Lupina Returns: Part Seven

by thegreatlupelover

The Recovery

It had been a month since Lupina's awful wounds, and she had still not awakened. Most of the pets, with the help of Emala, Lily, Rosy and Amy, had found their homes and returned to their joyous owners. But Lupina's friends were not in the least happy. They stood in the Water Faerie's infirmary, gazing down at Lupina, who was still swathed in bandages.

"I guess we've got a second Sleeping Beauty," Amy joked half-heartedly.

"Sleeping Mummy, more like it," Emala added. They forced themselves to chuckle, but the laughter soon stopped. How could they laugh at Lupina's condition?

Suddenly, the mass of bandages moved a little. Amy, Lily, Emala, and Rosy stood stock still, hardly daring to hope. Then a groan arose from the bandaged head.

Amy's face broke out into a joyous smile. "Rosy, run tell the Water Faerie! Hurry!"

Seconds later, the Water Faerie appeared in the room. Quickly, she cut the bandages on Lupina's head and body. Lupina groaned and shifted again, then she sat up. "What...where am I? What happened? All I remember was a big metal bar coming down on my head...I tried to stop it...then nothing..."

The Water Faerie made her lie down again. "You were terribly wounded in a battle with Dr. Sloth. Your friends took care of him after he gave you that awful head wound. You've been under special care for a month now."

"What?! I've spent a whole month asleep?! No wonder I'm so hungry!"

The Water Faerie shook her head. "I'm sorry, Lupina, but you won't be able to eat for another few days, and you'll have to stay in bed for a week after that. When you get out of bed, you will only be allowed to walk around the infirmary-no stairs. That's for two weeks. For four weeks, you can only eat baby food. You got some very deep wounds from Sloth, and your insides are tender."

Lupina groaned. "No food for a few days and just baby food for four weeks after that. No getting out of bed for a week and stay in the infirmary for two weeks after that."

"Yes, and after that, supervision whenever you go on stairs for a month, and then supervision whenever you go outside for a month. Anyways, it'll still be a while until your legs heal, so you'll need assistance getting around most of the time," the Water Faerie added.

"Oh help," moaned Lupina, lying back in bed. "I should have been the one instead."

At that moment, Lupina's Puppyblew, Sparky, arose from where he had been lying on the bedstand and jumped lightly onto Lupina's chest, shaking his head. At that, everyone laughed.

***

For the next week, Sparky stayed on Lupina's chest and didn't let her get up. At every meal, he carefully inspected each of Lupina's spoonfuls of baby food to make sure there were no lumps. When she tried to go down the stairs, he guarded them ferociously. If it hadn't been for Sparky, there was no doubt Lupina would have broken a lot of the rules that the Water Faerie set.

Finally, Lupina went home with Amy and her other pets. Sparky continued to guard Lupina closely, making her obey all the rules. He did everything from taking her on walks to preparing her food to make sure she stayed on her diet. Soon she had progressed to fruits such as bananas, but she was greatly disappointed when Burnumups were outlawed to her all winter.

Finally, after almost a year of recovery, Lupina was back as herself again, strong and healthy and ready for another adventure.

The End