Dawn of a New Age

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve

AN: Little bit of a slow chapter.

Over the next couple of weeks Canada started to settle into life in the Atmos. The burn on his hand had healed within two days much to the Storm Hawks fascination. Piper and him had managed to go through almost all of the books she had on hand and found a few snippets of new information on the crystal, but nothing about a possible location.

It was fairly late in the morning and he was in the hanger bay. There wasn't anyone else there accept him and Aerrow. The nation was currently buffing a burn out of his skimmers wing. He had been there for almost an hour buffing out the burn and checking over the engine. The tools were pretty much the same as what he was used to, but they were powered by crystals.

"Hey, Mattie. Change your mind yet?" Aerrow asked with an innocent smile walking over and sitting cross-legged in front of him.

The blond bit his lip. He was itching to get out again. "Fine. I'll try it."

The sky knight smiled and jumped to his feet. Canada thought that he looked like a little kid and smiled. The red head had been bugging him for weeks to try the wing walking, but Matthew hadn't agreed until now. He put away the tools and went back over to where Aerrow was leaning against his skimmer. Raddar had hopped on to his side seat and was ready to go.

"Ready?" The Sky Knight asked mounting his skimmer. Matthew nodded and climbed onto his own. "Going out! Be back eventually." Aerrow said through the coms.

The pair started up their skimmers and sped down the runway. Canada was still getting used to falling before being in the air, it seemed counterproductive. He watched as Aerrow easily stood up and walked across his wings. Radarr hopped up and took the controls of his skimmer.

"Your skimmer has an autopilot built in. Radarr is mine, but he's portable. Yours will turn on as soon as all your weight leaves the seat." The sky knight said jokingly crouching at the end of his wing. He motioned for the Canadian to get up.

Matthew bit his lip and stood up. He climbed onto the wing and just stood there. He didn't really want to move and fall. The Canadian knew that it wouldn't kill him, but landing on sharp rocks or falling into lava wouldn't be fun. He stood with his legs spread shoulder width apart and hands out for balance.

The wind wasn't as bad as the nation had expected. It blew his hair all over the place and at times it covered his eyes. Canada walked shakily towards where Aerrow was perched on the end of his wing.

"Having fun?" The sky knight asked standing up.

"Not really." Matthew said. "I'm more terrified at falling than anything."

Aerrow smiled and stood up. "I don't blame you, but you get used to it."

"I doubt that. I've flown for years, but I'm still afraid of crashing." Canada said taking a few steps back to let Aerrow onto his wing. The Sky Knight easily hopped over and put an arm around Matthew's shoulders. He had to stand on his tippy toes to reach.

"How about some sparring?" Aerrow asked raising an eyebrow.

"Nope. You got me this far, not moving past this." The Canadian said brushing Aerrow off. He just laughed and jumped back over to his own skimmer making Canada's wobble a little bit. Matthew braced himself and bit his lip.

"I'll get you one day!" He declared with a laugh. "Hop over here!" The sky knight suggested.

The blond wasn't too keen on moving at that moment, but did so anyways. He took a few steps to the edge of his wing tip. He looked over and down at the clouds. Canada didn't fear the heights or falling, but the landings worried him. He took a deep breath and jumped the small gap between their skimmers.

"See easy. I don't know why the others are so freaked out about it." Aerrow said running a hand through his hair.

"And you think I'm not freaked out?" Canada asked raising an eye brow.

"You don't look like it." The red head said. "You're as cool as a cucumber."

"You have cucumbers here?" Matthew asked Aerrow nodded. "Our worlds seem to share some things."

"You still don't seem worried to get back. Yet again cool as a cucumber." Aerrow said. He stepped to the edge of the wing and sat down letting his feet hang over. He lied back with his arms behind his head. Canada sat down beside him and let his feet hang over. "What was your world like?" He asked.

"It was a lot more boring, in a good way." The blond said. "My world is at peace, for the most part, but that could change quickly. There is a lot more land and in between the land is water not sky."

"What?" Aerrow asked surprised. Radarr chirped in confusion from the controls. "That's so weird!"

"This is weird to me. I'm used to having to fly a couple thousand feet up to get to clouds, not drop down!" Matthew said with a smile. "I'm not too concerned about getting back. People don't really notice me all that much. I would like to go back because it is home." He said with a sigh. He didn't mind being in the Atmos, it was a nice change, but he hated being away from his land.

"Well we're glad to have you anyways." The red head said sitting back up. "We'll keep looking for that crystal though. So when you want to go home, you can."

"There isn't too much information about its whereabouts in Pipers books." The Canadian sighed.

"I know, but we can go to Terra Atmosia. They have a huge library that would definitely help us." Aerrow said standing back up. He offered Canada a hand and he took it. The red head easily pulled him to his feet. "They're no Cyclonian patrols out here today, surprisingly. We should head back before Stork gets antsy."

Matthew smiled and nodded. He hopped back over to his own skimmer and sat back at the controls. He sighed in relief as soon as he was back in control and seated securely with a little less chance of falling.

-❄"The guys from LMFAO are uncle and nephew. It must have been awkward to film 'I'm sexy and I know it.'"❄-

The rest of the day was lazy. There wasn't any repair or maintenance that needed to get done so everyone was lazing around. Aerrow had gotten restless quickly and asked Canada to spar. Matthew didn't mind because he was also a person who always liked to be doing something.

The pair was just about to start when Canada nearly jumped out of his skin. He felt a vibration in his pocket and 'American Idiot' started to play. The sky knight looked at him confused as he pulled his phone from his pant pocket.

AN: Just finishing up the last few chapters of my next fic! It's a Tokyo Ghoul/Hetalia crossover. Not sure what I'm going to write once I'm done it. Maybe a Hetalia/Avengers cross, but I don't know where to go with that... Have any suggestions?