A/N: Hey! Bit of a shorter chapter, but I'm working really hard to get back to my daily chapters because that's one of the things I love most about this story. So I'm going back to shorter chapters and gradually building up like I did in the beginning. Counting down the days until my next dentist appointment. Please have your fingers crossed for me guys that I can get away with just a filling on this one rather than the root canal surgery which just the thought of makes me feel ill. Until tomorrow! :) xxx

Lexa was grinning as she tapped on Clarke's arm, pointing ahead to where Octavia, Lincoln, Ontari and Raven were riding in a group, with Octavia quite loudly complaining about how long they had been traveling. "Octavia has no patience." She murmured as Clarke smiled and nodded.

"She really doesn't, that's why I'm always so surprised that she can put up with with you."

Lexa rolled her eyes, nudging her horse so it sidestepped into Clarke's, "You are very funny Clarke."

Clarke just looked over at Luna, who was riding beside them, "You think I'm funny don't you Luna?"

"Not if Lexa's going to kill me for agreeing with you." Luna said quickly, before she turned to Lexa and nodded to where the road was curved and a narrow bridge was built across a river, made from falling logs. "Lexa, we need to drop down onto the path running next to the river until we get to the boats."

Nodding to her with a focused look on her face, Lexa urged her horse forward, overtaking the others and leading them down.

Her demeanor was relaxed but serious, this could be a perilous path to take if you didn't know what you were doing and she was determined to get every member of their family safely there without incident.

And that's what she did. With Luna bringing up the rear they had arrived at a narrow jetty within half an hour, swinging down from the horses to all lend a hand moving all their belongings into the two fairly large boats.

"What do we do about the horses?" Raven asked as she carefully removed the last of her things from the packs attached to her horses saddle.

Lexa looked up from where she was carefully packing the boats with Luna and pointed to a small wooden structure halfway up the bank where it wouldn't be flooded by the rising river if it flooded, "Remove the saddle and bridle and stow it in there. Then turn them loose. They're trained well, they'll find their way home soon enough.

Acting quickly, it didn't take then long to release all the horses and to clamber into the boats, pushing off from the shore to start their journey down the river.

As the only two with any real experience, Luna and Lexa took the oars of each boat, rowing at a strong but steady pace.

"I'm tired just watching you." Octavia muttered before long, as Lexa just grinned at her, maintaining that same, steady pace.

"It's a skill just like anything else, and so it can be trained, would you like to try your hand Octavia?"

Octavia shook her head quickly, "Not a bit, you enjoy your rowing, I'm going to just sit here and admire your great skill."

"I thought as much." Lexa chuckled as she exchanged a glance with Luna rowing in the boat parallel to theirs.

Finally, after nearly three hours in the boat, a shore came into sight.

The members of their party who had never visited Luna's lands before brightened at the thought of setting foot on solid ground again after the extended journey and so they were disappointed when instead of landing on the shore they headed for small river that led into what looked like a maze of smaller waterways crisscrossing across the land.

"How much longer is it going to be?" Ontari asked Luna, looking rather dejected from her place curled up on the bottom of the boat looking green.

Luna just chuckled, "Not a great lover of boats Ontari?"

"If I throw up on your shoes will that be enough of an answer?" Ontari groaned as she forced herself to sit up.

"Don't worry, we're nearly there."

Luna had told the truth, within half an hour they reached a group of trees with vines and overhanging branches covering the water.

Passing through they were suddenly able to see the city, which was made almost entirely of wood, with rickety looking walkways crisscrossing over the water and small docks at the back of each building. It wasn't as majestic as Polis, but it was beautiful in an entirely different way, with each of the pathways spreading outwards like an intricate web.

"Welcome to Floukru." Luna smiled as they passed through the trees.