How To Find Your Inheritance [Discontinued]

15. What's Rightfully Mine

"He's crazy!" Someone proclaimed.

"He's going to murder himself!" Ruffnut said with her eyes full of terror.

"What do we do Hiccup?" Fishlegs asked. The gang looked to their chief for an answer.

"I-I don't know. We don't know what that guy is capable of."

"But they need our help!" Astrid protested. She held Eragon in her arms and Hiccup could see the fear in the childs eyes.

"Who is that man?" He wimpered. Astrid stroked his head gently.

"Don't worry Eragon, your mommy and daddy won't let him hurt you." Heather said and took him from Astrid and held him close. "He won't be here for long, I promise."

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Kierra struggled as she felt Eric's mind slam hard into hers. She felt him probing at it, trying to extract information from it. Moonfire was trying to keep Lunamist from taking over his.

"Why do you still come after me even after all those times I have rejected you?" Kierra yelled as she threw another shield up to defend her mind.

"I see you still haven't found a man to be your husband Kierra. What happened to the last one? Did he abandon you or did you kill him or better yet did he kill himself when he found out what you were?" Eric sneered.

"I see you both haven't changed. Pitiful." Lunamist said striking Moonfire's mind force twice as hard.

"Saphira's eldunari* keeps us strong. And even without it we can still hold our own." Moonfire snarled and released a jet of white hot flames at her. Lunamist dodged it and smacked him hard with her tail. Before he could attack, a burst of fire hit Lunamist on the side of the head catching her off guard.

"Who dares attack me?!" The black dragoness hissed looking for the source. Another blast hit her on the other side.

"We dare." Said a male voice. And they saw a man riding a Rumblehorn. The dragon roared and released another blast of fire at Lunamist.

"Eret get away from here!" Kierra yelled as he flew up beside her.

"I made a promise remember?" He said giving her a cocky grin. They heard several roars and saw their friends coming their way.

"Brsingir!" Flora yelled and released an arrow that caught on fire but disintegrated two feet away from it's mark.

"He has wards!" Alch yelled angrily and his dragon roared with him.

"Clever Urgal. I see you have became more intelligent." Eric said with a grin.

"Say that to me again and I swear I will not hesitate to kill you." He roared angrily.

"Well I would love to stay and chat but I have some business to attend to. But I will be back for what is rightfully mine." And with that, Eric tossed something into the air and Lunamist sent a jet of fire at it. It exploded and created a very thick smokescreen.

The riders coughed and their dragons beat their wings to clear the air. When it all thinned out, Eric and his dragon were gone.

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After everyone was sent home after the incident at the races, Kierra was in hysterics.

"He's coming after me. He knows now where we are. He's going to kill everyone!" She cried. "He's going to kill my son and all of us just to get me!"

"Good grief, will you calm down?" Moonfire shrieked. "The elves are fixing the wards that surround the mountains and trying to find where they came in to be able to fix it."

"No one is going to get killed. I think he is just bluffing." Heather said placing a hand on Kierra's shoulder.

"He doesn't bluff Heather. He sticks to his promises, even the impossible ones. And that she-dragon of his, oooo I just wanna transform and slash her to bits!" Kierra snapped. "Why the hell did we even like those two in the first place?!"

"We were young then, don't blame yourself." Moonfire retorted and snorted a puff of grey smoke from his nostrils. "You sound like Angela when I almost ate that ugly cat of hers."

"Heather is she always like this when she get spooked?" Hiccup asked handing the chief a cup of something warm.

"No, she's usually so calm. But I guess that this is something serious. In all the years I have know her she has never been this shaken up." Heather answered.

"Actually I had seen her like this after the death of her brother." Flora said quietly.

"Her brother?" Astrid asked looking confused.

"She mentioned him to me once. She says he's the reason why she tries so hard to be strong for others and why she tries to protect everyone."

"What happened to him?" Astrid asked looking concerned.

"He was whipped to death for breaking free some illegal slaves in their country. Kierra tried to stop them but he died after so many lashes." Eret explained and sat down besides Kierra.

Eragon, who was in Ruffnut's arms wiggled out from her arms and walked over to his parents. He took both of his mother's hands into his own tiny ones and looked her in the eyes. "It's otay momma. It's otay." He said softly. Kierra wiped her eyes and tried to smile.

"Don't worry Eragon. Momma is okay. I'm okay." She said. Eragon climbed into her lap and hugged his mother. Eret then hugged them both from behind and held them there.

"Everything is going to be okay," he whispered softly into Kierra's ear. "I promise. As long as we stick together, everything will be alright."