A/N: I'm SO SO SO SO SO SORRY that I haven't updated in all this time ( sniff) and I hope you can forgive me (smile) well here is the long awaited sequel to chapter 4… CHAPTER 5!

Chapter 5

Eragon crumbled the parchment into a small ball and made it burst into flames the ashes falling down the sides of his clutched hand

"Now it's personal" he grumbled. Murtagh can steal his sword, tease him and even hurt him, but he doesn't steal his dragon and get away with it. He turned to face Giena and Dilan. Dilans' long floppy ears hanged over his small hairy face.

" I'm sorry boy" he muttered " I know how attached a rider is to his or her dragon and now that she's been kidnapped…"

" I never told you she was kidnapped" he snapped

" I told him Blondie" Giena pushed in between them glaring at Eragon, her transparent green eyes furious. Eragon realized something.

"Who gave you the right to read my letter?"

"Your name wasn't on it then how can it be your letter?"

"You found it in my pocket"

" Please" Dilan cried " Can you stop fighting" Eragon and Giena kept glaring at each other, there muscles tense, it was Eragon who backed of first, stepping away from Giena, who seemed to relax more. Dilan smiled and wriggled his little nose.

" I'm going to help you stop Murtagh" Eragon assured them after a while " And I won't take no for an answer" Giena and Dilan exchanged looks before Giena turned to face him a mocking smile on her face

" No" she spun around and walked of " Coming Dilan"

" Giena wait" he hopped before her stopping her in her tracks then he whispered something to her. Eragon tried to listen but the only words he could hear were " boy" "magic" " fight" and "revenge." Giena nodded and stride up to Eragon her fiery eyes glued to his

" Fine" she grumbled " You can help, but let me assure you Blondie, I don't like you and if you try to talk or interact with me in any way then you will wish you would curl up into a corner and die"

"So be it" he lowered his gaze to Dilan " I am with you and will do everything you ask of me"

" I'm asking you to go away" Giena grumbled under her breath as she folded her arms.

" Excellent" Dilan exclaimed excitedly and he hopped before him holding out his left ear " Would you be kind enough to take hold of my ear" Eragon blinked

" Er… I…"

" Just take it" Giena snarled clutching Dilan's right ear " and close your mouth, have your uncle and cousin never taught you manners" he growled annoyed with her wisdom. He grabbed Dilans ear and tugged at it with anger making Dilan give a soft shriek

"Hold on" he muttered in pain, before he closed his eyes. A soft tingling feeling went through Eragon's body and the world began to spin faster and faster until everything was a blur, except for Dilan, Giena and himself. He was scared and nauseous, while Dilan and Giena didn't seem to care that they were in a vortex of colour that felt like it might never stop.

To Eragon's relieve the spinning slowed down and when it completely stopped he was amazed to find that he was a small well furnished cave a bright fire burning at the far side. Giena let go of Dilan's ear and slumped into an armchair ignoring the two males completely.

"Wow you can teleport" Eragon exclaimed " I've never heard of a hare that could. Not even from Oromis"

"Probably, because I'm the only hare that can" Dilan lowered his voice " If anyone found out, healers and scientific wizard would take me away, bind me to a block, cut me open and do experiments on me" he shuddered "I would rather not tell anyone and I would be pleased if you wouldn't either" Eragon smiled

" I won't" he liked this hare. His eyes traveled around the cave

" What is this place"

" Our home" Dilan saddened " Our new home"

"Oh. H…how long ago did the Destroyers demolish your village" Eragon was almost embarrassed to ask.

" About a month ago" Dilan answered " We've been trying to find a pattern in there attack, with no success, but now that Saphira's has been captured by them, we might have something to work with"

"What" Eragon exclaimed " You believe that's a good thing"

" I do, you see boy I can only teleport if I can visualize were I'm going. Saphira's must be held captive in there lair. All I have to do is use her sight to guide us to them" Eragon clutched his hair

"Your not making sense"

" He's not suppose to make sense Blondie" Giena snapped jumping up form the armchair " You're here to help and protect us with your magic, not to play twenty questions" Eragon saw a flicker of her mind and smiled

"' You stopped him on purpose, you didn't want him to say what he was about to say" her eyes flashed

" Of course or else you would have asked another question and he would have answered it and you would have asked another one and he would have answered that one as well and so on and so forth. I really, really don't want that" She smirked and rushed past him to stand at the far wall.

