Eragon ( Riders of the Lands across the Sea )

-Chapter 4- Princess Sarah, The first rider of Surda

                     King Orin stumbled back a few steps before loosing his footing and fell out of the room. He quickly scrambled up and ran down the palace corridors as if the Devil himself was after him all the time yelling about a purple dragon. All the servants were of course surprised to hear about a purple dragon. King Orin had somehow convinced himself that the dragon had gobbled up his precious daughter, Princess Sahara, the only heir to his throne. He burst into the court room, still yelling until he had reached his throne and gradually calmed down. He called his most trusted general, Captain Arain into the court room. 'Go, take as many men as you need and slaughter that scaled beast before it ends up eating all of us,' anger evident in the king's voice. Captain Arain steeled himself to ask a question he knows the king will not appreciate at all, ' Sir? Where did you say you saw the dragon my lord?' and yet the loyal captain asked. 'The princess's room of course! You oaf! Why are you standing there?! Get going!' the king bellowed. 'B....bb...but sir......', the poor general stammered. He was a good young man that had excelled in his training and was moving quickly up the ranks. He had always been in the king's good graces, so, he had never seen this selfish and cruel part of his king. 'Go now!' King Orin yelled.

To General Arain's relief, a council member of the King's court stood up, 'King Orin, calm down. Can u not notice the general's pale face? The poor man is terrified. Now, if u would calm down a little more and tell us the specifics of your encounter,  we could do well and prepare for it,' a young noble from one of the families of the finest nobles in the kingdom spoke up. The king stood dumbfounded for a few seconds. Then he realized his mistake after seeing General Arain's face and went to sit on his throne quietly. 'Now my king, if you would be kind enough to tell us what happened, we could decide on our next move,' the young man spoke clearly and with authority. 'I...I......I saw a dragon, a purple one,' the king stammered. ' It was staring right at me. It had such fierce structure, and long sharp claws,' he slowly drifted. 'Where exactly did you say that you saw these dragon of yours?' the young man quizzed. 'I was going to see my daughter in her room, to talk to her bout the incident that happened last night regarding the wall guards catching glimpse of a dark coloured dragon.  There I saw that winged beast. It must have gobbled my daughter up by now,' the king was on the verge of tears as he answered the member of the council without hesitation. Realization hit the present nobles, generals, guards and even the servant as they heard the king's word and they begin to relax. 'Well, what are we doing standing here? Fetch my sword! we shall all go and kill this beast or at least chase it from here. Signal the outposts to have the archers ready, they are to fire and try to kill this beast,' King Orin begin to give out orders as he begin to start thinking of ways to overcome the problem. When nobody moved a muscle, the king became furious,' What?! Have you all gone deaf? I said, go prepare to face this beast!' 

'Sir, I think u saw a pink dragon,' the young man volunteered again. 'I know what I saw Brian!' the king snapped cutting the young man mid-sentence. 'It was purple, I'm sure of it,' the King continued. 'No sir, its a pink dragon, a dark pink dragon,' Brian spoke again calmly. And how come your so sure of it when you only heard it just five minutes ago?' the king demanded irritated at the daring young man. 'Because sir, I've met the rider and so does everyone else in these castle.' Brian spoke with confidence. ' What do you mean?' the King growled. ' Who is it's rider? And how come everyone knows about this but me? Why am I not informed that we have a rider in our presence immediately?' the king begin pelting them with questions. 'Sir, if you would calm down and take your seat, I would be more than happy to tell you their story and introduce you to Surda's own dragon rider,' Brian spoke up. The king took his place on the throne while all the council members except Brian took their places at their respective seats. Brian waited for everyone to be seated before he spoke,' After the "Great Battle", the races of Agleasia joined together to establish a council that will look after all the races in Agleasia with the help of the riders and their dragons in the hopes of keeping peace in Agleasia forever, and later named as The High Council of Agleasia. The representatives of the council will naturally be the King or Queen or in Illearia's case, High King or High Queen will represent their own race. The elves were represented by Queen Arya, the werecats by King Grimmir, the urgals and kulls by General Nar Garzhvog, and the humans by High Queen Nasuada.' He paused dramatically as the council members held their breath. Everybody knew the king did not like this particular subject.

'Hmphh,' was the king's reaction. He knew all too well what had happened. 'As i was saying, when High Queen Nasuada was chosen to represent the human race, King Orin did not agree and thought that Surda should have its own representative. He decided to raise the matter at the corronation and that was what our brave king did. He questioned the council members and told them his intentions.However, his intentions were short lived when Eragon Shadeslayer, rider of Saphira Bjartskular stepped in. He clearly told for everyone to hear that Surda is a free land of humans and will always remain so. However, whatever problems that arrise regarding the other races and the residents of Surda, must be forwarded to High Queen Nasuada of Uru'baen or Illiearia as they now call it.Therefore, a treaty must be signed to ensure Surda doesn't act upon its own accord but follows the laws of Illiearia. Eragon even went so far that he told our beloved king that if King Orin wanted to be part of the council, he could always change the race of his people as Surdanians and join the council. Unfortunately, they will not be considered as humans anymore. As much as King Orin wanted the spot, he knew he couldn't do it and Eragon was only mocking him. Instead, he signed the treaty. And so, King Orin no longer likes the dragon riders but now despises them for their part in forcing Surda signing the treaty,' Brian ended his well practiced speech. 'And you better have a good reason for bringing that story up or I'll be sure to behead you by dusk,' King Orin growled from his throne. 'Off course your majesty,' Brian casually waved off the threat. 'Since your,... how do I put it? Quarrel? Fight? Or maybe a little disagreement with the riders, Agleasia's peacekeepers, Surda has not been friendly with them at all showing our unquestionable loyalty toward your family bloodlines, your majesty,' Brian did a little bow just to make it more dramatic. He remained bowing as he continued,' However, when your blood line is turned into the riders blood line, what should we and all of Surda do, my lord?' 

' This is outrageous!' King Orin shouted. ' How dare you accuse me and my family associate with the riders,' he spat. ' No, no, my lord, not accusing, just stating a fact,' Brian smiled slyly. He loved making the king look like a fool in front of the council and putting himself in the best position for the throne as now the only heir of Surda is a rider. ' Guards, open the door and let in the darling of Surda, the only heir of King Orin, the first rider of Surda, the one and only Princess Sarah and her dragon Illiea,' he bellowed. The doors swung open and the King's brown eyes widened.

-A/N- 

Alright guys, what do u think about this chapter??? little boring, i know.... lots of talks no action.......... relax a little guys, action scenes are close......  should i add something else??? Give me ur comments and ideas if u wanna see one or two of your ideas along the story, Give your suggestion on names for the other characters (please specify human, dragons, drawes, elves, urgals, werecats, shades, and even the rider's sword)

njy reading!!!