The Next Generation, an Inheritance Cycle and Lord of The Rings crossover

Unknown Lands

Eragon and Saphira flew over the plain and featureless landscape. It had been months since they had left Alegasia and if Angela's fortune-telling had been correct they might have left for good, but Eragon tried not to think about that. As of now they still hadn't found a suitable location to raise the dragons and train the new riders.He was beginning to get frustrated and had been starting to wonder if they would ever find a suitable location, but he calmed his thoughts and noticed that there was what looked like a city off in the distance.

Within the city, he could see a rather large building and the city appeared to be surrounded by walls except for the docks. Even with his elf like vision, he could not tell for sure whether it was inhabited. He consulted Saphira to see what she thought they should do next. She replied, "we should land and inform the elves of this, we can discuss with them what to do once we get back to the ship."

Eragon considered contacting the elves with his mind since they weren't out of reach, but he thought better of it. He thought that by doing so he could possibly alert potential enemies nearby or within the city, or possibly frighten potential allies.

Considering that he had gained a lot of power after discovering his true name and through the eldunari. they rarely flew with them anymore, but they had been teaching Eragon and Saphira more during their journey so they would know all they needed when the first new riders came to them. Occasionally one of the eldunari would want to get out of the cargo hold and they would take that eldunari with them when they flew. Most of the time though Curoc, the eggs, and eldunari remained on board the ship.

When Eragon and Saphira returned to the ship Eragon jumped off Saphira's back and onto the deck, while Saphira remained in the air to watch them and participate in the discussion. When Eragon told the elves what they had seen they all started asking questions at once.

Eragon raised his hand for silence. When they all quieted down Blödhgarm asked, "Eragon Could you tell if this city was inhabited?"

Eragon replied, "no we were too far away and didn't want to get any closer until we figured out what to do about it."

Invidia asked him, "could you get any idea at all of who might live there from the buildings that you could see?"

Eragon replied, "I can't be sure due to the distance but from what we could see the city appeared to be constructed by humans, and if I am right, and if the place is inhabited the people shouldn't be too much of a threat if they turn out to be enemies."

In his mind, Saphira warned him, "you can't get overconfident Eragon, we don't know what weapons they may have or what they may be capable of. It may not even be humans there but another race we have never seen before."

Eragon replied, "You don't have to worry Saphira, I am not overconfident, regardless we aren't trying to make enemies we are hoping they will be allies."

he said to the group of elves, "that is all I know right now, I think the best plan would be to continue heading to the city and take a good look once we get closer. I will remain on the ship at least until that point; once we get a better view of the city we will probably still continue towards it. After all, we are starting to run low on food and other supplies. If this city is inhabited we will go there and talk to its inhabitants and hopefully their leader. If they are allies we will ask if there is any land in the area that is not yet inhabited and will serve our purposes. When we get closer to the city Saphira will have to fly high enough that  she could be confused for a bird."

Saphira growled when he said that part, he had known she wouldn't like that part of the plan because she never wanted to leave him alone even if they were still close enough for their minds to be connected. She always wanted to be close enough that she could protect him if anything went wrong.

he continued, "If they turn out to be enemies well I suspect you know what will happen in that case. I will consult Glaedr, Umaroth, and the other eldunari, but I think that this is a good plan and that it will work."

After he finished all the elves agreed that the plan was their best option and believed that it would work. After they finished, Eragon went to consult the eldunari as he had said he would. Even if he believed that the plan would work he still thought it would be best to get their advice before they settled on his plan.

 He went to consult the eldunari he told them what he and Saphira had seen and the plan he had devised. They agreed to the plan after making the suggestion that Saphira should start flying higher just before they could get a clear view of the city, they said that due to the fact that they didn't know what or who lived in the city, or even if there was anyone there at all it would be best that she start then just in case the inhabitants of the city had vision equally as strong as theirs. Since there was a chance that they could spot her before they wanted them to. Eragon agreed to this but he knew that he would have to convince Saphira to do it. He told the elves of this change to the plan and told them that he would do his best to get Saphira to go along with it even if she did it reluctantly.