Ama and the Dragons

Ama and the Dragons
My apologies to Anne McCaffrey

Ama quickly braided her hair
“Hurry up” her partner yelled from the kitchen “you know they don’t like it if we are late”
“Well you could have helped me” Ama said
“You know I can’t braid, besides I’m trying too bake here and I’m covered in flour still, you want me to turn up with both of us covered in flour”
”Yep, I do that would be funny, we can be flowers” She said as she projected a picture of them both dressed as huge daisies into her partners mind”
Oh, silly you make me laugh and I can’t cook while I’m bent over double either, you silly girl” her partner giggled
Ama walked into the kitchen where her partner was fussing around always did when they had a visit from the dragons
“Stand still will you I can’t do your hair if you are constantly moving”
Ama placed her hand on her partner’s neck slowly caressing it
“Hey quit that will you we don’t have time, you get me started and then we will be late”
“You are such a spoilsport” Ama said giggling as she helped place the now golden, fresh baked biscuits in the carrying basket “I’m only teasing you I know we don’t have time, will later on though won’t we” she whispered placing her hand gently on her partners waist as they walked through their own little garden
Ama had done all the plantings, sweet honeysuckle bloomed everywhere, the smell almost overpowering when you first arrived but after a while it wasn’t noticeable at all, the flowers bloomed the fruit grew under Ama’s hands.
That was her specialty symbiosis with growing things, she could heal as well but not as well as her partner did that in a way was why they where together the dragons found the special people and partnered them up together and they always stayed together for life Ama could grow things and her partner healed, they spent most of their workdays at the hospital, working together side by side their own symbiosis so powerful that they knew exactly where the other one was working on the patient
Seeing into the patient, manipulating muscle even blood flow, surgery and incisions now a thing of some long lost forgotten past just yesterday they healed a broken arm of a small boy who had fallen out of a tree and cured the weakness in his bones that caused them to break, a new born baby with a cleft palate was able to feed properly and would now live a long life and an old man brought in from miles away by his family could now see again his cataracts and poor sight now completely healed.
Of course the hospital gardens bloomed and occasionally Ama would visit a farmer with a problem tending his crops of course if it was acres of fields she would have to bring in outside help especially with locust protection as Ama herself nor her partner could put up a defensive shield with their minds or the garden centre where people would bring in plants broken by an animal or dying from inadequate care those she would help and mend as well.

The partnered teams worked together all over the world, in hospitals, in industry even in transport the powers of their minds instantly transporting things from the mundane to the fragile, their abilities helping with crowd control and disaster recovery
The special people like Ama and her partner where few though and the dragons where always looking, searching for more, different talents matured at different rates some finding that they could move things at a very early age others especially those who heard voices would almost go insane before they where discovered.

Today the dragons where visiting their community this was a big event there was food and music of course and not just the dragons but other talents from all over came to discuss events and gossip of which being talents there wasn’t much after all most could read each others thoughts but that was considered rude to eavesdrop on someones private thoughts even though it had stopped quite a few murders and suicides of non-talents it was considered rude

As they walked into the huge area where the gathering was taking place, the babble of voices hit them hard almost covering their ears they dashed up to the tables where all the food that was brought in was being arranged, different foods from all over the world, curries from India, tiny little delicate scones and lamingtons both brown and pink from Australia even the long thin spare ribs covered in all kinds of spicy marinate from the Americas
”Ama I’ve only done biscuits again do it every time heres everyone else’s wonderful food and I do biscuits” her partner whispered
"Darling we are medics, healers not cooks we bring something which is more than I can say for some" Ama said glancing over at Fredrick and his partner Freda, specialists in cargo and freight they where sitting on one of the benches not far away, stuffing their faces already on other peoples food they where heavy haulers all right both of them only just fit on the bench and it was made for five people
Shhhhh don’t even think that they might hear you her partner winced thinking at her ”Darling don’t do that” Ama said aloud “you know I can only just hear you anyway besides your telepathy isn’t all that good you might strain something in that sexy brain of yours”

Can’t hear what a very loud voice boomed right into her ear
”Owww” Ama winced “you don’t have to shout at me I can hear you fine Fredrick, we where just saying how fine you look today” Ama said aloud, her block in place she knew he wouldn’t be able to read anymore of her thoughts
"Yeah fine, just fine and dandy girl” Fredrick gave her this look, he didn’t like her either, minor talent pfft he was thinking and she didn’t need to read his mind to know that either
"You wait Fredrick you get a neck strain from sitting at that desk looking at monitors all day then I’ll fix you right up ok” Ama cheekily replied giving him a great big over acted wink “remember lift with your knees not your back” she called after him as he lumbered away a big grunting humph came into her mind Ama started giggling again
”You will get us in trouble you will”
”No I won’t, the dragons know exactly what Fredrick is like, he’s just a big grumpy puss sometimes, works too hard he does” she said, loud enough for the people around them to hear

“Ama lets get out of here grab a seat this place is getting crowded the dragons will be here soon anyway we really should sit”
She looked around it sure was getting crowded, the place did look awesome though and their community was lucky to get the gathering most communities had to have at least 4 or more talents working there, have a site large enough to hold everyone even then they had to put in a bid for the privilege like the Olympic games that the non-talents held every four years, this was a big event and almost everyone was here
Seated on the benches all around the arena she could see as they squeezed past rows of people many different hues of blue and yellow and green some wearing the whole rainbow well it looked like that anyway, the major talents who could basically do anything wore a small rainbow badge not just a scarf, headband or ribbon in their hair like Ama and her partner wore, theirs of course was green for medic, a pale sea green.
Fredrick and Freda wore bright red neckties and dark suits the colour of heavy lifters
“They arrive, they come” they are here the whispers started almost as soon as Ama and her partner settled them selves down
The whole arena seemed to spark electricity as a pair of dragons just appeared in the sky above casting a shadow across the finely clipped grass, slowly gliding in to land they spread their arms wide in greeting
Settling in the middle of the arena these two where the first of almost twenty dragons making a circle in the middle of the arena facing outwards, their eyes glittered and whirled as their un-spoken words where heard by everyone with talent.
You are the chosen their thoughts projected outwards towards the crowd you are the new world, we found you all and brought you together through us and through you the world is a better place. We protect you and we love you all of you.
The dragons projected images of love and flowers to all around even those of non-talent started hugging each other
These where the dragons and Ama and her partner who was also her lover where a part of the new talents of the world.

© Missy A. June 2007