Grace loaded up the last of their packs on her red dragon. Proudly, he stood knowing that all eyes would be on him soon enough. They were going back to Earth, this mysterious place where his rider and her friend had come from. Several other riders were from there too. It seemed a little odd to him that they didn't have dragons properly there. But now they would!

I think it will be interesting to see how people react to us, Kybrith said, while Kimball snugged his riding harness onto her shoulders. Don't you think?

Zaltierth snorted and tossed his head, making Grace nearly tumble to the ground. They will all be watching. I think our riders will be bigger celebrities than they ever hoped for!

Kimball rolled his eyes at that, since the dragon had shared his thoughts clearly with everyone.

"I don't even know about that... Acting dragons? Hey..."

Grace and Kimball looked at one another with a surprisingly similar gaze. She added, "stunt dragons. Fantasy shows."

"MOVIE DEALS!" They shouted in unison. They'd both been dreaming of such things for years, but never really had the chance to express it. Perhaps they would be flying back to a world that was just about ready for special effects like dragons and creatures to pop off the screen.

***

When the pair of Earth riders were instructed as to their destination imaging, the way they'd been working through their weyrling and young adult stages for flying between spaces and teleporting, they got the impression that this would be a bit dangerous.

But they would be able to do it. After all, they'd come from Earth to this odd place and bonded their fine dragons. They knew what they were doing. They were well-versed now in the arts of dragon tack, tending their wounds if they got any, and expressing how their dragons flew or did maneuvers in the air. They could teach - they'd both been on duty with the kids and weyr brats for a while, so they knew that they could adequately convey information.

Besides, they were reminded constantly by their dragons, the dragons could speak telepathically. How better to tell anyone something?

They blinked through the Nexus and felt a rush of cold that pervaded their very bones. This trip was between planets, times and probably dimensions, after all. They were returning home to a world that had changed a bit since they last saw it.

Atop the apartment building's roof, they landed. It was night. There were ... sirens? A gathering of police cars below the apartment where they'd last been on Earth.

The pair looked at one another with a slightly sinking feeling.

They'd come back that same night? When they left? But there was indeed something strange about the world. It seemed... more open. Airier.

That, and there was another dragon swooping over the downtown landscape - not theirs, someone else's.

To be continued!

The Talon City Talent Agency opens!

Name
Grace
Kimball
Gender
Female
Male
Age
32
28
Born...
Earth (Los Angeles)
Earth (Marston, AZ)
Job
Actress
Actor
Hair
Mousey Brown
Black-Brown
Eyes
Golden Brown
Grey-Green
Height
5'9"
6'1"
Build
Healthy, rounded
Lean, strong
   
Dragon
Red Zaltierth (m)
Cream Kybrith (f)
Born At
Dam
Gold Sasiath
Gold Mezireth
Sire
Bronze Malbath
Bronze Kalavanth
Mate