I don't own Eragon...if I did it would it look like a foreign language...with all the spelling mistakes I make...
Sorry I didn't update sooner! I had writers block for one and a very busy schedule. So don't kill me! (Kyuubi gurl, that means you too! LoL) And im sorry the last chappie sucked!
(A/N) ribbon candy tastes good! Yummm (random but true)
Chapter 12
Seithr Oil
The next morning both Shani and Eragon woke up to stiff limbs and sore bruises. It was the work of sparing with Za'roc and Har'ek the swords. Brom was siting near the fire cooking breakfast. They sat down beside them and began to eat. Once there bowls were empty they got up and started to pack up camp.
"Shani, Eragon I think this is a perfect day for you both to fly with your dragons together. It will be a good experience for you two". Gem snorted with approval.
You should approve it you are still jealous of that "dear animal" remarked Shani.
She couldn't help but laugh at the strange look on his face. From the look of it, it looked like Eragon and Saphira was having a similar conversation.
On that note they saddled the dragons and horses. Shani and Eragon mounted and with one jump up into the air Gem was off and then Saphira. Brom started off with a steady pace with the two horses behind him.
Once they were up high enough Saphira and Gem were showing off to their riders but Shani thought that they might be showing off to each other (wink wink). They did loops and drops and anything you could think of. Saphira was faster and agile but Gem was stronger and could put more force into his moves. Eragon and Shani looked at each other and held back laughter.
Having fun there showing off?
What me showing off? That's nonsense!
Shani rolled her eyes and suppressed a giggle.
"She looks pretty when she smiles" Eragon thought. His thoughts suddenly went back to last night. He actually kissed her! He remember the warmth off it and the excitement. He didn't notice that he was still staring at her and then he noticed that she was staring at him too. They both looked away blushing.
What are you thinking about Eragon? You seem tense.
Nothing, nothing at all.
I know you are keeping a secret from me and sometime I will find out. I am part of you.
Lucky me. he thought.
I heard that.
Ugh.
Shani was also thinking about the kiss. The thought of the kiss gave her shivers down her spine. "What was he thinking" she thought. It wasn't as if she didn't like it but she didn't know that Eragon thought of her that way. "That kiss has change everything, now every time it think about it, it gives me a fluttery feeling in my stomach, and now we can''t have a friendship anymore". She didn't know if she liked it that way or not."I need more time to think".
Suddenly a voice was heard and all four of their heads. It was Brom's.
Come down now.
What's wrong? said Eragon
Just come down. He gave them a picture of how to get there and they went.
When they got there they both got into fighting stance just in case something was wrong. There was Brom, not harmed at all. "What's wrong?" asked Shani. "The Ra'zac's tracks end here.
"Look at the rest of the tracks". Eragon looked and Shani looked.
There was the usual tracks. It looked like they stopped there and there was these oddly familiar tracks that looked like lines dug into the ground. Then Eragon looked at Saphira and realized that they looked like the tracks that she makes when she jumps into they air with her claws.
"The Ra'zac have dragons?" he asked. Shani must of realized it to because she looked at Brom with the same expression on her face. "No Dragons wouldn't even think about bearing a creature like that". Saphira and Gem snorted in agreement.
"They must have flying steeds or something like that" said Shani. "I have heard of the Ra'zac traveling at great lengths fast but this is the only proof that I have seen of it" said Brom.
"What do we do now? We can't track them through the air" asked Eragon. "Right now we sit down have some lunch and try to think of a answer to this riddle".It was a grim lunch. No one talk they were all absorbed in their own thoughts.
Saphira what will happen if we can't find the Ra'zac? We could go to back to Carvahall but that would put all of the villagers in danger. I don't want my village to be like Yazuac.
Poor Shani at least we have a home to go back to.
I know Saphira, I know.
When they were finished eating they waited for someone to talk and hopefully have a answer to the riddle. Brom was the one to brake the silence (as usual). "I have considered every trick I know, every word of power within my grasp, and all the skills we have I still can't think of a way to track the Ra'zac".
