Goodbye

Ning and Clara waited for a moment for the beasts and carriage to approach them. They waited and the birds flew right under them, not noticing them at all.

Ning quickly landed on top of the carriage, attaching himself to the hood of the carriage magnetically.

"The birds didn't notice us?" Clara asked.

"I'm hiding both our auras so that nothing can notice us," Ning said. "It's quite the amazing concealment skill I have."

Clara didn't know what to say. "What now?" she asked, ignoring Ning's statements.

"Well, now we wait to be invited," Ning said and knocked on the hood of the carriage loudly. He looked down from the edge and saw a head look up.

Ning waved at him and smiled. It was one of the black-uniformed royal guards from last evening, and he was more than scared to see Ning staring at him.

"Tell the Crown Prince that I want to go in," Ning said. "And tell him that Clara is with me too."