Hiiiiiiiiii! Again. I'm not Chrissy, I only own Tania and Ophelia.

Chapter Ten

A few days after they had arrived in Teirm, Eragon visited again, saying that they would be staying awhile longer. When Tania asked him why, he said simply, "I can't read. I'll need to be able to to do the task we're doing."

Tania raised her eyebrows. "Learn quickly," she said.

After a week and a half, they finally were able to look in the shipping records. After this mission was undertaken, Eragon ran to inform them. He climbed the cliff, and arrived breathless. After he had caught his breath, he gasped, "The shipping records suggest Dras-Leona. We'll be headed there in a few days."

Tania nodded. "That's the city on the banks of Lake Lake?" she asked jokingly.

Eragon chuckled. "I wonder who named it that."

Most likely some fool who knew nothing of the Ancient Language, said Ophelia. All worries were lost as they all, the dragons included, gave in to laughter.

Four days after, they were able to leave. Tania jumped into the saddle and tightened the straps around her legs. Ophelia and Saphira leapt into the air, Saphira ascending quicker so that Ophelia could hide them both from prying eyes below with her shifting scales.

They rode the winds until they were above the road, and they could see Cadoc and Snowfire below them. And therin continued their journey.

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They reached the banks of Leona Lake in a little over a fortnight. Across the water, they could just see Dras-Leona, sitting on the water like some great, smoky ship. This time, both Eragon and Tania were in the air, and they could see that the lake was enormous, stretching beyond the horizon.

Suddenly, Tania and Ophelia saw their sapphire companion take a twisting dive toward the lake. After shrugging about it, they followed. The water, to put it mildy, was freezing. Tania clung to the saddle, barely keeping herself from opening her mouth and breathing in water. Ophelia's momentum from the dive took her deep beneath the surface, and they could see the lake plants beneath them.

Ophelia's scales shimmered silvery blue and pink, matching the startled fish. She spread her tan-tinged wings and pushed herself up, mush like she did in the air. Tania marveled at how similar swimming was to flying for her. Gradually picking up speed, they shot upwards, breaking the surface with a splash. Ophelia flapped her wings, gaining slight altitude, and then glided back down to the water, landing smoothly, with barely a ripple, settling there like a great golden swan.

Tania shook a wet forelock of black hair out of her face, grinning. "Glad I put a waterproofing ward on my quiver," she said to Ophelia. Said dragon snorted and shook her neck, spraying water droplets everywher. Then they glided gently back to the shore.

Good grief, where's all the not-boring stuff? I NEED ACTION!

Fortunately, they are (almost) in Dras-Leona.

And that part about Leona Lake—Leona actually means Lake in the AL (Ancient Language). I just wanted to put in there that the lake's name technically meant 'Lake Lake' ;)

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