I know that last chapter didn't have much in it, but I promise some exciting things will happen in this one! Like you will see that Nasuada hints that she lik- Uh….Let's not ruin the surprises….anyway, something really interesting happens to Adriane, and You get a really big prize if you can guess why it happened!!!! Please review!

Chapter XI:

"Nasuada wants to see you here." Said Eragon.

"I have a really Karaish question but I'm gonna ask it anyway." Adriane said. "Do you like Arya?"

Eragon turned bright red.

"He likes her alright." Emily said quietly.

"Does she like you?" Adriane said slyly.

"She rejected." Eragon whispered.

Emily smiled evilly. "Then how about this?" she said, her voice filled with evil. "If you start wearing red, then she will like you."

Eragon was about to nod, but then his common sense screamed at him. He looked suspiciously at Emily, like she was a snake about to bite him but trying to tell him that it would never do such a thing. "How do you know?" The balls around his head started to spin.

Adriane rolled her eyes. "Because she's a girl." She said, like it the most obvious thing in the entire universe.

"Oh." He said, uncomfortable at the thought of wearing all red. "Uuuummmmmmmmmmmmm…………Uuummmmm….."

"You don't need to thank us." Emily said with fake smile. She turned her head toward where Adriane was, dragging Kara in their direction, with Arya following close behind.

"Okay." Adriane said when she got there. "What on Earth is going to happen?"

Emily raised her eyebrows. ""What on Earth?"" She looked at Adriane as if she had expected something better.

Adriane looked greatly offended.

Emily sighed. "Sorry." She said. "I thought that you weren't the kind of person who would ever say 'what on earth' because…you know…"

"It's okay." Said Adriane. "It was a complete accident."

"I don't have any idea what you are talking about." Eragon said. "But you should wait here while I get Nasuada because it's all part of the plan."

"Okay." Kara said rolling her eyes.

Eragon nodded."I will be going then."

He didn't see the look Adriane and Emily were sharing. He just smiled and ran as fast as he could, towards Nasuada's place (?), as if he were finally going to have his wish granted, with Arya following close behind.

"Well," Adriane rolled her eyes. "Okay Barbie, you need to plan a torture scene."

""Me?" Kara said, surprised. "Why me?"

"Because you were-" Emily was cut off by a squeaky voice.

"Dee-Dee!"

"Uhh" Kara looked at the tiny golden dragonfly. "How did you get here?" She asked him.

"Dee-Dee go Aldenmor." Said Goldie.

"Uh…Why?" Adriane said.

"Is it an emergency?" Emily asked.

The mini dragon nodded. "We make portal." He squeaked.

"Okay D-flies, line up!" Kara said.

The other dragonflies popped out of thin air and made the portal. "Aldenmor, here I come." Said Adriane nervously. She stepped through.

Ten minutes later………………………………………………………………

The portal reopened, and Adriane came back to Alegasia, her cheeks a light pink (or so Kara suspected), smiling weakly at them, looking slightly prettier than usual.

Something's different about her. Kara thought, She seems….different. "Adriane!" She said as soon as she had enough courage, "How come you look like you're about to do something nice?"

Adriane gave a special smile to Kara. "Really?" Kara's jaw nearly dropped. Adriane's voice was more different. It was still her voice, but it was more…feminine, without her usual Don't-you-dare-cross-me and I'm-the-warrior-and-proud-of-it.

"Adriane," Emily squeaked. "What happened to you?"

Adriane gave the queen-like smile. Again. "Nothing, really." She said, her voice fit for a lovely princess.

Kara stared at her.

"I have news." She said softly.

Kara and Emily just nodded.

"Tasha discovered a way to make goblins humans temporarily. It lasts for about a week at the most, but you can get back to being a goblin anytime."

"So…does that mean Lorren can come with us?" Kara asked.

Adriane nodded. She didn't tease Kara about anything, she just nodded, and hugged Emily for no reason at all. Her movements were graceful, reminding Kara of elves, and her eyes sparkled when light touched them.

"I have a question Adriane." Kara said.

"Are you about to ask when Lorren and Zach will arrive?" Again Kara was surprised. Adriane was also starting to remind her of the elf-lady-queen-person in lord of the rings (sorry! I was reading lord of the rings for a while, so you have to read it to figure out what I'm talking about).

Kara and Emily blinked.

"I will take that as a yes." Adriane whispered. "They will come after a few minutes."

Emily and Kara looked at each other.

Adriane looked at them knowingly.

