There was hardly any time to prepare to set off for the party, for nearly as soon as her parents received the letter she was ushered off. Before Alexis left, she raised her voice and did a proud war-cry before turning and sprinting away barefoot through the scrub-oak with Delilah at her side. And though it took a long time to arrive at their destination, neither the human nor the deinonychus seemed to get tired along the way. Although the human had gotten unpleasantly sweaty. 

There was a short, shallow stretch of water to cross in order to reach Jurassica Castle, and it appeared even in the distance that there was a mosasaur in the water, as well as a large theropod standing on land. Delilah didn't like getting her feathers wet, so Alexis grabbed an abandoned raft and paddled in their direction with the deinonychus curled up contently on her lap. It was uncomfortable--deinonychus were a little too big to be lap creatures--but she tolerated it.

"Fine creatures!" she called out, addressing both of the champions she could see.