The warriormaid awakes.

The Abbey infirmary recovery room...

Leon walks in, he has been out of the infirm 2 days, and walks over to get some fresh bandages and some already made herb mixture, "Sit" he says calmly as he can.

Kiara gulps, she does sit but keeps an eye on the doorway and anyone else in the room, ears drooped.

Leon undoes the bandages and checks any wounds and applys fresh herb mixture and redoes the bandage, one so its tight, but not so tight it hurts, he steps back, "There.."

DoraRose has been lying in one of the cots for the past week or so, shifting between unconsciousness and sleep. Her wounds consist of a stab in her left shoulder, a set of horrible scratch marks on her upper right arm, a deep cut on her right thigh, and a long, narrow scratch on her left cheek. She has barely moved since she was brought to the Abbey. Her face is peacful and her breathing steady, but something akin to a miracle happens when Leon speaks...the mousemaid smiles in her sleep. She is still on the cot.

Kiara lets him help her and then gets off the cot and looks around, still tense.

Leon watches the hare, "Relax, no one will hurt you here, and everyone is resting, so far I am the only other healer..." Ok he was as one comes in to check on some.."Correct..one of two."

Kiara gasps and quickly gets behind one of the clothing hampers and whimpers, ok she is over jumpy. She shivers some and frowns hugging her knees to her chest.

The healer that just entered is making his rounds, and he nearly jumps out of his fur as DoraRose stirs when he gets to her. The warriormouse moves her right arm and murmers something...first word she's said in days.

Leon walks over to Kiara, "Hey..it's fine." He looks over to the other healer as they tend to Dorarose but he missed any movement she made as he tries to talk to Kiara, "You can't just hide from everyone."

Kiara shakes her head back and forth, clearing liking where she is, she mutters, "Go..away."

DoraRose moves her head and murmers again, bringing her right paw up to her left shoulder. She is not awake just yet, but she almost seems to be working on it. The healer turns to Leon and affirms this, saying, "Leon! I think she might be waking up."

Leon frowns, "Alright I..huh?" He looks from the hare to the other healer and then goes over to where Dorarose is to check on her.

Kiara tenses up, she blinks and watches the others in the room check on the mousemiad and just frowns,staying where she is, just slightly out of sight.

The healer moves a little to make room for Leon as DoraRose moves even more. Her eyes flit under her eyelids, and she murmers again.

Leon gently places a paw on Dorarose's paw, "Dorarose?" He waits for a response and does a quick check for fever, chesks a pulse and breathing rates while he is here.

Kiara slips out of sight, but takes a quick peek at the others before going out of sight again, but listening still.

DoraRose stirs again, then grasps Leon's paw in a vicelike grip. She whispers, "Leon..." then slowly, very slowly, opens her eyes, looking right into the mouse healer's own. She smiles.

Leon grits his teeth at the pain in his paw, he relaxes as the grip is released some, he returns the smile as Dorarose looks at him, "Dorarose...you're awake." His smile is big and he even has a couple tears but these are not tears of sadness, they are tears of joy at the fact she is alive.

Kiara takes the chance to leave the room, and go where ever she can be alone.

DoraRose's smile widens, but then turns into a grimace as the cut on her face gets pulled. She smiles a little lopsidedly and murmers, "Yes, and so are you."

Leon smiles, "I am glad your awake."

DoraRose nods, then sneezes. Aw, nuts. In all the fuss of trying to keep her alive, the healers forgot to give her her allergy medicine.

Leon notices the sneeze and looks at the other healer, "Where is the other medicine?" He asks, he turns back to Dorarose and gently gives her a kiss on the forehead."You just need to stay here, and recover."

The healer nods and rushes off, saying, "I'll go get it." DoraRose smiles even more at the kiss and keeps ahold of Leon's paw. "I plan to...would you sit here with me for a while?" she says quietly, her eyes saying the 'please' her mouth didn't.

Leon nods "Of course love, I will stay as long as you want, don't plan on going anywhere."

DoraRose is smiling almost contiually right now. Squeezing Leon's paw gently, she watches as the healer comes back over with a cup of tea with her allergy medicine and lots of honey stirred in. She thanks him as he sets it on a nearby table, then turns her gaze back to her love. "Flicktail had me wield Martin's blade."

Leon nods "I saw, the blade is safe somewhere, Benar put it somewhere or maybe Lorimis did, till Flicky is well again, I..carried it back when I carried you back, to the abbey."

DoraRose smiles a little bit more. She seems compleatly happy now...for once in a very, very long time. She lays back and just looks at Leon's face, happy that he's home.

Leon smiles also, "Your recover soon, I will help, and the others will recover too"

DoraRose nods, then glances at the tea. "I'm thirsty." she mutters, then tries to get the tea herself...great idea.

Leon gets the tea and helps her to drink it, if needed. "Here."