"Stop freaking me out Adriane." Kara said, trembling.

Adriane kissed Kara's cheek. "How I wish you were my sister sometimes." She whispered. "It does get lonely once in a while." Kara stood frozen in the spot. Adriane smiled as if she knew everything. "It would be nice if you could open the portal Kara." She said quietly and politely.

Kara nodded. "Dragonflies, come out" She squeaked, fearful of Adriane(don't ask me why). The dragonflies popped out and awaited their orders.

"Make a portal to Aldenmor." Emily said.

The D-flies nodded, and spun around until the portal was there.

Zach came out first, dragging something along with him. It was a while before Kara saw that the something was Lorren. "What did you do to him?" Kara said.

Zach smiled. "He won't believe me when I said he didn't look awful, so I dragged him along. Look what I brought" He handed Dreamer to Adriane.

Kara jumped when Adriane made a comment. It wasn't the comment that surprised her, it was the fact that Adriane's voice and personality was back to normal. "You're back!" She said, "Never freak me out. Ever!" She hugged Adriane, then danced around her, singing random songs, while Adriane looked at her, puzzled.

"What is she talking about?" Adriane asked Emily.

Emily just shook her head.

"Hey Adriane." Lorren said. "I heard you are a great singer."

Adriane raised her eyebrows.

"I'm innocent." Zach said guiltlessly.

"Whatever." Adriane said. "The three of us have fake names, so you should try to call us by that. I'm Xena, Kara's Barbie, and Emily's Emmie."

"Wait a minute," Emily said. "Can I be Lily instead?"

"Sure." Said Kara. "You two should have fake names too."

"No way!" Lorren said. "I-"

"We could call you Lorenzo." Kara suggested.

"Okay."

"We need a fake name for you too." Adriane said to Zach.

Zach nodded.

"How about Marlin?" Emily said.

Adriane shook her head.

"Nico?" Kara said.

Zach rolled his eyes. "No way."

"Oooo! Oooo! I know! I know!" Emily said excitedly, jumping up and down. "I think Percy's good!"

"We're not using names from Percy Jackson and the Olympians." Kara said

Author: HOW COULD YOU?! And I was thinking of using-

Adriane: Don't ruin the surprises.

Author: *sniffs* Okay. No wonder I always favor you Adriane, you're the best! *vanishes*

"I think someone's coming." Zach said.

"Me too." Adriane agreed. "If it's Nasuada, and she asks you what your name is, just tell her to guess, okay?"

Zach nodded.

Soon they saw Eragon and Arya with someone else, a lady, who looked African-American, with them. That must be Nasuada. Kara thought.

"You are the mages?" Nasuada said, not bothering to hide her surprise.

"Yep." Kara said with fake confidence, and glamour, and glory, and all those positive Kara stuff.

"But-"

"Hey, no buts." Kara said. "I'm Barbie and that all-black person over there is Xena and that other one is Lily. We call a situation like this a problem that's rated two in a scale of seven."

"Really?" Said Nasuada.

Asdriane nodded. "Don't worry." She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm, "We're, like, professional world-savers."

"The three of you are only about…sixteen…" Nasuada didn't notice the look the girls were giving each other (or maybe she ignored it…). "How can you prove that you can really do what you claim you can do?"

"How about….We prove it?" Adriane said. Dreamer nodded, showing his agreement. (oh in case anyones wondering Eragon and Arya are just staying silent and watching).

"Do not play with me." Nasuada said. "Out of pity, I shall fight you myself. Which one of you girls will go first?"

Adriane and Kara looked at each other. "How about this," Kara said. "If one of us wins, then you will have to accept the fact that we are what we 'claim' to be."

"I agree." Said Arya. "And so does Eragon." She nodded at him.

"Then I shall fight you." Nasuada said.

Adriane nodded. "I'll do it!" She said cheerfully.

"Yay!" Kara said. "I'll be cheering for ya!" She immediately went into full cheerleader mode, cheering for Adriane.

"We need some rules." Emily said.

"Yes." Said Eragon. "The first one will be no cheating."

Emily nodded. "And the second one will be don't get too violent."

"That is all?" Nasuada said in surprise.

"Can the 3rd one be that you can't get help from outside?" Kara said.

"Can we get on with it already?" Adriane asked them.

"Okay." Emily said. "3….2….1….start!"

Nasuada was using a long knife. She tried to cut Adriane with it, but the Warrior dodged it. Nasuada screamed "Coward!"

