Shimmering Sands Over the Rainbow

The girls continued to pad along, the sand beneath their feet shifting with every step. Seaguls screeched above their head as they neared the ocean, and the air was growing significantly more salty. Pai looked over her shoulder at Estella and Thea and was happy with their expressions. Stella was getting more and more thrilled as they moved along, and Thea just looked happy to be moving. Paikea turned towards the road once more and gazed along the shoreline.

Everywhere lay pools of water varying in size. She'd never seen anything like it! She pricked her ears and her tail began to wave with excitement. There had to be some kind of food there! Maybe that water was even good to drink! Paikea had never seen anything like it! Perhaps she was getting her hopes up too high, but that's what she does.

She picked up her pace, speeding towards the tiny dots of blue water. The ocean was still very far away, but Paikea pressed on. Finally, she could begin to hear the crashing of waves in the distance. She smiled to herself and her tail wagged. "We're almost there!!" She cried to her siblings, tail wagging with pure excitement.