When the mission to get the final egg is attatcked, Arya transports the egg to the varden. But inexplicable Dragon Magic takes place and the egg is magicked to Teirm, where it hatches for a young girl named Jaydia. Murtagh, free of his vows to Galbatorix, and now working for the varden is sent to bring her to the Nasuada. What he didn't count on was her not wanting his help…
The dark, metal gates of Uru'baen exploded open as four riders thundered out of the city and galloped away. Led by Arya, Roran and two other elves had succeeded in their mission. They had the last egg, safely wrapped up inside Roran's pack.
'We've done it!' the youngest of the elves, Kisidu, bellowed.
'Not yet, look behind you,' Arya said grimly.
Kisidu twisted round in the saddle in time to see a party of at least 40 soldiers, dressed in the livery of Galbatorix, heading their way.
'Send the egg to the Varden!' Roran shouted.
'But-,' Kisidu started protesting. However Arya was already starting to mutter the spell that would transport the egg to the Varden.
'They're gaining on us!' the third elf bellowed.
Arya finished the spell and with a blinding flash the egg was gone, taken away by Arya's magic. Galbotorix's soldiers were almost upon them when a blue dragon came barrelling out of the storm-ridden clouds and dowsed the enemy in an inferno of flickering flames.
Kisidu allowed himself to smile slightly. They had actually done it! The egg now lay safely with the Varden, now all they had to do was to get to Belatona, where the current camp of the Varden lay, and they would be safe.
But of course, things were never that easy.