My Adventures With Sofia The First
Chapter 10 Sofia,Amber&Bobby Convert Clyde's Car For Air Travel
The next morning Bobby got out of bed and went over the plans for the conversion of the family vehicle and studied it for a few minutes.
Sofia- What are you doing Bobby, don't you think you need to eat first?
Bobby- Oh yeah forgot about that your highness.
Sofia- Well your mom is going to fix us some tasty biscuits with some nice browned gravy, how does that sound.
Bobby- Sounds yummy.
Sofia- Well lets sit at the table and wait while everything is getting prepared.
Bobby- Okay.
Bobby and the rest sat at the table while the food was being prepared for them the others.
Clyde- I can see you 3 are waiting on the food to get ready.
Bobby- Yeah, me,Sofia and Amber are starved.
Clyde- Well it should be done in a few more minutes.
Sofia- Be patiently Bobby.
Esta- Well here it is, everyone hand each other a plate please.
Sofia- Here Bobby, here is your favorite plate you like to eat out of.
Bobby- Here you are your highness, this one has a nice castle on it .
Sofia- Thank you very much Bobby.
Sofia- Here you go Amber.
Everyone sat down and ate then cleaned up the kitchen.
Sofia- Well lets get those drawings and start gathering the materials shall we.
Bobby- Sure thing your highness.
Bobby- Here is some metal for the propeller, don't know if it will be enough though.
Sofia- That will work just fine Bobby, thanks.
Bobby- You're welcome, glad to help.
Sofia- I appreciate it Bobby.
Bobby- Now for the wings and other stuff.
Amber- Yeah, how are you going to get that.
Bobby- No problem, behold look here.
Sofia- Where did you get this.
Bobby laughing and holding up the wand.
Sofia- Why didn't I think of that to begin with, thanks Bobby.
Bobby- You're welcome your highness, we can now begin while my Dad and Mom are napping.
Bobby and the 2 princesses began converting the small car that Clyde used into a personal flying machine.
Bobby- Okay, that gets the propeller installed with a device attached to the engine's crankshaft, now onto the wings and tail section.
Sofia- Got it Bobby, lets get this finished up.
Bobby- Sure thing, I'll use a little magic to make the wings weigh less, then we just attach them and fold them up.
Sofia&Amber- Great idea Bobby.
Bobby and the other finally finished up the project and decided to test it out.
Bobby- Okay who wants to go first in seeing if the wings work properly in extending and retracting?
Sofia- I guess I will.
Sofia entered the vehicle and pressed the flight mode button and the wings unfolded neatly.
Bobby- Looks good to me, now press normal mode and see if they lock back into place.
Sofia pressed the normal mode button and the wings retracted back to where they were.
Bobby- Excellent work there, now if only we could find out to see how the propeller would work.
Sofia- I don't know how that would go about, we don't have the keys to start this with.
Bobby- No problem your highness.
Bobby made a pair of the keys appear in his hand.
Bobby- You might want to let me do this Sofia.
Bobby entered the vehicle and started the engine.
Sofia- Alright- now press the engage prop button please so we can see how its going to work.
Bobby- Sure thing your highness.
Bobby pressed the button and the propeller began spinning at a rapid pace and made a noisy buzz sound.
Sofia- Okay looking good so far, now push that lever forward a little please, never mind the accelerator pedal, its used for normal driving.
Bobby- Okay,here goes.
Bobby pushed the lever forward nearly 1/4 of the way and the prop began stirring up dirt.
Amber- Wow this thing sure is noisy and stirring up a lot of dust.
Just then Bobby's Dad and Mom woke up from their nap.
Esta- Clyde what is all that racket, sounds like its coming from the front yard.
Clyde- I'll go look out the window.
Clyde- Oh no, what has happened to my car here?
Bobby- Surprise dad, on behalf of us 3 helping you conquer your fear of heights, we decided to make your car a ground and air hybrid vehicle.
Clyde- I can see that, but why does it have a huge propeller in the back, this thing will look terrible with all of us going somewhere or on vacation or something.
Bobby- The propeller can be hidden dad, here watch.
Bobby pressed the button and the prop folded up neatly.
Clyde- Well that looks more like it now.
Bobby- Yeah the wings are folded away, they are telescope style wings.
Sofia- Yeah we fixed them that way, so the car wouldn't look odd while on the road.
Clyde- Well we are about to leave in a few minutes, get ready because were headed somewhere.
Bobby- Where would that be?
Clyde- Its a place in Inman, I'll show you.
Bobby- Sure thing, come on Sofia and Amber lets jump in.
Bobby and the 2 girls strapped themselves in and waited for Clyde to come out and start the vehicle.
Clyde- Is everyone in their seat.
Bobby- I am.
Sofia- Me too as well.
Amber- I am also.
Clyde pulled out of the yard and drove until he reached the intersection then turned left on the main stretch of roadway.
Bobby- Okay dad, how does the car handle now.
Clyde- Its okay, runs quieter for some reason.
Just then Clyde turned to the right onto another roadway that lead to the town of Chesnee.
Bobby- Okay dad, now here is something that I think would be awesome.
Clyde- What would that be?
Bobby- Watch while I press this button.
Bobby pressed the button that activated a secondary steering wheel.
Clyde- Wait a minute here, why is there a second steering wheel in this car and why does it push in and out?
Bobby- You will see.
Bobby pushed the propeller engage switch and the propeller was set in motion.
Clyde- What is going on here and what is that terrible whirring noise.
Sofia- Bobby, the wing activation switch.
Bobby pressed the switch and activated the wings and the tail section and pulled back on the steering wheel and suddenly the vehichle was airborne.
Clyde- Why are we in the air now?
Bobby- Didn't we just help you conquer your fear of heights?
Clyde- Well yeah, but I wasn't expecting this.
Bobby- Well let me take over and do a little flying for a while.
Bobby took the vehicle to 3000 feet msl and leveled off and set the cruise speed.
Sofia- I like the view from up here.
Bobby- Me as well said Bobby who was now wearing a pair of flight goggles.
Clyde- Okay Bobby, you might want to find a non traveled road and line this thing up for landing?
Bobby- Sure thing dad, I see a dirt path with enough clearance for me to make an approach.
Bobby gently sat the plane/car hybrid on the ground and the machine became a regular car once again.
Clyde- Nice work Bobby with the flying and landing, now let me finish going where we were now.
Bobby- Okay, well I think that was good enough for a first time tryout of the new gadgets we've added.
Clyde- Yeah, but I'm driving the rest of the way.
Sofia- You dad is right, maybe when we go on vacation or something you can do a bit of flying next time.
Clyde- Okay were here in Inman, there is a place I was wanting to show you, look to your right over there Bobby.
Sofia&Amber- A house?
Bobby- Not just any house, we used to live here a great while back, this house has haunted qualities to it, I stayed ill mostly when I lived here.
Sofia- Is that true Bobby.
Bobby- I am afraid so, the exterior was a lemon yellow with cocoa shutters, now its a slate blue with dull brick colored shutters, but its still haunted.
Clyde- You all want to get out and explore some?
Bobby- Huh here? said Bobby very nervously didn't I just say this place has haunted spots?
End of chapter 10