# Ashes to Ashes Chapter 3 : The Bonding Ceremony Author: MaxFR68 Tags: Dragon, Fanfiction, Human, Rebirth Imported from SF2 with no description. isclaimer : I hereby state that I DO NOT own the Inheritance Cycle or any of its characters ( It is the property of Christopher Paolini ) but I do own my OCs. And now that the legal mumbo jumbo has been taken care of, On with the story ! PS : Thoughts, telepathy and computer script will be in _italic_ _Aylin was_ _quietly_ _sleeping in her room. She was dreaming about various things such as tomorrow ceremony, how her future dragon will look like or even how they were going to explore Alagaësia_ _together, living great adventures__..._ _Suddenly, she felt a chill that sent shivers down her spine. She shrugged it off as you would with an annoying mosquito, knowing you could do nothing about it and that you just had to_ _wait and_ _let it go..._ _Little did she know that this chill was not because of this night cold weather, no, it was caused by the great burst of magic that_ _was sent off when Max's ashes "bonded" with the deep purple dragon's egg..._ _\* \*_ _( Aylin Pov ) \* \*_ _The sun was starting to rise at the horizon when Aylin awoke. She wanted to be up earlier than usual since this day was probably_ _going to be_ _the most important in her life. She was wearing her most precious dress, one that she only wore on formal occasions : it was a long white dress made of the purest silk that could be found in Alagaësia. It was also trimmed with some gold and silver threads and it gave her an almost regal look._ _It was one of her most cherished treasures because it was her mother's favorite dress..._ _When she was sure that everything was ready, she headed towards the main hall where she and the others_ _would get their dragons..._   _\* \*_ _(_ _Main Hall__,_ _Max's Pov_ _) \* \*_ _Max awoke from his "nap" when he suddenly "sensed" more of the feelings that he had received earlier pouring into the place he was resting in._ _What the_ _heck __! Just wh__ y are there so many people here__? Where am I?_ _And what's this strange place I'm in? I can feel some heat_ _radiating_ _from it, it's great, it's a sensation that gives you some kind of_ _strange soothing vibes. But what's stranger about it is that this sensation is familiar, almost like..._ _NO_ _way __! It can't be! I'm in a womb?_ _Is it some_ _k__ ind_ _of rebirth?_ _I'm not even Buddhist!_ _Hmm, maybe it's like_ _in_ _one of th __e__ se movies where the main character is reborn into something and must do some great heroic deed_ _to get his ticket to heaven or something like that._ _But_ _t__hat's impossible! My ashes are supposed to be on a module drifting in space! Not on Earth!_ _Wait a minute, is it possible that my module has landed on an inhabited planet? If that's the case I hope I'm not in an alien's womb, that would be rather awkward..._ _And I still can't see a damn thing!_ _Eragon was calmly standing on the main hall stage. He was clad in_ _a_ _formal looking deep-blue robe that w__as_ _trimmed with gold and gave away his position as the head of the Rider Academy._ _Behind him were the eggs, standing on their pedestals. He was r__ehearsing_ _in his head the ceremony, recalling the names of the apprentices and the order that they were going to be called in._ _As Eragon was preparing his "show", Saphira was sitting in a corner of the stage and was_ _cautiously eyeing_ _one of the eggs, a deep purple one. However, before she could voice her worries_ _about it_ _to Eragon, the apprentices opened the main hall door and were starting to fill the room in an orderly manner, quietly chatting between themselves._ _As soon as they sat, Eragon cleared his throat and started his speech, the one that he was rehearsing before._ _\<\< Today, we are here to take Alagaësia forward. This day will be marked as the one that has seen the rebirth of the Rider order and the beginning of a new era: one of peace and prosperity._ _In the following months you will experience many hardships,_ _some of you may even die_ _but never forget this: you will carry Alagaësia towards the path of fate._ _The people of our land are counting on you to protect them.\>\> As Eragon was never fond of long speeches ( __**AN**__ :_ _neither_ _am I ;) , he decided to move the ceremony to its next step and talked again to finish_ _the current "step"__._ _\<\\>_ _He then began to call them, one by one. As the ceremony was nearly finished, only two eggs were left, a black one and a deep purple one._ _Nearly all of the_ _R__iders_ _apprentices_ _had left with their dragon, the only ones left were Aylin and a_ _20 year old_ _boy, Damian Haleth. He was a noble and a skilled swordsman. He had long dark hair, was rather tall and got deep green eyes._ _He wasn't as skilled as Aylin with magic because he rather focused on his strength and his skill with a sword to triumph on the battlefield._ _When he heard Eragon calling his name, his heartbeat started increasing and adrenalin started pumping through his blood._ _When he was