Disclaimer: I do not own the Inheritance cycle. All original characters belong to Christopher Paolini. Reviews Appreciated!
Well welcome to my new story. For those of you who are reading this and don't know what's going on I suggest you read my first story: Rise of the Riders
The next week passed quickly as the students settled into their stride. Soon training would begin but not before the guests would arrive. Orik, Roran, Katrina, Arya and Nasuada were planning to join Eragon at his new home. They were scheduled to arrive in the afternoon and there was still a lot of preparation to be done. Eragon and Murtagh were overseeing the marquee set up; Kuldr and Blodhgarm were helping the elves make the food and Kaira, Aninya and Saphia were setting up the rooms and helping to set up the hall. While they were working, Saphira and Thorn were talking to the students, getting to know them better, learning about their past. As Eragon said they were all friends here and Saphira had decided to follow up that line. Saphira and Thorn were sat in the main hall, talking to the students and their dragons.
"Tell me Arnos, how was your life before you became a rider?" Thorn asked the elf
"Well…" he said out loud so everyone could hear him "I was born to the Lord of Silthrim so I'm from nobility, nothing else really, it was a quaint easy life and I found myself bored too much of the time so I turned to exercise to fill my time. Soon my body became as strong as it is now and has been the same for the past ten years. I wasn't the best at magic and my intelligence isn't that high either but when it comes to physical ability I can't be outmatched by many people. And that's it really, an egg hatched for me ten years later and here I am, nothing that interesting in my life that I'm willing to talk about" Arnos informed the group "What about you Thorn? And you Saphira? Tell us about your encounters after Galbatorix" he asked, hearing murmurs of agreement from his fellow trainees.
"Do you want to or should I?" Saphira asked Thorn
"You do it, I'm not in the mood" Thorn replied
"Very well" Saphira told him before letting the students into her mind again "All right then…um…let's see now…how about the time me and Eragon travelled back to Helgrind to find the last of the Ra'zac, yes that'll do. Anyway we travelled from Uru'Baen and landed outside the front gates, with us was Blodhgarm and another elf whose name I can't recall. We entered the black fortress together and stopped the second we were inside, we looked around with our minds but alas we found nothing at all. We searched the building and there was nobody there, nothing that attacked us and no signs of life at all. We did track down the Ra'zac but it took a whole month to find it, when we did it showed no sign of struggle, in fact it was talking to Eragon and me, asking us to listen to its tale so that the Ra'zac were never forgotten and that after we listened we could kill it. So it began to tell us about its race, and its life and missions with Galbatorix (At this point Saphira went on to tell its entire life which would take too long to write down, so instead I'm going to give you one of the tales… sorry L ) ... so after that it said that the hardest mission it had was to hunt down and kill Brom, it took him ten years to succeed in his quest but he finally did it, after hunting Brom and tracking him for years, he finally caught him, he said it was by pure luck that he hit Brom, he was aiming to maim you so he could finally take on Brom but that was not what fate intended. When they discovered us it wasn't to capture Eragon, it was to kill Brom, it was proud of this story and at this point it finished its life's tale. Now Eragon was furious with rage, without saying another word he brought up his sword and slammed it down on the Ra'zac's neck, cutting in deep, he pulled his sword out and brought it down again on its back and once more, this time he drove it through the Ra'zac's chest before climbing on my back and asking us to fly away." Saphira finished
"That was a unique tale Ebrithil, and an incredibly interesting one, a shame for Eragon though" Arnos told her but before he could add another word, Eragon walked in and sat down
"Afternoon everyone, our guests will be arriving in the evening" he said "You all have about three hours before you need to be dressed and waiting outside with everyone else, feel free to wander around but don't go into the forest tonight, oh and Dim, you are to follow the forest path to a house at the end of it in three days time, knock twice and then you will stay there for two days, this will apply to everybody at certain times, you may not discuss with anyone what you have done at all" Eragon informed them "What are we talking about?" he asked, getting into the story telling, saying some of his own with the others, they were no longer discussing the students' pasts but instead Eragon, Saphira and Thorn's. Time passed quickly and soon they were all gathered at the newly built dock waiting for the ship to dock, Saphira could see it in the distance and after it finally arrived, the guests all arrived at 'Doru Anora'. Eragon stepped forward towards them and looked at them all before finally saying "Welcome… to home of the Dragon Riders"
So we will see what our guests think in the next chapter, I wonder about Arya and her feelings. Training will be beginning soon! And thank you to Brisingr5508 for giving me a great idea which I will put in my story probably in about 3 or 4 weeks time because I need to get the guests settled in to the story :D
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