The Arrival
"Ok, we apparate at the count of three, hold on tight," Hermione Granger instructs her companions, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
They were practicing side-along apparitions. According to Hermoine, they would need to escape as fast as possible in case of Voldemort while hunting for Horcruxes.
"Maybe if you stop bossing us around and apparate, we might get to Harry's place before Christmas!" snaps Ron.
Blinking back tears, Hermoine concentrates on Harry's bedroom; she pictures his bookshelf clearly in her mind, having inspected it a hundred times already. She remembers his book, Eragon and its sequel Eldest, which she had read and re-read many times.
She remembered the ending of the book Eldest, when the main character, Eragon discovers that his father was Morzan, first and last of the Forsworn. She felt Harry and Ron squeezing her on each side as they begin to apparate.
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Eragon sat leaning against his sapphire dragon, Saphira. It was already two weeks after the battle on The Burning Plains, yet his mind refused to believe Murtagh's words. I can't be… It just can't be… My father can't be Morzan. He isn't even human!
Arya approaches, warns Saphira. Eragon lifts his head to see the elf walking gracefully towards him. He gets up hastily and touches his first and second finger to his lips.
Arya mirrors him, "We will be leaving for Helgrind soon, are you ready?" she asks.
Just as Eragon opened his mouth to answer, a blinding white flash briefly illuminated the plains.
Harry, Ron and Hermoine finds themselves face-to-face with Saphira.
"Um, hi," was all Hermoine could manage. "You're Eragon, right? And this must be Saphira and Arya," she adds knowingly.
"Harry Potter, Hermoine Granger and Ronald Weasley? Aren't you characters from that series?" queries Eragon.
"Well, not where we come from. You are the main character from Eragon and Eldest in our world," answers Ron to Harry's as well as Hermoine's surprise.
"You read Eragon?" asks Hermoine in surprise.
"I was bored and muggle fiction actually amuses me. Imagine using magic without a wand!"
"Well, we're pleased to meet you, Eragon, Arya and Saphira," Ron, Hermoine and Harry said, touching their first two fingers on their lips.
"And I you," replied Arya, her first two fingers touched her lips briefly.
"Aye, it is a pleasure to meet the infamous trio of Hogwarts." Eragon and Saphira both reply, a smile playing on Eragon's lips.
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