A/N: Hellooo! Welcome to Chapter 19! We left off with Angela and Eragon exploring deeper into the cave to unravel its secrets.

By The Circle of Circles Treaty I hereby recommend that you read The Hidden God, written by Middleearthmidget! And Switching Lanes, written by Elemental Dragon Slayer!

And I forgot to put this in the last chapter. Since he was a Dragon Rider his vision was enhanced due to the...dragon...glowy...bleeding effect thing, but imagine his sight like Daredevil. He's using what Saphira used to enhance his vision.

And another thing. The creature that Eragon killed last chapter was not a spin-off of Gollum, as he is not broad, flat-nosed, or have a greenish skin color. GOLLUM'S EYES ARE A GIANT CUTE BLUE! Black blood, greenish skin, larger than human bones, slanted eyes, filth and grime on it's body... It's a FRIGGIN SPIN-OFF OF AN ORC!

Disclaimer:…I got nothing funny to put. Not mine

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Even though he was blind, he could see rather well. Granted he could only see when sound waves echoed off of something, letting him see that particular object. So two half-breeds walking through a dank and gloomy cave tended to bout some noise. Everything had a bluish tint to it, and it reminded it all to well of when he looked through Saphira's eyes. He could see through the blindfold, and everything, everything blue glow to it. When they began to get closer and closer to the open shaft area, he began to see bright blue spots embedded in the walls. Some were small, while others were enormous.

When they reached to hole that led into a shaft, Angela gasped. Eragon looked at her and saw that she was looking down. Eragon followed her gaze and gasped as well. Even with his hindered vision he could still make out the bottomless pit in front of him. And a wooden stairwell descended as far as the eye could see, or whatever it was for Eragon. He looked above and saw that a stairwell led upwards as well, but the end was clearly in sight. And directly opposite them there was a lack of the blue glow, probably signifying that there was another cave or the like.

"It's a mine," Angela breathed. "Look at the walls."

Eragon did as she said, and saw once again the bright blue glows. "What are they?" Eragon asked.

"Diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, quartz, rubies, gold, all sorts. It's a mine," she repeated.

"All in one spot? That's unlikely," Eragon said.

"No, no it's not. I'm sure you know this already, but every single spot in the world contains a part of any material. And of course, if you know the correct spell, you can summon them. " Angela explained.

"But why need a mine if they can just use magic?"

"Probably because they either didn't have enough strength or they didn't know the right spell." Angela surmised. Eragon didn't think that was right, but he said nothing.

"What's over there?" He asked, pointing his flaming sword directly opposite them.

"It's an entrance way, and there looks to be a faint glow coming from inside. Probably moonlight." Angela guessed.

"Alright then, let's go see what's over there and head back to Arya," Eragon said. Angela agreed. The two began walking along the wooden walkway along the rock wall and glancing around, just in case if there was more of those creatures. The wood, for it felt like wood to him, creaked underneath their weight, and he was unsure if it would collapse beneath them and they would fall into the abyss. The worst part to factor was there were no handrails. Nothing to stop you from falling over the edge. Eragon wondered who would put precious gemstones over safety, but the greedy often had hindered thought processes.

They reached the entrance area without a problem, and Angela walked inside with Eragon walking backwards, making sure nothing followed them. Suddenly Eragon ran into Angela, and they both crashed to the floor, making a very loud echoing sound. Eragon rolled off his sister and held out a hand to help her up, while glancing out into the shaft warily. Angela grabbed his forearm and he hauled her up.

"What stopped you?" Eragon asked.

"The light, look at it." Angela instructed. Her glowing blue hand pointed upwards towards where a stunningly bright light was shining, and all of a sudden, Eragon couldn't see. True, he was already blind, but he could make out objects and his vision changed it into a blue glow, but now all he saw was black.

"I can't see," Eragon gasped out, unnerved by it.

"Well you are blind," Angela said matter-of-factly.

"No, I could somewhat see a minute ago, and everything was glowing a blue color. Now it's all black!" Eragon shouted frustrated. He didn't move in case he tripped on something.

"Wait..." Angela said in a thinking wait. All of a sudden, the fabric tied around his head and blocking his eyesight was removed. An enormously bright light came into his retinas, which forced him to close them tightly and put both of his arms in front of him. "Did you just see a bright light?"

"Bright...is sort of an understatement...in this situation..." Eragon grunted, trying to block out the light.

"Try and open your eyes again, but slower this time," Angela said. Eragon was reluctant to let the coruscating light reach him again, but the tone of his twin sisters voice made him do otherwise. He opened his eyes half a millimeter, and he kept going on and on until his eyes were fully opened. Eragon was absolutely astonished. His forearms that were in front of his eyes, he could see them. They weren't glowing the faint blue color, but he could actually see his arms. A multitude of scars covered them, but he paid them no heed. He was rejoicing in the fact that he could see again.

He began to move his forearms away from his face ever so slowly, and it took him a full five minutes to adjust to the lighting in the room. Eragon looked all around, as it was the first time he could see in a week. He basked in all the sights, even if they were rather strange.

"I can see." Eragon said breathlessly.

