Chapter Fifteen: AarryAir at his AirAgentsmas Day with AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas
In the Airsleys' home, AarryAir woke up when the alarm of the clock on the wall opposite him rang, and he stared at it, and saw that it was 06:00 a.m., and thought he was now eleven years old, and inwardly wished himself a 'Happy Eleven Year' as he smiled to himself, and yawned and stretched himself in his downer bed.
"AarryAir, are you awake?" AarryAir heard Airien call out from his upper bed as he stretched in his bed.
"Yes, I am." AarryAir answered in joy, and then heard Airien move in his bed, and saw his face appear and look down at him in a smile.
"Happy Eleven Year li'l bro!" Airien said.
"Thanks big bro!" AarryAir happily answered.
Somewheres in the house, Mr and Mrs Airsley were already up, and were finishing with the last arrangements and preparations for the air-birthday and AirAgentsmas as they were trying their best to observe the traditions of the air-birthday AirAgentsmas Day, and after Mr Airsley went and knocked on AarryAir and Airien's bedroom door.
"Up, up, up boys!" Mr Airsley banged. "Get up, go clean yourselves, and come down."
Mrs Airsley was heard also banging on the girls' room to get up and get ready.
"Be quick, or you would miss the AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas." Mr Airsley said to quicken up the children.
Airien quickly jumped down from his bed, and picked up his toothbrush and toothpaste from the nearby table, and picked up his towel from the wardrope beside the door, and said, "I am the first!" and he hurried out of the bedroom.
AarryAir then made a face as he resolved that he was the one to dress up their beds, and after he finished, Airien was back, and he quickly seized his things and rushed to the toilet also as he drew forth wings and patagia and feathers and plumes.
After AarryAir finished cleaning himself in the toilet, he came back to the bedroom and wore his white shirt and white waistcoat, white trousers, and white shoes which Warder-dad Airion had bought for today's celebrations.
"AarryAir, AarrietAir," AarryAir heard Warderess-mum Arletta shout out, "haven't you yet finished?"
"I have finished." AarryAir shouted as he finished tying his shoelace, and he heard AarrietAir shout something similar.
"Hurry up then," Warder-dad Airion shouted in his turn, "we are all waiting for you!"
"And don't forget to come down both of you, as I told you!" Warderess-mum Arletta added.
AarryAir in all white, satisfied at his self as he saw his wing and patagium drawn forth self in the mirror, then left the bedroom; and as he closed the door, AarrietAir also appeared at the door opposite in a smile, dressed in all white as AarryAir except for a skirt she wore, and she had her wings and patagia drawn forth also.
"Happy air-birthday and AirAgentsmas AarryAir!" AarrietAir said.
"Happy air-birthday and AirAgentsmas AarrietAir!" AarryAir said in a smile also.
"Happy air-birthday and AirAgentsmas to us two!" Both said as they giggled.
"Let's hurry then!" AarrietAir said, and the two standing side-by-side with wings and patagia drawn forth, then simultaneously rose up mid-air, and flew along the corridor, and into the open door of the sitting room; and the first sight which greeted them was the one above, just beneath the open-air roof, as it was full of rocketing, white-and-colourful lit air-fireworks in the small shapes of all them of Airhuman Airhood and Airbeast Airhood — with the largest being in the shape of AarryAir and AarrietAir, and all about were the others being in the small shapes of Airien and Airian, Warder-dad Airion and Warderess-mum Arletta, AarrybeastAir and AarrietbeastAir, Airii and Airaa, Warder-beast-dad Aireo and Warderess-beast-mum Airea, the 'Of Air' boys and girls and their dads and mums, and the 'Of Air' beast-boys and beast-girls and their beast-dads and beast-mums also; and AarryAir and AarrietAir saw all these ones in the two sitting rooms — the males mainly in the upstairs sitting room, and the females in the downstairs sitting room — and almost all in white as they, as they all happily stared at them, with AarrybeastAir and AarrietbeastAir and Airien and Airian with Airii and Airaa all in front of Warder-dad Airion and Warderess-mum Arletta and Warder-beast-dad Aireo and Warderess-beast-mum Airea, and in a circle behind them and all along the stairs leading to the downstairs sitting room were all the boys and girls and their dads and mums, and the beast-boys and beast-girls and their beast-dads and beast-mums also, as they all slowly flew and glided all about and all around awaiting.
