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.

Ok, so this is deffinatly after Dragon Drums, but I've been informed that a couple of my facts are off [that's what happen when you start reading a series and never finish]. So, for now, know that there are a couple things that disagree with the actually series that i don't mean to, and those will be changed at a later date. It doesn't affect my story enough, though, what I've been told. My main change will show up in the next two updates [this story should only be 4 altogether]. It is intended to be different, but I thought long and hard before doing it. But since that's later, forget it now and just enjoy the read!

Yanus and been informed that a rider and two harpers would be in his Hold for the feast day, and while he was happy to hear news from Benden Wyer and house one of their riders, he had long since preferred as few harpers as possible in his hold. He did not like to think on the memories they brought.

Hearts were light as the performance continued. The music was wonderfully refreshing to the stale sea hold life. Even Yanus thought that this would, after all, liven the mood on the ships and help his men do their work better. He hadn't heard music this catchy since… but that was a long time ago and life was better the way it ended. He couldn't help but glare at the hooded harper now and again. Why did they keep their face hidden? Did they think that they were so far above his hold that they would be shamed to show their face?

As the evening wore on, one of the two new harpers took a couple steps forward.

"Our next song was written by our very own harper seated behind me. It was inspired by a day they were rescued by a dragon as they tried to outrun thread, and lead to their being apprenticed to the master harper a few seven days later." He laughed. "We had quite the time trying to track them down, as no one was very forth coming about their presence and such, but actually, several of these songs were written by them. And now, it is our please to play you, the running song." Sebell sat back down and let the other harper step forward.

The tall figure stood and delicately tuned their gitar. They strummed a few notes, to which the crowd sighed. Then the fingers paused for a moment before coming down hard to play the new song. Several of the boys felt their adrenaline rise as they could feel the beat of a hard come coming down. They were quite familiar with the feeling, but almost everyone froze as the figure began to sing to this fast paced song. It was not what they had expected.

What they had expected as a rich tenor, but this voice was quite defiantly singing soprano, and it sounded so familiar. Was that really a man's voice? What man could reach such high notes? The song ended, and last strains left those feeling the relief that come from the rescue, yet the fear of the moments in between before warmth returned again, but still their minds wondered on the singer. Finally, they spoke.

"Now, it is time for a song written here, while Petiron was yet alive." Several people gasped, wondering who this was, especially with what was obviously a young woman's voice, who had known Petiron, and some slowly began to remember the girl they had tried so hard to forget as the harper played the tune that she herself had been tricked with so long ago as she sat waiting to give the master harper his fire lizard eggs. Her voice was richer and sweeter than ever, but even that didn't stop Yanus as it she tossed her hood away from her face as she sang and her long red locks flowed from her face, no revealed as the hood was pushed aside.

"NO!"

So, who didn't see this coming? If you know the books, you pretty much had to know. Like i said, i have something in the next couple sections that aren't in the story and so it's slightly AU. Hope you don't mind. I just had a lot of trouble with the one character's reaction, but I'm rambling in the wrong chapter again. Lol. Just read and enjoy this. If anyone is a Calvin and Hobbes fan as well, that's my only other story, and I'm almost done with that one. Feel free to read it, too. Have a great week!