Her First Memory

Writers: Anna
Date Posted: 25th April 2006

Characters: Qarinoa, Cam'l
Description: Qarinoa's earliest memory is sparked after she impresses her green.
Location: River Bluff Weyr
Date: month 11, day 8 of Turn 3

She had been walking for a long time. She didn't know how long. All she knew
was that she was hungry and wanted to take a bath. The six year old had been
walking for a long time and looking down at her little dirty feet she felt
sad. She hadn't been wearing shoes when it happened, she didn't remember
what _had_ happened but she knew it was why she was walking around alone,
dirty, and hungry.

Finally too tired to walk any farther for a while she plopped down on her
bottom and started crying. She couldn't remember how long she had sat there
but by the time she stopped the whole front of her shirt was wet with tears
and snot.

As she looked around her she realized that she had been walking towards a
big mountain, or what looked like one to her. Whimpering she realized in her
small view of the world that it was _very_ far away.

Then she heard something, and looking to her right she saw something that
she would remember for the rest of her life, a dragon. She stood awed as the
green and her rider landed, the rider was young, but he had a worried look
on his face that made him seem older.

"Are you okay little one?" he called as he jumped off his dragon.

The little girl could only nod her head as she watched him come towards her.

"I'm Cam'l, my dragon over there saw you walking about." He had reached her
and squated down to her eye level. "Your hair is so red, I'm surprised _I_
didn't see you."

She smiled shyly at the compliment, wringing her hands together.

"Where are your parents little one?"

She just shook her head, tears welling up inside as an overwhelming sadness
welled up inside her from some sort of submerged memory that only brought
pain, but she could never really see it.

Cam'l nodded and rubbed her shoulder, not quite sure how to comfort the
little girl. "Are you lost? Do you know where you're from, where you used to
live?"

The little girl nodded and then shook her head in reply to his questions,
but she couldn't help looking at the green dragon over his shoulder with
excited eyes.

"Would you like to ride her?"

She nodded vigorously as she looked at the young man before her.

He smiled and nodded, "You're gonna melt the hearts of all the young men
with _those_ eyes," he paused for a few moments. "Would you like to come and
stay at the Weyr with me and many other people, and many more dragons?"

The little girl nodded again, smiling widely.

"What's your name?"

"Qarinoa."

***~~~~***

}:Qarinoa?:{

The Junior weyrling shook herself out of her memory as she herd her lifemate
calling to her. **Yes, Armineth?**

}:Are you okay?:{

Qari smiled as she scratched her big green's eyeridge, }:Yes, I'm fine.:{

}:Well, if you're fine, then feed me.:{

The new weyrling laughed at her dragon's ability to get to the point, and
handed her a large piece of meat. **There you go my love.**

She would never forget that weyrling, or that green. Never.

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