Sapphire trudged alongside her newly acquired mule. The small wooden cart that it dragged along swayed from side to side with each bump that its large wheels hit, her belongings inside rattling loudly in the oncoming gloom. It was going to rain soon, she could see that much from the darkening sky and the gathering clouds. And it was not going to be a very nice storm...<br/><br/>Peering up ahead, her ice blue eyes spotted a large hill in the distance, it was almost like a miniature mountain. As the bellies of the clouds above flickered with telltale traces of lightning soon to come, she urged the mule on though the animal stubbornly continued at its slow and steady pace. "I suppose this is what I get...better than nothing." She was still grumbling over the loss of her diamond ring. Or rather the loss of her glass ring that had been skillfully made to the extent that it passed off as a diamond to the untrained eye. Getting her hands on a treasure like that was a rare find, but the mule had just been conveniently there for the taking...and they had even given her the cart to boot.<br/><br/>Although still unhappy with her loss, she shrugged it off and continued on, occasionally shifting the weight of her pack from shoulder to shoulder. Suddenly the storm began, lightning struck the ground forcefully, causing the dirt to fly up and clods of it landed yards away. The mule began to act up, surprised and scared by the sudden onslaught of nature. Cursing as she was momentarily blinded, the girl reached out to get a hold of the reins before pulling the animal down, trying to console it with soothing words though the storm was snatching her words away almost as soon as they left her mouth.