Chapter 14:
Betrayal
Eragon and Arya entered the camp holding hands. Both of them had a giddiness inside them that wouldn't fade. Finally,Eragon thought to himself, finally, we're together. Excitement and love were boiling inside him, heightening his senses and sharpening his emotions. He could hear the messenger running towards them even though he was a minute away. He had closed his mind to everything living except Arya and Saphira, who flew overhead.
Once the messenger reached them, he bowed to each of them in turn and then looked at Eragon and said, "Lady Nasuada requests that you see her as soon as possible. She also asks that you hurry, it is urgent." Eragon nodded to him to indicate that he knew the way. Still hand-in-hand, Arya and Eragon started for Nasuada's pavilion.
When they reached it, they went through the usual routine and entered. Nasuada looked up from a pile of papers in her lap. "There you are, oh, and Arya too. Good, now to start, we will be storming Dras-Leona in a week. We have gained a few hundred recruits, and from the looks of it, we should now have enough men to take down Dras-Leona, and if we lose, we'll at least be taking them with us. Arya you will-," Eragon reacted upon pure instinct; he jumped and snatched the silvery dart out of the air that had just been shot at Nasuada. He rolled and glanced at where the dart came from. A black figure darted away, and he took off at full speed. As the agent seemed to be totally human, it took Eragon mere seconds to catch him. He leaped and tackled the hooded form, and then wrenched off their hood.
It was Trianna.
"Trianna? What the hell?!" Before he could say more, she punched him in the nose, and tried to escape. She couldn't shake him off though because he had a firm grip. "You're coming with me." He started dragging her back to the tent and when he reached it, Nasuada's guards were inside, gathered around Nasuada. He looked around for Arya, but he couldn't find her.
"Trianna? What were you doing?" Trianna laughed maniacally, and, with strength totally inhuman, bashed Eragon in the face and began to run again. Eragon dashed after her, but when he got out of the tent he couldn't find her. He saw some kicked up dust and followed the trail. It took him ten minutes, but he found her. Du Vrangr Gata was circled around her, muttering an incantation. Oh, hell no. He dashed at one, and was surprised to find heavy wards around them. He began battering away at them and he called for Saphira. He felled two of the members before Saphira got to him. She immediately started clawing and tearing at the other members. In a matter of two minutes all were dead, but the incantation was still going. Before he could so much as fling himself at Trianna, four black blobs rose out of the ground and injected their dark forms into her body. She screamed a blood curdling scream and her hair and eyes turned maroon. She stood up.
"Shit."