On the morning of The Fire Festival I helped out by putting up red, orange and yellow bunting and lights. As it began to get dark I was rushed up stairs by Gredwin and was put in a long strapless dress that had a feather skirt which had a gradient going from dark red at the bottom to a golden yellow at the waist where the material became a tight fitting silk and continued to be lighter shades of yellow until it was white at the very top. I looked stunning as I gazed at myself in the mirror, my hair had been gently curled and I had some ruby earrings hanging down from my ears and a matching necklace around my slim neck. My heels were the same red as the bottom of the dress. After a quick spin in front of the full length mirror, I gracefully went down the stairs.

Guests had just stared to arrive in their shining carriages, people wore all different kinds of colours ranging from rainbow, which I was informed by Farross, was High Lord Gangly and his friends from the Dawn court to the small group of people who wore dark colours like plum, crimson and navy blue, only one wore black. The High Lord of the Night court. He was with his inner circle. Farross told me this with particular distaste.

I was introduced to every lord, except the Night court, and made polite conversation with all of them. I met Dorian -High Lord of the Spring court, Brackus -High Lord of the Autumn court, Oppium -High Lord of the Winter court, Gangly -High Lord of the Dawn court, Mucan -High Lord of the Day court and finally Tamlin -High Lord of the Dusk court.

As the night drew on, the lords and their friends got progressively more drunk and louder. Some people went to their rooms for the night and others continued to party. I was more or less sober and found a comfortable sofa to sit on since there was no point going to bed because of all the noise and wouldn't get any sleep. That's when I was approached by the High Lord of the Night court himself. He must have been the most handsome man I had ever seen. He was tall, thin but still had obvious muscle. He had short black hair and slightly pale skin. His most prominent feature was his dark violet eyes that had a sparkle to them like stars. His jaw was clenched and he had a goblet of wine in his hands. He sat in the chair next to me and lent back looking relaxed and he crossed his legs. "I don't believe we have been introduced." Although his voice was quiet it sounded like smooth, rich chocolate and flowed over me like liquid seduction.

"I am Luna Ferradonna. And you are?" I asked, trying to sound calm but failing miserably since he was gorgeous and I kept getting distracted by his eyes.

"I am Lord Eragon High Lord of the Night court and over there" he pointed to the small group of people in the dark colours, "is my inner circle."

" What are the names of your inner circle? " Could I have sounded more awkward? Probably not. The heat of an embarrassed blush flooded my face.

He gave me a small smile which proved that he had seen the blush. Which made me go even more red. "Well my inner circle consist of Caspian" he pointed to a man in navy blue with dark brown hair. "He can sprout big wings like a bat and he is really good with any type of weapon. There is my sister Morena she can breath underwater but rarely uses it since the opportunity nearly never arises." He points to a blond woman wearing a crimson dress. Next he points to the scowling woman with straight short black hair who was in a plum jumpsuit, "That's Lysandrea. She's not exactly elvin but a piece of advice, don't point it out of you want to stay on her good side and believe me you want to be on her good side."

" And the last male is Septimus, he can shadow travel. "Eragon pointed to the man in dark grey. There was a strange way Septimus would melt into the shadows then reappear a few meters away from where he had originally been.

" So what can you do? " Eragon said turning back to me.

"I-I can't do anything" I replied after recovering from the shock of such a strange question and the casualness it was delivered by.

"Yes you can. I can feel your power radiating off you. So what is it?"

" I don't know. " I said quietly. For some strange reason I felt embarrassed to admit that I did not know I had powers, but it was the truth. Trying to change the subject off of me I quickly said, "So what can the other lords do?"

Thankfully Eragon went with my change in subject. "Arramen has telekinesis and his little friend Farross can talk to animals. Dorian can make plants grow out of nowhere and he can also speed up the growth of the plant, Brackus can control the weather but he mostly leaves the weather to do its own thing, Oppium manipulates metal, Gangly has healing powers and a little mind control, Mucan can become invisible, Tamlin can intimidate other elvin powers and I can-"

He suddenly stops and blinks like someone had just slapped him. "Please excuse me Luna." He says before getting up and leaving quickly.

The next morning I was woken by Gredwin. She apologised and told me that if I did not get up now then I would miss breakfast. I got dressed and headed down stairs straight into the dining room.

"You can never talk to Lord Eragon again!" Arramen practically shouted at me.

" Why-"

"I do not have to explain myself. I'm saying this to protect you. You have no idea what he is like. I will not listen to any protests, I am High Lord and this is final." He snapped at me. I was slightly taken aback. He had never snapped at me before. "Farross and you are going riding so you can see more of the summer court than just the Manor grounds." And that was all that was said on that subject.