True Realm Scarlet

Alex was a little bored these days with nothing much to do. He lay in the sand some distance away from a village, as he looked at the starry sky in the night. 

He knew those weren't stars now, so it didn't give him the same feeling as it would when he was just a young man.

'I wonder how many of those had people living in it,' he wondered. The moon was still the most brightest, and while part of it was dark, the majority was still very bright. Bright enough to light up the entire area of the dune he rested upon.

At night, the cold wind blew, contrasted by the sand beneath him that was still warm. As he stayed there, he slowly fell asleep. 

Alex woke up half-sunken in the sand. He quickly dusted himself off and walked away. He arrived at the village that was close by and went over to a well to wash himself off.