Hello everyone! This is my first story, and I apologize for it's shortness. I can't believe I actually wrote a SportaSteph. I was reading a Lazytown fanfic at one point, and suddenly the ridiculousness of it all struck me. Of all the characters in the world, who do I ship? A cheesy Icelandic superhero and a little girl in pink who's story's major dramatic conflict is someone consuming too much candy and going into a coma. I just found it rather hilarious. Anyway, here I am. Wish me luck!

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, birds were flying, and Stephanie was out for a walk. She whistled a tune as she went, keeping an eye out for any of her friends. Just then she spotted one.

"Hi Ziggy!" greeted Stephanie.
"Oh, uh, hi!" Ziggy responded.

Stephanie took in the scene before her. Ziggy was holding a small brightly colored kite, the thread from which was wrapped around and around him in a hopeless mess.

"Um... What are you doing Ziggy?" asked Stephanie.
Ziggy sighed. "I was trying to fly a kite."
"Do you need some help?" Stephanie inquired.
Ziggy perked up. "Oh yeah! That'd be great!"

~Quite a while later~

"There, you're all set!" Stephanie finished untying the last knot in Ziggy's kitestring and handed the kite to him.
"Oh boy! Now we'll really fly it!" Ziggy looked up appreciatively at his older friend. "Thanks Stephanie!"
Stephanie smiled. "No problem! Do you want me to help you fly it?"
"Yeah..." Ziggy shuffled his feet, a little embarrassed. "I don't really know how."
"That's alright!" Stephanie assured him. "I'll show you, it's easy!"
She took the kite from him and stepped forward a bit.
"All you have to do is hold it up, wait for the wind to catch it, and... There!" She gave the kite a little toss and it was airborne.
"Woah!" Ziggy said in appreciation.
"Pretty cool, huh?" Stephanie agreed. "Now all you have to do is hold onto the string and make sure it doesn't run into any-"

The kite swerved abruptly and veered into a tree.

"-Trees." Stephanie finished
"Oh man!" Ziggy moped, "Now we'll never get it out!"
"It's alright," Stephanie reassured, "I'll go get it."
She ran over to the tree and looked up it. The tree looked relatively easy to climb, but the kite was up pretty high. Stephanie did not like heights. She hoped the branches would hold her. Well, better get started. She hooked a leg up onto a low branch and started climbing.

Up and up she climbed. She was now level with the kite, but it was far away from her, stuck in the outer foliage. She lowered herself onto a branch and started scooting out towards it. The branch bended and bowed as she got further out on it. By the time Stephanie had gotten out to the kite the branch had sagged so much that the kite was above her. She got up from her sitting position and attempted to reach up and grab it. This movement caused the branch to shift, and she felt herself loose her balance, and with it her footing on the branch.

-Meanwhile, up in an airship-

"Thirty-five, Thirty-six, Thirty-seven..." counted Sportacus. He was doing push-ups, and between each one he would spring up enough to clap his hands together before dropping for another push. Suddenly his crystal chimed.
"Uh-Oh," gasped Sportacus, jumping up. "Someone's in trouble."
He stepped out of his airship and looked around for the sign of trouble. His eyes locked on Stephanie wobbling on a branch, and he leapt into action. With a hit of a button he shot out a grappling hook on a cable, which promptly fastened itself onto a tree branch near Stephanie. Sportacus then pulled out a device and clicked it onto the cable, forming a zipline. He gave a small leap off the ship's platform, and went hurtling down towards his little pink haired friend.

Sportacus reached the tree with only a little time to spare. He dropped off the zipline and landed under the tree, just in time to catch Stephanie as she fell.

"Are you alright?" he asked her.
Stephanie was still a little shocked with adrenaline, but she smiled up at the town hero gratefully.
"Yes, thanks to you."

"Whew! That was close!" observed Trixie. The children had gathered while Stephanie had been up the tree, and they were now all there.
"Yeah." agreed Pixel, "At first I thought that you wouldn't get here in time!"
"Me too!" put in Stingy.
"Of course," reminded Trixie, "Sportacus is always ready to save us."
"Especially Stephanie!" added Ziggy.
Sportacus blushed a little bit, and Stephanie fidgeted, trying to look like she hadn't noticed the awkwardness of this comment. Ziggy had meant well, but his innocent observation had hit a little too close to the mark to be comfortable.

Amidst all this no one noticed a pair of blue binoculars poking up out of a nearby flowerbed to observe them.

-Meanwhile, down below-

Robbie Rotten looked into the periscope, made a face, looked again and then gagged.

"Achk! Sportacus this, Sportacus that. Sportacus is always there to save us!" Robbie imitated in a whiny voice. He leaned on a rail dejectedly and continued his impersonation.
"At first I thought you wouldn't get here in time! You'll always save us, especially Stephanie!" He scrunched up his face in disgust. "Blah Blah Blah!"
Robbie slouched over to his armchair and plopped down on it.
"If only there were a way to get rid of Sportacus forever!"
He grabbed a candy from a jar on his sidetable and tossed it into his mouth. Between chews he mumbled: "You'll always save us! Especially Stephanie!" He continued to scowl for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.
"Espes- Especially Stephanie!"
He jumped out of his chair and laughed delightedly.
"That's it! It's so simple! So obvious! The little pink thing has been in front of my nose the whole time! The key to Sportacus's fragile, delicate heart." He clutched his chest dramatically in mock sorrow. He shook his head and gave a victorious laugh.
"When Sportacus learns that I've captured his beautiful, innocent friend..." -he clutched his heart again- "He'll have to do whatever I say!"
Robbie gave one last laugh and began his plan to capture Stephanie.

P.S. I would be extremely happy if the readers commented/reviewed, especially to correct my grammar and formatting! I'm never going to learn if no one teaches me! Also, I apologize if what happened in this story has happened before. I haven't watched all the episodes, and chances are, at some point Ziggy probably flew a kite, Stephanie climbed a tree and fell out, and Sportacus used a zipline (though not necessarily in the same episode). Feedback would be awesome!