Jacyn sat on the balcony of his quarters next to Vikaria, drinking coffee and reading reports from the various Rider posts in Alagaësia.

"Looks like the Dwarves are about to start another clan war." Jacyn sighed, leaning back against his dragon.

Vikaria snorted and looked back at him. "What's it over this time?"

"Goldmines in the south of the Beor Mountains." Jacyn replied. "Five clans are involved, and if the queen can't get a grip on this, it's going to be a bloodbath."

"Sounds like fun." Vikaria said.

Jacyn laughed and patted his dragon. "I'm sure it does to you." He looked out over the training field, watching the new Riders practicing with their swords.

"What do you think of them?" He asked the dragon.

"They're promising." She replied "The female human with the red male, Taya, she's probably the best fighter we've had in a few years. Not to mention extremely attractive for your species."

Jacyn choked on his coffee. "You say that about every female human or elf we get." He said.

"I just want you to be happy little one." Vikaria said, dropping her head and looking at him with one of her bright blue eyes. "You've already lived six times longer than a normal man. And lately you've seemed...sad I guess."

Jacyn smiled and rubbed his dragons nose. Suddenly, seemingly from nowhere, the elf Leeana and her dragon, Onaxis, landed on the balcony.

"You forgot, didn't you?" Leeana asked, almost in a panic as she jumped off her dragon and walked toward him.

"Forgot what?" Jacyn asked, calmly sipping his coffee. He knew exactly what she was talking about.

"Take a look." Leeana said, pointing across the valley.

Jacyn smiled as a large emerald green dragon descend out of the clouds, followed by two slightly smaller dragons.

"Right on time." He said.

"What?" Leeana asked, confused. "You remembered?"

"I did, I just wanted to see if any of you were paying attention." Jacyn said, smiling.

Leeana groaned and rolled her eyes. "I hate you sometimes brother." She said.

"I know sis." Jacyn replied. As the first of Eragons students, Jacyn and Leeana had basically grown up together, and treated each other as twin siblings.

"Get everyone to the front gate, I'll be there in a moment."

Sixty two years before the Revos Invasion

"What do you think she's like?" The six year old asked the dragon he was riding as they followed the elves through the forest.

"Who?" The white, horse sized dragon asked.

"Arya." Jacyn replied.

"Well, I'm sure she's like a queen." Vikaria said.

Jacyn rolled his eyes. "Yes, but still, I've never met a queen before."

"Well, it looks like we're about to." Vikaria said.

Jacyn looked up and saw a large green dragon standing in the path. Next to it was a small black and purple dragon, about the size of Vikaria. Standing in front of the green dragon was a tall woman with long black hair, wearing black leather clothes. The elves that had led them through the forest bowed.

"She sure don't look like a queen." The six year old said allowed.

Present day

As she climbed down from Fírnen, Jacyn couldn't help but notice Arya looked exactly how she had that day in the forest. Both of his parents were killed serving in the Varden during the Second Rider War when he was five, so Arya and Eragon had become something like parents. Even though she hadn't been around in his training much after the first year or so, he still thought of her as "Mother".

Before either of them could speak, there was an excited roar from somewhere up above. Fírnen looked at Arya, them immediately took off. Jacyn watched as the green dragon managed to intercept Saphira as she dove through the clouds. Arya laughed softly as the two dragons sped off to the far end of the valley.

"It's good to know our oldest dragons can still romp and play like they did when they were small." She said, turning to Jacyn.

"They're still young for dragons." Jacyn said, grinning "It's good to see you in person again, Menoa."

Arya smiled as he used the ancient word for mother. As a child, it had been the first word he had learned to say in the Ancient Language properly, and he had called her that ever since. Her smile faded as another memory crept into her mind.

"I know we have things to discuss, but I would like to see Eragon first." She told Jacyn.

"Of course." Jacyn said, leading her through the crowd of Riders and through the gates of Haven.

A/N: Please leave reviews on what you like, don't like, and what I can improve on. Thanks!