Eragon POV

"Nasuada!"

She got up and stood and offered her hand for me to take. I took her hand and she said,

"How is it that you are alive and well and traveling the desert? Just one question though, where is Saphira?"

I smiled and said, "You know, I don't really know, I think it has something to do with that little guy" I pointed to Ororom who was tackling Murtagh, "and Saphira, she is sleeping in pocket on one of the bags somewhere around here, Ororom decided that she needed to be shrunk, so we shrank her and we still haven't gotten all of our magic back, we were going to wait until we were at the palace so we could un-shrink her with Murtagh."

She nodded slowly and then said, "Well, speaking of Murtagh, how about I go talk with Arya and Ororom so you guys can catch up."

Nasuada walked over to where Arya was and stuck up a conversation and Arya picked up Ororom and I headed over to where Murtagh was. He saw me and instantly took out his sword, raised it to my throat and said,

"Tell me something only you and I know."

I nodded slowly and said, "My mother and you mother is the same person. Your father is Morzan and you are carrying his sword. My father is Brom and I am carrying my own sword called Brisingr."

He analyzed me slowly and seemed to finally come to a conclusion. He lowered the sword and strapped it onto his belt and relaxed his stance. We stood in the deafening silence for what seemed like hours until Murtagh finally broke it by saying,

"Hello Eragon."

I grinned real widely and said, "Hi Uncle Murty."

He growled at me and said, "Figures, you would be the one to say that, no one else has."

My smile somehow got wider and I replied, "Well, it's about time someone has oh great king."

He got a very confused look on his face as I said that. He was silent for a few moment and said,

"What do you mean, I am really only the advisor, I am stepping in for the real king's place, you."

It took a while for his statement to settle in. Once it did, I was bewildered. No, that was an understatement, nothing can describe what I am feeling right now, I think the only thing that could surprise me more would be if I found out that Ororom was my own son.

"No, I can't be king. I've been dead, how can they name me King? How can you name a dead man king, Murtagh?" By now I was yelling, I was furious, how could they do that, not that they expected it or anything but still. How can they expect me to live for less than two days then have all of this…responsibility…thrust upon me, are they mad?

"Murtagh, are you serious. They really expect me to go up take the throne, find a queen, have children, and continue living as if I was normal. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN MURTAGH!"

His face soon took up a very abashed look. I looked at him and asked, "You're hiding something aren't you?"

He stumbled a bit over his words as he said, "Well, not exactly hiding, you never really specified about it until just then."

"Specify about what Murtagh?"

"Yourqueenhasalreadybeenchosen"

"What did you say Murtagh, you're starting to wear my patience thin, and I've never really been known for my patience anyways." I yelled, and I didn't just yell, I glared.

He seemed to cower a little back from my words; I never really did yell did I? Well, I claim this yell worthy. He finally decided to speak up, "Eragon, your queen has already been chosen for you."

I thought I was mad before, I was beyond mad, beyond furious; I don't think there was a word that described my anger at the moment. I was beyond words. I just gaped at him like he was a mad man, which in my opinion he was.

He continued speaking, "Eragon, it isn't that bad, it isn't some unknown maiden from some unknown land, you know her very well actually. I imagine you be very upset at all actually, maybe quite glad. Nasuada is her advisor which is why we are both taking your places as you're both away at the moment, well not anymore exactly, were away, though we're not really at the palace either."

"What are you trying to say Murtagh?"

He gulped a little bit before saying, "Eragon, I'm trying to say that Arya is your queen. Not just the queen of Algaesia either, she is the queen of the elves, just as you are king of the elves."

I went silent at that, I was going to burst. Know I wasn't going to burst, I was in the process of bursting at that moment.

"What? I'M NOT EVEN A FULL ELF!"