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She whipped around again when she heard a loud snorting sound. There standing behind her was a- "Oh my God!" Tori jumped behind the man who had just had her at arrow point. "What the hell is that?!"

She whipped around again when she heard a loud snorting sound. There standing behind her was a- "Oh my God!" Tori jumped behind the man who had just had her at arrow point. "What the hell is that?!"

"It's alright," The man told her trying to step away from her but she held onto his shoulders. "He won't harm you"

Murtagh are you alright? Thorn asked.

I'm fine Thorn, she means no harm… I don't think she does anyway. Murtagh answered.

Well you shou- Thorn's response was interrupted by Tori.

"Now that is definitely the biggest lizard I've ever seen" she told Murtagh.

Murtagh couldn't help but grin a little "He isn't a lizard, he is a dragon."

"Ha! Yeah and I'm the Queen of England"

Murtagh looked quite shocked but then kneeled down infront of her and spoke again "Your Majesty" he said respectfully

"Oh you gotta be kidding me" Tori mumbled to herself. "This guy has completely lost his mind, or maybe I have, that would explain the big red lizard!"

Murtagh continued, still not standing up "This is Thorn," Murtagh gestured behind him "And I am his rider, Murtagh. I have never heard of this England kingdom you speak of. Is it over the sea?"

Tori sighed and walked toward Murtagh, grabbed his hands and pulled him gently to his feet "Look I'm not really a queen, my name is Tori, I'm seventeen and I live in America."

"You're not a queen?"

"No, I was being sarcastic. You know when you joke about something completely obvious or… Never mind" Tori gave up when she saw she was only confusing him even more.

"Are you from the Varden?" Murtagh asked.

"From where?"

"The Varden" Murtagh repeated.

"Not that I'm aware of" Tori answered raising one eyebrow.

"So you weren't sent by Eragon?"

"What-agon? Is that like a shape or something?" Tori was starting to become very confused. Tori looked Murtagh up and down, it was then she noticed his sword. "Who are you? I mean you carry around a bow, arrow and sword and you hang out with a giant red lizard"

"I told you before he isn't a lizard, he is a dragon"

"Come on! I'm not that stupid ok? I know there isn't such thing as a dragon, ok, it's just a really, really, really, freakishly large lizard… that has bright red scales, and big teeth… and… wings." Tori blinked "HOLY CRAP! THAT'S A FRIKEN DRAGON!"

Thorn grunted amusedly, I like this girl Murtagh.

Murtagh looked at him critically, you would.

You must admit she's interesting.

She's strange, I'll give her that…

"Oh have to tell Cat about this! You wouldn't have a cell-phone would you?"

"A what?"

"Never mind" Tori shook her head and shrugged "I wouldn't expect a guy who owns a sword and a dragon to have a cell-phone" Tori sat down on the ground and crossed her legs "Dude, this is definitely the weirdest dream I've ever had."

Murtagh approached her slowly and cautiously, and sat down beside her. He made sure there was a safe distance between them and he kept his hand on the hilt of his sword. Tori noticed and she smirked.

"Listen dude, you don't have to worry so much around me, ok? I don't exactly have a physical advantage over you, and you are the one with the death weapons."

Murtagh let go of his sword and tilted his head, still watching her. "What did you say your name was?"

"Tori" She smiled and held her hand out ready to shake his hand, but Murtagh just stared curiously at her.

"What?"

"What do you mean what? Shake my hand" She giggled a little watching him.

Murtagh furrowed his eyebrows and grabbed her hand, jiggling it around roughly. Tori laughed, "No" she told him smiling "Like this" she took his hand and shook it gently "This is how we say hello when we meet someone. Well that's how we do it where I come from"

"And where exactly is that?" Murtagh asked watching Tori shake his hand.

Tori hesitated "I'm not really sure at the moment… this definitely isn't where I come from though"

"And this?" Murtagh held out the money Tori had given him before "Is this paper from your home? What does it do?"

