Aero the Kite [PiE]

>Day party time on Earth.
>Be Anon.
>You brought a special gift for your best friend.
>It's Aero's birthday and your mom is driving you to her house.
>You walk up the porch and ring the doorbell; wrapped package in hand.
>Open the door.
>Get on the floor.
>"Hello, little Nonny!" greeted Aero's mother.  "And hello, Mrs. Anonymous.  Are you staying or just dropping off?"
>"I'm just dropping him off," answered your mother.  "I'll be back in a while."
>"Alrighty then.  Take care!"
>Your mom drives away and leaves you standing at the door.
>"You can put your present on the table there," gestures Aero's mom.  "The rest of the children are out back."
"Okay."
>You drop the present and go outside.
>There's a bunch of fillies and other kids from your class running around and playing party games.
>A quick scan finds the filly of the hour.
>Aero is blindfolded and surrounded by other kids as she takes swings at a hovering pinata.
>You decide to push yourself to the front of the crowd to say "Hi".
"Aero!  Sorry I'm-  Oof!"
>You take a bat to the gut and fall over to the ground.

>"Vhut?  Herro?" mumbled Aero around the bat in her mouth as she looked around for the voice.
>She drops the bat, undoes the blindfold, and finds you on the grass.
>There's also a crowd of kids laughing at you.
>Even some of the parents, one with a video camera, are having a chuckle.
>Aero smiles as she lowers her head to your level.
>"Oh, hey Anon!  What's up?"
"Just catching my breath," you wheeze.
>Aero reaches out a hoof to help you up.
>Taking it in hand, you rise to your feet.
>She proceeds to grab the bat and hands it off to another foal.
>"Here, Pat.  You can try," she says.
>"Aww yee-ah," said the little zebracorn as he took the bat.
>Aero walks with you over to the pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey as Pat decided to chuck the bat aside and shoot the pinata with dual nerf pistols instead.
>"When did you get here?" asked Aero.
"Just now.  I got you a present."
>"Is it magical wings?" asked the earth pony.
"N-no?"
>You're not quite sure what the right answer for that is.
>"Ah, that's alright. I'm sure there's robot wings out there somewhere," replied Aero with a dismissive wave of her hoof.

>That's always been a thing with her for as long as you've known her.
>Which in all honesty was probably only like a year or two since she moved here.
>Planes! Helicopters! Rocket ships!
>Since Aero wasn't born a pegasus, she's often wondered how to get a hold of a flying machine in order to attain flight.
>At one point in time, she jumped out of a tree and flapped her front legs as fast as she could in an attempt to fly.
>Good thing it was autumn and there was a pile of leaves below her.
>Which also happened to not be part of the plan.
>Her mother says it was just a phase.
>You're inclined to agree.
>"Kids! It's time for cake!" called Aero's mother.
>"Woo!" cheered every child in the backyard.
>It was like a stampede as everyone ran into the house and into the dining room.
>To much of your surprise, as well as all the other children's, Aero's mother bought her an ice cream cake.
>Vanilla and oreo cookie, hell yeah.
>Birthday song, blow out the candles.
>Wow, one candle short from getting your wish.
>Tough break, pony.

>When the children were finished eating cake, it was time for the presents.
>As expected, Aero was the first one off of her seat as she raced into the living room.
>The rest of the children followed shortly after.
>"Alright Aero," spoke her mother while simultaneously recording this moment with a rented video camera. "Pick your first present."
>Aero tore through the first gift, which turned out to be a comfy-looking sweater.
>A light-blue, smallish-looking female pegasus on the couch gave a quiet "Your welcome" after Aero thanked her.
>Yada yada yada.
>Gifts, wrapping paper, toy.
>And at one point, socks.
"Thanks grandpa..." mumbled Aero.
>And older-looking pony raised his glass before he chugged his drink down.
>And last but not least...
>"From, Anon," read Aero.
>You smile as she tore the paper off with her teeth.
>"A kite!" she exclaimed.  "Thanks, Anon!"
>You were part of the group the was sitting in a semi-circle on the floor.
>Aero gave you a quick hug around the neck, causing you to blush and others to laugh.
>"Alright kids, guess what time it is?" piped up Aero's mother.
>A clown kicked in the back door on cue.
>Iiit's Bozo!" he shouted.
>The rest of the kids cheered as they ran after him into the backyard.
>You waited for Aero and were the last two to head out.

>Several hours later, you find yourself sitting on the front porch.
>Your face was painted like a tiger and you had a doggy-shaped balloon tied around your wrist.
>Everyone else had left and you were sitting patiently for your mom.
>Aero comes out dragging a familiar package and takes a seat next to you.
>"Hey you," she starts.  "How's about we take this baby out for a spin?"
>The pony holds up the pieces of the kite you bought her.
>Along with those pieces, she has some duct tape and string.
"Sure!" you exclaim.
>Two minutes later, you were across the street in a baseball field.
>It was two minutes instead of one because Aero had to ask her mom if the two of you could go across the street.
>Aero stares at the instructions on the grass as you piece the kite together as she tells you.
>After several minutes, you hold the contraption up for her to see.
"This doesn't loo right," you tell her.
>The kite came out as four 'L's rotating clockwise.
>"Hmm..." hummed Aero as she checked and doubled-checked her plans.  "Oh!"
>She quickly straightened the sticks to make the diamond shape you're familiar with.
"Oooh..." you said in realization.
>"Now that's a flying machine!" exclaimed Aero.
"Yeah!- Wait, what?" you ask
>Aero reaches down and tosses you the duct tape and yarn.
>"Here.  Tape the string to the kite and the kite to my legs," she said."
>You steal glances from her, to the kite, and back.
"But... but wouldn't that get us grounded?" you ask.
>"Pfft," dismissed Aero with a wave of her hoof.  "So?"
"Oh, I never thought of it like that," you reply.

