The Feast

[DarkSilver]

''This place is wonderful '' Keri thought as she walked along the pathways inside Aberon.

Keri had left Seaunn to hunt as she went to investigate the capital to see if she could find the other riders of the varden.

She cursed under her breath as her soulders brunt with pain again. it had been about a month since the attack and the great wounds torn into her shoulders leaving her with scars. But the muscles had not fully repaired and her soulderblades still had painfull scratched in the bone causing her great discompfort.

Keri felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up ,and she rested her hand on the pommel of her light elven sword . Her dark silver eyes caught sight of a young woman with silver hair walking into the stadium and Keri tensed. Where had she seen her before?

She then saw the tattoo on the girls shoulder.

''Barzul , It's Jentari. Saeunn come to me quick it's the shades'' she growled. She felt great concern come from Seaunn as he took off imediatley and began to fly to her side.


She was about to go to the shade when she stopped dead and spun round her silver sword passsing diagonally across her body to protect her if any attacks had come her way.

''wheres her brother?'' .

Silently she began to stalk the other shade.

'He's got to be nearby and....high'' she thought as the house beside the stadium caught her eye. She climbed up silently and peered over the top.

Spottoing Edoc'sil almost right next to her she ducked under again and readied her sword to slash at his throat should he look over the edge.....

[evilmoon]

Edoc'sil was concentrating on the feast and everyones features. The dragons , the riders , the gifts , and those at the feast.
Where could Eragon be though?
Looks like part of the plan would'nt go to effect.

'' We got everything we nedd so far. Get out of there but don't draw attent....''

He stopped suddenly as a familiar scent rossed his nose.
Drawing his sword he growled.

'' It's Lupine , we may kill one of their riders after all he spoke in his mind.

He looked over the egde ......

[Vardy]

Lira saw Vari gesture to the long, paper-wrapped package. She picked it up, it was fairly light. She opened in and gasped. Inside was the most wonderful bow she had ever seen. The Vari handed each of them a long, thin package. Lira held hers for a few seconds. It was heavy, and sharp. It could only be one thing, and Lira hoped she would know how to use it when the time came. She opened it slowly and gasped. It was beautiful. With an inlaid dragon with shining sapphire eyes on the blade. "Thank you Vari. Its beautiful. And again give my thanks to the smiths that made this wonderful blade"
'Eri you have to come see this!'
"It is beautiful Lira'
'I know. The dwarven smiths have done a very good job. They are very skilled. But I wonder if I will know how to use it and when'
'You will learn Lira. You will learn. And when the time comes to use it, you will know'

[DarkSilver]

Keri's body tensed. Her dark silver eye's unblinking as they looked up above her for sign of any movement. Her dark sword's helm held tight in her hand's and she felt a bead of sweat run down her forhead. He must have seen her , there's no way he could'nt have done. So she waited for the perfect moment to strike.

His penetrating eye's caught hers as he peared over the edge. She swung her light sword at his throat , unsure whenther she had struck she gave no time to check before she grabbed the boy by the front of his armour and pulled him from the house letting him land hard on the floor.

Keri jumped down and held the point of her sword into his chest. Pressing only hard enough to draw slight blood.

''Why are you here Edoc'sil? '' she asked viper in her voice, renforcing her mind's defences and ready to stab into his conciousness should he try to move.

[evilmoon]

Jentari felt her brother's presence leave her.

'' ''It's Lupine '' came her borthers snarl.

'' Get her trapped. I'm coming now.'' she said.

Jentari turned and was in such as rus hto get out of there she accidentally bumped into one of the riders.(Lira) .She stumbled and before she could help herself a shade-like growl escaped past her lips.

Jentari covered her mouth and ran from the stadium with no hesitation and ran with her inhuman speed towards her brother.

Edoc'sil gasped as the tip of the sword cut across his throat causing a slight trickle of blood to run down his neck. Before this registered he felt himself being pulled from the rooftops and landed on his back , hard. He was about to lash out with his own sword when the deadly sharp sword point pressed upon his chest dangerously near his heart.

''What are you doing here ? '' she asked her voice sounding like there was venom upon her tounge.

The rage of his weakened father overtook him and flames burst in his eyes.
''I am here to finish my duty and kill you! '' he bellowed taking his black poison dagger from the seath on his leg and ignoring the savage pain in his main stabbing the girl deep in the side with it. The poison going into her blood stream and sending great agony with it..........