" I believe I should answer your questions some other time when Giena has calmed down" Dilan told him and Eragon sniggered

"Does she ever calm down"

" you have to understand, she went through a hard terrible time" he lowered his ears " we both did"

" So have I and I've not been acting like her"

"You call being miserable all day, because a woman doesn't love you as you love her a hard terrible time" he shook his head " I call it desperate depression if anything'

" I'm not desperate for her love…" he stopped as he realized the truth.

" I can see you know I speak correctly, isn't that right" The hare's black eyes shown. Eragon groaned and kicked the nearest stone.

" The sooner I kill Murtagh" he grumbled " the sooner I cab go on with my life"

" did I hear correctly" Giena shouted from the far wall and with forceful strides she stopped before him " Did I hear you are going to kill Murtagh"

" On no" Dilan muttered hopping a few paces away from the,. Eragon raised his head

" Yes I did"

" Well you can't' Eragon raised his eyebrow

"Why not"

" Because the only one who can and will kill him is me"

" What, but his my brother"

" Exactly you can't kill your own brother"

" But I hate him"

" Doesn't matter"

" Please can't you settle this" Dilan interrupted " Why don't Eragon kill Murtagh and Giena you can kill the helmeted one" she smiled mischievously

" All right we will settle this" she walked closer " with a duel" Eragon gasped

" I can't fight you"

" Why not are you afraid I might beat you, or maybe you don't have sword to fight with" Eragon growled

" Fine"

" Good the winner Kills Murtagh" she held out her hand " deal" Eragon looked at her mocking smile and then at her out stretched hand. He shook it and clutched it tightly in his grasp

" Bright it on Red"

"That's your majesty to you Blondie" She swiftly let go of his hand and went to get the two swords that hanged on the wall. She threw Eragon a sword and went into defense position, Eragon caught it and did the same, not one of them wanting to take the first move.

Something was different about Giena as he watched her and then he realized that her eyes were dark brown in colour. This confused his he was sure her eyes were green not brown, maybe the dim light just mad them seem that way.

Satisfied he rushed forward and swung the sword at her head, she blocked it with a graceful move and he spun and made a sneak attack for her back, she jumped out the way and knocked Eragon with the blunt side of her sword, making him groan and back away from her. She was smiling widely her eyes flashing menacingly

"What's the matter Blondie, are you to scared to fight"

"You should be" He attacked her, his sword shiftily striking through the air. She blocked it with the same swiftness, not even breaking into a sweat. Eragon growled. She was cheating he knew it but how. Finding new strength he pushed her to the ground, but before her body touched the dirt she was back on her feet a determined look on her face.

Then she ran towards him her blade held high. Eragon lifted his sword ready to block the attack. Before he quite knew what happened she rapidly lowered her sword and slashed him in his side. He groaned and clutched his side the grip on the handle become unsteady and it fell put of his grasp and landed on the floor. Giena raised her fist to victory

" Looks like I win" She dropped the sword that in landed next to Eragons and sunk into the armchair once more not giving a thought to Eragon or his wound.

" Oh I hope you not hurt to much" Dilan hopped forward a worried look on his face. Eragon smiled

" It's nothing I can heal it easily enough" Dilan grew amazed

" You're an excellent fighter and you can heal your wounds"

" I'm not that excellent or haven't you notice I was beaten by a girl"

" Well Giena is more then an ordinary girl"

" In what way" Eragon raised his eyebrow

" I'd rather not tell" Dilan smiled " besides I know that when you get better accounted with one another she will tell you her secret. You just have to be patient with her"

Eragon smirked, he didn't want to get to know Giena better, but he wanted to know what her secret was. His thoughts went back to the duel. She blocked every attack like she knew exactly where he was aiming, almost as if she was reading his thoughts, but she couldn't have. He had shielded his mind completely during the duel. Giena may be the most horrible girl he ever had the disadvantage to meet, but she was indeed the most fascinating.

A/N: I really enjoyed writing this chapter and I think its pretty good, don't you? Guess what a few days ago I saw an owl, that's right an old. It landed on a normal stop sight in our normal neighbourhood and not-so-normal me had the pleasure of seeing it ( I don't believe there is such a thing as a normal person, seeing that everyone is different Ha Ha Ha I'm not making much sense am i?)