Wil looked through the coal black night at Uru'baen. He shivered, for as high as he was the torches were specks of light. He looked to the stars, of which even the brightest were dim from over this dark city. Wait for the signal Kagraign. Wil thought. He remembered leaving the side of his companions to sit here and wait. Galbatorix seemed to know what was going on, for all day he'd had archers roaming the streets. I know, little one. They said midnight, so it shouldn't be much longer Kagraign replied. Wil sighed in the frigid air. As Kagraign circled over the shrouded city, Wil saw a light flare at the far end. Their lighting fires! They know of our plan! Someone must've leaked information! Wil thought hysterically. All he could do was wait at this point.
“Hey Wil!" Reb said. She was wondering why he was looking all hysterical. She may be seventeen, and him considerably younger, but when anyone was around Uru’baen “Spell" they would get shivers. Star Gazer circled in the night sky, and Shedo and Cobalt followed behind her. She sat down on the grass, and lay back to look at the stars.
Cassiopeia was surprised to hear hysterical screaming she came round the corner and sat on a convenient rock.
"What's with the screaming? My animals are trying to sleep." She looked at Reb and Wil wondering if either of them knew how she was feeling, this was her first at
ck on the empire and she wasn't sure if she was afraid or excited.
Wil tried to calm himself down. He, just like Cassiopiea, had never brought a full scale attack on the capital of Galbatorix' Alagaesia. He heard a faint, almost nonexistent screeching. He heard Cassiopeia's animals go insane from it. "That's it guys. Let's go." he said. Kagraign descended and he jumped off. "Now let's go over the plan one more time. We riders are gonna sneak into the city tonight and destroy as much of Galbatorix' army as possible. Then when they're searching the streets, we'll try to get back here. We've only got tonight to do this, so if we start it, we're in it for good. Anyway, whoever gets here can only wait at most an hour before they must take their dragon and fly on Galbatorix' castle. Remember that he'll be guarded, but we cannot let a few soldiers stop us. Heh, listen to me. I'm only fourteen and I sound like a general leading a sneak attack. Must've gotten it from one of my best friend's father." Wil felt emotions welling inside him for the loss of the man he thought of as a second father. "Anyway, let's get going, we've only got until sunrise to kill Galbatorix, else the world falls into darkness for all eternity." he finished, straining to focus and push the emotions to the back of his mind.
“Why attack? It is peaceful right now, why ruin it?" Reb asked irritated, but followed Wil. “Stay." She commanded to her pets. They groaned and sat where they were. Reb followed as Wil was leading her somewhere.
She watched Reb and Wil go confused but decided to stick to her plan, she was the only member of the group who wasn't a rider and she wasn't willing to fly anyone's dragon.
"I am Cassiopeia the lost elf who are you and what do you want from us?" she said keeping her voice loud and hoping it didn't shake too much.
Wil was leading them toward the city from the south side. As they walked, he said quietly. "You forget the watch-fires they've lit, Reb. They sense something is wrong. Galbatorix senses something is wrong." Wil said worriedly. He then turned to Cassiopeia. "I am Wil. My dragon is Kagraign." Kagraign bowed his large emerald head. "Reb and I know each other from...other adventures. I need both of you to help me defeat Galbatorix once and for all. I've explained the plan. Once we're in it, we're in it for good, so if you are afraid of death, now is the time to escape." he said. They got to the wall. Wil silently molded a walkway through it. They were in the side streets of Uru'baen. They walked a bit further and came to a spot where the road split down three separate alleys. "Remember this spot, for this is the escape spot. If you're close to being killed or overwhelmed, send up a bright green flare of magic so that Kagraign can come and help you, for he will be up in the sky monitoring us. This is where we split up and go our separate ways. Your only objective at the moment is to slaughter as many of Galbatorix' men as possible. If you find one begging for his life, and he's the only one left where you are, incapacitate him so he cannot get help, but spare his life. I only ask you to slaughter these men because of what treachery they and their wicked master have caused." Wil said.

