DG: Hi, long time no see… I know… Anyway, answers to reviews!

Jousting Elf with a Sabre: I… have… updated… I… like… dots… too…

Janika: I slowed down, LOL. And, about impatience… I made Galbatorix rather nutty, and not in a good way.

Janika: (again?) Yes, it will be like that… Please have faith in me, I know how most of it will work out, I just have to build up to there. Yeah, you're right, the training schedule was kinda stupid. I've been rushing. I'll change that chapter soon, don't worry.

Breathless74: Yeah, they are kinda supposed to be that way for now. They will get much more personality as the story progresses.

Souungo: I heeded! I heeded! LOL

Sweetlilfrenchgirl: There is, but it's not called chapter three. Thanks!

Vulpix4Life: Yeah, sorry, they quit coming for a little while… Don't hate me…

Demon-chick247: I updated, but keep the cherry… I don't like cherries that much…

The Truth

The rest of the day was devoted to learning about Alageasia. Galbatorix took them to a room with two desks and a chalkboard of some kind. There, Galbatorix explained to them about how Alageasia used to be, full of dragons, elves, and dwarves as well as humans. He explained the original bloody war between the dragons and elves, until the very first Dragon Rider stopped it. Jenny noticed that Galbatorix never named the elf that had stopped the first war. Galbatorix went on to describe how the Riders flourished and kept the land free from invaders, Urgal or otherwise. But, he said, the dragons began to dwindle, until there was only him as the last Rider, and only three dragon eggs remained, all of which were in his possession. Being the last Rider, he took the Alageasian throne. Recently, however, the treacherous Varden, a group hoping to overthrow his throne and take Alageasia for themselves, had stolen one egg. That egg was irretrievable: it had already hatched and the dragon inside corrupted by a cruel rider.

"Those jewels I gave you were the last two eggs," he said finally. "I need your help to fight of the Varden, and you will once again start the line of Rider's." Jenny was speechless.

"Buh-but we're from another world entirely! We can't stay here; we have friends, family, lives…" Mark exclaimed hurriedly, standing up. Galbatorix stared at him.

"You must stay. This world needs you, and the eggs will only hatch for you." Galbatorix seemed so convincing that Mark sat back down. And why would he turn us astray? Jenny thought. But don't you want to see you're family again? A little voice said in the back of her mind, but she shoved it back.

"Don't worry," she said enthusiastically. "We'll help you."

"Oh, thank you," he said, with feeling. "Now, why don't you two go to your rooms? Dinner will be brought up to you, just like last night." Without any complaint, they nodded and were led off by servants.

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Later that evening, Jenny, immersed in her book, was brought back to reality by a knock on the door. Opening it, she saw the butler, or so it seemed he was.

"Madam," he said curtly, "Sir Mark wishes to see you presently." Taking her wrist, they began marching. Jenny tried to remember the turns, but there were so many of them she gave up trying.

Upon arriving at Mark's room, she heard high screeching coming from within the room. Bursting through the door before the butler could hold it open, she looked around the room. Nothing looked out of the ordinary until her eyes rested on her brother. He was holding the egg, from which the screeches were coming from.

"It's hatching!" he exclaimed.

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The egg hatched, revealing a bright purple dragonet, gleaming in the moonlight shining in from Mark's window. For some reason, when Mark had first touched it, he went rigid. Afterwards, he said that he had thought someone was trying to tear apart his brain. Now, however, the dragon was purring like a cat as it rubbed up against him and he rubbed its head.

"What will his name be?" Jenny enquired.

"I don't know yet," Mark replied. "I suppose we'll find out sooner or later." It was about that time when a butler brought in food for Mark and scraps of meat for the baby dragon and told Jenny she would have to leave. She said her goodbyes to Mark and his new dragonet, feeling slightly numb. She didn't know why, (shouldn't she feel happy for him?) but the only thing she really felt was jealous. Suddenly hoping that her egg might be hatching, too, she told the butler to hurry and ran down the hall. She was slightly disappointed when she found that the egg wasn't hatching, but she set it on her bed and watched it until she fell asleep.

The next day was much like the last, except that when they had learned about Alageasia, Jenny was excused from class. Although she was grateful, she knew it was because Mark's egg had hatched, but hers hadn't. Practically stomping into her room, she gazed intently at the egg for over an hour before deciding to read again. Only this time, she couldn't put the book down. She read late into the night, forgetting all about the egg hatching. It wasn't long before she realized that the book took place in Alageasia, that everyone hated their ruler, King Galbatorix…

And they had agreed to help him. Agreed to help an insane tyrant bent on destroying all enemies…

Realizing what could happen if Galbatorix found the book, she hid it the next morning. She had read all through the night and finished the book. As she read, something snapped in her. She no longer felt numb, and realization dawned on her; he had set a spell on her. Them. Both of them.

Jenny needed to get out of there. Now. Tell Eragon what had happened… But she couldn't. She needed the training only Galbatorix could give her, to be ready to fight him when the time came. That was when she would escape.

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