A Dream for the Ages Finished

"You are all ready getting better. I think a couple more lessons and you wont even need me. So basically here is a few rules I follow. Pretend the broom is a dog, just pretend it can sense your fear. If you don't show fear you will forget that you have a fear at all. Also just be delicate with the broom. You don't need to yank it. Just the slightest touch and it will obey your directions I promise."

Kyden touched down and stepped off of his broom watching her. It was once again starting to get dark so it was almost time to end the lesson. That and his stomach was growling he was starving. "Hey so I think its time we wrap this up. If you want we can do another lesson tomorrow but I think with a little bit of practice you will be doing okay without me. Though I can come fly with you so that just in the off chance you fall, which I don't think you will, you wont be alone."

He watches her fly around a bit. He smiled to himself. He was pretty proud that he could help at least one person gain some confident.

She laughed and flew back down to where Kyden was watching her. She listened as he gave her even more advice about flying and she stored all of the information away in her brain so she could remember it for later. She would have to eventually write all of this down, otherwise she might forget it. She tried to be more gentle this time as she applied pressure and pulled the broom up slightly. Just as he had said, the broom responded and flew up into the air. She grinned. The feeling of flying through the air was amazing, and no longer terrifying at all.

She looked out into the distance and realized the sun was already starting to set. She must have lost track of the time while she was learning how to fly. Or maybe, the time was just flying with her. She smiled wryly at her terrible play on words and flew back to Kyden. As she neared, she heard a loud rumble and suppressed a smile. It must be his stomach.

"Yes, I agree," Amadea said to him. "It is getting dark so it probably wouldn't be safe to keep flying around if we can't see where we're going. Plus, with all of this exercise, I've become terribly hungry. I'll meet you back here tomorrow?" she asked. "Unless you'd like to accompany me to get something to eat."

Kyden watched her fly around and try the tips out that he had given her. He beamed with pride. He was proud of her for letting go of her fears and really trying. However he was also proud of himself for being able to teach her that flying was actually really cool.

Maybe one day he would see her on the Quidditch Team for her house. Now that would be pretty cool. He watched her fly over to him and invite him to go grab some dinner with her. "Sure I can go with you to the Great Hall."

He smiled to himself his life here at Hogwarts was finally shaping up he was getting involved in things that he never thought he would! More importantly he was making friends. He was getting good grades also. Over all you could say he was starting to thrive at Hogwarts. 

"Well we have to put these brooms away first. I don't want to get in trouble for leaving them out." He grabbed his broom and headed for the broom shed to safely store the broom. "Really though I would say we can meet tomorrow and you can have your first race. I promise to go easy on you. You're doing so good I don't think you need any more training."

Amadea grinned as she hopped off of the broom. Her first lesson had gone especially well, without any falling and she felt so much more confident than she did before. It was exhilarating to be able to fly; she loved it! She was very proud of herself for being able to overcome her fear, and also proud that Kyden was such a good teacher to have taught her enough to fly like she did in one lesson. After dismounting from the broom, she began walking off the field, dragging the broom along behind her.

"Racing?" she echoed as they walked together. "Wow, I didn't realize I was ready for that! You're definitely going to win at that." Despite that fact, she was still excited to race tomorrow. While flying alone was fun, flying against someone would be even more fun, especially since he was such a good flyer. She might even be able to learn more just from watching his technique.

As she put her broom away, she turned back to him. "Thanks for teaching me today! It was really fun and I learned a lot." She felt very happy; she had faced a fear and made a new friend. "Now should we go get something to eat?"