Galbatorix... A road to madness

Chapter five- Anger

The streets of the lower district of Illrea were eerily silent, very out of character for the bustling city. The bark of a stray dog broke the silence; he jumped at the sudden unexpected noise. A rubbish bin outside of the Bakers sat half full of crumbs, parchment... ant a dozen sweet rolls! They were slightly burnt, unsellable, but still edible for someone who was on the verge of starving to death, like himself. He crept forward crouched down, avoiding the bright strips and patches of moonlight. He snatched the sweet rolls up with his small hands and dumped them into his tattered tunic. He ran away, still crouched down, towards the 'house' he and his mother inhabited. Ten yards from his house his tunic was suddenly snatched, by his left shoulder he was pulled to the ground, dropping his recent discovery of food. "Where do you think you're going you little bastard?" The guard who pulled him down, threw a punch at the little boy's empty stomach. He clutched his belly trying to calm the pain, but failing miserably he bent over in pain. While he was bent over the guard yanked Galbatorix's torn breeches down before opening his own...

Jumping awake he gasped, drawing his sword. Seeing no obvious danger, he resheathed it, no longer in the memories of his past that haunted his dreams. Why did this keep happening to him? Why did these nightmares of the worst times of his life keep reappearing. He had to make them stop.

Morzan appeared by his side suddenly asking him a question. "Mhm... yes I will teach you that spell so we can get rid of that infernal master of yours." He replied without hardly thinking about it.

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The small brown dragon flew up and out of the cauldron that housed Doru Araeba, snatching a Snalgli as it went by. The shell crunched in it's mouth as the mountains passed below, the ocean drawing nearer and nearer. The dragon dropped a hundred feet as it got over the salty and cold water. Behind it followed an equal size purple dragon. The Vast ocean now lay before them, the chopping waves churned the giant body of water as a mighty Nidhwal jumped out of the ocean, soon followed by it's mate.

A blue egg accompanied by a green one sat in Formora's left saddle bag, while Kilandi had a lone red one in his. The eggs had been stolen just an hour before they had departed. Before their friend Morzan had left he had told them of his master's plan. He had asked the two riders to join him in their attempt to bring down the corrupt organization that had become the Riders. When Oromis had asked Kilandi and her to help him find the 'traitors', the plan had fallen into action. Near the Silverwood forest they planned on ambushing the unsuspecting Elder and Dragon.

Formora came back to reality from her thoughts as a blast of cold air hit her, they were now over the Spine mountains. Not a league ahead of them appeared what was supposed to be a slightly taller mountain, except, it was now the height of the surrounding mountains. It looked like the peak of the mountain had been broken off by some large force. She shook her head in confusion and wonderment as her dragon flew on.

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He was gone... they had been bonded for a mere month... and he was stolen... mutated... violated and no longer hers. It physically hurt her to even breath. The black magic that aided with the theft had burnt her palm with the gedwèy ignasia black. Maud an Solembum had taken her back to their farm, feeling drained emotionally she did not protest. Occasionally she caught herself speaking to herself, asking a simple question, showing her dragon a 'miracle' or teaching him, except... he was not there.

Maud suddenly called her out of her reverie. "I got a message from the Elders just today Angela. They said that they know where Galbatorix is hiding; they plan to go after him soon. The Elder Oromis will be going after him. Oromis specifically asked for you to come with him and the other two riders that will be accompanying him. They will be here in but a week, I expect you to be ready by then."

She shrugged her shoulder, turning away from her adopted parent, struggling to get her emotions under control. Images of her little green dragon came to mind... she hadn't even named him yet. Rage suddenly bubbled up in her chest, overwhelming her senses. As she turned back to Maud, she saw only red. "I will go." And with that she went to her room, already making a list of what to bring and how to kill that thieving oath-breaker in the most painful of ways.

They days leading up to the arrival of the Elder passed slowly for Angela. She had gone thoroughly through her plans on many occasions along with the few belongings she was bringing. But the days passed by as if she were in a haze, each moment had no definition from the next. There was no sense of time... that was until the large golden dragon appeared with a silver-haired elf seemingly clinging to his back. All of the sudden the haze was gone, quickly disappearing as if it had never been there. She almost felt normal if it hadn't been for the gaping hole that was left by the absence of her dragon.

Solembum spoke to the Rider for nearly a half hour before beckoning for her to join them. She gave Solembum a quick hug before climbing up the massive golden dragon with the silver haired Elf quickly following her. A nod came from Solembum and they were off to go find this traitor and killer.

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