The Next Generation, an Inheritance Cycle and Lord of The Rings crossover

Lessons and Learning

The next morning Eragon was the first to get up. While he waited for the others to wake, he decided to try and build some elven style houses like the ones in Ellesméra. He had never tried anything like that before, but he thought he had the strength necessary although the task would probably still tire him greatly. He thought the houses were a good idea because Blödhgarm and the eight other elves that had accompanied him would need somewhere to stay and he also decided to build some additional ones for possible guests. once he got them built Arathorn could stay in one of them until they had the larger halls built or until his dragon outgrew them.

Eragon thought for a while about how to phrase the spell before he attempted it. Since the Eldunari were still observing him from their air pocket they noticed what he was planning to do and gave him some advice and allowed him to use some of their strength as well. The main reason why they chose to do this was so he could succeed on his first attempt, and also because he would need to conserve some of his strength for training Arathorn and helping the elves unpack the rest of their supplies once they arrive. He wasn't going to put dragon beds in any of the houses since he was going to make different housing for the Riders. Housing that would hopefully not be damaged by the dragons' fire and claws.

When Arathorn woke he saw that Eragon was not beside Saphira as he had been the night before. Arathorn was somewhat frustrated with his new teacher, he had so many questions but Eragon had only answered a few of them. The rest always seemed to be answered with, "I will tell you when you are further into your training." Arathorn understood that there must be good reasons for not telling him yet, but it was still frustrating. He decided to go find Eragon. Hopefully, he would answer some of his other questions. 

When Arathorn found Eragon, he stopped in his tracks in shock and stayed back to watch what Eragon was doing. He knew that Eragon must be using magic since the tree that was in front of him was gradually changing. Eragon was singing in a language that Arathorn hadn't heard before. He assumed the language had to be from Eragon's homeland. As Eragon sang the tree gradually changed.

As Arathorn watched the base of the tree bulged outward, windows and a door formed in the trunk. He also saw windows higher up so he knew that the house must have two levels. Somehow Eragon was making a house out of a tree. Arathorn was still too far away to see the interior of the house but he suspected that it had several rooms, and possibly even furniture.

Arathorn was having trouble comprehending what he was seeing, and he just stood there gaping. He probably looked like an idiot, but he couldn't really help it. He'd never seen anyone use magic before, except for when Eragon had dulled their swords the day before. He'd certainly never seen anyone use it for a task this large. He'd heard of Gandalf, who'd been a good friend of his father's as well as the other wizards, but he didn't really know what they were capable of. He wasn't sure but he thought that they might not have even been capable of doing what Eragon was. Arathorn also knew of the Elves who used to live in the very valley they were currently in. They had most likely been capable of doing what Eragon was, but Arathorn still wasn't certain.

Arathorn Just continued to stand there staring until Eragon finished. Somehow during the time Arathorn had been standing there Eragon managed to finish the first house as well as a second one. Once he finished, he turned and saw him standing there staring. Arathorn turned away from the houses and looked at Eragon.

Eragon said, "For now you can have that house, you can stay there until your dragon gets too big for it," he was pointing at the first house he had made. "I will be building other houses for the riders that will be large enough to house a fully-grown dragon,"

Eragon said, "Come with me." They walked back to where Saphira still lay on the ground. As far as Arathorn could tell she was still sleeping but when they got closer, she yawned, showing her razor-sharp teeth. As he saw that Arathorn was thankful that his father had accepted Eragon and Saphira as allies. He also realized that his dragon would eventually be that size. Eragon had sat back down beside her and was rooting through her saddlebags. He had removed her saddle the day before when they had arrived.

Eragon took out food for them both. When they had finished eating Eragon said, "I am going to teach you the Ancient language from my homeland. Not everyone from my homeland speaks this language, only the elves use it for everyday conversations. Humans use the common tongue, while the dwarves and urgals have their own languages. The only humans, Dwarves, and urgals, that use this language can't speak it fluently they just use it for using magic. Not many People can use magic. The ability is most common among the elves,"

Eragon continued, "When you are further into your training you might be sent to my homeland if we need to communicate with the leaders of the different races, or if trouble arises there," Arathorn was slightly nervous when he said that. The thought of leaving his homeland for one that he knew almost nothing about to act as a messenger was slightly frightening. Eragon was still speaking, "Once the elves arrive with the rest of the supplies, I will also start teaching you to write the ancient Language,"

So Eragon began to tell him different words from the language, what they meant, and how to pronounce them properly. When the lesson on the language was finished Eragon said, "I assume that you have discovered that you can communicate with your dragon with your mind,"

Arathorn answered, "Yes I did figure that out and I have been communicating with it that way since. I haven't figured out whether my dragon is male or female yet though,"

Eragon chuckled at this and said, "yes it can be hard to tell at first," Eragon was remembering how he had taken a while to realise that Saphira was female. After Eragon's response, Arathorn could hear Saphira making a noise he hadn't heard her make before he realized that she must be laughing. Arathorn didn't know what was so amusing, but he listened as Eragon continued speaking, "If you want to name your dragon now, I will tell you some dragon names and we can see if your dragon likes any of them,"

Arathorn agreed so Eragon told him different dragon names that he knew. So far Arathorn's dragon didn't like any of them. Eventually, Eragon said, "Vanilor,"

At that name, he sensed satisfaction coming from the gold dragon. It had grown since it had first hatched and now it was about the same size as a small dog. Arathorn said to the dragon, "Vanilor it is then,"

Since the little dragon had chosen a name Eragon said, "Now that is settled, Arathorn if you hadn't already guessed this you can speak with more than just your dragon with your mind. You can communicate with anyone using your mind including animals; however, communicating with someone in this method is an invasion of privacy so only do it if you have the person's permission or if it is absolutely necessary.

 You may not be able to do this yet though, I discovered I could do it not long after Saphira hatched, but my father, Brom, who was one of my teachers, told me that riders often take longer than I did to discover that ability. I am uncertain when you may be able to do that, everyone is different so that is something you will have to discover on your own, "