You walk down the hall to a door marked 'Kalaya'. You can hear soft grunts coming from behind the door, confusing you. In your hands is the score that Katis sent you up with. You can remeber his smile as he gave the music to you. He told you that you should bring it to Kalaya, not only would it make her happy, but you should meet other people in the weyr. You haven't really met anyone other than the Harper here yet, your new. You sigh as you knock on the door. You may not talk to anyone in particular, but everyone knows Kalaya's reputation: accident-prone. If anyone could hurt herself just standing still, it would be Kalaya, you think to yourself, having heard story upon story of her mishaps. Another muffled grunt and a small yelp great your knock. Confused you open the door. You see a small girl almost completly hidden by the books she's carrying. You watch as she stumbles forward, steps on a cat and drops all the books. You sigh. Her reputation preceeds her.
She stands up blushing, "Hi, sorry... I...well..." She trails off and bends to pick up the books.
"Here, let me help." You offer and pick up papers that flew out of one of the older books.
She smiles and reaches for a book that slide under her bed. A hiss greats her. She jumps back, tripping over you and the half-piled books again. The two of you go down in a heap. She lands on you, knocking the breath out of you. She gets up and tries to apologize. You try to force air back into your lungs. The cat, who is still angry at being stepped on, prances out from under the bed.
"Mia!" Kalaya lifts the feline in her arms. "You scared me."
You groan and pity the cat, living with her must be hazardous to your health. You pick up the music score that you dropped. "Umm... Harper Katis sent me to give this to you." You hand the girl the sheet, realizing how small she really is. She mustn't be any more than 4'9" tall, with long, wispy brown hair. She has a soft voice and is obviously a little shy.
Her face brightens as she reads it. "It's just like Katis said it was, the melody's so low, it's..." She trails off, remembering that you are still there. "I'm sorry, that was rude. Thank you...umm..." She blushes again. You begin to think red looks good on her. "I don't think I know your name."
You introduce yourself.
She sighs, "I bet you know who I am, Kalaya the walking disaster."
You smile, liking her despite the obvious dangers of getting to know her. "You must have done something right, your in the candidate barracks aren't you. Who's the lucky Weyr?"
She smiles. "Would you believe me if I told you that was an accident too? And I'm standing at Talis Weyr. "
You look confused. She smiles and tells you the story of her searching.
At the end you both laugh. "Amazing," You comment. "I wouldn't think it could happen."
She smiles, "Just my luck I guess."
After a while you notice that it's getting late. You bid your new friend goodbye and run back to Harper Katis. He must be really mad at you by now. When you get there he just smiles. You realize he didn't send you up there to bring Kalaya music, but to make a friend.
