During that month, Matiyan had a fast recovery, but not nearly fast enough. The group heard of a hag in the swamp who created healing potions, so they saw her. She was oddly nice and gave them a red elixir that healed Matiyan almost instantly. Even with his wounds gone and his arm mended, a scar from the battle under his left eye remained.

It was a month after the incident that Matiyan started to wonder: what had happened those many years ago? When he was in training in Hyrule. For the answers he needed, he went to Cianna, his caretaker in those times. Now the others and he were in Goron City, awaiting orders from the king. He asked Ciarra to go with him and she excepted. They walked by awesomely carved statues of the great kings of the past. How similar they looked to the current king was uncanny. Most of the Gorons looked the same to them, in Hyrule and Termina, but the king was different.

" Cianna," Matiyan started as he entered her quarters, " can you tell what happened those many years ago, when I was first training in the canyon?"

" Well sure," she replied, " just tell me when you start to remember."

I remember you were about 6 then. I had just finished an expedition to the canyon and was walking to the market when I found you lying on the ground, crying...

" Hey there, what are you doing here?"

" M-m-my parents left h-home and dropped me-me here."

I thought that was the saddest thing I ever heard and took pity on you. I took you to a hotel and clamed you down. They recognized the people I described as the king's advisors who had just left. So to make a long story short I took care of you until I found another child named Jaynek, that was a little older than you were, two years later. I thought I would need to teach you self-defense so I bought a few small, wooden swords so you guys wouldn't get hurt...

" Now keep your guard up, Matiyan. Don't let Jaynek hit you,"

Matiyan blocked the blow Jaynek lashed upon him. They jumped back and put their guard up as Cianna attacked them. They blocked the blows with a click from wood hitting wood.

" Good job," Cianna congratulated, " now rest and get some water."

That was nice after a long day, getting some water. Nice, cold, fresh water to cool you of after a long day of training. It's cool, refreshing touch on your lips that could clam an angry temper.

You were the fastest learners I'd ever seen. Jaynek the most skillful 9-year-old I'd ever seen.

Matiyan and Ciarra sat and listened intently to her words. Matiyan remembered Jaynek. He was tall for his age. At 9 he was about 4 foot-11 and had black hair like Ciarra's. His skin looked darker than his but not like a did. He had tough hands that could grasp a sword tightly. Matiyan would have stopped her, but he wanted to hear more.

We trained for 2 more years, until the king went mad. He sent his army to destroy the countryside until he was satisfied. Unfortunately, we were the lucky ones who got to help fight him, along side with the rebels. The kings army consisted of mainly Gorons and Hylians so it would be a tough fight if we planed on winning.

" All right," Cianna said as she explained to the Gerudo and other rebels, " their going to come at 0600 so we have 12 hours to prepare. They out number us 5 to 1, so conventional warfare won't work. We need traps and diversions to stop the king from destroying even more. So, any ideas?"

The rebels looked amongst themselves, wondering what they could make.

" We could make," Matiyan answered, "a giant hole and cover it with grass, like hunters use."

" Hmm," She thought, " that would work, I suppose. Anything else?"

And so this continued for about a half an hour, until they decided to build the traps. So the building went on and on, until it was 2300. They needed rest, so they slept until 0500. They got out of bed and had a quick breakfast. A half-hour later, the rebels took their positions. Matiyan was both excited and terrified. It was his first real battle was the exciting part, and the fact it was his first real battle was the terrifying part.