Beginnings: Jacob Rider
It was a pretty normal day for in Alagaesia for Jacob and his dragon Yesednay. He studied the ancient language and how to use magic with Eragon while she practiced using the wind for her while flying and breathing fire for long periods of time with Saphira. Then like usual after a sparring session, which Eragon always wins, he would go sit on the stump in the middle of the forest. His only instructions were to reach out with his mind, like he would to talk with Yesednay, and listen until he heard nothing. He could feel the ant's motivation to feed their queen, and yet at the same time listen to a worm think about eating dirt. He would sit there for an hour every day and then come back to answer questions about what Yesednay learned, while she was asked about his lessons. This was just to be sure that they were still in contact with one another mentally during their lessons.
Then they would be joined for dinner by the 9 elves that left their safe hold in Du Weldenvarden to help with raising the wild dragons and young riders. Right when he had swallowed his last bite and Yesednay finished licking her fangs Eragon handed him an envelope. He would normally get messages from his parents back in his hometown Teirm, but this one seemed different as if some one with great skill and agility sealed the envelope because there were many intricate designs that he probably couldn't create in a fairth.
"Do you want me to read this now or tonight?" he asked his mentor.
" Whenever you wish but tell me what it says because it's from the elves"
"That I will Eragon-elda."
"Then I shall see you at dawn to practice fighting while flying."
"Goodnight master."
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Back in their shared bedroom Jacob broke the seal on the message from the elves then read it to Yesednay with his mind.
Dear Jacob Rider,
Once you have finished your training in the ways of the dragon riders you are to fly to Ellesmera immediately to receive an important top-secret message that only I and a few of my people know about. Once you accept Eragon and Saphira will be notified but you must tell them that this is a matter of great emergency and that your studies must be hastened. They will tell you about certain precautions you must make when entering Ellesmera and how you are to greet the elves. Bring with you only the essentials and possibly some scrolls of the ancient language in your pack. I hope to meet you in the near future and please give the extra note that was in the envelope to your teacher.
Sincerely,
Arya Queen of the Elves and Dragon Rider
What do you think our mission is? Yesednay asked him.
"I don't know but whatever it is we need to tell Eragon as soon as we wake up and give him this note from Queen Arya. What do you think it says?"
I don't know and I don't care particularly and it's their business not ours. Now it's time to go to sleep we are going to need plenty of energy tomorrow if we are to hasten our training. She replied
"Your right we need to sleep." And so like every night since Rhunon made his purple sword, dyed by Yesednay's scales, both of them emptied all of their energy into the diamond embedded in his sword until they were so tired that they fell asleep.
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When the sun rose in the east shining through the window of their room Jacob got up and stretched while Yesednay yawned and sprawled out like a cat waking from its midday nap. They then head out for Eragon and Saphira's lodge to tell them the news.
"So it looks like your practicing is over and you need to learn as much as you can until you have learned all that I will teach you." Said Eragon. "You and Yesednay fly over to the fields, Saphira and I will join you shortly after I consult with her on what we should do."
So he climbed up onto Yesednay and they flew towards the fields where when their mentors arrived they began their faster paced lessons.
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About a month later while Jacob was sitting on the stump he was listening to everything around him and then suddenly all was silent for he was listening to the plants that have no thoughts.
Like he was instructed he reported back to Eragon stating in the ancient language "I have listened to everything around me until I heard nothing."
"Very good, I have now taught you everything that you need to know and you may leave for Ellesmera when you wish. But first I have a gift for you," he then handed Jacob a small box. " Inside is a necklace with the smallest of diamonds on it. Inside the diamond is a pool of energy 10 times larger than I have ever seen. The many Eldunari we were able to save from Galbatorix provided the energy for the gem. I warn you though not to use all of the energy up with little spells but to use it only when it is truly needed for something important. At that I bid good-bye and good luck. To you Yesednay I bid good weather for your flight to Ellesmera and remember you cannot fly into the city you must walk through the gate or else you will plummet to the ground. Good-bye my students and my friends."
"Good-bye Eragon-elda and thank you for your most generous gift." Then he saddled up on Yesednay and they left.
