A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE YU GI OH 5DS OR DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN SERIES! ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO KONAMI AND ANNE MCCAFFREY! THE ONLY THING I OWN ARE MY OCS!

Chapter 1: Pern

Yusei slowly woke up on a forest ground. He looked around. "Where am I?" he wondered noticing the unknown plants and animals around the area. He heard the sound of an animal cooing a bit and turned to see a small, blue colored, dragon looking being standing there.

He kneeled to its eye level, curious about this creature. He felt a connection hit his mind for a moment as it looked into his eyes. It walked up to him before flying onto his shoulder.

"What are you?" he asked.

Suddenly pictures of it and fire appeared in his mind. He suddenly got an idea. "Fire lizard?" he guessed. It nodded shocking him. "Did you really just send me your thoughts in pictures?" It cooed again rubbing up against his cheek.

'I don't know what's going on,' he thought. 'But I'm going to find out.'

Yusei began to walk forward and he got a wave of happy emotions sent at him. He found his way to a lake and stopped at it. 'Even the fish look different,' he thought. The fire lizard hopped off his shoulder and almost immediately grabbed a fish. Yusei just looked at his reflection shocked.

'My marker's gone!' he thought touching his cheek where it should be. He heard another coo and looked at the lizard staring up at him. Yusei kneeled down and gently caressed the lizard's head making it purr.

"I need to think of a name for you," Yusei stated. He then thought of one, not entirely knowing where he came up with it, "How about Roth?" Another wave of approving emotions entered his mind. "Alright. Your name is Roth."

Yusei turned as a large thump was heard behind him. A giant, bronze dragon stood there with a person on its back.

"Who are you?" the man asked.

Roth began to growl defensively while hopping onto Yusei's shoulder. Yusei looked at the man. He slowly answered, "My name's Yusei."

"I am B'rok. Where do you come from? And when did you Impress the fire lizard?" the man asked.

"In all honesty, I don't even know how I got here," Yusei stated confusing the man who hopped off his dragon. "I just got into this forest not really having any clue how. The last thing I remember before ending up here is looking at my home city from the overlook and then a bright light."

"City? Do you mean a hold?" B'rok asked.

"No," Yusei answered. "I was born in a city called New Domino City on Earth."

"Earth? That must be another planet!" B'rok exclaimed.

"So I'm on another planet," Yusei broke down. "What is this planet?"

"This is Pern," B'rok answered. "Here we Impress dragons and, most recently, fire lizards. We use dragons to rid Pern of the Thread. Beings that come when the Red Star passes and destroy any organic form. Now, if you just arrived here, how did you Impress the fire lizard? Have you named him?"

"I named him Roth," Yusei answered. "I had just woken up in the forest when he appeared. We looked at each other and I felt a connection. He's been sticking with me ever since."

"Amazing," B'rok stated. "This is the first anyone has Impressed a fire lizard without feeding it when it was an adult and not right after it was born."

"Really?" Yusei responded shocked. Roth rubbed his head against Yusei's affectionately.

"And it seems you've already formed a strong bond with him too," B'rok stated with a grin.

"Not entirely sure what I did to get that, but I guess," Yusei responded.

B'rok looked at his dragon. "My dragon's name is Kimith," he stated. "He believes you could Impress a dragon yourself."

"Really?" Yusei responded.

"Yes. And from what I can tell, you are definitely a strong, worthy candidate. Benden Weyr, my Weyr as Weyrleader, has a hatching today," B'rok informed. "I believe you should try to Impress."

"Are you sure if I'm even right for it? I'm not even from here," Yusei responded unsure.

"I am sure, Yusei," B'rok replied. "But it is your choice whether you want to or not."

"Alright," he agreed. "You good with that, Roth?" The fire lizard just nudged him again in approval.

"Come, we must get you ready," B'rok stated. He boarded Kimith with Yusei following. Yusei's fire lizard gripped on tight as B'rok's dragon took off. "Now, when you Impress, Yusei," B'rok stated as they flew, "Roth will need to stay in the hall."

"Hear that, Roth?" Yusei stated. Roth sent some sad emotions to Yusei. "It'll be alright, Roth." Roth gave a nod and Yusei rubbed his lizard's head again comforting it.

"Also, Yusei, don't worry about doing anything to Impress a dragon," B'rok stated returning Yusei's attention to the Weyrleader. "It'll connect with you as soon as it sees you and Impress with you then and there. That's when you'll have Impressed the dragon."

"Okay," Yusei agreed.

"Now, I should probably tell you about the dragons that are here," B'rok stated and explained it to Yusei. He explained their ability to breathe fire and the color of which each type of dragon goes to. After he was done explaining he said, "The queen of the Benden Weyr, Cryth, is old and dying. This will be her last hatch."

"Really?" Yusei responded shocked.

"Yes, but fortunately, she did lay a queen," B'rok stated. "However, the queen egg is different. Not in size but in color. As I just told you, a queen egg is gold. But this egg is silver in color. Last time there was a different colored egg, it was smaller and Ruth, a small, white dragon, was born from it. He was quite smart but he was sterile."

"So you're worried this queen will be sterile?" Yusei asked.

"Yes," B'rok stated. "Cryth didn't lay many queen eggs. And the ones she did didn't have good riders. They died quickly due to their riders' arrogance."

"But didn't you say this egg was normal size to a normal queen egg?" Yusei asked.

"Yes," B'rok replied. "What about it?"

"Maybe she won't be sterile like Ruth," Yusei replied. "Perhaps it was Ruth's size that made him sterile."

"You like to keep people's hopes up, don't you?" B'rok asked with a small grin.

"I like to believe that everyone has a brighter future for them," Yusei replied looking at the clouds.

"The heart of a leader," B'rok stated making Yusei turn to him. "If you Impress any dragon, I would bet it would be a bronze."

"We'll find out," Yusei responded calmly.