As I have been encouraged (which isn't a good thing, generally :-) I have decided to continue this line of Eragon poems – kinda like my Harry Potter songfics (which, if you haven't read, I suggest you do!). Short pieces of fiction allow the author (and the reader) to explore a character without having to be immersed in a ninety-volume epic.

Thank yous to past reviewers at the bottom!

True Nature

Blood drips from my hands, but I cannot see it

The darkness overpowers my soul.

The three fires within me char my heart

And burn with an evil flame.

Long years in the past I have roamed this earth

Inflicting my presence upon others;

They tremble when I pass by, my red cape swirling

Their fear feeds my lust.

No longer an innocent child,

Now I command armies of devils

To destroy the very face of the earth.

Carsaib I was,

Durza I am.

So, ze thank-yous: thank you SO MUCH to Kiana, Asmodeus1389, minijudi, Farwarrior44, Aliiak, and godgirl9 for reviewing Release!

godgirl9: deep…I hadn't really thought of it that way! I spent a bit of time thinking about that (I spend a lot of time slacking off my work, if I haven't said that already :-) and I've tried to achieve the same "deepness" here…did I?

Aliiak: from your review, I gather you have a poem of your own on here – I'm going to go check it out right after I post this – thanks! That line was one of my favorites. I was hoping to achieve a sort of wistful pain (if that makes any sense), but still with hope in it. Gosh, sometimes I feel like playing with emotions/words is like creating a recipie for baking…oO

Farwarrior44: thank you so much! I've never had anyone say that about any of my poems before! (total number of poems authored: four :-).

minijudi: cool name, BTW…morough gets kinda boring sometimes. But it is my last name (with a spelling variation), so I know I won't forget it, which I have done before :-). Thanks for picking out the emotion! I spent ages trying to get it right. As for the contest: in Paolini's last newsletter (you can sign up for it at if you want) he said that he was going to start to read the poetry entries as he had just finished up the second book (isn't called Inheritance, or something?), so hopefully I'll get the results soon!

crosses fingers-

Asmodeus1389: I REALLY wanted to keep the dragonbones part in, but I couldn't without bringing in other elements of the poem I had edited out, and those all added together took it beyond the word limit. It hurt taking it out…I thought it had a lot of impact behind it. But it didn't work :-C

Kiana: groovy! Now THAT is an adjective rarely applied to me! I love it tho! –dances around the room- Have you heard the 59th Street Bridge Song (a.k.a. Feeling Groovy)? It's by Simon and Garfunkle, really great!