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All the fuddy duddy things

Angela's shop was small and humble. A little shop that stood out amoung the giant beautiful houses around it, most of which were owned by merchants that made a living shiping things into and out of the empire. It stood ajcent to Jeod's house across the road on the outskirts of the west district. A mass vertity of plants grew outside as well as inside the shop. Creating a mossy, green wall that blocked out the light from the windows.

Sight stood right outside the it, lurking in the shadows of the archway that protected the front from rain or snow. She watched the house across the road and in the direction of the citadel closely Unlike their plans. Eragon and Brom did not stay at the merchants house. Instead Jeod took them to the citadel to talk. It made more sense to go there if you thought about it. Whatever they talked about would be to dangerous to let anyone over hear and at the citadel the thick stone wall and thick doors prevented that. To the ranger's it wasn't as much as a complication as it was just plain anoying. It ment that had to swich up the plan a bit. So as soon as Sight saw them leave the house her hands quickly reached up to touch her pendant and a few moments later Sky came hurrying up the street, carefull not to trip in her new dress. She wasn't really running more like walking really fast so she wouldn't draw attention to herself. That idea was not working if you counted how many young males heads turned when she walked by. A few of them even go slaped by thier girlfriends they were with.

When she reached the older girl she let out a quick mummer of what was wrong.

"We got a slight dent in our plans." Sight explained with a embarrssed smile.

Sky let out a sigh and rolled her eyes. " What is it now?"

"They're not at the house." she said.

Sky's eyes widened. "What?" she cried.

Sight quickly covered her mouth and gave her a anoyed look " Keep your voice down! They just went to the citadel. Jeod's office is there."

When she withdrew her hand Sky blew some of her bangs our of her face. "I'm guessing you used magic to learn that." she said simply

The older girl gave a smug smirk and shurgged. "Hey if you got it, use it right? We just have to work with what we got and figure out a new plan."

After a moment of thinking over the locations that were needed to target and working with the given information they came up with a solution. It was simple, they would just change Sky's route a bit. She would now act as the messenger between all three points. Since her aglity gave her great speed it would be easy for her to report and give each other information on anything new. Hunter would remain at the docks in the harbor and Sight would stay where she was to keep an eye on the house. Even though thier real targets weren't there, it would help to know what people Jeod dealt with for future refrenace.

Sight had seen Sky three times after that. Each silently asked each other if anything was going on and each time nothing was new. There was nothing going on at the docks either from what Hunter had told her sister. Since the trouble was becoming to much, none of the boats dared to leave the saftey of Terim's harbor. The only thing that happend on Sight's end was something that was starting to get on her nerves.

Most of the time she was standing in front of the shop she kept feeling like she was being watched. It wouldn't stay in one place for long. It would quickly change places from behind her to the roof of the house across from her on the right. It didn't effect her at all. This was something that she delt with on a daliy basis, but that didn't stop it from becoming very anoying.

'Whoever you are, I hope you know its rude to stare.' Sight thought finaly having enough of the bothersome pest. A few moments later a sly voice responded in her head. It was deep, ancinet and has a chuckle to it.

'That depends. If staring at a stanger who was been outside this shop for hours is the situation ,then I don't call it rude.'

Sight smirked at the response and fught the urge to roll her eyes at the comeback. ' You know what I am. So you know this is part of my nature.'

There was a smug snort 'You rangers are all alike. Always "shadows" and hidding yourselfs in them.'

'This would be a much better conversation if I could see the werecat I'm talking to.'

A moment later she heard a plop next to her and something brush aginst her boots. She looked down to see a large, friece looking cat with a pair of glowing red eyes looking back at her from a tuff of dark fur. 'Took you long enough' she teased.

The werecat looked indiffrent as he licked his paw. 'I prefer to watch my prey before doing anything." Then it looked directly at her. 'What brings you three to this part of Triem? I saw you and that other girl talking and then another one of your lot down by the docks."

Sight nodded her head to Jeod's house on the right. They weren't back yet but there was smoke coming from the chimey and someone going around inside a lighting the lamps. She caught a glimps of Jeod's wife looking very angery while sitting at the dinner table alone with three extra dinner's on the table.

'Ah, the dragon rider I figured as much.'

Before Sight could respond she heard the ruff voice of Brom coming up the street. Quickly she pulled up her hood to hide her face and pulled the rest of the cloak around her body. As soon as she pressed herseld aginst the wall she almost seemed to blend into the stone. Not a second after that Jeod and Brom came into view. The two men walked right up to Jeod's front door and waited as jeod took out a key to open it. Sight's breath caught in ther throat because she swore for a moment she thought Brom was looking right at her. Duing those few tense seconds her body was still as stone. She didn't move or breathe untill Brom followed Jeod into his house when he got the door open.

"I hope you're boy will be back before they close the gates." she manged to hear Jeod say to Brom

"He'll be fine. Eragon knows his rules." Brom said simply back before closing the door behind them " Thats a intersing cat over there by the way. Is it the healer's?"

After the door shut Sight let out the breath she was holding in and steped away from the wall while pulling her hood down again. With out thinking her hand flew up to her pendant again making the cyrstal shimmer blue under her finger tips. She then looked down at the werecat who was still by her feet. 'Well looks like I have to go.'

'One thing..." the cat said.

