Nova
Chapter 2
A/N just to say that all the Dragons featured in this story are from Anne McCaffrey's 'Dragon riders of Pern' novels and don't come from my head
Jason lies on the floor panting
"Jason? Jason? Are you all right?" asked a worried voice
"Urrrr, yeh, I'm OK. You'll never believe me, but that's not the first time that's happened to me" replied a shaken Jason
Jason got up off the floor and walked towards D'neth
"So? Where now?" asked Jason
"Get in the cart and I'll drive you there"
D'neth drove the Yarxx towards a strange looking building that had strange sounds coming from it
"D'neth? What's that building?"
"You'll see"
as they rounded the corner Jason saw was inside the building
"Oh my god!"
"Which one?"
the building was full of pens, and the pens were full of...
"Dragons!"
"Hi D'neth, new friend?" called a voice from the dragon pens
"Yep, this is Jason"
a man with glasses came out of a pen containing a massive, bronze coloured, dragon
"Hi Jason, I'm Al'x, the dragon keeper. That's my Dragon, Mnementh"
the dragon bugled a welcome to D'neth and Jason
"D...Dragons, real live dragons" stuttered Jason
"what's with him?" enquired Al'x "he acts like he's never seen a dragon before"
"He hasn't, he came from another place, through the dragon gateway" replied D'neth
"WHAT!! NO!! YOU'RE JOKING!!"
"no, I'm not joking"
"hey, Al'x, why has this dragon's pen gate got a 'danger' sign on it?"
"well..."
"I will tell you"
"what did you say?"
"I didn't say anything"
"what's that dragon's name" asked Jason, jerking his thumb in the dragon with the warning sign's direction
"My name is Ruth"
"so his name is Ruth" said Jason
"Who told you that?" asked D'neth and Al'x simultaneously
"Ruth did"
"the sign is there because of what I did"
"and what did you do Ruth?" enquired Jason
"a white tiger worshiper tried to be my rider by donning riding gear and leaping onto my back. I threw him off then broke his spine with my tail"
Al'x and D'neth looked on as Jason conversed with Ruth, Mnementh giving Al'x the dragon's side of the conversation
"looks like he's chosen you to be his rider Jason" Al'x said
"what? Jason can't be a rider, he's not a dragon follower" D'neth told Al'x
"what sect does he belong to?"
"well...none actually"
"there you go, it looks like he's destined to be a dragon follower"
"I would like to worship a creature as glorious as Ruth" said Jason in reply to Al'x's and D'neth's argument
"there, it's settled, we give him the proper intonation rite then teach him to ride Ruth"
"OK, Jason it's back to the temple for us"
"OK D'neth, goodbye Ruth"
"see you soon Jason"
"I could give you a lift on Mnementh if you like" said Al'x
"OK"
they all climbed onto Mnementh's back and he took off. D'neth had relinquished a locker of it's cloths and had brought a work uniform, an intonation robe and a casual outfit for Jason to wear. The flight back to the Temple Of The Dragon took hardly any time at all.
"Jason, go to that room and prepare for your intonation ceremony" said D'neth, handing Jason the robe
When Jason was called from the preparation room he saw the temple packed with people in worship robes standing in silence with a few whispers going round the crowd
OK another chapter finished, the dragons, their colouring and their names all belong to Anne McCaffrey but Al'x is a self insertion
A/N just to say that all the Dragons featured in this story are from Anne McCaffrey's 'Dragon riders of Pern' novels and don't come from my head
Jason lies on the floor panting
"Jason? Jason? Are you all right?" asked a worried voice
"Urrrr, yeh, I'm OK. You'll never believe me, but that's not the first time that's happened to me" replied a shaken Jason
Jason got up off the floor and walked towards D'neth
"So? Where now?" asked Jason
"Get in the cart and I'll drive you there"
D'neth drove the Yarxx towards a strange looking building that had strange sounds coming from it
"D'neth? What's that building?"
"You'll see"
as they rounded the corner Jason saw was inside the building
"Oh my god!"
"Which one?"
the building was full of pens, and the pens were full of...
"Dragons!"
"Hi D'neth, new friend?" called a voice from the dragon pens
"Yep, this is Jason"
a man with glasses came out of a pen containing a massive, bronze coloured, dragon
"Hi Jason, I'm Al'x, the dragon keeper. That's my Dragon, Mnementh"
the dragon bugled a welcome to D'neth and Jason
"D...Dragons, real live dragons" stuttered Jason
"what's with him?" enquired Al'x "he acts like he's never seen a dragon before"
"He hasn't, he came from another place, through the dragon gateway" replied D'neth
"WHAT!! NO!! YOU'RE JOKING!!"
"no, I'm not joking"
"hey, Al'x, why has this dragon's pen gate got a 'danger' sign on it?"
"well..."
"I will tell you"
"what did you say?"
"I didn't say anything"
"what's that dragon's name" asked Jason, jerking his thumb in the dragon with the warning sign's direction
"My name is Ruth"
"so his name is Ruth" said Jason
"Who told you that?" asked D'neth and Al'x simultaneously
"Ruth did"
"the sign is there because of what I did"
"and what did you do Ruth?" enquired Jason
"a white tiger worshiper tried to be my rider by donning riding gear and leaping onto my back. I threw him off then broke his spine with my tail"
Al'x and D'neth looked on as Jason conversed with Ruth, Mnementh giving Al'x the dragon's side of the conversation
"looks like he's chosen you to be his rider Jason" Al'x said
"what? Jason can't be a rider, he's not a dragon follower" D'neth told Al'x
"what sect does he belong to?"
"well...none actually"
"there you go, it looks like he's destined to be a dragon follower"
"I would like to worship a creature as glorious as Ruth" said Jason in reply to Al'x's and D'neth's argument
"there, it's settled, we give him the proper intonation rite then teach him to ride Ruth"
"OK, Jason it's back to the temple for us"
"OK D'neth, goodbye Ruth"
"see you soon Jason"
"I could give you a lift on Mnementh if you like" said Al'x
"OK"
they all climbed onto Mnementh's back and he took off. D'neth had relinquished a locker of it's cloths and had brought a work uniform, an intonation robe and a casual outfit for Jason to wear. The flight back to the Temple Of The Dragon took hardly any time at all.
"Jason, go to that room and prepare for your intonation ceremony" said D'neth, handing Jason the robe
When Jason was called from the preparation room he saw the temple packed with people in worship robes standing in silence with a few whispers going round the crowd
OK another chapter finished, the dragons, their colouring and their names all belong to Anne McCaffrey but Al'x is a self insertion