You walk quietly through the night, trying to find the WeyrWoman so you can discuss the camdidates. Gentle voices touch your ears and you crouch as to not make yourself noticeable. You look around and see the WeyrWoman and the WeyrLeader, sdtanding before the moons. "Jewel," you hear Clad's voice bbreak through the silence, "It's been almost three years since you became WeyrWoman, and nearly a week since I became WeyrLeader. I don't want this to end with the hatching of Rith's eggs. I want this to go on forever. Please, Jewel, will you marry me?" You turn to leave, to give the young lovers their privacy. And as you walk away slowly, you hear Jewels soft voice say, "Yes, a million times and more, I will marry you."

A sevenday later, you walk onto the path that leads to the nearby hold, and people all around you croud around. "Welcome, welcome!!" you hear a voice say behind you as you enter the great hall of the hold. Welcome traveller! Please stay and have fun! you hear a voice in your head say. People all around are smiling and laughing. You bump into the young man from the little sands, Dan you think his name was. He smiles at you and pulls you to a table,"I'm glad you showed up! There's going to be a great feast later, and music and dancing afterwards!" you look at him in surprise and he quickly explains,"Jewel and Clad are getting married!"

You gasp as he laughs from your surprise. Then you look around as people start to go outside,"Come along, we don't want to be late!!" he says and stands up, grabbing your arm and running towards the door. Once you get outside, you see all of the weyr's dragon riders and candidates standing in front of Clad and Jewel. "We've never had a wedding here before, so we're not sure of any kind of tradition. No matter, it will be just as wonderful. Standing up there is Miton, Kase, Ketep, Damin, Aura, Carian, Angelic, and Prose." he says, and pulls you to a chair and sits down.

"I think we are a little late." he whispers to you as the crowd of dragonriders part, and Jewel and Clad are seen,"Actually, I think we're very late. No matter, as long as we get to go to the feast. There's Jewel and Clad. Jewel's mother said she was too young to get married and become weyrwoman, but as long as Jewel's happy, our weyr is happy. Clad will become the weyrleader, I think he'll do a very good job of it too." he says, as Jewel and clad walk past you, firelizards chirping loudly, and dragons crooning together.



Danon grabs your arm again and runs towards the main hall of the hold. Hundreds of people are there, starting to get seated. You look around for Jewel and Clad and notice they're siting at the head table. She is kind of young, you think to yourself, and so is Clad. 'No matter, as long as Jewel's happy, our weyr is happy.' you remember Danon saying. You agree and sit down, cheering for the happy new couple.

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