Sight raised a eyebrow inquestion. ' The owner of this shop wants you to come back tommrow. She's interested in meeting you

'Oh really? Why is that?" she asked placeing her hands on her hips waiting for answer.

The werecat streched with a yawn. 'How should I know'. He then sat up again and shook his head making his maine even more fluffy. ' But I should tell you, when she's intersted in something nothing stops her.'

Sight sighed. "Fine. I'll come." she said in defeat.

'Good' the werecat said before vanishing back into the shadows. ' She wants you first thing in the morning.'

Sight shook her head and steeped out of the doorway back into the busy street. "What did I get myself into?" she asked herself while heading back up to alleyway she and the others had used that day. While walking she watched the crowed of people she passed. One thing Sight loved to do in this city is meander through the crowds to see the diffrent lives peopel lead. Vendors were shouting to sell thier goods, others gossiped and so on.

"Father look at that flower!" cried a small girl pointing to a display of flowers in a shops window. She was holding on to her father's hand. The older man bent down and scooped the child up in his arms and looked at the dislpay.

"That is pretty. Your mother would love it." he said.

"Can we get it for her?" the small girl asked

Her father chuckled. " How about we come by tommrow moring and a whole bouquet for her?"

Sight watched the whole thing with a small smile on her face. Watching them brought back memroies of her childhood.

"Ada!"

The older man laughed and scooped her up into his strong arms. " What is it My little royal star?"

"Look. Look what me and Eldraion got for Mother!"

"You weren't messing around in the garden again where you?" he said seriously

"No! We asked first. You think mother will like it?"

"Yes, but you should clean up first. You mother will have a fit if she see's you covered in mud."

"Awww. But I"m gona be a ranger like you Ada and they're always dirty."

He chuckled again as he whipped away a streak of mud arcoss her nose. "Then I guess you'll just have to be less dirty than the other rangers."

Sight shook her head and watched the man and child walk away with a overwellming saddness in her eyes. ' Those days are long gone. I'm sorry to dissapoint you Ada but looks like I'm still covered with dirt.' Quickly seeing she was just wasting her time standing around she started once again twords the alleyway. Once she crossed the busy main road she saw Sky leaning up against the wall with a pleading look.

"Can I take this off allready?" she begged refering to the dress. "I can breathe in this anymore!"

Sight gave a sly smile before teasing the younger girl. "What, you didn't like all the attention you got from the guys?"

Sky snorted in disguset, "Please. Those guys are more pigs than they are men! They'll go after anything that has legs and breasts."

Sight laughed at her comment. " Well you'll have to wait till Hunter get's back." she explained, "She has your clothes."

"What about me?"

They turned around to see the oldest ranger walking up the street tword them and tossing Sky the bundle that held her clothes. "Here."

Sky caught the bundle and hugged it to her chest as she cried. " My lovely comfortable pants! How I missed you!" Both girl's just started at her untill she went into the alley and behind the shed she used before to change. "Okay" Sight said wearliy before she turned to talk to Hunter. "Anything at the harbor?"

"Not a thing." Hunter remarked as she leaned aginst the wall her sister had occupided moments before, crossing her arms over her chest and tossing her hair over her shoulder. "It's the same as we heard before. You?"

"Nothing. Jeod and Brom just returned to the house a while ago and from what I overheard Eragon left the city for a while. I can only guess to vist his dragon."

"Shouldn't we follow him?"

"No, he'll be fine. I'm sure that dragon won't let anything bad happen to him." she assured.

"I just hope Eragon remembers that he has to be back by sundown." Sky said as she finaly came back and changed into her normal ranger clothes with the dress in her arms. " What do we do with this? Keep it?"

" It's a good dress. I bet we could get a dozen crowns for it, maybe more if we can sell the hair peice and prasole with it." Hunter sugested. "There's pleanlty of gullible women to buy it in this city."

Sight sighed. "You're so money hungry." Quickly she glance out the alleyway and spotted a young women across the street gazing longingly at a display of fine dresses in a shop's window. She sighed and looked down at her own worn out dress sadly, fingering the tattered skirt. " I have an idea." she told the others.

She walked out of alley while the other two gave each other weird looks. Then relucantly flowed to see what she was up to. The young women was still standing infront of the shop when they aproched carefully. Her eyes were trained on the sky blue dress that sat in the front of the display. It had a beaded bodice that shimmered like water when the glass beads caught the late sunlight. A silver ribbon laced up the back that was embrodiered by snow white wings with small plumes falling. The neck and skirt of the dress was also trimed in the same sliver of the ribbion. "That's a very nice dress." Sight said lightly as she stood next to the women.

The young women was startled and tunred around with a gasp. Her hair was a dust red color that curled around her shoulders and her eyes were a dark blue like the sea the boraded the now they were wide with surprise and a dusty rose color spread over her pale cheeks. "Umm.. Yes." she relpied feeblie while twitling with her fingers.

Sight looked over to the window then back to women with a heart filled smile. "Would you want one?"

"Yes, very much! But I'm afraid i'm from a very poor family ma'am. My father is a fisherman ,as well as my husband, and I don't know if you heard but the sea bussiness hasn't been very well recently." The red head explained. "But I wouldn't mind to have a nice dress to wear for my husband, even if its for the holidays."

