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A/N: I know I said Mardonio's Heir was the last one, but hey there are still some loose ends that need to be resolved. Like with Nicolae, being Mardonio's real son. And Mordecai's twins. Here is the summary for this one: About 7 years have passed since Mardonio was killed and Sapphire is not happy. Even though they had agreed on it, she wants to see Mordecai so badly. Alliane also isn't happy, what with being pressured about being the only dragon demon female alive and wanting to just live the way she w ants to. Her brother though gets into more trouble than expected. Also Nicolae who was in Ellesmera under strick watch by the DragonRiders has disappeared. I went through earlier chapters and realized that I never gave Alliane a description, only Aiden. So in this chapter she'll get a description.

Chapter 1

"I would never have guessed that your kind could be kind, friendly, loving and gentle."

"Gentle, you say?"

"You're being very gentle."

"Thats because females are sacred to our race. There is rarely a strong, beautiful female dragon demon born everyday like male dragon demons are."

"Why is that?" Mordecai looked up at her, before looking away.

"Females hold our very essence in them, you can say. I, myself am still very new to all this."

"You are?"

"Yes. My other self just discovered not even a week ago that he was half dragon demon and half elf. I took over to spare him the pain of seeing this world for what it truly is."

"And what is it truly?" He looked up at her again with sad eyes.

"Our kind has not had a true dragon demon queen in centuries. And because of that, our race is dying."

"Why are they dying?"

"Because there is no females, except Mika. But Mika is my grandmother and she has lost the ability to reproduce."

"Lady Sapphire, lord Mordecai sent you a letter." Sapphire looked up at the dragon demon and sighed. It had been about five years since she had seen her husband and her son Aiden. They had both agreed that Aiden would be raised and trained as the next dragon demon king and Alliane would stay with her and be raised normally.

"Ok, give me it." The guy handed her the paper and then slowly walked away. It read:

Sapphire,

I wish you were here in the demon world. The area is completely green now, it's amazing! Aiden has just gone through another growth spur. He's as tall as me now! Other than that, there's nothing really new here. We both miss you and Alliane. Maybe within the next month or so we'll be able to visit you and Alliane.

Your one and only,

Mordecai

Sapphire sighed again and placed both hands on her temples. So this will be the fifth year that both the twins aren't celebrating their birthday together.

"Whose the letter from?" Looking up, Sapphire saw Alliane standing in the doorway with her arms crossed. She had long brown hair with black streaks, and she had dark blue eyes.

"Your father." Alliane scoffed and turned away.

"Lovely. So is he promising to come home again within the next month?"

"Yes. But I do believe he means it this time Alliane. Just watch and see." Alliane turned around and stared at her mother.

"Oh really? And how can you just sit there, not worrying at all on what they're going through right now?!"

"Alliane..." Turning around again, Alliane walked out of the room, clearly not happy.

~Ellesmera~

"Lord Eragon, I do believe that maybe you should lighten the guards around Nicolae."

"And why is that?"

"Well...it's obvious that he's not going to escape." Eragon sighed and looked at the young DragonRider.

"Forgive me if I am running you guys a bit too hard, but I will not trust the son of Mardonio. We spent years just trying to make sure he'd stay dead. I'm not going to under estimate his son. Your shift is at nightfall. Good day." Eragon stood and walked away. On his way to see his wife, he saw Saphira curled up with Thorn.

'My you two are awfully friendly today.'

'We can be friendly when we want to.'

'I was just saying that its been a long time since I've seen you two curled up together.'

'Then I guess I could say it's been a long time since I've seen any real excitement. It's boring around here.' Eragon chuckled and continued walking. Life was going...great since the battle against Mardonio. Some of the dragon demons in the past few years had been trying to flirt with his daughter, but he had put an end to that without violence. Speaking of his daughter, he saw her sitting by some wild flowers.

"Akiko what's wrong?"

"Father...It's nothing. I'm just thinking about when this peace will end." Eragon put his hand on her shoulder and squeezed gently.

"Lets pray that it doesn't."

"Why? Is it because you don't want to go to battle again?"

"Akiko, when you've reached my age you wouldn't want to go to battle either. I've seen enough battles that have lasted way to long."

"Are you speaking about the battle with Galbatorix, Mardonio and Fraener?"

"Yes. I just think that its only right that Alagaesia and everyone else gets a nice long break. The world shouldn't have to see more bloodshed for a few more years. Don't you agree?"

"Yes. I agree."

"Come on. I'm on my way to see you're mother." Akiko nodded and followed him. Eragon looked at her and smiled. She looked so much like Arya now and acted like her sometimes. 'I really hope this peace lasts forever...but forever is an awfully long time...but then again so is an eternity.'

All right review! The first chapter of the Separate Ways - World's Apart and its nice and long for you guys! For those of you who love Mordecai, he probably won't show up until sometime past chapter 3. Oh, Sapphire and Mordecai don't know which twin can turn into a dragon demon. They are just assuming that its Aiden. Anyways please review!!