They stared at each other for who knows how long, before one of them broke the tense silence.
"I'm sorry." Arya offered, not really sure what to say, but then realized how stupid that was of her. He would think she was apologizing for dating someone, when she really meant to apologize for not realizing just how real his feelings were.
"Yeah, it's okay Arya. I just want you to be happy." Eragon pasted on a fake smile. So much for Kendra' s idea that she was coming back to love him. Arya rolled her eyes.
"Gosh Eragon! Will you just listen to me?" she snapped. Eragon shook his head.
"Arya, I'm serious, you don't need to explain anything to me." He stood, leaning on the wall for support, afraid that if he stood on his own, he would collapse.
"Eragon! Don't be stupid!" Arya waved her hands in the air.
"I'm not being stupid!"
"Yes you are!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are!"
"No I'm not!"
"I'm not having this argument with you!" Arya finally snapped.
"No I'm- what?" Eragon blinked, then shook his head. "Arya, I'm serious. Just forget about what I said back there, pretend like we're just friends." Arya nearly growled at him and he jumped backwards, scared slightly. "Arya?" he squeaked.
"Eragon!" she yelled back, "Get it through your thick skull that I don't want to be your friend!" Eragon drew back, flabbergasted at this sudden development. As he opened his mouth to reply, she refused to let him get that far, "No! You're going to listen to me right now!" Arya snapped and he nodded slightly. "I don't want to be your friend because I love you as more than that!" Arya took a deep breath through her nose, staring at Eragon with narrowed green eyes, looking both relieved and angry at the same time.
"Okay then." Eragon agreed, but then it seemed like it really hit him what she just said. "Oh…Oh! Arya!" he immediately swept her up in his arms, twirling her around and kissing her before she had a chance to let out anything besides a shocked giggle.
Murtagh really wasn't sure where to go in this forest, but he was trying. Apparently, he was getting dangerously close, because Shruikan sensed him. Shruikan panicked, pushing Alex awake from where she had fallen asleep on his flank. She and Galbatorix agreed to make her seem weaker than she actually was by making her seem lost in the forest, and she had fallen asleep in the process.
"What?" she grumbled.
"Change me back! Murtagh is coming!" he hissed in her mind and she jumped, realizing what was going on. She hissed a spell under her breath and Shruikan shrunk and changed color again. Just in the nick of time too, for a few seconds later, Murtagh reached their location.
"Jeez Alex, what are you doing all the way out here? You're way passed the magical barrier of Ellesméra! You could have been hurt by anything out here!" Murtagh scolded. Alex sniffled, making tears in her eyes.
"I know, but I was just trying to get back home, but I couldn't find my way. I tried to talk to you with my mind, but it didn't work." Alex cried and Murtagh's eyes widened, his turn to panic. This was Kendra's field, comforting people, he had no clue what to do with a crying little girl.
"Alex, I have an interesting idea. Galbatorix wants us to slowly destroy their riders…Murtagh is alone." Shruikan informed in her mind. Alex gasped lightly and then smirked.
"Alex?" Murtagh asked in confusion, but when Alex waved her hand towards the little silver dragon on the ground beside her and he suddenly started expanding and getting darker, Murtagh's eyes got wider.
"Shruikan." He muttered, stumbling back more. "Thorn!" he screamed in his mind, aware that he had just woken the dragon.
"What do you want?" Thorn grumbled, apparently oblivious to the panic in Murtagh's tone.
"Help!" Murtagh gripped the hilt of his sword as Shruikan lumbered closer, but knew he was no match for the full grown dragon. Thorn took one look in to his mind and pushed Ice off, waking her, running and leaping into the air, roaring the entire time. If things went well, the entire elven village would be attacking soon.
"I'm so sorry…what is it Kendra calls you? Tag," Alex cooed, "I work for only one man. Shruikan. Attack." Alex grinned and Murtagh couldn't even remove his sword from his belt before he had to roll to avoid a huge line of fire sent in his direction. But, he couldn't dodge the giant set of claws swiped at him, and he got thrown threw the air, only stopping when he hit a tree. He let out a low groan as he slid to the ground, putting his arm around his stomach. Wet blood felt warm on his fingers from where Shruikan swiped him with his claws.
It felt entirely to hard to breath, which made Murtagh think that one of Shruikan's claws might have pierced his lungs. Everything was getting darker as Alex leaned over him, pulling a small knife from her sleeve.
"Say nighty night Tag." Alex hissed, and the last thing Murtagh saw before he passed out was a flash of red over Alex' shoulder. He, of course, was aware that when he passed out, so would Thorn.
A/N: Okay you guys. I am consistently updating two of my stories, this one and a pokemon one. I think I deserve from reviews from this one! The pokemon one is getting tons of reviews! I never wanted to do this, but fine. Next chapter will be posted after I get 7 reviews, it can be on any chapter, not just this one, but it has to be from 7 different people. BTW, Do you think I killed off Murtagh? :(
P.S. For those of you who read this chapter before I got a chance to change it, sorry! I switched the chapters for the two stories I uploaded to today!
Thanks Imagination-Is-The-Key for pointing it out!