With that, Wil quietly, quickly made his way down the alley to the right. He swiftly slid past doorways and crawled under windows. He was making his way toward the Eastern Barracks. Once, he was almost caught by a shifty figure slinking out of a doorway, but he'd barely escaped detection. After that Wil leapt to the top of a building and continued along the rooftops. When he got to the barracks, Wil slowed down and was as quiet as death itself. He tensed up when he heard voices below him. He chanced a peek out over the rooftop. Two soldiers were standing there with cups in their hands, drinking and laughing and being merry. The swords were unbelted from their waists and lying by the house. Off duty and drunk as monkies Wil thought to himself. These two would be easy to dispatch. Wil magically unthreaded two pieces of thatch from the roof and used the cool air of the night to freeze them solid. They were needles now. Wil leaned out over the roof again, readying the magic. "Thrysta" he breathed. The thatch needles were thrust through the men's jugulars, and they were dead before they could blink. They fell over with a sound Wil thought would wake all of Alagaesia. Wil readied more needles. Four more men came out of the house and leaned over to inspect the two. Wil send a needle through each of their necks, breaking the spine of each. When no one else came out of the building, Wil dropped to the ground. He turned around toward the building and saw one man pointing a sword at him. Wil unsheathed his sword, a sleek katana he'd found with his dragon. Though he was a rider, his sword was a strange sight in the world. He found a couple of scrolls hidden in the sheath teaching of a certain fighting style. He took a fighter's stance uncommon to most of Alagaesia. The man looked confused at both the sword and the person holding it. Wil smiled maliciously and launched himself off his forefoot, cutting clean through the man's steel plate mail. Wil re-sheathed his sword and continued toward the barracks.
Leth: Leth sat with Galbortrix and watched as the intruders split up. " Kill the girl. I want those two to turn on her. " Yes sir, as you wish." Leth said and with a wave of her hand she turned Wil against Reb.

Reb: Reb ran down the alleyes and didn't find any men. She kept going and still found no men, only fires. She waved her hands and all the fires diminished. The crys of pain shot throught the night and could be heard for miles. Reb had just killed fifty men.
Wil found a strange sensation trying to overwhelm his body. He tried to read the message it was going to make him carry out. kiiiiiiilllllllllll RRRReeeeebbbbbbb.... was all that it said. Wil stopped in his tracks and blocked his mind so as to keep from being controlled. "N-no, I won't follow your orders! Tell your piece of scum master that he'll never break my friendship with Reb! Never!" Wil shouted into the wind. He knew he'd given his position away. He drew Mor'ranr as he heard shouts and clanking metal. The blade seethed with glowing emerald power. Wil knew not where this power came from. He positioned himself in the stance he'd practiced and read about from the secret scrolls located in the sheath of Mor'ranr. When the men saw him, they backed away, fearful. Wil caught a glimpse of himself in a nearby puddle as he ran toward the men. His eyes were burning the very color of his dragon. He rushed on with a surge of excitement and fury from the find. The men were sheep, and he was the wolf running to kill them all. As Wil caught up to the men, they saw that fighting him was inevitable. They turned to face him, but got only a searing pain and then blackness. Wil killed them before they had a chance to fight. When all that were near him were dead, Wil, breathing somewhat faster than he had been, turned to face the general that had commanded the East Barracks. He had the man cornered down an alleyway. "You're next." Wil said. Then, he was hit with a wave of shock. "Y-you're the man who took my brother!" Wil shouted. When Wil had only been nine, his brother had been taken in a raid on Therinsford. As Wil's anger grew, his blade was engulfed with emerald fire. So it reacts to emotions. This is a good thing. Wil thought. "P-please spare me. I was o-only acting on k-king Galbato- Wil struck the man down without letting him finish the sentence. Wil sheathed Mor'ranr. Then the weird sensation came back. Wil had completely forgotten about the attack on his mind and body, until the new wave of it showed up out of nowhere. "You will not take my mind!" Wil shouted. He had a new plan, and he told it to Kagraign, and had him tell it to the others, as he ran toward the palace.