>Some time later, you finally get the kite attached to Aero's body.
>You decide to take a glance at the instructions.
"It says here we need to run around in order to get the kite to fly," you say to Aero.
>"Got it!" replied the pony as she ducked her head and gave her butt a shake.
>In an instant, she was off.
>Running to one end of the baseball field as fast as she could, she gave a hop so that she won't hit the fence.
>When she didn't take off, she made a left turn and kept running.
>Ever couple paces she gave another hop.
>By the time she made it back around to you, she was dead tired yet still trying to hop.
>So tired in fact, that she wasn't even running anymore.
>Just slowly walking and wheezing heavily.
>With one final lift of her body that didn't actually get herself off the ground, Aero collapsed to her side on the grass to catch her breath.
>You stand over her and stare down at her.
"So," you start.  "Did you fly?"
>"It was..." *gasp* *wheez* "Almost incredible," responded Aero.
>After a short while to allow her to catch he breath, Aero finally rose to her hooves.
>You passed the time by sitting down while picking the grass and letting it go in the breeze.
>Aero saw the grass flow away in the wind when an idea came to mind.
>"I got it!" she exclaimed.

>You were now holding onto the yarn spool and Aero was standing on top of a line of picnic tables at the park.
>It took a little bit for the two of you to push them together in a runway, but you got it.
>"Okay, so here's the plan," started Aero.  "We are going to wait until the wind starts blowing, you're going to run forward like you normall would when running with a kite, and I'll run after you.  I will jump into the air at the end of the runway and I will finally take flight like the pegasus I always wanted to be~!"
>You almost swear you can see stars in her eyes.
>"You got that?" asked Aero.
"Got it!" you confirm.
>"Alright!  Ready..." said the patient pony.
>A slight breeze picked up.
>"Steady..."
>You grip the spool of yarn tightly in both hands.
>The wind gusts and catches the kite on Aero's back.
>"Go!" shouts the pilot pony.

>You take off in a full sprint with Aero at five table-lengths behind you.
>This wind dies for a brief moment, but gusts once more!
>Stronger than the last.
>The ktie on Aero's back snaps to the length of it's strings just as Aero leaps off of her platform and into the air!
>You keep running as directed, but look back to check to see if your friend had face-planted into the ground.
>To your surprise, and surely her's as well, she was airborne!
>The wind was blowing, you were tugging her forward for that extra lift, nd the kite as a result was lifting higher and higher!
>You can't believe it!
>Was this pony's first flight?
>Surely this will go down in history as the greatest-
>The wind suddenly dies.
>You feel the sudden tug and here a crash of kite and pony on the ground behind you.
>Looking back, you find you friend rolling on the ground with you still running forward and dragging her.
"Ah!" you panic as you stop and drop the yarn.
>You run back to your friend and take her in your arms.
>Oh know, she's unconcious!
>Oh my God!  She's dead-
>Oh no wait, she's moving.

>Aero groans and rubs her head with her hoof.
"Aero!" you exclaim.  "Are you alright?"
>Please don't have a broken leg.
>You don't want to get grounded.
>"I'm fine," she says as she pushes herself out of your arms and stands on her own hooves.
>Taking a quick look around, a smile suddenly appears on her face.
>"That was awesome!" she shouts, doing a quick backflip on the ground.
"Haha!  Yeah it was!" you holler, joining the celebration.  "Did you see how far you went?  That must have been like ten feet!"
>"Oh yeah!"
>The two of you share in a high five.
>"That's gotta be some kind of world record, right?" she asked.
"I don't know.  Two brothers flew a homemade plane pretty far," you tell her.
>"Well, how far was that?" she asked.  "Surely we beat it, right?"
"I think so.  Congratulations!"
>The two of you dance around in celebration.

>"We gotta do that again!  Help me tie the-  Oh no!"
>Aero stopped and checked on the kite.
>The shattered and torn remains of her glider lay in shambles on the grass at your feet.
>"Never fear!" said Aero, sticking her chest out in confidence.  "We shall acquire a new kite and we will send me into the stratosphere!  Tomorrow morning!"
>Her declaration was so powerful that it brought a single tear to your eye.
>And then you realized something.
"Wait, I can't.  We have school tomorrow and I don't get my allowance for another month."
>"Oh...  Actually, me to.  Well then...  Next month!  We shall acquire a new kite and we will send me into the stratosphere!"
>If there were jets and flying eagles, you are sure they would have appeared overhead.
>You give her your applause instead.
>The honking of a minivan across the street gets the two of you's attention.
>Your mom waves to you and hollers for you to hurry up.
"Uh oh.  I gotta go.  See you in school tomorrow?"
>"Yeah!  Oh...  Uh...  Anon?"
"Yeah?"
>Aero gives you a quick peck on the cheek before blushing beet red and backing away.
>"T-thanks for helping me fly today..."
>She embarassingly runs away across the street and into your house.
>You stand there dumbfounded and holding your cheek where she kissed you.
>Your mother honks once more.
>"Hurry up, Anon!" she yells.
>Uh oh, gotta go.