The Guardian, Fireband

Disclaimer: I do not own the Inheritance cycle or anything to do with the main characters. Besides the alterations made.
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Eragon would find himself on the trail thinking he was having the perfect shot at the deer he had been trailing failing to realize there was another tracking the same deer herd. He was preparing the bow, had three arrows out of his quiver in his one hand while taking one to nock to his bow string pulling it.

But as he pulled the bow and taking aim, Seemed he was about to release the arrow till a roar was heard causing the deer to be startled and Eragon quickly was tossed aside as a massive blow hit his side and his sight blackened for a moment only to look up to see a bear… a big brown bear rearing and roaring at him. And coming at him… Eragon trying to get up, He succeeded but only to be gored in the side yelling in agony… And as he looked up seeing the Bear ready to finish him off would soon see something much larger biting down on its head. Only to black out before makign out the details of the creature.

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The land of Alagaësia a beautiful land where dragons lived. Soon Elves were in the land… their war with one another… the birth of the riders… an order that lived for so long, and had great power bringing peace to the land. But in one decade… a rogue rider along with another 12 took down the order and killed them… The dragons too were killed.

The final battles of Vroengard, and the battle with Vrael in Ristvak'baen… But in the haste to kill the riders and the dragons. Galbatorix, found no eggs. No eggs to salvage from any of the riders… the magical blast of Vroengard detroying the hatchery for dragons, both rider bound and wild. Even with the back up plans these vaults were locked as Vrael died. These to open when Galbatorix passed or a proper successor were to arrive.

Galbatorix figured his victory was assured. And with the surviving Forsworn dragons he felt that they would mate and have a nest of eggs he could enslave. But over time. Half of them killed themselves in magical pursuits. The foolish promises of resurrecting family and friends were found to be false as these riders passed away from their foolish attempts. Galbatorix forbiding such magic use to save the last of the forsworn. Only for them to be killed one by one… Till it was only Morzan left… then in a bloody battle, an old rival survived the fight and left the scene. Galbatorix not able to find the killer of Morzan and was left to prepare in his keep.

Said man found his way into Palancar Valley, and lived there since.

Just as all hope that the king would die of age faded, something happened in the spine… the appearance of hope…

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The blue dragon that appeared would be taking the head off the bear and letting it lay on the ground, There was something more important. Looking to the human as the human was in a bad way. The dragon came closer sniffing. Even with other humans looking after him this human would pass away. The young male didn't have much a chance. But this dragon had powers… And this dragon would breath a green mist on the blonde human the wound and even damaged insides would start healing under the stream of energy. Till it was closed up… Eragon remained passed out.

The blue dragon started eating the bear and replinishing his energy. Once it was over, he sniffed the human finding that he would not wake. Picked up Eragon and took him somewhere…

Waking up Eragon would groan and get up only to be surprised as his side which should be torn open and bleeding was not, and he didn't have the bruises or cracked bones… Looking around found himself in a cave rather than against the tree… He blinked… Bow… Bear… and thing… He found his bow with him. But with a deep snort would crane his head and see something that made his heart stop… It was big… had a gold mane… was blue… and had wings… Scales… He gulped. "Ah… N… Nice creature." He said not sure what to do… He figured that there was nothing he could do. This was 10x worse than the bear. He was also freaking out.

Soon he felt a headache, 'Peace, you are safe.' a male voice spoke in his head, And Eragon would marginally calm down and look at the dragon shivering. "What… are you?" He would raise.
'I am a dragon.' he would hear the headache causing him to grasp his head… Only to hear something shaking and a squeak. The dragon in question looking to the middle of his curl and Eragon would make out several items under the wing of equal size, but different colors.

Eragon would be not sure what to do. Afraid of the dragon but calmed by him… he was the reason he survived his encounter with the bear. But that got taken as there was more squeaks and more shaking as the one of the darker eggs, or was it just more in shadows of the larger dragon? The egg was shaking, Eragon realized there were 4 other eggs there besides the shaking one, cracking and moving… Till suddenly it broke with force… and out of it came another creature… and it would crawl around the small nest till it was out of the protection of the larger dragon… only to reveal it was a dragon too… This one with a mane as well though seemed the color matched its scales… The wings were membraned and the little dragon yapped as Eragon felt an itch like it was… destiny.

The little dragon took notice of Eragon soon moving over to him on uneasy legs only just born. Eragon found himself staring at the dragon before reaching out with his right hand and the dragon taking a sniff only to push into the hand. And like that a flash of energy passed into him making Eragon fall back and shiver. The chills in his body and he even felt that he blacked out.

The larger dragon moved and moved Eragon to his chest to protect the human… the smaller dragon getting on Eragon before giving off needy sounds… the larger dragon sighing and getting up and saying something As Eragon found himself unable to hear.

