Over the next week and a half everyone on the Odin, and many of the men, and women of Dawnstar worked extra hard to prepare for the thousand incoming ships, and over hundred thousand men, and women on them. The only ones not busting their backsides was Aalis, who had at least taken in the role of caring for Snowy, and the direwolf pups, because it helped her not miss Athena, who was left in the care of her parents, and had the protection of the academy's instructors, and students, unlike Aqua, who just swam around the harbor under the protection of her doll Trident.