R'tif and orange Golonith

R'tif yawned animetly and looked about him. He was was surounded by warmth and something very orange. The former harper smiled as he settled down once more into the side of his beloved orange dragon, Golonith, or Lo as he'd lovingly call her.

The orange was as big as a gold if not bigger and the only orange dragon on all of Pern. R'tif had never thought that a Old Hollows Eve stroy telling would lead to him writing the story down only to give it to Weyrwoman Jewel and to be made a canidate for the special Hollow's Eve clutch when he was but 21 turns. Now he was the luckest man alive at the age of 23 turns.

Golonith stired and soon one whirling green and blue eye looke at the orangerider. R'tif smiled back at his lifemate and gave her hide a soft rub that the orange couldn't resist rumbling about. Did you have a good sleep, my rider, she asked causing R'tif to notice yet again, as he had gotten used to it over the turns, his voice in a feminiam style.

"I slep well, love," he replied with a yawn, "Yet I feel I should continue to sleep. And you?" Continuation on sleeping sounds good to me. Suddenly all sighlence was broken as a full grown brown fire lizard was chased about by a tiny and very young gold.

"Kura, would you leave Toshi alone!" R'tif surpressed a chuckle as his tiny gold zipped after the large brown at least three times her size trying her best to grab his tail or knock him out of the air... which ever came first. Toshi hissed his agreement as he shot off towards his master. Putting on an extra burst of speed, Kura was suddenly between the browns wings and pushed the older flit towards the ground. Luckly for Toshi, R'tif was quick to catch him.

"You alright, Toshi?" the young man asked his turn old fire lizard. The brown chittered that he was alright and glared at the little queen fire lizard who watched him smuggly now from the top of R'tif's head. R'tif had aquired Toshi on one of the group visits to other Weyrs a turn earlier. They had gone to visit Naronis Weyr, and he'd bartered his way into getting a fire lizard. A sevenday later, Toshi popped out. The little brown had been very energetic espcially when he saw Golonith.

A month back, R'tif had decided that Toshi needed another fire lizard to keep him company when R'tif and Golonith were aloud to fight thread in the wing they'd joined at Sapphire Weyr: the Morning Star Wing. So taking a trip to the Dawn Sisters Weyr he managed to get another egg. He was truely surprised when his gold Kura popped out. At that time Toshi was very proud and thought that he'd be Kura's teacher, guarden, and mentor. The brown soon was cursing himself for thinking such a thing as a sevenday or so later the little gold had learned to fly and was terrorizing him.

"Dear heart, can you tell them we're going to take a nap now and so they better too," R'tif yawned, "I don't have the strength to be harsh." His orange meirly nodded her great wedge shapped head. We are going to take a nap! That means both of you will be sleeping as well! Understood? Both fire lizards imeadatly currled up, Kura on R'tif's head, Toshi in the crook of R'tif's arm, and started their mock sleep. Minutes later both flits were truely asleep.

"Thank you, m'love," R'tif started but found that his lifemate's mind and body were already asleep. The orangerider smiled and carefuly settled himself back in for another sleep without desterbing his two flits.