"WHAT ARE YOU THREE DOING?" Bowser bellowed.
The three of them jumped; Raven's jump being particularly painful.
"RAVEN NEEDS HER SLEEP!"
Raven peered over at her left wing.
It was throbbing painfully.
"Thanks Bowser...I think you might have made it worse." She said sarcastically, voice tinged with pain.

Wendy supported her all the way back to the room, hurling angry remarks at her father for making them jump like that.

"She could have been seriously injured! When she gets back, these wings need to go in casts."
Raven's eyes went huge and she shook her head violently.
".Not on your life"She hissed.
"But thats the only way we can make sure you dont use them and injure them more." Wendy pointed out as gently as possible.
Raven knew she was right.
She had never actually injured her wings.

The thought of not being able to use them terrified her.
Bowser saw the fear in her eyes."Wendy stop scaring her." He said gruffly. He patted Ravens shoulder as lightly as he could.
"It 'll only be for a few worry."He was attempting to be as soothing as possible.
It wasnt working.
As they neared the Darklands, her fear grew even more.
"B-bowser?"She asked tenatively."Your dad...he...he isnt the doctor by any chance?"
He shook his head no."Hes off in his own castle doing Koopa knows what."
She sighed in relief.

She didnt need to be reliving those kinds of memories. Not now , or ever.
"Alright.I'll...let them cast my wings only..if you stay with me."
Bowser let out a soft chuckle."Whatever you say , princess." he teased.
The mattress Raven was on was carried into the medical wing of the Castle the second they arrived.

Parakoopas were prodding her wings with some fascination.

Normally she wouldnt mind but her wings and most of her body was aching.
A soft cry of pain escaped her lips as one of them hit a particularly painful spot on her wing.

It was probably an accident of course.

Darkness was spotting itself around the edge of her vision.
Crap,She thought, dont let me pass out here.

She felt a hand encasing hers.
"I know it hurts, but it'll be over in a almost done."Bowsers voice sounded really far away.
''Princess, are you allergic to codein, morphine or any other type of drug?" One of the doctors asked her.
When she shook her head,he injected her with something.
Immediatly the pain stopped.
Raven looked rather relieved.
"Thank you." She said gratefully."I thought I was going to pass out for a second."

Very soon The procedure was over.
"Apply this to her burns every hour or so."

Raven heard none of this, because she had fallen into a deep painless slumber.

When she awoke, she was in a room dimly lit by looked to be a guest room of sorts.
Immediatly her eyes went to her wings. They were covered in white bandages and so was most of her body.
" They went a bit overboard."She hissed out.
"That mightve been my fault."A voice chuckled.
She immediatly recognized the voice as Bowsers. He was sitting on the bed watching her.
Weakly she managed to sit up.
"Lay back down." He said sternly."You're on ordered bed rest from the doctors."
Sighing she laid back was gonna be one LONG recovery period.