Why Daddy Why

By arelenriel

Chapter 12: Flying Lessons

Lloyd was finally home for the weekend. Although he liked school he would rather be at home playing with Martel and hanging out with this parents and his Uncles Yuan and Mithos. Today Lloyd was excited, Mithos had promised to give him flying lessons this weekend. Lloyd had been waiting a long time to start flying lessons but, Kratos had told him that he could not take flying lessons until his wings had come in completely. This they had finally done. Lloyd was really, really excited. " Uncle Mithos, Uncle Mithos," Lloyd shouted anxiously. " Can we go now? Can we can we…." Lloyd trailed off as he saw that Mithos had a grumpy look on his face. Sometimes he still got into absolutely foul moods like he had done when he was still running Cruxis. He had been seeing one of the Angel Swordians and they had been fighting a lot lately. Her name was Lyra and Mithos wanted to marry her right away. (He still was a little spoiled) She wanted to attend Sybak University and experience a little bit more of the world than just Welgaia.

" I'm sorry I am cranky Lloyd." stated Mithos. It has been a long week and I am a little worn out. How about we stop at the Welgaia Ice Cream Parlor for a snack before we start flying lessons. Flying requires and great deal of energy and I could use a dish of banana coconut ice cream about now. Mithos lifted Lloyd up onto his shoulders and began to head for the Ice Cream parlour. This business had come about as had so many new businesses in Welgaia due to the fact that Cruxis was no longer a military organization and the angels were no longer soulless. Many of them had decided to keep their residence in Welgaia but needed new ways of making livings now that they had the need to do so. The ice cream business had been started by Remiel . Mithos was proud of him for makin a success of it. Mithos was still getting used to having such a large family. It was kind of neat to be the oldest for once and he always had rather looked upon Kratos as a father figure. " What flavour ice cream are you getting today Lloyd?" asked Mithos. They always got ice cream when Lloyd was home for the weekend. From Mithos' research he knew it was one of those things that older brothers did.

" I'm gonna get chocolate Uncle Mithos." stated Lloyd emphatically. He never got any other flavour. Luckily he did not wear white clothes like Mithos had a tendency to do and chocolate did not show up much against the red shirt and grey pants. He began to jump up and down excitedly. " I'm getting ice cream hooray hooray, I'm goin flyin hooray, hooray." sang Lloyd happy to be doing something interesting.

" Hi Remiel" said Mithos. " We'll have one banana coconut sugar cone and one chocolate sugar cone please." Remiel grinned seeing that Lloyd was so excited about his first flying lesson that he could not sit still. " Remiel my friend do you remember your first flying lesson?" asked Mithos trying to distract Lloyd long enough to finish his ice cream cone. Remiel began to tell Lloyd the story of how on his first flying lesson he had made the mistake of flying in a thunderstorm and gotten struck by lightening. It did not work, Lloyd was not distracted and beginning to grow increasingly insistent that they leave. "All right Lloyd I am done with my Ice cream now. Let us go to the Launching Platform (where the angels of Welgaia launched off of if they were flying down to the surface. "Lloyd we are only going as far as Heimdall today." stated Mithos "We can't get any farther than that on your first lesson."

" But I though we could go to Meltokio today." whined Lloyd . Lloyd began to fuss but, then he stopped realizing that he would lose the privilege of going on a trip if he threw a temper tantrum. He put on his coat and put his napkins in the trash and taking Mithos hand walked out the door, waving goodbye to Remiel until after their trip.

They arrived at the launching pad and Mithos carefully showed Lloyd how to properly unfurl his wings. If he did not learn to unfurl them properly he could lose feathers and damage the small blood vessels in his wings. This could damage them and cause severe injuries while he was flying. " Okay Lloyd this is the proper stance to take when launching yourself off of the platform. Stand this way with your legs like you are going to jump. Than you spread your wings as wide as they will go and leap from the platform like so." Mithos showed Lloyd exactly what to do. Lloyd quickly did exactly what Mithos had done and soon was hovering about three feet from the edge of the platform. "Okay now to fly turn yourself in the direction you wish to do. In our case south. Then tilt your body downwards. Flap your wings and kick your legs slightly. Now go." Lloyd did exactly as Mithos had done and aimed himself for Heimdall.

"Uncle Mithos this is so cool. I can see everything. Is this what you see when you and Daddy and Mommy and Uncle Yuan go flyin?" asked Lloyd as they glided through the clouds. He looked down. All of the people working in the Reunification Village looked like ants. Soon he and Mithos were approaching Heimdall. The elven elder and the Story Teller were waiting for them. Mithos' exile had finally been lifted and this was the first time he had returned home since the Kharlan War. The elves had refreshments ready including Mithos's favourite strawberry shortcake. They were all anxious to know how Lloyds first flying lesson had went and Lloyd was eager to tell them. " Well Lloyd since it is such a long trip back to Welgaia how about we spend the night here in Heimdall. The elder will send word to Kratos and Anna for us."

"Yes Uncle Mithos. I am tired now. It is such a long trip back. " Lloyd yawned and snuggled into Mithos arms. The elders showed them to the inn and they settled in for the night. The next day they headed back to Welgaia and Kratos and Anna were very glad to see them. So was Martel who was shouting at her brothers to tell them all about their adventure that weekend. Lloyd and Mithos were glad to be home.