"Did you say Galron? You are the daughter of Galron?" Eragon asked in shock and tried to remember where he had heard that name. She looked down and nodded slowly as she put down her dragon, Galron. He sat next to her with loyalty and would always look up at her; hoping that she would pet him. Eragon became angry at himself and said,

"That name! Where have I heard that name? I hate myself for . . ." Sariana's eyes lit up and she looked to Eragon.

"You have heard of him? Where have you heard his name? Tell me!" Eragon looked into her eyes and remembered. He remembered Galron fighting Morzan and killing him. Eragon was happy at this thought then he remembered the rest of his dream. He remembered when Morzan took his blade and . . .

"My father killed your father," Eragon said painfully as he sat on a rock in disbelief. Sariana kneeled on the ground to get eye level with him and cupped his face with her cold hands.

"Eragon, how do you know this? Tell me now!" she said demandingly. Eragon looked at her face blankly until he felt tears coming upon him, but he didn't want to anger her so he said quickly,

"A dream." Sariana didn't understand so she questioned him. Eragon said softly,

"I saw your father and my fa . . . Morzan fighting each other. Your father was fighting amazingly and killed Morzan. But Morzan came to life or something like that and killed your . . . it hurts me to say it." Sariana let go of Eragon's face and backed away. She sat on the ground and started to cry, and once she did her dragon came to her aid. He sat in her lap and licked her tears, which made Leona smile. Eragon was saddened to see this, but was also a little angry. He wondered why she had never told him this, why she never told him the real story, and the explanation for her appearance.

"Le . . . Sariana, why have you not told me this?" Eragon said softly coming to her aid as well. She cleaned up her tears with the help of Galron and said,

"Well I guess I have a bit of explaining to do." Eragon agreed and let her to sit on a rock by the fire. Once they were settled Eragon said,

"Alright, so let us start out with this; why do you look like that? I mean you are absolutely beautiful, but it is not how you usually look, I mean you are an elf!" Sariana smiled faintly and said,

"Well, my mother was an elf and my father was a human. I take my father's eyes and smile, the rest is my mother's doing. I look just like my mother people used to tell me." Eragon smiled and then she looked up and said, "What more do you want to know?"

"Everything, starting with your father." Sariana nodded as Galron jumped up on her lap and rested there.

"Well my father was a dragon rider and he had a green dragon just like mine, her name was Vervada." Eragon saw Saphira come closer and settle next to them as Sariana continued.

"They were one of the best in the land, along with Brom and Saphira, who my father was very good friends with and he would come over any chance he could. Anyway, one day my father heard that there were urgals invading a nearby village, and like always he would jump right into action. Unfortunately, my father did not know that Morzan was behind all of this and he came and killed my . . ." She looked down and took a deep breath while Eragon rubbed her back gently. She got up the courage to continue again,

"So after doing that, Morzan came to invade my village, Silthrim. It was such a beautiful city; it was by the beautiful lake, Ardwen. Morzan came and destroyed it looking for my mother and I with the Ra'zac's help. They found us and they got a hold of my mother, but Brom quickly picked me up and tried to save my mother as well, but it was too late. While she was trying to save me one of the Ra'zac stabbed her in the back and she went limp instantly. I saw them kill my mother, Eragon! I saw my mother die right in front of me, and I was only seven!" She started to cry again and this time Eragon held her. She sat back up after a few minutes and continued her story,

"But my mother was not only protecting me, she was protecting the egg." Eragon was pained to hear this and said,

"Your mother was pregnant?" Sariana shook her head and said,

"No, she was protecting Saphira," Eragon looked at Saphira, and to Eragon's surprise she was in no shock to hear this.

"You see, Eragon, my father's dragon, Vervada, is . . ."

