Hi! I know I havent updated in FOREVER AND A DAY, I am SOOO SORRY. This is just a connector chapter...really short. Sorry bout that. Soon Ill be laying on the beach in South Padre so I can write alot more. Hopefully Galbatorix will be dead in a couple weeks' time. D Again, sorry to everyone who acctually reads this!!I hope you bear with me and keep reading :)


Creeping Along

As the group of warriors progressed to Galbatorix's castle, the sky seemed to darken. A fierce and cold wind swept in, making it difficult for the dragons to continue flying. Jaide had to summon a shield of sheltering so they could continue on dragonback. They landed not far from the castle, and looking upon the place that had trapped her for so long, Jaide almost felt fear to go any further. But the knowledge that a part of her was trapped inside, that she could never be whole unless she got him out, strengthened her. She also knew of all the gruesome acts that Galbatorix had performed, and she knew that he had killed far too many for there to be any justice in keeping him alive. She only hoped that Herself and Eragon, along with their group of warriors, would have the strength to go through with the act of infiltration and destroying of the wicked king, who never had a right to rule in the first place.

The wind ran its cold fingers around the limbs of the brave souls who were to complete this mission, but the fire and urge to destroy evil burned inside them, making it impossible for them to be cold. And the protective shield helped.

"Do you think we should wait until tomorrow, rest up and be completely prepared, or storm the castle now?" presented Alvar, the Elf warrior.

"Well, it might be a good idea to rest for a bit, and go over the plans once more, so we know we are ready." agreed Eragon, glancing at the others.

"Aye," commented Orik.

"No," Arya disagreed, "If we don't storm the castle now, we risk losing the element of surprise. That is the whole point in our plan; take Galbatorix by surprise, steal the last egg, and free Emerald Fire. When he tries to come after us with his forces, we'll have an entire fleet waiting for him. That's when Jaide, Eragon and Murtagh, the dragons bearing them, go in for the kill."

"And then this land will be free of a dreaded evil that has ravaged the good for so long." Cut in Jaide, who had been silent until now.

Arya speaks the wisdom of generations. We should go forward with the plan now, before it is too late and we are discovered. Thorn spoke, and then Murtagh added, "Aye, and the cursed oath on Thorn and I will be lost forever. Jaide broke it, but I can still feel its grasp on us; it has not completely let go. Do not worry, we have control, otherwise we wouldn't have made it thus far in the plans. However, the grasp is tight, and straining. I, for one, cannot wait to see this murderer who stole my whole life and those of my friends die in torment."

"Aye," everyone agreed simultaneously, and they summoned the cloak of invisibility and silence, which took all the dragon riders and elves energies put together, to breach Galbatorix's border of magic unnoticed. Then they swept forward with an iron will of force and vengeance to start the mission that would destroy the evil forces of Galbatorix.

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