Dragon Prime
this is the start of a peace of Fan fiction blending The Rowan world with Pern both the creation of Anne McCaffrie.
Fan thoughts welcome
^head Hurts^
First the thought caught Ms. Lauren then everyone in the nursery was wailing or clutching their heads in pain. Ms. Lauren went quickly over to a group of three year olds and scooped up a small girl and spook gently to her.
"Words sweetie, use words, please? We all respond best to words."
She opened a cabinet and removed a small ampule of liquid which she gives to the little girl.
"There you are Analia that should help you feel better."
The little girl lays her head on the woman's chest and closes her eyes before speaking slowly
"Bad."
The woman smiles.
"Good, your using words. I know, headaches are bad"
The rest of the workers glare over as they work at calming the rest of the children in the Varsath's nursery. Another woman peeks in from the connected room.
"What just happened?"
"I'm sorry, Analia got another headache."
The woman glares at the little girl
"They really should send that child to a primary world."
The woman holding the girl glares back
"Separate her from her family?"
"We are just a deep space mining ship we do not have resources to handle a gifted child. You know that."
"We can handle her"
"She would be better off"
As the women argue the little girl stares ahead, her eyes going wide and she screams with both her voice and mind as loudly as she can.
"BAD!!!"
The screeching sounds of shredding mettle reaches the ears of the people as the structure of the ship begins to shake and parts start to buckle. Sirens scream and the light shift to a dim flashing red announcing a collision.
"Oh my God! Everyone stay calm we have to evacuate."
The two women and other adults in the nursery and adjoining rooms gather the children together and lead them to the door. The little girl squeezes her eyes shut and whimpers.
"no"
When they reach the door they discover that it has sealed shut. Ms. Lauren goes over to a terminal and a quick check tells her that this part of the ship has been ripped away from the rest. There is no way to reach the escape pods. No way to escape. She shuts the terminal off and puts a smile on her face. She glances down at the child she is holding noticing that the child is sweating but does not think much about it.
"Well it seams that the door is locked so we will just have to wait for a little while until the work crews can get to us"
She lies.
"Lets all just sit still and sing some songs"..................
Analia wakes with a start and gets up. The small transport ship is just big enough for her and the two pilots who are taking her to the primary shipping lines though she was doing much of the work herself transporting them ahead one short jump at a time. With out a gestalt the distance she could teleport the ship was limited but it was enough to turn a trip that would take decades with just a star drive just under two years. Once they reached the shipping lanes the rest of the trip would only take a few days. She was going to receive tower training so that she could join the FT&T. It really was her best choice. As one of the orphans of the Varsath she did not have a lot of choices, even if she was considered to be a hero and was credited with saving the lives of the children, their care takers and teacher when a shower of small meteorites had shredded the rest of the ship. Not that she actually remembered much - except in her dreams.
Analia walks over too a console and presses a button.
"Do you two have my next set of coordinates yet?"
A voice from the com responds.
"Up already? You should sleep more."
Analia sighs
"I'm good, do you have the next jump or not?"
"That depends. We have a short cut that would shave almost 6 months from this trip but there is a slight problem."
"What problem?"
"Its threw interdicted space. The system has been put off limits for over two thousand earth years."
"Oh. Does it say why?"
"Just a second we are checking."
The room goes quite for several minutes before another voice sounds over the com.
"Here it is it looks like a problem with hostile organisms on the main planet we should be good to go. I'm sending you an image now that will put us in the system but will be good to go."
An image comes up on the screen and Analia looks closely at it. She sees a cloud of small objects drifting about in a sea of night. It does not look like anything she has ever seen before in any of the books she has studied and it gives her an uneasy feeling. She focuses on it anyway and teleports the small ship. The ship jumps as something slams into it. Analia is thrown back hitting her head on a shelf as the ship lurches again she stumbles blindly, unable to focus she is thrown head first into the bulk head. With her vision out of focus she grabs her seat restraints and blacks out. The ship begins to spin wildly as it hurtles towards a small blue planet blazing a bright light threw the sky as it plunges down into the dense forests on the southern land mass.
