Her fur became heated in the afternoon sun and she could feel her skin begin to burn under the intense rays the shone down without any protection onto the young cub. She slowly stood up, stumbling slightly as she tried to get her footing. She breathed heavily and looked around, squinting her eyes against the intense glare on the sun on the white sand she stood on.
"Where am i?" The young cup spoke, her words seemed to echo off of unseen walls and come back louder than before. She perked her ears and turned around, looking for any sign of life, but there was nothing, just a seemingly endless horizon of sand that surrounded her in every direction.
"Hello!" She called out, as loudly as she could, but the only answer was her unearthly echo. She began to run forward, not knowing where she was heading, and seeming as though she wasn't moving at all.
"Anyone! hello!" She called out again as she tried running faster, still her surroundings stood still, it was like her paws weren't toughing the ground.
"La-"
The cub stopped suddenly, she turned around frantically looking for the source of the sound, but there was no one around at all.
"Lay-"
Again the voice came, some unseen source was calling her, but all she could see was the waves of heat that came off of the sand around her.
"Hello? Who's there!" She called out, eyes scanning everything, but it was all going blurry, something wasn't right. Was she passing out? No something seemed different she was too alert, but her surroundings were all merging together, she couldn't tell where the sand stopped and the sky started anymore.
"Layla!"
Suddenly a sharp pain fell on her head and she shot up to her feet.
"What what what!"
Layla looked around, she was back in the den, the cool stone walls surrounding her, giving her a sense of sanctuary. The young cub sat down and looked around again, her eyes fell on two cubs sitting in front of her. One was a very lightly colored cub, nearly white but with a light yellow tint, this was Maisha. Next to her stood another cub, this one was a white cub with a nearly pink tint, this was Epesi, she stood leaning over Layla, a huge smirk on her maw.
"You okay, you were crying." Maisha stepped forward, looking rather concerned.
"Yeah you woke me up." Epesi said with a smirk, obviously worried was well but taking her normal playful attitude to the situation.
"Yeah, i'm fine." Layla said, looking down, her dream was kind of disturbing, but it could have been worse, it could have not been a dream. She looked up and saw the two cubs looking at her, obviously unbelieving.
"Sorry, i'm just getting over my nightmare, it was a zoomed in picture of Epesi's face." Said Layla, slapping on a smirk and crouching down into a play fight stance.
"Why you little!" Epesi yelled playfully as she pounced onto layla, the two of them getting into a playful sparing session. Maisha stood there watching, shaking her head slowly. "You two." She chuckled slightly and looked towards the den entrance. The sun had been up for a little while now and all the adults were outside, slowly beginning the days chores.