Yui sat in between the last few ridges in Rysenth’s neck. The hatchling had grown quite large for a green weyrling in the past turn. Just a month earlier, the Weyrling Master had taught them to fly and today they were going to get their first hands on lesson of going between. The higher ranking colors had gotten to go first to the slight annoyance of the weyrlings who had impressed lower. Do not worry, Yui, we’ll be up there soon enough and we’ll perform the act better than the golds and bronzes! Rysenth had stated when Yui had been slightly spiteful of the seeming unfairness of the act. That’s right, we’ll do it better because we’re one of the best flight teams in our weyrling class, Yui replied confidently.

Kymon, Yui’s brown fire lizard, landed on her shoulder with an agreeable chirp as she remembered that day about a sevenday back. The brown had become slightly chubby in his new life at Rose Circle Weyr; he’d caught a number of greens and a gold fire lizard despite this. He was now currently un attached to any female of his species on account the green he’d flown last had flown while he was away and was caught by another. Yui looked about her, a few blueriders and a number of greenriders were waiting to be sent up in the air for their own one on one between lesson. A number of riders were helping out with teaching the weyrlings to go between properly.

As the Weyrling Master called out the names of weyrling pairings and who they were to learn from that day. An excited tension ran through the young riders whom were egger to learn. “Yui and Rysenth, you’ll be learning from Asalie and green Dorieth.” Yui had noted the green rider a few months back when Asalie and Dorieth transferred from Dawn Sisters Weyr to Rose Circle Weyr. The girl smiled at her mounted already on her own green dragon and waved her over. Yui smiled. Let’s go, Rysenth, she told her green and the fair sized green weyrling trotted over. Dorieth was only about a head taller than Rysenth, Yui noted this proudly to herself.

“Well, I guess the luck of the draw caused me to have to teach you,” Asalie teased good-naturally. “Think you’ll be able to keep up?” Yui winked jokingly, the other greenrider tilted her head at the young and chuckled. “We’ll see,” she smiled, “Let’s get air borne now though, that way we don’t have to weight for the flight jam.” Yui nodded with a giggle and the two greens leapt from the ground and flew skywards. Kymon squawked as he was almost dislodged from his perch; his tail around Yui’s neck was all that kept him from doing so. They say we’ll be starting out with something easy, we’ll be going to the Red Butte… She’s giving me the image… We go! the green told her rider at the same time as giving her the image of the Red Butte, then the bone chilling cold of between hit her. The feeling of Rysenth being under her disappeared I am still here rider mine, Rysenth’s voice cooed in her head just before they popped out of between and above the Red Butte. Dorieth was circling and the two pairings hovered over their point.

“Take a good look bellow you!” Asalie yelled over the beating of both dragons wings, “Commit it to memory, we’ll be back her several times today.” Yui nodded and looked bellow her taking in the most distinct feature bellow her, the Red Butte. Slowly she took in the area about it. When she’d finished there were a number of other weyrlings now hovering about doing the same. Tell her we’re ready for the next jump, Yui told Rysenth to save her own voice. The young green did so willingly. We’re going back home this time. Rysenth came back with an image of Rose Circle Weyr. Yui knew the scene well now and gave her green the command to go between with Dorieth. Again she was thrown into the cold and yet again she appeared back in the warmth of the sun. The betweening between Red Butte and Rose Circle happened many times until Yui and Rysenth could go there by themselves and back without much trouble.

An hour later they were once again above Rose Circle Weyr, Asalie close enough to yell over to her. “This time we’re going to have you pick a place you know well, you’ll have Rysenth give the mental picture to Dorieth and she’d give it to me then we’ll go there; you’ll lead.” Yui took in a deep breath as she tried to think of a place she new well enough to give a detailed picture of. Wouldn’t it be nice to visit Reca and Utamrec. They’d be pretty surprised by a visit from her. Then why don’t we go? You have many lovely images of the cothold, Rysenth asked her plenty. Yui smiled and started to in vision the cothold, it would be winter again there, Utamrec would probably be out keeping an eye on the herdbeasts while Reca would be heating up a delicious stew. Giving the image to Rysenth, Yui waited for the reply that Dorieth had gotten the picture.

Let’s go Yui smiled keeping the same picture in her mind. Perhaps it was the thought of Reca’s stew but as Yui came out of between and Dorieth with Asalie followed she could have sworn it took a bit longer this time. Yui smiled down at the crisp snowy scene below her. Smoke was coming out of the chimney and a speck was sitting near the herdbeast… wait it was two specks. Rysenth, who’s watching the herdbeasts? Utamrec and yourself. the green replied and was suddenly startled by something Dorieth had said and Yui had already figured out. We timed it, Yui. They say we need to head back now; they’ll supply the picture. Yui could only nod dumbfounded as she realized what she was looking at was her first winter at the cothold, four turns back! She knew the young girl bellow was starting to turn their way, she’d never forget seeing her first two greens. She’d whimpered when they’d disappeared between, as she remembered. For a moment she could see the goggle clad face of her younger self looking up at her then the darkness of between took her once again. They appeared over Rose Circle Weyr and were immediately directed to land.

The Weyrling Master who seemed to have just received the news of their accidental jump between times met the two greenriders. Yui winced at the angered look on the brownrider’s features. “Send Rysenth to hunt, girl,” he growled, “I won’t have her looking so gray in my sight because of your carelessness!” Yui hung her head, sneaking a look at her dragon who indeed looked a bit gray. Go, eat. But what about you? I’m the one to blame on this mess. I’ll be with you as soon as the Weyrling Master’s done with me. The green cooed at her to comfort her rider then complied, winging her way over to the feeding grounds.

“Yui what were you thinking taking your dragon and instructor between times?” the brownrider asked heatedly. “I didn’t realize I was doing it sir, I just thought of what I remembered the best of the landscape… I guess I was thinking of four years ago and my first winter with the only friends I knew.” The brownrider sighed still slightly annoyed but it was obvious that he was remembering just now that Yui only knew of the past four years on her life. “Yui and Rysenth are really actually very good,” Asalie put in, “It’s partly my fault that it happened, I forgot to tell them to take note of where the sun was and where it would be there.” The Weyrling Master looked at the older greenrider and shook his head before turning back to Yui. “You’ll be on elevator duty until further notice,” he said lamely, “I’ll instruct you in how to properly fly to your old home in the correct time when I feel the time is right,” Yui sighed a bit relieved by the remark, “Now go keep an eye on your dragon.”

We preformed the lessons better than the golds and bronzes; we went between time before any of them the green told her smugly as the girl approached her. Yeah, and now we have elevator duty because of it! That’s not too bad, at least we get to fly! Yui shook her sunset colored head of hair and kept herself from laughing at the remark, though her dark green eyes showed it.