-- didn't know i was lost

*Arella* · 09-26-2013, 08:17 AM

Arella was lost. Not physically -- no, she knew exactly how to get home if she chose to -- but mentally. She had wandered much farther east than she had originally planned to, and the young woman sound found her senses bombarded by the stench and taste of salt water. She had only been so far from home once before, which was a bit surprising due to her love for adventuring and running.

There was no need to be running, but she traveled with alarming speed for a creature of her size, the pads of her paws slapping loudly against the ground as she ran. It was one of the one times she truly felt free; unburdened by her family and her pack's expectations. Free to do as she pleased, with no repercussions. The wind lashed against her face, the autumn air mixed with the sea's breeze, chilling her to the bone. If it wasn't for her rapidly beating heart, pumping blood through her veins, she would certainly be uncomfortable cold. But she felt nothing but pleasure as she ran, eyes sweeping across the flat expanse of land. The horizon was ahead, and yet she could barely see where the sea and the sky met.

But her attention was grabbed as the yellow sand changed abruptly. She had been pacing closer to the water, still a good dozen yards away, when the landscape seemed to change dramatically. The sand darkened, until it was fully black, shining brilliantly from the midday sun. Though Arella was a maturing girl, she still possessed childlike curiosity of just about everything -- perhaps this would be her downfall. With wide blue eyes, her pace slackened, and she began to lope closer to the strange beach. How far it stretched, she could not tell ... it went even farther than her eyes could tell.

It took her a long moment to realize another was nearby. Not directly next to her, but in the near distance. Almost instantaneously her tail began to wag behind her, expression softening into a friendly smile. The boy was young, but certainly not a newborn child! He almost looked as though he might be a yearling.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, ears perking above her slender head. "I didn't see you there. I hope I'm not intruding on anything." It didn't really seem like it; she glanced about, and caught no sight of another.

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