I can see the sands on the horizon

The water was quite peaceful that day, at least that's what Elisse thought as she stood there on the beach with her feet in the water. In and out the waves pulled against the warm sand, covering up to the bony parts of her ankles each time the water came back. Some days the water was more difficult then others, but today was a good day and the undertow wasn't as strong as it was yesterday, a feat within itself when it came to the mighty sea that bordered the district she lived in. The sun was up right above her and the light rays poured down which brought with it a nice and warm heat that mixed well with the ocean breeze. Overall, today seemed to be a good day.

Elisse back away from the water back to the small area about 30 feet away that her shoes were currently occupying, and she plopped down in the sand, bringing up a few grains as she did. El threw up her hands up to her forehead to act as a visor against the sun shining down on her and looked out to the waves. It was relaxing seeing them, go in and out like clockwork and was deeply satisfying in a weird, OCD kind of way. The tide would be up soon and might even reach where she was sitting and her parents would even eventually look for her too, but for now she was resigned to sit here as long as possible. It was tradition after all for her to spend every afternoon right after helping at her father's bakery, though she was missing her brother it was something she still was determined to do. El just sat there, taking in the sun and listening; listening to the waves as they crashed upon the sand and hearing the birds that flew by cry out occasionally. It was peaceful.

Everything happened pretty quickly, at first there was quiet and peace and maybe the sounds of birds and water moving along. Then there was barking and sand flying everywhere; and a boy who looked around the same age as her if not maybe a year or two older if anything now laying disheveled in front of her. He said something, probably that he was ok, El didn't really catch what exactly because as soon as she saw him flying she was on her feet in what seemed like nanoseconds and rushing towards him. "Oh my god, are you ok? It doesn't look like you're bleeding or anything." El reached out her hand in order to help the boy up, after all that was the polite thing to do at least. "At least the sand broke your fall, at least it should have. Sand is kind of weird that way, kind of bouncy." She smirked as she looked down at the boy on the beach, and then threw up her hand as a visor to shield her eyes as she spotted the flash of gold that she had seen just a few moments earlier dragging him along. "Here puppy, whose a good puppy?" Then in that moment Elisse really regretted not bringing Shyla out with her that afternoon, she would have enjoyed seeing another dog running around.