Become one with Wind

You stood covered from head to toe in traditional Arab clothing a turban wrapped around your head. You looked through your goggles as the blistering sandstorm pushed harder and harder against you the sand blasting your clothing like sandpaper against wood.

The howling sandstorm pushing against you fast and relentlessly. You struggled falling into the sand it was hot you could barely breath. The sand it just didn’t stop it just kept coming and coming. You couldn’t see fifteen feet in front of you much less five feet in front you. Soon you lost your grip in the sand dune tripping and falling back as the sand storm tried to bury you. “Be like the wind steady, swift, fast, and nimble do this and do it well little brother.” Naseera’s voice echoed out in the desert sand.

You stood up once more trying to get a grip in the sand with your feet. You tried only tripping again the danger of being buried into the sand only rising higher as you fought to climb. Finally you got a grip in sand standing up you began climbing the sand dune as your hands were viciously cut up by the sand. You could feel your hand being blasted by the sand as the wind blew harder and harder as you reached the halfway point up the gigantic sand dune.

Mastery of wind was your goal and nothing would stop you. Climbing faster and faster you pushed your tired body up higher and higher as the sandstorm fought you every step of the way.

You would conquer this trial like the others before it. Finally you reached up and felt the edge adrenaline pumping through your veins excitement filling your body you reached up pulling yourself up as the sandstorm began to slow. Dragging the rest of your body up the sand dune you rolled onto your back catching breathe before a shadow loomed over your head. Naseera smiled as she stood over you. Taking your sandblasted hand she cleaned it with some cloth before revealing a white diamond next to the red and blue one. “Your almost there little brother hurry there is no time to waste now go now!” Naseera said before you closed your eyes. Minutes later you opened your eyes alone in the vast sea of sand Naseera long gone. The sound of the howling wind the only company you had.