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Chapter Eight
Eragon sighed. Finally, the sun had gone down and they started a fire. The fire was a strange color of blue and grey. It gave off more heat then regular fire. "You can sit down, Eragon. You won't get wet." Vernia told him, patting the ice next to her. Eragon sat down. The ice didn't seem too cold. And the air around them was unusually warm. Aderia opened her icy blue eyes. Her face scrunched up and tears began to drop. Her face turned red and she began to kick and roll around. Rowen and Pyro turned around. Vernia grabbed Aderia from Eragon's arms and snuggled her against her chest. She put a hand in her pack and began to rummage around. She pulled out the bottle from before, the one with the gold symbols, and fed the baby.
The milk soon was finished. Vernia gave Aderia to Eragon. Aderia put her head in the crook between Eragon's neck and shoulder. Soon she was fast asleep. Eragon leaned against Saphira. Watching Aderia sleep, was making him sleepy. Seldina, Vernia, and Rowen was already sleeping. Pyro was walking around. Eragon's eyelids began to get heavy. He had to stay awake. He had to stay... Eragon fell asleep.
Pyro looked around. Everyone was asleep. His own eyelids were getting heavy. He shook his head. He usually wasn't sleepy at first. He stood up. He had to protect the Princess. He stretched and yawned. He sat down and crossed his arms. The fire cracked. Who in there right mind would want to go this far in here? Especially if they saw Eragon's dragon. As he thought about more and more how people wouldn't want to steal the Princess, his eyes closed.
Meanwhile...
The creature formed an ice ball in it's hands. It whispered something into the ball then it disappeared. "Cooome ooon. Tttthe sssspell will nottt lasssttt looong." The creature told him, running forward. Durza followed slowly. The creature was like made out of shadows or something. Durza ran in front of the creature, which had finally stopped. Eragon was leaning agaisnt his dragon. The baby was sleeping peacefully on his shoulder. There was four others with him. The ice ball floated above thier heads, sprinkling white stuff. He stepped forward. His eyelids drooped. He stepped away and he felt wide awake. The creature walked forward. The ice ball fell into his arms forming into something big.
The creature walked to Eragon and picked up the baby. He set something on Eragon's shoulder and then walked back to Durza, the sleeping baby in it's arms. Durza held his arms out to get the baby. "My masssttter getttsss ttthe baby firsssttt!" The creature hissed. Durza frowned but nodded. "Foolloow me." The creature said, walking to a large iceberg. Suddenly, a dark hole began to appear out of thin air. The creature stepped through the hole and disappeared. Durza and his Urgals followed next. The hole closed.
Far away...
A lone ice castle stood tall against the white ice. The castle was beatiful. Some of the towers reached the clouds. A greenhouse that held a large garden, a maze, a pool, and fountains and statues stood to the side of the castle. Inside the castle it was nice and warm. The mood of the castle was cheery and happy. But someone in the castle was crying. She was sitting in a bright red armchair. She was curled up and crying. She wore a long blue nightgown.
Her pale skin shone with an unusal glow. She had sapphire eyes which were always reflecting the lights of the ice. Her baby blue locks floated around her, like she was underwater, but there was no wind. Her cheeks were tear stained. She closed her eyes and rocked herself slowly. Horrible images crossed her mind. Her eyes snapped open. She couldn't stand this anymore. She wanted her baby. It was her fault. All her fault. She had trusted her servant to protect the baby. Her servant had been stolen, and now, her baby was gone. She stood up and looked in the mirror. She was a wreck. She closed her eyes again. Her baby was coming. The guards had promised. She didn't notice the door open.
A tall man walked in. He had shoulder length honey-yellow hair that swayed as if they were lighty wieghed down. His dark golden eyes were filled of concern. Some honeybees flew around his body. They wanted to kiss his eyes, for they thought it was the ultiame honey, but they knew better when he was worried or mad. He had a furrowed brow. He wrapped his arms around his wife's waist and pulled her close to his muscular body. Yet it was gentle and always warmed his wife. She broke out in sobs. He kissed her forehead and rubbed her back. "Everything will be alright, my dear." He whispered. His wife hadn't had any sleep for weeks. She would fall asleep for a couple of minutes, then wake up crying. "Come to bed. You need your rest." He told her. He pushed her gently into the bedroom. He glanced out at the ice wasteland. "Come quickly." He murmured then closed the door.
The next day...
Eragon woke up first. His shoulder was sore from the wieght of the baby. He moved Aderia and stood up. Everyone was asleep. The sun was slowly creeping up, making the ice glitter and shined. It was beatiful. Pyro stirred. He opened his eyes slowly and yawned. Suddenly, he jumped up. He hurried to Eragon and ripped the blanket off of Aderia. Aderia moaned and curled up agaisnt Eragon, burying her head in his neck. Pyro sighed and covered the baby with the blanket. Vernia and Seldina woke up second. Then last was Rowen. He seemed grumpy. He refused Vernia's help and even cursed Pyro out for saying things that were not imporant. Rowen's brown eyes were red and green.
"We're not that far from Aderia's home." Pyro whispered, finally recovering from Rowen's cursing. As they started off, Eragon began to think. He would miss Aderia badly. He was so use to her now, expect for her weight, she got heavier everyday. But, also, he wouldn't have to worry about her. No more hungry, crying, smelly baby. He sighed. Giving her to her parents was going to be hard.
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