Serena woke up halfway through the night at the sound of a sword being drawn, she shot up and saw someone taking Eragon's sword, Serena aimed her palm at the person and a vine shot out of the ground wrapping itself around the person's wrist "Serena it's me" Murtagh whispered, she smiled in relief and lowered her hand,
the vine dissapeared back into the ground "What are you doing?" she asked quietly making sure not to wake up Eragon and Arya "Just looking" he replied, he played with the sword for a bit and seemed to be in complete awe "Don't be fooled by it's beauty" Eragon said, Serena looked to see him wide awake,
he stood on his feet and watched Murtagh cautiously "It's done it's share of kill" Eragon said "I've never held the sword of a rider before, strong in the grip, sharp..." Murtagh started swinging the sword and Serena rolled her eyes and how excited he looked "I could get use to this" he said holding it in front of him
"Don't" Eragon said holding out his hand, Murtagh reluctantly gave him back the sword "Not the sharing type I see, we could learn a lot from each other, you could teach me the secret skills of the dragon rider" he said "And what could I learn from you?" Eragon asked "The art of staying alive" Murtagh replied,
Eragon chuckled and layed back down, Serena was wide awake and very bored, she noticed Murtagh had just lie down and got an' idea, Serena left her cloak back where she was sleeping and walked over to him, he watched her go behind his head and lean over him, so they were face to face but she looked upside down to him
"I have something to show you" she said "And what would that be Elemental?" he asked smirking, she smirked aswell "Follow me and find out" she said playfully while pulling her hair over one shoulder, Serena jumped up to stand and made her way to the river, he was following her and she knew it,
Serena sat near the edge of the river with her legs crossed, the skirt of her dress covered her entire bottom half as it made a small circle around her, Murtagh sat down next to her "I told you I'd show you soon" she said not looking at him, but at the water, she took off her gloves and put one hand in the water,
Serena relaxed her body and leaned back slightly, small bubbles of water started to rise from the river, it looked like large raindrops going in reverse, Murtagh watched with wide eyes and Serena smiled, she loved the way the moonlight made the bubbles glow, Serena combined the bubbles to make one large wall of water "That's amazing"
he said watching it, she got a sudden though and made the wall into a swirling tube like shape, she hovered it above Murtagh and pulled her hand out of the river, the water collapsed onto him and he blew his wet hair back while giving her an' annoyed look "I don't have full control yet" she lied giving him an' inoccent look
"Of course you don't" he replied sarcastically, she laughed and stood up "We should get back before my cousin forces me to roast you alive" she said, he shook the water out of his hair before following her "Why doesn't he trust me?" he asked, she shrugged "We have a lot of people trying to kill us, you can understand why he's like that"
she explained, he nodded "Where's the rest of your family?" he asked curiously, she sighed "My brother ran away with his girlfriend to avoid being dragged into the army, my mother died when I was young and my father was killed by razac's a few days ago" she explained, he nodded
"I'm sorry" he said, she shrugged "I'll get my revenge" she replied in thought, they finally got back to the camp and Serena headed back to her little bed "Goodnight" she said laying down, he watched her as she turned her back to him "Goodnight Serena" he said also lying down.
The Next Morning...
Eragon had woken up and placed an' unconcious Arya onto Saphira's back, he put a blanket over her and told Saphira to follow them in the air, she nodded and took off while Eragon turned to Murtagh
"Time to go" he said nudging him with his foot, Murtagh rolled his eyes but sat up "Wake Serena for me" Eragon said packing up his things and carrying it to the horse, Murtagh smiled a little and walked over to the sleeping Serena, he leaned over her and stroked her cheek "Time to wake Elemental" he said loud enough for her to hear,
Serena stirred a bit before her blue eyes finally opened, she blinked a few times and chuckled at the face above her "Well isn't this a nice way to wake" she said sarcastically, he nodded
"I knew you'd see it my way" he said standing, she rolled her eyes and he took her hands pulling her to her feet, he pulled her up so fast that she fell agains't him "Not that I'm not enjoying this but we need to get going" she said smiling slightly, he nodded and she pulled on her white cloak before walking towards his black horse
"Beautiful" she gasped stroking it's nose, Murtagh picked up his arrow and watched her pet his horse "You can ride him if you want" he said, Serena glanced back at him "I can't ride horses remember" she said, he nodded "Ride with me" he said, she faced him with slightly wide eyes "I don't know" she said looking at Eragon who was sorting out his horse
"Make your own choice Serena, don't let your cousin decide for you" Murtagh said untying his horse, Serena glared at him as he mounted the horse "Are you coming Elemental?" he asked cockily while offering her his hand, Serena sighed and thought about it before taking his hand and letting him pull her onto the horse
"Wise choice" he said as she put her arms around his waist "Don't make me regret it" she replied feeling a little nervous, she had never ridden with anyone except Eragon and Roran and that was because they were her family, she still wasn't completely sure if she could trust Murtagh yet, Eragon got onto his horse and looked for Serena,
he saw her get on behind Murtagh and inwardly groaned, he wouldn't fully trust him until they reached the Varden despite the fact that Murtagh had saved his life and Serena's "Let's go rider"
Murtagh said pausing the horse next to Eragon, Eragon sighed and looked at Serena who nodded as a sign to go "Alright, keep close and do not endanger Serena" he said firmly, Murtagh nodded and Eragon rode on while they followed.