Kim stood on the ledge of her weyr, she was attaching the riding straps onto her Silver Queen; it was 3 days after she became Wingleader, but she had made her mind up it was time to go home and get her fiancé and a few things she needed back home including her Dragonlovers Guide To Pern. She was also waiting for Kathryn to join her in her weyr, as the young Silver Rider was going to be in charge of Vos Wing while Kim was gone to Earth.
Soon there was a knock at her door and Kim says, "Come in." As she said that Kathryn stepped into Kim's room and she walks to her Wingleader and she says, "You sent for me Kim." Kim nods and says, "I need you to take over leadership of the Vos Wing for awhile." Kathryn was startled that Kim was asking her to take over leadership of the Vos Wing so soon and she asks, "May I ask you why you are asking me to do that?"
Kim sighs and says tugging on the final strap on her Dragon and she says, "Aleth and I are going to my Home, Earth you know your mother's Silver will be rising soon I'm going to get at least my fiancé from Earth and I need my Dragonlovers Guide To Pern book; there are too many instances since I arrived here that I could use that book, but I don't have it with me and none of the vendors I've dealt with at the Gathers have a copy of it." Kathryn flinches at her words and asks, "What about Starlight and Brownie? Do you need me to take care of them while you're gone? What about Thomas and Daisy your felines and Jordon?"
Kim sighs and says, "I need you to take care of Thomas, Daisy, and Jordon for me as well as Midnight and Sundancer, Brownie and Starlight are going with me." Kathryn nods and says, "Of course I will take care of them for you while you are gone to Earth. Will you take me there one day? I'd love to see where you come from." Kim smiles and says, "Yes I'll take you one day to Earth so you can see where I come from Kathryn." Her 2 Flitts then appeared from Between, Starlight was only going with her because except for the gold and 2 other eggs hadn't hatched from her clutch the day before, but Kathryn asks "Where are the 4 eggs that didn't hatch? I know you took them when you left the hatching sands."
Kim indicates one of the bags attached to Aleth's saddle and she says, "They are in there, that bag is insulated to keep them warm when I travel between with them. I am wondering if they didn't hatch because my fiancé and 3 others I'm close to weren't there so I am taking them with me to Earth hoping that they are for the 4." Kathryn nods and says, "I hope they do." Kim nods and mounts her Silver dragon and fastens her riding straps around her before she says, "You are in charge while I'm gone Kathryn. I'll be back when I can." Kathryn nods and says, "Good luck Kim. I will see you when you come back." Kim nods and then the large Silver launches into the air and Kim focuses on Ryan's home on Douglas Street to find him first and she orders her Silver to go between to that location. The Silver at the right height blinks between.
Earth
3 seconds after disappearing from Star Sun Weyr, Kim and Aleth reappear above where Ryan lives and Kim has Aleth land in the front yard and the large Silver Dragon settles down in the front yard and Kim removes her riding straps and reaches into a pouch on her belt that had her black lanyard with the word Zales on it, there were 2 keys attached to it as well as several key tags; one of the Keys were Gold and the other was Silver. Kim picks up the Silver Key and she goes and opens the white door and then puts the Silver Key into the lock on the second door and turns the Key to the left to unlock the door and she smiles as the door unlocked and she pushes it open and she steps into the house she hadn't set foot in, in 3 years now and she looks around for her fiancé; she knew he was home as the television was on and BBQ Pitmasters was playing.
She then turns and looks at the coffee table where she would sit at Ryan's laptop and write or mess around the internet or build websites; and sure enough there was the same black Asus laptop sitting there open; then she turns her attention to the couch and there was her fiancé laying on it, but she gave a soft chuckle as he was sleeping, she quietly moves closer to him and she gives him a gentle shake and she says, "Ryan wake up love." It took a few minutes before Ryan woke up with a jolt and he blinks looking at the woman in weird leathers and he asks, "Kim is that you?" Kim smiles and says, "Yes it's me Ryan."
Ryan stands up and hugs his fiancée and asks, "Where have you been? And what the hell are you wearing?" Kim sighs and says, "I have taught you all about the Dragonriders Of Pern; I thought it was all just a story, but it's all real! Back on May 19th, 2014 I told you I was going to take a nap the last time we talked; however when I woke up from my nap I was on Pern! I've been there all this time!" She stops and looks down at her red riding leathers and she says, "These are my Dragon Riding Leathers," she pauses and turns so her right arm was seen and she says, "These knots show that I am a Jr. Weyrwoman and a Wingleader and that I ride a Silver Queen Dragon." Ryan was startled at her words and asks, "Where's your Dragon then?" Kim leads Ryan outside where her Silver was laying still waiting for her rider and she (Kim) says, "Ryan I'd like you to meet Aleth my Silver Queen Dragon."
