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Partners of hearts and minds - Chapter 2. The Special Bond

The two dragons circled above the city. After two days, Glirnen, Erir, Isin and Nagirolfr finally reached Ilirea. Now they were looking for a good place to land at. They found a wide street, that was almost empty, because it was still early in the morning. Erir and Nagirolfr walked through the streets until they finally saw a beautiful castle, that was home of the queen of Alagaësia - Nasuada. Okay, and what are we supposed to do now? Erir asked. Both Glirnen and Isin shrugged. Nagirolfr decided to take things into his own paws. He roared so loudly, that even Erir had to cover his ears with his paws. As the sound echoed, some people yelled tiredly and angrily. But most importatly, after a minute, the gate of the castle opened.

Behind the big wooden door, there she stood. She, queen Nasuada. She was wearing long red dress and her crown. She looks so majestic! Erir said to his Rider and he nodded. Queen smiled at them and said: "I was expecting you. Come in." The dragons entered the castle. Nasuada led them through the halls and then they entered one of the rooms. "Now, let's have a look at the eggs," Nasuada decided. Isin dismounted the yellow dragon and opened the saddlebag. She put out ten eggs, that were in the saddle bag. Glirnen did the same. Nasuada was delighted to see all twenty-one eggs together. All beautiful, colorful and most importantly - safe.

Dragons and Riders said goodbye to the eggs and Nasuada. They headed back to Hjall abr Skulblaka un Shru'tugal after less than half hour.

The queen then put eggs into four bags. Each of them was then given to one horse rider, who was told to deliver the eggs to either elves, humans, dwarves or Urgals.

It took several days, but at last, the eggs were in their places. One of these, that went to humans got to Belatona, a town not far from Leona Lake. Potenial Riders always passed the egg after a week. It had already visited ten homes of Belatona, but it still hadn't hatched.

It was late afternoon, when Amma heard a knock on the door. Before she even got up, her mother already opened the door and welcomed the visitors. "Good morning, Helga!" It was their neighbor, Helga and she was carrying a basket with an ocean blue dragon egg. Her son was also one if the potential Riders. "I see the egg is still just an egg..."

"Yes, I came to give it to you. Take good care of it, I heard that it's one of Saphira's eggs!"

"Really? I thought they had all already hatched."

"No, this one seems to be very picky about its Rider. But I mean, can you really blame it? The bond between a dragon and its Rider lasts a lifetime."

"That's a long time..."

"That surely is. Well, I'll have to get going. If the egg doesn't hatch in a week, give it to Linsia or her mother."

"Sure. Have a nice day, Helga."

"You too."

Amma was never so excited in her life. "Yes! Finally! Can I see it? Please, let me see it!" Amma's mother just laughed. "Of course you can see it. You will be taking care of it for a few days now afterall." Amma frowned. "Maybe I'lll be taking care of it for the rest of my life." "Well, sure, the is a slight possibility..."

Amma's mother Cishu didn't really believe that anyone from Belatona could become a Rider. Or at least not this year. During the Rider war Belatona was an enemy city and while it was not that way for a while now, dragons still seemed to distrust the people who lived there. But of course, Cishu couldn't tell her daughter, or rather, she didn't want to remind her. Amma, like everyone else, was aware, that the hatchlings still feared to pick Belatonians as their partners-of-hears-and-minds. But unlike anyone else in the city, Amma believed that somewhere deep down she had the soul of a Rider.

A day had passed. The egg didn't show even the slightest signs of hatching. No cracks, no movements, nothing. However Amma wasn't worried. It took several days for Saphira to hatch for Eragon and for Fírnen to hatch for Arya. The girl carried the egg with her everywhere she went, not even once leaving it out of sight for longer than two minutes. If it hatched, she did not want to miss it.

Two days had passed. Still no cracks or movement. Amma got a little nervous, but didn't show it. She still had time.

Three days. Four days. Five days. Six days. Suddenly, only one was left. Amma slowly started to think, that she would not be a Rider afterall. She tried to hide her sadness, but Cishu saw through it all.

"Amma, this egg maybe isn't your dragon, but perhaps... perhaps some other will." Amma shook her head. "You don't actually believe that, mom. I know you don't. Dragons don't trust us. As much as we hate that fact, it's true."

"Honey-"

Amma tried her best to hold back tears. "I just- it's so unfair! Why us of all people? Half of us weren't even born when the war ended! Dragons don't have any problems picking Urgals as their Riders and yet they distrust Belatonians. That's just ridiculous! But we can't do anything about it. Now if you excuse me, I'll be upstairs. I'll have to take the egg to Linsia tomorrow." With these words Amma got up, took the egg and ran upstairs.

"You guys sure are picky..." Amma whispered, staring at the egg. "You will be such a beautiful dragon one day... But I guess I won't be there to see you."

The night was dark and silent. Amma was fast asleep. Suddenly, she woke up. She had no idea what woke her up, until she heard crackling. She felt a little spark of hope. She turned to her nightstand, where she placed her egg. The shell was half cracked. The girl slowly smiled. "So you chose me afterall..." She whispered.

Amma watched the little dragon hatch. Slowly but firmly, the little guy got out of his shell. Literally. After a few minutes, a pair of beautiful green eyes was eyeing Amma. "Hi, little one!" she whispered. She felt the urge to touch the hatchling and the dragon didn't seem to mind. She reached out to him, but before she got the chance to actually touch him, she jerked back. Her hand felt like it was on fire. The dragon looked at her with concern. And at last, everything was back to normal. Amma's hand felt fine again, but something had changed. She opened her fist and saw a silver mark on her palm. "Gedwëy ignasia..." Amma whispered with wonder. Her palm was now enriched with an ancient mark of Riders, like she always dreamed. She looked at her dragon and then put her marked hand on his head. "We are now bonded for life, little one..." she said quietly.