Author's Note: Ok so here is chapter 13! Sorry that it took so long to update, been very busy. A big thanks to these reviewers for reviewing! Emeraldeyedragon, purpleangle, whitemagicstar, ceyx0991, silkred, shinylikeapenny, iceblue, and teenchick2004. Anyway, here is chapter 13, enjoy!
Green DragonChapter 13: Surda
Eragon grabbed the clothes that were in the drawer and placed them in the bag that was lying on his bed. He grabbed the vial containing Elva's cure and placed it in his pocket. He was leaving today to go to meet Roran in Surda to go over the rescue plans. It has been three days since Elemmire left and he still hasn't heard a word from her. But that was probably because she was still getting to Uru Baen. It would take her a few days to get there, more then likely there would be soldiers and she had to cross the Hararac Desert. It would take time.
Still thinking about her? Saphira asked.
Yes, I can't help it. He said putting the last piece of clothing into the bag.
It is all right for you to feel this way. It is only natural that you worry about her.
Yes, but this much?
It would be wrong if it wasn't this much. She could die while doing this.
Please don't remind me. He said.
All right. But try not to worry that much about her. We have other things to worry about.
You're right. I have to keep my mind on the rescue and not getting caught. It is just, I feel like something is going to happen and I'm not going to like it.
Do you know what it is?
Not really, just a feeling. I feel like I may lose Elemmire.
By dying?
No, something else.
At that moment there came a knock at the door. He went over to the door and opened it. Arya was standing there, her arms laden with a large package.
"Hello, may I come in?" She asked.
"Of course." He said opening the door wider so she could come in.
"Thank you." She said walking in.
"So what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you?" He asked closing the door.
"I wanted to give you the food for your trip and some other items that you may need." She said dropping the package on the bed.
"Thank you." He said coming to stand by Saphira.
"You're welcome, these items are from the Queen. She wants to make sure that you are taken care of when you are heading to Surda."
"Please tell her Majesty that we are great full."
"You can tell her yourself. She, Oromis, Glaedr, and myself will see you off."
"Thank you for telling me this, I will thank her then."
"So are you both ready to go soon?" She asked putting her hands behind her back.
"Yes, I just need to finish packing a few things and then we will be on our way." He said.
"That is good. Do you have any last minute questions?"
He thought about it for a minute, "No I don't have any questions."
"All right, I will see you by the meeting room in a few minutes." She said and walked out of the room.
This is going to be a long trip. He said.
Yes, but it would be nice to get out of Ellesmera.
That is true. We have been here a long time.
Half an hour later they were meeting everyone by the meeting chamber. After talking for a few moments, Eragon climbed onto Saphira and took off.
They flew over the tree tops, different birds coming out of the trees. Below them he could see other animals and even a few elves walking around the forest. It was only when they were coming to the edge of Ellesmera when something caught his eye.
He could see Gelmir at the edge of the forest. He saw his red eyes following them as they flew away.
It had taken them a day and a half to cross the Hararac Desert. It was until mid afternoon when they finally saw Surda.
From a distance the city looked small, but he knew that it was big. There was a wall that surrounded the many towers. A castle could be seen over the towers.
They flew over the city wall were they were greeted by the soldiers on the wall yelling up at them and pointing. Ignoring them, they flew over the city were many of the people below them started to yell also, some even were cheering.
Saphira, look for the building that Nasuada is in.
Yes I know.
Before they had left Ellesmera, Arya had told them that they were to meet Nasuada at her building, which was the widest one, with white painting, and had the Vardens banner hanging by the door. This was proving to be harder then he thought. With detailed alone, it was like finding a needle in a small haystack. There were at least twenty of these kinds of buildings and with banners on them.
Finally he saw a building that had the Varden banner and had a large open space large enough for Saphira to land. Soldiers filed out of the building and waited for them to land. Saphira landed lightly in front of the men and Eragon jumped off of her. The men bowed as he walked towards them.
"Where is Lady Nasuada?" He asked putting his hand on his hilt.
"I am here." She said walking past the men and coming right up to him.
"Lady Nasuada, it is good to see you again." He said bowing to her.
"It is good to see you too, you and Saphira." She said looking at her, "Please come inside, we have things to discuss."
She led them to the back of the building where Saphira could land and be comfortable. It was like the courtyard in front only, a garden and a fountain surrounded it.
Nasuada took a seat on one of the benches and Eragon followed suit. She waited for him and Saphira to get settled before she dismissed the soldiers standing by her.
"First of all, welcome to Surda." She said smiling, "I trust that your trip was safe."
"It was thank you. How are things here? From what Arya has told me that you and the Vardens are doing fine." He asked.
"We are, money is still tight for us, but we are managing." She said brushing her dress.
"That is good, how is my cousin and my village?"