"A week then"

The young women looked up at her confused. Sight stood there with her smile still and a slight sea breeze picking up her hair a bit swaying it over her teal eyes. "In a week, if you still want one, come by this shop by sunrise and look by that tree." She pointed over to a solo berch tree that stood at the edge of the cobbel road. It was supiriseing to see something like it live within the stone city and amoung the salt air. The red head looked doubtful and crossed her arms over her chest. "And why should I belive you? A stanger."

Sight shrugged "Why not? But Its your choice," she turned and walked away, " At the end of the week its your choice to belive or not." she called back over her shoulder.

The sister's stood at the end of the sidewalk under a buring streetlamp right by a archway that led to another alleyway. "Sight you have to stop doing that." Hunter scoleded.

"Someone has to spark hope amoung these people, even in this age." Sight explained watching twlight sky above and the seagulls fly over head."No. espcially in this age." she corrected.

Hunter sighed in defeat. " I guess that's you fault. You're just to kind."

"I guess so huh?" she said lowering her gaze with laugh, "Must be in my blood."

"Must be, but thats who you are. Just like Sky's a ditz."

"Hey!" the blonde yelled.

"Not to mention your qiuck temper Hunter and let's not forget that thickhead!" Sight mocked.

Hunter's dark eyes flashed "Why you little..."

"RUN SKY! The fiery queen has been let lose!" Sight yelled dunking Hunter's tackle and ran down the street with Sky running wiht her laughing. " You really did it this time!"

"GET BACK HERE!" Hunter roared

That's what the sign swining in the early morining sea breez said. A few people were buzzing around the streets. Vendors had just finished setting up their stands and most of the high end shops had just switched thier sign's to "open". Sight looked over her shoulder and waved to Hunter who was walking down the street. Sky had left ahead to go the harbor today. The ranger's decided to switch places so they wouldn't look suspicious. So it was Hunter's turn for to her "dolled up", and that was something she was not happy about. (Lets put it this way It took everything Sky and Sight had to keep her from throwing the dress into the fireplace in thier room.) After Hunter vanished down the stone street, Sight turned to the store's door and opened it.

Once inside Sight drew back the dark green hood that covered her head and shadowed her shop was filled with so many plants that she thought for a moment she had walked into a forest and not a shop. There was so much green, even the light was green! It was still very dim inside due to the plants blocking the sunlight from the windows, but what made it through gave off a green tint. Vines grew up the walks and hung from the cealing. Small flowers of every color and shade bloomed and budded. Sight walked farther into the shop. carefull of where she was stepping. As she looked around she swore she saw one of the plants move! "Allright I'm here like you asked!" She finaly called out. ' but I'm starting to regert it' she muttered under her breath as she looked closer at a near by plant. It was a vilonent shade of sick orange and had yellow spots. If she didn't know any better she could've sworn it has little rows of sharp teeth.

"Don't worry. That thing is only harmful if your a mouse.' said a cheery voice behind her.

In fact when they said that that plant snapped up a mouse that was scurring by. Sight reared back "ehh.." she said wearily as the plant slurped up the tail. "See?" the voice said again.

Sight turned around to see a slightly older women with wild brown hair tied back with a colorful scarf standing infront of the counter. She was placing down another a smaller potted plant of white lilies. Atlest that's what they looked like anyway. "I"m guessing your Angela?" she asked still eyeing the plant.

Angela nodded " Yes, and I have been very interseted in talking to you Sight." she said with a overly warm smile.

Sight's head snapped up to look at her and was taken back at how Angela knew her name, but was cut off when the healer laughed. "Oh don't worry, I know alot of things and Solebum here told me a thing or two about you and your friends." She jestured to the sleeping werecat on the counter who lazly looked at them with one eye.

"Thanks cat." she growled.

'No problem' he said back smugly

"Angela, what did you want me for?" She asked the healer.

Angela came over and clasped the younger girl's hands with a full blown smile. "What would you say to a reading?" she asked like a giddy school girl.

Sight blinked "Huh?"

Angela's blue eyes met her teal one's as if they were reading her very soul. Sight felt frozen. "You have great power in you, even I can sense it, but you have suffered much in your life." she said soberly. Then she looked over Sight's eyes again as if reading something very carefully, "You are found but are still lost."

Finaly Sight managed to break the eye contact and take her hands back. " My past is something I tolerate." Then she looked back at the healer. "Why do you want to give me a reading?"

Angela smiled again. "To be honest, for some reason your aura intrigiues me. It's like two aspects fuesed into one." she saw the doubtfull look on Sight's face and decided to give her a motive." How about this. You let me do a reading and I'll give you a bag of finest herbs for free in exchange?"

Sight thought about it. She didn't want a reading, if she used runes she was afraid to find out what they might say. After all runes never lie. She glanced around the shop and noticed the things on and behind the counter. A crystal ball, some tarrot cards in the self behind it. All the fickle things of fourtoune telling. none of which that were are realiable as runes. 'Maybe she doesn't have them' she thought with reifle.

"Fine"

"Exclenet!" Angela giggled clapping her hands together. "You wait right here by the counter. I'll be right back. Talk to Solebum if you like!" Then she vanished behind the curtain leading to the backroom. "Stange women" Sight muttered,

'You said it' yawned the werecat in agrement.

Sight then leaned on the counter and rested her chin on her plam watching him with a amused look. ' You seem comfortable' she pointed out.

'I'm a werecat, so look at the cat part. We enjoy naps you know.' he said sarcasitly.

