Moving On
Dragonsfall Weyr
Amber Hills Hold
Vintner Hall
Healer Hall
Hidden Meadows
Dolphin Cove Weyr
Dolphin Hall
Emerald Falls Hold
Harper Hall
Printer Hall
Green Valley Hold
Leeward Lagoon Hold
Barrier Lake Weyr
Sunstone Seahold
Citrus Bay Hold
Writers: Anwen
Date Posted: 22nd June 2006
Characters: Maiz
Description: Leaves Vista Point for Dragonsfall Weyr
Location: Dragonsfall Weyr
Date: month 12, day 5 of Turn 3
Somehow, Maiz hadn't expected it to be so difficult to leave Vista Point behind her. Her things were packed, she had said her good-byes. Yet she still lingered, unable to take the few steps to her dragon and make the trip to Dragonsfall Weyr. Saying good-bye to her sons had been especially difficult for Maiz. Haikar and Mykaz, her one-turn-old twins were such loving little boys. For the first 6 months of their life she had cared for them, never letting them leave her sight. In short, they were her life, up until Indyath had come along. Fostering them upon becoming a weyrling had been heart-breaking for Maiz. Leaving them behind now was pure torture. Leaving Vista Point shouldn't be so hard, Maiz thought again. She had some horrible memories of this Weyr, and even the good memories were undeniably tainted.
Only Indyath was pure. Even her sons were cast in an unfavorable light when she thought of their father. Their father. A man Maiz had loved with all her soul.
And a man who had lied to her with every grain of his being. She had been just 15 when H'kar had brought her to the Weyr. From a very small, very isolated cothold Maiz had known nothing about dragonriders. H'kar had preyed upon that- bringing her away from her home and into his bed under the guise of "search."
Only one in a thousand girls would have been fooled-
most girls knew bronzes didn't search. Somehow H'kar had know that Maiz was that one girl who was ignorant about Weyrlife, and oh how he had exploited that. In all fairness, Maiz hadn't been unhappy in her life with him. It was the only life a hold-bred girl knew about- being attached to a man who would provide her with a home and children. That wasn't what Weyr life was about though. H'kar had delibrately decieved Maiz-making her think that it was. That alone was unforgivable- taking a young girl and forcing her to think that being your bed-partner was her only option in life. What was even worse was how he had kept that lie- making sharding certain that Maiz was isolated from everyone around her. The sad thing was, Maiz probably never would have figured it out if she hadn't impressed Indyath. She would have taken care of his sons, given him more children. All the while never knowing that there was much more to life than that.
That was why she was leaving. Why she had to leave. }:Leaving will make you happy,:{ Indyath told her rider. }:You don't like it here. I don't like it here because you don't like it. We are moving so that we will both be somewhere we will like.:{ Indayth's simple dragon rational steadied Maiz. The green was right. Neither of them could be happy at Vista Point- not anymore at least.
Taking a deep breath, Maiz stepped forward to mount her dragon, and leave Vista Point behind.
Last updated on the June 22nd 2006