Ryan moves closer to the large Silver Dragon, and Aleth looks at the man that came out with her rider and she says So you are Ryan, mine's fiancé? A pleasure to finally meet you. Ryan was startled when he heard a voice in his head and he says, "She spoke to me!" Kim laughs and says, "Yeah Aleth likes to talk to other people since we bonded and she knows all about you from my thoughts as you are always there." Ryan smiles and says, "That's amazing," he pauses and it was then he noticed Kim was wearing a tanzanite ring on her left ring finger not her diamond engagement ring and he asks, "Hey where is your Flower Diamond Ring?" Kim shows her right hand indicating her right ring finger and she says, "It's right here Ryan." Ryan was startled as Kim now wore the Diamond Ring that he had found for her on her right ring finger now and he asks, "Why aren't you wearing it on your left ring finger anymore?" Kim indicates the new Tanzanite Ring on her left ring finger and she says, "I told you all about King Nebiwon and King Naverian. Well I met both of them during my first gather 8 months after I arrived on Pern, Nebiwon made me the Tanzanite Ring I now wear, I told you that I would prefer to have a gem-quality tanzanite engagement ring if I could and that's why I now wear the Tanzanite Ring, I sold the CZ Tanzanite Ring I was wearing."
Ryan was shocked at her words and he strokes the Silver's eyeridges as Kim had told him that Dragons loved that and he says, "That makes sense." Aleth closes her eyes lightly enjoying the attention, but she says Mine he will definitely attract a Dragon maybe even a King. Kim smiles at her Silvers words and asks, "Ryan would you like to come back to Pern with me? Aleth says you will definitely attract a Dragon maybe even a king." Ryan was startled at her question and he says, "Yes I'd love to go with you to Pern." Kim nods and goes back in and turns off the television, checks the coffee pot making sure it was off as Ryan had a nasty habit of forgetting to turn it off; then she turns off the lights before leaving and she locks the door behind her. She then helps Ryan onto her Silver Dragon and helps him with his riding straps before getting settled behind him and she says, "I've got at least 4 more stops before we go back to Pern. I have to return to my home on Culley Lane, I want to stop at Maggie Moo's for some ice cream, I want to go to Zales to see Andy, and then to Crystal Minnesota where Helen and Mary live."
Ryan nods and says, "All right then let's go." Kim nods and says, "Take ahold of the straps against Aleth's neck and hang on tight." Ryan did what Kim told him to do and Kim says, All right Aleth we are going to my home here on Earth before Maggie Moos and then to Minnesota. She showed her Silver the image of her home and she then told her Silver to go Between and Aleth launches powerfully into the air then winks Between at the proper height. Then 3 seconds later they reappeared and this time they were in the country and the Silver lands in the very large yard and settles down on the grass and Kim releases her riding straps and then Ryan's. Kim grabs one of the bags from Aleth's saddle and then the 2 slide down and Kim heads to the garage door and uses the code they had for ages to get into the house and the door soon opened, Kim realized nobody was home as the truck and Passat were not in their spots, Ryan followed after her. Once in the house Kim headed for her den and she picks up her teal colored book that said The Dragonlovers Guide To Pern and she places the book into a pocket on her vest in the same spot where her Gold Dragon Notebook was and she gathers a few things she wanted to take with her including a picture of her grandparents together and some of her and her Grandfather when she was 9 years old; then she sat down at her desktop and booted it up removing the printer cable from the tower and puts her new huge flash-drive into the port where the printer cable had been and after logging into it got all her files from it onto her huge flash-drive; once she had everything she wanted and needed from it she shut down her desktop computer again and removes the flash-drive and after hitting the power button on the monitor she grabs her Miraculous Medal from her monitor, she then places her flash-drive and Miraculous Medal in the pocket with her book and her notebook before the two headed back into the yard where Aleth was waiting for them; this time Kim settled in the front of the saddle and Ryan settled behind her and Kim fastens her riding straps around her then Ryan did as well with the straps around him.
