"Ladies and Gentleman we are now preparing to land at Portland International. Please ensure your bags are stowed safely and return your seat to the upright position"
She stirred from her sleep. Ten hours had gone by fairly quickly. A mixture of a passable in-flight movie, music on her I Pod and general napping had made the journey less arduous. She looked briefly at the city below. She had visited other US cities, but never Portland. She couldn't tell very much from up high, but she knew that it was not all that it appeared to be. Portland was the new Wesen hot spot. The reports were almost constant now, though the Grimm was certainly working his way through them. And the Prince, why was he here in Portland, away from the grandeur of his European royal heritage? She hoped not to run into him, for both their sakes.
Her thoughts were rudely interrupted by a small, stern air hostess closing the window shade sharply.
"Ma'am we're descending, we need all of the shades down now"
The plane touched down, one of the smoother landings she had experienced lately. Everyone scrambled to their feet despite the advice to the contrary. She joined them in ignoring the advice, grabbing her bag from underneath the seat In front before making her way to the exit.
Off the plane and in the terminal her first stop was the bathroom. Flying first class had its privileges, namely a private arrivals area with its own well-kept bathroom. She stepped inside, leaving her luggage with the concierge on duty. She looked in the mirror and saw instantly that ten hours flying in a recycled air environment did not agree with her. Her Ivory skin looked sallow; her long platinum hair was now limp.
"This is what happens when you stay in human form too long!" She could practically hear her mother shouting in her ear, after years of being told off for doing exactly that. She sighed, her mother was right. Fortunately it would only take a few minutes in her Wesen form to revive her. She went into the bathroom stall, carefully checking if anyone or indeed any Wesen were around, before joyfully returning to her true self.