Adriane smiled at her. Then she jumped twenty feet into the air, and warped her opponent with her amber magic.

Meanwhile, Arya and Eragon gasped. "She dose not look like an elf." Arya said. "But she has the speed of one."

Adriane smiled as she saw Nasuada being thrown off balance, and landing on her butt(uh…that wasn't very nice…..). "I give up." Nasuada said. "And I mean it."

Adriane smiled. "Okay." She said. And hugged Dreamer.

"What is that dog?" Nasuada asked.

Dreamer growled, and showed the leader of the Varden his fierce teeth.

"Wolf." Adriane corrected. "If you call him a dog, then he will probably want to kill you."

"You like wolves?" Asked Arya, surprised.

Adriane hugged Dreamer again, then she smiled at Arya, Eragon, and a surprised-looking Nasuada.

"You like wolves?" Eragon said, echoing Arya.

Adriane smiled at him, unaware (or ignoring), of the waves of jealousy and hate (I don't think he really means that!) coming off a certain someone.

Nasuada's POV--------

She glanced at the two boys who had come with the girls. Then she quickly looked at Xena. The girl was having a conversation with Eagon and Arya, along with the boys.

"Nasuada," Said a voice behind her.

"Yes Lily?"

"Can you tell me and Barbie a bit more about…stuff…?" The red-haired girl sounded nervous, but her friend looked all right.

Nasuada nodded. "We are working with dwarves, elves, and urugals." She said. "They all hate Galbatorix."

"Dwarves and Elves?!" Lily exclaimed. "Remember the time…."

Nasuada's mind drifted off into space for a few minutes, then it came back to Alageasia again. She looked around her, and something bright caught her eyes' attention. So she looked at it and discovered that it was someone's hair. OMG! Nasuada thought, IT'S ONE OF THOSE BOYS AND………his hair is soooooo pretty………The way it sits on it's head is grrreaat! I think I'm falling in love with it…..It's like all sandy, but such nice sand, and it's so shiny and…………………………………………………………..OMG I just HAVE to do something about it before I go insane and have a mad crush on that pretty hair………. Her mind floated away in a world of it's own…

(Author's note: I guess it's not nice *cough* to have a crush on some hair, but oh well…..now Nasuada's insane! Yaya! INSANITY RULEZ! I didn't plan that hair thing, but oh well……)

….Then came back when she noticed the sandy-haired boy's face…..and……..soon her head was in the clouds, thinking, and fantasizing, what it would be like to……………

(Author's note: You all know what's happening right? Sorry, But I'm not insanely in love with Zach right now, and never will…… so….you see………….I had to observe everything in cry of the wolf about him and Adriane's descriptions really helped!

Adriane: Ahem

Author: Uh…..On with the story!……………………? I think I'm evil.)

"Nasuada? Are you there?" Said a voice.

"I think she's staring at a certain someone." Another voice said.

"Are you there Nasuada?" Asked the first voice again.

Nasuada was yanked out of her daydreams. "Uh………yes" She said sheepishly.

"What were you doing?" Barbie asked slyly.

"Thinking." She replied.

"Who were you thinking about?" Lily's voice was equally devious.

"I was-I was……….thinking about a plan I had in mind." She said, nervous, and wondering if they had guessed.

"What kind of plan?" Xena had asked the question, since by now, everyone was gathered around her, eagerly waiting for her answer, including that boy.

Nasuada wondered what his name was, so she decided to ask. (Dead giveaway, I'm guessing). "What's your name?" she asked him.

The boy looked around, and pointed to himself. "Me?" He asked. "You have to guess my name."

"Why?"

"It's not like he's under your command you know," Said Xena.

Nasuada looked at her in a disapproving way.

Xena looked around innocently, but when she caught the sandy-haired boy's eye, they both started laughing hysterically. Moreover, I dare say, a certain famous and respected girl was starting to feel jealousy with all it's power.

"Don't worry," Said Lily. "That's kind of normal."

Ten minutes later…………………..

ADRIANE"S POV-------------------------

"Look!" Adriane pointed at the orcs.

She Threw an ball of flame at them while Zach stopped the attacks from the orcs and spiders. A few immortal soldiers came at them

Twenty minutes later……………………..

"They work for the Dark sorceress and the spider witch." Zach said grimly.

"So that means………….." Adriane's voice trailed off.

"I know." Kara whispered.

"If it was only Galbatorix, than it would have been a problem." Emily said.

Adriane nodded. She voiced all their thoughts "But now it's a crisis."

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