"They are also doing fine, most of them are settled in and are working. Speaking of your cousin, I had sent word to him that you are here." She said.
"Thanks, I…" There came a knock on the door, he turned around to see who it was.
A young man and a woman were standing in the doorway. Both of them had dark skin, the man was wearing a light uniform and the woman was heavily clothed in a cotton dress and wraps. They both bowed and walked over to stand beside Nasuada.
"Eragon, Saphira, may I introduce Linwea and Beren. Linwea is head of the Du Vrangr Gata," She said pointing to the woman who bowed, "And this Beren, he is also part of the Du Vrangr Gata and is my personal bodyguard."
"Hello." He said in a deep voice and bowed to them.
"I thought it would be a good idea for you to meet them." Nasuada said.
"It is a pleasure to meet you." He said inclining his head to each of them.
"They both have help a lot with the money situation and with security around here."
"Yes, which is why we are here my lady." Linwea said, "With Saphira and Eragon here, we have to worry about what the people may do. And not to mention the King."
"Yes that will be sort of a problem, as for the King… it will be all right, they are only staying here until they are ready to leave." She replied.
Why is this a problem? Saphira asked.
Eragon repeated the question, all three of them looked at each other.
"Well, we're pretty sure that whenever you are going to walk around Surda you will be surrounded by people. Which would probably get on your nerves." Beren said.
"And as for the King, well, lets just say he would want to get friendly with you so you and Saphira may want to join him." Linwea said.
"Well we could handled the people, joining sides with the King, maybe not." He said, he didn't really like the idea of pledging himself to another person.
"Yes, well, sooner or later you will have to meet him once he hears that you and Saphira are here." Nasuada said sighing.
Is he that bad?
"Bad, no, insane, yes." Beren said grinning.
"Stop grinning, it's not funny." Linwea snapped glaring at Beren.
"Anyway," Nasuada cut in, "When the time comes we will deal with it."
At that moment two servants came walking through the door. They bowed to them and straightened up.
"My Lady, Lord Roran is here." One of them said.
"Thank you." Nasuada said to them, she then looked at him, "I am sorry, but Saphira will have to stay where she is. Linwea will show you to the library."
"Thank you, it was nice to meet you Beren." He said standing up.
"It was nice to meet you too." He said bowing to him.
Will you be all right? He asked Saphira.
I will be fine. She said lazily, she laid her head down as if to take a nap.
See you later.
He followed Linwea up a flight of stairs and down a hallway that was full of portraits. They walked to the end of the hallway and stopped by the last door. Linwea indicated for him to go in.
He walked into the room and looked around. There were bookshelves lining every wall and the shelves were so tall that they touched the ceiling. There was a large desk with twelve chairs in the middle in the room, one of the chairs was occupied.
"Roran." He said.
Roran looked up from the map he was looking at and smiled, "Eragon, you're here!"
They both crossed the room and gave each other a brief hug. They let go and Roran lead the way to the table.
"So how have you been? It seems ages ago since we saw each other at the Burning Plains. How is Saphira?" He asked sitting down.
"She is fine, I've been fine and once we get a chance to catch up I will tell you more. But how are you? Arya told me that you have helped the village settle in and that you are general." He said also sitting down.
"I am and thing are going well. I have mostly been helping other people and planning the rescue for Katrina." He said indicating to the maps.
Eragon picked up the stack of maps and found other plans with them. He fingered through them to see if anything would catch his eyes. What Roran had found and planned so far is what he already knew about where Katrina was held and how to get there. The only thing that caught his interest was a piece of paper that had the design of the city and the dungeons.
"Everything is planned out, all we need now is you and Saphira." He said watching him.
"Everything? Including the entrance, guards, which cell she is in, and not to mention if Murtagh and Thorn show up?" He asked looking at his cousin.
"Well we don't really know what cell she is in, but we know that she is in the very bottom one. As for Murtagh and Thorn, well we were thinking you could deal with them." He said off handed.
His insides turned at the thought of facing them, he didn't know if he was ready yet. After they left at the Burning Plains, he was pretty sure that Galbatorix stepped up Murtaghs and Thorns training like Oromis did. He hoped that Galbatorix didn't do this because that would only mean that he and Saphira would have to fight harder.
"You will fight him, won't you?" Roran asked weakly.
He was brought out of his thoughts and looked harder at Roran, "I think I have to."
Roran nodded like he knew, "Well lets hope you can."
They then spent the next two hours talking about the rescue mission and catching up on what has been happening since they said good-bye.
Eragon found out that Horst and Elain had their baby, which was a girl whom they named Nienna. Horst had left the army to become a black smith again. Albriech was training to be a bodyguard and was going to try to become a royal guard. Baldor was Horst assistant and was learning how to become a black smith. He also met a woman and they we're thinking that he would propose to her soon.
