The earth has rotated until the sun illuminate the originally dark land.
The sky was really clear and blue, without any clouds. Left the sun alone.
The wind blew sleepily, swept the thick sea of grasses, blows the dead leaves from the land. Send them fly, and fly. Before they got decomposed by the soil.
The river runs from the highest mountains, through the forest, splits the desert land, and keeps going to the unknown. Eager to be one with the vast and mysterious sea. Somewhere.
It's so quiet. So peaceful.
There is no more war. No more bloods dropped unnecessarily.
No more family left behind. No more fear to lose the loved ones.
Swords abandoned. Only kept for nostalgic sake.
Axes used for war, now they used as decorations.
Shields got rusted, as the armors did.
Writers wrote their own version of the hardship they went through for this time. Peace.
Song made to respect the fallen souls. To remember the dark ages. To remember their heroes. Their hope.
Cakes baked. Dresses made. Lots of couples married. Having children. Celebration held. Farms harvested. Buildings and fortresses built.
The earth rotated to face the darkness. The sun replaced by the moon and his companion. The stars. The far far away suns which looks so small because of their distance. Trying to match the brightness of the moon.
The sea waves up and down. With the wind that blew the night air coldly.
The nights has the days,
The moon has the sun,
The river has the sea,
The cold has the warmth,
And,
The good has the evil.
It cannot be denied. Cannot be avoided.
While the good exist, the evil could not be shunned. That's for sure.
The questions is, who?
And, when?
The sun shines so bright. Peeking through the big window of the building where the humans, elves, and the apparently sleep dragoness settled.
The furred elf, Blodhgarm, stride towards the young rider who seemed to be in a deep thought, separated from the others.
"Shadeslayer?" Blodhgarm voice jerked him out of his reverie. He must have let his darkened thought to be reflected on his face.
"It's Eragon, Blodhgarm.." He said. Trying his best to change the direction of the upcoming questions.
Blodhgarm grinned a bit, not like the usual plain facade on his face, trying to be the person Eragon could call as friend.
"Well, Eragon, what plague your mind?"
Eragon does not know whether he should answer honestly or not. He does not want to make unnecessary panic, or whatever it is that people do when they heard that there might be an evil being waiting in front of their door, waiting to attack.
"Umm... nothing. Just.. My thought was clouded.." Clouded by dark clouds eventually..
Knowing the rider would not tell him further, Blodhgarm nodded and left to the other elves, planning the next building they are going to build.
Little One, we have talk about this last night, don't you remember? His partner's voice reverberated through his mind. Freshly awaken from her dream of chasing a Nagra.
Yes I do, Saphira.. I just..can't take my mind off of it..
Your worries are my worries too, Eragon. And your dark thoughts are kind of...distracting. If you're so worried, why don't you speak to the kids? Ask them more about their world, learn it. It'll take your mind off of that thought, and we can earn new knowledge.
Well, I supposed I can do it. Thank you so much Saph, I'm very grateful to whatever God exists for brought you to me
Aw.. You are so sweet when you said that.. Shoo! Go talk to them. I have to hunt, these babies are hungry!
And with that, the blue dragoness gets up, spread her wings, fly low to the door, and once she got out from the building, she shots out to the sky.
It's our first day since Mrs. Ro- sorry, Mrs. Angela told us that she can't bring us home less than a month. That's not good. It could mean everything. Not less than a month means two, three, four, five, six months, a year, two years, a decade, and the worst, a century. We surely have died that time.
That news really dropped us. But, after a sleep, we started to accept this whole mess. Besides, it's not bad at all to be stuck in this place forever. This place is like a fairy tale. Including dragons, elves, dwarves. Plus, the rider and the elves that accommodate us here are kind. And handsome. And beautiful. It's really refreshing for our eyes.
Now, we're waiting for the things that will entertain us-or so as Mrs. Angela said, to arrived by any means. We sat in circle, telling jokes and stories. Feeling lazy and just ate Vico's snack. Vico apparently stuffed his backpack with a lot of snacks and chocolates.
When we're going to open the white Toblerone, the rider, Eragon, comes towards us.
"Eragon! Long time no see! How're ya doin?" Vico waved his hand to him.
Vico's action seems to lighten up the rider's mood. He waves back and smiled.
"I'm good Vico, how about you?" He said while sitting beside the smiling boy.
Vico re-positioned himself, so now he is lying on his back, while still has his face to the others,
"Me? I'm fine, and a little bit bored, actually." His hand starts to draw abstract things on the floor.
The rider seems to preoccupied for a second, and then he said,
"So, may I ask something about where you come from?"
"Sure, you don't have to ask for permission, I love questions!" Vico re-positioned himself, again. Now, he sat as straight as a tower, and his eyes shines so bright, waiting for any question that may come up from the rider's mouth.
Eragon looks pleased and relaxed a bit,
"Is there any war in your place?"
All kids fell silent. No one ever expected to be asked such question while relaxing. Nobody spoke for a moment, because, this is a serious question, something which should be answered correctly.
"Well, there's some war going on in another part of the earth. But, if you asked does my country get involved in a war right now, then, the answer is no."
"Your country? So, there's another country then?"
"Sure, more than one hundred and ninety countries are exist all over the world."
"There are so many! Then, have your country get involved in a war before?"
"Yes. For more than three hundred and fifty years my country being colonized by another country, before, finally we get our freedom several decades ago."
"Three hundred and fifty years?"
