I suddenly felt like fleshing out some old Pern OC ideas I had a while back. In particular, a pair of siblings (older brother, younger sister) who grew up in the weyr and both Impressed at different times. I haven't named them yet, but the brother's partner is a slender blue dragon. He was quite proud when his tomboyish sister was presented as a candidate for the next young queen, only for the entire Weyr to be baffled when a bronze hatchling stumbled over to her instead, making it one of the most scandalous Hatchings in recent memory. Sure, girls on fighting green dragons was slowly becoming a common sight. But a woman riding a bronze? Unheard of!

She was unperturbed, however, and trains with the other weyrlings, stubbornly wanting to prove herself an asset to the weyr, bringing out her fierce competitive streak. There has been talk of banning her from any queen dragon mating flights, but she and her bronze are still far from fully grown, and such things seem too distant for her to concern herself over for now. Her brother just hopes she'll prove herself, be happy, and not drag their family's reputation through the dirt in the process. While any proposals to ban her from flying altogether have been thankfully shot down, as every fighting dragon is sorely needed, she would have let nothing stop her from flying. Even though her bronze still hasn't grown into his wings yet, the two of them have taken up climbing atop the Weyr, which nearly gave the older brother a heart attack the first time he spotted them.

I dunno, if you guys find the idea interesting, I may continue to flesh the characters out.

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