The Honeymoon Trips
Chapter 26
Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman

The list of characters mentioned in this story belong to the various authors that created them. This is a fan-fiction story.

This story is based upon the works of Anne McCaffrey, notably the incredible Dragonriders of Pern ® series. The legal notice of Anne's copyright is as follows:

The Dragonriders of Pern ® is Reg U.S. Pat & Tm. Office, by Anne McCaffrey, and may not be used or reproduced without permission of the author.

The use of this setting, the world, and their concepts are written in accordance with the guidelines posted by Anne McCaffrey for fan fiction. The specifics of which can be found on her website:

http://www.annemccaffrey.net/fan-fiction-rules.html (March 14th, 2005)

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An Emissary pushes a button on the console. We disappear in a blink of an eye. We appear high in the sky above their world. We quickly extend our wings out as suggested. Croin comes out of me and I make him solid so he can be seen. We glide down as a group to the world of Pern.

As we get lower, several dragons quickly take notice of us flying downward to them. They fly up to us and fly parallel to us. Then a dragon with a rider flies up to join our group.

“Who are you? You came from the sky. How did you get here?”

“How come we don’t sense a heart beat in you? Are you a ghost?”

“My name is Croin. I am from another world. I am a memory for the man who has the dragon wings.”

“Was he born with them, Croin?”

“No, he wasn’t born with them. However, he does have a drop of Eingana’s blood within him. Eingana is the Great Mother of all Dragons. Leviathan is the Great Father of all fire breathing dragons. Leviathan breathed upon him to activate the drop of Eingana’s blood within him.”

A dragon speaks up, “We have no memory of our Great Father and Great Mother. We were raised here and bred here from the beginning.”

“Why have you come, Croin?”

“We have come here to warn this world that a terrible day will come. We know about the encounter you have had with an outside piece of debris that affects your world periodically.”

“We were able to save our world from the Thread that falls from space. We were able to direct the Red Star in a new path.”

“That might be fine for now. We were told there will be a comet that will destroy your world when the twelfth pass will happen.”

Then the dragons and the dragon rider all exclaim out loud together in one voice, “Whhhaaatttt?!”

“You have to tell us more, Croin. Is there hope for our world?”

“There is always hope. You must let the man with the dragon wings tell you the rest of the story.”

They come closer to me. The dragon rider speaks up, “What is your name?”

“My name is Richard Moore. This is my wife, Brianna. These others who are flying around us are fairies. I gave birth to most of them.”

“Those are fairies? We have never heard of such creatures.”

“They are common when you have unicorns on a world. Unicorns are basically horses with a single horn on its head.”

“Well, we don’t have unicorns either. We haven’t seen true horses since the Second Pass. Their descendants are a lot more stockier now. They are called Runnerbeasts.”

Then a dragon speaks up and speaks to its rider. “Gwena, we must hear them out. I have a feeling we need to know of our impending doom. There might be a way out for all of us.”

“Sigh . . . you’re right, Firelighth. Okay, follow us to Ruatha Hold.”

“Yes, ma’am. This is just to let you know. Brianna and I can retract these wings back into our bodies once we are on the ground.”

“If you can do that, then we’ll land outside the Hold and walk in.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Gwena smiles, “It is nice to hear some respectful words, Firelighth.”

Firelighth smiles, “Yes it is, Gwena.”

We slowly make our way down toward Pern. I see several large areas where most of the people live. I see castles located in them. In the smaller areas there are no castles.

We make our way to Ruatha Hold. We see a beautiful castle as the central core to the complex of buildings. A lot of people look up to see who is coming in. We land in an open grassy area. Once we land, Brianna and I retract our wings back into our bodies. My fairies and Croin hover around us. We feel the cool air in the wind. I put the robe back on me to keep myself warm. My fairies immediately fly to our coat pockets to get warm.

Another man comes walking up to greet Gwena.

“Gwena, where did you find these people?”

“They came from the sky, Weyrmaster. They have some important words concerning the future of our world.”

“Is it another Thread attack?”

“You know we were able to divert the Red Star to its new path. The man said it will be a comet this time.”

“Aacchh . . .I was afraid of this. That Oort cloud is the source of all comets. We’ll need to keep a watchful eye out for it.”

“That we will. Right now, we must meet Lord Jaxom and Ruth.”

“Yes, you must give them the news. Perhaps there will be a solution so that we can all live.”

“Then we must be on our way.”

Croin stays hovering above us while we walk toward the castle. We are met by several guards and dragons on the parapet. The dragons have a questioning look when they see Croin.

“That dragon has no heart beat, Gwena.”

“I know that. I am told he is a memory of the robed man. We are going to see Jaxom and Ruth now.”

“Okay, we’ll let you pass.”

