Chapter 6.1
Before we head to Teirm, we stop at a quiet little town. Perhaps too quiet. We enter and ride into the center of town. There lay the people. . . . all dead! I look away, scared of the sight.
"Urgals did this and some should still be here . . ." Brom begins but is unable to finish.
An Urgal shoots an arrow at Brom. It hits him in his right arm and he falls off the horse.
"Brom!" Both Eragon and I cry in surprise.
"Listen I'll distract them while you take Brom to Saphira," Eragon says.
"Fine by me," I reply as I head toward Brom.
I get him onto my horse and take off toward the entrance of the town. I don't get to the entrance however, because an Urgal shoots at my horse and it startles the beast, throwing me off.
"You will pay for that," I snarl as I run at the Urgal.
What were those words that Brom used to light the fire earlier? Ah Brisingr, I think as I run toward the Urgal.
Drawing my hand-and-a-half sword I cry out, "Brisingr" and the blade lights up with an unearthly blue flame. I stab my flaming sword into the Urgal, destroying him on impact. Suddenly I sense that my back is giving off some kind of energy. I feel my back and realize that a scar is there. It seems to be giving off an unearthly black power source. As I feel it, I realize that the scar might be why I'm rapidly losing strength. I fall to the ground and black out . . .
When I awake, I find that I'm with Brom and Eragon. Eragon looks to be in the same condition that I'm in only slightly better.
"Brom?" I ask.
"Yes."
"When I used Brisingr, I felt something draining my energy."
"You as well as Eragon must have used magic then."
"So Brisingr is the word for fire then?" Eragon asks.
"Not just the word. Brisingr is fire. Know the word and you can control the thing. The thing is the word," Brom answers.
"I understand that but I think that something else was draining my energy as well."
"Something else?"
"Yes. I seem to have a scar across my back," I reply turning around and lifting up my shirt to reveal a scar that stretches from my left shoulder to my right hip.
"Yes it was glowing black and it was rapidly draining my strength," I say as I turn back around and pull down my shirt.
"Well now that we've told the world about us I suppose that we are going to have to find another way to Teirm now," Brom says as we get to our feet. "But that would be a lot easier if you were flying."
"Not again. I won't do it again," Eragon says as he backs up.
Did someone say flying? Saphira asks as she lands on the ground. Are you ready to try again Dragon Rider?
I didn't do so well last time, Eragon says.
We didn't do you well, Saphira comments as she lays down for Eragon to get on her back.
She and Eragon take off and Brom and I travel by ground. Brom and I watch as the two circle around us and do some great aerial spins and loops. We enter a forest and are ambushed by two Ra'zac. I charge toward them drawing my sword. I slash one, destroying it on impact, and then I try for the other. Brom yells for Eragon to stay out of this but nevertheless Eragon and Saphira join us and help in defeating them. Afterwards Brom spars with Eragon while Saphira and I watch them.