Chapter 15.2

With my eyes glazed over, looking blueish, I rear back. Murtagh is probably the most scared I've ever seen him.

"Finca, snap out of it," he commands as I advance toward him.

I pause for a minute, allowing him to think that he's somehow reached out to me.

You, like Tamli have outlived your usefulness! I roar as I lift up my right forepaw and smash it into him, sending him crashing to the ground a few feet away, unconscious.

I flick my head away and open my wings.

"Finca wait!"

A sudden voice catches my attention. Tamli jumps off of Saphira's back and runs over to me.

"Forgive me Finca!" He cries. "Forgive me for what I've done!"

I'm downright stunned at this but as Saphira nears Murtagh's unconscious form I roar and run toward her. I stop between her and Murtagh.

He deserved it, I growl.

Tamli lifts up his hand.

"Sorry Finca but it must be done," he says as vines pin me to the floor.

Release me! I roar, struggling to get free. Get these vines off me!

"It's for your own good," Tamli says as he walks off.

No! Wait! Don't leave me! I scream.

I roar, opening my eyes. I'm still in the desert and Murtagh stands beside me.

"You okay?" He asks.

What happened? I ask.

"You went weird, like your eyes turned blue and so nearly killed me, stuff like that," he explains.

So it wasn't just a dream, I think. It was real.

'Perhaps in your subconscious mind it was, but it never happened, Finca,' The voice hums.

What do you mean? I ask.

'You, my dragon, are ill and your mind is slowly shutting down,' the voice says.

Ill? I ask.

'That's right and you must stop it soon or else!' The voice chants as it fades away.

Where is Tamli? I ask.

"With Eragon and Saphira, where you left him when your mind returned to your body," Murtagh answers.

I have to warn him, I growl.

"Finca, you're not in any condition to be flying off. Stay pu-"

I must tell Tamli before it's too late! I roar as I remember what the voice told me.

'You, my dragon, are ill and your mind is slowly shutting down,' the voice says.

He and I are in danger! I think as I fly off to find him.