Once we enter the courtyard area, we see several giant lizards crawling around. They nod their heads up and down as we walk past them. The guards at the castle door opens the doors for us. We walk inside and see a well ordered castle. We enter the main assembly hall. We see two thrones at the back wall. It is raised on three steps to a large stage. We see Jaxom is talking with a white dragon to the right of him. They stop their talking when the white dragon raises its head to look at us. Jaxom also looks at us well.

“You are from Earth. Why are you here?”

“I have come to warn everyone here. In the future, there will be a comet that will impact your world and it will destroy all life. However, I am told there is hope for everyone here.”

“Hmm . . .,” He looks at the white dragon. “Is he telling the truth, Ruth?”

The white dragon bends his head down to Jaxom. “He is, Jaxom. Also, the dragon that is hovering above them has no heart beat. But, I can sense a very active mind from the dragon.”

“That’s interesting. Okay, we will hear the rest of their story.”

“Yes, I am curious to know more about them.”

They turn their heads and look at us.

“We are going to allow you to tell the rest of your story. But you must have proof that you are telling the truth.”

“Yes sir. First of all, your story is told on my world. It has been written down in at least twenty-two books. The original author is a lady. When she passed away, her son took over the book series. Your world is in the Sagitarius star system. It is very far from Earth. You might find this hard to believe right now, but I am telling the truth. There are twelve multi-universes that is created by the Creator. You world is in the Magic Verse. I am from another parallel multi-verse.”

Jaxom looks at Ruth again. Ruth speaks up, “He is telling the truth so far, Jaxom.”

“Incredible.”

I then begin to tell my story and how I became the Omega Unicorn Dragon. I also tell them that Brianna and I are destined one day to be King and Queen of the Isles.

“You mean to tell me, your royal descendants are from the British Isles?”

“Yes, sir. I don’t know when we’ll claim the throne. I suspect it will be about fifty years from know.”

“Do you have the proof that you are telling the truth?”

“I do sir. In fact Brianna and I will show them to you. Remember, we can do our own magic if we want to.”

Brianna and I space ourselves apart. Then we thrust out our hands on both sides of us. Immediately the twelve and six unicorn images come out from us. My fairies fly out of our coat pockets and hover above us. Croin hovers above us. We project our feathered wings.

We then see a reaction from Ruth.

“Jaxom, he can communicate with the animals with their minds.”

“Is he talking to you now?”

“No he isn’t, Jaxom. But I can sense he is not to be trifled with. He is a warrior that can defeat the best fighters on our world.”

“Right now, I am earning the black sashes that will lead to the title of Shaolin Dragon Master.”

Jaxom looks uneasy now, “What does that mean to you?”

“In the Shaolin discipline, the study of animals are used in the offense of and defense. I’ll show you.”

I take off the robe and hand it to Brianna. I take off the satchels and set them next to her feet. I take off the outer clothes and the jacket to reveal my armor. “Yes, I am wearing armor. Jaxom. I can easily move in it.”

I then do the animal movements that have learned so far. I show the various animal forms that I have learned. That would be the crane, the snake, the tiger, the panther, the chicken, the horse, the mantis and the blue scorpion. Each time I make an animal movement, a faint image appears around me. The animal mimics my moves. I come to a stop to slow my breathing down.

“I see you haven’t learn the dragon moves yet.”

“No I haven’t Ruth. I will eventually learn many more animals and weapons as time goes on. It will take years to learn the movements of the dragon. Also, my own body must learn to adapt to the change. The dragon is the ultimate fighting form. It usually takes forty to sixty years to attain the title of Shaolin Dragon Master. But it is not unheard of earning the title in thirty years. I will also learn how to use the five elements along the way. The first element is the air element.”

I give a quick twist with my hand. I create a mini-tornado in my hand. I then quickly dissipate it into the air.

“The second element is water.” With a movement of my hands I create a water ball from thin air. “I am able to bring in the moisture in the air to do this.” I disperse it back into the air.

“What are the other elements, Richard?”

“The next one to learn is the Earth element. It is where you can use the ground to aid you. The next one to learn is the fire element. The last one is the spirit element. That is where you can use your own spirit energy as a weapon. To give an example of the fire element. I am going to ask two of my fairies to demonstrate for you. They were born right after Leviathan breathed upon me to activate the Eingana’s blood drop within me. Shiri and Levi, please come forward.”

“Yes, father, mother, Omega.”

Shiri and Levi quickly hover in front of me. “We can change into butterfly mode to hide from people.” They quickly change into butterflies in two little flashes of light.

“We also have a second form. We can change into dragon butterflies.” They change into dragon butterflies in little flashes of light.

Immediately Ruth smiles when he sees the results. “You are the smallest dragons I have ever seen!!”