...
"It's okay children. Everything is going to be just fine"
A tall woman with reddish hair was talking to a large group of children while several other adults gathered blankets and cushions carrying them over to one of the smaller rooms.
"Now we are all going to go into this room over here" she points to were the other people are taking things "and we are going to stay put until help gets here."
The people continue to carry a verity of objects into the room from the adjoining rooms as the children all file in and sit down together on the cushions.
"Now, lets al stay calm and have a little something to eat"
A shorter woman walks around handing the children metallic looking objects that they open easily. A stream of steam drifts out of each one as the children pick up spoons and start eating the contents. The sound of mettle grinding against mettle can be heard from outside of the strange room. The room itself is a dull gray and filled with chairs and tables. A large white desk sits at the other end and the air seems to be cooling rapidly. The people help the children wrap up in the blankets and a small boy looks up and asks with a soft quivering voice "Are we going to die?"
The tall woman smiles and tries to reassure everyone "Of course not, help will be hear shortly" the look on her face however shows doubt and fear as she walks around answering the children's queries.
It is getting cold and uncomfortable. There is a strong sense of exertion and focus. The temperature stabilizes in the area but ice is clearly forming on the far walls. The sounds of grinding mettle continue from out side as the lights dim and start to flicker.
Lisa wakes with a start and realizes that F'lar is also up next to her
"I just had the strangest dream" the both say in unison
Lessa looks at F'lar and says "I was in a strange place and their were a bunch of children and a small number of adults" she pauses as she sees the look on F'lar's face "you too?"
Lessa pauses as she bespeaks Ramoth and the other dragons at Bendon Wyre. "That's odd," she says out loud Ramoth had the same dream as did every other dragon and rider." F'lar get up and starts to get dressed "I wonder what's going on I think we better check in with Brekke and F'nor.
....
Fan thoughts welcome
^head Hurts^
First the thought caught Ms. Lauren then everyone in the nursery was wailing or clutching their heads in pain. Ms. Lauren went quickly over to a group of three year olds and scooped up a small girl and spook gently to her.
"Words sweetie, use words, please? We all respond best to words."
She opened a cabinet and removed a small ampule of liquid which she gives to the little girl.
"There you are Analia that should help you feel better."
The little girl lays her head on the woman's chest and closes her eyes before speaking slowly
"Bad."
The woman smiles.
"Good, your using words. I know, headaches are bad"
The rest of the workers glare over as they work at calming the rest of the children in the Varsath's nursery. Another woman peeks in from the connected room.
"What just happened?"
"I'm sorry, Analia got another headache."
The woman glares at the little girl
"They really should send that child to a primary world."
The woman holding the girl glares back
"Separate her from her family?"
"We are just a deep space mining ship we do not have resources to handle a gifted child. You know that."
"We can handle her"
"She would be better off"
As the women argue the little girl stares ahead, her eyes going wide and she screams with both her voice and mind as loudly as she can.
"BAD!!!"
The screeching sounds of shredding mettle reaches the ears of the people as the structure of the ship begins to shake and parts start to buckle. Sirens scream and the light shift to a dim flashing red announcing a collision.
"Oh my God! Everyone stay calm we have to evacuate."
The two women and other adults in the nursery and adjoining rooms gather the children together and lead them to the door. The little girl squeezes her eyes shut and whimpers.
"no"
When they reach the door they discover that it has sealed shut. Ms. Lauren goes over to a terminal and a quick check tells her that this part of the ship has been ripped away from the rest. There is no way to reach the escape pods. No way to escape. She shuts the terminal off and puts a smile on her face. She glances down at the child she is holding noticing that the child is sweating but does not think much about it.
