Sarah: *panting* It...it's over! It's done!
Meg: Hey, Frodo, we still have three books worth of plot to get through and after that, we have cameo appearances in Keeper's other stories.
Sarah: Oh, yeah! But Keeper combined Eldest and Brisingr because Eldest was too short. Why was it too short again?
Ellie: Because of Meg.
Sarah: Oh, yeah! Because she went-
Me: NO. SPOILERS. I'm suspending your privileges of doing the disclaimer! Rebecca, go ahead.
Rebecca: Keeper only owns us and the monkeys. Plot twist!
"Give 'em hell, turn their heads, gonna live life til we're dead. Give me scars, give me pain, and then say to me: there goes a fighter, there goes a fighter, this one's a fighter." -Gym Class Heroes
"He's been out for hours, when do you think it'll get to his thick head that people are waiting for him?" Sarah muttered, stroking Solembum as he lay content upon her lap. Ellie stepped on her foot as she paced.
"You don't just wake up from killing a Shade, genius. He needs time."
"Think of the bright side," Meg said, sitting on a sofa beside Murtagh. His arm was wrapped around her and her head was resting on his shoulder. "I'm no longer unconscious."
"Yay." Meg threw a pillow, which promptly hit Sarah in her face; she responded by sticking out her tongue.
"You three are so mature." Arya said sarcastically.
Meg laughed, "Wait until you meet the cousins, Rebecca and Brooke, they make us look wise beyond our years."
"For her sake, I hope she doesn't meet them."
The door to his room opened and Angela came out, "You may see him now."
"Finally!" Ellie exclaimed and was the first in the room. Instead of the group explaining things together, as they had planned, Ellie decided to do it herself. "To distract Durza and save Meg and I, Arya and Sarah smashed the Star Sapphire and gave you the chance to stop him. But Eragon, it was at a price."
He reached for his back and became pale. "Yes," Murtagh said with a grim smile. "Now you are just like me."
"I, for one, find having two Murtaghs quite agreeable." Meg said with a smile, holding on to his arm and pecking his cheek.
"I'm sure you do," Sarah muttered.
Ellie rolled her eyes, "Alright, let's let Eragon have some peace. Besides, we have work to do in the tunnels. We're fighters now; Galbatorix has reason to fear so long as hope survives."
End Part One