Thanks for waiting, sorry for the slight delay, some work piled up on Sunday and I couldn't finish the chapter.
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Kuldr remained motionless... his face showing no expression but his eyes filled with all the emotions he wanted to express, anger... fury... sorrow... joy and excitement. His eyes were fixed on the dragon, a dark blue dragon. His mind paying no heed to it as his mind began to take in the fact that the egg had hatched. All around him the world was silent... he could feel a sense of satisfaction emitting from Saphira but he was yet to make contact with the dragon. Suddenly it dawned on him... "W... Why me?" he thought to himself "I couldn't do this again... do whatever forces that govern this land hate me enough to torture me? Do they not know the pain I feel..." he shouted in his mind... anger growing until he stopped... he felt a tug at his mind... a somewhat familiar tug, the same as... "Saphira... is it?"
"Yes Kuldr-Vodhr... it is!" she replied
Immediately Kuldr opened his mind "I welcome you to this world oh great hunter of the sky; tell me Skulblaka, what should I call you?" Kuldr asked, fearing from disrespecting Saphira
The dragon stared at him with interest, and then with a musical intriguing voice of a male replied back at him... grasping for words he had picked up the dragon replied "It... is your... t... task to name me" the dragon replied sternly
"Aye, that is true youngling... tell me... how does the name Eridor sound to you... and you Saphira?"
"It is... good... proud... I accept" the dragon replied, curiosity sparkling in his eyes
"Yes Kuldr-Elda, it is a name fit for him and a name that he deserves" Saphira answered
"Very well... Eridor... are you ready to be presented to the other dragons?" Kuldr asked
"Y... Yes Rider" Eridor replied
"Very well then" Kuldr told him "And please... my name is Kuldr" he finished before offering his arm out to Eridor, being no larger than a puppy Eridor climbed up his arm causing Kuldr to wince in pain as Eridor's sharp claws scratched at his skin while Eridor clambered onto his shoulder. Kuldr slowly walked up to the four dragons, first walking up to Thorn. Allowing him to sniff around Eridor before Thorn grunted in approval, spewing a light flame into the sky, Vilden did the same... as did Fírnen. Kuldr then walked up to Saphira, he knelt down on one knee allowing Eridor to climb down and go to Saphira. Eridor laid motionless, his head held high and his body taut. Saphira bent low to look at him, circling him, observing and checking him from each direction. Suddenly she spewed a brilliant blue fire over him. When it cleared she returned to her original position, a satisfied expression on her face as she grunted her approval like the other dragons. Kuldr then turned and walked to Eragon... "If you shall excuse me... I will join you all at the feast later tonight but for now I wish to return to my room and begin teaching Eridor how to speak fluently in both human tongue and the ancient language" Kuldr told him
"Very well Kuldr-Elda, I shall see you in a couple hours" Eragon replied to him "Is this the right thing for him?" Eragon asked Saphira, watching Kuldr and Eridor head off
"I believe so little one, it seems like Eridor can change him... I hope he can, over the next few years with more and more students coming, Kuldr will have to change into a more nurturing teacher as opposed to a closed one... we will need his experience as well and without a dragon it would be difficult... This is the right choice... out of the three I chose, all had knowledge and all had some striking feature in their personality that I could see becoming a rider... but only Kuldr had experience." Saphira replied, her voice final
"Very well, I trust you Saphira" Eragon said, patting her on the leg
"And I you little one" she replied
Eragon walked over to the podium and cleared his throat. After silence cleared he started his speech. "Today..." he started "Is a momentous day for the riders... not only have we a new dragon amongst our midst but the most experienced member of our family is who it chose to hatch to... today is hopefully the first of many hatchings and the first of many achievements in our future here on Doru Anora... although Kuldr has not joined us at the moment he will be at the feast. I beg of you, feel no sorrow for not being chosen. Feel joy for a rise of a rider and the beginning of an era" Eragon finished, to applause from the elves "It's a shame it wasn't Roran, then there'd be the three brothers becoming riders" Eragon chuckled to himself
"Admittedly it would be interesting... maybe someday in the future and egg will choose to hatch for him... if he wants it to be so..." Saphira chimed in
Eragon began to walk "I shall see you at the feast... I would like to go inside for a while, I'm feeling slightly faint" Eragon told her. Eragon walked inside to the infirmary. He called for Saphia to come to where he was and sat down on one of the beds... a few seconds later he heard a pulsing sound emanating from somewhere. Just as Saphia walked in the door slammed shut with a huge gust of wind that appeared from nowhere and seemed impossible. The light in the room appeared to be shimmering and a black aura was pulsing from the corner "SAPHIA!" he shouted "What's happening?" he asked
"I... I do not know" she replied, a look of agony on her face as she turned her head to face the source of the pulse "It... He... Eragon..." she called out "He's moving..." she shouted
Eragon snapped his head over to the aura and saw an arm rising up, further and further until it bent and gripped the side of the bed, the man began hoisting himself up with one arm, further and further until he was almost straight but then... He collapsed, huddled over in his bed, unconscious once again...
"Saphia... what just happened?" Eragon asked, clambering back to his normal mental state, the experience left him drained. Suddenly Eragon heard a bashing at the door and Saphira stuck her head through the door.
"Eragon what happened?" Saphira asked, a voice of panic in the situation, she removed her head from the door and in poured Blodhgarm, Arya, Kuldr and Murtagh, followed closely by Roran and the others
"I do not know Saphira" Eragon said out loud "But I'm beginning to think that it was a bad idea defrosting... him" Eragon finished, motioning to the corner.
What do you think will happen? I don't know... who is that... man and what is his power?! How will Kuldr react to being a rider again? SO MANY QUESTIONS!
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Animesh