Ok here is the next chapter. I have been having a severelyBAD case ofwriters block! I didn't really know what to call this chapter so the name is probably retarded.

Dissclaimer: I dont own Eragon or Eldest.


The Next Generation

Chapter 8,

Awakening

As Jaide was in her coma-like state, Eragon got more and more worried she would never wake up. They had tried everything to free her from her slumber but to his great distress nothing worked. Nothing. Not Gramarye, potions, any healing work, all in vain. The elves tried everything they knew. They had contacted the Varden and Dwarves to tell them of Jaide of course, and now that she was in critical condition, they contacted them again to see if they had any ideas.

Nothing they had suggested worked either. Angela was a very smart Herbalist and was very wise. Eragon had asked her to come to try and see if she or Solembum the were-cat could help her at all. (A/N: Yeah I wasn't going to leave my favorite characters out of this fic!) They came and nothing they tried worked either.

Solembum and Eragon stayed by Jaide at all times. Solembum because he continued to try various methods to crack into her mind to see if she was responsive, (and he was somewhat attracted to her, obviously she was a cat person) Eragon because he was worried and blamed himself for her condition. Also because he wanted to be there when she woke up, to see if she was alright and apologize.

Jaide had been unconscious for 3 weeks. In that time, she breathed, as though sleeping, and levitated from her bed occasionally, as if healing herself, but nothing more. It was as if they could wake her by touching her or speaking to her, but she did not respond.

They were about to give up completely on her and was going to take her to a special room deep in the forest in the trunk of a large tree, to leave her there until she did wake, if she ever did, or just until she died, because they could not force feed or water her.

But, when they went to pick her up to transport her, Saphira licked her gently on the cheek, as a way of saying good bye. The second Saphira touched her, a very bright, neon blue and green light flashed out from her, and she began to levitate off the ground. The elves had dropped her of coarse, they were afraid of what she might do since she was unconscious.

Suddenly, they heard a strange noise emanating through the Pine-Wood City. It seemed to be coming from Jaide. Suddenly, the noise, or rather music, a music they had never heard before skipped a beat and it changed to something else, then they heard a stat icky noise and it changed again. It did this several times until it changed to one song. (if you want to know what the song is, send me a direct message please)

As the song began, and a man's voice began to sing, Jaide started to spin. She span and span until she circled high above the forest. Then, after a moment or two, she gradually came back down and landed on her feet. Her hair was still flowing upwards, along with her skirt and the long flowey sleeves of her shirt, as if she was in water. The music still played. Her eyes snapped open, glowing a dark emerald green color. She stayed that way, and then at the end of the song, her hair and clothing stopped floating around her and her eyes stopped glowing.

Eragon was standing directly in front of her, along with Saphira. As the glow from Jaide's eyes faded, she blacked out again for a moment and Eragon jumped forward to grab her. He lifted her up, bride-style, and shook her just a bit, but not too roughly.

"Jaide! Can you hear me? Are you alright?" Said Eragon, his voice rising higher and higher in an attempt to get her to wake.

She wriggled just a bit in his arms, then her eyes fluttered open halfway.

"Uhn…Eragon?"

All the elves applauded and laughed and danced around them.

"Jaide! You're finally awake! Are you alright now? What happened?" Asked Eragon, his eyes growing wet from being so happy she was at last awake.

"Uh, I guess I'm okay. I have no idea what happened, but I'm sorry if I startled you with that song. I have no idea why that happened, I guess I just needed to get it out. Like dissipating emotion into the air."

"Oh, I'm so glad you are okay now!" Exclaimed Eragon, hugging her closer to him.

After a few moments of silence, Eragon reluctantly put her down at Jaide's insistence that he didn't need to hold her any longer; her legs felt just fine.

"How long was I out?" Asked Jaide.

"Just over three weeks. You really worried me, you know! I thought you would never wake! I thought I had lost you…forever."

"Wow, I can't believe I was actually in a coma. I remember blacking out at the top of the stairs at my tree house, but after that, I don't know. I think that all this pressure just got to me eventually."

"I'm sorry, Jaide."

"For what, Eragon?"

Eragon had hung his head. He seemed to be ashamed of something.

"Eragon, you have no need to be sorry…"

"It is my fault that you were in a coma for three weeks! I should have caught you, but you fell down the stairs and hit your head. Plus, I should have noticed you were under a lot of pressure and I should have helped you address it before it got this far. It is my fault; I blame me."

He started to turn away, he was really taking this hard on himself.

