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Ok here is the next chapter! I promised I would try very hard to update soon so here it is! Sorry for taking so long! And here you go!
The Next Generation
Chapter Eleven,
Before the Storm
The next morning after Jaide had freed Murtagh and Thorn of their oaths to Galbatorix, Eragon went to get Jaide out of bed because they dragon riders were going to have a meeting with Queen Islanzadi, Master Oromis and Glaedr, and Arya. They had to create a plan to be able to defeat Galbatorix successfully. It was a few hours into the morning, not too early, but not too late either. Eragon walked up to Jaide's door and knocked, but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and waited, but there was still no answer. So he tried opening the door and (of course) it was unlocked. He stepped into the room and called out,
"Jaide? Are you here?"
Still no answer. Thinking she was probably already out and would return soon he explored her home, being curious as to what he would find with out her there. When he stepped into the bedroom an oddly strong breeze came in through the open windows and ruffled the pages of a book lying on a small table by her bed. Eragon went to the book and closed the pages. When he did he saw that the front cover read "Diary". Looking around to make sure no one was there and that no one was coming, he opened the book to the first entry. It read:
Dear Diary,
I was transported to this elf city called Ellesmera. It is very beautiful here, but I feel so very empty without Emerald Fire by my side. It's like a part of my heart and mind is cut off from me. But what I do take comfort in is that I have made friends here with the other Dragon Rider, Eragon and his dragon Saphira. Eragon is very sweet and he's pretty cute too. MAN does he have a nice body! WHOO… He is cute but not all that bright…for a dragon rider. Can't imagine what he was like back when he was a normal human. There is also this one elf called Vanir who is pretty hot too. Eragon and he have some sort of rivalry between them. There are so many new people to get used to. I miss my old friends and family though, it's been so rough thinking about how they must think I'm dead or ran away, and if I ever go back home, what will I say to them to explain what happened to me? I don't feel like thinking about it now. But it is almost sunrise now, I was up so late because Eragon needed someone to talk to and I was there. I have to get up in a few hours so I will write more tomorrow.
Until next time,
Jaide.
Eragon was blushing when he was about to read the next entry, but when he flipped the page Jaide walked into the room behind him.
"Eragon?"
He jumped about a foot off the ground and spun around, greeting her.
"Oh, er, Hi, Jaide I was just looking for you."
"Oh, sorry I was just out for a walk, do-" she stopped short when she glanced down and saw her diary in his hands.
"Why do you have my diary in your hands?"
"Ah, well the wind was blowing and the pages were flapping around so I picked it up,"
"Did you read it?"
"NO! Ah, no. I just now picked it up when you walked into the room."
"Oh okay."
"Why do you have something to hide in it?" Teased Eragon.
"No, Eragon it's just personal okay? Just give it back like a mature person."
"What if I don't feel like being mature?" He pushed on with a devilish smile on his face.
Jaide just smiled and then suddenly lunged at him, shouting,
"GIVE IT BACK YOU MORON!"
He jumped out of her reach and started opening the diary to the first entry again.
"Let's see, shall we? Does Jaide have something she doesn't want me to see?"
"No! Oooh your butt is so toast when I get you!"
They were running around her room, Eragon swiftly dodging Jaide and he started to read while jumping over her bed,
"I was transported to this elf city called Ellesmera!"
"Eragon!"
He kept eluding her and kept on reading, scanning down to the part that would be embarrassing,
"I have made friends here with the other Dragon Rider, Eragon and his dragon Saphira!"
"OH MY GOD STOP STOP STOP! " Screamed Jaide, franticly trying to get the book out of Eragon's reach.
She succeeded in tripping him but he kept going, shouting out loud what she had written,
"Eragon is very sweet and he's pretty cute too. MAN does he have a nice body!"
He stopped and looked up to see Jaide running at him, not realizing he had stopped. They crashed into each other and fell to the floor. Jaide ripped the book out of his hands, blushing profusely. As they got up they saw Murtagh and Arya standing in the doorway, trying very hard to not to laugh. Jaide was the color of an apple, and she turned to Eragon, wanting to say something but not knowing what that quite was.
"So, you think I'm cute?" He said, still teasingly.
"Yeah I DID when I first got here. Then I found out what a dim-wit you are and thought Vanir a much better find. Besides he's stronger than you. And smarter, more mature too. Not just some stupid 16 year old boy. And…and he is a full-blooded elf! Not just sorry mixture done by someone who felt bad for you." She snapped right back at him, full of anger in the moment and not quite realizing what she had said.
"I see. Well if that's how you feel…" His smile had gone from his face and his playful tone had vanished. She had hurt his pride in front of Arya and Murtagh. He turned from her and walked out the door, calmly brushing past his friends.
"Wait, Eragon, I-" She was going to apologize, say she didn't mean it, but it was too late. Her front door had slammed shut and he was out of the house.
"Jaide that was not necessary. Eragon may have embarrassed you, but not that much. We already knew that you had feelings for him, it was just funny to hear it from your diary. I think you owe him an apology." Said Arya.
