Alanna, cat and Dragon rode up the mountain's side

In search of a fare gem stone, that Tortall's fate decides

The Lioness went into the night right into the blizzard's wake

To find the stone in a cavern where a demon sits and wates

She fought hard and strong, the demon she didn't slay

But the stone she got, with demon amused, she left battered from the bray

From being saved, into the inn she slept for seven-a-day

The feline woke, the dragon roared and a lover ship was lost

All cause of a blizzard strong

a god-sent cat

and a woman who couldn't say "No"