Leonor suddenly woke up and looked around. No one was there. She got up and went to the window. There were some men standing and discussing something. Leonor decided to use her magic to hear them.
"…we just found him dead…" said one tall man.
"Don't you remember something that could help us to find out who killed him?" said another guy.
"Last time we saw him, he was dancing with a girl." said the tall man.
Leonor was surprised and picked up the things she had with her.
"I need to get away from here." said Leonor quietly to herself and left the room. She slowly came down the stairs and went fast to the door. It was very early in the morning and no one was there. Leonor went out and felt someone's hand on her waist. Before she could do anything, someone put his hand on her mouth and pulled her into the dark corner.
"Don't make any noise. They are looking for us." she heard Murtagh's voice in her head.
"I know. But we don't have anything to do with that." she said. He finally let her go and just gave her cold look.
"Oh, don't tell me we do have something with that!" she rolled her eyes.
"They are looking for you because you danced with him." said Murtagh.
"Did you do something to him when he left just like that?" she looked at him. He didn't say anything.
"What did you do?" asked Leonor angrily.
"We don't have time for this! We need to go now!" he said, nervous.
"I'm not going anywhere unless you tell me what you have with this!" she said and looked deep into his eyes. He rolled his eyes.
"I killed him. Can we go now?" he said, not showing any feelings. Leonor looked at him, angry and surprised but then followed him. When they were away from the town, Leonor looked at Murtagh.
"Why did you kill him?" she asked "It wasn't necessary to do that!"
"Why? You liked him?" he laughed.
"Murtagh!" she said angrily "How did you kill him anyway?"
"When I saw him with you, I used some magic to get him away. I didn't know it will be powerful like that." he said "You will know how it is when you learn more about magic."
"I know. You were jealous!" she laughed.
"No! I wasn't jealous." he said angrily "I was just angry on you! And I hope you won't try again to kill me."
"I'm sorry about that. I don't know why I did that. You just made me angry." she said quietly, avoiding his look.
"It's not important." he said. They were walking when suddenly Leonor just sat under one tree.
"What is it now?" asked Murtagh, little bit angry.
"He was here." she whispered and picked up something.
"What?" asked Murtagh confused. Leonor whispered something and a red rose appeared in her hand.
"Oh, the guy you loved?" said Murtagh and looked at her.
"It's time to forget." she said quietly "If I don't forget…it will kill me."
"Maybe you don't have to forget. Just think that you can do better than that." he smiled and sat next to her.
"Better? Maybe." she laughed. "We should go now."
"Wait." he said "This is a chance that you try some more magic."
"What?" asked Leonor surprised.
"Can you take the energy from that bird?" asked Murtagh and pointed with his finger at the highest tree.
"Not really. I don't know how to do that." she said.
"Fine. Try to remember these words." he said something in ancient language "Just be careful with it at the beginning because it can kill you."
"Ok I know something similar but it's just to kill people and things, not to get their energy." she said.
"But like this is more useful." he laughed "Now try." Leonor said the words and the bird fell down on the ground.
"Did you feel it?" he said with a strange smile on his face.
"Yeah, it was weird. But now let's go." she said, feeling that something is wrong.
"Ok." he said and got up. Leonor looked at him and whispered the words in ancient language. Murtagh was surprised and closed his eyes because of the pain in his head. After some moments the pain was gone and he looked at Leonor. She realized that the strange shine from his eyes is gone and she smiled at him.
"I'm sorry." she said "I just don't like when the voices in your head make you weird."
"Leonor, I just showed you that spell. You could have been dead!" he said, shocked.
"It was almost the same as with bird!" she said "Come on, we have to go."
"I'm not a bird!" he said "Just don't use more magic on me."
"I promise I won't." she smiled.
"Your promises don't mean much, actually you still didn't kill me." he laughed.
"Yeah, I know. But I was close." she said "You still have to show me more magic."
"So you will kill me after you get all useful information?" he was still smiling.
"Maybe. I won't tell you that!" she looked at him "Let's go to find that book."
Five days passed and they have visited many different cities. Finally they were in front of the house of Galbatorix's friend.
"What now?" asked Leonor and looked at Murtagh.
"There is no one in the house." he said surprised.
"Did we come late?" asked Leonor, opening the door with magic.
"We're going to find out." he said as they entered the house. It was very dark and quiet.
"Something looks strange here, but it seems that all things are still here." said Leonor surprised, looking around.
