First Enemy

Scorching heat, burning sand, and no water. Khal stood in the middle of a vast wasteland filled with nothing but golden-colored sand dunes as far as his eyes could see.

"Okay, first I need to find water and a place where I can stay and think further." thought Khal as he knew that under such a horrible heat he will die in hours if he didn't hurry up.

"Rubie, go check our surroundings," said Khal as he patted Rubie gently, causing her to nod and fly high up into the air.

Under a split second that looked like a crimson flash, Rubie reached the highest point in the sky where she could currently hover and glanced around.

While Khal waited for Rubie to find something, he walked atop the largest sand dune closest to him and looked around too.

But of course, this endeavor of his ended up as a failure as no matter where he tried to look the only thing he saw was sand...