Exuberantly stoked for the lessons to begin it was hard for the colt to think of much else. It had been months of trying to fly and failing and with it all not much improvement had been seen, well in his eyes that is. He had even gone as far as stalking other pegasus just to watch and see if he could pick up any pointers just from watching. No one had seen him watching, well at least he hoped no one had. Kaj's words drew him from that thought causing him to go bounding through the snow in the direction that he had indicated. It was easier now to walk through the snow as his legs were much longer than they had been only a month or two ago but the joy of it was still there. Sliding to a stop as Kaj stopped he remembered the other question that he had asked about mother and stood pondering the answer he had received. Foals...come from love..? Love was happy was it not? So maybe he was on the right track with trying to make mother happy. If happy leads to love.. then maybe he will find a brother or sister to bring home. It made sense in some warped illusion he chose to hold onto disregarding anything that made little sense. Kaj had also mentioned something about a stallion being part of this love thingamajig. Well wasn't Kaj a stallion? He sure didn't sound like a girl so surely he had to be a stallion for he was older than he was. Mother had told him that when he was older he would be a stallion so that would be right. Plus there was the part where Kaj had said he would help!

Slowly pulling each piece together one by one made him realize that if what Kaj said was true mother could make another brother or sister? How did someone make a foal? He could draw things in the mud but they never became real? " Why can't you help mother? You make her happy no.....you make her love so does that mean I can find a brother or sister?" Confusing himself in the process of talking he shook his head before looking up to Kaj hopefully. This could work right? Everything Kaj had mentioned was in the idea so it had to! If not what else could he do? He didn't want to make mother sad by not being able to help her. "You said you would help." He added as a reminder not getting the context of what Kaj had been offering to help with. If it was this simple why had he not thought about this earlier!

Satisfied with this plan he turned back to listening to as the King instructed him on flying. Well he had tried all that, well except for jumping off a high place maybe that was why he hadn't flown yet. Perplexed he stood watching every last piece that he had been instructed until those magic words were announced. On cue the brindled boy imitated Kaj in approaching the side of the hill gathering himself to make the jump. "I know how to glide! I learned that a little while ago by watching..someone." He commented forgetting who exactly he had been watching at the time. Eager to show what he had learned the colt drew his wings from his sides as he bounded up higher before reaching the edge and jumping. The familiar rush of wind blew through his mane and under his wings as he flapped them once to steady himself trying to gain some height but failing. Straightening them out mimicking what Kaj had just done (with less grace) he felt the weight linger in his shoulders as he started gliding. A grin lit up his face at the thrill but it wasn't until he tried flapping his wings down again that he ran into issues. At this point he tried to gaze back over to where Kaj was at the same time he tried to thrust himself higher. Somehow he must have turned more than his head in looking for his teacher and now found himself falling sideways off his intended path.

Fighting with gravity never proved to be a battle that he would win and this time was no different. Angled too much to the side his wings could not get the air beneath them to support his weight any longer. Plummeting down he felt himself hit the snow but when he opened his eyes the only thing he could see what white. What? He felt fine well other than he was half laying in his back with his butt in the air. Kicking his feet out no ground seemed to catch his hooves making him realize he was probably upside down in a snowbank yet again. Flailing his legs in an attempt to find which way was up he didn't seem to move much with his wings laid out underneath him and buried in snow. Great this was an awesome way to start out lessons and embarrass himself in the process. "KAJ?!? I THINK I'M STUCK!



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