Chapter 10

Most of the night my dreams were very blissful but in the early hours of morning they shifted into a vivid dream that had such clarity that I

knew it was a vision because I had had dreams like this before. The sky wheeled overhead sometimes I could not tell whether I was looking

at the ground or at the sky. I knew I was on Saphira, I could hear the roars of other dragons and the sound of men dying, the cry of gore

crows, but I also heard the sound of Urgals bellowing. But there was a sound I was not familiar with and it was a little bit unnerving. A clap

of thunder shook the dream and I bolted upright covered in sweat. I was breathing hard, it took me a few minutes to come to my senses and

see the room around me. Arya woke slightly asking if I was ok all I said was "I am fine I am just going to go for a walk I will be back soon,

just rest all is well." She fell back asleep almost instantly. I got out of bed careful not to wake Saphira as I went out of our apartment. I

walked through Vroengard till I was outside the gate sitting on a rock by the water's edge. The air from the sea always had helped calm me

since we had lived here and I often came here to think about things. I took off my boots and let my feet dangle in the water as I looked out

across the sea. I had my mind open to everything around me so I knew when Murtagh was coming up behind me. "Aren't you suppose to be

asleep?" I asked him Murtagh came up next to me and answered "I have not been able to sleep all night and I wanted to talk to you, I saw

you from my window so I came down here." I smiled at that then asked "Well what did you want to talk about." Murtagh was silent looking

down at his feet until I said "Murtagh you can talk to me about anything that is bothering you I will not judge you." Murtagh sighed and

asked "Why did you forgive me so easily I did so many horrible things to you so why would you forgive me and do so much for me." I looked

at Murtagh and said "You once told me how hard your life had been as a child up until the first time we went to the Varden in Farthen Dûr.

You also said that you wished that someone would see you for you rather than what your father had done. I assumed that what happened

when you were forced to serve Galbatorix also went under that same category of you wanting to be seen for you not what you were forced

to do. I remember that you once forgave me for prying into your past but at the time I felt it necessary, and even though you were my

enemy during the war I never stopped wanting to help you and Thorn break your oaths to Galbatorix I spent hours trying to think of way to

help you after every conflict with you. I was glad I was able to help you in the end and I know that if our roles had been reversed you would

have done the same thing for me. That is why I forgave you that and you are my brother after all what is family for if not forgiveness and

smacking some sense into you when you need it." Murtagh laughed at that last bit and said "Well I am glad that you forgave me Eragon I

never thought you would and now I know why you did. It makes me glad to know there is someone I can count on to have my back and to

count as family." I nodded but said nothing. We sat in silence for a few minutes then Murtagh said "Well I should probably go and get ready

for the day I will see you later." I nodded and bid him farewell. I stayed at the waterside for another hour watching the sun rise then I went

back to Arya and my apartment so I could get ready for the day. When I got there Arya was already awake she was waiting for me. "Where

were you Eragon I have been worried." I explained to her the dream I had, that I had gone down by the ocean side to calm my thoughts as I

usually did when I had things on my mind, and I also told her about my conversation with Murtagh. Arya was a little unnerved about the

dream as well but she let it go she was just glad I was ok. Soon we both went off for the day of teaching first her and I taught the four riders

we had at the time then Arya went to do what she wanted to when she had nothing to do the other riders finished their training right now

after about five hours but Roran kept going because of the magic training only one other had joined him on that regard which was Adriana

but Roran was much more advanced than her so I would train Adriana first for about two hours by that time she was thoroughly exhausted

so I sent her to get some rest then I would train Roran for a long while till he was too tired to go on. After that we had dinner and I trained

Murtagh at night because he already knew the basics of everything so I just had to do other training with him like how to do some spells that

he did not know even existed and teach him the things like focusing his mind so that he did not have a problem fighting with an empty mind

and then we would clash swords and after that I would spend some time with Arya and the both her and I would go to sleep for the night. It

continued on this way for many months as it usually did. But the only difference this time is that Arya was pregnant and as the months past

she became less and less able to do things because of her energy being sapped by the pregnancy I was getting worried.