Hello I am a lifeguard, so I have nothing better to do than bring my laptop in and write. I noticed a lot of mistakes in that last chapter and hope to do better in this one.

AN: I don't own Eragon

Chapter 2

Sun flittered across the faces Toby and Maeria while they slept in the grove of trees. Toby lazily stretched his arms as he sat up. The first thing he saw was his sister and the small dragon that hatched for her last night curled up together. He felt a pang of jealousy again at the sight of them. He heard the chirping of birds and the light breeze through the trees. What an amazing day.

"Sis! Dragon! Wake up!" he called tauntingly.

He heard her grown and pull the dragonlet closer for warmth. Her eyes finally opened to see her smiling brother above her with a cup of water.

"Ahhhh, please don't!" she said, scurried over from her laughing brother.

"Wake up already then," he replied.

He went over to his pack, and looked at the five eggs still accumulated inside. He picked them up, and gently laid them on the sand.

"What are we going to do with a dragon, we cannot go to Gil'ead anymore?" he asked.

"We'll have to stay here until he can hunt by himself, and live in one of the forests, I think?" she replied.

A squeaking noise caught his attention. He turned around in time to see the shining silver egg vibrating erratically.

"Do you think?"

"Yes, brother, go over to it."

Toby walked over to the egg with shaking hands. What are we going to do with two dragons? We don't have enough food to last us two weeks. The dragon finally extricated itself from its marvelous shell and looked at its surroundings. The dragon's eyes looked at Maeria and then stopped on Toby. He moved to touch its shining head with his right hand. Pain, icy hot pain ran though his body. Unlike his sister though, he didn't pass out.

His hand, just like his sisters, had a silver oval shape on his hands. He looked over at the details of his beautiful dragon. It had an angular face, silver spikes instead of white like her sister's dragon. Also on its tail there were two flat but sharp spikes that jutted out like an axe.

"Its very good looking," Maeria stated.

"Its hungry," he replied, while going and getting some dried venison from a bag.

The yellow dragon pumped its wings and took the meat from his hand. Both twins laughed at the dragons antics. Toby thought about how this was a new step in his life. His sister and her dragon already had a strong bond, and could communicate with just their feelings and with mind images. Will my bond be that strong?

Oromis was two days out from the river, and was getting nervous. What if my spell didn't work? What if they are evil, and seek profit? Will the person even stay in the same spot?

Stop worrying, came Glaedr's voice.

They flew at a pace that might get them there earlier than anticipated. Oromis only needed to stop one time on his trip to retain some sustenance and to drink fresh water. Glaedr was such an old and powerful dragon that it could have made the journey without stopping.

Finally they made it to the cave, where Oromis found that all of the eggs had been taken. Under close inspection he found shards of the bight yellow egg. Glaedr, we have another dragon in our mists.

Very good, now lets find its rider.

Oromis came out of the cave and sat on the sandy beach. He opened his mind to his surroundings, becoming the life that was around him. Soon he discovered two, not just one Dragon, and also two riders all of which, were fast asleep.

Oh! Today is a good day, let us go and see if they are good candidates.

Maeria and Toby along with their companions had eaten a rather large lunch, and as such took a nap. During their nap a man entered their camp and sat down. He sat patiently waiting for his charges to awake.

In the days that it took Oromis to arrive at their camp the bonds that the two teenagers shared with their dragons grew. The dragons could now use simple Alagaesian words, and had names. The yellow was a she, and called Crystya. The silver was a he, and named Horrest. Both dragons had grown to a little above their rider's kneecaps. Horrest was almost up to his rider's hip. The yellow dragon had a more extensive vocabulary than the silver, and its scales shone like the sun.

Oromis once again extended his mind, and found something unusual, even though these humans had rounded ears; they had enough elfish blood to be called half and half. This was good news for the cause, for it would be far easier to train them.

For thirty minutes he waited, the two dragons were the first to wake. They alerted their riders, and both quickly jumped into a defensive stance. Their dragons were quick to stop growling when they sensed another very large dragon near by.

"Settle down my friends, I mean no harm," Oromis said, while showing them his gedway ignasia.

Both saw this as a symbol of a dragon rider and they needed to know if he worked for the empire or not.

"Do you work for the empire?" Maeria stated quickly.

Oromis then pulled his hair out of the way of his ears to show them that he was an elf, and thus was not working for the king. Both teens sighed with relief and understanding. Both were also amazed that they were in the presence of an elf.

"I placed a spell on that cave many years ago when I put the eggs there. It would alert me if any being came into the cave, and hatched a dragon. When I felt someone came into the cave I hurried here, but I only expected one rider not two?" Oromis said.

"Horrest hatched a day after Crystya did," said Toby.

"Well that explains it! I need to know if you plan on joining me in the Elfish capital to begin your training."

Toby and Maeria looked at each other, nodded their heads. Both seemed to trust this man after just a short while of talking to him.

"Yes, we will," they both said.

Late into the night they talked, Oromis had even used magic to build a fire for the two twins. Oromis gave them his background, while they gave him theirs. Both twins were impressed with Glaedr's size and strength. They both wanted to know what the city was like.

End chapter 2, Read and review, I hope this chapter is better than my first.