Don't own Eragon. And for the record I have some action in the next chapter, and it's already written...but I won't post it until at least five people review a fic my friend wrote. She is on my favorite's list, her name is murtaghismyhottie and the story is Wyrda. It's an eragon fic if you can't guess and it's really good but isn't very well noticed. And miss montana is exempt since she's been the only other person besides me who's reviewing. Now, on to the story!
For minutes they sat in silence as Arya left to go talk to Horst. Roran studied his cousin in silence, he seemed so different. Eragon on the other hand had his eyes closed and his head turned in a different direction.
Roran kept thinking on how Eragon just had to be responsible for his fathers death "How did my father die?" he asked after a long silence.
Eragon sighed, finally meeting his cousins eyes "Roran please, the Ra'zac came after me because of the stone. Everyone else was just caught in the crossfire" he said sadly. Roran bit back a sharp retort at that "How did you become a rider?" he asked quietly.
Eragon sighed "That stone wasn't just a stone Roran, remember that night you heard the weird noises? It was an egg, that was the night Saphira hatched for me" he said. Roran grew quiet again, shock clouding his mind.
His cousin was a rider and he hadn't known it? But what struck him hardest was he was why his father had died "Why did you keep her?" he asked roughly. Eragon looked at him in shock "What else was I supposed to do?" he asked in shock.
Roran ground his teeth together "Why did you leave? And why are they calling you Shadeslayer?" he asked.
Eragon looked away "After Garrow was killed I went to get revenge by killing the Ra'zac. I traveled with Brom and learned sword fighting, and about magic…did you know all of the riders had magic?
He taught me so much. But after we found the Ra'zac they ambushed us, I escaped because a young man named Murtagh helped me. Roran I traveled with the son of Morzan of the forsworn! And he was good!
We helped an elf in Gilead and rescued her! But once the Ra'zac ambushed us, Brom was killed. I wanted so much to pursue the Ra'zac but Brom wanted me to cast my fate with the Varden. Roran…Brom was a rider, a rider from the legends!
And we went to the Varden and were attacked by urgals! In charge of them was the shade, Durza. I slayed him…but at a great personal cost" he said, his tone easily slipping from excitement to sadness in where ever appropriate.
Roran stayed silent "What personal cost?" he asked quietly after a few minutes. Eragon sighed "I received a curse wound on my back that plagues me when I strain to hard, it is that reason I passed out once the Ra'zac fell" he said.
Roran remembered that "Who was that girl?" he asked curiously. Eragon grinned "That is the elf Murtagh and I rescued in Gilead, Arya" he said. Roran paused "What happened to this Murtagh person?" he asked.
Eragon suddenly looked withdrawn "He was killed in the battle for the Varden which took place in the Dwarven capitol" he said distantly.
He looked directly into Roran's eyes, revealing fear, worry, and guilt "Roran I have killed men in battle, I have fought against the kings servants, I am the last hope against the king. But above all I fear that because of my follies, I'll lose you because your all the family I have left" he said, his voice fearful.
Roran sighed "When you left I felt so angry, I knew you had left to protect the stone or something like that. It wasn't until the Ra'zac showed up that I realized why" he said quietly.
Eragon sighed "Roran you do realize that with me here Carvahall is in danger? I want to help take you guys to the Varden but it requires traversing through the entire Empire, I need to know what you and the rest of the town wants to do because I fear that Galbotorix would come, but if I didn't you would be captured by the Ra'zac" he said, truly scared.
Roran slowly got up with cautious movements before touching his cousins shoulder "We will find out something Eragon, but even if we don't then you at least have me, we will figure something out" he said lightly.
Now remember, review Wyrda or no new chapter! (gives sly glances to all the readers) And don't worry, i'm doing this for the rest of my stories as well as I post them.