"Hugo, I do wish you wouldn't carry that around with you." Arvia said to her guard, "All the humans stare so much." The girl glanced down at the weapon hanging from Hugo's waist. It never left his side.
Hugo didn't respond, his eyes too focused on the crowd of people passing them in the street. It was true, there were those that stared at the strangely armed young man, but he wasn't concerned with them. His focus was on anyone who looked at his charge. He wished that they had made straight for the camp, there he knew that Arvia would be safe. He glanced down at the Ice Heir. She was gazing at everything the busy city street had to offer with hungry eyes. Of course her outfit didn't fit in with the climate, she was still in the heavy furs she preferred to wear in the arctic. No doubt a normal human would be sweating right now but the Ice Heir could regulate her body temperature, she adapted well to changes in temperature.
"Arvia, we should leave now." Hugo said, hesitating before speaking her name. Arvia turned and grinned at her guard, pleased to actually hear him speak her name for once. It had taken months before he would even consider calling her anything else other than Princess. But, she had argued, at the camp there would be more princesses and how was she to know that Hugo was calling her? The guard had protested but Arvia had continued insisting until eventually he had agreed to use her first name.
The two had done a side track on their trip down to the camp, much to Hugo's frustration. Arvia was going to make the most of leaving the arctic and had made the pair stop at every new city. Now the two left the city and made their way into an area of isolated bush. Without losing a minute of time the two shifted into their wolf forms. Hugo's wolf form was a large, black wolf and Arvia was silver white. Grabbing their bags between their teeth the two began to run. Tiny ice crystals formed as Arvia's paws hit the ground and melted swiftly once she had passed.
They ran full pelt, Hugo leading the way. Finally they passed into Apollo and Artemis' sacred forest. They shifted back and quickly changed back into their clothes before approaching the gates. Arvia opened them with a push from her magic, a flurry of snow flakes fell from her hand as she did.
"Cabin two", Hugo began, pointing towards said cabin. Arvia had already spotted it and was halfway there.
It was perfectly suited to her taste and Arvia quickly got to unpacking her clothes.
"The other heirs are starting a fire outside." Hugo remarked. He hadn't began to unpack, he really only had one small bag. Arvia turned nervously towards the window that overlooked the area in front of the dining hall. Sure enough fires were being made and Arvia, suddenly anxious about meeting her fellow Heirs, hesitated before leaving.
"You'll come with me?"She asked, hating the worried tone that appeared in her voice.
Hugo nodded. Arvia smiled in reply and, after a moments pause, finally made her way to the door of her cabin.
"Well, let's do this." She said, both for Hugo's benefit and her own.