"You go upstairs to find the book and I will stay here in case that someone comes." he said quietly. She just smiled and slowly went upstairs. The room was full of books. Leonor rolled her eyes and started to check the books. Few minutes passed and she finally found the book. The red mark on the book became black when she touched it. She tried to open it but she couldn't do that. The book probably had powerful protection. Leonor wanted to leave the room but then she saw a little book on the floor. It was blue with pictures of stars on it. She took the book and opened its first page. It was a diary.
"Did you find it? Someone is coming!" Leonor heard Murtagh's voice in her mind.
"Not yet." she didn't know why she said that.
"Ok. Hurry! I will deal with this guy." said Murtagh and she could hear door opened and then a sound of something that fell on the ground. Leonor was reading the diary for some moments, as fast as she could. She put it back to the ground and went downstairs.
"I found it." she said and Murtagh saw the book in her hand.
"Good." he said "We can go now." He looked at the guy on the floor and killed him with his sword. Leonor just looked at him; her eyes seemed so sad and surprised at same time. They ran out of the house.
When they reached the woods again, Murtagh looked at Leonor.
"Is something wrong? You look so upset." he asked.
"Everything is fine." said Leonor and smiled.
"I have an idea." said Murtagh "I will send Thorn to look for Diamond and we could work on our mental connection."
"Our mental connection?" said Leonor surprised.
"Yes. I can just sometimes enter in your mind and you in mine. There must be a way so we can control that and do what we want." said Murtagh.
"You are right. It could be useful." smiled Leonor.
"Exactly. Just imagine, when Galbatorix wants to check my mind, I send my memories to you and he can't get it. Then you just give it back to me." said Murtagh.
"Interesting. But how can we do it? I don't know did anyone have this kind of connection." said Leonor.
"We can try." said Murtagh and smiled.
"Ok. But first I want to find Diamond. Actually I know someone who could help me." she said and closed her eyes, whispering something in ancient language. Murtagh saw a silver bird flying to Leonor. She looked surprised at the bird.
"You are a bird now?" said Leonor smiling. Bird started to glow and suddenly they could see a young woman standing in front of them in silver long dress.
"Sometimes." smiled the girl and hugged Leonor.
"I'm so happy to see you, Thalia." said Leonor and looked at girl's blue eyes.
"I know you called me because you need something. What is it?" asked Thalia.
"I need you to do me a favor." said Leonor and looked at Murtagh "Can you, please, let us talk in private?"
"Sure." said Murtagh and left.
"So…can we start?" smiled Thalia.
"No…I don't need you to tell me about my future. I need to find my dragon." said Leonor.
"I won't tell you anything unless you let me read your future." said Thalia.
"Fine. If you want that so much." said Leonor and they sat under one tree. Thalia whispered some words in ancient language, making a magic shield for them so no one could hear them or see them. Then she looked deep into Leonor's eyes.
"So many things changed about you." said Thalia "You are in love again."
"Really? I thought you're going to be angry because I work for Galbatorix and you start to talk about love." smiled Leonor.
"Ah, Leonor, why would I be angry? It's not my thing. Oh, I see you found Selena's diary. And you are in love with her son." said Thalia.
"With who?" asked Leonor.
"I'm not going to tell you. You have to decide who you love. And what you read in Selena's diary is true. Choosing the wrong person will bring you lots of pain. I see it clear now. One of her sons will lead you to death and the other one will lead you to the light and happiness. You have to choose." said Thalia, her voice sounded sad.
"Why you just don't tell me and maybe save my life?" said Leonor and rolled her eyes.
"Because if I tell you…many things would change and your future maybe wouldn't be like this." said Thalia "Now I'm going to look for Diamond." After some moments of silence, a smile appeared on Thalia's face.
"Your dragon is there." said Thalia and touched Leonor's hand. Leonor could clearly see the woods where Diamond was hiding.
"That place is two days of traveling from here." said Thalia.
"Great! Thanks!" smiled Leonor.
"I have to go now. It's too dangerous for me to stay on one place very long. See you soon!" said Thalia and changed again into bird.
"Bye, my friend." said Leonor and got up. She went to find Murtagh.
"Did you find Diamond?" asked Murtagh when Leonor came.
"Yes, I just sent pictures of the place to Thorn." said Leonor smiling.
"Wait! You spoke with my dragon?" asked Murtagh surprised.
"Yeah, don't be so surprised." she looked at him.
"Well, Thorn usually doesn't like to speak with others." he said.
"I think it's because I have a dragon too. We will see will Diamond speak with you." she started to laugh.
"Um, yeah. And what are we going to do while Thorn is away? We can just play with magic." Murtagh smiled.
"Just magic? Come on, that's boring!" laughed Leonor.
"And what are we going to do then?" asked Murtagh.
"We will have some fun!" said Leonor.