Synopsis: Deserts Are We

My lullaby trailed along the wind, slowing drifting in front of me into the unknown. I walked forward, as the sun began to heat up the clouds and the sandy winds of the desert tore at my cheeks until they bled. A tear ran through the cuts forming across my face. Looking up into the sky I knew I was never going to see my family again. The people who loved me and raised me, our last partings was this morning before I started this walk to my destiny. No one actually expects me to survive this journey out into the Desert.
Walk straight into the sun. Keep your head high and sing our song. The dragon’s lullaby was the gift given by our ancestors who used to talk to the dragons that have protected our clan since the begging. The dragons taught our ancestors how to survive in the desert after the world turned into a wasteland. It is because of their knowledge we have food and water. And to uphold the traditions set in stone by the dragon fire itself, it is time for you to take the journey out in the desert, as the sun rises to greet you, so you may join that dragons as an offering from our clan. As the dragons new goddess…
Or just as a stupid sacrifice in hopes it brings water back to the river, which has begun to dry up. They all know I am merely walking to my death, but since there is history showing this death march has changed the very destiny of our village in the past, it is being repeated again in hopes it works once more.
The sun slowly got brighter, and my cheeks began to swell. With nothing covering my skin, my time on the earth was only going to be for a few moments longer. I sang my song louder, somehow praying this would save my soul from the terror lying right in front of me.
Walk straight into the sun. Keep your head high and sing our song. The dragons will hear their song and come greet you within the desert. You will not die but instead be taken away on their wings into their world, their paradise. This is not your end, but your new beginning.
I closed my eyes finally ready to except my fait. From here on, my destiny no longer belonged to me. My life, as I once lived it, was now dead. I needed to abandon all of my feelings of love, lost, and longing for my family and friends. I was no longer Lyu, a daughter of the dragon clan. I was now to become whoever controlled fate wanted me to become.
Goodbye mother, father, everyone. I loved you all. If my life is successful in prolonging the life of my little sister, then it was all worth it. And sis, I am still rooting for you and your life. He will notice you someday, I promise. You have always made me so proud. Goodbye…
Opening my eyes again, I finally had let go of everything in my past. From now on, I had no control over my soul. It was then I saw the white figure flying swiftly through the sand towards my direction. The sun shone brightly behind it, making it glisten on the wind. I smiled, letting the wind dry the tears from my eyes. I was ready to accept the destiny the dragons were about to give.
How was I to know then that the man riding towards me would become the father of the daughter who would one day change the entire destiny of the universe itself. The daughter I never did know how to love, yet became the legend the world longed for…