FOREWORD

Well hello there! I see you have stumbled upon my humble story. First of all: "Welcome!". Thank you very much for giving me a page view =). Secondly, this is not completely my own work. Much editting and some of the story has be done co-written by one Saiyuki Tasuke (who incidently should actually be studying for her final exams as opposed to helping me, but I'm not complaining much). So come along with Saiyuki and I as we explore the fascinating world of Alagaesia alongside Eragon and Arya, as they fight against the tyranny of the evil fella that CP has strangely named "Galbatorix". I mean honestly, what kind of name is "Galbatorix"? Sounds weirder everytime you say it... Galbatorix, Galbatorix, Galbatorix GALBAFREAKINGTORIX? What a crazy name.

Oh please don't run! I promise to behave from now on! And if I don't I do believe that Saiyuki will be more than happy to keep me in line, won't you dear? –dodges a swinging fist-

See?

Before anything, I'd like to take a serious moment to give a shoutout to my one and only XiaoMei who is the one I truly write for. Thank you for all the support and inspiration that you have provided for me, and I'm glad you're my little sister =)

Firstly I don't believe in all this guide to reading my story stuff. The most advise I can give is use your common sense. Sometimes italics will be used to show use of the ancient language, sometimes it will be used to show sarcasm or the like. Eg- Very impressive Shur'tugal vs Reduce the magic constricting Saphira and I!. Savvy? Same with bolding and underlining use your logic and you should be understand it. Easy as 1, 2, 3! Or pie! Or pi? 3.141592654...?

As for frequency of updates... It is difficult to give you a time. Saiyuki is in fact almost as busy as me. She's got her final exams... and I've got... stuff? Yeah! Stuff! Ergo: the frequency of updates is directly proportional the amount of motivation/inspiration I/Sai have. How can you help? Review of course! I'm not going to be begging you for reviews at the end of each chapter. I'll leave all the begging to Saiyuki! Good doggy =D. (Yuki: did you just imply I was a bitch?) But yes, reviews always go a long way to seeing a story through to completion. This will be a fairly lengthy story, at least I hope so, so show your support for us and leave your own prints on the story by reviewing! Constructive criticism or even just a review to say, HI I'M READING THIS SO WRITE MORE KTHX is most welcome.

DISCLAIMER: As I said to my partner in crime, F%$&*#)%$# the disclaimer. If anyone honestly thinks this is worth sueing, I'll take that as a compliment. Seriously, they'd only want to sue me if they actually thought that this dribble of mine is half decent. Which I shall leave you to decide. In any case I hardly believe CP is going to be strolling through FFnet looking for stories to go "BAM HAHAHAHA SUED YOU MOTHER$#)*%_$#!". And if he is, I SAW IT FIRST!

More about the story. This one is ARYAcentric, with obviously bits of Eragon and other less significant characters. Yes Arya is my favourite. I wish I had an Arya. Yes I want an Arya for christmas. And my birthday, and easter. Chocolate Arya? Arya for valentines day? Arya is the best. End. of. story! Ahh shutup Saiyuki I can see you rolling your eyes. As for pairings... apart from the one already listed, I'm pretty meh about the rest of them, maybe I'll let you guys decide along the way. If any of you feel particularly strongly about a particular pairing then tell me... somehow... stalking my facebook, email and IP address not quite appreciated =O.

That's all from me for now, I leave you over to the perpetually PMSing hands of one strangely twisted Saiyuki Tasuke. Thanks for reading my story!

-SeeKay.

Yuki: Whut... I'm not that violent. Really, I'm not. D:
No... my fingers aren't crossed. Well, maybe a little. Credits 99% to Seekay, have funn!

SeeKay: THAT'S A CAPITAL 'K' TO YOU! -glare-

Yuki: Wow, I honestly didn't notice... Seekay. (I find your attempt at glaring amusing.)