Fic Name: A Saiyan on Pern

Description: AU. Crossover of Anne McCaffrey's Pern series and DBZ. Son Gohan goes to Pern.

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any of the books and characters by Anne McCaffrey.

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Thank you to all who reviewed the last chapter.

I think I need a Beta. If anybody is willing, then please tell me. My e-mail is on my profile.

This is set not too long after my favorite book Dragonsinger. I have decided to set the story in the Harper Hall. The Masterharper is my favorite character, and I believe that he is always willing to learn and accept new things. I have also decided to use the standard italics thoughts approach. I have yet to decide if I want to include any romance in this fic.

-Chapter 1: Waking Up-

A dull ache flowed through his body as he slowly began to regain consciousness. Gohan felt like he had been beaten by an army of his mother's frying pans, but the pain was a good thing, he guessed.

If my whole body hurts that means that I'm whole. Well, at least, I think that it does.

After about a minute of lying on the ground the young demi-saiyan finally opened his eyes to the world around him. The first thing that he noticed was the darkness.

The ship's systems must have been damaged for it to be completely dark. Then, his brain latched onto the fact that the power was out and another fact seemed to pop up.

If the ship was damaged and has no power, and the gravity generator runs on the same power as the ship, then why do I still feel gravity? I shouldn't be feeling any gravity in space. That is, unless, that I am no longer in space.

His mind began to race. The ship must have crashed onto a planet when the engines finally stopped. If the engines continued to go after he had passed out, then there was no telling how far he had gone.

Well, I can't worry about how I will be getting off this planet at this point. First, I need to find out where I have landed and see if there are any sentient life forms around here that can help.

Gohan reached out with his ki sense and was able to sense a lot of living beings. Many of them were human, some where animals, and some where slightly like an animal, but still comparable to a human. He also sensed that a group made up of humans and the third ki signature was already heading in his direction. Coupled with the odd ki signatures, the fact that he did not sense his friends was enough to assure him that he really was on another planet.

Well, I guess that I don't have to worry about meeting the locals. They already know I'm here.

Gohan was preparing for his first contact with these people when he felt something moving. He was surprised to feel like he had another limb.

My tail! I guess I was under such strain that it finally came back! It may be a bit too much if I had a tail, though.

Gohan decided that he would do the classic saiyan tail hiding trick. He wrapped it around his waist to pass it off as a belt. After wishing with all his might that the planet did not have a full moon, he stepped out into the cool night air. He stood for a while, breathing in oxygen and the area around him.

He had landed in a mountainous region. In the distance he could make out a group of shapes moving in his direction. Knowing his time alone was waning he took the time to make a very important choice.

These people do not feel as though they know what ki is. If I want to seem less threatening, then I should refrain from using my powers. It would be better if they did not know what I can do. It would put them at ease to think of me as equal to them in strength. If they turn violent, though, I guess I could use my powers. I hope that these people are friendly. I would not want to fight an entire planet of people.

Before his mind could wander into the ramifications of his arrival on the planet, the group of people had reached him. They were all surprised to see the large metal object that was his ship. Their eyes betrayed their surprise at seeing him as well, but they also seemed oddly relieved. They weren't the only ones to be surprised as well. Gohan realized that the mysterious ki belonged to the creatures that the humans were riding.

"Wow! Dragons!" Gohan's eyes traveled from the big bronze colored dragon to a brown one, and finally another bronze.

"Hello," the rider of the first bronze said, "were you here when this thing fell?"

Gohan took the time to let this question sink into his head. These people think that I am from around here. I wonder if I should just tell them the truth. What would their reactions be? Would they believe me?

It must have taken him too long to answer because the men started talking amongst themselves. Gohan took the time to get a good look at them. The one who had talked to him seemed to be the leader by the way that the others acted towards him and the fact that he was the first to speak to Gohan. The one on the brown dragon seemed to be related to the first. He may have been a brother by the way that the two resembled and talked to each other. The last bronze dragon had two people riding him. The one in front was tall, and seemed friendly. The other man on the last bronze dragon appeared to be older than the others, but he seemed to be the most curious one of the group as he walked to the ship to examine it.

"It is metal. I don't think that it is something found in nature. It looks as though it was built. I wonder if we should ask the smith crafthall for some help." The older man said as he touched the ship's hull.

"Yes. They might able to tell us what kind of metal it's made of, and maybe what it does." The leader said.

Gohan had listened to their conversation closely. It gave him enough time to come to his decision.

"It is metal," he told them, "and you are right, it is not a natural formation. It was built by someone."

The men studied him for a while. It was the brown rider that broke the silence. "Really? Well, if you know so much maybe you can tell us what it is and who built it?"

"It's a ship, and it was built by a friend of mine." Gohan replied.

"It's a ship? I don't know about you, but I don't see any water around here." The brown's rider laughed.

"How does it work? Wouldn't it sink?" The leader asked.

"It doesn't sink because the ship isn't the type to travel on water. It is used to travel through space." Gohan said as he pointed to the sky above them.

-End of Chapter One-

One more part written. This chapter posed a bit of a problem to me. I had already decided that I did not want Gohan to use his powers very much, but I had not decided if he just came out and said that he was an alien, or if he tried to be as unassuming as possible and lived among them for a while until they found out or he could leave. You can already see what I have chosen. I am also wondering if I should add a romance to this fic.

F'lar seems level headed until he becomes engrossed in something cough grubs cough. F'nor seems like a guy to make comments like that, and in a teasing/playful sort of way. The Masterharper would be curious. I used T'gellan for the last rider, but he hasn't said anything yet.

Please review. I hope to be updating again within the next two weeks.

Until then,

Sepher Raziel 11/20/05