"Well it seams that the door is locked so we will just have to wait for a little while until the work crews can get to us"
She lies.
"Lets all just sit still and sing some songs"..................
Analia wakes with a start and gets up. The small transport ship is just big enough for her and the two pilots who are taking her to the primary shipping lines though she was doing much of the work herself transporting them ahead one short jump at a time. With out a gestalt the distance she could teleport the ship was limited but it was enough to turn a trip that would take decades with just a star drive just under two years. Once they reached the shipping lanes the rest of the trip would only take a few days. She was going to receive tower training so that she could join the FT&T. It really was her best choice. As one of the orphans of the Varsath she did not have a lot of choices, even if she was considered to be a hero and was credited with saving the lives of the children, their care takers and teacher when a shower of small meteorites had shredded the rest of the ship. Not that she actually remembered much - except in her dreams.
Analia walks over too a console and presses a button.
"Do you two have my next set of coordinates yet?"
A voice from the com responds.
"Up already? You should sleep more."
Analia sighs
"I'm good, do you have the next jump or not?"
"That depends. We have a short cut that would shave almost 6 months from this trip but there is a slight problem."
"What problem?"
"Its threw interdicted space. The system has been put off limits for over two thousand earth years."
"Oh. Does it say why?"
"Just a second we are checking."
The room goes quite for several minutes before another voice sounds over the com.
"Here it is it looks like a problem with hostile organisms on the main planet we should be good to go. I'm sending you an image now that will put us in the system but will be good to go."
An image comes up on the screen and Analia looks closely at it. She sees a cloud of small objects drifting about in a sea of night. It does not look like anything she has ever seen before in any of the books she has studied and it gives her an uneasy feeling. She focuses on it anyway and teleports the small ship. The ship jumps as something slams into it. Analia is thrown back hitting her head on a shelf as the ship lurches again she stumbles blindly, unable to focus she is thrown head first into the bulk head. With her vision out of focus she grabs her seat restraints and blacks out. The ship begins to spin wildly as it hurtles towards a small blue planet blazing a bright light threw the sky as it plunges down into the dense forests on the southern land mass.
...
"It's okay children. Everything is going to be just fine"
A tall woman with reddish hair was talking to a large group of children while several other adults gathered blankets and cushions carrying them over to one of the smaller rooms.
"Now we are all going to go into this room over here" she points to were the other people are taking things "and we are going to stay put until help gets here."
The people continue to carry a verity of objects into the room from the adjoining rooms as the children all file in and sit down together on the cushions.
"Now, lets al stay calm and have a little something to eat"
A shorter woman walks around handing the children metallic looking objects that they open easily. A stream of steam drifts out of each one as the children pick up spoons and start eating the contents. The sound of mettle grinding against mettle can be heard from outside of the strange room. The room itself is a dull gray and filled with chairs and tables. A large white desk sits at the other end and the air seems to be cooling rapidly. The people help the children wrap up in the blankets and a small boy looks up and asks with a soft quivering voice "Are we going to die?"
The tall woman smiles and tries to reassure everyone "Of course not, help will be hear shortly" the look on her face however shows doubt and fear as she walks around answering the children's queries.
It is getting cold and uncomfortable. There is a strong sense of exertion and focus. The temperature stabilizes in the area but ice is clearly forming on the far walls. The sounds of grinding mettle continue from out side as the lights dim and start to flicker.
Lisa wakes with a start and realizes that F'lar is also up next to her
"I just had the strangest dream" the both say in unison
Lessa looks at F'lar and says "I was in a strange place and their were a bunch of children and a small number of adults" she pauses as she sees the look on F'lar's face "you too?"
Lessa pauses as she bespeaks Ramoth and the other dragons at Bendon Wyre. "That's odd," she says out loud Ramoth had the same dream as did every other dragon and rider." F'lar get up and starts to get dressed "I wonder what's going on I think we better check in with Brekke and F'nor.
....