Chapter Seven

Eragon woke early in the morning. The only person who was awake before him was Rowen. Eragon waved and surprisingly, Rowen waved back. A few minutes later, everyone was awake. Eragon held Aderia close to him. It didn't matter what Saphria, he didn't trust them. "You ready to go, Eragon?" Seldina asked him, putting sand on the fire.

"Yeah, I think so." He answered. He snuggled Aderia to his chest and they began their walk.

"Okay, don't get lost now. This is an extremely hard part of the forest. Stay together." Pyro said, as the rest of the sunlight blinked out.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHERE DID ALL THE LIGHTS GO?" Rowen yelled, running into Vernia. She backed away from the crazy old man.

"I SAID TO STICK TOGETHER OKAY? AND THE TREES COVERED THE SUN!" Pyro shouted back.

"I WANT A HONEY BUN!" He shrieked, looking around with those huge eyes of his. Eragon fought back a laugh as Pyro sighed. Pyro grabbed Rowen's hand. "I DON'T KNOW YOU THAT WAY!" Rowen said, beating Pyro across the head. Seldina, Vernia, and Eragon laughed. He thought he also heard Saphria even laugh. The baby peered over Eragon's arms and watched Rowen and Pyro. Pyro grumbled something and walked away. Seldina grabbed Rowen's hand. This time he didn't hit her.

When the Urgals found Durza, he was busy bashing his head against a tree, muttering 'stupid'. "I lost them. The baby is probably dead." Durza explained.

"Nooo sssshe'sss noootttt." A deep voice said. Durza turned around. A wall of darkness were near him, and a pair of great big red eyes were staring at him. "I can help yoooou find tttthe baby. And killlll tttthe dragoooon rider ttttttooo." The thing added.

"And you will give me the child?" Durza asked.

"Once I am done with tttthe baby." The thing told him. Durza nodded. "Deal ttttthen?" Durza shook on it.

The blinding sun peeked through the trees and Eragon breathed in. They were out of the dangerous part of the journey. He looked forward and stopped dead. Just a few feet in front of him was a icy wasteland. He could feel a little of the chilly breeze. He glanced at Aderia. She didn't have nearly enough blankets enough to keep her warm. Pyro walked to him. "hnewewewazc bemnev cvxzwdv urye chlademey!" Pyro whispered, placing his hands on Eragon's chest. A warm shock with through Eragon. "What did you just do?" Eragon asked, rubbing his chest, which was hot.

"Put fire into your body so you won't get cold. The others and I already have it. And so does the baby." Pyro said. Eragon glanced at Saphria and she nodded. Seldina and Vernia walked onto the ice. "Be careful. Don't slip." Eragon looked up. Why was Pyro being so... nice? Pyro looked at Eragon's face. "So you don't hurt the baby."

"Pyro, stop worrying. The baby will be fine. And so will Eragon." Seldina sighed, taking his wrist and leading him forward. Eragon placed a foot on the ice. So did Rowen.

"YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL. THERE ARE HORRIBLE ICE MONSTERS ABOUT. PYRO! DID YOU PUT FIRE IN ERAGON'S KITTY?" Rowen yelled. Pyro turned around. He opened his mouth then thought better of it and shut his mouth, continuing walking. "GUESS THAT IS A YES." Rowen said, grabbing Eragon's pants. Rowen slipped a bit but Eragon's balance kept him up. "THANK YOU."

Eragon nodded. Saphria laughed and stepped onto the ice. It didn't crack under her weight. Eragon looked around. Ice went on for miles. This was going to be a long trip.

"They went this way?" Durza asked the shadow creature, pointing to a large forest.

"Yesssss. Goooo noooow." It told him. Durza nodded and the Urgals and him went into the forest warily. The small river's water lurched up and formed into a larger form of the shadow creature. "Masssttter!" It cried, bowing down.

"Where's the baby?" It yelled.

"Were are gettttttting ittt." The creature said, whimpering.

"I WANT IT BY TOMMORROW. IF THE BABY IS NOT IN MY POSSESSION BY TOMMOROW, IT'LL BE YOUR HEAD!" It roared. The water fell and returned to normal. The creature shivered and ran to catch up to Durza.

Sorry it's so short. What do you think? Why do they want the baby so badly? Please review!

For those who reviewed:

Teenchic2004: Sorry about that. Is this better?

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ZePuKa: I don't know, haven't thought it up so far. But if you want, can you describe a man and a woman. I want them to be very beautiful/handsome. Please if you could. Thanks.

TheTrixster: I'm glad you like the story. Here's another chapter.