"Really? That's amazing, I wonder what sort of light that is...Maybe some sort of healing light, but I've never heard of such a thing." She continued to ramble on, while Eragon was casting his gaze around the room. Cobwebs were all around the room, but what struck him frightened were the skeletons that were in the room. They were all around the area, and they were coated with grime and dust. They must've been there for at least two hundred years. Weapons, shields, and armor surrounded most of the skeletons, while others had nothing covering them at all. There were two types of creatures in the room. One was most definitely the creature that he had just killed and the dead remains that were on the other side of the chasm. Then there were the other skeletons, who were obviously humans, considering their bones and height. It was obvious that the humans and the strange creatures were fighting each other.

"This is no mine, it is a tomb." And just as Eragon said that, a harsh cry echoed from the chasm, causing him to reel around and face the entrance. More cries, and the sound of sword being drawn from sheaths were heard outside, and the sound of feet pounding against wood reached his ears. Eragon and Angela faced each other, and then dashed forward to the shaft area. The noise was coming from below, and you could see the hoard of creatures running madly up the stairwell, fighting over each other to be the first in line.

"Run." And that was all that needed to be said. The two half-breeds immediately started backtracking their way towards the way to Arya and the horses, and Eragon let Angela take the lead. "Where's my bow?!" Eragon shouted amidst the echoing noise of feet on wood.

"With the horses!" Angela shouted back. "Use magic!"

Eragon consented, turned around and raised his right palm in the direction where the creatures were about the come across. "Brisingr un jierda!" Fire and break. The intention of his spell was to cast the creatures and the stairwell on fire, and then break beneath them. The flames stopped them in their path, but other behind them who did not see the flames couldn't stop their momentum, and ran into their 'comrades'. Then the stairs started breaking beneath them, and then cracked. This halted all of their progress, and then they began running backwards, deeper into the abyss. But they were too late. The falling of the stairs caught up with them, and they fell into the air. But the spell backfired, and it began to come towards the two of them as well. Flames first, and then the breaking.

"Come on Blockhead!" Angela shouted from above, and he saw that she was already at the cave exit. Turning around, he began to run as fast as he could around the shaft heading upwards. But the flames were faster, licking the wood and swiftly spreading towards him. He felt a burning sensation in his legs and chanced a looked down. His blue trousers were quickly catching fire, and the flames were already ahead of him. Eragon looked up again and saw the exit was thirty feet away and on the opposite side of the chasm. He had never attempted to jump thirty feet, but it was now or never. Still not stopping, he angled his body to the right and twisted sideways. His feet were on the wall for a fraction of a second before he pushed against the wall, launching himself into the air.

He twisted himself in the air so his torso was facing where the ground would be. His legs were burning, and the fire still hadn't been put out yet on his trousers. Eragon looked up once again, and saw that he was less than ten feet away from where Angela stood, ready to run. Landing with a bruise on his left shoulder he quickly stood up and faced Angela.

"Run!" She shouted once more, and began dashing off in the direction of Arya. He began to run as well, but pointed his right hand to his legs and said, "Brisingr letta." Fire stop. The flames immediately died out, and even though he was still not running as well as he could, he was still able to run without the flames on his legs.

Angela had slowed down enough for him to catch up with her. "Why are we running?"

"These creatures, they came from above as well," Angela explained.

Eragon swore, "Can you hold them off while I get Arya and the horses ready?"

Angela simply nodded and halted her movements. Eragon didn't look back once and raced ahead. He began to see a faint glow, and he realized it was the campfire that Angela had made.

It began getting brighter and brighter, until it was right in front of him. Arya was still asleep, if that was good or not, he wasn't sure, but he got on his knees and began shaking her awake.

"Arya wake up!" Eragon shouted. She stirred, and her eyes opened slightly, until they came upon sight of him. "Come on, we have to leave now!" She recognized the tone of his voice and tried to sit up but she was obviously to nauseas to do so. Instead of helping her, he put one arm under her knees and another under her back and lifted her up. She immediately moved from that position and wrapped her legs around his waist and put her head in the crook of his neck.

He walked her over to Snowfire and gently put her on the saddle and used some spare leather to tie her in it. While she was sitting dazedly in the saddle Eragon began to saddle Cadoc and strap the bags to the saddles on both horses. When he was satisfied that there was nothing more he could to do mask their presence, he stood up and faced the cavern.

Loud shrieking noises could be heard from the cave, and he soon saw Angela running in his direction, with the horrible noises coming from beside her. Eragon got up on Snowfire behind Arya, and waited for Angela. The woman ran up behind Cadoc and not breaking stride; put both hands on the top of his rear and pushed herself up.

Each of them drove their horses forward and out of the cave, where the thunderstorm had turned into a light drizzle.

When they were fully out of the cave, Eragon halfway turned his body and raised his palm towards the cave. "Jierda du stenr!" Break the stone! It didn't even take five seconds for the cave to crack, crumble, and then collapse, blocking entry or exit.

He sighed and finally looked forward, startled to see that the sun was rising. "A red sun rises; blood has been spilt this night."

And now, they had no need to go to Carvahall.

A/N: HA! Two quotes this time! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and fear not, the mysterious healing light shall be revealed soon! Remember to read The Hidden God and Switching Lanes!