"This is money. We buy stuff with it" Tori explained.

"But it's just paper"

Tori nodded "Yeah, but it has value where I come from, too much value if you ask me. There are a lot of people that will do anything for more of this" she took the money out of Murtagh's hand "Some people go to war and kill other innocent people just to get more"

"Why?" Murtagh pressed.

"Because the more of this you have, the more power you have, and the more power you have the more people and places you can control. It's nothing but greed"

Murtagh took the money off her again and inspected it closely "And" he began "are you one who fights for this… this paper"

"Nuh-uh" Tori shook her head "Me? I'm ok with the bare necessities of life" Murtagh gave her a small smile. "So where are we anyways?"

"Alagaesia" He answered.

"Wow! That's a pretty cool name" Tori told him "So is Murtagh by the way, I mean, I for one have never met anyone with a name like that"

"Nor have I met anyone named Tori"

"I don't doubt that, I mean don't get me wrong, but you don't exactly seem like a people person to me you know?"

Murtagh nodded, not meeting her gaze, he suddenly looked very deep in thought. Tori pulled a strange face and decided it was probably time to change the subject. "So…" she began "this is Thorn huh?" She stood up and started to approach the dragon.

"Yes" Murtagh answered glancing at his dragon.

"Can I touch him?" Tori asked then added quickly "Or will he eat me if I get too close?"

Murtagh chuckled "No, he won't hurt you, he told me he likes you"

Tori turned to face him "What do you mean he told you?" She asked curiously.

"He can speak. Well, in a way. Thorn communicates with his mind" Murtagh explained. "I can hear his thoughts and he can hear mine."

Tori looked at him in disbelief "That is rad!"

What did she call me? Thorn asked.

I'm not sure, not a lot of what this girl says seems to make sense does it?

No, it doesn't. Maybe we should be more careful around her.

Wait, I thought you liked her Thorn…

That doesn't mean I trust her. We can't afford to take chances Murtagh, you know this better than I do.

Perhaps we should take her to the king.

Perhaps we should… That was the last thing Thorn said on the matter.

"You were doing it then weren't you? Brain-talking or whatever" Tori interrupted.

"Yes"

"Ok" Tori told a deep breath and held out her hand "I'm going to touch him now, it's still safe right"

Murtagh nodded "Don't worry, you'll be fine"

Tori chuckled a little "Sorry, it's just it's not exactly ever day I hang out with a dragon" Tori brushed her fingers across Thorn's nose, when she realised he wasn't going to hurt her she spoke to him.

"Hey Thorn" She smiled looking up into his eyes "I'm Tori" Thorn grunted and started to move which made Tori jump back and grab onto Murtagh's arm. "What's he doing?" She watched Thorn lift up one of his claws and extend it towards her. It didn't seem threatening but Tori wasn't exactly sure. "What's he doing?" she repeated.

"He wants to shake your hand, like you did mine" Murtagh told her.

Tori nodded and walked towards Thorn once again and wrapped her hand around his claw.

It is nice to have met you Tori. Thorn said to her.

"Holy crap! I just heard him, he spoke to me in my head" Tori said, utterly awestruck. "You know I'm starting to think this isn't a dream." She told them. "It feels too real"

"It feels quite real to me too" Murtagh told her with a smirk.

And I. Thorn added.

"Why don't you come sit down near the fire?" Murtagh offered.

"Thanks" Tori smiled and walked towards the fire. "Would it be ok if I stay with you guys tonight, I… don't really have anywhere else to go. I've never been to this dimension before, believe it or not."

"Dimension?"

"Yeah a space dimension, you know how they say that there are all these different dimensions and if you're in like a freak accident you get sucked from one dimension to another. Like if you take a hairdryer into the bath, or you're in a car crash at exactly 12am on New Years or- you know what never mind, I've gotta stop talking about stuff like that because you have no idea what I'm saying do you?"

"No, to be honest I don't" Murtagh told her simply.


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