Sight laughed at his sly comment. "How often does she do this?' she nodded her head in the direction of the backroom . ' Fourtunrtelling, I mean.'

'Not often. Usally it's just the fuddy duddy stuff. You know, crystal balls, love potions, that kinda stuff." he replied. "But she's going to give you the real thing. That is rare.'

Sight froze and her hands dropped in shock. Her eyes went wide and her skin lost color. 'Real...Thing?" she whispered out loud. If it was even possible her skin blanched even more. "You mean she has..."

"Here they are!" Angela said in a sing-song voice coming back in. " Little trouble maker's were hiding from me." She held up a faded lavender pouch with a gold string tieing it together at the top. " I haven't used these in a while. Now sit, grap that stool if you like."

Wordlessly Sight grapped the stool to her right as Angela moved a few items and spread out a cloth over the counter. "You are very lucky my dear, very few people get to have me do this for them. I've only done it twice in my whole life so far." She undid the string and dumped the contents on the cloth. As soon as the polished grey surface flickered in the green light Sight knew excatly what they were.

"Dragon bones" she breathed out in amazment.

"Yes. The kunkel bones of a dragon to be excat."

"How did you.."

Angela cut her off again "Not now dear, but I will tell you I worked very hard to find these." She grasped a handfull of the runes and placed them in Sight's hand, closing both thier fingers over them. A wave of nervousness washed over her. She didn't want to do this, She didn't want to face her past nor her future. Aprently Angela sensed this as she softly said. "Don't be afraid. The past has happened and the future has yet to come. Now come, cast the runes with me. You know the words to use I'm sure."

Hesitently Sight closed her eyes and let her soul seep into the runes. Together she chanted with the witch:

"Manin! Wyrda! Hugin!"

Suddenly the runes gathered heat and Sight gasped and snatched her hand back after it felt like hot coals had just been placed in it. She held her hands close to her chest with her other as she steadyied her breath. "What.. was that?"

She watched as Angela looked at the polished bones that has landed on the fabric. "Interesting... I was right." she muttered to herself.

"Excuse me?"

Angela looked up at her with suddenly old acecnt eyes. " Your runes. You have many, but these stand out the most." she pointed to eight runes that fell in a amost prefect star shape. It was left open on the bottom right side for it was missing a leg. "What's with the star?" Sight asked.

"It represents something about you." Angela explined, " Could be the meaning of your name, something that deals with your past, or a symbol of something that your spirt haromizes with. But I've only heard those of extreme power have a shape, else it remains a pile." Then with a sigh she added, "Allright enough chit-chat! Lets read these runes shall we?"

Sight watched as she pointed to the rune at the top point of the star on the left. "Let start with this one since it's at the top." The rune had a single vertical line in the center.

"Isa, or Ice. Frozen in time, calm non-action. Seeking your inner truth's. You are blocked by your emotions. Then on the other side is Laquz or Water. You seem to harmonize with water." added the witch with a smile. She was talking about the rune with a line like the first but with an angle at the top. She then went on, " The moon, the flow of emotions and all things into the collective unconscious - all bodies of water - Aquarius - feminine energies - higher mind, spirituality, health and healing - a time of cleansing."

The reading went on that way. Each rune was read and told what it ment. Many of them led to each other or had things in common. Few seemed to deal with the runes that lay outside the star.

"Reversed Ehwaz ; The Sacred Horse. A sudden unexpected change that is not wanted. This has a few things that it deals with outside the star, but I'll wait till later to point them out."

Then Perthro.

" Initiation , things unexplained, something hidden. But this is revered too so it means "The old way has come to an end." Do not blind yourself by things of the past. Events stall ,you need to clear out something - an unplesant surprise that has happend, will happen or both."

'That's too true for words.' Sight thought saddly. Theses runes were hitting to close to home and she did not like it. Things she wished to chain down were starting to struggel aginst her hold. Things she did not want to remember. The next runes seemed to confirm her fears. "Yet you have Eihawaz, the yew tree. While your past may try to blind you, you know for it not to hinder you. Stabilty, doing the right things. Patience, perseverince and endurance are all stronq qualites in your blood. I can trance them back many years before you. Othala or Inheratince proves that!" Angela ponited to the rune that looked like a dimond which the lines had over crossed each other. "It also has to do with your family doesn't it. That's why your on this journey. You have both Berkana and Raidho connected, yet Berkana is more twords the center of the whole star. In some way all of what the runes have said so far is about your family in one way or another. You lost someone very dear to you and are trying to find them."

Angela leanded back with a sigh and took a swing of a wineskin she had near by after that she held it out twords sight. " Would you like some?"

Sight nubbly nodded and took the wineskin and a sip before handing it back. "Why is the star incomplete?" she asked finaly

"It's incomplete because your destiny is incomplete. That final leg is your furture, what is connected is your past and present." Angela said softy. " I'll go back to what a mentioned before. Remeber I said there a few things that deal with Ehwaz. Now look at the runes that lay scatterd about the star, the ones closest are the ones that will play into your future."

Sight looked and atlest eight others were the close to the star. Two of them were almost right where the missing leg was in the star and one was sorta logged in between the left side. " What's that one mean?" She asked pointing to it.

