######The trip here was significantly shorter than the trip she had taken so long ago from dahlia de Mai to Crimson Dreams. It was also a shorter trip than the times she had tried to come closer to Inferni (and so far, with absolutely no success, which was very annoying). As a result, Princess had been happy to travel in her shifted form, the one she generally preferred. She simply looked so much prettier in this form, and my, did she look pretty today! The air was chilly this morning, but the rain had not come yet and showed no signs of coming soon, so the girl had spent some time fixing her long curls nicely and put on one of her least worn dresses, a very simply white sundress. She had no reason to get dolled up other than wanting to look nice for anyone who saw her, just incase this pack was like Inferni in that they did not want anyone coming too close. Princess did not think this was likely, though, considering this was where Hemming had said he was from. Princess wanted to see the tribe, AniWaya, out of curiousity.


######She studied the fence structure, making sure to keep herself out of the actual territory, though she was very close. Just because she was incredibly nosy a bit of a brat did not mean that she was willing to trespass, just as she would not trespass if she went to Inferni. Of course, it seemed that no one thought it was a good idea for her to go there without trespassing, either. Stepping closer to the fence, Princess leaned forward against it, crossing her arms across it. Maybe she was too close now, but she could always feign complete innocence if anyone said something to her about it. As it was, it wasn't as if she was actually doing anything wrong. All that she was doing was standing there, and as far as she knew, that wasn't something she could get in much trouble for. She looked around her, wondering what came next. The tribe had been intriguing, but now that she was there and so close, she did not know what she was supposed to do. Waiting for someone was an option, but what if they were not nice to her? It would be a shame, and she hoped that would not be the case today.

######Her thoughts were a mixture of good and bad, naturally flooded with the current dramatic situation with Haven. It was terribly confusing, and Princess had absolutely no idea what she was going to do about him. She had not seen her brother since their birthday alone, and the pack celebration with everyone else, and that was well over two months since they had last seen one another. It was possible he had chosen to leave and had not said anything to her about it, but she doubted that was the case at all. If he went anywhere, he would tell her and try to bring her with him, even if she did not think she would go. There were other possibilities regarding the scarcity of her brother, such as him actually telling Mati how he felt about her, or maybe something had happened to him. Princess was not all that worried, though; they had taken care of themselves for so long that they could both handle themselves well. It was a complicated situation, with or without him present.


######A voice, friendly and melodic, reached her ears, drawing her attention up from the ground she had been looking at within the territory. "I was just loo--" she began to speak before actually looking up, and when she did look up, she was startled into a moment of silence, so very rare for her. What the hell was that thing standing next to the woman!? Not only did she not know what the creature was, she was completely astonished that the woman seemed content to let it be so close when she was carrying what seemed to be, judging by the size of the pouch and smell over the distance, a child. The woman obviously belonged to the tribe, so it seemed that Princess had found what she had been looking for, but after a brief moment of looking over the woman, her eyes settled on the other creature once again. "Excuse me, but just what is that with you?" she asked, tone mildly indignant as she swept her hand toward the tiger as a form of explanation. Of course she had seen animals other than wolves and luperci, but certainly nothing of this nature. Princess couldn't even begin to imagine what the other creature was, or why it was with the woman.

######At least she had not been laughed at right away. If the AniWayan woman had laughed at her, Pricess surely would have been very offended and she would have made it very well known right away. As much as she tried to consider herself a big improvement over her mother, the truth was, she was still a very high maintenance girl, and it was her experience that told her that many people were not fond of such a trait. it seemed that the woman's laughter was more for the large feline than her, for which the girl was glad. She did not mind the close proximity of the older woman, though the cat's closeness was a little unnerving. The explanation did not shed any light on the situation, since she had absolutely no idea what a Spirit Animal was. When she had met Hemming, he had mentioned that there were differences between a regular pack and a tribe; perhaps this was one of those differences and she just did not understand it yet.


######Peering at the small bundle that Hanna was holding, Princess wondered what, exactly, it would be like to be a mother. Someday, she hoped to have the chance to find out for herself, but she doubted it would be possible, considering her current situation. Obviously, she knew that she wasn't in love with Haven, and she did not think that they were mates or that they would be soon, but there was always the possibility. . . What would they do then? "Not really, I guess I'm just nosing around." Better here than around Inferni. "I'm Princess Chance; it's nice to meet you, Hanna, and congratulations on the new puppy. Excuse me, but what is a Spirit Animal?" Hemming had never mentioned such a thing, and she was still very wary of the tiger, even if Hanna seemed to like having it around and even gave it a name. In that case, the tiger couldn't be that bad.

######Princess smiled at the small bundle, making note of the strange markings on the young girl’s face. She had never seen anything like that, and did not know if it might be a common coloring, but she certainly did not want to offend Hanna, especially since she was willing to let Princess look around. It was not a frequent occurrence that she was allowed to actually look around in a pack. Goodness knows that Princess had been trying to do that with Inferni enough, and she had been shot down each time. She had no idea why the coyotes of the clan were so opposed to wolves, or what was even so dangerous about the clan in the first place, so she was incredibly curious and it was infuriating to constantly be shot down at her few attempts of seeing more of the elusive clan. She did not find the tribe as intriguing as the clan, but it did seem interesting, considering the differences that were obvious. Hemming had not been able to describe the differences much at all, but Hanna seemed much more able to do so, and she also seemed to be more than willing to share her knowledge and time with the young Dreamer. “I would very much like to look around and hear more about the tribe, if you would. I met someone once, a long time ago, from here, but he could not tell me much about how the tribe differs from any other pack.”

######As the tiger disappeared from her line of vision, Princess stared at the spot it had occupied skeptically until it finally returned. If she had not already expressed her shock about its presence when it had first arrived with the ebony wolf, she surely would have expressed some form of shock, but now there was nothing left of that emotion. She was simply flustered, but kept her frustration inside, again trying to avoid offending anyone. It bothered her to not understand something right away, and the concept of a spirit animal was incredibly foreign to her, and she was not sure she particularly liked it. The other differences she mentioned were less bizarre, as she knew that many members of Cour des Miracles did have their own horses. “Does everyone have a spirit animal here? How come they are only here, and not in any of the packs or anything?” That was probably the part that bothered her the most, since Dahlia de mai and Crimson Dreams both lacked anything of the sort. She wanted to know what it was, exactly, that made the tribe different enough to have something so strange as these spirit animals. “I knew that Cour des Miracles had horses, though. I have a. . . Friend there, and he has a stallion, named Drogon. Do any of the other packs? Crimson Dreams doesn’t have anything like that,” she continued, trying to cover her pause as she tried to determine what she was supposed to call Haven. He was a friend, certainly, but so much more than that, as well.