Warnings: Illness and Hallucinations

Rapunzel

A woman with black hair, tan skin, blue eyes, cleft palette, wearing a blue dress with white columns and a white veil, Freidborg is in the back of the room.

Mom's crying. She is shifting up and down.

"Shh," I coo. Why is she crying? I wonder. "Aww, what's wrong?". She continues to cry. I grab the glass of water. I grab her head. I put the glass to her lips. She continues to cry. "You don't want water.". I set the glass down. I grab the bowl of broth and put it to her lips. She continues to cry. "You don't want broth.". I grab a yellow cloth and dip it in the water bowl. I pat it on her forehead. She continues to cry. I grab the teacup and put it to her lips. She continues to cry. "What's wrong?". I pick her up. I bounce her. She continues to cry. "Aww, what's wrong?". She covers her ears. What the heck? I'll be quiet. I rock her. She continues to cry. She covers her ears. She's hallucinating!

"Oh my gosh! Freidborg, get my dad." I order. Freidborg runs out of the room. I hug her.

I rock her. She continues to cry. How do I get her out of the hallucination? I wonder.

I rock her. I set her down. She starts shifting up and down.

Eugene, Cassandra, and Dad come in.

"What's wrong?" Dad questions.

"She's hallucinating!" I reply. We gather around the bed. Cassandra feels her forehead.

"She's really hot." She announces.

"We need to get her fever down." Dad announces.

"And how do we do that?".

"We can give her some medicine. We'll have to wait 15 minutes.". I nod. He leaves.

"Dad's going to get medicine." I coo.

Mom tries to sit. She collapses. I gasp. Cassandra grabs her forearm. She cries.

"You're okay." Cassandra quickly announces.

"Mom, it's okay." I coo. Mom cries. I hold her. Dad comes in with a dark blue cup of pink liquid. He comes over to Mom. He presses the cup to her lips. She drinks. She falls asleep. We sigh with relief.