Chapter 4: Ax: The Kite

Even though I am not from this planet, there are several things that I enjoy doing here. I have really grown fond of kite making. It has proved to be a relaxing and enjoying task.

This night I was working on a new kite, just getting the basic skeleton constructed and built, it would take a few days to finish.

But I could not concentrate very well, my mind was, elsewhere. I was excited about tomorrow, tomorrow we, my human friends and I are going to the Mall. A mall is a very large store, where humans spend a lot of their time. Such as Rachel. We were going to the mall to get me what I have been dreaming of for weeks now. I was going to pick out my very own kite. But the best part was the I could put it together. I was overjoyed with the thought of my very own professionally designed kite. There is another reason why I enjoy going to the mall, the mall has the greatest thing on this Earth and any other, the Cinnabon. Oh, I could not wait a moment more.

Just at that moment when I was thinking about Cinnabon, Tobias landed noiselessly in the tree next to me.

[Hello, Tobias, have you been out flying?] I asked.

[Just catching some dinner.] He said. [How are you doing, you know, with going to the mall tomorrow?]

[I am really excited. But I am also worried that I may become so excited with the thought of getting a new kite that I will behave badly and Prince Jake may forbid me to go.]

I have a real hard time behaving at the mall, especially around human food.

[Yeah,] Tobias said with a brief laugh. [You aren't always the shining example of good behavior at the mall. But tomorrow is a day to relax, you know, to take a break from this whole saving the world thing.]

[Yes, tomorrow is a day for fun, that is why I suggested to Prince Jake that we go to the beach, after the mall, of course.]

[I don't know about that,] He said. [But we'll see.]

[If you would please excuse me, Tobias, but I must perform the evening ritual.] I said as I started to walk away.

[Wait.] Tobias said, as he flew down from the tree. [May I come too? Just give me a moment to morph.]

[Of course, you are always welcome to accompany me, as I do the daily rituals.]

I always enjoyed Tobias doing the rituals with me, even though his Andalite body is just a genetic copy of mine, it makes me feel more at home being with him.