The words spoken to her in the air, however, changed when they reached the Weyrbowl and heard the news. A girl had been brought from a search to a Hold, a girl with beauty, kindness, strength and leadership.  Her name was Yasina, and she was the talk of the Weyr.  Both Weyrs in fact.  The new Weyrwoman for sure!
    Adelia's first days at the Weyr were full of this. She and the other candidates stayed in the lower caverns, but everyone always talked about the new Weyrwoman Yasina.  Adelia was not sure how she felt about this.  She had been very much in awe at the magestic dragons and their ways.  To live with them! This was amazing.  Perhaps Yasina would impress the queen, but nothing was decided yet!
    When Adelia met Yasina however, she become of everyone else's opinion.  Yasina was such a wonderful person, she most likely would impress.  As much as Adelia wanted it, the position of Weyrwoman seemed not to be hers.
    The Weyr awaited impatiently the hatching of the eggs.  Yasina was excited, yet also a bit scared.  Everyone supported her, but that did not make her any less nervious.  Herself, a holdbred girl, becoming a Weyrwoman?  How could she impress one of those things when the sight of the gold still frightened her. Suddenly, the dragon's roared.  Yasina hurried out from her room to see what was going on.
    "It's time!" Someone called.  "The eggs are hatching!"
    "Come on Yasina, it's time to go impress!"  All of the candidates hurried out of their rooms and up to the main level.
    Adelia and Resan, a young man from another Weyr who had often gone to her Crafhall on errands ran together.  Yasina rushed past the people, all shounting encouragements onto the sands.  The eggs were rocking!
    Somehow the immediate confusion and excitement subsided and the candidates were told to stand in a line and step out onto the sands.  One by one the eggs cracked, and clumsy little dragonets stumbled out.  They crawled towards the candidates, bronze, brown, blue, and green. The bronze reached a boy and flung himself aside before he reached Resan and flopped at his feet.
    All of the little dragons found a rider and the unbreakable loving, telepathic bonds between dragon and rider were made.  Adelia and Yasina were the only candidates left, all of the other queens candidates had impressed green.  The gold was the only egg left.
    Adelia felt her heart sink.  She had been excited, she would be a dragonrider, even if she impressed a green, but now, up against Yasina, she had no chance of impression at all.
    The egg cracked, and a hush went up through the crowd.  As the little gold dragon, scales glinting in the sun stepped out, the dragons hummed.  This was their new queen, the mightiest among them.
    Both candidates took a step forward, the queen squawked and stumbled forward as well.  Adelia focused her mind on projecting love and affectionate thoughts to draw the dragon.  It was hard, she had seen what the other dragons had done to the candidates they did not like.  This dragonet was bigger than the others.  She was afraid, but fear was bad.
    Don't be afraid and it won't hurt you. She told herself, forcing another step forward to match Yasina.  Everyone expected Yasina to impress, saw the hatchling moving towards Yasina, but it turned!  Turned and Adelia took a step forward and reached out to pet its eye ridges.
    A feeling of joy swept through her, of comfort, of love from this creature and for this creature.  Her defender, her protector, a friend aware of her feelings and desires, and dragon to love her always.
    Adelia patted the gold dragon fondly.  Gold Elieth.  How Adelia knew the dragon's name she didn't know, she knew only that Elieth was hers, and she Elieths, forever.