The kids nodded.
"What is it like? Have you seen it before?"
"See what?"
"War."
"Umm, not directly. Just through video tapes in history lesson, or some documentaries. And I hope there will never be another World War, because then, we will be doomed."
"World War?"
"That's when almost all of the countries in the world get involved in a war."
"All of them? Why?"
"You know, things that turns man into even less than animals, like powers, lands, golds and stuff. If we may know, why are you so interested in this matter? Is there any war going on here?" Cheese starts to get curious. And freaked out.
"No, there is no war going on here, it was over. And, I just want to know more about where you come from." Eragon seems to understands Cheese's way of thought and trying to calm her down.
"So, since you have asked us some questions, may we asked you several questions too?" Lily who just woke up joined the circle.
"Well, yes you may."
"So, where are the other dragon riders? We've only seen you and Saphira, were they in a trip?"
"No, the other dragon riders were the Elven Queen you saw last night and my half-brother, but he is currently not here."
"The pretty queen is a dragon rider too?"
Eragon just chuckled at Vico's antique. Then, after a moment, Vico's face turned into a frown.
"So there are only three dragon riders?"
Eragon sigh, and tell us a story about The Fall.
"Where is this Galby now?" Vico asked when Eragon finished his story.
"It's Galbatorix. He has been killed, there had been another war too to stop him."
"Who killed him?" Again, Vico asked the rider.
Before Eragon could answer the question, the wolf-like elf came and joined us.
"I believe that Eragon is the one who killed Galbatorix." He said with a smile.
"You killed him? So, you are the hero? Oh my God! It's soooooo...usual. Sorry. Just kidding, don't kill me." Vico put his hands up in the air, surrendering.
They just laughed.
"Can I have another question?" Vico asked.
"Sure. Why not?"
"But maybe my question is a little bit personal.."
"It's fine."
"Okay, so, do you have any...girlfriend?"
"Girlfriend?"
"Or, someone you love more than just a friend and loves you back?"
This time the question drew the attention from the kids, the girls especially. Even Blodhgarm looks amused too.
"Oh, no. I have no girlfriend."
"Seriously? Why? You looks cool, and for what we know, you are a good person, and you are a hero!"
"Well, that's personal Vico." Eragon looks uncomfortable.
"How about the elven queen?" Lily blurted.
Achieving glares from her friends, Lily stuttered,
"That's personal. Sorry, I'm sorry.."
Eragon just nodded.
A knock came out from the big wooden door. The kids look at each other, as understanding came down on them, they rushed to the door.
They opened the door, letting more of sun shines get through, and they found several wooden boxes in front of them.
"What's inside?"
"I don't know. Let's get them inside!"
The kids took the boxes into the hall. The elves and the rider seemed curious too.
"Hurry up Cheese!"
"Patient Vico. I'm trying to open this damned box!" Cheese has trying to open those boxes for a while, but, nothing happened.
Jason, the biggest kid, move forward,
"Stand aside. Let me try."
Trying with all his might, Jason, finally gave up and asked the others to help him.
After a tiring fifteen minutes, the first box opened.
It contains clothes.
"Oookay, it seems that Mrs. Angela was not kidding when she said she can't get us back in less than a month." Cheese starts to worried again.
"Wait. There is a letter." Lily picked up the paper from the box.
I believe when you read this letter, you have received my 'gifts'. So, enjoy! I hope my gifts could entertain you and protects you. Love, Angela.
"Well, I think it's better if we opened the other boxes!"
The kids moved to the next box. Again, Jason and his friends opened it.
On the inside, there were several red and black kind of box, with something looks like radio, and crank attached on each one of them. On their side, written 'ETON'. And there is another thing with some small lamps, something that looks like it could be rotated, and two jacks. On it's side written 'BikeCHARGE'. Oh, and there is a bicycle wheel with chain and two gears.
On the bottom of the box, another letter, and now, Cheese reads it,
Kids, these are, probably, something that you most needed now. Especially when there is no electricity to recharge your phone, and if I connected to your 'phone addiction' attitude, then, these are the most important things for you.
Well, if you've finally figured how these things works, you'll get some electricity you may need. These things could not produce electricity as much as you used to use at home, but, it's better than no electricity at all right?
Love,
Angela
"Well, she's right! The next box please!" Vico said while approaching the next box.
As before, Jason and friends, who decided to make a company for doing heavy jobs; change their names into Jason and Co—opened the box.
The third box revealed four drones. Not drones used for military use, but drones for photography and observatory use. Each one of them equipped by a camera.
"Yeaay! We got drones! But, why does Mrs. Angela sent them here?" Vico said while took a drone out of the box.
He started to examine it, checking every inch of the drone. Yeah, that's Vico. Always attracted by high-tech stuffs.
This time, the letter from the box was not so cheerful like before. It said:
Use these drones wisely. You'll need them soon.
And now, the last box. Jason and Co. opened the last box.
It contains books. School books.
"Eh, what?! Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Math, Literature, Art, and Economy? Why is this economy book is here?!" Lily hates economy. Everyone knows that. She got some problems with the teachers.
Vico picked up the letter from the bottom of the box. He read it aloud,
"Since you'll be gone for more than a month, you should chase your study. So, I send these books for you to learn and, every two weeks, I'll contact you and give the exams. Good luck, Angela."
"Exams? I've planned our holidays here.." Cheese said, disappointed.
A/N: I hope you like it guys! :)
