They had been travelling for about 2 days now and Serena had been thinking over things...a lot, she was wondering how she could help Eragon defeat the things that had killed her father, she had never trained with brother but she knew she would have to learn soon, she fel the horse slow down and distant screaming pulled her from her thoughts
"Woah woah, this way" Brom said nudging his head, they rode through the woods and stopped to get off the horses, they hid behind a large rock but peeked over to see a few carts and people being attacked "Urgals, they used to be the kings enemy and now their his guards, their closer than' we thought we need to stay off the roads"
Brom said nervously "Why can't we take them?" Eragon asked "Your not ready to take anything yet" Brom said, Serena watched them both "I have skills, I can fight, my cousin Roran and I, we trained...with swords" Eragon said proudly, Serena rolled her eyes "Well I guess I underestimated you" Brom replied, Eragon glared and they all got back onto the horses.
After a bit more riding they stopped at a small river, Brom suggested that he and Eragon practice sword fighting and Serena watched from the side, she was sat on the floor cross legged in front of the river,
her fingers were in the water swirling around and she felt the sudden pinch in her right wrist again, the pain was a bit harsher this time and she winced, Serena slowly pulled her fingers out of the water and her eyes widened, a small string of swirling water ran up her fingers and around her hand, she glanced back at the two men who were very occupied with their stick fighting,
Serena looked back down at the water that was running around her hand, she had her black fingerless gloves on so she couldn't exactly feel the water, the sudden pain in her wrist came back and it turned to tingles instead, she pulled the glove off her right hand and the water seemed to flow from the glove back onto her bare hand,
but this time it focussed on trailing to her wrist, Serena turned over her hand to inspect her wrist and her eyes widened even more, on her wirst was a strange tattoo that she had never in her life seen before, the one black line seemed to glow a bright blue color as the water ran over it "Serena it's getting dark!" Eragon called,
she jumped and put her glove back on "I'm coming" she replied, the water left her hand to go back into the river and she stood up "Are you alright Serena?" Eragon asked walking towards her, she nodded and turned her head away from the lake "Fine, let's go" she said smiling falsely, he nodded as though a little skeptic and they followed Brom into the forest.
Brom was trying to start a fire and Serena, Eragon and Saphira all watched him "Don't dragons breathe fire?" Eragon asked "She's not old enough to sustain a flame" Brom said, he mumbled something and a small fire was started, Eragon heard the mumbles and leaned forward "How did you do that? What did you just do?" he asked,
Brom glanced at him and Serena focussed on the men instead of her glove covered wrist "I started a fire" Brom replied holding up the stones, Serena sighed and turned back to her wrist, she wouldn't ask Brom about this just yet, for now she was determined to find out on her own, and hope she wouldn't get hurt in the process.
The next day after riding nearly the entire day they had reached a small village, Eragon had put a sleeping Serena in front of him so that she didn't fall off, but it was making him more tired, plus he had been having strange dream "Eragon c'mon wake up, were at the village, we'll leave the horses here, wake up Serena and keep Saphira close"
Brom said, Eragon got down from his horse and helped down a sleeping Serena "Serena wake up" he said shaking her slightly, her blue eyes opened slowly and she looked around "Where are we?" she asked confused "Were at the village" Eragon said, she nodded and followed the men across the bridge while looking around, the village was a little foggy and it was sunset which made it all the more mysterious "Go buy some bread down there, when your done wait here for me I won't be long"
Brom said handing Eragon some money "Don't talk to anybody" he added before leaving, Serena and Eragon watched Brom walk over to one of the men and start talking "C'mon Serena" Eragon said lightly grabbing her arm, she nodded and walked with him, Eragon suddenly stopped and Serena gave him a confused look "Eragon what is it?"
she asked worriedly, Eragon said nothing and rushed into the closest hut, Serena looked back to where Eragon had and could faintly see someone there, Serena walked closer to the edge to try and see who it was, she could only see somone in a dark cloak, she caught a glimpse of his face but not enough to recognize the person if she ran into him/her again, Serena looked down at the water and it started glowing slightly, she panicked and rushed into the same hut Eragon had
"...You have powers you do not acknowledge, but there is a doom upon you, part of it lies in a death rapidly approaching.." Serena walked forward to see Eragon knelt down on the floor, opposite him was a woman with strange clothing, but Serena could tell she was a fortune teller "...and a girl she is in your dreams, she is part of your past, and your future"
the woman said, Serena listened intently "Who is she?" Eragon asked curiously, the woman's eyes closed and she noticed Serena in the doorway "Do you wish me to read your fortune too?" she asked, Serena shook her head "No, Eragon we must go" she said nervously, the village was starting to scare her and she didn't feel safe, they left the hut and a man suddenly grabbed Eragon's throat, Serena gasped and the man suddenly fell to the ground revealing Brom behind him holding a sword
"Do I have to do everything myself?" he asked annoyed "The fortune teller..." Eragon started "Did she tell you about him? C'mon" Brom said cutting him off, they cautiously walked through the village with Serena close behind them "Where's everybody gone?" Brom asked "She told me my future" Eragon said still thinking about the fortune teller, an' Urgal popped up and Brom quickly knocked him out "C'mon" he exclaimed, someone grabbed Serena and she struggled as the Urgal dragged her away from them,
she threw her head back smashing him in the face "Serena!" Eragon shouted, she couldn't go towards them as the Urgals were guarding the bridge "Eragon!" she shouted back feeling scared, the Urgals started towards her and she walked backwards until she bumped into something, she spun around to see a man,
he had a black cloak on and Serena couldn't really see his face "Stay behind me" he demanded, he pulled out an arrow and started firing at the Urgals, he got them all but more started to come, there was a blinding light on the bridge and Serena ran towards it "Eragon!" she screamed, the man grabbed her hand
"You can't cross that way now" he said, she faced him and glanced back to see Saphira "I can try" she said, Serena ran to the parts of the bridge she could stand on "Please work" she begged, she held out both palms and aimed them at the water, the water glowed and large rocks were raised to the surface, Serena ran across them feeling her mind and control over the water weaken,
she reached the other side and instantely collapsed "Get him out of here Saphira" she told the dragon, Saphira grabbed Eragon in her claws and carried him off "C'mon Serena" Brom said helping up the young girl,
he had seen what she did and knew straight away what she was, much to his surprise, Brom helped her onto the horse and she squnited her eyes, as Brom moved the horse forward she could faintly see the man who had helped her watch them leave.