Kim says, "Time for Maggie Moo's then we will go to Zales and then lastly to Crystal Minnesota." Ryan nods and says, "Of course Kim." Kim focuses on Maggie Moo's and she orders Aleth to go Between to the new location and the Silver launches again powerfully into the air and winks Between at the proper height again and 3 seconds later they arrive again in the City and Kim saw they were above Maggie Moo's and she had Aleth land in the parking lot and the large Silver did as she was told to do. Kim wasn't surprised that many screamed seeing a Dragon especially one as large as Aleth was; Kim just smiles as she was used to Dragons after 3 years living with them. The two slid back down and Kim look at Ryan and says, "This time stay with Aleth please love." Ryan smiles and says, "Of course Kim." Kim nods and heads into Maggie Moo's it had been 3 years now since she set foot into the place as it was 3 days before she woke up on Pern, the day she sent Wesley to the Rainbow Bridge and he ended up on Pern instead.
Kim looks at the guests that were there, a few she recognized while there were also some she didn't recognize at all, but everyone who was working right then she did recognize and she goes and stands in line waiting her turn, she doubted anyone would recognize her in her riding leathers, she looks over the flavors and she smiles seeing the Red Velvet Cake Ice Cream and the Peanut Butter Ice Cream; she decided that she would have Peanut Butter with hot caramel as that was one thing she missed the most was Maggie Moo's Peanut Butter Ice Cream. Soon she moved to the dipping cabinet as it was her turn and Heather asks, "Is there anything you would like to try Miss or do you know what you would like?" Kim smiles and says, "I'd like a large cup of Peanut Butter with hot caramel please Heather." Heather hadn't been wearing her nametag, but was startled that the woman knew who she was and she says, "Of course Miss, but how do you know who I am? I haven't seen you here before." Kim sighs and says, "It's been 3 years since the last time I was here Heather; at the time I was wearing a Silver Dragonfly top, a pair of Riders Jeans, and a pair of Silver with black and pink tennis shoes."
Heather was startled that the woman had been there 3 years ago, but she had been wearing a Silver Dragonfly top, a pair of Riders Jeans, and a pair of Silver with gray and pink tennis shoes; and she tried to think back and then she gasps it was Kathy's daughter Kim who had been dressed like that 3 years ago and she asks, "Kim is that you?" Kim smiles and says, "Yes Heather it's me. Is my Mom here? What about Carl?" Heather was working on the requested ice cream and she says, "Yeah they are both in the back room," she pauses and looks at Eric and says, "Eric would you go get Kathy and Carl please? Don't tell them that Kim is here." The young man who was addressed says, "Of course Heather, I won't tell them." He turns and heads through the Grey door heading into the back room and then through another Grey door into the far back room where Kathy and Carl were talking, he knew that they had setup a missing persons file about Kim, but they doubted she would be found as she hadn't been found in the past 3 years, but now she was there in the main area looking fit and trim.
Kathy looks at Eric when he comes into the back room and she asks, "What's wrong Eric? Are we slammed?" Eric shakes his head no and says, "No Kathy, however there is someone in the main area wanting to speak to you and Carl." Kathy looks at Carl and the two stand up and follow Eric into the main back room and then into the front area of Maggie Moos and Kathy asks, "Where is she Eric?" Eric looks around as the woman was no longer at the dipping cabinet and then he spotted her sitting at a table eating her bowl of ice cream and he indicates her and he says, "That's her sitting over at that table." Kathy and Carl both walk over to where Eric indicated where the woman was sitting. Kathy looks at the woman who sat there startled as she looked like Kim, but she seemed more fit and trim and a little older, but wearing some weird leather outfit and she says, "My name is Kathy, I was told you wanted to talk to me ma'am?"
Kim looks up at her mother's words and sure enough there she was standing with Carl and she smiles and says, "Hi Mom." Kathy was startled, it was her daughter Kim and she hugs her daughter and says, "Oh Kim you're alive! Where have you been? What in the world are you wearing?" Kim sighs and says, "You know how much I love Dragonriders Of Pern, it's not just a story Mom! Dragonriders Of Pern is real, you know I was taking a nap back on May 19th, 2014; well when I woke up from my nap I was on Pern! I've been there all this time," she pauses and indicates her outfit and says, "This outfit that I am wearing is the traditional outfit that Dragonriders wear," she pauses again and turns so her Mom and Carl could see her shoulder knots and she says, "These knots on my shoulder indicates that I am a Jr. Weyrwoman, that I ride a Silver Queen Dragon, and that I am a Wingleader."
