//------------------------------// // New type of Elf // Story: Eragon's New Home: Equestria // by MetalBrony823 //------------------------------// Back in Ponyville, Everyone was happy as they can be. Eragon and Saphira were just sitting on a knoll near the woods, looking at Ponyville once more. Artvazh wasn't hard to miss their vision, for he was a gigantic dragon, after all. They could see Thorn, Gridgorn, Vaodidr, and Mimni from a distance too, but they were nothing compared to Artvazh's size of course. He was not as big as Shruikan to say the least, but still big. No, Shruikan was far more bigger the last time Eragon and Saphira saw him with their final confrontation at Galbatorix. "Still a rather inspiring sight." Glaedr said. "All of those innocent lives being happy from up here on this piece of land. Eragon smiled. "I concur. Just look at all them, Saphira. Always happy without a care in the world." he sighed "If only Alagaesia would be more like Equestria." "Yes. Always peaceful and serene" said Saphira, resting her head on her arms as she laid with Eragon. She made a snort that made a small amount of smoke come out of her nostrils. He took out Brisingr and cleaned it by burying the blade into the ground, then wiped the sword off with the wet rag. The sword began shining under the sunlight once again. "Good as new." he muttered. Then he put Brisingr back in it's scabbard on the grassy ground. Then he began to think about Murtagh and his suspicion about Tiber Craingweast. "Saphira?" The blue dragon turned her big head at him, her blue eyes sparkling. "Do you think Murtagh will warm up to Mr. Craingweast?" He looked over at the sky as he laid his back on the ground Saphira was rather silent for a moment. After one long sixty seconds, she replied at last "I... honestly do not know, Eragon. In all the times we have spent together with Murtagh, he is indeed one of the most stubborn humans I have ever met." "Well, you are not wrong, I didn't even forget about the time Murtagh refused to come with us to the Varden after saving me and Brom from the Ra'zac that very day." then he began to remember how it all came to it, the day he, Saphira, and Murtagh first me each other. And of course, there was that moment when Brom died after being stabbed by one of those monstrosities. Oh how he wished that Brom would tell him that he was Eragon's father right before he passed. He felt like shedding tears "You seem troubled, little one." Saphira said. "Yes, and rather melancholy. I also sense a thought about you and Brom." Glaedr added. He sighed "it's nothing. I promise." Eragon replied "I was just thinking about my father again." "You miss him, don't you?" Said a voice from behind them. Eragon bolted up and was prepared to take Brisingr out of it's sheathe once more. However, he immediately calmed himself when it revealed to be Tiber Craingweast, looking rather sympathetic. "Oh, mister Craingweast. It's only you." "I hope I am not interrupting anything, am I son?" "No. Of course not." "May I please join you?" "Sure, feel free." Saphira replied. Tiber smiled and promptly sat next to Eragon on the knoll looking down on the land below him "ah, this is quite an aspiring view." Eragon looked at him and remarked "I would like to see more beautiful wonders in Equestria. All of these ponies and their agriculture are truly fascinating." "And all of their wildlife and abundant creatures look really delicious to eat." They all looked st Saphira with their eyes wide with fright. The blue dragon saw what she did and added "not ponies or other creatures like them of course, I mean like wild animals, incapable of speech." Then they both understood what she meant now, and smiled "Forgive me for eavesdropping, Eragon, but I heard you were talking about old Brom, were you not?" He nodded a yes on reply "Of course. I know how you feel right now. I might have said this before, hit your father was a good man, and a proud supporter of freedom everywhere." Eragon liked hearing those words from Craingweast. His father being a hero and dragon rider, as well as the founder of the Varden made him feel special that he was the son of a man like that. "I wonder, did- did Brom ever want to tell me that hi was his son?" Tiber looked on at the plateau again "oh yes. Never in Brom's life did he want to tell you that he was your own father." "And he would have loved to tell you when you were a child, but he only hid himself for your safety, as well as his." Glaedr added. "Exactly. He only hid that fact from you just to keep you safe." "Well, I wish Saphira would have told me then when we were venturing with Brom to the Varden." Eragon noted and looked at Saphira. "Oh Eragon." Said the blue dragon "please do not be infuriated with me, I would have loved to tell you, but I did make a strict promise to Brom to keep it discrete from you, only to keep you safe from any danger. He was only doing what a good father would try to do." "I'm not mad, Saphira. I promise. It only caught me by surprise when I found out like and I was a little infuriated at Brom for not telling me sooner before he.... passed." "I understand. He did love you very much." "Aye, Brom always spoke of how proud he was to become your father while spending time with Selena." Just saying his mother's name made Eragon sentimental again. She was another person he could have met before she just died shortly after she gave birth to him. He DID technically met her, but he was a baby, and babies didn't really have good memorization thanks to Infantile dementia. He cleared his throat and asked Tiber "Did you know my mother as well?" "Oh yes. You're