"We could show ourselves in some town, that would attract them like bees to honey" said Shani.
"No that is way too dangerous. What if Galbatorix is interested enough to come himself? There is no way we would get out alive".
They sunk into despair. After a while Eragon decided to go for a walk. "I'll come too" said Shani. She didn't know why she said this but she hated to see Eragon so depressed. "Ok" was his reply.
They walked into the trees in silence. This was the first time since the kiss Eragon was alone with her. Despite his depression he could help but have a tingle down his spine. He looked at her. She looked upset. He wanted to go to her and hug her to make her feel better but he stopped himself.
"What's wrong?" he asked instead. "If this is the end of this crusade where will I go?" she asked saddly. A tear slid down her cheek. "I can't go back to Daret because of what happened" "You at least can go home". At this he felt a little guilty. Another tear slid down her cheek. He couldn't help himself he went over to her and hugged her.
He felt oddly protective. Shani didn't feel so bad anymore in his strong arms. "Do you think me and Saphira would just leave you?"
Now it was her turn to feel guilty. "No" she said whispering. He looked into her eyes she looked into his. He completely forgot his depression and smiled at her, she smiled a shaky smile back.
They moved closer to each other. They moved together about to kiss when... she tripped on something. (A/N well that ruined the moment LoL don't kill me!)
"I'm such a klutz" she thought blushing red. "What was that?" Eragon said another smile on his face. "I tripped on something". He looked down at what she tripped on. It was a black canteen with a strange symbol on it. "I think it was the Ra'zac's" he said in a thoughtful voice.
He opened the cap. A foul smell came out of it. He poured a drop of sliver liquid on his finger. "Ouch!" the liquid had eaten a small patch of skin on his finger. "Are you ok?" Shani said with concern.
"Yea" he said. His face turned dark as if he realized something. A look of horror was put on his face."What?" "This is they used to make those burns on my uncle Garrow!" His face shook with furry a small tear slid down his face.
He got back to his senses and quickly wiped the tear away hoping that Shani didn't see it. Shani herself was sympathetic to him and secretly she realized why they had to track the Ra'zac down and kill them.
"It's time to go" he said in a voice that seemed like he was trying to hide his emotions. She put her hand in his and they started walking back. Once they hit the end of the trees they quickly let go of each others hand.
Once they got to camp Brom looked at them and he saw the canteen in Eragon's hand. Eragon followed his glance to the canteen "It was the Ra'zac's we think" he stated .The dragons and Brom looked at them with interest. He handed it to Brom who tipped some into the cap. "Careful it burns you!" Eragon said.
"I know, did you learn that the hard way?" asked Brom "Yes I poured a drop on my finger" replied Eragon. "Good, you had some sense by not drinking it, if you did you would be a puddle by now". "What is it?" asked Shani.
"It's oil from the petals of the Seithr plant, it grows on a small island in the frigid northen seas. In a natural state jewelers use it to preserve pearls, the ones that can afford it. When specific words are spoken over it with a blood sacrifice it makes Seithr oil. It burns any living flesh but leaves anything else unharmed.
"They used it on Garrow didn't they?" asked Eragon. Brom nodded sadly. A idea struck him. "Exactly how rare is this oil?" "Like diamonds in a pig trough". "So there are people who trade in it?" "One or two". "Good, do cities around the coast keep shipping records?"
"In fact they do" Brom's eyes brightened "If we could get to those records we could see who sells it who bought it and where it was shipped!" "If I could have figured this out before it would have saved me many a headache".
"From what I heard from my pop Teirm was the main trade center, we should probably start there!" said Shani eager to get into the conversation. "Good idea Shani, i have a friend in Teirm who is a merchant he might have access to the records" said Brom.
The next morning they would set off to Teirm.
You hate me now that I made her trip when they almost kissed don't you? (Evil laugh). Well better luck next time. (There will be a next time so don't throw pitchforks at me! I am not a pin cushion! I repeat I am not a pin cushion! )
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