My mother. Saphira said in both their heads, finishing Sariana's sentence. Eragon didn't know what to say so Sariana just continued saying,

"Yes, Vervada was Saphira's mother. So while I was off to the Varden and my mother dead, Morzan looked inside our house and saw the egg, and gave it to the king. So when I got to the Varden Brom told me that bad people were after me and he said that he needed to disguise me. So, he used some kind of magic to change my appearance a bit and he changed my name to Leona. He was such a brilliant man, I miss him so much . . . anyway, now that I am a dragon rider the spell is broken somehow. I don't know why but that's the way it is." Eragon nodded and said,

"So, this is you?" Eragon stated. Sariana smiled and said,

"Yes, this is me." Eragon got up and said to her a little angrily,

"Why have you not told me this?" Sariana was baffled but then fund some words to say,

"Eragon, I thought you'd be happy. The reason is because I couldn't really tell anybody. Only a few people I know and they are the ones I really trust." Eragon became offended'

"Oh, so you don't trust me?" Sariana got a little angry now and said,

"I do trust you! If I didn't I wouldn't be telling you about my past!"

"The only reason why you told me your past is because you are in your true appearance, you would have to tell me!" Sariana backed away from him and said,

"Why are you like this? What has gotten into you?" Saphira said in Eragon's mind, Yes, Eragon, what is wrong with you?

Eragon shot a look and raised his voice in his mind, Stay out of this Saphira! This is none of your business! Saphira quickly snapped her jaws at him and hissed, Don't you dare yell at me! And it is my business, since I knew about it first. Eragon became more angered and said to Sariana,

"You told her before me?"

"Well I had no choice, she probed my mind, remember?" Eragon looked at Saphira and said, Why didn't you tell me her past then? I thought we were one! Saphira shot back at him,

She asked me not to. He then turned back to Sariana and said,

"Oh, so you trust Saphira and not me?"

"What are you talking about?" Sariana said.

"You told her not to tell me about your past! Why doesn't anybody trust me and they always trust Saphira?" Sariana ran up to Eragon to try to calm him down but all he did was escape from her and said in a harsh tone,

"Don't touch me!" Galron then got in front of Sariana and roared and snapped his jaws at Eragon, warning him to stay away. Saphira chuckled at his little roar but Eragon did not find this funny or cute anymore. He then looked to Sariana who was now crying on the cold ground. Eragon's instinct was to help her up and comfort her but he stopped himself and let Galron cheer her up. Eragon took one last look at her and turned around and mounted Saphira.

Aren't you going to say goodbye? She asked him. Eragon looked back at Sariana who was still on the ground crying with Galron on her lap muzzling her neck trying to make her feel better but it didn't quite work. Eragon looked down and said softly,

Just go. Saphira snorted and lifted into the air.

What is the matter with you? Are you mad? Eragon! You left her there crying! Eragon clenched his jaw and frowned at the sight of Sariana crying but then he said,

She's a liar, Saphira. I thought you hated liars. Saphira hovered over a sparkling river that was slowly flowing in the night.

Eragon, I know what you mean but she was not ready to trust you yet. Sometimes it takes months or even years to build trust up like that. Eragon got off of Saphira and touched the freezing water and then recoiled from it.

Yes, then why did she trust you? Why does everybody seem to trust you more than me? Eragon roughly sat on the ground and clenched a handful of grass. Saphira neared him and sat next to him as she softly aid in his head,

Because, Eragon, she probably knows that dragons keep a promise no matter what. We are the most trustworthy of all living things. Eragon looked down and sighed then Saphira came into his mind again,

And she wanted to tell you herself when she was ready. And apparently she was and you called her a liar after she had such a hard time talking about it. She was crying, Eragon, and you just made it worse! Eragon then became sorry of his actions and jumped on Saphira who said,

Eragon, what are you doing? Eragon settled himself in the saddle and said,

I must apologize. Saphira smiled and lifted off in the cold air. Eragon huddled close to Saphira to try to catch some warmth. He saw the trees below and he thought about what he was going to say to her. He then saw the waterfall and told Saphira to lower down. Once she touched the ground Eragon jumped off of her and hit the ground. He went to the place where he last left her, but then stopped. He found that she wasn't there, in fact she wasn't anywhere to be found. Eragon looked again but all he saw was the environment around him. Eragon finally called out,

"Sariana!" There was no response and he yelled her name again, but there was no hope. Eragon dropped to the cold ground devastated that she wasn't here. He was desperate to see her; he needed to see her before he left tomorrow. Eragon was sorry for his actions and wished he had never said those things. He looked up to the starry sky and said in a soft voice,

"What have I done?"