Alana made sure the merchildren were cared for before she left for her solitudinal journey to the now thawed Lake, where her father, King Triton had passed from being frozen in the 100 year winter. Every now and again she needed time to think about her responsibilities as Queen and discuss things with the souls of past royalty. It was a Royal Mermaid tradition.

Swimming along the river to the Lake near shuttering wood, she chanted merpray to Poseidon, the sea god. She liked to meditate while swimming solitarily to the place where her parents had passed. It helped her clear her mind.

Reaching the Waterfalls just east of the lake, she swam as fast as possible and with one large jump, she breached out of the water at the base of the falls. She flew through the air and up, over the falls, gliding gracefully back into the upper part of the river, without hardly a splash. A trick her father had spent many warm days teaching her when she was a mear Merchild.

She swam more slowly now. Somewhat tired from her journey and her swift jump. As she reached the lake, she swam to the spot where her father was honored with a carved stone at the bottom. A single conch shell was there too.

She picked it up, and rose to the surface. Raising the small end of the shell to her lips she blew air into it creating a loud and beautiful, hornlike, musical sound to wake the Gods and start the ceremonial prayer.

"You know,I think they must be rather sleepy, to need THAT sort of noise to wakethem up." said Efat who had been flying overhead, heard the nise andcome to coment.
OOC:Efat's gonna be sceptical of the gods.the moment you want him to go away,just say so, (in OOC as well as In charecter) and then I willl go away.

OOC: Your welcome to join me. :D

"Oh.....you startled me." Alana smiled, looking up at the pheonix. "Well, it has been a hundred years since this ritual has been performed. I guess I was a little over zelous. I am Alana, Queen of the Merpeople, and you are?" She looked at him inquisitively and with a warm smile.

she made up her mind to trush Alana."I'm Efat,the wize the corageous the...but I think you get my drift? ;) she winked at Alana.
"nice bit of jumping you did there,I thought it was pretty hard for merpeople to do that?"Efat was a fan of fancy trickes herself,and didn't think them in the least vain in any way!
OOC:neither do i ! ;)

"When I was young, my Father King Triton taught me how to jump so I could travel up stream with him. Breaching out of the water is easy if you can swim fast enough. It is a skill most of my people can't perform. If they could we would have Merpeople all over the place." She joked. Anything happening around the Witch's Castle lately? I heard the river and moat has turned to lava?"

Walking near the creek, Tumnus heard the conversation between the two. "It's true your Highness." Tumnus replied as he bowed to the Queen of Merpeople. "So make sure you and your people stay away from there. The heat alone could harm your delicate scales. In fact, anything north of the fork at the great river should be considered dangerous. The direction of the Beaver dam is indeed safe." Tumnus checked around to see if there was anyone else was listening, then wispered...."Oreius is forming an Army there, and I am on my way right now." Tumnus's eyes lit up as he mentioned the Army.

"Thank you Tumnus. I will tell all to be careful." Alana listened to Tumnus talk of the Army gathering and watched as he filled with excitement of the news. "Maybe I should head upstream and see him. Anything I can do to help Narnia and the peace this land deserves, is my promise as Queen. With this news, I bit you a fairwell. I must see Oreius this afternoon and offer the assistance of my people." Alana waved and dove under swiftly, swimming in the direction of the beaver dam.

"Bye, your Highness. Be careful and I will see you there!" He waved in return but she swam off so quickly that he wasn't sure if his wishes were heard. Tumnus turned to Efat. "Bye Pheonix" He waved as he trotted off through the woods on a north west passage. "I wonder if I will arrive before Alana? This is a shorter route." He chuckled to himself.