Alone..

Skye and Shasta played and danced for nearly two hours before the princess had exhausted herself. The musicians had needed to take two breaks while she played, and required a third by the time she'd stopped. Everyone in the banquet room applauded as they bowed. On her last bow, Shasta sat up, and kept going; falling from the table with a drunken grin. She was passed out before she'd even hit the floor.

  Skye checked to make sure that Shasta didn't have a concussion, but she'd simply been passed out. Tidas and Zas laughed boisterously at their friend's state. She was still smiling as she drooled; curling into a ball to sleep.

 Shasta's tail curled up with her legs as she sleepily rubbed her whiskers. It took everything Skye had not pull her onto her lap, and scratch her behind her ears. She looked just like a contented house cat as a subtle purr began coming from her.