mother was one of a kind. She was one of the most beautiful women i have ever seen in my life. It was a pity that she was married to that murderer, Morzan." Eragon agreed "I know, at least my father killed him." "Precisely. I was there to witness the death of the first and last of the Forsworn, and his dragon thereafter. Rumor had it that Galbatorix was at his most furious when he heard of that news. He was so angry that he killed seven of his spell-casters to let his anger go." Both the rider and dragon were surprised to hear that statement. "Brom never mentioned that to us before." Saphira noted. "That would have been interesting to hear. "Well, about Selena," "Right. She loved both you and Murtagh very much. She only wished she could have married Brom instead of that dullard of a husband." Eragon chuckled. "a dullard indeed." then he looked on at Ponyville again. Then he sensed another presence coming towards town. "Wait! It's another rider and dragon." Tiber was more than excited to hear this. "Wonderful! I suppose we will all give them a proper greeting, correct?" "Aye, indeed." Eragon was with Saphira and his, and all their friends to greet thsee newcomers. Tiber was stabbing right next to Eragon, looking quite bold with his hair moving from the wind blowing. "Oh, I can hardly wait to see what these guys are!" Said Pinkie Pie with excitement. "I already made some cupcakes and a 'welcome to Equestria' party." "I hope this rider and his dragon are nice." Said Fluttershy quietly. Then she gulped before she noted "and hope that the dragon is not aggressive." "Do not worry, Fluttershy." Calraeli comforted her by resting his hand on her back "I am quite sure this dragon is not aggressive at all." Vaodidr made a small grunt so he can get her attention. "Yes, and you would probably like them both." Fluttershy smiled "you're right. I shouldn't worry." "This is gonna be so awesome to see another friendly dragon!" Rainbow Dash flew in small circles excitedly. 'And the guy's sword, too." Then they saw a flying figure, that looked black as night. All of them were surprised to see this rider looking so different from the other Alagaesia races. It was a male elf of average size, but had rather unusual pale yet dark skin. He had dark hair that was almost black. Another striking feature was that he was blind on the right side of his face, and had a claw mark across where his right eye was. It was still there, but white, and useless The elf's clothing was rather simple, a pair of pants with three pouches stitched on each side. He wore a brown shirt on his torso with a molten brown and black cloak upon his back. What really surprised them was he had retractable claws like a cat or a wolf would have on the end of his fingers. His boots were metal and at the end of each toe of his boots were metal-bent like claws so he can climb certain objects or something like that. Finally, his neck had a strip of leather with a large claw at the end of it. The elf's dragon was an onyx black, dark as night, and a rather slender build in it's body. Her eyes shined like stars, like a bear or lion's night vision. Thorn, Saphira, Gridgorn, and the other dragons sensed it's mind as a happy, go-lucky type of personality. And it was revealed to be another girl dragon. He looked around at his surroundings, and the others in front of him and his dragon didn't know what to think of this mysterious youth. "Eragon Shadeslayer." He said flatly. "I have long for me and my dragon to meet you, and your beautiful dragon." His mouth had a double row of teeth, all fang-like to make it a little more terrifying about this mysterious man. The thing that really caught everyone's attention was a large, bone-white scythe on his back. The weapon stood from six feet from the top to the handle, which was made out of oak branch align with metal. The blade stood three feet, looking quite deadly. Both of them looked a little terrifying and shady, but they ate not evil at all since the dragons sensed the black dragon's mind as an innocent and happy creature. "My name is Ekre'al." "And I am Styx." The dragon added in a very feminine voice. She sounded a little higher than Saphira and Mimni's voices together, but she was the same size as them, but her face was a little more slender than Saphira's, and broader than Mimni's Saphira herself was more than delighted to meet yet another female dragon in the order. "My name is Saphira Brightscales." she introduced herself to the new pair. Then the adviser stepped into greet himself to Ekre'al and Styx. "I am Tiber Craingweast, a new adviser and helper for Eragon and Saphira, along with the rest of the riders and their dragons put together." then he and the elf shook hands to one another. Ekre'al kept his blank face on him without a single smile. "Charmed." said the elf. Then he looked at the ponies and Spike, looking more than eager to meet him "Who and what might you be?" he asked them all. Twilight was the first one to speak by saying "I'm Twilight Sparkle, princess of Friendship. These are my friends." "Name's Rainbow Dash." "Applejack." "I'm Pinkie Pie" "My name is Rarity." The yellow pegasus was the last to speak and she said while pawing her hoof at the ground "And my name is Fluttershy. Nice to meet you." Spike cleared his throat to get the others attention. "aren't you forgetting about someone?" he asked them with slight impatience. Twilight smirked and nodded her head "No Spike, we haven't forgot about you." then she made a cute chuckle. The baby dragon smiled and said to the elf "My name is Spike." "Are you a dragon?" he asked "Yes, yes I am." "Hmm." Ekre'al