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09-21-2015, 08:36 PM
ARELI
Do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Areli totally had this flying thing figured out. Since her lesson on the beach, she had been able to repeat the hop-and-glide maneuver down from the dunes to the water—easy peasy. And while feeling her wings finally slicing through the air delighted her, it was growing boring. The slope of the sand was too shallow to truly give her the sensation of height and lift, leaving the first thrill of flight to settle to a quiet flutter in her belly. Areli craved excitement, and so after what must have been the millionth time leaping off of the rather unimpressive hill of sand, she set her sights on a platform more appropriate for her goals. Caleb’s warning unheeded, she called to Bee and headed down the beach—the cliffs would be much better for practicing. Besides, flying seemed pretty simple: all she had to do was jump and glide. Admittedly, the view made her a little nervous as she began to climb, but it was nothing her wings couldn’t handle. Areli possessed all the confidence of one who lived life in the most blissfully ignorant of fashions, and even Bee’s increasing whimpers did not deter her from her mission. She was tired of the baby stuff: give her some real flying!
Once she had reached the top, she paused for all of a minute to catch her breath. Sides heaving gently, Areli headed inland, moving far enough to give herself a decent runway. Impatient to be on her way, she did not bother to peer over the edge of the cliff. She had probably seen most of it on the journey up anyway, and Mama never checked cliffs before she took off, so why should she? Pegasi weren’t even supposed to be afraid of heights, she figured. She had this in the bag, no problem. “Easy peasy,” the filly whispered to herself, staring ahead at the narrow pathway into thin air. Still, Areli was a just the littlest bit nervous, so she took a deep breath, closed her eyes…oh, and she also ran.
It was Bee’s bark that first alerted her that something was wrong, but by the time her eyes snapped open, she was already too close. A boy who had not been there before now stood at the edge of the cliff, and Areli was barreling straight towards him. “AHHHHH!” she screamed at the blur of golden feathers, “LOOK OUT!!”
OOC: Sorry for the long wait! Also, she’s a walking safety hazard.
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