Anastasia managed to kick off her shoes at some point while she ran out of the room. The shoes were not for running, she was better off without them. She was just out of the room when Samsul fell in step with her. She didn't look at him as she ran. She didn't even know where to start looking of her dog. She decided the garden and her room were likely, as they were the two places she had gone the most with Melor and also the last places they had been together. When she searched both and found him in neither, the thought of her own roaming came to mind. Melor got bored and liked to wander around. He could be anywhere in the castle and if he had managed to slip by a guard... or thought a stray... He could be anywhere. 

She covered her face as she stood in her empty room. How could she forget about Melor. Sure, everything was crazy and hectic and new but Melor was her best friend and she was responsible for him. If anything happened to him, she didn't know what she would do. It would be all her fault. She looked at Samsul, her eyes watering, "M-Maybe he's at the stables... They have a field for the horses after all.... Maybe he's there..."