Castle For A King

As Eros headed out of the far edges of Carvahall he slowly quickened his gait to a run, going almost forty miles an hour at one point.

After running for about ten minutes Eros slowly came to a stop and scaled up a near by tree to view his surroundings, making sure he was not being followed he did not feel like dealing with Galbatorix at the moment.

After surveying his surroundings for thirty seconds he then through his and Obis's link said

'Time for a pick up' to which a deep majestic voice responded 'I am coming'.

After about a minute of waiting a shadow engulfed the area he was in and he heard the rush of air. Looking up to the source of the noise he saw a serpentine lizard with scaly bat wings that was at least two hundred meters long, swooping down upon his location.

The creature grasped him firmly yet gently in one of its massive talons and burst upward into the skies with a large sweep of its wings.

'Took you long enough' said Eros humorously

to which the dragon grumbled back 'says the man who took a day making an hours journey'

'Hey no fair you have wings' Eros replied with stubbornly

'Tis but natural selection' the dragon replied whimsically

'I concede, now then have you eaten?' Eros ended the verbal duel and asked

'Yes, a bull elk, it was a fine catch but if you had a real meal in mind I would not decline'

'yes' Eros drawled 'I suppose we have earned ourselves a proper meal, let us head home.'

Eros ascended up the side of Obis's arm causing the dragon to make a impish remark relating him to fleas. the dragon had grown quite an abusive sense of humor Eros thought after reaching up to the dragons shoulder he placed himself in his seat and buckled the straps that where to keep him in place although he did not need them they added an extra layer of comfort and safety to the ride. which both he and Obis appreciated, although for different reasons one loving the wind and view while the other loving the freedom and flight.

the pink soft clouds where highlighted by the falling sun, as they approached a castle near the peak of one of the taller mountains in sight that had four majestic towers leading to the largest fifth one between the others that connected to a massive mansion like structure that was at the very least ten thousand feet wide and about five hundred wide that led into the mountain with a large open balcony like space that was not covered from any sort of rain for landing the massive dragon he was currently riding, it also had a large pathway leading up from the bottom of the mountain getting thinner and thinner as it went upwards to the massive structure at the top.

Air streamed through Eroses hair and clothes, as Obis descended on the castle, sounding like a scream in his ears that where now cold from the mountain air.

With a large rumble Obis hunched down due to the force of his landing. shaking himself similarly to a dog he then crouched down to the lowest he could, waiting for Eros to disembark.

Eros unbuckled himself from the saddle and made his way down Obis's long scaly forearm.

'Its nice to be back' Eros said

It may seem lonely to some other but to him it seemed as if the thing he had created was alive since it was made out of Erodium and had a connection to him and through him Obis as well if they wished they could have made the structure do just about anything.