Before long the wind begins to pick up and the sand dusted breeze whips at you with sharp fingers. In the distance you can see what appears to be a huge wall of dust descending across the dunes towards you. Your heart leaps and you begin to run as fast as you can but the sand storm is moving far faster than you can slog through the sand.
"Hey! hey hey hey!!" A voice crys out, over the wind and you turn towards it.
Running smoothly behind you is a hansome white Drigetti mare, her red mane whipping in the wind. She twists a tiger like ear behind her, gauging the wind's speed."Here, under my wing, hurry!" She unfurls one of her thickly membraned dragon like wings and lies down in the sand, camel like with her back to the wind.
You squirm in underneath the proffered wing and she tucks it down over you like a tent then arches her head into the lea of her neck, you can see a second eyelid shutter across to protect her eyes.Then the wind howls louder and the sunlight is blotted out.
You cringe, waiting to feel the sand smother you but nothing happens.
The sound of the storm becomes muffled as the sand builds up but eventually you can hear it pass overhead and dwindle into the distance.
Your 'tent' Suddenly heaves and shakes as the Drigetti breaks out of the mound of sand that covered her. You are momentarily brightened by the sun but manage to blink sight back into your eyes to see her standing alert, nostrils aquivering, listening for another storm. As you stand up, brushing the fine sand from yourself she turns.
"Lucky I was nearby. This part of the desert has many sandstorms and that was but a small one."
You cock your head and ask her name. She looks good naturedly at you.
"I am K'vana. I'm one of the many genotypeless neuter Drigetti. Should you wish to foster one of my kind you should go to Allonia." She shakes some of the sand from his coat, flexes her dragon-like fore claws and extends her snout looking North warily then back at you.
When you ask about the lights you saw her ears flatten then rise again.
"That is the waste lands... It is a dangerous place but I can show you if you like."
Do you venture on, head towards the ocean or return to the edge of the desert near the plains?