He also learned that over half of the village had found new jobs and homes and were quite happy. Many of the men who had fought at the Burning Plains had joined the army of the Vardens and were one of the best soldiers there was here.
They finally left the library and headed out the door. It was dinner time and they were going to eat outside in the garden so they could also eat with Saphira.
It was still light out when they reached the garden where they were met by many people greeting them. Nasuada was sitting at the head of the table and was surrounded by many of the nobles and Linwea and Beren. There were two empty seats by her that was meant for himself and Roran.
As they were walking to the head of the table when Eragon was grabbed by the arm. Out of reflex he grabbed the other persons arm and squeezed to the point of uncomfortable. But he let go quickly once he saw who was grabbing him.
"Horst, I'm so sorry." He said.
"Ah that's ok, it's good to see you again!" The larger man said bringing him into a brief hug.
"It's good to see you too." He said smiling and looked around.
Albriech who was sitting by his mother, Elain, who was holding the baby Nienna. Baldor, who was sitting on the other side of Albriech, was holding the hand of a woman, whom Eragon expected was the woman Baldor was seeing.
"You're all here, but how did you know?" Eragon asked sitting down.
"Roran told us that you had come and Lady Nasuada was kind enough to invite us to dinner." Elain said.
They talked for hours, Eragon was having such a good time that he didn't even notice the servants lighting the candles for them to see. He learned how every one was, how they were accommodating to their new lives, and everything in between. The stars were starting to appear in the sky when three new people joined them. He saw the new guest and the night got better.
Angela the witch was leading Elva and her guardian into the garden. They saw him and Saphira and walked over to him.
"Eragon, Saphira, it is nice to see you again. I'm guessing you are here to help Roran?" Angela said coming up to them.
"Hello, and yes," He looked around Angela to look at Elva.
To him she looked the same, but had gotten a few years older, maybe in her early twenties. For some odd reason she was wearing a floor length black dress and a deep purple vale. She stared at him with her cold gray eyes, but when she saw him looking at her they changed to blank.
"Hello Elva, how have you been." He asked politely.
She didn't answer him but kept staring at him. He shifted uneasily from her stare and decided to turn his attention back to Angela and what she was saying.
"We just came by to say hello since we heard that you and Saphira were here." Angela said ignoring what had just happened.
"Yes well thank you and I actually need to talk to you and Elva as soon as possible." He said, his eyes flickering towards Elva.
"All right then, we shall meet you soon then." Angela said.
"Why do you have to meet them?" Horst asked as they walked away.
"I am not sure if you know this but Elva has a curse on her and I have a way to cure her." He said.
"So you were able to find a way?" Nasuada asked excited.
"Yes, my mentor and the elves found a cure for her, I happen to have it with me and I plan to give it to her tonight." He said.
A few minutes later everyone was saying their good-byes. Eragon was saying good-bye to Roran, Horst, and his family promising that they would get together sometime when he had a chance to rest. Nasuada gave him quick directions to his room and said good night.
Unfortunately, Saphira couldn't come inside of the house so she had to stay were she was. He went into the house and entered the room where they were waiting for him.
They were sitting in chairs by the fireplace. Once he entered, Angela and Elva's guardian stood up, Elva on the other hand, remained in her seat.
"Hello again." He said nodding to them.
"Hello, now would you please tell us what is so important?" Angela asked.
"Yes, I have found a cure for you Elva." He said looking at her and pulling out the green vial that held the potion.
Every ones eyes widen when they heard him say this. Elva rose from her chair, her mouth slightly open. Slowly she walked over to him and looked up at her eyes full of shock.
"I'm sorry that it took so long." He said.
"How did you find a cure?" She asked weakly.
"My mentor and the elves found it." He said uncorking it and handing it to her, "If you drink this the curse will go away and you will have a normal life."
She looked up at him, "Will I remain the same age as I am now or will I return to my child state?"
He frowned, Oromis never told him whether or not if she would stay the same age now or go back to being a child, "I'm sorry but I don't know, they never told me."
"That is all right, I guess we will just see what happens." She said and took the bottle.
"Now I am going to say a few words while you drink it otherwise it won't work." He said.
She nodded her head and waited for him to start.
"Ahnot hanzun granerta." He muttered as she swallowed the cure.
She was then outlined by a vivid green color. The light was so bright that he had to hold up his hand so the light wouldn't blind him even though he had elvish eyes. Just as quickly as it started, the color around her faded. He put his hand and looked at her.
She looked exactly the same only she looked a little younger, around her teens. She looked at her hands and then went to a mirror to look at herself. Angela and her guardian watched her and both of them had the same look on their face, 'did it work?'
As if reading their minds she asked the question, "Did it work?"
"I don't know, but we have to wait for someone to be in danger to find out." He said.
Author's Note: Ok so there was chapter 13! Hope you liked it! If you did please review!