Jentari saw her brotehr pinned down by the girl and she took down her disquise leaving the elflike devil with blue black hair and deep violent violet eyes.

Jentrai jumped clean over the girl and went to slash at her shoulders .............

[DarkSilver]

Keri barley took in the sentence when pin shot up through her side. She yelped in pain and knocked the dagger from Edoc'sil's hand and swiped at his chest.

Keri heard a cry of rage , knowingthat his sisterhad arrived. She saw her as she jumped over her and she swung up with her sword and jumped forward over Edoc'sil trying to avoid the strike. She felt the dark sword slit across her shoulders irritating the old wounds and sending agony through her body.

Keri stumbled and hit the rocky road hard on her back. She squirmed as lights flashed before her eyes. Her head pounded with pain that drowned her thoughts.

SHe stumbles to her feet and back pedled into the light.

''Did'nt like the light much in our last visit. Did you? '' she said with a slight smirk.

She struggled to make mind connection with any of the people in the stadium. She finnally reached on she could talk with but she didnt know who it was..

' 'There are two shade out here get help! '' she yelled into the mind trying not to be too intrusive.... watching out for any attack they threw at her...


OOc: Can be anyone she talks with..next perosn to post I don't mind hehe.

[Niniel]

Niniel had stood in silence as Arya and Solembum had their small conversation. Instead, she watched as the riders all opened their new gifts from the Varden. Such simple things and yet the riders were very excited about them. Her mind wandered as she stood there not drawing attention to herself; it wasn't her place to take part in this event too much.

And then she heard a shout within her mind, "There are two shades ou here, get help!"

That wasn't something you heard every day. Niniel, her silence prevailing, quickly left the stadium. She was sure that someone else in the stadium had heard it, so going to find the source of this alert didn't bother her at all. She opened her mind to her surroundings, easily feeling all of the riders and their dragons, but there were also three new, and slightly hostile feeling, prescences up on a rooftop.

Niniel ran as quickly as she could to where these beings were and skidded to a halt as she reached the rooftop and looked at the two shades and another being. Her eyes flicked from one person to the next as she slowly drew her sword, this wasn't going to be pretty, she could tell already.

She looked to the being who must have been the one to call out and opened her mind to them, "What's going on here?"

[Metri]

Jex almost dropped his sword as a girl ran into Lira stumbling as she went on. A loud growl escaped her mouth and it didn’t sound like any human. The rider looked up at Draith who seemed just as surprised as he was. By the time Jex turned around to find the girl she had vanished. She was in a hurry. He said to his dragon.

Jex stood there wondering why the girl was in such a hurry. Maybe a thief or a late cook. Jex got his answer as he heard a faint voice in his head. The word shades was all he could make out. Where are they?! He shouted back in his mind.

[Arya]

Arya heard it, loud and clear. The voice caught her offguard, and she looked off to the area where it had come from, as Niniel ran off. She looked back to Solembum and made a slight bow to the creature.

I must cut our conversation short for now. she thought to Solembum in the ancient language. She brought her leather strap from a small satchel around her waist and pulled her hair back, tying the strip tight.

Damn... I forgot my weapon. Niniel, I'll be there soon, Arya thought to her friend, reaching out with her mind to feel her friend's concious. She brushed against it gently, so as not to alarm her friend into defending it.

With great strides, she ran from the stadium to her quarters, and ripped through her belongings until she acquired her curved elvish sword. With the same speed and grace, she bounded back across the grounds, through the stadium, and followed Niniel's pathway, her mind reaching desperately for her friend's conciousness.

She came to an abrupt stop behind her friend, staying silent, yet ready to move at any moment. If there were, in fact, Shades, then Niniel and Arya would be hard pressed to exact any kind of damage upon them, and would most likely recieve more damage then they doled out.

Come Riders... Arya pushed out with her mind, sending the message to the riders at the stadium.

[dannylam4]

Pike held the wrapping in his hand, a smile on his face as he watched the others open their gifts to reveal swords. He gently began unwrapping his when a voice shouted out in his mind. There are two shade out here get help!

Come Riders... spoke a voice Pike had not recognized.

"Forest! Fly!" Pike shouted, dropping the sword and pieces of armor onto the stadium seat. He grabbed the two daggers and placed them in his old dagger's sheath. Dashing down the stairs of the stadium, he jumped onto the edge and shot off into the air. Forest spread his wings quickly and flew towards Pike and turned around, Pike falling perfectly in a seating position. With a few quick flaps of his wing, he was already up into the air and flying over the stadium. "Where are they?"