Feeling finally returned to Eragon as the sound of wings were at the entry of the cave and with thick steps the larger dragon walked in and dropped the deer looking, 'Good you are awake' he heard only to realize there wasn't a headache. He blinked. "Ah… W… Yes… why?" He asked as he didn't realize it was cause he lacked magic and mental ability before… now with the new bond he had with the smaller dragon he wasn't harmed… 'Probably cause you are a rider now, if you were a mage it wouldn't be painful either. Here take of the deer here and eat your fill, and let your dragon eat too.'

Eragon looked down seeing the smaller dragon look at him with its eyes and blink to him snuffling only for the tendrils of thought to press against his mind as the feeling of ravenous hunger passed into his mind. Eragon nodded his own stomach growling… He sighed. "I could do with some fire." He said as he only had his knife and bow… Not his pots and pans… Though as he took a look around found a few camping kits that the dragon had snatched up some old as could be others looking new… even finding his own in the bundles and looking to the dragon. "Do you steal things?" Eragon accused.

'I only take what is left behind.' He said as he sounded amused. The dragon just was happy to let Eragon partake of the treasures. With that he set up a small camp fire and got the wood and tinder ready only for the larger dragon to cover a nostril and snort fire on it and light the fire making Eragon jump. "Dra...Dragons have fire.' He said as he looked to the deer… Now he wasn't the best at dressing but he had to With the head basically gone the deer had bled out mostly so it was drained. He was able to start with the skinning which took a bit then he partook of all the meat he could cut off the carcass while getting some cut into chunks and put into a pot where he boiled it over the fire… And the rest he would do his best to wrap up and put in his pouch, only to double the portions of meat stew he had before putting it up… the little dragon let out a reedy tone of hunger and Eragon pet it to calm it. "Food is getting ready." He said.

The larger dragon chuckled, it sounded like stones and growls mixed and grinding against one another. 'She is hungry. Feed her.' he heard, and was surprised… only to know that the larger dragon likely knew that off the bat… Her… So the large one was a he the small one was a she… and she was his dragon, or so he thought… the only stories of dragons he heard was from the storyteller in town… And he didn't say anything about dragons acting like these… and he made it sound like it was more a fairy tail… maybe cause it was… But with these two… it wasn't they were real.

The boiling meat was ready in a short bit as Eragon did his best to offer half the meat stew to the little she dragon, and she ate ravenously finding the meat and eating it as much as she ate the tubers that Eragon had gotten from the small scavegening from around the cave. He laughed as his little dragon got meat on her head only for it to flop off and be ate as well.

He was more than surprised she finished it off only being the size of a house cat. He did offer her some of the meat from his portion and after that he ate what he had left. Which wasn't a lot but it was enough. He said. "What am I going to do?" He asked not sure if the larger dragon would answer. "Wh… Who are you?" He asked finally not sure if his first question would get an answer or not.

'That is up to you, and what you have to do. I am Fireband.' Fireband answered Eragon.

Eragon sighed but nodded, "I guess, that I need to get back to Carvahall but… what will they do when they see her? I am sure that it would spread quickly a dragon has been found" He would shake his head of the thought of killing the little dragon. As she curled in his lap purring gently, maybe snorting a small bit of smoke but was happy none the less.

'I can help take her where you need me to. But as you say she can't be seen by the village? That means any human? Then where do I go? And then there are the rest.' Fireband said as he nodded to the eggs under his wing, and it would be 4 other eggs… a purple one, a red one… a green one, and a silver one. Their riders or fate unknown as of yet. Eragon shook his head. "I ca… I can't take those." He said Fireband shook his head, 'You don't have to' He said it was more for the information about them. And Eragon was left relieved. Before having an idea, and did his best to try and present it… which was via the mental way with the larger dragon it felt strenous but not headache inducing. What he was able to do was provide a picture of a place near his farm… a place he cleared out when he was old enough to roam and help on the farm. It was a place he used to go out and hunt from since it was easier to go hunting around the farm… But it was harder as well the deer were more mobile near civilization so it made it harder to hunt than up here. That said It was the perfect size for the larger dragon to land and wait with her. He didn't know what to call his dragon yet, and having a living example made it hard for him to consider her a simple creature.

Fireband nodded 'You want me to take her there? I can wait till you arrive, then I must return here'
Eragon nodded but looked to Fireband. "If… will we meet again?"
Fireband chuckled 'Probably, much sooner than you think.'

Eragon was left to ponder that… but it was not now… even after being knocked out a few times, he still had to sleep. That being the case he had to unsettle his she dragon and get something… Some bed rolls from the other camp sets that were there. With this, Eragon would lay down, and with his little dragon snuggling with him he passed out.

Morning came as he heard wing beats and saw Fireband outside flapping his wings a bit. Eragon yawned as the little dragon yawned as well chirping at Eragon… And he smiled petting her before looking to the eggs and wondering if he should try and take them...But with how Fireband spoke the other day… These eggs will find their owners sometime.

