disclaimer: blardyblardyblarblar - i dont own eragon but i do own the charictors that i have made up out of MY OWN head so there!

hehe my second chapter, probably not as good as the first but hey, as u shud no, you must reveiw... OR ELSE!!! bambamBAM!!!!!

When Sophia woke it looked to be about one or two hours after lunch, rubbing her head she realised that her baby dragon was gone, yanking her hand out of Eragon's strong grip, she got up and began to search, she hadn't gone very far when………

Sopi, Sopi, Sopi

What?

Sopia, Sopia

A large scaly mass fell on top of her, knocking her flat to the ground, and a wet, slobbery tongue began to lick her face, covering her cheeks and nose in a thin layer of spit

"Awwww, Yuk!" Getting to her feet, Sophia managed to push the little dragon off her and it fell into an undignified heap on the ground glaring at her and squawking loudly, she glared right back.

This noise brought Eragon back to reality, he stretched, yawned and got up. Seeing Sophia and her baby dragon glaring at each other made him laugh,

"What's so funny?" said Sophia, scowling at Eragon, who had a large grin on his face

"Nothing, have a nice sleep?"

Sophia grunted in reply and turned away from him, looking for her boots. Ignoring the rude reply from Sophia he persisted

"So, your dragon hatched last night"

Grunting again she stomped into the little hut, still looking for her boots

"Would these be what you're looking for, by any chance?"

She turned around to see Eragon holding up her boots by the laces, she stomped back over to his and snatched them

"Do you have a shower or anything around here?"

"A what?"

"Oh, great, no shower!" Sophia plonked onto a stump near by ", how am I supposed to wash when theres no shower?"

"You could always bathe in the river"

She immediately got up and said

"There's a river, take me to it now"

"Sure"

"Let's go, you wouldn't by any chance have any soap? Would you?"

"What's soap?"

"Oh, never mind"

The two then set out on a small journey to the closest part of the river, reaching it in a record ten minutes.

"Finally!" exclaimed Sophia as she sat on the stony shore of the bubbling river. The green trees almost reached the water and reeds stretched comfortably out into the deepest part of the beautifully clear water. The sun shone its golden rays into the thinning trees and over the water, causing everything around her to glow, transforming the water into sparkling crystals and the trees into bold glowing statues, grinning she began to undo the front of her leather corset. She turned around to see Eragon sitting down leaning on a tree with a stalk of wheat sticking out of his mouth. Sophia giggled; he looked like the typical American farmer. Looking over Eragon grinned and asked

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing, now turn around! I'm not undressing in front of you, go on, turn around!"

"Ok"

He slid around so that the tree was in between him and the brown haired girl now quickly undressing. Just then he heard Saphira's voice in his head

Little one, Sophia's dragon has hatched! It's a boy!

I know, its brilliant isn't it!

Yes, what's taking you so long? You've been at the river for almost ten minutes

Sophia's washing, and we only just got here!

Oh, well, be back soon, we must name the little hatchling

Ok

Sophia dipped a toe in the water and tipped her head to one side

"Eragon" she called out

"Yeah"

"Are there any things in the water?"

"Not that I know of, only fish"

"Oh, ok"

"You're not scared are you?" she heard laughter in his voice, finding it insulting, Sophia waded in till the warm water reached her chest and ducked dived in, Eragon's voice traveled across the water

"I'm guessing that's a no then"

"Too right"

Running her fingers through her dark brown hair and sighing she floated for a minute, the water was perfect and little fish swam past, not in any hurry to avoid the human invading their river. After about fifteen minutes Eragon called to her

"God, are you done yet, how long can it take to wash?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm coming"

Wading back out of the water, Sophia grabbed the blanket that she took with her from the hut and dried her self. Putting her clothes back on proved to be difficult, as she couldn't tie the leather corset properly

"Oi, you"

Eragon pushed himself off the tree and got up in one fluid movement

"Can I look?" Slowly taking down his hands that were covering his eyes to see Sophia with her hands on her hips looking at him

"Yes you doofus, I need you to come and help me with this top"

"Right"

Walking over to her, Eragon saw that she had impossibly knotted and tangled the thin strips of leather that tied the front of the top together

"How did you manage to do that?"

"Just fix it please"

"Okay"

His fingers moved swiftly and efficiently to loosen and fix the knots and tie the corset tightly

"Thanks"

"That's alright, we should get back to the camp, Saphira is waiting, were going to name your baby"

"Wow, let's go"

As the two made their way back to the camp Sophia was thinking about her dragon. She didn't now much about dragons, apart from that they were really heavy and made a terrible noise when angary. How am I going to take care of it properly? She thought. Suddenly she found herself tripping over a large tree root and landing no the ground with a large oomph, Eragon spun around to see what had happened and smiled slightly as he spotted Sophia kneeling a few feet back down the trail and rubbing her backside

"You know, you should really look where you're going" Walking over to her he grabbed her hands and hoisted her up off the ground

"Yeah, yeah. Mister Im-so-balanced-all-the-time-and-Im-just-soooo-perfect-in-every-way, lets just get back, Saphira and my little sweetie will be waiting for us"

"Fine, grab my hand"

"What?"

