"Link, look at that!" exclaimed Zelda. She was pointing at a large chest. They had been wandering around hopelessly lost until they finally stumbled into the large empty room the chest sitting in the center of the room.

Link carefully walked towards the chest, his eyes darting around the room to look for traps. Satisfied that there was nothing lurking in a corner, he yanked down the latch on the chest and flung it open. Inside was an ornate black cape with gold designs decorating it. Link carefully lifted it up and held it out in front of him to get a better look at it.

Zelda gasped loudly. "That looks like a roc cape!" she exclaimed. "I remember seeing that when I was a little girl. Our court wizard had one. He let me try it on and it made me feel as light as air. Apparently, these capes are made from the feathers of a rare bird called a 'roc'. The cape must then be sealed with a powerful enchantment so that the roc's essense is contained. You should try it on, Link!"

Link carefully wrapped the cape around himself and fastened the silver buckle near his neck. He began to feel different shortly after putting it on. It was as Zelda had described. He felt lighter, and less constrained by gravity. He looked up at the high ceiling of the room. He felt a longing to soar high through the air.

"Can I fly?" he asked.

"Unfortunately not" replied Zelda. "That would be very useful. I believe this cape will enable you to jump much higher but you won't be able to remain airborne for any extended length of time."

"It's still awesome!" shouted Link as he leaped high into the air. He appeared to hang in midair briefly before lightly coming back to the ground. He immediately performed a backflip that was almost as high as his first jump.

"Please don't get yourself killed" muttered Zelda, her eyes rolling. "I intend to marry you soon, and I won't let you break your neck to get out of it."

Link spotted a window above his head. He pointed it out to Zelda. "I thought I saw something through that window. Grab onto me and I will get us through there."

Zelda walked up behind Link and wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. Jumping with Zelda on his back was more difficult but Link still managed to leap through the window. As they descended on the other side, Link willed the cape to slow them down. As if reading his thoughts, the air around them thickened as they approached the ground to slow their fall. They lightly touched down on the floor. Zelda slid off Link's back.

"That must be the mirror!" she exclaimed excitedly. Link looked towards where she was pointing. Pressed against the back wall was an enormous mirror. It's design reminded him of the Mirror of Twilight but much bigger. It was big enough for an army, thought Link to himself.

"Yes, it is the mirror" said an irritated voice above them. Link and Zelda looked up to see a man dressed in a hooded robe floating in the air above them. "I'm known publicly as Count Munro. I hear you have been looking for me for the purpose of assassination. Well here I am. Assassinate me if you can. My true name is Vaati. I am the great Wind Sorcerer. I will destroy you and send your shredded bodies through the mirror as a warning to Hyrule that their end is near!"

Vaati's purple-tinted skin began to change texture. His entire body turned to stone, yet he could still move with ease.

"Your Master Sword is powerful but my stone body is invulnerable. Attack me if you dare."

Link motioned for Zelda to hide in the narrow space under the mirror. He then jumped upwards towards Vaati. The Wind Sorcerer easily moved out of the way and blasted Link with a burst of air. Link planted his feet into the wall to avoid being killed by the impact.

"You fool!" bellowed Vaati. "That roc's cape puts you adrift like a feather in the wind, but you forget one thing. I AM THE WIND!"

Vaati formed a giant sphere of wind in front of him. Much to Link's surprise, he was actually able to see the wind. It was colored white and blue. He surmised that the roc's cape was allowing him to see it. A long spike suddenly protruded from the ball of wind. Link ran away but the spike curved its path to follow him. Seeing no other options, he leaped on top of the wind spike, finding that the force of the compressed air provided somewhat solid footing.

Link charged up the spike, his Master Sword in his hand, eager to be used. Vaati shot another wind spike at Link, who only barely dodged it. Link noticed a small ripple beginning to form in the wind sphere. Link couldn't dodge the next wind spike sent in his direction. He desperately shielded himself with the blade of the Master Sword. Much to his surprise, the wind dissipated when it hit the blade. His sword had the power to repel evil, but he didn't expect it to literally repel Vaati's wind magic.

The ripple in the wind sphere was still there. Link knew what he had to do. He hopped on top of another wind spike that Vaati shot at him. He leaped upwards, angling himself towards a wall. He then kicked off the wall, sending him further upwards while narrowly dodging another wind spike.

Link was now within arm's reach of the sphere. "Hiyaaa!" he screamed as he brought down the Master Sword and sliced through the ripple. It felt like the air around them exploded. A loud percussive sound emanated from the sphere as a streak of light flashed into being and penetrated Vaati's stone body. His stone skin turned to solid glass as he fell from the air. When he hit the ground, his glass body shattered. Link used the roc's cape to carefully guide his descent until he landed safely on the ground.

The sound of wind filled the room. "I will return!" howled a voice. It sounded vaguely like Vaati, as if he were speaking into a propeller. "Oh no you won't" said Link as he held up his hand. The Triforce of Courage lit up as he intensified his focus on the shards of Vaati. Flames flashed all around the room engulfing each and every glass shard and then extinguishing in a flash, leaving no trace of Vaati except a wind cloud. Link shoved the Master Sword into the wind cloud and it was sucked into the blade. The Master Sword had absorbed powerful magic in the past, and now it had just absorbed Vaati's power.

"Link, did you just use magic?" asked Zelda as she crawled out from underneath the mirror. Link stared at his hand. "I believe so" he replied. "It was as if the Triforce itself were trying to rid the world of Vaati. I just acted on instinct."

"Same with your Master Sword" Zelda mused. "Listen, Link. I have a theory about the true nature of the Master Sword and its relationship to the Triforce. I want to talk to you about it when we are back in Hyrule Castle."

"Of course" said Link. "Off to Hyrule Castle then."