Shandar yawns, squeaking a bit. Her eyes flick open, and then close again. Wait..was that Leon and...DoraRose? She sits up quickly, knocking her forehead bandage askew so it slips over one eye. "DoraRose?" She whispers, not sure if she is still dreaming. She had been told that the warrior mouse wouldn't wake up for a while.

DoraRose drinks some tea and murmers, "Thank you, love." she turns her happy smile to the mouse Dibbun. "Well, hello, Shandar. Fancy seeing you in here as a patient."

Leon looks over at Shandar "Hi.." He looks around to see if one other is still here and sighs, he shrugs and smiles at Dorarose again, "You're..welcome."

Shandar pushes the bandage up with one paw, leaning on the other. She's feeling better, and some of her color has returned. "DoraRose!" She grins. "You're awake!" She looks at her cot. "Well, yeah..I was sick...But you're better?"

DoraRose laughs lightly. "Why, yes, I am. Why? How long was I asleep?" she turns this last question to Leon, a slightly confused look on her face.

Leon answers "Just over a week, alot were worried about you"

DoraRose's eyes widen as she takes in this news. "A week?"

Shandar tries to get out of bed, and that squirrel who has been taking care of her [though Shandar may not say it like that] comes over and pushes her back down gently. "I'll get your medicine, now that your up." She disspears. Shandar watches the door for a moment, then tumbles onto the floor, and shakily walks to DoraRose and Leon. She tugs on Leon's pants. "Are you gonna ask her now?" She 'whispers', but she's a dibbun, so it isn't exactly quiet.

Leon blinks and looks at Shandar, "Ummm...hey you should be carefull Shandar, not well enough to be to outta bed."

Shandar shakes her head. "I'm ok. Really." She /is/ better, though she will get in trouble if that sister comes back and sees her visiting the other patients..

DoraRose raises an eyebrow. "Ask me what? And you might want to go back to your cot. We wouldn't want to get in trouble with the Sister, would we?" she slowly reaches her good paw down to stroke the mouse dibbun's head, gently smiling.

Leon looks at Dorarose and just smiles, "I...can ask later, for now you just need to get well."

Shandar titters at Leon, hears something, and almost falls as she runs to her bed. The squirrel nurse raises her eyebrows as she enters, suspecting, but she doesn't say anything. She sits on the edge of the little one's cot and redoes her bandage.

DoraRose actually stops smiling..almost. She turns her attention back to Leon. "You're gonna leave me in suspense?" She's only half serious -- there's a joking little twinkle in her smiling blue eyes.

Leon smiles again,he gives her a gentle hug, "Right now I am just happy you woke from your deep faint I was worried I'd lose you."

Shandar sits still as the Sister gives her bandage one last tug, but protests at the spoonful of medicine. "I dont need any, I had some just before I went to sleep. And I'm feeling better, too.." She withers under the Sister's glare. She takes it sullenly, downs a cup of water in 30 seconds, and coughs. "Ok." The nurse, satisfied, leaves. Shandar scoots to the edge of the cot, swinging her legs as they hang over the edge. "You didn't look very good when you were asleep. I'm glad you're awake now." She smiles at DoraRose.

DoraRose closes her eyes and smiles a little wider at the hug. "Lose me? No, I wouldn't do that. I'm too stubborn." Her eyes are twinkling when she opens them again, but it's clear that she's a little dissapointed that Leon won't tell her what the question is. The dissapointed look vanishes in a laugh as she hears what Shandar says. "I'm glad I'm awake, too." She doesn't seem one bit offended by the little one's words.

Leon smiles, "I'm glad too."

Kiara peeks in the room from where she is, she had sliped off a short while earlier and slowly returns now, staying by the doorway.

Shandar stays in her bed, but she turns to the door. "Hello Kiara." She has learned to be /super/ quiet around the nervous hare. "Don't worry DoraRose- You'll find out soon enough." She grins again, very happy in general, but knowing what the secret is helps.

DoraRose snorts in frustration. "I hope so. I can't bear suspense." she rolls her eyes for the dibbun's benifit, then smiles at Kiara. "Hello."

Kiaras' ears droop as she slides along the wall and frowns.

Leon notices Kiara and sighs, he stays beside Dorarose not being sure what to do for Kiara.

Shandar giggles at DoraRose's face. "Kiara, have you thought of what you were gonna say yesterday?"

Kiara whimpers as starts to back out of the room too many beasts paying attention to her now and she dislikes it.

DoraRose sighs, then kinda closes her eyes. Yeah, she pretty much just woke up, but she's still tired.

Ragg is laying in bed, sleeping at the moment, but by the way he keeps muttering he will not be sleeping for long.

Kiara sits in a corner of the room and hugs her knees to her chest, tears go down her face.

Leon gives Dorarose another kiss, "I will check on you later, need to let the abbot know your awake and Benar." He smiles and heads out.

Shandar sighs. She's only had one or two slightly positive interactions with Kiara, and it doesn't seem as if that'll happen again today. She hears Ragg and watches him for a moment before turning to the more-happy-than-most DoraRose. "Was leon in here when you woke?"