"Grab my hand" Repeating himself and holding out a hand

"Alright then" Sophia excepted the hand and soon they were running through the foliage like graceful dear, well Eragon was at any rate, Sophia was having a had time keeping up until Eragon's voice formed itself inside her head

Just relax and close your eyes

WHAT?!? Close me eyes, you must be kidding! We're already going like 100k an hour no way am I closing my eyes

Just trust me and close your eyes he squeezed her hand reassuringly

Fine but if I die then ill come back and haunt you

Deal

Sophia closed her eyes, with in seconds they were slowing down to a sprint for a normal human being, then and fast jog, then a brisk walk, then a slow halt before Eragon said

You can open your eyes again

Sophia slowly opened one eye then the other and she quickly checked over herself for bruises and cuts, when she was satisfied she looked at Eragon curiously then walked over to her baby dragon and patted him, he was sitting contentedly on a pile of straw flexing his talons. He had grown considerably while she and Eragon had been at the river,

looking up he saw his 'mother' and started to lick the hand she held out to pat him

Sophia, Sophia

"Oh my, he knows my name!"

Yes, I took the liberty of teaching him how to say you name, and it didn't take that long! You have a smart little dragon there………Rider

Sophia grinned and blushed at her new title. Saphira had projected her thought so that Eragon was in on the conversation too

"Well, now all you have to do is name him" He said turning and walking over to Saphira ", Saphira and I will go and hunt for food. Do you eat meat?"

"No, Im a vegetarian. And, hey, wait a minute. I don't know any proper dragon names"

It will come to you when the times right

And with that they both flew off

"Ohhh, Grrrreat"

Sophia, Sophia, Sophia said the little dragon jumping up and down it the dirt

"Shutup you"

And hour later, and Eragon and Saphira were still gone and Sophia and her baby dragon were sprawled across each other with the girl randomly stating names

Bob?

No

Eric?

No

Stanley?

No

Sprog?

No

Erkil?

No

Terrance?

No

Pervis?

No

Rumplestilskin?

NO!

Okay, then let my try something

Reaching out, Sophia touched the little dragon's head and scrunched her fingers around her palm that had the now shining gedwëy ignasia upon it and opened her mind to her dragon. Sharing her life's memories, bonding with him, a flash of light behind her closed eyelids brought a name out from the dark and a clear melodic voice called it once before she was pulled back the reality, gasping for breath she yelled one last name out before falling from consciousness;

"ERIDORAN!!!"

Just before she blacked out entirely, a single strand of thought made its way into her brain:

Yes

As Sophia woke, her head throbbing, she remembered the events of the night before. Smiling slightly she pushed herself off the ground and fondly patted the little green and gold head before getting up and relieving herself behind a tree a little way into the forest. As she made her way back to the camp that was now occupied by to sleeping dragons and a dozing Eragon, she noticed a rustling in the bushes about four feet in front of her. Looking around quietly she found a nice, thick stick and grabbed it, wrapping her fingers tightly around it. Walking casually up to the bush, she thumped it several times, producing a loud 'OWWWW-CH!', followed by a tall boy stepping out from under the bush, grabbing the stick off her and throwing it to the ground.

The boy was about a head taller than her and had light brown hair that fell down a little past his ears in small waves. He was wearing ripped brown trousers held up at the waist by a loop of rope and a tan hessian shirt, quite like Eragon's but more worn and ripped. His skin was slightly tanned and his eyes were a gentle shade of hazelnut.

The boy held out his hand and looked at Sophia expectantly, realizing what she was meant to do she thrust her hand out and shook cautiously. He grinned as she let go and the awkward silence set in ………………

"My name is Cayden"

"Hello"

Sophia started to shiver…………… "Who are you?"

"I am a warrior"

"Oh, ok…………………………… what are you doing out here in the forest then?"

"I am looking for Eragon Shadeslayer"

"Right"

Turning away from the boy she thought desperately of what she could do, should she take him to Eragon, or should she be suspicious of this person and lie about Eragon's whereabouts. After all she knew that Galbatorix would do anything to bring down the apposing rider. She finally came up with a plan, Sophia turned and smiled

"Could you excuse me for a second?"

"Sure"

Walking a little into the forest, Sophia called for Eragon

Eragon

………………………

ERAGON!!!

What?

Im with a boy called Cayden, He's a warrior, he was in the bushes

Are you ok? Did he try to hurt you?

No

Where's he from?

I don't know, but I think he needs somewhere to sleep tonight he looks pretty beaten up, he's been looking for you

Really……… Well, bring him to the camp and I'll see what I can do

Okay

And Sophia

Yeah?

Just be careful

Alright, Alright, you're starting to sound like my mother you know

Making her way back to Cayden, she grabbed his hand

"Come with me, I'll take you to Eragon"

"Thank you"

Pulling him though the small amount of foliage between them and the camp proved to be difficult, as Cayden was clumsy from exhaustion. Between the falling down and the picking up, Sophia didn't manage to gather much information about this mysterious boy.

As the two, Sophia puffing a little and Cayden on the brink of falling unconscious, reached the camp, Eragon and Saphira were waiting looking keenly at the new boy, searching his tired face.

"Sit"

Cayden immediately collapsed into the dirt

"…….Well…….what do you want?"