Algea

The last thing Algae remembered was the wind catching her and throwing her into a bunch of dead branches in her tree. Slowly a gummy eye opened She tried to take a deep breath and couldn't. The pain brought an involuntary squeak to her lips. Even that hurt. She could hear two other fae talking nearby. Was that food she smelled? She was so hungry. A huge pair of fluffy paws picked up the blanket she was laying on and gently lifted her over to a small table. As careful as he was moving her the pain was terrible.

"Glad to see you are still amongst us little one." Yaasai whispered quietly to her.

Taking in air to speak was even uncomfortable so she slowly nodded. Yaasai spooned a small amount of the brown liquid into her mouth. It felt so wonderful having moisture in her dry tissues but when she reached for more he pulled it away.

"Easy there. This will put you to sleep and we need you to try and eat some first." Yaasai replaced the liquid with some water. "You may have all of this you want. Just drink it slowly."

Another fae with a huge band-aid on his wing came closer to her with the most tender choice pieces of insects he could find and started feeding her slowly. "My name is Sepsis. And over there is Yersinia. What is your name?"

Algae swallowed and in a horse whisper told him her name.

"Oh that is a wonderful name." Sepsis grinned broadly.

After Algae had eaten as much as she could fighting through the pain with every breath. She croaked. "May I please have some of the brown liquid?"

Yaasai smiled gently and held the spoon to her lips. "Drink slowly, but you may have as much as you want." Soon Algae felt her head dropping to the blanket.


The next day when Algae woke up she felt a little better. Experimentally she slowly tried to get her feet under her. Then with a careful snap she folded her wings along her back. A tall slender dragon reached into the basket and slowly lifted her and placed her on the table. Whatever she was saying sounded like gibberish. Algae just nodded her head and started picking things out to eat. She was so hungry. The other dragon started carefully unwinding her bandages Then with clean water washed her while she continued to eat. After she was done eating fresh bandages were applied with salve. Soon she and Yersinia and Sepsis were deposited back into the basket with fresh cloths and a new layer of the fragrant grass. Fially she was offered the brown liquid. Remembering how a tiny amount killed the pain with out making her sleep she took a couple tiny sips then pushed the spoon away. The tall dragon nodded and smiled in approval.

"Her name is Aquailia." Sepsis piped up. "She is the clan healer. They speak a different language here. Yersinia and I were just discussing that we need to learn it. Then we can sing to the rest of the fae and they will learn also."

Algae nodded. Still feeling weak she did not feel up to conversation. She smiled in his direction knowing he would expect a response. Then settling as comfortably as she could she laid back to just relax and take in her surroundings.

As she lay there thinking she decided maybe she would like to learn the art of healing. She decided right then and there she would stay with this clan at least for a time.