After Eragon flew away on Saphira Serena woke up "Eragon?" she asked, Brom sighed and packed up his things "Your cousin is a stupid boy" he exclaimed, she rubbed her eyes and sat up "Where is he?" she asked worriedly
"Durza's castle, he is going after an' elf girl called Arya when I warned him not to" Brom said annoyed, Serena was fully awake now and she rolled her eyes "That's my family's curse, we never listen but we always keep our promises" she replied remembering the day her father died
"C'mon Serena we need to get there fast, Durza's tricking Eragon and he will kill him easily we cannot let that happen" Brom said, he tied everything to the horse and Serena stood up "Let's go then" she said hopping up onto the black horse, she held onto Brom and he nudged the horse forward.
They soon reached the castle and Serena's eyes widened, it was so dark and the sky was grey making it look even more horrible "You may want to loose the cloak Serena" Brom said, she nodded and took off the cloak before folding it and placing it one of the satchels on the horse
"Stay quiet, now there will be a lot of fire but try not to control it Serena you've already learn't how to control two and learning to control more could put you in a long sleep, promise me Serena" he said, she sighed but nodded "I promise" she said, Brom nodded and they made their way to the castle,
Serena noticed a bunch of black cloaks on a hook and she put one on before pulling up the hood, she and Brom ran through many hallways before they spotted Eragon, he was talking to someone Serena guessed by the sound of another voice, Brom ran over and stood in front of Eragon,
a spear flew into Brom's chest and Serena gasped while running over to him "No" she exclaimed, Eragon threw his sword and she turned around, there in front of her was a man with long red hair and he was wearing black, he suddenly chuckled "You'll have to do better than' that" he said,
Eragon shot him in the head with an' arrow and Serena watched as the man smirked, he suddenly disspeared in a black mist and she turned back to Brom who had pulled the spear from his chest "Get out" he said, though it came out groggy "Not without you" Eragon said helping him up,
Serena held him up when Eragon rescued a girl from the room, Serena guess that it was Arya, they helped Brom through the hall's and men came running at them, Eragon shot them with his arrows and Serena badly wanted to try and control the flames of the torches around her, but she knew she promised Brom not to and she would not brake a promise to a man who was dying
"Take zar'roc" Brom gasped, Eragon took the sword and a lot of men appeared, Saphira's roaring was heard and she crashed through the roof sending rocks everywhere and some crushed the guards "Saphira can you carry 4?" Eragon asked, Serena pulled off the black cloak and dropped it onto the floor, the weight of it made it hard for her to run,
she made sure Arya and Brom were on Saphira before turning to Eragon "We have to go now" she shouted, he nodded and more guards came running "Use your power" Eragon demanded, Serena shook her head "No I promised Brom I wouldn't" she exclaimed, Eragon shot another arrow "Just a little Serena" he begged,
she sighed and saw the men coming in "Serena" Eragon said nervously, he was staring at something and she looked to see a man high above them aiming an' arrow, he aimed it away from them and shot one of the guards, Serena recognized him as the man from the village,
he pulled down his hood and Serena's eyes widened at how young and attractive he was "I suggest you leave quickly" he shouted shooting more of the men, Eragon dragged her onto Saphira "Go Saphira" Eragon said, Serena watched as the man fought off the kings men, they flew into the sky and luckily escaped the castle, but they didn't get very far as Saphira couldn't hold the weight,
they landed in the forest and immediately helped the wounded Brom, though they knew they couldn't help him, Serena couldn't stand to see a friend die again so she headed to the river, while she was at the river she couldn't help but feel guilty, she had promised two men in her life not to interfere and they had both been killed,
so she swore that from now on she would do what ever it takes to keep her friends alive, even if it meant her death, Serena was in thought while staring into the water and she suddenly noticed what was happening, a large bubble began to rise from it and she had full control,
she held out her palm and raised it higher until she felt that she couldn't make it go any further, she dropped her hand and the bubble fell back into the river creating a large splash.
Serena walked back to the others and saw them surrounding Brom, they looked up as she arrived "Is he gone?" she asked, Eragon nodded with tears in his eyes "Yes" he said, she sighed and dropped down next to him
"We will get revenge Eragon, I promise" she said, he nodded "And next time I'll listen" she said, Eragon nodded and they all turned back to their lost friend.