Hey ya'll! It's me, still Dragon-Grrrrl for the moment, but the change is coming soon. Anyway, I ish bad, using Anne McCaffrey references a bit in this chappie. You'll see in a bit. Also, if you don't already know, I found out that Eldest was coming out August 23. Ain't you all excited? I am!

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Janika: You know, I get my best ideas from you. No, no sword action today, but maybe in the future… Something unexpected does happen, though.

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Dragon Magic

As Jenny watched, they drew forward and Jenny realized that they would need magic for any chance. A word came o her head, and she waited for the collision, sword and spell ready. At the last second, right before they hit, everything about them suddenly blinked out of existence, turning black. A cold, unfeeling darkness surrounded and pounded down on her. She gasped for air, but there was none. She could no longer feel Pyron beneath her.

Pyron! She shouted desperately.

I am here. The reassuring presence filled her mind.

Where are we?

I don't know. I don't know what happened. Jenny could feel the confusion and relief under those words.

As sudden as it had come, the darkness disappeared, revealing blue sky. Jenny breathed deeply, reveling in the oxygen.

Jenny! Amaiy is still behind us! Jenny looked over her shoulder, seeing the familiar purple blotch in the blue. It wasn't moving.

They're confused! Now is our chance! " Garjzla!" A blast of light erupted from her hand. It hit Amaiy's flank, and both Pyron and Jenny heard the roar afterwards. As she approached them again, a blue streak out of the sky at the purple dragon.

Saphira! Jenny heard Pyron say. Amaiy quickly fled the larger dragon, flying up and into the clouds.

Saphira wants to know if we are okay, Pyron told her rather smugly. Briefly wondering exactly what had happened with the darkness, she replied to him, Of course. Tell her that I have something to tell them and that we need to land.

Once stories were passed, the two Riders were silent. They had decided on staying on the fringes of the Hadarac Desert, as Pyron and Saphira went hunting. Jenny rolled her eyes upon remembering how Pyron had so said he loved this place and wished they could stay longer.

"It sounds like dragon magic," Eragon finally said. "Dragon's can't control things like that. You just got lucky that it happened then."

"I guess…" Jenny said. Still, she was glad that it seemed to only happen rarely. She wasn't sure whether she wanted to do that again any time soon.

"Well," Murtagh said, coming up behind the two. "If you are going to sit here all night, you won't want anything to eat?" Jenny saw the smoke from the fire a yard or so away and laughed. Eragon scowled.

"So that's what you've been doing while we've been having a private discussion!"

"Of course. What else could I do with you two just sitting here?" They all laughed and got to their feet.

The next morning, they set out again, Saphira in front with Eragon and Murtagh with Pyron and Jenny behind. They were heading south, for the Beor Mountainns and the Varden, and were making good time.

Saphira said we should reach them by nightfall, Pyron told her.

Good, Jenny told him. I've wanted to see them. Even back home there weren't many mountains around. A wave of homesickness suddenly came over her, and she wondered vaguely if Mark felt the same.

Mark is evil, Pyron said plaintively, reading her mind.

I don't know, Pyron. I just don't know.

Okay, dragon freaks like me would probably know that Pyron and Jenny went between, which is owned by Anne McCaffrey. Not me. I just got the idea to put it in here. Yay anything that has to do with dragons! I LOVE DRAGONS! THAT'S WHY I'M DRAGON-GRRRRL, SOON TO BE LIGHT DRAGON SUNSSONG!

Ahem. Excuse me while I go read books about dragons.

Yes, I'm obsessed. AND PROUD! I'm also obsessed with Kingdom Hearts, but that's beside the point. MOCK ME AND YOU WILL FEEL THE WRATH OF MY ARMY OF DRAGONS AND MY KEYBLADE! Uh… Yeah… R&R. Please.