“Thank you.” Shiri and Levi quickly blow out little streams of flames. They circle around each other and create a helix tower of flames. Then they fly around the flames to make it disappear into the air.

Jaxom smiles, “So, tell us about this comet that will destroy our world, Richard.”

“I was brought here by the Emissaries. They are the representatives from the Creator himself. The brought me here to warn you of the impending doom for your world. However, they did tell me how your people and the dragons can be saved.”

“We also have dolphins here as well. They are highly intelligent.”

“They are the same on my world, Jaxom. The Emissaries brought a bluestone pillar from my world and placed it on your world. When you use magic upon the pillar, it will transport your group to my world. You will appear in a mountainous region of South America called the Andes Mountains. They said your survivors will repopulate the dragons upon my world.”

“What happened to your dragons?”

“There were some countries who revered the dragons and gave them honor. There were some countries where they were killed. Why? Our world’s population experienced and rapid growth in human population. In two thousand years it went from two million people to seven billion people. The dragons were viewed as a threat to them.”

“I would think so with that many people on your world. Are there any dragons left on your world?”

“There is Jaxom. A lot of them are hidden. Most of them are sea dragons in our deepest oceans. The ones on land, are hidden in mountainous caves or in special stone monuments. For example, there is the legend of Queztalcoatl, the feathered dragon in Mexico. There are the Gold and Silver Dragons of South America.”

“It sounds like this Creator you are talking about is preparing your world for its survival in the future.”

“You are right, Ruth. In about eight to nine hundred years from now, there will be a terrible battle on my world. It is called the Ultimate Last Battle. That is where everyone will be there to defend my Earth. King Azazel is the one who rebelled against the Creator a long time ago. He is determined to destroy my world. However, there is a plan to thwart that.”

“So, when our world ends, we’ll be there on your world to help defend it and start a new life for ourselves.”

“That is right, Jaxom.”

Jaxom looks at Ruth again. “You haven’t seen a bluestone pillar during your flight times?”

“No I haven’t, Jaxom. Remember, you are still cataloging and investigating our world.”

“I know, the surveys are not complete yet, Ruth. I just hope no one has found it and carved it into a statue object.”

Ruth looks at me again. “You said you can do magic. Can you make it appear here?”

“I can certainly try. However, you must tell the rest of Pern about the impending doom.”

“We’ll try, Richard. However, there are some who don’t want to leave here. They are too comfortable here for another change in their lives. It was bad enough with the Thread Fall over the centuries. Then we used the dragons to solve that problem.”

Ruth and Jaxom look at each other. “I rather live on another world to live another day.”

“I would too, Ruth.”

They look at me again. I look within myself and talk to the Creator. Where is the bluestone pillar, Creator?”

“It is located within this Hold, Richard. Someone has found it already. It is still in one piece. The miner crafters found it.

“Hmm . . . I just had a conversation with the Creator, Jaxom. It seems the bluestone pillar has been found already. It is within your Hold here. A group of miner crafters found it.”

They smile together, “That is great news. There are only a few miner crafters here. They will be easy to find. I will purchase it from them and secure it here within the Hold. Ruth, we must send word to the other Holds. We must have a meeting and tell them about the impending doom.”

“Yes, we must have a meeting, Jaxom. I suggest you get that bluestone pillar as quietly as possible and keep it hidden and secured here.”

“Yes, we don’t want to tip our hand to the problem Holds. They would get greedy and use it for themselves and let everyone else die.” Jaxom looks at me. “How long can you be here?”

“I was advised I can be here for two nights.”

“That is plenty of time, Richard. Ruth, tell them the meeting will be held the second morning from now. Don’t tell them about the bluestone pillar. The meeting location will be at our sea side Grand Gathering place. While you are doing that, I will have our guests stay here. I will keep them safe. I will seek out the bluestone pillar and secure it myself.”

“Yes, Jaxom.” Ruth steps away from Jaxom. He looks toward the large window opening. He flaps his wings and hovers in the air. Then he flies toward the window and exits outside.

Ruth quickly communicates with his mind with all of the dragons he meets. The dragons contact their dragon riders for assistance in spreading the news for the meeting. That even includes the dolphins in their oceans.

Brianna and I retract our feathered wings. I put the outer clothes and the robe back on. Then I put the satchels back on my shoulders.

“Come with me, my friends. You must tell me more about Earth and what we’ll expect to find there. Have you eaten yet?”

“The last meal we had, was the morning meal on another world.”

“You must be starving. It is past noon right now. Follow me to one of our smaller eating rooms here.”

We follow Jaxom from the main assembly hall. We walk through a doorway and down several hallways until we arrive at a smaller eating room near the kitchen.