"Tinker Bell!" Tinker Bell flinched at the yell. She felt an ache all over her body and wanted to sleep some more, but Iridessa's voice didn't stop flooding the room. "Are you feeling alright? Headache? Do you have a fever?" She put her warm hands on Tinker Bell's forehead. "Are you thirsty? Hungry? Do you want to sleep again? Just say the word and I'll let you sleep again or-"
"Iridessa?" Tinker Bell slowly opened her eyes to find herself in her house. She was curled up in her shell with her blanket on her. "What happened?"
"You mean you don't remember?" Iridessa hovered over Tinker Bell, her face right in front of hers.
Tinker Bell thought for a moment. "No, I don't." Tinker Bell stretched and sat up and instantly regretted that. Pain went through her back and she yelled out in pain. She lied back down and told herself not to move for a while. Tinker Bell couldn't see her back, but if she could, she would she would see a purple bruise from her shoulders to her hips. Small cuts peeked out of the bruise. There was no way of sugar coating- with the purple colours of the bruise and the scabs, her back looked horrible.
"We don't know what happened, to be honest," Iridessa said, looking as if Tinker Bell would get mad for not knowing. "We had to go out searching for you and Bobble found you. The healing fairies said you didn't break anything and your back will heal...but..."
"What?" Tinker Bell quickly sat up and yelled out again. She slowly lied down.
"It's not...that bad. It'll heal, too, but...it might not heal back to normal and it'll take a very long time." It was obvious Iridessa was avoiding the answer.
"Tell me!" Tinker Bell ordered.
"Okay, okay!" Iridessa took in a deep breath. "Your-"
"Tinker Bell!" The front door swung open to reveal Clank and Bobble. "How's your broken wing?"
"My wing?" Tinker Bell tried to turn to see her wings. She got a glimpse of her bruised back, but gasped when she saw her right wing. It was dented. She wondered how it could even be healed. A worrisome thought came into her head- what if she could never fly again?
"It'll heal," Iridessa reminded her in a calming voice.
"Just coming in to check on you, Miss. Bell," Bobble said cheerfully. "Fairy Mary's been askin' about you. We'll tell her you're finally awake."
"Take care, Miss. Bell," Clank said. Both sparrow men turned to leave, but Tinker Bell stopped them.
"What happened to my wing?" Tinker Bell demanded.
"I dunnae...," Bobble muttered. "You wanted to collect some lost things, but you didn't return when the sun went down and we got worried. We searched for you and found you, but we don't know what happened."
"Oh," Tinker Bell said, looking down, then she brightened up again. "When can I start working again?"
It was obvious Iridessa was about to come into the conversation and deny Tinker Bell from work anytime soon, but Bobble beat her to speaking.
"Maybe tomorrow. Right now, you need some rest," Bobble said with a smile.
It was true. She did feel tired and when she thought of it, hungry too.
"Okay. Tomorrow, then," Tinker Bell said.
Thanks for the reviews! I had to repost because of my failure to spell Tinker Bell's name wrong. Fail .