Take Me On My Past Adventure
A/N: To Vuplix4Life: Thanxs for the review and the spelling mistakes are only because I was in a hurry to post the next chapter, and I didn't reread it first.
To Goodybad: Here's the next chapter and thanxs for the review. I decided she would be good at archery because I know more about it then sword fighting. Plus it is easier for me to describe in writing.
To Alanna of Pirate Swoop: I'm really glad you like my story and to be totally honest with you and all my readers I'm not actually sure my self, it was a name I came across some where, but I'll try to find out for all of you people who are wondering(including myself).
Sorry it took so long to update. I had some problems with my computer, but now that those are fixed here you go, the next chapter. :).
Chapter 8: The Bloody Girl
The rumors were true. There was a bloody girl traveling through the valley towards the door to Farthen Dûr. What was her propose for being in the valley? Did she know what was ahead or was she fleeing from someone or something? Was she under Galbatorix's rule or was she part of our side? What was she doing so bloody? Who was she? Where was she from? Could she be trusted?
These were only a few of the questions people and dwarves asked one another once the message was announced that the girl was in the valley. People panicked, while dwarves talked in hushed voices away from the crowd. Me, my dragon-Raïssa, Eragon, his dragon-Saphira, Murtagh, his dragon-Beroan, Sedna, Arya, and Orik stood in the entrance hall waiting to see if we were needed. Along with us stood two old, bald twins, and Barzûl, the dwarf that had insulted me the first day I was here so long ago, plus a few other dwarves, one of them the other dwarf that had insulted me. All of us wore heavy armor to protect us, except the bald twins, whose names I didn't know. Eragon, Murtagh, Sedna, Arya, and me had our swords drawn and ready if they were needed. Orik, Barzûl, and all the other dwarves had large war axes in their hands. The twins wore no armor and carried no swords or war ax.
I talked quietly to Raïssa as I stroked his long, hard neck. He hummed softly, as my hand glided up and down his neck. I felt his thoughts of pleasure and he sensed my feelings of anticipation. He helped to sooth the feeling of anticipation by humming softly a song I had taught him. It sounded so beautiful and perfect with his deep hum. It made me feel safe, like Raïssa would protect me forever, and no matter what.
Raïssa was now two and a half months. He was a foot taller than me, with a wing span of about twice the length of his body and his wings had darkened greatly. He could fly with me sitting in the hollow at the base of his neck for short times, but the only time I had this joy was when he flew me up to the dragonhold.
But the last joyful ride I had was late last night when I was awoken by Eragon because of some girl coming in the direction of the city. I really didn't care at about one or two last night but I knew that I had to go so I woke Raïssa and we went with Eragon.
That had been hours ago, now I sat half asleep in the entrance hall with the others waiting. I closed my eyes and leaned on Raïssa's hard torso scales. In moments my breathing became deep, and I was asleep.
"Rosenthal waken. It is time that you wake." Some was saying as the shock my shoulders lightly. I ignored whoever it was and turned over. I was tired and I was getting the sleep I deserved.
scroll"Kacie wake up!" came Sedna's voice loud and clear in my ear. I awoke with a start to see Eragon, Orik, Murtagh, Sedna, Arya, and the two bald twins standing just behind the others.
"What's going on?" I asked as I sat up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes.
"We are needed. Urgals are following the girl through the valley, the message just reached us." Eragon said.
"What are following the girl?" I asked confused.
"Urgals are ugly monsters that are under Galbatorix's rule?" Eragon tried to explain.
"Who?" I asked feeling really dumb.
"Galbatorix is the king of the Empire."
"Ohh. . . ." I said with a slight understanding.
"Okay, now we need a plan on how to save the girl." Sedna said taking a step away from the group and pulling a rolled up scroll out of a pocket in her armor. She unrolled the scroll showing not words on the paper but a map of the valley. "We have to decide our course of action on how to save the girl." Sedna said as she laid the map out on the ground and looked at it as she traced the valley with a slender finger.
