I took a deep breath as we entered the forest maze, our trip being a bit slower due to the hero not being used to his body yet, "I would think you would be a little more adaptable," I commented as I perched myself on a high root. It still surprised me that trees could grow as big as they were in this forest, and not fall down with a single gust of wind.

"You try going to sleep for seven years, and see if you are still in shape when you come out," His voice was hushed, "there is something else in this maze, I don't know what, but it doesn't sound like it is very friendly."

I closed my eyes, and focused on listening for whatever he was hearing. The sound was strong but subtle, almost like an earthquake without the strength, "It's big, I'll give it that," I told Link as I jumped off the branch and started walking through the maze, "What do you expect is going to happen?"

"We look at our enemy, find its weakness and kill it. That's worked pretty well so far," Link told me as he took out his sword and shield, "What's your plan of action?"

"Me? I'll let you rush in, if you need your ass saved by me, then I'll save it," I smiled at him as I gestured for him to go ahead, "Try not to make yourself look too bad."

Link shook his head as he jumped into the corridor we expected whatever was making the noise to be, widening his eyes when he realized what the sound actually was. It was a giant hitting a hammer into the ground and creating a shock wave with enough force to throw link back, "This might be a bit tougher than I thought," Link said as he started running forward again.

I sighed as I started counting down on my fingers from five. When I reached zero, Link flew back against the wall and groaned, "Need my help?" I asked as I summoned my sword, balancing the black steel on the side of my hand. I threw the blade up and caught it by the hilt. Before Link could answer my question, I ran up the Giant's corridor. When he sent the next shock wave at me, I jumped up, my feet landing on the wall. I kept running along the wall, jumping to the other side when I felt myself slipping back down.

The giant lifted his hammer again just as I reached him, obviously realizing the threat I posed to him, but the confined spaces of the wall, prevented him from swinging at me. I jumped from the wall to the giant, sending my blade deep into his eye. The giant fell backwards, and hit the ground with a loud thud. I withdrew my sword and watched as the black steel disappeared from my hand, "Let's keep moving," I said as I went down the next corridor.

Link followed me, his eyes wide with surprise from seeing my skills as a warrior, "Can you teach me how to do that?" He asked me, "If we both fought like that, we could defeat Ganon without any problems."

"Even if I taught you how to do it, you actually doing it is another story," I told him as I turned around, "Your style of clothing, despite being reminiscent of the knight's garb from centuries ago, isn't suited for agility, but I guess we have to start somewhere," I took a deep breath as I turned around and kept walking, "What do you know about magic?"

Eight Years ago

Skyloft Boarding School

"Magic is not as mystical as common knowledge make it seem," The instructor told us as he opened his hand, letting a ball of fire come out of his hand, "from extensive study, both religious and scientific, we have created Cyber-magic. Currently, the only ones allowed to use this are priests and knights. You are all training to be the latter, meaning you must learn how to use your gauntlets."

I sighed, taking a deep breath as I leaned back in my chair, "Why are we hearing this lecture again?" I asked myself quietly, making sure not to be heard by the instructor, "Every year they tell us, every year I can't use anything more complex than a summoning rift."

"It could be worse," Kintaque said as she laid her head on the table, smiling back at me, "I could volunteer you to demonstrate for the class."

"Don't you dare..." I warned Kintaque as I heard the teacher ask for a volunteer. I sat up to try and stop Kinta, hoping that I would save myself from her idiocy.

"Kyle would like to volunteer!" she announced to the class, mortifying my features as I looked to the instructor.

I prayed that he would realize that I didn't volunteer, but was in fact volunteered. I took a deep breath as I saw the instructor smile, "A very good choice, miss Burningham. I wanted to have a superb demonstration on summoning rites, as Mr. Lars has shown his adeptness in."

I sighed as I took a deep breath and stood up. I looked at Kintaque and glared, "I'll get you back for this," I told her before walking into the middle of the room and taking a deep breath.

"Before you begin, Mr. Lars, would you please explain the difference between the two types of summoning rites?"

"The first of the summoning rites is called Sharkilma," I said as my gauntlet began to glow white, "It is when you summon an object that is in this plane of reality from one place to another. This requires you to know where an object is, and unless very skilled, have said object in sight." In my hand appeared a piece of crumpled cloth with a polka-dot pattern on it. I smiled as I looked at Kintaque, who's face turned white when she realized what I had in my hand. I closed my hand and imagined the palm of Kintaque's hand, the gauntlet began glowing again and the cloth ball returned to their rightful owner.

"The second type, and easier to an extent, is Karkilmak," I held my arm out and felt the weight of my blade in my hand, "This is where you summon objects from a different plane of reality. The hardest part of this, is putting the object into the plane, as if you don't do it correctly, you'll never see said object again. Trust me, I've lost my fair share of money and wooden swords."

"Thank you for your demonstration Mr. Lars," the instructor said as he gestured for me to return to my seat, "next we'll move onto Aegis rites, otherwise known as defense magic."

I sat down and smiled at Kintaque, "That's what you get for volunteering me," I told her as I laid my head on the table, and closed my eyes.

"You didn't have to take them off of me, asshole," she told me as she jabbed me in the stomach.

Yeah, I wanted to have a little fun with the explanation why Kyle can summon his sword out of thin air, Link won't be able to do it with his own weapon as he doesn't have the gauntlet to act as a conduit for the second plane of reality, but Link's Triforce will eventually allow him to summon his sword as long as he has it in sight of him.