Discussions of Procreation
Later that day when Eragon woke form his afternoon nap with Saphira he didn't feel like himself, he felt larger than before, and there was a something pushing against his side, then he remembered what had happened and that he can transform from dragon to human, he slowly opened his eyes and found Saphira tucked under his wing against his side, she looked so beautiful in the late mid-day sun, her scales sparkled with a new found intensity that Eragon had not seen before and he loved her even more because of it, he pulled her closer and nuzzled her neck lovingly. Saphira was startled by the contact and flinched but Eragon sent her soothing emotions and she relaxed against his side.
"How was your nap?"
"It was the best nap I ever had, being in your embrace relaxed me even more than I what I thought."
Eragon kissed her cheek
"I'm glad you were comfortable. Truthfully I loved having you against me."
Saphira nuzzled his jaw
"I'm glad."
Eragon let her lean into him and they laid there, Saphira was enjoying Eragon's company but she knew they had to tell the others about this, and it was getting late.
"Eragon, as much as I love being in your embrace we need to tell the elves and the Eldunari."
Eragon let out a disappointed short, which surprised him.
"Do we have to?"
"Yes."
"Fine, but later on your mine."
Saphira chuckled a little at the reversed situation; she had put him in this same position just the other day.
"Alright, but we need to go before it gets too late."
Eragon reluctantly released Saphira from under his wing and slowly stood up; he waited for Saphira to stand as well. After she stretched and stood she looked at Eragon and commented.
"Are you not off balance at all?"
"No, I think when the guardian gave me this ability he also gave me the knowledge to move properly."
"Well that saves us time; if you didn't then I'd have to teach you."
"Yes you would have, now do you want to return or not?"
"Yes we should."
Eragon nodded and leapt into the air and angled towards the city with Saphira closely next to him, the entire way he as constantly aware of Saphira's scrutinizing gaze, finally he asked her about it.
"Saphira, why do you stare at me so?"
"You are very handsome, and you handle yourself quite well while flying. I find I'm having a hard time not looking at you."
"Why thank you Saphira, and that's good seeing we're going to be together for the rest of our lives."
Saphira started to hum at his response and he also started to hum at her happiness. The flight back to the city didn't take as long as before seeing they were already close from where they visited the guardian. Eragon landed with Saphira on the main level of the city, He quickly changed back to his human form, and to his surprise he was wearing a royal blue scaled metal mail that resembled his scales and dark blue pants.
"I he was right when he said that this would change with my body."
"It appears so, now we should go talk with the Eldunari."
"Alright let's go."
Eragon only walked a few steps before he saw Blodhgarm appear from the main chamber.
"Shadeslayer, have you had a chance to see what we have accomplished?"
"I'm sorry Blodhgarm but no, there's a matter that we need to discus with the Eldunari."
"Is everything alright?"
"Yes everything is great, and that is what we need to discus with them."
Eragon could see the confusion on the elf's face.
"I will explain later, but for now we need to be off."
Eragon didn't wait for a response before continuing on to the Eldunari. It wasn't long until Eragon and Saphira reached the room where the Eldunari were located, he quickly pushed in to the room and closed the doors behind Saphira then turned to face the Eldunari.
"Shadeslayer is all well; I sense your mind has changed."
"Yes Umaroth all is well, but there's something you should know about this forest."
Eragon felt all the Eldunari focus their attention on him.
"This forest is the birth place of the dragon race." He said bluntly
He could feel their surprise.
"Umaroth let me explain…"
And so in the ancient language he told them all that the crystal dragon told him.
"And I guessed that this guardian has a direct connection to the dragon that has passed on, he explained how grateful they all are for all I have done for the dragon race and so they gave me a gift."
"What kind of gift?"
"Watch me through Saphira's eyes."
He turned to Saphira and took several steps back, when he felt the Eldunari looking at him through Saphira he willed his body to change and took on his dragon form. He felt the pure shock that emanated from the Eldunari.
"They gave me the gift to be with Saphira both as human and dragon."
They were all silent for several long moments before Umaroth spoke.
"Eragon, what you have been given….words cannot descried….it is indeed a fitting gift for all you have done."
"Thank you Umaroth-elda."