Eragon crouched next to her looking at the map. "I think that we should wait to see if she knows what is at the end of the valley before we help or if she is in real danger but the dragons can not be revealed to her until we know more about her."
"I agree with Eragon," Arya said sitting opposite of the two and looked at Eragon, waiting for him to respond.
"I guess it's settled that we will wait until she is in grave danger or until she finds us." Sedna said standing from the crouched position she was currently in.
"About how far is she from the entrance?" I asked Arya as she and Eragon stood.
"About a half last time we checked about ten minutes ago." Arya answered.
"How long before she gets to the entrance?" I asked.
"That I can not answer for certain," Arya responded, "but I'd guess any where from ten minutes to half an hour." Arya finished smiling at me.
The girl was panting hard while trying to run from the urgals that had been on her trail for a while now. She skid to a stop, and listen very hard. She could hear the large monster trudging through the trees and the underbrush. She quickly continued her fleeing of the wicked creatures.
She knew that she couldn't be caught, because if she was she would have to face the king. She didn't have the bravery to face him, it was one thing to face his followers, and a whole other thing to face him. She had made it this far, there was no way she was going to give in now.
She stumbled as she ran, leaving pools of blood behind her. She had fought off some of the urgals earlier but at the price of many cuts, bruises, a broken wrist and a lot of blood loss. If she didn't reach the end of the valley before they gained on her she knew that she get killed, because she could win another battle, not in the condition she was.
She skid to halt again only this time it was at the edge of a lake on the beach of small pebbles. She was very close now to her destination but the urgals were real close behind. Some had begun to emerge from the trees with short swords drawn. She panicked and jumped into the water to get away from the monsters.
Underwater She opened her eyes to see the clear crystal water changing into a dark crimson from the blood flowing from her wounds. She tried to kick back to the surface but she was weighed down by the sword at her side. Instead of surfacing she was pulled into the deeps of the water, running out breath. She lost consciousness as she quickly ran out of air and the crisp and clear blue water world around her went black.
Eragon was suddenly yelling for everyone to get out there to get out and help the girl. The girl had just jumped to her death in the lake when she panicked and now she was drowning. "Kacie leave your dragon here!" Eragon yelled as the entrance open and we all ran out.
Eragon, Murtagh, Arya, and Sedna pulled swords and charged at the urgals while I dropped my sword on the ground next to the lake and dived in. I kicked my legs toward the girls limp body at the bottom of the lake. I picked up the girl and nearly collapsed from her weight. I was running out of air quickly but the girl and her sword were weighing me down. I kicked hard with all my might, trying to reach the top of the sparkling blue water. Finally after what seem like an eternity I broke through the surface of the water with the girl in my arms
I took a deep breath and relief came over my body with a breath of life. I swam to the shore so that I could put this girl down. I walked up onto the pebble beach and set the girl down. After a moment she took a deep breath but she did not open her eyes. "Some one help me!" I yelled over my shoulder to where the rest of the group was battling the urgals. Sedna quickly cut the neck of the urgal she was in battle with and came running swiftly towards me.
"How can I help?" She asked as she slid down next to me, putting her sword in its sheath.
"Help me carry her inside." I told Sedna. "Pick up her feet and I get her arms." We picked up the girl and carried her inside. Eragon and the others followed us inside once they had defeated the urgals. Once very one was back inside the doors closed.
Arya rushed over and began to look over the girl. She was shortly joined by Eragon. "I think that she may need a little help in healing." He said as examined the girl.
"We'll take her up to the healers and they give her the best treatment." Arya said as Eragon picked up the still unconscious girl, and began to take her to the healers a few floors above.
A/N: To all my readers who were wondering about how to pronounce the name of Kacie's Dragon I looked it up just for you(not really it was more for my sake but I'll be nice and share it with you). Raïssa is pronounced ra-È-sa or in easier terms ray-e-sa.
