Chapter four: To Kuasta

Disclaimer: I still don't own anything

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Era gasped Yuaza and her had taken care to cover their faces with their cloaks so they would not recognized and then she spoiled it by calling her Era in front of this stranger.

"Thank you, Yuaza for ruining it!" Era said hotly. This made the man laugh, which intern got him kicked from behind. Era whispered another spell that would keep him bond even if he tried to remove it. "So what should we do with him?"

"I don't know. We should ask him some questions." Yuaza said dumbly

"No! You think?" Era spat sarcastically, then to the man "You what is your name and why were you attacking us? Are you from the Varden?"

"And if we don't like your answers we will not hesitate to kill you." Yuaza threaten. The man started to laugh. That is until Era pressed her knife on his neck.

"You were saying?" Era said smartly.

The man took a deep breath and said "My name is Murtagh, my dragon's name is Thorn. We were following you because it is our job. I am not from the Varden though I should be. I fought for the Varden in the battle of Farthen Dur. But shortly after that I was kidnapped by two but heads. Then I was forced to swear loyalty to Galboratrix, with my dragon, who was just born."

"So you are for Galboratrix?" Era asked seemingly bored.

"Yes." The man Murtagh said sadly.

"Oh, now we're getting somewhere!" Era said sarcastically then she looked at Yuaza, surprised to see she was about to burst out laughing. "What is so funny?"

"Well, it's just look at this guy. You and him have a lot in common, like your looks and you both ride a creature named Thorn! That's ironic!"

"Thank you, Ms. Obvious. Now what are we going to do with him?"

Era heard in her head from Yuaza: I don't know but even though he is evil, he is pretty hot, for an evil guy I mean. Era stared speechless her best friend had a crush on their enemy. When Era finally found her voice she screamed "What !?"

Then losing all sense of reason she jumped on Yuaza and started to beat the crap out of her friend. The two girls rolled over in a brawl both screaming at each other about how stupid the other one was. This went on until Murtagh cleared his throat. The two girls froze in all the excitement their hoods had fallen off, and their hair was falling into their faces. In a flash both girls were separate and standing up strait as if nothing had happened. Era spoke first "So what are we going to do with him?"

Yuaza brushed her hair out of her eyes and said "I don't know but we can't kill him he isn't truly evil."

"Just because you have a soft spot for him doesn't mean that I have one!"

"I do not have a soft spot for him!"

"Sure you don't"

"Ladies!" guess who said this, "I have a proposition"

"You have a proposition? And you are in a position to have a proposition?" (AN: say that five times fast) said Era sarcastically.

"I say that if you give me the egg I leave you never see me again, and I never see you again, even if I do."

Dead silence was what answered him. Era was too stunned to answer at first then she got a great idea. She told Yuaza and Agni it then she said "You know we would love to give you that stone but we have we small problem. You see we don't have it any more because you know…" Thud, Era heard Agni land behind her "…it hatched"

Era laughed at the look of pure shook relief on Murtagh's face. He on the other hand sat there silently in pure disbelief. Then when his brain started working again he said "So who is his rider?"

Yuaza spoke up sweetly "We both are."

She pulled her sleeve back to show him the half gedwey ignasia on her right hand, and motioned for Era to do the same. Era did show him it but she was annoyed. After that an unnatural silence spread over the camp. Then Murtagh said "Well now my situation has changed. I was told to retrieve the egg but now you don't have the egg. I can just go back to my master and tell him the egg hatched by someone in the Varden."

Era shook her head in disbelief "Why are you so eager to help us and if we let you go how do we know you're not going to turn around and kill us."

"Because I do not want anyone else to live in this hell all my friends are on the other side my only brother is leading the fight against me. I DON'T WANT TO FOR THE PIG GALBORATRIX!" Murtagh yelled then he paused to catch his breath then finished in the ancient language " I give you my word as a rider."

The dead silence that followed Murtagh's rant was matched even by the animals. Then still silently Era mouthed out I'm sorry. Then she undid his magical bonds and let him go. Then Yuaza and her told Agni to go back into hiding then they rode to Kuasta.

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sorry another short chapter. I should note that when I wrote my last chapter I was sugar high so I had a spaz attack on the computer so that's why my author's note was so weird.

By the way you pronounce Yuaza ( u-oz-za) and Murtagh's age is 18 and Eragon's age is sixteen.