Sora spent the majority of his evening in the stables, eventually falling asleep in the hayloft, which had become something of a habit of his over the years. It was something that his father, thankfully, did not know about, because his friends kept quiet about it. The first rays of sunlight hit his eyes quite early, and he realized that though most everything was taken care of here, there were still matters to be attended to regarding his personal accouterments. Right. Leave it to him to forget something so basic.
His passage back to his room was swift and silent; no need for anyone important to see him with straw in his hair this early in the day. After a quick scrub and a change (though his wardrobe did not need to be drastically altered to fit in with people outside the castle) he grabbed the packed bag of clothes and supplies someone (he suspected Oscar) had arranged, and was back out to the grounds before anyone had any cause to know he had been rushing. He stopped at the falconry and debated the merits of taking an extra bird for messages. Eventually, he decided against it. One who make his living as a hunter or something might keep one such bird, but two was hinting at material wealth beyond what he really wanted to suggest.
Ophelia on his shoulder, he headed back to the stable proper and was surprised to find Lenore there. She seemed willing to help out, and also to know her way around tack, so the two worked in companionable silence for a few minutes until Adio and then Zahra showed up as well. By that time, everything was just about ready to go. The supplies Lenore had delivered the previous evening were slung over the back of the spare horse, and everyone else's mounts were ready. Unfortunately, the nature of the journey demanded saddles all around, as they were useful for attaching supplies and also had leather loops for holding weapons that would not sit comfortably in the position that horseback necessitated.
Each of the princes had his own horse, and he'd picked three of the swiftest otherwise for the guardians, anticipating that covering the distance as quickly and efficiently as possible was probably for the best. It looked like they were simply waiting on Jin and Shizuo now. They were not late by any means, not yet anyway, but it seemed as though some of the others had been as anxious as he had that morning.