AU: Colorful Wings (The Steves are Avian people! Sabre is not. He has a lot of trouble getting around because of the way the Steves built their kingdoms because of this.)

Context: Sabre wears a cloak so he's not looked at weird as often, but that tends to cause problems since then people that don't know assume he does have wings and just covers them up, kind of like his eyes. While visiting the Orange Village, someone is a bit too pushy.

Sorry this one's short =v='

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[Orange Steve's POV]

Today's been fun, hanging out with everybody. Even Sabre seems like he's enjoying himself! The others have made sure he's not left out, which is nice.

We're watching the landscape below as we sit on a cliff, taking a break from activities for a bit. We point out animals we see or things that just look interesting, even if it's a little hard to tell what they are because of the height. We all sit with our legs dangling off the cliffside... except for Sabre, of course. He's sitting criss-cross half a foot away from the edge.

Funny then looks up, seeing a gold-colored feather floating through the air far above us. It must have come off one of the exotic birds that hang around here. He smiles and quickly gets up.

"Hey guys, look!" He says, excitedly. "Gold feather!"

"Whoever catches it keeps it!" Happy says, quickly hopping off the ledge.

He opens his wings and catches an air current, flapping quickly to reach the feather. Funny laughs and takes off as well.

"No fair, you got a head start!"

"You snooze, you lose!"

I laugh too, and quickly join them in the air. I soar past them, my brighter wings startling them for a moment as all they see is a blur of bright orange.

"You're gonna be too busy arguing to get it!" I shout, looking back at them.

A few other Orange Steves join in, trying to get the gold feather before anyone else does. It's like a game of keep-away, but way more fun. The rest of the Orange Steves and Sabre watch from the cliffside.

However, as I'm getting closer to the feather, I hear a familiar voice.

"I can't, Loud. It'd be fun, but I can't."

"What do you mean you can't? You scared or something?"

Sabre and Loud Orange Steve are talking. Is he trying to get Sabre to join in on the game?

"Well, yeah I'm scared, but I-"

"Oh come on, you just said it looks fun! You don't have to be scared!"

"I can't-"

"Yes you can! Come on, just take off and let the wind catch you. It's not that hard to do."

"If you'd let me finish, I'm trying to tell you-"

"Loud, what are you doing?"

The Orange Leader joined in on the conversation. He'll get Loud to cut it out.

I'm so close-! I can hear everyone else playing trying to catch up to me to stop me from winning, but it's right there! I'm closing in on it-

"LOUD, NO!"

"SABRE!"

Why did the Leader yell, and did Shy just scream? I turn my head-

Oh.

Oh Origin he just pushed him off.

Sabre's quickly plummeting down, screaming. The villagers are looking, realizing that he isn't flying. They start yelling. The Orange Leader runs to the cliffside and goes to take off, but I beat him to it.

I close my wings and dart down, closing in on Sabre in seconds. He sees me and reaches out, trying to stay upright so I can catch him, but he keeps flipping out of control. I angle myself to go under him, and as soon as he's right above me, I turn so my back is facing the incoming ground and open my wings.

Immediately going up, I slam into Sabre and catch him. He grabs on tight, breathing heavily. He was so scared... I turn upright and carefully move him to my back, his arms around my neck to hold on. I then flap my wings and fly back up to the cliffside.

Everyone is staring at us, relieved that Sabre is okay. I see Loud with a horrified look on his face, stare right at him, and tell him.

"Sabre doesn't have wings, stupid! He can't fly!" I yell. I was angry. He could have killed him.

Sabre just keeps hanging onto me and avoids eye contact with him. I land, letting Sabre off my back and he shakily stands up, and quickly walks over to Shy and the Leader.

"I-I'm so sorry, I-I-I didn't k-know-" Loud stutters. He's quiet for once.

"Just- never do that again." I sigh. "To anyone."

He stops talking and nods.

By now, the game ended, one of the villagers holding the feather but nobody's celebrating over it. They're all asking if Sabre's okay, to which he nods and says he's fine.

Sabre got the gold feather after that. He did avoid being near any drop-offs for a while, though.