on the stage, he looked at the two remaining eggs and choosed to bond with the black one_ _because he felt drawn to it __. When he touched it, cracks started appearing all over the surface and a small black dragon that was as black as night started emerging. His eyes were orange and he_ _happily chirped__. He then started to head towards Damian and touched Damian's palm with his muzzle. Immediately, an intense white light appeared and disappeared seconds later, leaving a brand new Gedwëy Ignasia that marked his status as a Rider on his palm. After that, the dragon was so weak that Damian_ _had to carry_ _him towards his room to tend to him._ _The only one left was Aylin. As Eragon called her name, she mentally sighed with relief : she was finally going to have her dragon ! Saphira was still cautiously eyeing the deep purple egg, wary of the "vibe" it was giving..._ _Aylin was heading towards the egg. When she touched the surface of the egg, cracks started appearing at his surface, much like with Damian's dragon egg._ _\* \* ( Max's Pov, moments later after Aylin touched his egg ) \* \*_ _Huh, what's this ? There's some light pouring from "above". Does that mean that I'm going to be "born" shortly ? I just hope I'm not ripping someone's torso open..._ _Aylin was watching her dragon's birth. He was beautiful ! His scales were a deep purple and his eyes were plain gold with no irises. ( AN : he looks_ _like_ _the dragon that's in the cover )_ _That was when things started to get strange:_ _instead of heading towards her as a normal dragon would do, the little dragon started sniffing the air around him, unsure of what he should do next..._ _She started calling him but to no avail, each time he heard her he looked in her direction and tilted his head_ _to the side_ _as if she was speaking a language that was foreign to him._ _Seeing that Aylin was having trouble with her dragon, Saphira headed towards him to see what was wrong._ _-Do you hear me little one? What is the matter?_ _Upon hearing this strange voice in his head, Max started looking for the owner of this voice. He then noticed a big blue dragon that seemed to look straight through his_ _soul_ _with big blue eyes._ _-Huh? Just who are you? Are you a real dragon?_ _She let out a small chuckle before answering_ _-Me? I'm as real as you, little one._ _-Wait a minute, what did you mean when you said "as real as you"?_ _Max then looked down, hoping to find the answer_ _to_ _his question. He couldn't believe what he found: he had the body of a baby dragon! He was in such a_ _state of_ _shock that he let out, unconsciously,_ _a powerful cry of despair_ _before fainting and falling to the ground_ _because_ _his mind could simply not "process"_ _this "fact", causing his brain to initiate a "Shutdown" to protect his neurons_ _from being overloaded_ _(__**AN:** _ _kinda like when a fuse destroys himself to protect the electrical installation from frying)_ _Unbeknownst to him and everyone around him, this "__cry"_ _would have great consequences in the future..._ _\* \* (Hadarac Desert, Nuclear Thrust_ _G __enerator crash site,_ _a moment after Max let out his "cry"__ ) \* \*_ _Max's cry_ _of despair_ _held such a special frequency to it that it started to make the remains of the NTG's on-board computer go nuts once again. The part of the module that it activated this time was a distress beacon that Eternium Space Co. had installed prior to the launch of Max's module : they wanted to retrieve this valuable prototype once it had landed. However for them, the NTG module_ _experienced an unscheduled solar flare that sent the module off course..._   _\<\< Beginning initialisation_ _of NTGmodule#001__................................................._ _Beginning system check.................................._ _Upper module..............Missing_ _Client status........................Unknown_ _Structural Integrity............................Down to 10%_ _NTG integrity...........................Down to 10%_ _Radioactive fuel container....................Breached_ _Warning !_ _Critical error detected !_ _Windows C.E. must send an error report ._ _(_ _ **AN :** _ _if it was Ubuntu this s\*\*\* would never have happened_ _ **;** __)_ _Preparing error report.........................................................__Done_ _Gathering position...................._ _Done._ _Sending.................................._ _Done._ _Shutting_ _NTGmodule#001_ _down...................................................._ _Done._ _\>\>_ _And then the report was sent to Eternium Space Co. main HQ in California._ _Luckily_ _for Max, the report was going to have to travel a great deal of time to get to its destination since it was not even emitted from our solar system but from another that was several light-years away._ _Plus right now he had bigger problems..._ _END OF CHAPTER 3_ Source: https://sofurry.com/s/P1EZZwDe Part of the series Ashes to Ashes Previous: https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/825957-ashes-to-ashes-chapter-2-the-beginning.md