Eragon then turned back to a human which also amazed the Eldunari
He turned his attention to Saphira.
"Could you give use some privacy, there's something I need to talk to Umaroth about."
"Of course."
Eragon walked with her over to the doors and let her out of the room, he closed them again when she left, then he turned his attention back to Umaroth.
"Umaroth, there something I need to ask you."
"Then ask, although I already have an idea of what you want to know.
"The mating habits of dragons."
"I see, well contrary to what people believe dragons have no mating season, when a female meets a male she likes and who likes her back they begin to bond, once they have bonded they can decide to mate, now dragons have two ways of mating the first is in the air, the female is held by the male who uses momentum to mate, the second is done on the ground with the female mounted by the male."
"I see there's one more thing I need to know, how long does it take for an egg to develop?"
This time instead of Umaroth a female Eldunari spoke.
"If a male is successful in fertilizing the female, then the egg begins to form, it takes two months for the egg to develop, after the first month the female will remain in the nest for the remainder of the time, this time the male will provide for and care for her, after the second month the female will lay one to three eggs, it will take another month for the eggs to hatch."
"What about colors, how are the colors of the eggs affected."
"Egg colors are affected by the female dragon's ancestry. The color of the eggs range in colors depending on her ancestors colors."
"Thank you, you have given me much to think about."
"It was my pleasure Shadeslayer; we look forward to see your hatchlings."
Eragon smiled and exited the room. He found Saphira examining the statue of her in the main chamber.
"How'd I do?"
She looked at him as he approached.
"I am impressed; you did well in capturing my emotions."
"I did my best to make you look how I saw, not only as a fearsome warrior, but also one of great compassion."
"Thank you Eragon."
She leaned down and gave him a dragon kiss on the side of his face.
"Shadeslayer."
Eragon turned around and saw Blodhgarm
"I suppose you want me to explain for my absence and rushing attitude when I arrived back."
Blodhgarm nodded. Eragon looked up at Saphira who nodded in approval.
"Very well go gather the other elves. Explain to them that there is something I need to discus with them."
Blodhgarm nodded and walked over to the elevator that will take him the level the elves had claimed. Eragon walked with Saphira outside and sat down with her next to him, he started to scratch behind her jaw, she leaned into his hand and started humming. It wasn't long until the elves had gathered in front of them.
"Now that you are all here, I need to tell you all something, I will let Saphira explain."
And so she did explain to the elves about the forest being the dragon's birth place, at how the Grey Folk used their magic to create the dragon, when she got the part about the dragon ancestors she let Eragon finish.
"This Guardian of the dragon race have a direct connection to the dragons that have passed on from this world, he told me that they are more than grateful for all that I have accomplished so they gave me a gift."
Eragon turned to look at Saphira with a wide grin; he looked back to the elves and changed into a dragon. He herd the elves gasp in surprise when he did, he then sent his thought out to them.
"They gave me the ability to take this dragon form, so that I may be with Saphira the way we both wish."
He herd Saphira laugh at the expression of utter surprise on their faces, he sent a feeling of amusement to Saphira.
"Now if you'll excuse us we've had a long day and are going to retire for the night."
It wasn't a question but the elves nodded through gapping mouths. Saphira followed him as he leapt into the air and headed towards their room, Eragon landed on the platform and walked in with Saphira right beside him, he stopped when he saw the bed, it was too small for both of them.
"Let me fix that."
He changed back to human and sung the bowl shaped impression into a wider bowl so the it would accommodate both of them comfortably, he then changed back into a dragon and joined Saphira on their bed, he laid down behind her so her back was against his belly and draped a wing over her and pulled her close to him. He felt her shudder of pleasure at the contact; he then twined his tail around hers and laid his head right next to hers.
"I love you Eragon, I love you so much, thank you for all you have done."
"I love you too Saphira and I still have one final gift to give you."
"And what would that be?"
"A family."
He felt her stiffen against him
"Eragon…." Tried to continue but choked.
"Yes Saphira a family we can call our own, I only ask you to wait, I understand if you may be eager but I want our first time to be memorable."
"Eragon that is the greatest gift you could ever give me, yes I will wait for you, I agree that it should be memorable."
"Thank you Saphira."
"No thank you Eragon."