Angela looked at it and smiled. " You'll like this one. Algiz, you have a spirt guide, someone that is your protection, a fortunate new influence, and you have a close connection with the spirit and will help you work through your issues." Sight 's numb look faded as a soft warm smile made it way across her face. " I know who that is." she said softly. " She's been there for me since I was little. What about the other ones?"

Suddenly Angela's face looked grave. " I'm afraid whatever is in your future will be a rough path to follow. Three I will save for last, but these seem intresting. You have Wunjo reversed, it means you will have sorrow, dissatisfaction, disappointment, friction, delay, and possession by high forces. There is somthing harsh ahead for you, destructive forces of nature, and things that are out of our control, Haglaz. Whatever is after you is something you will not be able to stop once they know who you are. Now the last three..." she stopped and her eyes almost flickering with miscief.

"What? What is it!" Sight asked anixosly.

"I knew I was right about you!" Angela said with a giggle. "I think I know the final part of your destiny! You, my dear will a romance that will be told in tale years to come!"

Sight finaly laughed. " Love? Are you kidding me? I'm sorry to dissapoint you but I not the "romantic type"" she rebuked. " And neither is he." was Anegla's comment. Happly she picked up the rune in her hand and blanced it on her plam. " Atlest that what Thurisaz says. It means Seeing of the future, and since it reversed it means neither of you is willing to heed information that is given to you and you both have a stubbron mind-set. I'm guessing you'll hate eachother when you meet." Then she sighed. "But I'm afraid It will not be an easy romance. The final runes show that."

The young ranger looked down to see the two that would make up the final leg of the star. One was laying horiztonal and the other was pointing to it. "Why is that one like that?" she asked Angela about the horizontial one. The witch looked at it shaking her head. " This is a first for me. I've only heard of this happeing a few times. When a rune is sideways it means both meanings will happen, reveresed and normal. This is Ansuz. A chance encounter that you will have to think carefully about to know what to do from that point in time on ward. Listen to a message from with in and the advice from others. But be careful, there will be trickery and I sucesspect it will also lead to your sorrow. He will not be what he seems but.." Angela gave her a soft smile, one of hope. " You have Sowilo. Whoever you are ment to be with is your darkside with, him you are is destructive and you are the only one who can heal him and in turn he will heal you. You need him as much as he need you."

At the end Sight just sat there ,lost in her mind. The predictions were all dead on. The only thing that threw her off was the mention of something about love. Something unexpected and does not look as it seems. Sight was always one who belived in love, or atlest she use to. The sands of time had changed her. Her heart was now broken and it would take mericale to heal it. To was away the sorrowfull past that pleuged her, to get rid of the ghosts that hunted her, and to free the chains that bound her to the dark. The runes had said though, whoever this person was would need her as much as she would him. She was brought out of her thoughts when she felt a hand placed over her own. Slowly she binked only to notice her vision was blurry from unshead tears. Anegla was leaning forward with a worried look. It was her pale slim hand that stood out from the black cotton on Sight's fingerless gloves.

"Are you allright?" she asked worried. "I guess I forgot how the runes could be hard for some people. I rember the other women's look-" Sight cut her off by shaking her head and withdrawing her hand. She used the heal of it to whipe away the tears while she wearily said. "I'm fine...just a little...over-whelmed." after the tears were gone she gave a small smile as she sincerly added. " You are a fine witch Angela."

Angela gave a stuning smile thay made her look even younger than she allready did. " I try my best." She watched as Sight stood up then duncked under the couner. A moment later she poped again with a another draw string bag and held it out for her. " Here are the herbs, as promised. My home-made belnd, they'll cure any allement." she said.

Sight took the bag and gave a small smile of he own. "I should be going" she added finaly.

Angela laughed "As should I . I have erands to run myself!" Quickly she grapped a cape and a cloth bag from a hook next to the doorway that lead to the back room. " Solembum wacth the store." she told the werecat as she crossed to the front and to the door yet held it open. Aparrently she was waiting for the ranger. But before she moved Sight gave a friendly smile to Solembum who was resting on his back, basking in the tiny stream of sunlight that broke through the thick wall of green growth.

'I don't know weither I should be mad at you or not yet.'

The werecat streched 'It'll be clear in due time, but I know you'll thank me later.' and then added when he turne on to his stomach and met her gaze with garrent sober eyes that held a twing of mischief. 'Until we meet again, Be safe princess.'

She didn't ask how he knew. Afterall werecats were old and knew much more than they let on. So she gave a brisk nod in return. ' Untill then.'

When she reached the door and Angela closed it behind them, she thought about joining Sky down at the docks for a few hours. It was still early and there was no way Eragon would get into any trouble in this city. Besides Hunter could handel that easily. "I hope the rest of your stay here is pleasant." Angela said cheerly." Oh, by the way I have a little message for your friends."

"Message?" Sight repeated confuesed.

Whatever it was seemed like somethign that amused the witch very much. " Tell them that they too will each fine somebody, and quite soon if not allready,"

Sight looked at her with a sideways smirk." Allright, Good-bye then"

She took down the steert waving at Angela, who waved back untill she vanished behind a cart that rolled by.

The walk to the harbor wasn't as long as Sight expeited it to be. Since the street's were just starting to fill with the daily crowds of people it took her a easy fiveteen minutes to get there, In fact it was so quick that she maded it there before any of the sailors were done with their ships daily inspections. Sky was easy to spot, she stood out with her fair hair amoung all the dark haired saliors. She at the of one the piers on top of one of the crates and swining her feet lazyly over the planks.