"HAPPY AIRBIRTHDAY AARRYAIR AND AARRIETAIR!" Thundered from the air-fireworks above, and from their family and friends, after which the air-fireworks all flamed, sparked, whistled and banged.
AarryAir and AarrietAir were all smiles as they saw all this, and AarrybeastAir and AarrietbeastAir flew by their side and wished them happy birthday in their ears.
"Well," Warder-dad Airion began as he stared above at the open-air roof, "now that we have wished our own Happy AirBirthday to the AirAgent and AirAgentess, AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas should come as tradition says it is so always." And as he spoke this, everyone stared at the open above as if AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas were already there, and suddenly, out of the open-air roof in the air, appeared two very vast, powerful ostrich-like birds with red-and-white feathers and plumes. On top of each of them sat an air-someone ⸺ on the one a male and on the other a female, and behind them packed as one were parcels wrapped in red-and-white papers.
"AIRFATHER AIRAGENTMAS! AIRMOTHER AIRAGENTMAS!" the boys and girls cried out as they were joyful at seeing them, and eager to receive their gifts from them. The men and women, beast-boys and beast-girls, and beast-men and beast-women simply stared awed and joyful at seeing them too, and seeing who and what they were, and thinking that this was truly as tradition said.
"YES AIR-CHILDREN, AIRFATHER AIRAGENTMAS AND AIRMOTHER AIRAGENTMAS ARE HERE!" The two simultaneously shouted out jollily as they flew off from their birds, and all saw that AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas were both portly, white bearded, white-moustached, and with spectacles, and covered in long-and-large red-and-white feathers and plumes, and with long-and-large red-and-white wings and patagia, and with white-and-black-and-red leather belts and boots, and white-and-red caps.
"And in this AirAgentsmas Day we have brought you many gifts!" The two simultaneously shouted out jollily again, as all saw them raise both hands, and all the parcels simultaneously rose up from the birds and flew around them, and encircled by the gifts, they both swooped down into the nest amidst the air-fireworks.
"And Happy AirAgentsmas Day to the AirAgent and AirAgentess!" Both said as they flew toward AarryAir and AarrietAir as if they had known them, with they and their gifts pushing their way.
"Happy AirAgentsmas Day AarryAir!" AirFather AirAgentmas in his jollity said as he reached AarryAir, and seized the parcel which was directly before him with a big hand, and handed it to him.
"Thank you AirFather AirAgentmas!" AarryAir said as he took the white-and red covered parcel, and felt it slightly heavy, wondering what gift it was this time that they had for the AirAgent and AirAgentess. AarrybeastAir fumbled with the gift also.
The same thing going on with him and AirFather AirAgentmas was the same thing going on with AarrietAir and AirMother AirAgentmas.
"And to you, the 'Of Air' air-boys and air-girls, Happy AirAgentsmas Day!" AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas simultaneously said as AirFather AirAgentmas flew towards the boys each, and each handed them a respective parcel, while AirMother AirAgentmas flew off to the girls and did same.
"Come AarryAir," Warder-dad Airion called to AarryAir, "come and be by the side of AirFather AirAgentmas!"
AarryAir then flew after AirFather AirAgentmas and followed him as all eyes were on him and AarrietAir and AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas.
Warderess-mum Arletta also called on AarrietAir to be by the side of AirMother AirAgentmas, and AarrietAir followed ⸺ and Mr and Mrs Airsley did this and that as they strove to remember, observe, respect, and replicate all the traditions observed during the past AirAgentsmas Days in the homes of the past AirAgents and AirAgentesses.
And after AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas had given a gift to each of the boys and girls, they flew to stay in the centre of all of them between the two sitting rooms, and with AarryAir and AarrietAir by their sides, they both jovially shouted, "Happy AirAgentsmas Day!"
"Happy AirAgentsmas Day!" This was joyfully shouted back by the Airsleys and all boys and girls and their fathers and mothers and all beast-boys and beast-girls and their beast-fathers and beast-mothers as all stayed amidst the air-fireworks.
