I know this is really short, but I have had a lot of schoolwork for the past few days. I wanted to at least post this because I promised I would have a chapter up today. I am going to put a long chapter up late Saturday or sometime Sunday, and I will make it at least 2,500 words if not more. This is more of a filler chapter, but I will have A LOT more events happening in the next chapter. I know it this isn't a lot but check for a chapter over the weekend, because I guarantee I will get a long one up!
I woke up, the sky still dark outside, and looked at my iPad to check the time. It was 5:12 am, so I didn't need to go to Oromis's yet. I went on the app with the Eragon books in it, and look at the ancient language for a while, pressing them so the iPad would pronounce them. I went out of that app after a few minutes, and I looked at the other apps on the screen. I decided to look at the map of Alagaësia in the photos app, but before I clicked on the map, I saw that there was another album in the app. I clicked on it and ten pictures came up. I clicked on the first one, and saw me and my family in Washington D.C., in front of a skyscraper posing for the camera. Another one showed my siblings and I in front of our car getting ready to leave D.C. The third one showed Ellie and I fighting about which snack we should get in the grocery store. There were pictures that were taken in school, and some of my family out in the yard playing sports, and others were of me at everyday places such as the movie theater or the library. In all of them I had very modernized clothes, and everything was so different from where I was now. The only pictures that my family took were the ones in D.C., but nobody had a camera to take a picture at the grocery store, movies, etc.
I decided I would wait a few days before I showed these to Oromis, because I want him to remember what he was talking about the other day, but I still think it is too soon. I put away the iPad and decided to take a bath before training. After I had taken a bath, I woke up Nithring and asked her if she wanted to fly around a little bit. She said yes, so I put the saddle on her and flew out of the house. We didn't have too much time left before we had to go to Oromis, so we slowly went in the general direction of the cliffs. I looked around and took in my surroundings, the never-ending forests of Du Weldenvarden; the puffy, white clouds scattered in the sky; and the sounds of animals and birds in the forests below. We landed in the clearing a while later, and Just as Oromis said, he was waiting there. I got off, and unstrapped the sword from the saddle, the unfamiliar weight feeling very unbalanced in my hands. I slowly gave it to Oromis and he observed it. "I thought it might be a rider's sword, since it is the color of Nithring, but I have never held a sword in my life so it is hard for me to know if it is or not," I stated.
"It is just a normal sword, and looks like it was made just for basic defense. We will have to find you a better one soon when you start learning how to use one," he replied.
Again, sorry for the length, and thank you to all the reviewers who gave feedback for the last chapter.