The rooftop... Forest growled as he spotted Niniel and three people he did not recognize. He quickly dove towards the rooftop and flew overhead of Niniel, waiting to access the situation.

[evilmoon]

Edoc'sil pulled himself up and stood aside his sister. His huge bone-breaking sword held tight in his grip ready to swing at any who came too close for compfort. His pentrating eye's glowed treateningly as Keri backpedled into the light. He cuckled ,

''That was powerfullight though, this sunlight coudl do no harm .'' he said stepping out from the shadow revealing his complete shade form and his sister stepped out from behind him. Her hair now black-blue adn her violent purple eyes peeking out from under the curtains of darkness.

Jentrai swore as the two elves jumped up to the rooftop. Edoc'sil felt the presence of another and picked up anotehr unwanted scent.

'' Dragon '' he told his sister in his mind inclining upwards slightly.She got his meaning and as the dragon flew over top the elves and Lupine leaving them in temporary shadow from the sun.
Jentari jumped across the gap between this roof and the next and jumped back round behind the three.

Edoc'sil gathered all his magic and yelled '' BRISINGR' '' flames erupted from his fingertips towards the three.....

[DarkSilver]

A voice rang clear through Keri's mind. She send a picture of where she and the shade's were. Then concetrated on the shade twin's once again.

She heard two pair's of footsteps land behind her but she kept her gaze straight ahead of her.
Keri had no time to answer the girl's question's before she saw the dragon fly overhead and saw jentari jump across the gap. Keri was about to turn to face her when.

''BRISINGR!''

Keri swerved and her dark silver eye's glowed midnight black in the deep red flames.
She spun round to face it and before thinking she grasped the magi and spoke.

'Skoliir nosu fra brisingr! ''

The wall of flame was held off from them but Keri could still feel the torrent of heat. Holding the magic until the flame died away she was left open to her back which was still pouring blood from the slash across the bottom of her shoulders......

[Ancalimë]

Solembum quickly dashed to the shadows of the stadium, finding his clothing he concealed there.

Changing into his human form, a boy with shaggy black hair, he quickly dressed and bounded after the retreating Rider and elves.

He clenched his black dagger in his right hand, feeling the surge of adrenaline fighting always gave him rush through his body.

Keeping to the shadows, he shielded his mind from the two shades and sought an opening in the fight. Fire flashed everywhere, but still he stayed unnoticed, as he wished it to be.

Waiting for the opportune moment to strike...

[dannylam4]

((Side note: Keri Lupis is already known to the Vardens. She's a young dragon rider. Her dragon hatched for her a year or so ago, so any one who is a usual member of the varden should already know all about her.))

[Niniel]

Niniel didn't blink as she watched the torrent of fire being held off by the stranger who had called out to them. She noticed blood dripping from a slash on her back and swore under her breath.

Niniel side glanced at Arya and reached out gently to her consciousness, Remember how we used to fight seamlessly back home? Let's try to duplicate that again.

Lifting her curved sword, Niniel grinned as light reflected off of it's deadly surface. She had never fought a shade before, much less two of them. She knew there wasn't much chance that they would hurt the shades at all, but there always was that small chance that they would.

Her gaze was drawn back to the wounded woman in front of them, and so Niniel gently reached her mind out to her, Step back, we'll take care of this.

She looked back to Arya and with a smirk on her face nodded briefly. Then she took a few cautious steps towards the shades.

[DarkSilver]

''Step back, we'll take care of this.'' came the voice of one of the elves. But which Keri was unsure. '' Alright''

Keri jumped back to alongside the elves as the flames died away. Keri smoothly unseathed her dark silver elven sword, made light and slim and very quick.

Keri felt somthing knock against her foot. The black dagger that she had knocked from Edoc'sil's hand's. She then saw the dark glint of moisture upon it's blade. Poison.

Keri look down to the wound which was inflicted by this blade. The blood had turned an alarming dark red almost black and was causing her leg to burn ferociously. SHe ignored the pain and picked up the blade.
Remmemebering Jentari she spund round and threw the black blade towards the shade before seeing whether or not it hit Keri ran toward's the shade and first slashed low then with a fluid movement moved up for a stroke across the stomach knowing it unlikley to strike her........