Jaid was flying around when something caught Ceude's eye.
Ceude whispered into Jaid's ear, "Can you land here?"
Ceude could feel Jaid's mind touch his If I must
Jaid flew down, and hid behind a couple of large rocks.
"Stay here, I'll be fine. If I need your help I'll call you." Ceude said as he dismounted then started to run off towards the gate.
I've heard that one before.
Ceude ran off and hid behind a rock while he watched the gaurds. When they turned their backs he ran in. He reached out with his mind, and felt a strange force tugging on his mind, but ignored it. He looked to see if any gaurds were near him, he found a strange presence, and decided to follow it. A gaurd snuck up behind him, but Ceude mumbled a few words and the gaurd fell unconscious. He opened up his mind again and decided to follow the presence, but found himself being pulled towards the castle.
Cassiopeia was beginning to hear voices but she couldn't make out what they said
"Either the person sending out these messages is lazy or It doesn't consider me important enough to deal with" she whispered to herself
she ignored the voices and snuck into an outpost. She waited to attack drawing her sword watching it glow.
Reb heard a strangely familliar voice comanding that she must be killed. Then a pain shot through her head, and she fell to the ground, and couldn't think straight. Star Gazer felt Reb's pain and shot through the sky like a bullet.

Leth smiled as she felt her sister fall to the ground in pain, then turned her chanting up stronger, where no one could resist it.
Wil felt the chants overwhelm him. He knew he couldnt succumb to them, or all was lost. He fell to the floor inside the barracks. All his enemies around him cowered, for they thought he'd surely gone mad. Wil was struggling with the being that was trying to control him. He couldn't do anything. Suddenly, Kagraign's mind melded with his own, and a light green film encased his vision. Everyone he looked at fell to the ground, dead. He saw a barrel filled with drink up ahead. He gazed into it and saw that where his eyes and the bridge of his nose were supposed to be was just a supremely bright ray of light. As he was looking at the barrel, the drink started to bubble. He held his hand above it. The water was boiling. Whoever had tried to control Wil had unleashed a part of him that concentrated through his eyes. Once he was done with the men, Wil turned back to the person trying to gain control over him. He concentrated, and then proceeded to viciously attack the person. He beat the mind with all he had. Barriers were nothing. Defenses fell. Wil left the person with barely the power to survive, for he wanted to meet this person. To ensure the survival, Wil transferred some of his own strength through the link between minds. Then the shades of green disappeared from his eyes. Wil sensed that Reb was in trouble and, completing his objective, went to help her.
"I shall show him how it is done." Leth said angrily, and shot one fiery arrow into the sky, and both Star Gazer and Kagraign fell. Reb felt Star Gazer's strength fell, and began to get up even though the pain was unbearable. She hobbled her way to Star Gazer's side, and transferred all energy left in her to her dragon. Reb fell forever. Zantya stood looking stunned. She tried to find Reb but all she got was an empty void.
Wil rushed toward Reb right as she was transferring her power. "Reb, no!" was all he could shout. He felt Zantya take over, and Reb was lost. Wil looked to his right. There lay Kagraign. Wil rushed toward him and noticed that the only damage was that his wings were pinned together by the arrow. Wil couldn't help but let out a small laugh at the sight. "Hah. Stupid wench hasn't got the accuracy to kill you, now does she Kagraign?" Kagraign grunted. It would help if you could get this arrow out. It hurts. He replied, though Wil could hear the amusement in his voice. Wil leapt up on Kagraign's back and completely disintegrated the shaft. Then he healed the hole in each wing. "Kagraign, there's a problem. Reb has given her life to save Star Gazer. We must go to the Vault of Souls to bring her back." Wil said. Then he turned to Zantya. "That is, if Zantya is willing to regain her human half." he stated. As they were standing there, a great burst of flame leapt out over the city. It exploded in mid-air, causing the outer houses to be completely engulfed in flame. "Kagraign we've-" got another problem. I know. But do you really expect me to be able to fly all of you out? Kagraign asked. Wil looked to Star Gazer. "Was Reb's strength enough? Will you survive? Kagraign and I could provide more if you need It." he said.