"Having fun?" Teased Sight as she walked up to her.

Sky sighed. "Not at all! It's so boring! Nothing's going on and I can't get a dam thing out of any of the fishermen besides a " Hi'ya hun. Can I buy you a drink?'" she said in a deep voice as she tried to impersinate them. She snorted." They're all pigs."

Sight laughed as she leaned with back to the crate Sky was sitting on. The cool sea breeze felt foo on her skin and the gentel lapping of the was aginst the ship's hulls calmed her. It was funny what Angela has said about her harmoinzing with water. Ever since she was a baby she loved the element. In fact her favorite thing to do was go swimming or play in the water. " Her little water nympth" was what her mother had called her. She loved to joke that when she was still small Sight would cry and cry unless her mother placed her near running water. Then she would fall asleep for hours on the bubbling lullby.

"Anything happen at the healer's? Sky's question brought her back to reality. Like a jerk she looked up at her. "What? Oh yeah she wanted to read my fourtune."

The blonde gave a little chuckle. " Oh that must've gone well." she mocked " What was it? Cards? Crystals?"

Sight looked back at the sea but her eyes weren't really looking at anything. " She used runes" she said so softly that it was almost lost in the sea gulls calls, the shouts from the people on the boats, and the roar of the sea. The laugheter stopped as Sky's face paled. "What? Your kidding me. Sight, it had to be a gag there's no way-"

"She used the anicent lanuage Silima." she snapped under her breathe. She used Sky's real name and not her alais ranger name to show just how serious she was." Angela is a real witch. She even keeps a werecat as company."

Sky wasn't messing around anymore, but this time spoke brethlessly as if excited. " What did she tell you?" Egerly she leaned forward to hear the answer.

"They told me what i allready know mostly. She did mention something intersting though." She said as sky stayed slient. " 'Tell your friends they too will meed somebody and quite soon, if not allready'" she quoted the witch and smiled at Sky, " Look's like you'll have tha lover you always wanted soon."

The younger girl let out a dishearted sigh and hung her head. "I should've gone with you! It sounds much more fun than hanging out here all morning"

Sight kicked off the crate and faced her with her hands on her hips. " How about we go sight seeing arounf the city for a bit and get some lunch on the way?" she asked. "Sounds great!" Sky cheered as she gracefully jumped off the crate and on to her feet. " We should find Hunter, she's probally starving too!"

"Nah, how about we let her stew for a little bit." Sight said evily." After all she could use a little work on her spying techinces."

The rest of the morning and a good pare of the afternoon was spent with just the two of them walking around the city. By midday they bought themselves a round of cheese and a fresh loaf of bread, along with two pints of ale from street vendor. They choose to go sit by the docks again to enjoy their luch and talk with the saliors. Later the afternoon found them lazinly lying about in the sun. Sky was feeding some scraps of the bread to a bunch of little sparrows that came to join her. Meanwhile Sight laied on the peir with legs dangling over the edge and her back resting aginst the hard blanks. She watched the snow white clouds drift over head across the sofly blue sky. Her head was resting on her arms that she folded behind her head and after a while she closed her eyes and listened to the song of the sea and soak in the sun's rays. ' I could get use to this.' she sighed in delight. This is what she cheerished, these few rare moments of normaitly in thier otherwise less than normal life.

"Here you go little fela." Sky cooded to a little bird. The sparrow hopped over to her hand that was held out with a tiny crumb of bread. It cocked it head to the sides quickly. She giggled. " Come-on I won't hurt you."

"No, But I will!" growled a low voice.

Sky looked up quickly only to come face to face wiht a very pissed off looking Hunter. "Hunter!" she gasphed shooting up so quickly it scared the birds away. " Hehe Hi." she laughed nervously.

Sight looked to see what the commotion was and when she saw the steaming black haired girl all the color drained from her face. 'Crap' she cursed. As quick as she could she rolled over on the her stomach and on her knees. The oldest ranger looked beyong pissed, absoublty livid. She had changed out of the dress and in to her normal clothes. "I'm off babysiting some kid and a old man for the day and You two are just laying about?!!" she roared.

In a flash Sight as on her feet and held up her hands in defense. " Now Hunter listen-"

"Don't you Hunter'me Aranel! I can't belive you!"

Both girls back up in fright as she snapped and at her killing intent. "Padotheil come on, we were kidding around. You don't need to get so upset!"

"Oh I'll show you 'upset'." She laughed evily as she rushed forward.

'Oh man.' was running through Sky's head

'We're dead.' finished Sight.

A shove, a splash, and a gasp for air later both girls found themselves swimming in the sea that was below the pier and above they heard the howl of Hunter's laugher.

"That felt so good!!" she gasped as she doubled over.

"Ha-ha H-hunter." Sight called up sarasctily." N-now c-c-can you h-h-h-help u-u-us u-p-p-p?

"Y-y eah i-i-t-t-tss freezing--g-g!!" Sky ground out behind blue lips.

A few moments later all of them were safely back on the peir and Sky and Sight were wrapped up in their cloaks like blankets. The thick wool kept out the child air and kept thier body heat wrung out the water from her hair and glared at Hunter through her wet bangs. Sky also glared but she was shivering uncontoralbly as she hugged her cloak closer to her.