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Yesednay flew straight towards Ellesmera for a whole day straight but by then they needed to rest so they landed in a clearing along Lake Eldor to set up camp. They really had no supplies so Jacob found some dead wood around the clearing, which was lit by Yesednay for warmth. While his dragon rested Jacob sat and read through his scroll of the ancient language. But what interested him the most was the last word on the list. It had no definition like how Brisinger means fire but it did come with a warning, which he remembers with great detail.
Eragon had specifically told him, "Don't use this spell." But of course that wanted to make him use it all the more but for some reason he couldn't read it. Every time he thought he had gotten it, it would jumble up again. He focused on it until he was so frustrated that he threw the scroll at his pack and went to sleep.
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The next morning he got up and ate while Yesednay went out hunting. She was back within 20 minutes well nourished and ready to fly straight on towards Ellesmera. So they left.
The flight was well as Eragon wished them except over Du Weldenvarden because Yesednay started getting tired but there was nowhere to land. Luckily the wind blew up from behind them and she was able to glide all the way to Ellesmera. As they were instructed the entered through the gate to find that it was no different inside Ellesmera than it was outside. Then suddenly the two of them, Yesednay first, began to notice that the trees were actually houses. Then one by one the elves started to appear. They looked like the elves under Blodhgarm but some of them looked different. For instance one of them had gills, another walked on four paw-like hands, and two of them had giant dragon tattoos. They were greeted by all the elves in sight and they all admired Yesednay's purple scales, which of course made her very happy. They were immediately escorted to the grand hall that was made out of interwoven cherry blossoms that from the looks of it were always in bloom.
The hall was extraordinary, there were at least one hundred elves sitting along the sides of the chamber watching their every move. They were all sitting on chairs that appeared to be part of the wall but the most extravagant thing of all was the throne at the end of the hall where sat Queen Arya. Next to her sat tall and proud her green dragon Firnen who was both smaller than Saphira yet larger than Yesednay.
"Greeting's Arya queen of the elves, dragon rider, and shadeslayer. I have received your message about my top secret mission and have completed my studies in becoming a dragon rider worthy of such a mission." He addressed the queen.
"Your mission, if you shall accept it, is to help save the universe from destroying itself." She stated, "you are to go through a portal discovered by my people only a year ago to stop the invasion of evil on a planet called Earth in a universe parallel to ours. There you will be given your instructions and a team that you are to consider your equals as Eragon's cousin Roran has in the battles leading up to the fall of the Empire."
"If I may ask, how do you know of this planet's troubles?"
"Ever since we discovered the portal we have been receiving messages of great terror. They believe that the evil will destroy their universe and along with it a few others. We have agreed to send a rider along with his or her dragon to this universe to help them. Since we don't know when the universe is likely to be destroyed we decided upon you for you are the only available rider at the time. But now without any further ado the portal."
It was a giant swirling spectrum of all the colors I have ever seen and many I have not seen. It was only there for a few seconds until it disappeared abruptly with a flash of light. Arya explained to him that the portal took a lot of energy to open and so it could only be there for a few seconds.
"Now you must decide, do you accept this mission?"
"I accept your majesty." As do I. Snorted Yesednay.
"Good now there is a gift I have for you." To Jacob all it looked like was an ordinary belt but knowing these elves he knew that there must be something special about it. "This is the Belt of Belothe the Wise also known as the Belt of Twelve Stars. Hidden inside the belt are twelve gems each one with the ability to hold enough energy for two thousand spells. I want you to take it with you through the portal as well as this scroll of the lost words of the ancient language. Study it well and hard every night so that you will be able to face a larger spectrum of problems with magic. Now you must decide one last thing, when do you wish to leave?"
"Immediately if that is possible."
"As you wish. Open the portal as wide as you can and hold it for at least thirty seconds when I say so. Goodbye rider and may fortune favor you and may the winds of this Earth be of good use to you Yesednay. Open the portal now."
"Thank you for your gifts it has been a pleasure to be in the elves' capital." They then together as rider and dragon walked through the portal courageously and not knowing what to expect.