bent down to his level. "You look rather different than dragon i would see in my world. Where are you wings?" "Well.... I'm still just a... baby dragon after all." "Ah." Then he stood back up. "Welcome to Equestria." said Lyra and Bon Bon in unison. "Equestria, hmm? queen Arya told me about this place." "Yes, and it looks absolutely beautiful." Styx added. "Is there any chance I can find some lunch while we just arrived here?" Styx appeared to be a little absent-minded, but rather strong too. "Well, there are lots of creatures around here that you can eat around here." Fluttershy pointed "Just please don't eat us, or any other creature that can talk." she made a gulp. "Or in any case, kill them thoughtlessly." "Fluttershy loves animals so much that she hates to watch them get eaten or hurt." Spike pointed "And yeah, please be mindful of what you eat here." Styx smiled. "Don't worry, I am always mindful of what i eat, or kill in order to eat." "Aye, same with me. I only kill to eat and survive." then he pulled out his dragon rider sword. It was a silver-black colored scimitar with a forward rounded guard. The others looked impressed by this blade. "Wow." said Rainbow Dash, examining the sword. "What is it called?" "I named my blade Jinsei no Kaze." Ekre'al described "it's name means 'Winds of Life' for anyone who does not know what the name means." then he promptly put the sword back in it's sheath with a loud "shing!" sound. "What kind of elf are you?" asked Murtagh. "Don't be rude." Eragon muttered "No, it's quite alright, Shadeslayer. "I get that a lot of times in my life. And do not be alarmed, I am not a monsters, I'm just... different." "Our sincere apologies." said Dervoc walking up to Ekre'al, towering him obviously with his hulking size. "My name is Dervoc, the very first Urgal rider in existence." "And I am Artvazh, dragon companion to Dervoc." said the dragon. Then the other riders and dragons greeted him and Styx and introduced themselves. "And there is no need for any introductions from you, Murtagh Morzansson. I know exactly what you are all too well, and the same with you, Thorn." "Look, I am nothing like my father." "And I like Shruikan." Thorn added. "we never wanted to do the fallen king's bidding, but we had little choice. "I know, but I really don't care about that. I usually stay out of that war between the Varden and the Empire for if I know what is good for me." "I guess we have a lot to talk about." said Twilight. "Indeed." then they all walked to Ponyville. "If you must know what I am, i am, or was, a loner when I lived in Alagaesia. Like any other elf, i lived in Du Weldnvarden. I lived alone, within the wilderness." "And how did you get that scar?" Asked Applejack "A tiger attacked me, and clawed me right here. Not only that, but after I defeated the savage beast, I used his claw as a reminder of that encounter on my piece of leather around my neck. "I hope the tiger didn't suffer or anything. I know he was trying to attack you, but-" Fluttershy was immediately interrupted by it. "No, he didn't suffer. I... ended him cleanly." "Oh good." Fluttershy sighed in relief to hear that "So you hunt out there?" asked Spike "Yes. I hunted to survive in the woods of my home. I did stay in a cabin of course, but away from society. You see, I am gifted with crafting weapons and toxins, for instance i would use the toxins to place on my arrows to help me catch my prey to kill them quicker." "You make weapons?" asked Eragon intriguingly "Yes, Queen Izlanzadi herself said so herself when I made her a signature sword before she died when the Empire fallen at last, and I even made swords and bows for elves who wanted one." The others were quite amazed by this, especially the riders and their dragons. He can be quite useful to them since he is a gifted weapon maker like he said he was. Of course there was Dervoc and Skalmo since they were an urgal and dwarf, but perhaps Ekre'al could be an extra help to them all. "So why did a tiger try to attack you in the first place?" "Well, there were these humans who wanted to live a live away from Galbatorix and his reign within Alagaesia. They wanted to seek refuge near my home within Du Weldnvarden. We all encountered the tiger then, who wanted to kill us all, but i slew it, and brought the humans to safety. It was a small family of a married couple, along with two children, one older son, and a younger daughter." "Do they still live there?" asked Twilight "Oh yes of course. Thanks to me. I made them special weapons to defend themselves and their home from any more dangerous animals or monsters. Occasionally, they would sometimes go to Ellesmera or the other Elven cities surrounding their house for food and supplies." "That's wonderful." said Pinkie Pie. Then they made it to town. "Well, here we are, Ponyville." "Hmm, this looks like a good place to die." The others looked at him, confused, except for Murtagh. "Nevermind him." said Styx, he can be rather gloomy at times. He just needs to get used to this beautiful place more." Ekre'al just made a small "Hmph." in reply, still with a blank expression on his elf face. "So, we have available houses for you to stay in, and a large shed for your dragon to sleep in." said Rarity "That's very kind of you, but I would rather prefer to build my own house." Ekre'al noted. "Oh. You sure?" He nodded a yes to them. Then he went to start building his new home from scratch while Styx went off to look for food. "What kind of an elf is he?" asked Rainbow Dash "I honestly do not know, but he is a dragon rider, and we should give him a warm welcome in town." Eragon replied.