He sighed and shook his head and decided to ask Fireband, he had to give his dragon a bit of meat so she didn't start crying. He hoped he had enough meat to help feed his family. "Fireband?" He asked looking to the dragon in his glory the gold mane like fire on his back and the wings looking powerful. 'Yes Eragon?' Eragon would wince hearing his name only to realize that the larger dragon likely plucked the name from his mind. Well that made things simpler. "Do you know who these other eggs are for?" He asked.

Fireband looked to the eggs and sniffed at them, and thought on it. 'I don't not truthfully know. Not like I have foresight for seeing who an egg belongs to, and as it is not safe, I cannot offer to let you bring them. If they do then I come along too.' He said as Eragon thought about it only to blanch. "Okay well I guess. Just bring her, and I will be making my way back to Carvahall." Eragon said.

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Thankfully it was much easier than he thought to come back to town… Fireband also said he would leave a present for him along side his dragon in the clearing.

Eragon would arrive in town and well cause he had not much to really do. He did have one idea pop into his mind. He went to the story teller's home. Knocking on the door. "What is it you kids?!" he heard the old man call from inside as the door open, before a small smile was on the face of Brom. "Eragon, what are you doing here boy?" He asked as it was more or less cause it was as surprise, the traders were not going to be here for another few weeks at the least. Sure Eragon wanted to get to the farm and from there to the clearing. However he had to ask a few things. "Could we talk?" Eragon asked simply. Brom would be a bit distant in his sight but soon nodded. "Yes, come in," He said as he would move inside inviting Eragon inside and showed him to the table. The house was a bit of a mess of books. Many different books were there. And Eragon was sad he couldn't read any of them. Brom was seen coming back with a kettle and cups… tea leaves as well. Before sitting them on the table and putting a few leaves in each before pouring. "So what can this old man tell you?" He asked as he smiled.

Eragon looked to the tea brewing and was debating on what he saw, knew and all… Having not the foresight to hide his hand which was glowing a bit from the freshyly minted rider mark… Brom not yet caught sight of it yet. "I would like to know about dragons. And you are the only one that knows anything about them." Eragon said, it was more of a blurt, However Brom was surprised at this. "You know boy Dragons have been gone for ages now." He said and well he was right in a way. Eragon nodded. "Well… what if one found a nest of dragons?" He asked, Brom would be thinking on this. "It would be the discovery of the ages… But then the King would do his best to enslave them." Brom said chuckling as it seemed ridiculous. But he would start observing Eragon… Not knowing what happened in the Spine.

Eragon smiled a bit, "They gleam like gemstones?" He asked or was it more a statement as that was true of both of the dragons that he had seen. And Brom was blinking at this. Had… He really seen dragons. This didn't come over just a hunting trip rather something happened Brom was puffing at his pipe a bit before his eyes widened at seeing the mark on his hand and Brom grabbed the hand looking at the mark deeply. "Hide this you fool." He said as he would give Eragon a glove sure it was too big for him… But Brom was surprised and was relling at this possiblity. "Go home… Don't talk to anyone else about this." Brom said as he would be having nearly tears in his eyes that… this had happened… This was going to change things...

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Short points

-The eggs were never captured facilitating a dragon magic to bring forth saviors.

-there is one wild dragon along with 5 eggs that will appear

-Elves will be more into having barrier towers that keeps their realm just out of Galbatorix's control.

-and yes Brom knows at the start. Well why wouldn't it be that way. With the chance of the riders resurrecting while Galbatorix was around seemed bleak with only Shurkan around, along with the few in Ellsmera there wasn't much a chance for anything. And remember there are no eggs in Galbatorix's hold.

-The Guardian is a spell where if certain conditions are met, a guardian dragon is formed/born. And will be a peaceful protector to anyone not the danger to dragon kind.

Of course Fireband will need to learn that he can't trust anyone he meets, even if it sounds hypocritical.

-Fireband is a dragon yes… though a more powerful dragon the normal. Though as you notice these are the upgraded dragons with Static power. And with a limited use of magic besides the powerful ancient magic they can use at random times.

-And well this might be a slower story than the other cause the path way can be changed by interaction with this story. Do the other eggs find riders? And yes, this is a more to the normal world of Eragon than the other. This means that Murtagh is at large? Is he being imprisoned? I don't think so. After Murtagh was not found to have magic potential really I think that Galbatorix would only have given Murtagh a poltry inheritance. Maybe Tornac and another servant at most and left him to his devices. No reason to keep a rider's child if there are no eggs to try and hatch.
-So yes… there are a few dragons to come out, but like I said before need reactions.
Does Brom convince Fireband to give over some of the eggs? Or do they travel with the group after the Razac? Well they happen though only cause of another event instead of going there cause of the varden messengers. As before not all decided yet.