Then the AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas shifting AarryAir and AarrietAir before them and facing them, all began — and which was picked up by everyone — and all merrily sang as they all stared at AarryAir and AarrietAir. "WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, AND A HAPPY AIRAGENTS NEW LIFE, AND A HAPPY AIRAGENTS NEW LIFE!"
"WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, AND A HAPPY AIRAGENTS NEW LIFE, AND A HAPPY AIRAGENTS NEW LIFE!"
"WE THANK YOU AIRAGENTS, NOW THAT YOU ARE, WE THANK YOU AIRAGENTS AND FOR AIRAGENTSMAS AND FOR A HAPPY AIRAGENTS NEW LIFE!"
And all started back fastly and loudest. "WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, WE WISH YOU A MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS, AND A HAPPY AIRAGENTS NEW LIFE, AND A HAPPY AIRAGENTS NEW LIFE!" And all slowly and softly ended as the Airsleys and all boys and girls and their fathers and mothers and all beast-boys and beast-girls and their beast-fathers and beast-mothers all learned and remembered it was sung so, and had been sung so in all previous AirAgents' AirAgentsmas Days.
"MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS DAY TO THE AIRAGENTS!" They all merrily wished to AarryAir and AarrietAir.
"THANK YOU TO YOU ALL!" AarryAir said along with AarrietAir, as he remembered it was the traditional answer.
And in picking up with tradition, they all shouted out.
"MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS AARRYAIR!"
"MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS AARRIETAIR!"
"MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS AARRYAIR AND AARRIETAIR!"
"MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS 'OF AIR' AIR-BOYS!"
"MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS 'OF AIR' AIR-GIRLS!"
"MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS 'OF AIR' AIR-BOYS AND 'OF AIR' AIR-GIRLS!"
"MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS AARRYAIR AND AARRIETAIR!" AirFather AirAgentmas said in farewell as his feathers and plumes and wings and patagia rose up.
And AirMother AirAgentmas also wished one last Merry AirAgentsmas to AarryAir and AarrietAir and rose up along with AirFather AirAgentmas, and both soared out of the nest and flew back on their birds, and wished a last "MERRY AIRAGENTSMAS TO ALL 'OF AIR'!"
"BYE-BYE AIRFATHER AIRAGENTMAS! BYE-BYE AIRMOTHER AIRAGENTMAS!" the boys and girls all cried out.
"BYE-BYE AIR-BOYS AND AIR-GIRLS!" AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas shouted back, and after their birds suddenly disappeared with them.
After all watched the departure and disappearance of AirFather AirAgentmas and AirMother AirAgentmas, "Merry AirAgentsmas AarryAir and AarrietAir!" Warder-dad Airion and Warderess-mum Arletta loudly began as they approached AarryAir and AarrietAir, with both doing all to follow in with tradition.
"Thank you Warder-dad and Warderess-mum!" AarryAir and AarrietAir said as all stared at them.
And AarrybeastAir and AarrietbeastAir and Airien and Airian with Airii and Airaa, and the boys and girls and their dads and mums, and the beast-boys and beast-girls and their beast-dads and beast-mums also wished them "Merry AirAgentsmas!"
"We can now start with AarryAir and AarrietAir's air-birthday!" Warder-dad Airion immediately declared after all well-wishes.
"Yes, yes," Warderess-mum Arletta agreed. "Put all of your gifts aside!" She addressed herself to all the boys and girls, and all of them could be seen struggling with their dads and mums to safely stow away their gifts, as Warder-dad Airion took that of AarryAir and AarrietAir.
"Come, come," Warderess-mum Arletta said gesturing to AarryAir and AarrietAir, "come and stand beside your cakes," and she led the way downstairs with Airian with Airaa and Warderess-beast-mum Airea at her side, and with she and Airian in white, floral dress with female favoured flying feather-wears and gliding plume-wears. AarryAir and AarrietAir flew down following her, and squeezed, and landed on each side of a small table on which was found their respective cakes, which were two twin large, white, chocolate cakes with 'Happy AirBirthday AarryAir' written on one, and 'Happy AirBirthday AarrietAir' written on the other, and written in white, colourful icing; and eleven white, lit candles were above and around each cake. The small table was before a long and large dining table, and all family and friends were facing downwards on them.