Carl asks, "If that is true that you are a Dragonrider and that the Dragonriders Of Pern do exist, where is your Dragon?" Kim leads her Mom and Carl out to the parking lot where her Silver was waiting for her with Ryan and she indicates the large Silver Dragon and she says, "There is my Aleth my Silver Queen Dragon." Both were startled seeing the large Silver Dragon sitting in their parking lot and Kathy asks, "Why is Ryan here too?" Kim sighs and says, "I came home to Earth to get him to take him to Pern with me, I need him there with me." Kathy and Carl carefully approach the Silver and stroke her hide and her eyeridges. Kathy says, "That makes sense. Where have you gone since you came home to Earth?" Kim nods at Ryan and she says, "I went to get Ryan then I went home to Culley Lane to pick up some stuff that I wanted needed with me including my Dragonlovers Guide To Pern book to help me understand things better there, even if you two had been home I still would've come here I was craving Maggie Moo's ice cream.
Carl says, "Not much has changed since you've been gone except Daisy is missing." Kim smiles glad that not much had changed in the past 3 years and she sighs and says, "Daisy is on Pern with me," she pauses and still after 3 years with Wesley/Thomas with her was having trouble believing it she says, "Our cat Wesley is actually alive! I know we put him to sleep on May 16th, 2014 and then buried his body in our backyard; however when I arrived on Pern on May 19th, 2014 I found Wesley and Daisy curled up on my Jr. Weyrling cot! They were found on May 16th, 2014 wandering the beach where I was found, they were found by my character Kathryn and she took them to Star Sun Weyr and we were reunited after the Dragon Hatching where I impressed Aleth." Kathy asks, "Are you treated well there? How is life there?" Kim smiles and says, "Yes I am treated fine there; it might be considered by many as backwards compared to life here, however I understand why they don't want a lot of modern conveniences, but I do have a laptop and a desktop computer there, there was a shop that has computers and I got myself a desktop and a laptop with the largest hard-drives and everything I could want for it and I got an internet connection setup there as well." Kim hugs her daughter and says, "Please come back and visit us, you're always welcome home."
Kim hugs her adopted Mom back and smiles and says, "Of course I will come back Mom, I will have my Flitts," she pauses and indicates the miniature Dragons on her shoulders before saying, "Come here bringing messages and they can bring me messages from you two as well." Kathy nods and says, "We will watch for them. How is Wesley though? Is he having any bathroom problems or problems with his back legs? You know the reasons we sent him onto heaven?" Kim smiles and says, "I'm glad you will the Gold is Starlight and the Brown is Brownie. He's completely fine nothing medically wrong with him. No he's using the litterbox fine and no he isn't having problems with his legs either. He was checked yesterday by a healer who specializes in Earth cats and he and Daisy are in perfect health; Wesley's now 22 and he's as active as a kitten and Daisy is now 16 and she is too." She then turns and hugs Carl and says, "I'm glad to see you again Carl, I've missed you as well." Carl hugs Kim back and says, "I've missed you as well, you take good care of yourself." Kim nods and says, "You too Carl, you too Mom." Kim and Ryan remount the Silver Dragon and Aleth launches again powerfully into the air and they wink Between, heading for the Westwood Mall so she could see Andy again.
3 seconds later the large Silver reappeared above the Westwood Mall and lands in the parking lot again. Kim looks at Ryan and says, "Stay here love. I'm going in." Ryan nods and settles near the Silver Dragon again and Kim places her Lanyard with the word Zales back around her neck and heads into the mall and waves at Sky as she saw her through the glass at Applebee's as she walks towards Zales.
She finally steps into the store with the name Zales and she smiles as she saw Andy there, but she set upon looking at what he had new in stock and what she recognized, but Andy had noticed the woman look at him and walks over and says, "Good afternoon." Kim looks up and smiles as she recognized Andy's voice and she says, "Good afternoon Andy you are looking well." Andy was startled that the woman knew his name, but he hadn't seen her before and he asks, "How do you know my name?"
Kim removes her lanyard from around her neck and says, "Back in 2013 you asked me if I had my own loupe and I said no and you gave me this." Andy looks at the loupe and lanyard he remembered giving it to Kim and he says, "It looks like the one I gave to a woman who used to frequent my shop with her fiancé, but I haven't seen her since 2014."
Kim smiles and says, "It's me you gave it to Andy." Andy was startled this was Kim, but she looked so different and he asks, "Where have you been then Kim?" Kim sighs and says, "There is this book series called Dragonriders Of Pern, but it's real! I've been on Pern all this time."
Andy was shocked at her words, but he then notices a Tanzanite Ring was now where her Flower designed Diamond Ring usually sat and he asks, "So then where is the Diamond Ring Ryan bought for you back in August of 2013 from us?" Kim shows her right ring finger and says, "It's here, a jeweler on Pern made me my new Tanzanite engagement ring and all of my Wedding Jewelry in Tanzanite and Ryan's wedding band is also in Tanzanite."