"You feind." hissed Sight. "That was not funny!"

Hunter shrugged indiffrently. "Thats what you get for leaving me a wonder around the city in that dress."

"S...s...sight...m...ma.g..gic?" Sky begged.

The brown haired girl quickly looked around them to make sure noone was around. Once she made sure noone was she let the cloak drop and held her hand to her chest. "Raise rakr." she muttered as her hand emitted a soft light blue color that was alsmot the came cerulaean color of the sea. Slowly she ran it from her head to her feet. The water seemed to peel right of her body and leather clothes as it colected into a giant ball of water in her hand. Insently she was as dry as she was before Hunter deciced to invite them for a swim. Quickly she dropped the water in the the sea below and reapeated the process on Sky. "Thanks. Much better" sighed Sky as soon as she to was dry. Sight gave her a smile as she tied her hair half up again since it had come undone in the water.

"Come-on lets get back." Hunter said walking down the docks with the other following her.

It was dusk now and the vendors were closing up shop and the tavern's were alive with the nightlife and chatter of people inside. Their were still a few dozen or so on the streets as the walked on the way back in the Green chestnut. When they passed Jeod's house they caught a glimps od Eragon and Brom in the study. "Anything new today?" Sight asked carefully once they walked out the busy west side and back in to the darkness of the lower side of the city.

"I'll tell you late. I'm starving right now?" Hunter replied.

Right before they got the Green Chestnut they pulled up their hood again. The people in the tavern still had no clue to thier identiy and it was better that way. "I'm sick of staying at this place. The small alone is enough to make me sick."

"What about that other tavern? The one on the west side we passed." Suggested Sky. "It much better and not mention clean."

"That would be a good place. It crowed enough for us to stay unnoticed and close enough for us to keep a eye on Eragon. Besides that location is ideal, its almost at the center of the city." Sight addmitted. " And I'm getting sick of the rats in our room!"

"Then it's settled!" Hunter said grapping the others arms and dragging back the way they came. " Hunter what are doing?" demaned Sight as she stubblemed along trying to keep up. " Our stuff-"

"Oh don't worry about that. I moved it all to the tavern before I went to find you. The horses are in the stable behind it."

Soon the trio was inside the loud bussling tavern. Sight was right, with this many people they could easily blend into the crowd without getting noticed. Sight pulled on Hunter's arm and muttered into her ear. " What name did you but us under?"

"Wiley."

Sight snorted. "Typical."

"Come-on there's a table over this way" Hunter called pushing her way throught the crowd.

"Talk about a dinner rush" groaned Sky pushing a path after her sister. Sight lightly laughed from behind. " Well this is a city Sky. Where there's food and good beer there will be lots of people." After much pushing ans shoving they finally got to a table by the fireplace. They took off their cloak and weather worn and muddy trench coats under that off and folded them over the back of the chair before sitting down. Right away someone came over to take thier order and the left. Soon three pints of ale and a roasted turkey with a side of vegtiables and cranberry sacuce was being shared amoung them. After that they sat around as listned a local bard play a jolly tune.

"So what happened today?" watching a group of women dance to the tune of fiddle. She and Hunter were left at the table while Sky had dissapred to somewhere. She was refering to Hunter's day spent watching Eragon and Brom. The older ranger flicker a cherry tomato across the table while the other was quckily moving her fingers to the music. They were perfectly nsync with the notes and hit each one as playing an invisble fiddle. "Brom went to the citadel again and Eragon just spent the day walking around the city. He did go to that shop you went to ealier today though."

When she finished Sight looked at her with a grave look. "Angela's shop?" she choked.

Hunter nodded absentmidly as her fingers's picked up speed as the song did. They still hit each note prefectly if not quicker than the bards. " did that go for you by the way? He's got to work on his speed in the change over." she added under her breathe. Quickly Sight retold what happened. When she was done Hunter's hand has stopped and she looked at her with the same expersion her sister had used. "You met a werecat? Your kidding me, there's a werecat in this city?" she asked is disbeilfe.

"Yeah and he's not very polite." Sight grumbled taking a sip of her drink. "He also knew about us. I wonder if she has spoken to him recently."

"We stayed here before. Remember last year, during winter?" pointed out Hunter.

Suddenly there was a loud clank on the table as Sky slamed down three more mugs in front of them. "Tada! Another round on the house!" she said cheerly picking up a pint and plopping down in her seat. Hunter smirked taking another sip. She watched her sister guzzel down the amber lquid. " You're going to fell that in the morning."

"God, there's no way I'm healing you after that." added Sight in distaste. She glanced at the mugs and plates and sighed before standing up. "Where are you going?" asked Sky finaly placing down the mug. She jerked her head in over her shoulder in the direction of the bar. "Food and drink don't pay for themselves you know.
I'll pick up the tab." she said and once again pushed her way through the crowds to the bar.

"Hey sweetheart, how about a dance?" slurred one man as she passed.

"No thanks" she declied.

"Heaven's missing an angel!" cat called another.

"Hey honey over here!"

Sight rolled her eyes. if there was one thing she hated about men it's how they got when they drank. Now she hated most men in general but when they fo a few dozen pints in there systems and that oh-so-plesant- buzz took over, then she was more than willing to "knock" it out of them. she finally snapped when someone's hand got a little to friendly with her backside. Her teal eyes flashed and she quickly turned to give whoever it was a nice ol' dislocated jaw.

"KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOUESELF!" she yelled and was about to swing when someone caught her fist.

"Woha, watch it. You trying to knock someone's head off?" asked a low voice.

She liftef her head to galre at whoever it was but stopped when she recgonized the face. It was the young man she had bumped into the other day. He had removed his cloak and was just int a darkgreen/almost black leater vest with a high collar with a black shirt under it and black leather pants with boots. He was looking at her with a small smile. A small blush dusted her across her nose as her gaze softened." Oh sorry. I thought you were someoneelse." she aplogized.

"Understandable." he replied with a smirk as he let of her fist." This bar is filled with lossers,but there not all bad I think."

For some reason she couldn't help but give a tiny laugh as what he said." I guess i should thank-you then."

Behind his dark hazel eyes there was a spark of mischef that just seemed not to got out. Like he was someobody who was wating for an adventure and would jump in the moment it started. "Then how about you join me for a drink?" he asked kindly. It wasn't a order more like a firendly offer. The kinda thing a people used to brake the ice.

"Nice try. but I'm done for the night." she told him with a smirk before walking to the bar and asking how much the meal costed them. As soon as she placed down the payment needed a larger hand was placed on top of her's. It was larger than her own,worn and dirty from being outside. The hand was of someone who travled and knew how to fight. She also noticed tiny marking on the finger's that marked a skilled archer, she knew that for she had the scars on her own hands. The hand was covered her a fingerless wornout black glove which connected to a leather guanlet. "I'll pay for the lady" A low voice told the bartender as another hand placed down more coins than nesscary. "And two drinks." he added.

Sight glanced over her shoulder to see the same young man. "That's not nesseary." she said witha frown.

He looked down at her. " No, but now you have to have a drink with me."

That's where he made a mistake. Besides drunk men there was one thing Sight really hated, and that was being told what to do. She did not like to fell subduded or forced in to a sittuation she did not like. Asking was one thins but out right demanding was another enterirly.

"I said no Thank-you." she repeated to him as kindly as she could.

"It's just a drink." he said simply.

"I don't want any." Sight stood her ground. She tunred her back on the bar to fully face him. He may have been a good head taller than her but atlest she could see him. The spark in his eyes was gone now, replaced with a look of anyoince.

"Geez, you're stubbron, It's a drink!"

"Do you take no as an answer? I appricate your offer but no thank you!"

Then the next words out of his mouth would be the ones he would regert, or altlest untill the morning came. Yet thess words would start something that would snowball into something much bigger, it would start things into motion that would play great importance in everyones lives they came into contact with.

"You're anoying."

In a flash of rage Sight grapped the mug behind her on the bar that had just been placed down. She flung the liquid inside right at his face. He reared back sputtring and whiping the foam and mess from his face. His dark hair was wet anc clung to his face in a sticky mess.

"There's your drink!" she yelled as she slamed the now emtpy mug back on the bar. The sound echoed in the now silent tavern as all eyes were now on the couple. Sight stomped by him as the crowed when back to what they were doing before. The band picked up again as the young man roared behind her. "Are you insane woman?"

She didn't reply as she forced her way back though the crowd for the third time and back to the table. When she got there she intsently grapped her cloak and coat from the back of her chair.

"I"m going to bed" she growled.

"What happened?" asked Sky confussed

"Men."

It means Seeing of the future, and since it reversed it means neither of you is willing to heed information that is given to you and you both have a stubbron mind-set. I'm guessing you'll hate eachother when you meet

A chance encounter that you will have to think carefully about to know what to do from that point in time on ward. Listen to a message from with in and the advice from others. But be careful, there will be trickery and I sucespect it will also lead to your sorrow.

Phew done! As promised the next chapter was up in two weeks XD! Now this chapter is not done by a beta reader. (i haven't figured out how that works yet) but I have one! The next chapters will be beata read!

Now as you can tell this takes place before Eragon get his fourune told but only by a few hours. and man did that take a lot of reserch to do! lol I'm really thank ful i went to the R fair so many times. Now yes this rune reading is diffrent than in the book but that because this is more or less based off of acutal rune readings. I did one a few years ago and i tired to rember as much as I could. Look closely at the the runes and thier meanings they hold hints for foreshadowing of both past and things to come. (Silima, Pad no cheating!!!) You get more hints as to who the rangers are and thier families. Yes Sight as a majority of the hints but Hunter and Sky do to.

Also you finaly find out their real names ( somewhat or if you didn't get this before) :

Aranel (Ar-ah-nell) /Sight

Padothiel(Pad- o-thee-ell)/ Hunter

Silima(See-lee-ma)/ Sky

Now untill later they will keep being called by thier alais ranger names. Kinda in the same way Aragorn was called "Strider" for a good bit of Eragon finds out or they give their names willingly to someone it'll stay that way.

Chapter title refrence: I was acutally reading a manga and that word popped up. "fuddy duddy" means hopeless romantic basicly. All those fickle things some girls are belive will show them their romantic furture. Runes, crystal balls etc.

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Glossary:

Raise rakr - Raise the mist (or water)

Wiley- Sly, the trickster fox ( lol this is really my last name. But it fits)

Aranel- Royal Star ( get it now?)

Ada - Father (This is really elvish LOTR style but I like how it sounds)