Cassiopeia finished with the outpost men lay dead at her feet and she shuddered, she hated killing.
She looked up and saw Star Gazer and Kagraign falling. The voices had dissipated into nothing without much energy so the attacker was not as powerful as they thought they were.
She'd seen Leth fire the arrows and she was angry.
She ran she jumped using her elven speed to find herself in front of Leth sword raised before the coward could flee.
"You have disgraced your honor shooting down people from afar; they were no threat to you. Now I must ask why you decided to attack my allies" she smiled but did not lower her sword. "If your story isn't good enough i may have to kill you."
" I will be fine Wil." Star Gazer said getting up. " You don't realize just how powerful Reb was." Star Gazer added. She was completely healed. Zantya stood forward. " Leth wasn't after Reb. She was after me." She said.

Leth glared at Cassiopiea and disappeared into mid air.
"You won't get away from me that easily!" She whispered and followed her trail using magic.
She appeared behind Leth and slapped her to send her into shock.
"Don't run from me you treacherous coward!" She snapped years appeared on her face "Answer my question!"
She laid her sword against Leth's throat.
Meanwhile, Wil and Kagraign were speeding toward Galbatorix and the Vault of Souls. They knew that Galbatorix held the key, so to get Reb back they would have to kill him. Don't worry Reb, we're coming. He thought. Kagraign shot up above the rooftops. Wil destroyed two ballistae that were about to be fired at Kagraign. He was furious at whoever had forced Reb to give her life. His emotion poured over into Kagraign, who flew faster. They bolted toward the castle. They were almost there when Wil saw a brigade of archers readying their bows. He panicked. He didn't know if he was able to stop that many arrows. C'mon Kag, you gotta fly faster! Wil thought. He was so focused on avoiding the archers that he didn't even realize that he had his mind closed to everyone, including Kagraign. The archers fired their bows and Wil saw the moment of truth coming. He yelled, "Kagraign, left!" Kagraign barrel-rolled to the left just as Wil yelled, "Thrysta!" pushing the arrows out. Wil halted the arrows in mid-air and magically broke the arrowhead off of each. He let the shafts drop and sent each arrowhead into an archer's head. Kagraign flew up to one of the pinnacles of the castle. Wil jumped off and ran inside. He stopped. He was in a large, lush room. It had gilded crimson banners around the whole circular tower. There was an oriental rug spread over the floor, also crimson. It ran down the stairs and throughout the whole castle, Wil guessed. He hated to spill blood on these fine pieces of art. He took the steps two at a time, until he heard the clank of many armored feet approaching from below. He leapt up and ran down the wall instead of the stairs. He saw the soldiers passing below him, their sweaty faces dumbstruck. Wil reached the bottom of the stairs, jumped around the corner, leapt off the wall, and hung on to the chandelier. He looked down. He was in a great ballroom with the same intricate banners lining the walls. There was a theatre-like rise across the great hall. Galbatorix' dark shadow plagued the throne. There were hundreds of thousands of soldiers in front of him, all looking at Wil. "Galbatorix! You scum! You had your puppet try to take Reb's lifeline, and ended up killing her instead! Tell me, where have you hidden the Vault?" Wil shouted. Kagraign, wait for it.
Leth smiled, and disappeared again, and then came up behind Cassiopiea, and whacked her over the head with a board. She then transported herself to Galbatorix’s side.
Cassiopeia jumped up swearing, she sensed a trail and followed it finding herself right next to galbatorix his darkened aura was overpowering and she jumped away realizing she'd left her sword behind.

Cassiopeia saw will and the soldiers and swore again, what were they going to do?
:Wil was still hanging from the chandelier. He saw Cassiopeia appear by Galbatorix. He saw the soldiers all turn toward her. He took this chance to draw an arrow and muttered, "Thrysta," sending the arrow through a soldier's neck. Then he thought, Shoot... and hid on the chandelier as hundreds of arrows flew his way.