wow, im practicaclly lint covered with all this fluff, lol.
enjoy!
claimer:i own most of this except some characters, and the setting, and a whole bunch of other stuff. some props unfortunatly go to CP...
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and just for all of y'all that didnt know, the new eragon book is called 'Brisingr' no idea why thought, probably some passion related thing or something, who knows? wait-CP does...hmmmm
43.-Waking nightmare
I instinctively morphed into my dragon form and assumed a defensive position, my lips raised over my pointed fangs, and my wings pressed tight to my sides so they wouldn't get in the way if a fight came about.
I had heard much about the red rider amid the Varden and elves combined, and what had reached my ears had not been comforting. Apparently he worked for the king and had attempted many times to kill Eragon and the rest of the resistance. He was not to be trusted.
Peace, Halfling, we will do no harm, we are only in need of a few answers, Thorn's gravely voice entered our minds and I sensed Dorran sending a mental message to his brother, and the wolf drawing closer, but he was still many leagues away.
Do not pretend to be our comrades, we know who you two are, and we would rather die than to aid you in your quest to insanity, I snarled into their minds, my talons tearing into the moist soil, eager to be ripping into his scales and flesh. Thorn took a step forward in an attempt to seem intimidating, but we kept our ground, not swaying from his obvious power and muscle.
Dorran took a step in front of me, as if to protect me, and I growled slightly more forcefully in annoyance at his over-protection. I could take Thorn; his head was a good ten feet above me, and his limbs rippled underneath his scaled armor. But I was more lithe and quick, and I would be able to dodge his blows easily is the situation arose.
Do not do something you will regret, Dorran's voice cut into my mind, silencing my bloodthirsty thoughts. I hissed and Thorn stared between us with an amused expression.
I am sorry to hear that, but you two do not seriously think that you could defeat me in combat? An experienced fighter like myself, along with my rider? You do not stand a chance.
I grinned savagely, it is amusing how you stand by and let your rider do the fighting for you, you are a disgrace to the dragon race, coward. I knew that stung him, and gained power from that, feeling in control with the knowledge of how his mind worked, and feeding on that information. My barbaric and controlling thoughts scared me, since when had I been able to know so much about someone, and then want to use that against them? I shuddered; I was turning into a monster.
The red dragon's eyes gleamed crimson in anger and he roared until the trees shook, you will pay for that wench!
And he leapt at us, smoke billowing from his nostrils and his talons outstretched, preparing to tear into us.
But then something strange happened, the world dissolved into darkness, nothing but the enraged bloodthirsty eyes remained, but they stayed in one place, hovering a few feet from me with black smoke drifting sluggishly around them. And then the glowing ruby orbs flew backwards and the smoke disintegrated, and I suddenly found myself staring from behind Dorran's back at the huge red dragon, and then he suddenly disappeared backwards into the undergrowth, and I found myself facing Dorran's human face once again, his voice a blur in my mind.
Then I found myself switching forms, and I realized that the last couple of minutes were being replayed, and I saw Faolan reappear from the edges of the trees, running and jumping backwards onto his brothers back, and then we took off again, flying back towards the gardens.
We touched down; the sensation of landing exactly as I had taken off was extremely peculiar and just didn't make sense. How was this happening? Why was this happening? Then as my head turned to acknowledged what I remembered to be the complement that the boys had given me, my head suddenly swam and I collapsed on the flowers, my mind blacking out and strange dreams of crimson-eyed, smoke-like creatures drifting across my dreams.
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"Kalanie, wake up! Come on…what happened to her?! Who did this?! When I find them I'm gonna…"
Shut up Faolan! She's waking…
"…I still don't see how this could have happened, what did happen anyway? You can read her mind; surely you can get some idea-"
FAOLAN! I cringed at the mental yelling and struggled to open my eyes. My head ached, my pulse throbbing inside my skull, but apart from that nothing else hurt exceedingly.
The room went hushed as they realized I was rousing, and I felt a comforting nose brush against my cheek, his scales rustling softly over mine.
My eyelids fluttered open and I looked at my surroundings, but all I could see was darkness. I panicked for a moment until I realized what had happened, Dorran, move I can't see anything if you're in the way, I teased, and the black mass shifted to the side and a large onyx eyes entered my line of vision, anxiety within the deep dark depths.
