Nyx sat sideways on her beautiful Clydesdale as she count the money carefully under the moonlight while his thick furred hooves trotted against the cobblestone in to the small town. She squealed as she came down to the last few coins. 

“Balto, there is enough here to last us all season!” She leaned down and kissed the soft black coat against the side of his neck as he rustled up to meet her nuzzle. She couldn’t help but giggle at their hard work paying off, they would be able to afford staying somewhere with a stable and a proper bed for a while. She wrinkled her eyebrows as she began to look around the town square for the inn that had been mentioned in the letter she received. 

She jumped as she spotted it, and lightly kicked Balto in the hips to begin his trot to the building. The night was cold and she could begin to feel the frost creep under her gloves and was happy they had made it there by dusk. She hopped off of Balto and pulled out boysenberries to treat him for his journey, she was going to save the rest for a pie later tomorrow. 

She gently pushes open the Inn’s door to see a group of people lounging by the dining, it had been a while since she had been around civilization and her cheeks grew red from how nervous she had easily become around a small group of people. She watched as a few other people had the same type of paper in their hand as they approached another person sitting at their table. She took a step forward but then stepped back, the rain water had smeared whatever name had been left at the bottom. She curved around the tables to the end of the bar and peered at the bottles behind the counter not even sure what half of them were. 

“What can I get you miss?” Nyx eyes took their time to meet with the bartender. She opened her mouth but soon realized she had never drank alcohol, nor knew what any of it was called. The look of confusion on her face made the man chuckle and he leaned in. “How about a warm buttered rum? It’s sweet, kind of like a cider.. Just.. be careful when you drink it.” She nodded eagerly, but her nerves still wouldn’t allow her to speak. She simply looked around carefully at the all the people in the rooms, becoming curious to why they look as they do, and where they have traveled.