Writer's note:
Hello people! This is my first Dragon Rider's of Pern fan-fiction I've posted on this site, but it's not actually my first. Most characters in this story are mine, but not all. The few characters that aren't mine wont actually be in the story, though, just mentioned in conversations. Pern, the creation of dragons, and anything else that first appeared in Anne's books is also not mine. Thusly, this is a fan-fiction. So no ranting about that. Oh, and I have no clue what time period this is, but it happens sometime after Aivas and out of Anne's timeline. Oh, and if you review my story, you might be rewarded with another chapter and possibly a cookie. Enjoy!
Iyola sat at one of the ship's tables munching on a bagel and thinking. They had receive an odd reward from the re-discovery of Pern, namely its dragons and the information the Aivas had gained on thread. What an odd and fascinating creature! It could eat a planet whole, and, in fact, had eaten many planets. One such planet she was headed to now with many other colonists.
Pern had given them the amazing dragons, thread resistant plants and the grubs that heal them, firelizards, numbweed, and many other odd things that would prove very useful. When mankind had realized the potential in this, whole planets being able to be colonized that couldn't have before, they pounced on it. Many Pernese had, too. So, they decided they would re-plant one of the dead planets and use the wonderful dragons to protect it. In the spur of the moment Iyola had decided to join the party and settle the new planet with the rest of the colonists.
It hadn't really been a long trip to reach the dead planet. From where Iyola had previously lived it was only a five-year journey. They had still put most of the passengers to sleep, but there weren't as many ill affects. Iyola had been up for about a week and had already gotten the hand of walking in zero gravity again. Not that her magnetic boots didn't help, though.
So, deciding she'd best learn with these new and fascinating creatures she'd be living with for the rest of her life, Iyola had spent most of her time studying the dragons, firelizards, and anything else Pernese. While she had been doing that, many Pernese had been learning about her culture. It was an odd experience to be in the library with another person who you were studying, and vice versa.
Already Iyola had learned about the dragonriders that had chosen to come on the trip. They had brought three queens: one senior so that her experience could be of use, and two juniors so that their youth would help them on their new planet. Ten bronzes had tagged along for the ride as well as fifteen greens. Eight blues and thirteen browns had joined them as well. One of the juniors was also due to rise shortly after landing. They had kept her and her rider asleep a little longer than everybody else.
Many seeds, seedlings and saplings, and full-grown plants had been brought as well as some of the dragons' favorite foods. Many animals that hadn't originally been brought to Pern had been stored as well. They had even brought along some dolphins, which made Iyola extremely happy. Her mother, who was elsewhere on the ship at the moment, was a dolphineer. Her father was a smith. All three of Iyola's siblings had come to the new planet, too: Her older sister Yora, twenty-four, her twin brother Rarrent, eighteen, and her younger brother Herlin, ten. Herlin had already become fascinated by the swooping and mischievous firelizards that darted about the ship buy Iyola had her eyes set on being a dolphineer like her mother. Yora seemed to have already set her path, too, but she wanted to tend to the new and "exotic" plants. Rarrent didn't seem to care what he did, as long as his twin sister, who was slightly older than he, was close enough that he could pester her the whole time. Iyola grinned at the thought and finished her bagel.
Then an announcement could be heard over the intercom as clearly as if the person had been standing there, "We are nearing our destination. Groups A and B prepare for landing." Iyola grinned; she wouldn't have to wait much longer! Too bad she wasn't part of Group A or B. She'd have to wait a couple of days for her landing, but it was nice to think about it. Then Iyola wandered over to one of the many screens placed throughout the ship and gazed at the picture of her new planet.