Are you ok? He whispered, concern lacing his words. I nodded and lifted my head, regarding the apprehensive faces looking down on me. I'm fine, I assured the many elves gathered around me in a circle, and then turned to the dark dragon beside me, that was definitely strange though, what do you think happened? I asked, standing and brushing passed the worried elves, repeating that I was fine and assuring them that I was not in immediate danger of dying right at that second. Faolan and Boden followed Dorran and I as we made our way away from the crowd.
"What the hell was that about? You almost made me have a heart attack, collapsing like that!" Faolan stated, his long strides just keeping up with our dragon ones. I hissed and he fell silent, I do not know what happened, but take a look at this, I said, and showed them what I remembered from the strange episode, projecting it into their minds, even Boden's for I felt that I could trust him. From the way the other elves acted around him I could tell that he was an outcast, probably because of his hair color, it just wasn't natural for an elf to be blonde, any simple human could tell from the remaining dark-haired Fair Folk.
They watched in silence and when it finished Boden's voice exclaimed, "That was strange, it was almost like seeing the future, except that that couldn't be the true future because you two were human…" He laughed at his supposed absurdness and then realized that no one else was joining him.
He looked at us uneasily, "That is ridiculous, isn't it?" he asked, unsure now.
I glanced at Dorran and we nodded, smiling at the completely illogical thought, of course dragons couldn't turn into people, what was he thinking? I smiled at that thought, if only he knew…
Before showing them what I remembered I had skillfully removed the conversation I had had with Dorran, I was sure we wouldn't appreciate anyone else listening to that. And plus, if that had been an insight of the future as Boden predicted, then he was sure to say it again sometime, and maybe even finish his sentence.
Well in light of this recent event of weirdness I predict that it would be unwise to go into the forest for the time being, just incase that deluded dragon and his rider is still roaming around somewhere, and I don't particularly want to find out how that fight would have ended at this very second, Dorran thought into our heads, a trace of humor in his deep tones. We all agreed and instead made our way back to the tree house, inviting Boden to accompany us, but he declining because apparently he had to be somewhere and take part in some strange elf custom or something, so we let him go. It would be easier to talk and discuss what had happened if we were on our own anyway.
We wondered the many paths until we finally reached the grove of broad trees, and flew up to the top entrance, entering into the luxurious wooden house. The shock of blacking out suddenly engulfed me and my limbs shook with exhaustion and I collapsed onto the oval-shaped cushion, curling up into a ball in the bowl indented into the polished wooden floor.
"Maybe we should continue this discussion in the morning…" Faolan suggested, sitting on the cot against the varnished wall.
I shook my head, "No, I'm awake, don't worry, I'm listening…" I said, laying my head on my front claws, and keeping my eyes open with difficulty. Dorran smiled and shook his head, "You're not going to last through the first sentence, just go to sleep Kalanie, we'll carry on when the sun rises." I looked up and realized that the sky was growing dark; I had obviously been out for some time.
"No, I'm fine, really…" but my sentence was ruined by a yawn that escaped my jaws, only concluding their accusation.
I growled, "Fine..." and curled my tail over my nose and rustling my wings into a more comfortable position. Dorran sighed with humor and I heard his talons click against the floor towards the side of the wall that was open to the golden sky outside. I heard the bed creak as Faolan shifted into a more comfortable position and then his breathing slowed as he descended into a sub-conscious state.
Dorran's scales scraped against the wood as he lay down, and through my eyelids I saw the sky grow darker outside until the light had faded completely. I laid there for what seemed like hours, but found I couldn't sleep, a chilling breeze was blowing from the skylight that I had just noticed was carved out of the leaf-filled branches, and also the side of the tree that was devoid of a wall.
I opened my eyes and noticed Dorran's glimmering form on the platform that led to the endless world below, the brilliant stars overhead lighting his onyx scales with an eye-blinding shine.
I got up and made my way over to him and lay down next to him, seeking warmth from his armored body. His head turned to face me, his night-colored eyes boring into mine intensely. He draped a velvety wing over my body and I leant my head against his wide shoulder, and together we stayed like that for the rest of the night as the twinkling white stars above shone down on us, illuminating the entire world with their brilliance.
jeez i've gone soft, too much small bits of fluff, tell me if u like it or not though, coz i could totally kill Dorran and ruin the fluff forever...hehehe
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