Aleka awoke slowly to the sounds of the forest around her. The sun warming her fur and the birds singing around her brought a smile to her lips as she thought of the dream message from her god. She had been visited by Pan before but never had his message been this clear. Slowly she stretched out her arms and legs before climbing down from the branch she had slept on that night. As she did so, however, she felt the Gift she had been given was still in her hand. Studying it for a moment before placing it gently in her pack Aleka was in awe that she was chosen to do her god's will in the world. The feline girl would have to do her best, cross on ocean even to get to this place that He had showed her.<br/><br/>Perhaps there was a simple answer though, after all. She had been working the past few days on a special set of drums for a Mage who needed a gift for the woman he was courting. Perhaps instead of the payment she had requested at the start he could set her up a portal to the continent she needed to be on. Well it would be worth a shot.<br/><br/>Slowly she worked her way over to the tree were she stored her less... necessary items like the clothing that she needed now. Without a second thought she gathered everything else she had stored there to sell in the city. She may never come back here, and travel would be easier without it. Once she was dressed and her muscles warmed up she started the long jog into the large city where she made her business. Aleka did not, in fact, know the name of the place nor what her forest was called on the map but she knew she was not where she needed to be. As she passed the familiar sights of her home she mentally bid goodbye to each creature, each tree, each fern and vine she had come to know. Somehow in her heart she knew it would be many years until she saw them again, if she ever did.<br/><br/>Entering the city was as hectic as ever and Aleka fought her way to the Mage's home as fast as she could. Crowded places like this made her feel very uncomfortable but luckily the man was home so she could conduct her business quickly. Fortune continued to mile on her as the man was agreeable to the new trade she offered. He could not get her much closer than the Entry Point in the city of Washington but even being so far away Aleka knew she could make it if she ran hard, or bartered along the way. With that plan made she went off the sell her other items while the man prepared his part of the deal, neither took long as her products were finely crafted and in great demand. With one last stop to drop off a letter for her family Aleka headed back and to the portal that would take her to America.