Keeping Bread on The Table

[Christine Le' Faye]

Christine stood in a corner of the market square. She had her tamborine in her hand and was beating it against her hand while she danced. There was a man playing a flute to the sound of the tamborine and a little goat that was her pet stood by her quietly. As people walked by they sneered, discusted by the way she earned money..or at least tried to. A hat was set out by the side for coins. As she played and danced, two soldiers came by and grabbed her arm and the hat with the coins in it.
"Alright gypsy, where'd you get the money from?"
Christine glared at them. "For your information I "earned" it"
The soldiers shook their heads "Gypsies don't earn money" one sneered. "Yeah, they steal it!" the other said, holding her arm tightly. Christine glared at the two. "You'd know a lot about stealing" she hissed back.

"Toublemaker, eh?" the other soldier gripped her neck. "We'll teach you a lesson little gypsy rat!" he threatend.
"Get off me!" Christine tried to kick them off.

[Allen †]

Eragon watched from the distance. Soldiers... Eragon thought. he could not express his hate for them. No one seemed to be helping Christine. Does she need help? He wondered. He took out his bow and hid behind a stack of hay and took aim. An arrow flew in the air with a whistling sound. And followed closely by another. There was a muffled thump as the arrow struck the two soldier's necks and they collasped limply, blood pooling on the floor. He ducked behind the hay, hoping no one had seen him.

[Christine Le' Faye]

Christine gasped when the soldiers collasped at her feet, obviosly dead or wounded. She grabbed her bag from the ground and whistled for her goat to follow her as she started to make a run for it. She would probably be blamed for this. She ran down the street as people's voices started yellig behind her.

[Allen †]

Eragon breathed and looked above the hay. Villagers were looking towards the hay. "It came from there! The arrows!" Eragon sped out from behind the hay as the villagers shouted angrily. A few villagers had went after Christine. His legs pumped frantically but as a young boy of fifteen, he couldn't outrun the villagers and was pinned down by them. The air was knocked out of his lungs and his lay on the ground, his head spinning. The villagers let go of Eragon. "its him! Yes... see his bow? and those arrows match." Eragon tasted blood. He was dizzy. "I think we landed on him too hard." "Yeah."

[Christine Le' Faye]

Christine saw the men behind her and ran fastershe eventually turned a corner and lost them, but then she went back to the market where she saw Eragon pinned down. Se thought quickly and threw her sack of money over by the crowd so they would go gather it while she got Eragon. The crowd scuttled over to the money and Christine try to get Eragon to is feet.

[Allen †]

Eragon saw Christine, but his head swam and he forced himself to get up. The street was split into two when he looked up at it. He swayed and walked as fast as he could away from the scuttling crowd. When they were well out of view, Eragon looked at Christine an wiped away blood from his mouth. "I am sorry... You...you lost your money."

[Christine Le' Faye]

Christine put an arm under his shoulders, helping him walk. She shook her head. "Don't worry..I think I'll live " she smiled. She brought him to an alley where she slept and lived, her goat walking behind them She helped him lie down on one of the blankets. "Here. Lie down and it will get feel beter"

[Allen †]

Eragon closed his eyes. "Thank you." He whispered. He took in long deep breaths and regained his strength slowly. Then he reached into his pockets and took out some gold. "Here. I think you deserved it." He said bitterly. "I landed you in trouble. Anyway, is this where you lived?"

[Christine Le' Faye]

Christine took a damp cloth a wiped some of the blood he didn't wipe away from his mouth. She out the cloth down and looked the glod in his hands . Se shook her hand . "No, I won't take it. You saved me" she said. She nodded. "I do live here now"

[Allen †]

He put the gold on the floor beside him. "Thanks." He said as she wiped away the excess blood. "They are heavy people. It knocked the life out of me." He grinned.

[Christine Le' Faye]

Christine giggled and then smiled. "Well consider yourself lucky that they didn't crush your ribs." she smiled back "Your welcome"

[Allen †]

"You too... consider yourself lucky to have a place to live. I lost my home. Burned down, or blown apart - i don't know - by strangers in black hoods called Ra'zac. " Eragon sighed. I am to persue the strangers."

[Christine Le' Faye]

"Eragon..This is barely a home..just an alleyway with blankets I found laid on the ground. I am starved and alone. My parents were killed because they were gypsies...like me"

[Allen †]

Eragon paused at the words 'parents'. "My parents were famous. My mother put me under the care of her cousins. They are dead... Garrow is dead, all because of me. And my parents... my mother, Selena. And my father," Eragon choked. ",Though I refused to believe, is Morzan, one of the Riders to betray THE Riders to anothe rcorrupt Rider and he killed many many Riders."

[Christine Le' Faye]

Christine looked at him sadly. "So you never knew if he was your father or not?"she asked