Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dragon Riders of Pern books in whole or in part. I don't intend ever to, and I'll let the McCaffreys continue it on their own. I'm no professional writer.
Anyways, I'm not really sure when this takes place, but we'll say it's sometime after Dragon Singer, and probably also Dragon Drums. I haven't read these books in a while, and I don't have my books to reference, but this is an idea I've had for a while, and hey, when the bug bites, I write! Enjoy! :)
Elgion sighed as he ate his dinner. Despite how everywhere else in Pern had changed due to the fire lizards, little had changed in the Half-Circle Sea Hold. Yanus ordered searches for fire lizards solely because it was his duty to the Wyer. He never spoke it to the harper, but Elgion knew that he grumbled about the waste of time and energy. Yanus was the kind of man that felt everything had to have a practical purpose to fishing to truly be important. Most of the rest of his family was the same. Mavi usually had a glare to spare for any fire lizard, and Sella squeaked whenever one got with a few feet of her.
Alemi, on the other hand, had been quite happy when he, Elgion, and T'gellan had found another fire lizard nest down the shore along the river a turn and a half back. Elgion felt slightly uneasy, thinking of the proximity that that river held to the Dragon Stones where Menolly had resided when she ran away from the Sea Hold. He had never told Ameli this, though Alemi was the only person who would really want to know what had happened to his sister. Manora had told him about Menolly's wishes that no one at the Sea Hold know about her, and he had promised to keep her secret.
Elgion sighed again, wishing that T'gellan would come and take him on a search again. Of course, he smiled as he rubbed his little blue Sky's snout, life was a bit easier now that he had a fire lizard of his own. And Alemi had two! A brown and a green. He smiled again as he remembered the message he had received that two fellow harpers would be visiting within the next seven day. It would mean beautiful music that, due to the rough life at the Sea Hold, could not even come close to being managed on his own. He wondered who would be coming to relieve him from his boredom…
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The two harpers and the dragon rider had had a hearty noon meal. T'gellan could only wonder at the one harper, though, who chose to remain silent due to a recent vow not to speak until their next performance, but enjoyed laughing and joking with Sebell before their departure. It was in high spirits that the three of them hopped onto his bronze Monarth. The cloaked harper shivered and T'gellan laughed.
"You never have liked going between, have you?" This earned him a punch to his arm and he laughed more. Alright, Monarth, let's go to Half-Circle. Elgion will be glad for the company
So. this is the first part of the story. I have this one mostly completed, but I'm having trouble with a couple of parts, so I'm not sure how often it will update. It won't take too long, though. This is a pretty short fanfic. R&R please!