder, Thank you so much for reviewing repeatedly, I get really excited every time I see a review, so again, thanks! Okay, I think I've talked long enough, so onto the story!

Vakna Unin Alageasia

Chapter 9

Another Hatchling!

"Ugh…" I groaned as I woke up, the entire right side of my body aching, most likely from the lesson the day before. Then I noticed what had woken me up, though it was still dark. Nick and Eragon were in a fierce argument.

"No!! I don't know who you are, but you're dragging us off to some rebel group in the south, just because a dragon hatched for my sister! You have soldiers searching for you! We had to Kill people because Julia looked at them funny while they were guarding some eggs! They can have their stupid eggs for all I care! I shouldn't need to use a sword, because I shouldn't have crazy soldiers after me!"

"You don't understand! This is the only way you'll be safe! As soon as anyone finds out that Julia has a dragon, you will have the King and a lot more soldiers after you, to conscript her to the King's forces."

"That is the point! We shouldn't need to have any one after us! And seeing that you say you're the most wanted person in the Empire, it's not helping matters…"

By this time I was up and had stumbled over to the boys.

Humans, you're so noisy. Ione said.

Ione, I'm human

I know… She gave the equivalent of a grin at me

You've been talking to Saphira too much

Hmph, Well she is the only other of my race around here

True enough And I turned to the arguing boys

"What the heck are you arguing about?" I asked them.

"Nick doesn't quite understand the situation and believes that you three in addition to Ione should go a different way from Saphira and I." Eragon said.

"Exactly! Because of him we had a whole bunch of soldiers attack us, and he's obviously one of the most wanted criminals in this entire world! The soldiers can have their eggs, dragons or not!" my nearly hysterical brother shouted, picking up the coppery orange out of the pack.

"That was different, your sister looked at what they were carrying, and they decided her telling anyone her suspicions wasn't worth the risk, and as for me being a criminal, I won't deny that I am the enemy of the Empire, but that is only because the Empire is wrong."

"Exactly.. you're putting us all in danger…"

"Guys! Calm down!" I shouted to make myself heard, and it worked, "Rhoth, I think we should go with Eragon as…" Then a revelation hit me. "Eragon, did you call him Nick?"

"Yes." Both boys chorused, then Eragon continued, "Nick made a mistake and called Andy by his real name, then they revealed the rest earlier this morning. I cannot say I agree with your choices, but I understand why you did it, I might have done the same myself. That is what started this argument."

"Alright, well then Nick, I think we should stay with Eragon. He is the only person in this world we know…"

"This world?" Eragon interrupted.

"One problem at a time please." I think Eragon only stopped because he saw I was taking his side against Nick, so I continued, " Nick, like I said, he is the only person in this world we know, and even if we did know someone else, how would we get there?"

"We could walk."

"We're in the middle of the desert, and as Eragon said, once anyone finds out that I have Ione, we're going to have a whole lot more soldiers after me."

"Then we could live alone away from everyone else while we try to figure out how to get back."

"What would we eat? And what about Ione, if we can get back?"

"We could hunt."

"Hunt what? We're in the middle of the desert, and how?"

"I don't know! We'll think of some…"Nick was saying, though beginning to sound defeated before a loud crack rang through the air, punctuated by a yell from Nick. He dropped the dragon egg he had been holding the entire time.

"No. Way." I whispered staring at it, while Nick was dumbfounded, and Eragon said, "Impossible."

Another crack rang through the air, as it appeared on the egg. Two minutes later, standing before us was a small coppery orange dragon, licking itself.

Nick, who was now looking very bewildered, reached out to touch it with his left hand. Then, remembering what had happened to me when Ione had hatched, I tried to warn Nick…

"Nick don't do that! You'll…"

Too late. Nick screamed louder than I thought possible, as he fell to the ground, shaking."

Eragon looked at him with sympathy, while I dropped to my knees next to my agonized brother. I knew exactly what he felt like, having only experienced it two days before.

"He'll be okay right?" I asked the more experienced Rider.

"Yes, you felt it yourself when you and Ione created your mental link."

Then Andy came stumbling over to where we were.

"Whasgoinon?" He mumbled, rubbing his eyes. Then, his eyes widened as he saw Nick writhing on the ground, though Nick didn't appear to be in quite as much pain as he had been before.

"What happened!?!" He nearly shouted while, Saphira, whom I noticed for the first time had been hunting, landed about 10 feet away.

"A dragon has hatched for Nick." Eragon said solemnly

Nick was now lying on the ground, still shaking, though he didn't appear to be in much pain anymore.

Ione, who had been silent the entire time, though she had been sending me a constant stream of emotions, finally began talking to me.

This is amazing! I had thought that I would have been the only dragon besides Saphira in the Varden.

Not anymore, though this is amazing to me too. That another dragon hatched, and for Nick!

What are you going to do now? Nick and Eragon were having the argument earlier over what to do.

I think we should stay with Eragon, actually that is what we will do. I don't care what Nick thinks. I think that it will be the safest for us.

Good, I was hoping you would say that, I really do not want to be hunted by hundreds of soldiers.

Me neither…

Our conversation ended because Nick had finally sat up, and was staring at the glowing silvery red scar on his hand, while the coppery orange dragon walked around him.

"It will be fine. It was your dragon creating a connection with you." Eragon explained to him.

It is getting light, we need to leave Saphira noted, projecting her thoughts to everyone.

For the first time, we humans noticed that the campfire's light was not the only one.

"She is right." Eragon said, "We need to leave. Nick, I will explain everything to you after we have left."

My dazed brother, who was stroking the orange dragon, nodded, then began to help us clear the area nearby.

It took us about five minutes to clear the camp, of everything, including the makeshift wooden swords Eragon had made the night before. While Eragon used magic to clear the area of all tracks, I took a moment to braid my hair, so that it wouldn't fly in my face while we were in the air.

My hair was a strange very very dark brown, which looked almost black. It was a shade of hair I had only seen on other people a few times in my life. Even my brothers had much lighter hair than I did, though their hair was still an average brown color hair.

When Eragon had cleared our tracks, and we were all seated on Saphira's back, she took off.

While we were in the air, first Eragon and Saphira explained to Nick what had happened, while Ione and I listened to them, storing this information in our heads. We did not land for two days, during which time Ione had reached the size of a very large dog, and Eragon and Saphira conveyed information to us about the Varden and the Riders. We also discussed the events of the past few days, especially how we had run into Ione's, the orange dragon's and the white eggs.

Alright, so there progressing to Feinster. The next chapters may take place over a longer amount of time, because it's been 9 chapters, over the course of 4 days, 6 if you count the two I added in at the end. I am also making Ione grow a bit faster than Saphira did, because I want her to be flying by the time they arrive at Feinster. On a different note, I'm curious as to why chapter 7 has more hits than chapter 6, because wouldn't you need to chapter 6 before reading chapter 7. Strange. Anyway, please review this chapter. I probably will update soon, because I have several scenes playing themselves out in my head, but review anyway.