She snuggled closer to him
"Good night my wonderful mate."
"Good night, my loving mate." Saphira said with a passionate tone.
And so Eragon drifted off to sleep, that night his dreams where filled with him and Saphira taking care of their future hatchlings.
The next morning Eragon was woken by the morning sun shining into his room, he was too comfortable to move especially with Saphira so close to him, so he waited patiently, the sun warming him. As the sun drew higher the light reached Saphira and she soon stirred under, Eragon could tell she didn't want to move either so he sent her loving feelings.
"Good morning Eragon, have you been awake long?"
"No, when the sun woke me I was too comfortable to move, so I didn't."
"I know what you mean; I could lie here all day."
"Why don't you, the city is finished, the elves have sent word to Alagaisia about our new home, there's nothing to do but wait, and besides when was the last time you had a day to lay around."
Saphira was quiet for several moments; Eragon knew she was thinking about what he said.
"Alright, today I'll rest and spend it with you."
"That's what it thought." He replied smugly nuzzling her neck.
Eragon then reached his mind for Umaroth.
"Yes Shadeslayer?"
"Umaroth, how are the elves doing after I told them about my new ability?"
"They are still in shock about what you told them and frankly so am I a little"
"I'm spending the day with Saphira, could you inform me if Blodhgarm has something important to discuss?"
"Of course, have fun."
Eragon sensed his joking tone but before he could comment Umaroth had already severed the link, Eragon then returned his attention to Saphira.
"I asked Umaroth that we are not to be disturbed to day and is Blodhgarm has something important to discuss then Umaroth will inform me."
"That's good, now that we have the day to ourselves what would you like to do?"
"First I need something to eat it's been a while and I'm hungry."
"Then let's go hunting."
Eragon released her form under his wing and pulled away slightly to give her more room to stand, he followed her to the platform and took to the sky right after her. They flew west away from the city to explore the land some more while they hunt. The pair flew for about an hour before Saphira spotted a deer; she then tutored Eragon in the skill of hunting which he failed at twice. The first time he was too loud so the deer heard him and ran off before he could catch it, the second time he almost got his prey but in his absence of attention didn't see the vines growing from a nearby limb and got caught up in them, after Saphira was finished laugh at his failed attempt she cut him down with her talons. The third attempt landed him a decent sized doe for breakfast; he quickly started to devour the doe and to his surprise enjoyed it quite a bit. He then curled up next to Saphira in the mid-morning sun letting his meal digest before starting back out.
"So now that I've eaten what do you want to do?"
"Me, why I want to play."
Without a second thought she rolled over Eragon pinning him on his back, he tried to retaliate by pushing her off him but she bit down under his jaw just hard enough to immobilizing him without causing injuries.
"Do you yield?"
Eragon tried pushing her off him but she clamped down harder, not seeing any other way out he let out a defeated snort. Saphira backed off him and sat down keeping some distance between them.
"Well Eragon it seems tha…."
She was cut off when Eragon lunged at her and flipping her on her back, much like she did to him. Saphira grinned a draconic smile and using her rear legs pushed Eragon off her, she dove for him but he side stepped and let her charge into the underbrush, he couldn't help but chuckle a bit at that, a moment later Saphira shot back out of the underbrush trying to get him off guard but he was waiting for her, by using his tail to lift her off balance and flip her on her back again, he quickly pinned her limbs and tail down.
"Do you yield?"
She tried to bit his neck but he but down on her exposed neck like she did to him.
"Yield."
She struggled against him for several moments before giving a snort of defeat. Eragon back off her and let her stand although he didn't lower his guard in case she wanted a rematch.
"I had fun Eragon, even though you defeated me I still had a good time."
"That's good; I too had fun, even though you caught me off guard the first time."
"So what now?"
"How about we explore some more? You never know what other secrets this forest might hold."
"Alright that sounds fun."
Eragon growled happily and leapt into the air with Saphira. They decided to angle south west, as they flew Eragon started thinking on what he'll do for Saphira on the day he gives her the family she's always wanted.
I apologize if I seem to be trailing off a bit throughout the story, I've been distracted with school and all the work. Also this is NOT a ExS where Saphira mates with Firnen, thank you.
