Firen moved restlessly in her rooms, the non-metallic red gold of her 
skin muted by her depression. She was worried about her rider, who had 
been in a coma since that fateful day nearly two months ago, when the 
strap on her riding harness had snapped, sending her plummeting towards 
the ground. Soliel had broken her wrist and collar bone,a few of her 
ribs, and was cut and bleeding from where she landed. But worse even than 
this, she had hit her head on a rock, sending her into the darkness she 
was still in. Firen had tried time and again to reach her, but it was as 
if she was in so much pain, she did not want to return.

***

Lilliana was speaking to Naomi in the Med Center. Soliel, her auburn hair 
dull, and her skin pale as paper against the pillows. She had been in the 
coma for nearly two months. She had lost weight, and her face and body 
looked thin and frail. 

"I'm worried about her Naomi. Her broken bones have healed, and even the 
scars are fading. She's in perfect health, nearly, but doesn't want to 
wake up."

Naomi turned and walked towards Soliel's bed. If it hadn't been for how 
pale and thin she was, she would guess the girl sleeping.  "I don't know 
Lilliana, has Firen tried to reach her?" 

Lilliana nodded unhappily. "Tried and failed. Its as if the girl has 
erected a wall around her mind, and doesn't want to leave the shelter." 
She turned to Soliel, and said, "come on girl! Buck up! You can make it 
back to us!! Your warren needs you, and your dragon needs you! If you 
die, so will she!"

Soliel seemed to stir at this, the obvious concern for ehr dragon 
penetrating deep into her mind, but it did not quite wake her.

Naomi sighed. "Soon perhaps, she will wake, i know she will not let Firen 
down."

***

Soliel hated the otherlands. She knew something was wrong, but not what. 
She felt seperated from her body, seperated from Firen. She tried, time 
and again to reach out to her, but it was as if she was blocked by 
something. THe... place... she was in change with her thoughts. At once 
moment a forest, at another, her childhood home. She couldn't tell how long 
she had been in this place, but she could feel that her friends were 
worried, and that Firen was worried. Each time she felt closer to the 
waking world, she would be drawn down another path, through another 
coridor of the maze. It was frustrating and angering. 

But at last, she was returning. All she needed was one more push, and 
then she would be back....


**TAG!!** If anyone would like to "push" Soliel into waking, please, 
continue this. Other wise, i'll write something in a few days! Feel free to 
"interact" or come see her in teh med center!

Submitted by Michelle/Soliel