[Metri]

Jex heard another voice in his head this time who knew it was trouble. He watched as Forest and Pike flew up towards the rooftops. Draith dropped down in front of Jex.

"Follow Forest!" He shouted gripping his sword. Draith took off into the black turning sky.

Once at the rooftops Jex saw a group of people. There were two shades, Niniel and two other elves. Pike and Forest flew right above the all of the elves. Draith flew down to join them. He ended up next to Forest in flight. Jex looked at Pike he realized he didn’t have his new sword.

“Where is your sword and armor?” Jex asked not looking away from the shades.

[evilmoon]

Edoc'sil cursed as Keri spotted the flames and stopped them in time. Yet the elves did'nt seem to have noticed his sister behind them. He jabbed at Keri's conciousness as he threw a throwing knife through the dying wall of flames.

Before waiting to se eif it had struck any otehr them he had charged head onto the wall of flame and jumped over it. It now out behind him he pulled his curved sword from its seath and the deadly black blade glinted darkly .He then jumped back slightly and faced Niniel , stepping forwards his huge bone crushing sword held strong in his hands.

Jentari , taking advantage of the secrecy. Silent as night stalked up behind one of the elves. ( Arya). With the black poisoned dagger she lurched out at the elf intendind to slash across her side but pain surged through her chest. The blade thrown by Lupine had buried itself deep within her chest she felt the poision take effect and the wound gew hot and painful and infected almost immediatley.
Jentari screamed as the blood went thick and hot.She felt herself weaken greatly and with rage threw all her remaining strength into killing Lupine.
The dark silver elven sword cut across her stomach before she had relised.

. She then slashed back fast as she could her blows unforgiving and ragefull as her pain worsened......


Edoc'sil howled as the pain of his sister came across to him. His chest heaving he struck out at the elves. Slashing his sword first at the elf closest to him ( Niniel ) near her foot and then kicked out at her chest.........

[Niniel]

Niniel tightened her grip on her sword as the male shade began to stalk towards her. His howl caught her off gaurd at first and made her less prepared for the attack that he launched at her next. With her reflexes she was able to get her sword down to block his own just in time, but the power with which he struck threw her slightly off balance. She did her best to try and get out of the way of his kick, but because she was already off balance, she didn't move fast enough and the kick caught her square in her chest.

She felt her breath expell from her chest from the force of his kick and then before she knew what was happening she landed heavily on her back. Pain erupted in her right shoulder as she landed and dazed her. She blinked her eyes trying to clear her head knowing that she was in an extremely vulnerable position; but even if she could get up, she would be forced to fight with her left hand, and while she wasn't that bad with it, she knew that she wouldn't stand a chance against this shade.

She stood shakily and swore when she realized she wasn't holding her sword anymore. She saw that it was laying a few feet in front of her, but by now the shade would have noticed too. She gritted her teeth and darted forward quickly. She dropped to her knees and slid on the rooftop as she grabbed her sword, and then in the same movement she slashed out at the shades legs as she neared them, and then quickly brought her sword back up to defend against any blows that the shade would send her way.

[Arya]

Remember how we used to fight seamlessly back home? Let's try to duplicate that again.

Arya heard her loud and clear and knew that it was her duty, and also her honour to do so. She nodded wordlessly and prepared herself, getting in a traditional elven fighting stance, her sword angled downward.

She only noticed the Shade behind her at the last moment, before turning, but being mercifully freed of her attack by an accident. The scream pierced Arya's skin and made goose bumps rise, Arya's emerald eyes darting to and fro.

Arya kicked out at the female shade, but didn't put her heart into it, as Niniel had just been attacked. With elven grace, she flew at the male, jumping into the air and vaulting herself over him. His sword was heavy, and his strength was more than hers, but she had the advantage in speed and agility, which she planned to use to her full advantage.

"Hvitr Garjzla!" White light! Arya yelled, directing her magic with her free hand, holding it toward the Shade. A blast of white light flashed across the rooftops, the sun already fading away from view for the night.

The projectile flew at the male Shade, and Arya moved already, feeling only slight drain in her energy from the spell. The came to Niniel's side and stood at the ready while giving her friend time to retrieve her weapon. Her mind was open now, but she dared not mentally attack the Shades without support. She kept careful tabs on the whereabouts of both, and the allies she could count on. She could feel the Riders close.

If only Eragon where here...