A Second Rider? (Eragon X Reader) [Book 1]

Chapter 15

(Y/N) POV

   After our visit at Angela's shop Eragon seemed a little down. I didn't want to pressure him to tell me about his future or what bothered him, so I kept quiet. He was currently learning how to read by Brom, while Jeod gave me history books that I could read. The week went by as normal, except that it was really boring. We trained sword fighting and magic (but only in secret in our rooms), and I read history and Eragon learned how to read. The week was now over and Brom had gathered us all in Jeod's office. "I think it's time for us to move on, now when Eragon can help", Brom said. "What have you planned", Eragon answered. Brom smirked and at that Jeod let out a sigh. "I recognise that face. It's what got it in trouble to begin with." "A little excessive", Brom said, "but not impossible. Oh well, I thought we could do like this..."
   We all went outside to Jeod next that waited outside the next sunset. We were ready for battle. When we got to the castle it was already dark. When we got to the big door Jeod knocked on it. A small hatchway opened and a irritated guard looked through it. "Yes?", he answered madly. His breath smelled of rum, which almost made me throw up. "We need to come inside", Jeod said. The guard looked more closely to Jeod before speaking again. "Why?" "The boy have left something utterly valuable in my office. We should do something about it immediately." I saw Eragon hang his heads at Jeod's words to look shameful. He was pretty good at acting.
   We made it to the archives room without any guards noticing us. We got to the door and Brom pulled the handle but it was locked. He lied his hand on the door and whispered a few words that I couldn't catch and then the door opened. Brom took a torch from the wall and we then we went inside. Jeod went to a shelf and told us to come over. "Over here", he said. "These are the shipping registers for the last five years. You can see the dates on the seals in the corner." "So what do we do now?" Eragon asked. "Start at the top and work on downwards", Jeod answered. "Some rolls are just about taxes. You don't have to care about them. Look for anything mentioning Seithr oil." He then took out a piece of paper out of his purse, a pen and a bottle of ink. "So we can keep track on whatever we might find", he explained.
   We looked through scrolls after scrolls and wrote down what we could find on the paper that Jeod had brought. When I wa reading through one if the scrolls, I saw Eragon in the corner of my eye lift his head and look to the window. I lifted my head as well to see if there was anything there. I was surprised that there was a little boy there. He didn't look like a normal boy, he looked more animal like.
'Do you need help?', a voice said.

'Is it you?', Eragon asked a little unsure.

'Solembum?', was my question.

'Am I anyone else?' I heard Eragon swallow and then he looked down to his scroll again. I looked down to mine too so that we wouldn't draw Brom's and Jeod's attention to us.
'It is you, if I can believe my eyes.' I glances up and saw the boy showing sharp teeth in a smile.
'What I look like doesn't change who I am. You don't think I am called a werecat for nothing, do you?'

'What are you doing here?' Solembum sat there for a while, probably thinking about if he would answer the question or not.

'It depends on what you are doing here. If you are reading those scrolls for fun, then I guess that my visit is pointless. But if you're doing something illegal and don't want to be caught, well then I've maybe come to warn you. The guard that you passed have just told the one who's taking the next pass about you and he have now sent out guards to look for you.'

'Thank you for telling us Solembum.'

'Did I tell you something? Yes, I guess I did. And I suggest that you take the opportunity.' He then stood up and was ready to leave but Eragon started to speak again.