DoraRose nods, an seemingly permanant smile lighting up her face. "Yes, he was." she glances at Kiara, softly murmering, "Are you alright?"

Ragg seems to be in great pain in his dream for he keeps groaning and muttering things quietly, almost yelling once.

Kiara whimpers, she gets out a "Nooo" As a healer goes to check on her, her eyes go wide and she screams and goes to a storage area and hides, ok she wants none near her today, she whimpers again.

Shandar slides out of bed, seeing as the squirrel sister is not coming back any time soon, and she goes to sit near DoraRose's bed. "Have you thought of what you like to cook, Kiara?" This is part of an interrogation to find what Kiara likes to do. Shandar hopes that maybe if she can find something, she can help Kiara feel better faster.

DoraRose jumps and winces at the screams/yells. She slowly places her good paw on her forehead, frowning.

Suddenly Ragg is quite and he almost seems to stop breathing, but than very slowly, his eyes come open and his breath returns. He looks at the ceiling with a frown of pure confusion.

Kiara frowns and getys under a nearby cot and stays there, curled up and crying, not seen but heard.

Shandar's eyes grow very wide as Ragg makes a lot of sudden noise, stops breathing, and then wakes up. "Are you ok Ragg?" She's a little worried.

DoraRose sighs, and tries to sit up, bares her teeth in a silent howl of pain, and lays back down. She was trying to get to Kiara, but that didn't exactly work out. She covers her eyes with her paw again, in a rather large amount of pain.

Two beasts enter. One is Emyuil, who strides in, still cloaked, minus a certain black sword, much to his annoyance....And Zarok, who charges in, the newt Terfil on his shoulders as he leaps into DoraRose and embraces her. "DOROOOOOOOOZE!"

Ragg has a bewildered look on his face as he says dazedly to Shandar. "Ya, I'm fine. " He seems to be thinking a bit too hard and thus does not look over at Zarok as he enters with the newt and other mouse.

Kiara looks out from under the bed and sees..."Monitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She is quickly back under the bed.

Shandar jumps at the scream. She sees DoraRose grit her teeth, and pats the older mouse's head. Nodding to Zarok, she gives Emyuil a small wave. "Hi...sorry about..the noise in here." She winces.

DoraRose smiles at the sight of Emyuil, but then her happiness is drowned out by pain as the monitor dibbun lands on her. She screams loud and long from pain, and that brings in about 5 healers, who promptly drag Zarok and his newt friend off the mousemaid, shouting at him and berating the 2 of them. DoraRose grits her teeth as tears of pain begin to pour down her cheeks.

The monitor screeches and there's a flash of movement, and suddenly one of the healers staggers back and Terfil abandons his position on Zarok's shoulders; it's not clear what happened but Zarok's fangs are now extremely red. He stares at DoraRose, ashamed. Emyuil meanwhile takes two swift steps forward and clasps his sister's paw in his own, fear showing in his eyes for the first time in perhaps seasons.

Kiara peeks out from under the bed.

Ragg flinches at DoraRose's scream and all thoughts of the dream he just had fly from his brain. "Wow..." Is all he says as he closes his eyes, trying to keep his composure.

Shandar shudders violently at the scream and tries not to think about what it looks like Zarok just did. She curls up in her chair and hides her face.

Two of the healers escort the injured Brother out of the room, and a few moments later a dibbun caretaker comes in, looking slightly confused. Oh, yeah, he's suppossed to make sure Zarok doesn't bite anyone else. Meanwhile, DoraRose is squeezing the life out of her brother's paw, and another healer begins to check her wounds.

Zarok breaks free of the healers' paws and drops into a fighting crouch, claws extended and fangs bared at the healer. Emyuil meanwhile retains his hold on his sister's paw, murmuring, "Pain is temporary. Finite. It /can/ be defeated, Rose. The same willpower that is used to outfight enemies must be turned to the pain after the fight. Think. Think on what will come after. I was hoping to spar...and the lizard seems eager to visit." Said lizard is advancing slowly on the caretaker, mouth beginning to foam as a greenish light fills his eyes.

Ragg listens intently to the words being spoken by Emyuil. He reminds Ragg a lot of Nightbreath and smiles dryly to himself at the thought that /Maybe/ Emyuil has the eye of a seer.

Kiara stays under the bed and achally falls asleep.

Shandar listens to Emyuil with one ear. It sounds like the sort of thing you'd always remember if you were ever hurt. Zarok is really frightening her, but she uncurls and hugs DoraRose very, very, gently. "You'll be ok.."

DoraRose listens to her brother's words and looks at Zarok. Holding a paw out to him, she murmers, "Zarok....stop that...now..." then she faints. Appaerently, the pain was just too much for her this time.

Emyuil closes his eyes and cointues holding his sister's paw; he'll probably be here for a while. Meanwhile Zarok's jaws snap shut and the green light fades, his eyes filming a bit, humiliated.

And here I had to log off, but the adventure continued....Thanks for reading!