Eragon and Leonor went back to the house.

"Now when we are alone, I want to ask you something." said Leonor and looked deep into his eyes.

"Yes?" asked Eragon little bit nervous.

"I saw what happened to you. Will you really go against Galbatorix?" asked Leonor.

"Yes. He did too many bad things to innocent people." said Eragon, getting angry on every thought about Galbatorix.

"Then you will have to prepare very good if you want to destroy him. He has a lot of help from strong and mysterious people." said Leonor, very serious.

"Why don't you go with us and help us? You are also very strong." said Eragon hoping that she will accept.

"No, Eragon. This is not my fight. Galbatorix didn't do anything to me and I don't have a reason to go against him." said Leonor and got closer to the window.

"But if Galbatorix dies, your people would be free. You wouldn't have to hide here in the woods. And Diamond could fly wherever he wants." said Eragon and came closer to her. She just moved away from him very quickly.

"Everything is just fine like it is. I don't want to change anything, we are happy here. And what if I go with you and we fail? No, I can't take that risk." said Leonor, looking at Eragon with anger.

"It's your decision. I was just asking." said Eragon trying to calm her "But tell me, where is your family?"

"My family is far from here." said Leonor, surprised with Eragon's question.

"You can use magic; you are very pretty and fast. Are you an elf?" asked Eragon.

"No, I'm not an elf." said Leonor and laughed "My grandma is an elf. My mother is half-elf and my dad human, which makes me just human."

"So if you are not an elf, then you must be very young." said Eragon, smiling.

"I'm 17." said Leonor realizing that Eragon is very curious.

"Since when are you the queen of this place?" asked Eragon, looking around for something that could show him more about Leonor.

"Since I ran away from my family. Men who were looking for adventures came with me and we created this world. Soon some other men joined us, mostly those who didn't have anything." said Leonor with sad look in her eyes.

"Why did you run away?" asked Eragon.

"Well, my family just had the idea that I should be like other girls. Get married with someone they like and spend my life far from danger in a nice big house and garden. Yeah, it's a dream of many girls, but I wanted adventures and danger." said Leonor with a smile on her face.

"Are you still in contact with them?" asked Eragon.

"No. When I run away, I didn't even say goodbye to my grandma. She was the one who showed me magic and all, and I just left. Well, the only thing I did before going away was touching Diamond's egg. And my family didn't try to contact me and I didn't try to contact them. Because if we do so, we could be all in danger." said Leonor "It was my decision to leave and I don't feel sorry for what I did."

Leonor came closer to the door and looked at Eragon "Someone is here, listening to our conversation."

She opened the door fast and looked angrily at the person at the door. Eragon saw it was Murtagh.

"What are you doing here? Spying on me?" said Leonor angrily and aimed her sword at Murtagh. Eragon was surprised because Leonor had her sword hidden in her dress.

"Hey, don't get so angry." said Murtagh with very calm voice "If you said all that to Eragon, I can know too. I just have to make sure you won't do anything to Eragon."

"That's true, but I don't like it when someone is spying on me." said Leonor and put down her sword "I don't know what you thought I could do to Eragon, but if I see you one more time spying on me, I will kill you without thinking."

"You see? You don't do anything but saying that you will kill me. You are dangerous and you could put a spell on Eragon. I know what kind of woman you are." said Murtagh and laughed.

"Don't play with fire. At the moment there is no danger for you." Leonor gave him a cold look.

"As you say, Fire Lady." said Murtagh and went down the hall.

"How do you survive with him?" asked Leonor and rolled her eyes.

"He is my friend. He saved my life." said Eragon trying to convince Leonor that Murtagh is not as bad as she thinks.

"Ah, whatever." said Leonor and smiled again "It's late. You should go to sleep."

"Yes, you are right." said Eragon feeling sad because tomorrow he will leave and maybe never see Leonor again.

"You can relax here, Eragon. I promise you that nothing bad will happen as long as you are under my protection." she smiled and left before Eragon could say something more.

It was middle of the night and Murtagh couldn't sleep. He got up and went to the hall. When he saw no one was there, he slowly opened the door of the room next to his. He saw Eragon sleeping, but what caught his attention was Eragon's sword on the table. Murtagh slowly entered the room and picked up the sword from the table. He looked at it with strange shine in his eyes.

"What are you doing with Eragon's sword?" Murtagh heard Leonor's voice in his mind. He turned around and saw Leonor standing at the door.

"Nothing." said Murtagh and came closer to Leonor, still holding the sword. She looked at him surprised.

"No, it can't be. That sword…Zar'roc?" said Leonor and made one step back to the hall.

"Yes." said Murtagh "How did you know?"

"Everyone knows for that sword. And who was its owner before. I still remember Morzan holding it." said Leonor looking at the sword.

"You saw Morzan?" asked Murtagh surprised and gave Leonor a cold look.

"Actually, I was too young to remember anything else…but picture of him killing a friend of my grandma stayed forever in my head. I hate it. My first memory of my life is this sword." said Leonor and took the sword from Murtagh's hand to put it back to its place "What were you doing with Eragon's sword in his room?"

"And what are you doing here?" asked Murtagh.

"What did I ever do to you?" Leonor got annoyed.

"I just want to stay alive." he said and looked deep into her eyes.

"Why are you acting with me like this? It's ok that you don't like me, but you don't have to hate me. I feel it in your mind." she said trying to find out why he is so cold with her.

"Because you are one of these women who think they can do with men whatever they want."-he said and laughed. They finally got out of Eragon's room and Leonor closed the door.

"If you think I'm like that…fine. But you know what? You are just jealous because a girl is better than you. And you were in Eragon's room because you are jealous on him. He is a Dragon Rider and you are…umm, well, you are nothing." said Leonor smiling.

"You don't have right to say that!" Murtagh got angry while Leonor was still smiling "If I wasn't there, your dear Eragon would be dead!"

"Jealousy is a dangerous thing, my dear." said Leonor and laughed. She looked at him once more, proud of herself, and went.

In the morning, Eragon and Murtagh were ready to go. Saphira and Diamond had a hard time trying to say goodbye. Eragon and Leonor knew that their dragons will be sad and again feel alone but there was nothing they could do about it.

"It's time to go, Eragon." said Leonor smiling.

"Thanks for everything." said Eragon very sad and hugged Leonor.

"Good luck, Dragon Rider." said Leonor and gently kissed Eragon's cheek. Eragon got confused and tried to hide that his face went slightly red. Leonor went closer to Murtagh.

"Don't forget what I told you. And I don't think someone will let you go like I did." she whispered and gave Murtagh a cold look.

The story begins…now