chapter 7: a new life

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i was reborn as the son of lord tarrant of the city of ceunon i had learned this world's medievalness for lack of better word i grew up and was learned to be a prodigy to the point that even the king himself took a liking to me especially when he failed to get into my mind despite his rather harsh attempts

"my boy, you have the strongest defenses i have ever seen, however you will now drop your defenses so i may make sure of your loyalties" the king said i had a trust in my many tenants to make false memories for this mad king and lowered my mental shields for him to enter i was right to trust them because as he finished he looked quite satisfied

"yes you will do you will do quite nicely, boy i shall take you as my apprentice you will help me in bringing about a new era of riders" galbatorix said

"my lord might i speak freely" i asked he nodded

"i read of your battle with the old order, it strikes me as strange that you had destroyed all but the three eggs which you had

"explain boy" he demanded

"well the old order would never allow the entire species of dragons to die out, the dragons themselves wouldn't allow their own race to die after all, i believe the old order hid the eggs and then the dragons used their power over magic to create an exceptionally powerful memory charm so whoever did know couldn't remember it" i said the king stared at me in shock then his eyes gleamed

"if you are right my boy then, you may have just cemented my rule, if i had control over more then the three dragons i have since those infernal rebels stole the only female egg, i leave this task to you find the eggs bring them to me and if any hatch for you, well, you are of course free to keep them" galbatorix said i nodded

"but of course, thank you for your generosity my lord" i said he nodded

"you may have just done me a very great service, take it as a reward for your troubles" the mad king said i bowed and left

the first place i searched was doru araeba

"partner i sense it, look for the big rock, and cast the unlocking charm" ddraig said to me i nodded and did as he told me unlocking the door that was there hidden as a massive rock

"enter carefully, i am not sure if even your defenses can guard against all of them" vail said in worry

they were right i was not able to defend against all of them beating against my mind and eventually i was however released

"welcome lord hadrian to the vault of souls you seek to aid the varden from the inside, i respect you for taking such a dangerous role then again with your power that is not really necessary" umaroth said

"i thank you for your praise lord umaroth, i only wished to test my theory on if you were here as i thought you'd be and low and behold you are indeed" i said

"you will need to bring the king something, otherwise" 

"yes i intend to take only eggs that would hatch for riders, the king has already told me any who hatch for me would be mine, so they would be safe, i have already spoken with jaaku who would love a new body, i also have a means to hopefully free shruiken" i said the eldunari were impressed

"do you know of the rider that has been born, yes i have heard of this, the king is hoping i have a dragon of my own he believes i would be a good spy for him" i said

"use that opportunity to your advantage, we shall give you five eggs, that should make the king immensely happy, you don't really need our power or our guidance so we will remain until the new rider comes to greet us, if you can take the eggs to the varden, that would be beyond excellent" umaroth said

"i have an idea formulating in my mind for that" i said

"give him eight, just to be safe, the more riders with the varden the better" another spoke out

"i agree, if you can get them all to the varden that would be excellent" umaroth said i nodded my head in gratitude

"of course" i said as i gathered eight eggs in an undetectable extension pouch i was carrying before i bid the dragons farewell

jaaku took over one egg ddraig took over another a third egg also hatched which was to be my properly bonded partner i named ryoko after a few weeks i returned to the castle

"my lord, my lord" i said in an excited tone

"yes what is it my young apprentice" he then noticed the dragon following me

"did you find eggs, my boy" he asked excitedly

"i found eight of them and i also found indications that there were small batches of eggs hidden all over alaegasia it unfortunately doesn't say where, i was able to find eight eggs in doru araeba, but three of them hatched, i don't really know how" i said feigning confusion so well that he also bought him

"it just means your special might i meet them" he asked i nodded and gestured to the dragon that was following me she was of a pure white color

"this one is ryoko, then there's ddraig who's already flying he's the red one, and finally there's jaaku he's purple" i said he saw them

"truly remarkable my boy once they grow to a respectable size, i will have them all fitted with saddles and bridles for your use, and then i'll give you your mission" galbatorix said i nodded

a few months later i saw the king storming the castle looking furious

"is there something wrong my lord" i asked he calmed instantly i heard stories of the previous one he tried to groom murtagh i believe his name was it didn't end well

"my boy, come it seems i will be sending you on your mission early" the king said i nodded and followed him

"my boy, you will be joining the varden as my spy you will do everything in your power to make sure that that boy comes here, i want all of the riders under my command especially the female ones which even with your ryoko there is only three of them" galbatorix grumbled i was very particular when i made sure to pick out mostly male eggs there will only two female eggs which i took including my ryoko

"i'd be honored for such a task my lord" i said excitedly

"good good, trust no one when you get there i have spies there but to make sure cover isn't blown i haven't told them who you are and i'm not gonna tell you who they are, it's mostly for your safety spies are easy to come by but riders are not, now go if your swift enough you can meet this boy before he gets to the varden and befriend him" he said

"yes my lord" i said as i bowed and left gathering clothes and making my quote "escape" unquote to ensure that the varden trust me fake memories have already been prepared in case they want to probe my mind like galbatorix did

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