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Tales of Machina ''Skate''

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Andy Hayes had loved bike riding since he was a little boy. He had taken great pride in his bicycle, riding it whenever he could, though he did love horseback riding, he could do bike riding easily without needing much work.

Except for now.

Having a mechanical leg with landing gear that acted as a built in crutch made it harder to use said bike. There was one instance where the wheels had gotten interlocked and he had wound up dragging himself along the road until he could get unstuck.

Another time he couldn’t keep pedaling without the wheel causing him to get off balance and wound up right into a bush.

The final straw was when he had been seen by his friends struggling and getting the pitied look.

“I...Give...UP!” He yelled kicking the bike as it fell over.

Brody shook his head standing it back up. “Come on son, you know what they say….You gotta get back on if you wanna ride.”

Andy sighed. “...I don’t want to…” He walked off shoving his hands in his pockets.

“Where are you going?”
“I think my leg is perpetually stupid or somethin’!”

Brody shook his head, he knew his son was glad to have it, to still have a leg to stand on and run with. But he understood that there were times it was just a hassle.

Hm...He needs something so he can still get around but won’t get tangled in..

Brody headed inside to think this over as Andy headed over to the fields.

The fields had gotten bigger since humans moved in, along with corn fields, there was wheat and a garden full of vegetables and fruits. He made himself comfortable as he spotted a familiar cropduster plane practicing over the fields.

“Hey y’know you can’t make crop circles like that!” He called with a grin.

Dusty rolled his eyes a little. “That joke was funny the first time not the tenth!” He called back down.

Andy chuckled watching as he performed turns, barrel rolls and dives. His usual training regimen, that kept him in shape for racing.

He soon came in for a landing to rest. “Man...That felt great!” The plane grinned.

“Looked pretty cool too.” The boy replied giving Dusty a thumbs up.

“What about you? ...Still trying the bike?” He had to ask, they all had seen the various wipeouts he had on that thing.

Andy cringed and threw himself backwards into the grass. “It’s impossible!” He groaned. “If I don’t get tangled in it, it pops back out. If it doesn’t pop out and get me off balanced it gets in the wheel..” Andy ran a hand through his hair annoyed.

“So you're gonna give up huh?” Dust glanced up at the sky, noticing it was cloudy. Hope it doesn’t rain I promised I’d let Olivia use one of my wings for balance while she-...Lightbulb. “Have you tried roller skates?”

The teenager admittedly had not thought of that. “Skates?” He echoed sitting up.

“Yeah!” Dusty replied rolling a bit. “Your legs are like your front wheels...So the gear in the back acts like the equalizer of sorts. It’s the balance. You’d probably be better suited for something with all wheels instead of a bike. You can’t get tangled up in them.” He replied leaning down a little to offer Andy something to hang onto as he pulled himself up.

“Alright…” He rubbed the back of his neck unsure if this was a good idea. But Dusty had never steered him wrong before. “...But if I break this leg and Dottie comes after me I’ll tell her who really T.P.’d the Fill N Fly.”

Dusty cringed. “I thought we agreed to never speak of that again.”

“Oh I’ll speak of it again.” Ugh...Still can’t believe we pinned the blame on Sparky and he took it like a man! Andy cringed remembering the Halloween incident. “Well let’s go.”

“...Do you even own skates?”

“I’m sure we have some lying around somewhere.”

A couple of hours messing with the shed, a box of dropped old plates that somehow didn’t shatter and a few choice words...Andy was ready.

Olivia had joined in since she had wanted to learn anyways. “Alright easy now…”

Twenty minutes later Olivia was literally skating circles around her other brother who was trying to keep upright. Currently he was slumped over Dusty’s wing as the plane rolled forward slowly as the boy tried to keep his footing.

“You should try going up front, if you stand still I could nudge you along.” The plane suggested.

Andy grimaced at the idea, he would never live it down if anyone else he knew saw him.

They already saw you eating roses cause of the last fall…

“...Okay…” He shakily made his way forward arms thrown out to keep himself balanced. “W-whoa!”

“Easy…” Dusty nudged him along careful not to cut him by accident with his prop. It was a strange sight, a teenage boy with a cropduster pushing him along. “I’m gonna shove a little harder alright? Think you can keep balanced?”

Andy nodded but inside he was nervous. He wasn’t really looking forward to eating the pavement if this didn’t work out.

He figured his parents didn’t need dental bills on top of everything else.

“One…”

Andy swallowed hard as Dusty moved back a little. Oh this isn’t gonna be pretty.

He didn’t bother finishing as he rolled forward nudging him harder than before as the boy went forward. “THREE!”

“Traitor!” Andy yelled as he tried to keep balance surprised he was still doing so. Hesitating a bit he moved forward surprised he was actually still upright and not face down in the road.

“Andy! Your doing it!” Dusty cheered as the boy laughed skating in a small circle before Olivia nearly rammed into him.

“...Tag. Your it.” His sister grinned before skating away.

“After her!” Andy laughed as he and Dusty gave chase.

Who needs bikes anyways?
Because when you have a built in back wheel to keep balanced, riding a bike is harder then it looks. XD


Dusty - Disney


Olivia, Brody, Andy - Me
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HTTYD2loverQueen's avatar
Who would ever think a plane would be giving skate lessons to a teen?!