Chapter 11. Deliverance
When Arron looked towards the new roar he found a green dragon diving towards him. On the dragon's back was a woman with pink eyes and elaborate sword she held in the air. The green dragon tackled the blue one as the woman jumped off the saddle.
"Run boy!" She demanded. Arron ran towards Katrina who was with Solombum, "Hold hands…" She said something in he ancient language there was a bright light and heat that engulfed everyone.
When the light faded everyone was coughing and waving away the smoke. Arron looked around and they were surrounded by mountains, mountains that seem to go on forever and ever. "Where are we?" He asked.
"The Beor Mountains…"
"And who are you?" Katrina asked.
"My name is Elva and this is Galmore my dragon and bond partner…Come we are not safe yet…" They walked across the ground for a mile and came upon an Alcove. "You will be safe here for the time being…"
"I didn't know there were any dragon riders outside the Empire…" Arron said.
"Yes well there are…" She turned to Solobum and they started talking in the ancient language.
Arron walked over to Katrina, "Are you alright…" She hit him on the head as it was the only place on his body not covered by armor, "What was that for?"
Elva and Solobum paused in their conversation to look at the two, "For scaring the hell out of me…Don't ever do that again…"
He smiled and they kissed, "The Emperor will no doubt send his people into these mountains to search for us..." Elva said addressing them both, "So for the time being we will wait here…" They ate and Elva told them stories of the old days, Galbatorix's fall, and her travels throughout the world with Eragon.
That night Katrina lay next to Arron staring at the green dragon Galmore. "I thought I would never see you again…"
"Me too…" Arron replied with a sigh, "Do you remember the dream I told you about?"
"I do…"
"Well I didn't tell you everything and I see many elements of the dream in our recent adventures…" He sighed again taking a deep breath. "In my dream I died at the hands of a Shade…You were standing over my body and whispered thank you to me…"
She looked at him, "Well that doesn't mean you will die…"
"True but I will give my life to protect you?" She kissed him and they held each other tighter.
("We ask too much of them…") Galmore said to Elva and Solombum with his mind.
("I will do whatever it takes to free Eragon from the tyrant king…")
("He is too powerful and in order to defeat him that girl will have to become more powerful than any that has come before her…")
Solombum purred, ("I agree with Galmore…What if none of the eggs hatch… We condemn ourselves and serve the Emperor…")
("I would rather die fighting than be a slave against my will…") Elva said.