Warning! If you have not read Eldest then I suggest you read no further unless you want to read a few spoilers.
This is just a story I thought of. Never really thought of an ending but when I write I usually can make things up as I go along. This is the first story I really ever thought of. If you like it comment. If you don't comment. If you can't decide comment any way. Please assume when Saphira talks she is speaking with her mind. It doesn't take a qenius to figure out who she is talking to either. In your comments please to not well let me put it this way. In a fantasy book with magic and dragons don't comment about science and junk like bones don't last that long. I know that already but hence the fantasy part.
Disclaimer: Eragon and all its characters belong to Christopher Paolini and blah, blah, blah
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Eragon sighed. It had been less then one night since he last battle. Eragon had only a few hours to rest before he was sent off still searching for the wounded. Finding survivors was rare by now but at the moment, with the last two great battles, any man would help. He had barely recuperated but he had to go and heal all he could find. Roran, Arya, and all other able bodied people went searching for surviors. Eragon had been searching for a few hours already and out of that time only three people had been found. As Eragon walked he talked with Saphira. He saw a body buried in the ground. Eragon thought to himself The battle wasn't that long ago. How could someone be bone already. Prehaps I should examine this body. Few have been on these plains for ages. The body must be over a hundred years old.
Eragon used a little magic to move dirt off the body. Though this energy he used might've been better used on healing Eragon had the feed his immense curiosity " Rïsa do deloi."
The earth moved as his his magic took effect. As the magic moved the earth Eragon felt as if something there with a feeling of magic. Eragon strained as he had barely had time to recuperate from the battle and was still pushing his limits. The body was old. Eragon reached and touched the bone and it dicentigrated at his touch. Eragon noticed a scroll that seemed to have been protected from decay by an old magic. He opened the scroll and the first thing he noticed was a drawing of a large man and a smaller figure next to it that looked like an normal human. The words written next to it were in the human runes that Eragon hadn't used in such a long time. Eragon read the words with some trouble.
It read," Day 34 of the trip. Went south past ocean. Giants. Not extremly smart but smart enough to talk. Huge warriors. At least three times our size. The giants are now dwarves in a distant land. From waht I can tell their history is long ago 20 giants came to a large land mass north of here (AN since it isn't alagaesia yet I will use names relitive to the place they are). The giants came to enjoy mining that was neccessary in their new lands and came to enjoy it. They did not return because they now loved the mining which they could not do in their lands. As the giants, dwarves, lived in the tunnels and caves they shrank in size by much until they came to be shorter then a human like I."
Eragon gasped as he realized this scroll was about the other lands. Someone must have gone off and discovered the other lands. Without looking at the other type of people in Alagaesia he contacted Arya and Saphira to return to Nasuada's tent. Without questiong they elf maiden and the dragon went knowing it must've been important for Eragon to rush them like he had. Eragon arrived at the tent last of the the three he had called. This was due to the fact that one he searched for Roran on his way back ,and two Arya and Saphira were faster then him to begin with.
Nasuada," Eragon what is it that has forced you to call us in such a hurry?"
Eragon revealed the scroll. There was a pause before Saphira said and opened her mind so everyone could hear," We all see it. But what is it?"
Eragon unrolled scroll and read aloud the part about the giants of the South. Arya seemed to be the first one to realize what the scroll was speaking of and said," Is this scroll of the races that are away from Alagaesia?"
Eragon," Aye.And the dwarves may have some common language with these giants."
Nasuada, who seemed to be suprised yet happy about this information said," Eragon what of the rest of the scroll?"
Roran," Eragon, would it be wise to go to lands that might have races who could kill us?"
Eragon," I'm afraid it may be our only way to beat Galbatorix. I have not read more then I have told. I do not know if they have magicians who might help us or what language they speak but this is in human runes so I assume the ones with more information are closest related to human and dwarven languages."
Eragon read aloud the next section," Day 69. It has been long since we left the giants and left our own lands. The humans who came to the lands north of the giants have been settled for no longer then we have been sailing. The dwarves and elves of this land mass have had human contact before. I am now traveling East of the, as the elves call it the Edda River. The elves had trouble speaking our language for sometime which has delayed my leaving. Now I have traveled far from the Edda and have met new creatures. They look similer to the elves. An elf joined my group when we left and was able to translate.
She said," They are the Erklore. They and the elves trace long ago. The elves took to more magic and beauty while the Erks went towards sword fighting and archery. Erks still remember their fight with the elves but are willing to forgive. The Erks have almost completly removed magic from their race. Many erks at a young age learn to fight without weapons. They call it their Empty hand art( translates from fanfictionish to real life as Martial Arts). The art is beautiful to watch but the strongest human would be fell by a young erk quicker then an arrow hits a mark 250 meters away. The erks managed to make bows that shoot slightly farther then the elven bows. Erks unlike elves eat meat and they live short life spans just like humans. The Erks let us use four of their steeds to carry the six of us north. The erks did not breed great horses but it would be better then nothing."
All eyes were on Arya now as if questioning her knowledge of this. Arya shook her head and said," The elves do have writing of the elves who left but no elf ever went after them."
