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Volcanus

Eragon and Arya were training in the Beor Mountains. Eragon was losing due to being stuck thinking about whether or not Murtagh would get Nasuada pregnant. He snapped back to reality when Arya threw him across the field into the side of a volcano. He felt blood running down the back of his head and healed himself then wiped the blood away and stood. They both heard the volcano rumbling and then erupted.

"You really hit it hard," Arya said getting ready to stop the eruption with a spell.

Before she could, a huge dragon about three fourths the size of Farthen Dur exploded out of the top of the volcano. It was covered with spikes that looked like small mountains and were as big as Saphira was long. The dragon was about a mile long and about three fourths of a mile across. The inside of its mouth glowed bright yellow and it's mouth opened wide enough to swallow Farthen Dur whole.

"What is that?" Eragon asked.

"I am Volcanus!" the dragon shouted in the mind of every living thing in Alagaesia. "I am the God of all dragons! Bow before me or watch your world BURN!"

"Saphira?" Eragon asked.

Saphira and Firnen were launching waves of fear that Eragon could practically feel as well as his sword. Saphira walked over so Eragon could get on and Firnen did the same for Arya. Then both began to fly away from Volcanus.

"Where are you going?" Eragon asked.

"Volcanus was so strong and so dangerous, that the Rider's almost went extinct locking him away!" Saphira said.

"We have to stop it!" Eragon shouted.

"If the old Riders couldn't kill it, how can we?" Arya asked. "Your namesake was the strongest Rider ever and even he wasn't able to hurt him!"

"Well I'm not my namesake!" Eragon said.

"No!" Arya said. "You're far weaker!"

"But far more desperate to kill that thing!" Eragon said.

"I'm not letting you fight a monster like that alone!" Arya said. "I'm coming with you!"

"No!" Eragon said.

"I will aid him!" Garzhog said as he and Belgabad flew past.

Saphira seemed okay with that because she wheeled around and flew back. Eragon jumped onto Belgabad then ordered Saphira to leave. Saphira was reluctant but eventually flipped over and flew away. A moment, later, Eragon landed behind Eragon and wrapped her arms around her.

"I said I'm coming!" Arya said.

Eragon couldn't help but grin and a moment later, they dropped onto Volcanus' back. Belgabad flew away and the three riders made their way to ward the dragon's head. After a few minutes, Murtagh landed beside them and Thorn flew away. Orik and Blodhgram were with him and both looked terrified out of their minds.

"You ready to be a dragon killer?" Eragon asked.

"I brought this for a reason," Blodhgram said holding up Niernen.

Eragon nodded and they began to move toward its head. Eragon decided that he liked being so small compared to it because it couldn't kill them as easily when they were on it. After a couple more minutes, they finally reached the area in the center of the top of Volcanus' head.

"Kill it," Eragon said.

Blodhgram drove Niernen into the dragon's head until only about a foot was still visible. Volcanus roared in pain and suddenly, there were Fanghur everywhere. Eragon drew Brizingr and the others drew their swords as well. They began to try to fight but after a matter of seconds, they had no choice but to retreat. They fled back toward Volcanus' tail and then leapt off. Their dragons caught them and they flew away from it. Volcanus had been burning the ground and it was clear that the entire continent would be gone inside of a week.

"We have to find a way to take it down!" Eragon said.

"If we get Niernen into its brain!" Blodhgram said.

"We need a hammer!" Orik said.

"I know just the one if you'll lend it to me!" Eragon said.

"Look!" Arya said pointing.

An orange dragon flew over Volcanus and something dropped onto his head and Volcanus stopped burning things then flew west toward Vroengard.

"What happened?" Eragon asked.

"He's got a Rider!" Arya said. "The leader of our enemies is now the most powerful Rider in existence!"

"Could you tell what he was?" Eragon asked.

"No!" Murtagh said. "Too far away!"

"That dragon's got to die!" Eragon said. "Its wingspan must have been...what, two miles?"

"Must have been!" Arya said.

"We can't wait any longer!" Eragon said. "We have to go to war now!"

"I need my hammer!" Orik said.

"I need to protect Nasuada!" Murtagh said. "They'll either kill her or try to turn her! And if they don't, Orrin will!"

Eragon nodded and Murtagh branched off. Blodhgram was riding with Arya and Orik was with Eragon.

"I'll go with Orik!" Eragon said.

"We'll meet you back in Ellesmera!" Arya said.

"Be careful!" Eragon said.

Arya nodded and Eragon branched off for Farthen Dur. When he and Orik arrived, they rushed inside and retrieved Volund. Eragon had secretly enchanted it to be able to deal five times more damage than normal. Once they had the hammer, they left and Saphira began to fly them back to Ellesmera. Even from Farthen Dur, they could see the flames.

THE END

Read and review. I really want to have the leader of the Riders be something really scary and be the only one of his kind. Are there any other humanoid species in the books even mentioned?