"Eragon…" Jaide put her hand on his shoulder and turned him back towards her, then, putting both hands on his shoulders, she said,

"It is most certainly not your fault I went into a coma. Even if you had caught me before I hit my head, I would have stayed in that state anyways. I could feel you healing my head. That healed right away. The reason for my coma was something else. We don't know for sure yet what exactly it was, but it wasn't because you couldn't catch me in time."

"Yes but-" Jaide put her finger on his mouth, cutting him off.

"It is not your fault, Eragon. NO ONE could have known about it. I just randomly got a headache one day, and it ended up being connected to my entire body, and spirit. I just needed to release. I had so many emotions and feelings bottled inside me, it got to be too much. If it's anyone's fault, it would be mine for shoving how I felt aside and ignoring my emotions, which led up to this point.

"I am sorry I worried you so much, Eragon. I am sorry I caused everyone so much grief. But do not dare take it upon yourself that it is your fault. It is not. I can tell you care about me, and I know, everyone knows, that you would have changed it if you could."

Jaide took Eragon into a warm embrace. Then she said soothingly in his mind,

No one blames or blamed you, Eragon. It is not your fault, it was an accident.

Eragon drew a deep breath and sagged a bit. He could now let go of that feeling. He knew she was right.

Jaide smiled as they let go of their hug.

"Now, let's eat something! I'm starving after not eating for 3 weeks!"


Later……

"That was a very good meal." Said Jaide.

"Mm, it was it was." Agreed Angela.

Eragon and Jaide decided to have a quiet meal with just Jaide, Eragon, and Angela and Solembum, and Saphira, of course. They ate in Eragon's tree house, so that she could join them too. They all thought it would be good to keep things quiet with Jaide for a few days, so she could fully re-cooperate. Jaide had loved Angela and Solembum from the moment she met them.

Angela was so nice and so very pleasant to talk to, and she was funny. Jaide liked her, she reminded her of someone she used to know from back home, in Utah. And with Solembum, Jaide had always loved cats. Any kind of animal, really. He was a very different cat from what she was used to, of course, even better. He was saucy, and rude at times. But she loved him. You just had to love him.

What is there NOT to love about that cute cat! She thought to her self.

He had snuggled up beside her ever since he got to Ellesmera with Angela, only leaving to eat and relieve himself. She had gotten very used to his presence, so she really enjoyed being around him. He had very soft and beautiful green and black fur. He was also much larger than any house cat, and had very large ears. She liked to tousle them, and bend them in funny ways. He would allow it for only a short period of time. Then he asked her to quit, or walked away. So Jaide stopped doing it.

"Well, I suppose Solembum and I should be going, we have a few friends to catch up with, some potions to concoct…We will be leaving you now."

Before anyone could argue Angela had picked up Solembum and walked out the door.

I need to go out and get some fresh air and stretch my wings a bit. I will be back shortly. Said Saphira.

Then she was gone as well. Jaide and Eragon were alone together in his tree house. They really didn't know what to say and they were so happy to be together again that they really didn't need to say anything at all.

After a while, it got awkward, with all the silence. Jaide just started glancing around the room, avoiding Eragon's eyes. Eragom fidgeted with the napkin in his lap, never really looking up.

"Well," said Jaide, breaking the awkward silence, "I suppose we should clean up these dishes…"

"Yes!" Said Eragon, jumping up. He was glad for something to do instead of just wallowing in silence.

"Oh, Shadeslayer, you and Adurna Lights don't need to do that! You to go out for awhile, I will clean up!" Said a rather old looking elf woman.

"Adurna Lights?" Asked Jaide questioningly.

"Yes, some of us call you that since that little performance in the air earlier. It looked like colorful watery lights, floating around you."

"Oh…"

"Um, you really don't need to clean our mess," Said Eragon

"Oh but I like to clean! It is one of my hobbies. I know it sounds strange, but I like to do it! It is very different but I clean for some of the Elf families, including for Islanzadi. Besides it is only dishes. Now you two go on! Begone! Have a good time!" She shooed them out the door.

"Well, now what do we do?" Asked Jaide once they were outside.

"Don't know. I suppose we could take a walk around the gardens," offered Eragon.

"Okay let's go." Said Jaide.


Ok I know its really short I am so sorry! I know I am so bad to my reviewers yall are probly about ready to stangle me...'
I should be able to put out another chapter later this evening or sometime tomorrow/this weekend. I dont know but please reveiw and tell me if you like it or not or even if you are still reading!