Nasuada," Eragon will you allow me to see the scroll?"
Eragon handed the scroll to Nasuada who said," This is the scripture of someone long ago who traved the world learning about new races. The man who wrote this must have come home or lost the scroll and the person who had the scroll last was killed on the burning plains."
Roran looked at the scroll and said," How did this scroll last so long?"
Eragon and Arya replied in unison," Magic."
Eragon then said," Arya these Erks must speak the ancient language dispite the fact that they cut off magic. Do you think they would still keep the language?"
Arya," I'm not sure. I have never dealt with an unknown race before."
Nasuada," This scroll only contains two more logs."
Saphira, who had been quiet the whole time, said," Why would these races help us. It seems the giants and the dwarves might not be the best of friends nor the Erks and elves. Before we even plan asking for help we must be prepared to offer something unless Galbatorix manages to anger their race."
Arya," She speaks the truth. I have the feeling the erks will not enjoy working with a former race who rejected them for magic and beauty which is what they removed and replaced with fighting and weaponry."
Eragon," Still before we make desisions we should learn of the rest of the races.
Nasuasda took the scroll and read," Day 84. We have traveled north. We came across the only civilization who would take the cold weather that gradually came above the elves' forest. There are only a few. They spoke in human tongue but resemble nothing of our race. They and large an look like wolves standing upright. They say they are called the wolfhearts. It came from being bitten by a wolf. The wolf would have something in them that would change whomever they bit. Earlier the first hundred or so wolfhearts were simply banished from the lands but now it seemed they were just being killed. The wolfhearts are dwindling. I found it suprising they could die so much. The wolfhearts coat is tough as iron and their claws are like steel. They are faster then any human and certainly stronger.
The wolfhearts also seem to be masters at making armour and such. They do not feel heat when they make their armour and weapon and are able to smash their weapons into whatever shap they want with their fists. Only two swords have ever been made and found. The rest on their weapons contain mere spears. The swords have wolf spirit burned into them. Only their king and queen have found their own swords. The sword with each swing have the force of a wolf pack in them. When making the swords the little bit of magic the wolf bite gave them teleported the swords away and to find them they had to be dug up under something that in someway represented you. Many wolfhearts tried and fail to find their swords. Most of them died and their weapons were later found by other people. However only the person the sword was made for could touch it. If they found someone else's and touched it they would be shocked until they were away from the blade.
With all of this I asked how wolfhearts were so widely slain. Their king explained that mere exposure to silver weakened them. a silver sword usually killed them in one stab. The next day I left the wolfhearts and headed home. My family would love the stories I had found."
Nasuada put the scroll down and said," The wolfhearts if there are any left would help us if we promise land and not to harm them."
Eragon nodded and said," I have heard legends of them only they were refered to as werewolves. I also heard of them as only coming out on the full moon. And of the elven scrolls I read I found nothing of these wolfhearts."
Nasuada," Prehaps because with one stab they could be slain no one paid attention to them."
Roran," Maybe the wolves who gave the bite to begin with were hunted down."
Arya," Well no matter what we will have to try and find the wolf hearts."
Eragon," Aye. Lady Nasuada read the final log."
Nasuada," It is prettey short but I shall read it." Nasuada let out a little cough before continuing," I am home. Many people wish to remain here in our lands west of the dwaves and elves and other amazing things to the east. My family shall be going east to live in the new lands. Our people who remain have changed their name though wishing to cut ties with the humans. They wish to be called Smithians. They let some of their people join us. The Smithians mostly were the people who crafted things. They refused to leave any tool behind. I say good bye to some of my friends who are smithians. Prehaps I shall give this scroll to a smithian so they will remember they were once human. I don't know if in the future the Smithians will truely come to look different from humans but I if they do I doubt I will find out. I have decided to leave this in the hands of my good Smithian friend Vonridethor(von-rid-eh-thor). Yeah I thought his name was long too. Maybe someday his family will travel to the human lands and bring my studies with them."
Nasuada ended with a sigh and said," So Smithians to our west, Erklores to the east, giants to the south, and Wolf hearts to the north. I think the smithians and wolf hearts would be be the ones who are swayed easiest."
Eragon," I think you are correct Nasuada. Still Iprefer to have Saphira's opinion,Saphira.?"
Saphira responded by saying," We should meet them all. Though I agree with Nasuada since the smithians never really disliked humans and might pity us for falling under Galbatorix's rule and wolfhearts just want their people to come back. But however we should rest before we persue the subject. Orik and king Orrin should be told this as well. We should all sleep. Then when we wake go to orik and orrin and tell them what we learned. Once we are all awake we will make plans." Eragon agreed right away and Nasuada agree a few seconds after. Arya and Roran however took their time thinking before agreeing. After that they all left to go and rest.
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Well what do ya think? If I do not get any comments I will not continue. The more you comment the more I work. WhenI feel people want it I give it more. I will try a chapter a week but if something comes up I'm sorry. I really don't care what kind of comments I get. If they are good yay! If they are bad the ACT people said the same thing.