"Yeah Jaide, you need to go apologize. He didn't deserve that from you." Followed up Murtagh.
Jaide didn't answer but rather brushed past them and dashed out of the house, looking up and down the lane trying to see him. It only took a moment for her to locate him, and when she did she darted up the path to where he was. She called out to him when he was in earshot,
"Eragon wait! Letta!" Stop!
He glanced back towards her but kept walking. She caught up with him soon enough, though. She grabbed his arm and swung around to face him.
"Letta, Eragon,"
"Why? Do you want to insult me some more?" He said sharply.
"Eragon, no. I'm sorry! I didn't mean what I said."
"Did Arya send you to tell me that?"
"No, I sent myself to tell you that. I really didn't mean it I was just over-reacting in the moment because I was upset. Will you forgive me Eragon-elda?"
"Apology accepted. I am sorry as well, I know I embarrassed you."
"That's okay. But why were you in my tree house in the first place?"
"I was sent to come get you so that you and I, along with Saphira, Murtagh and Thorn, Arya, Oromis and Glaedr, could all meet with Queen Islanzadi so we could make a sure plan to be able to defeat Galbatorix."
"Oh. Well let's go then."
"Alright."
They continued walking for a little bit, and Eragon kept glancing sideways at Jaide and after about 5 minutes finally asked,
"Did you mean what you said in your diary, that I am a dear friend and that you really do think I am…cute?"
Jaide laughed and said with a bit of red showing on her face again, "Yes. Eragon you are very cute. And you and Saphira have been wonderful friends. Some of the best I have had."
Eragon felt warmth inside from her saying that and wanted to press farther, but they had arrived at the meeting place, and he knew they could no longer talk of it. They had important matters to discuss now, matters that would involve all of Alagaesia.
"We must come up with a plan to stop Galbatorix's mad rampage once and for all. And to do that, we must be exceedingly careful with how we approach him. We must come up with a plan to storm his castle and clear out his forces, being as stealthy as inhumanly possible." Stated the Queen with concern in her eyes.
"Yes, we must, but first I think we should figure out who all will be going on this mission and if we will be sending just a small amount of people or a small army of people." Added Arya.
"I can wipe out an army of people with one word and a flick of my mind, so we won't need an army of people. It only depends on how many people there on to know how long it will take me to sever the lives." Offered Jaide.
"And the smaller the crowd the stealthier we will be." Chimed in Eragon.
Oromis added his thoughts to the pot,
"I believe it would be wise for only the three riders and their dragons to go, accompanied by a maximum of two others. Perhaps Arya and another very skilled, strong Elf. Possibly only Arya. Eragon is right, the fewer that go along the less attention they will attract to themselves. They can fly to Uru'baen in one night, then rest that day, and then attack the castle at night."
"We also need to think about where we will be staying at during that day we rest. We don't want someone to come along and recognize us, then go off running to the king and alerting him. And I really don't want to kill an innocent person." Stated Murtagh, who had been silent until now.
"I agree," said Eragon, "We must be extremely careful about where we camp at. The king could have spies everywhere and could also be patrolling the area himself."
"Another thing to consider is that we do not know if he knows that Murtagh and Thorn are out of his control. Me severing the links could have alerted him. I haven't done it but once before but he was right in front of me and I don't know if he immediately knew when I was out of his control."
"So he could already pre-determine that we are sending you to destroy him?" Asked Islanzadi with a little more concern than what she had earlier.
"It is possible." Murtagh spoke up, "He could know, but I doubt that a significant change went on with him, it just enabled me to make my own free will. I don't believe that Thorn and I will be free from his grasp completely until he is dead."
The dragons, who had been silent until then, speaking among themselves and giving out ideas to share with the humans later, spoke up now.
Glaedr started, so everyone could hear him,
We believe that it would be wise if a back-up team went along with you. If something happened to one of you, and the mission is aborted before our goal is reached, you would need someone-A Runner, most likely-to race back to Ellesmera and alert everyone here.
Which brings us to another possibility, Stated Saphira, What if we had to flee because someone was injured, and had not enough power to hide our selves? He could follow us back to Ellesmera,-
-Which would be very bad for the elves. Concluded Thorn.
"This is very true. Again the dragons point out things that we ourselves would not have thought of." Admitted Queen Islanzadi.
"So we need a backup location to run to if indeed that happens." Eragon Said.
Exactly. Thorn said.
"I was going to ask you to fly to the Varden before you went to Uru'baen, to update Nasuada and Orrin as soon as possible. I know it is out of the way and much farther than you would like, but I believe it is necessary so that they are not caught off-guard but Galbatorix." Islanzadi Stated.
So the group of wise people continued to debate and plot out their plan to stop Galbatorix once and for all, and came up with a fool-proof plan so that their plan succeeded, and the land would finally be free of the greatest evil of all time. Or, so they thought.
Okay 11th Chapter down please review! Hopefully I will be able to put another chapter up by this weekend, Sorry this one was so short!