Andy stares at the Tanzanite Ring and loupes it on Kim's hand and says, "This must've cost you a pretty penny that's a Gem-Quality Tanzanite, completely flawless." Kim shakes her head no and says, "No the jeweler is one of my characters and he and his twin gave me the Jewelry for nothing."
Andy was shocked and he asks, "Does Ryan know you are still alive? What about your Mother and Carl?" Kim smiles and says, "Yes they all know, Ryan's actually waiting outside with my Dragon. Do you want to see her?" Andy was shocked and he says, "I'm glad they know. You mean your dragon? Sure." Kim nods and leads Andy back out of the store to where Ryan was waiting with her Silver Dragon.
Andy stares at the large Silver Dragon sitting in the parking lot with Ryan near her and he says, "Wow that Dragon is gorgeous and huge." Kim smiles and says, "Thank you from both of us, her name is Aleth."
Andy asks, "Can I come with you to Pern?" Kim looks at Aleth and the Silver sniffs at the older man and says Yes he can come he will attract a dragonet. Kim smiles and says, "Sure you can come Andy Aleth here says you will attract a dragonet." Andy smiles and says, "Wonderful, when do we leave?"
Kim says, "I have one more place to go before we return to Pern, going to Minnesota to see my birth Mom and sister." Andy nods and the 3 mounted Aleth again and the large Silver launches back into the air; Kim focuses on her birth Mom and sister as she had never been to their new home in Minnesota and the large Silver blinks between again heading for Minnesota.
3 seconds later the large Silver reappeared in Crystal Minnesota and she lets out a loud bugle before landing in the yard, there were 2 women in the yard and they come closer as the Silver Dragon lands, Kim smiles recognizing Helen and Mary. Andy slides down first, then Ryan did, then Kim grabs a bag from the saddle and then she slides down and Ryan catches his fiancé and sets her down.
Helen approaches the Silver Rider and asks, "What can I do for you Silver Rider?" Kim smiles and says, "Mom it's me, Kim I'm alive!" Helen was shocked as it was her older daughter Kim! She asks, "Where have you been all this time?" Kim glances at her Silver Dragon and she nods at Aleth and says, "Um I think Aleth explains that."
Helen looks at the Silver Dragon that her daughter indicated and says, "But Dragonriders Of Pern is just a book series!" Kim laughs and says, "That's what I thought too, but back on May 19th when I woke up from my nap I was on Pern! I impressed Aleth when I stood for my first hatching."
Helen was startled at her words and so was Mary; Mary asks, "What's in the bag in your hands?" Kim looks at her sister and Mary, Helen, Ryan, and Andy gather around her and Kim opens it up and says, "Flitt eggs 4 of them to be exact, my Gold Flitt Starlight laid them, but they didn't hatch so I was wondering if they didn't because the 4 of you weren't on Pern. Take your pick."
Ryan was the one who picked the first egg it was Gold in color; Helen picked next, Andy picked third, and Mary picked up the last of the eggs which was the smallest of the 4. Soon the 4 started to hatch; the first was the one Mary had and it produced a tiny white Flitt, the second one was Andy's egg it produced an Iridescent Shinning Gold Flitt, the third was Helen's and it produced a female Silver; and the last one was Ryan's and it produced a nice antique Gold Flitt and Kim quickly gives all 4 meat pouches.
The 4 fed their new Flitts, but as they were doing that Brownie gave a hiss and darted off Akadeanna's right shoulder. Helen asks, "What's your brown's problem?" Kim says, "His name is Brownie and I haven't a clue he's never done that before."
After she said that the brown Flitt returned and he had a note in his mouth and Kim says holding out her right hand, "Give it Brownie." The brown Flitt dropped the note into his mistress' hand and then settled back onto her left shoulder and Kim opens the note and swears and says, "I've got to go! Thread is falling and Vos needs me!"
Kim turns and runs for her Silver. Helen says, "I thought thread didn't fall on Cybertron." Kim shakes her head no and says, "No Vos is my Wing I'm their Wingleader!" Helen looks at Ryan, Mary, and Andy and says, "You're not going without us!" Kim says, "Then come quickly!"
The 4 joined Kim at her Silver and Kim quickly mounts her Silver and the other 4 did as well and once they were settled and the straps were around them Ryan calls, "We are ready back here!" Kim nods and says Time to go back home to Pern Aleth. She gave the Silver the image and the large Silver launches back into the air and winks between.
