I woke up in the morning with a clear head. My eyes opened, and I took in the shaft of light that filtered in through the window. The light blinded me for a moment, not letting me fully understand what was around me, before I realized that Midna was staring out the window at the open daylight. I sat up, rubbing my eyes.

"Midna?" I said, my voice a little low from having just woken up. "What're you doing?"

The imp jumped back from the window, clearly surprised that I was awake. "Oh!" It looked from side to side. "Nothing, I was just looking at the town."

I gave a slight frown, not knowing why the twilight creature would be interested in the daylight filled village, before giving a shrug. It was none of my business.

"Alright, I suppose…" I had a random thought, one that latched on to previous ideas that I had come up with for the world that I had been placed in. "Actually, I was wondering if it were possible for you to teach me about magic at all." The shadow in front of me appeared confused for a moment, so I continued. "It's just that, I don't think that I'll be much use with just a sword in the future. Clearly the king of the twilight is going to up the notch in how much skill the twilight beasts have now that we've cleared two areas of twilight, plus defended one area from being infected in the first place. I figured that if I had some sort of ability to use magic, it would be easier to fight off the shadow beasts."

The imp put a hand up to its chin, clearly thinking about it. "I can teach you the fundamentals of magic, I suppose, that is, if you have the aptitude. The only problem is that we of the twilight have a different type of magic than most humans do. I wouldn't be able to teach you anything about my own magic, and I certainly don't know anything about normal human magic. You would need to pick up a book on that in order to progress very far."

I nodded, a grin etching on my face. "Hey Midna, I don't know if I should be telling you this, but I trust you enough to stay with me at least until we get you your fused shadows. Zach and I, we come from another world. Not anything like the twilight world or wherever it is you come from, but more like an alternate reality. One in which there is no magic at all. Zach and I died there, but before our souls passed on to whatever afterlife there is, a bunch of lights told us that we were could help save this world and put us here with new bodies."

Midna's eyes grew wide. "From out of this world?" Its eyes narrowed. "Then why would you presume that you are able to use magic then, especially if you have no magic in your own world?"

I shrugged. "I suppose it has something to do with the fact that the colored lights gave us new bodies, I mean, they did mention something along the lines of powers that we could unlock. Plus, we turn into animals in the twilight realm. While that might just mean that we have the gods' protection, whatever that might entail, I think that the gods have given us the means to use magic within ourselves. Maybe with some control over magic I might be able to retain my human form in the twilight? Or better yet, take on the form of a snow leopard whenever I wanted. I think that being someone apart from this world, I might be able to learn twilight magic."

The Imp stared at me for almost a full minute before it broke down into laughter. "Eee hee hee! You truly believe that you can learn Twili magic? You're more interesting than I thought!" Its tone became a little serious. "If you truly want to learn magic, then you're going to have to do exactly as I tell you to. You're going to need to learn how to meditate, and that takes a lot of free time. It'll slow down our progress by a significant amount."

I looked at the imp. "And do you truly think that we'll be able to get really far with two amateurs with swords, own with a shield? As much as the lights think that I'm going to help the world, I'm no use if I end up dead because I couldn't fight properly. I need some advantage. Something that I might be good at, and as much as I would like to brag about my amazing sword skills, they are subpar at best. Zach's already shown better aptitude than me with the sword, I'm sure I can leave most of the physical fighting up to him, at least while we are in human form."

Midna gave a smirk. "Alright, but if I'm going to teach you, then I'm going to set some ground rules. First, we train at night, or early in the morning, when my powers are strongest. Second, you can never practice magic without me supervising you, at least not before I say that you are good. Magic is highly volatile when people first begin to learn to use it, which is why it's easier to train people when they are young. Since you're, what, twenty years old?" I gave a nod. "Since you're twenty, it'll be harder for you to learn control, and as such your magic could blow up and kill those around you, which is why I will supervise your magical use. And lastly, you've got to call me your master." It smiled, giving me a wink.

I pondered them for a moment before nodding. "These rules seem fair enough." I said. "Although I don't know about calling you my master. Hell, I don't even know what you are!"

Midna looked affronted for a moment. "What, can't you tell that I'm a girl? Are you stupid or something?"

Clearly I was taken aback. All of the twilight creatures that I had encountered so far I had presumed were genderless, and I guess that I had also assumed Midna was as well. "Wait, if you're a girl, then does that mean that there's a race of twilight people?"

"Well duh, of course there are! A couple of hundred years ago, my people were normal humans, quite like you, well maybe not like you, you weirdo. But they dabbled in dark and forbidden magics, and so the Hylian royalty banished them to the Twilight realm, where we adapted over time."

"Does everyone look like you?" I asked rather insensitively.

"What?" She looked down on herself. "No, the king of the twilight sealed away most of my powers when I tried to oppose him, and that put me in this imp-like form." She gave a sly smile. "In my true form, I'm the most beautiful woman in the whole of the twilight."

I gave a laugh. "Alright, I suppose I believe you. And I guess I'll call you my master, but only while I'm training with magic."

She looked smug. "Alright, now that we've got that settled, we really should be leaving soon. I heard Zach's room door open about a half an hour ago, he's probably eating breakfast or exploring the town for some last minute supplies before you go back to Ordon Village."

I nodded, and after Midna jumped back in my shadow we left my inn bedroom with my gear on my back. Zach was nowhere to be seen on the bottom floor of the inn, and after checking out with the innkeeper, I left the building. I wandered for a couple of minutes before thinking to myself. Where would Zach be? Probably in the first place he could be to find something cool or dangerous.

It was then that I noticed the bomb shop, and I smiled. Upon entering the bomb shop, I found Zach sighing exasperated at what the shop owner was telling us. "Those monsters blew up my bomb storage garage, so I'm fresh out of stock! I'm sorry, but you'll have to come by in a week or so if you want to buy some bombs." I looked at Zach with wide eyes… I just remembered that building that we had accidentally blown up on top of the hill when searching for the bugs.

We left the building, me feeling bad about ruining this guy's business, and Zach feeling upset that he wouldn't have any means of blowing stuff up. After discussing a few last minute things with Renaldo about sending messages to the villagers of Ordon, we made our way out of town.

The day was fairly uneventful. Aside from the occasional monster on the road, the open fields seemed a lot more devoid of monsters than before, probably due to the fact that the land was no longer shrouded in twilight, at least in this area. We set up camp somewhere in Hyrule field, and went to sleep early.

When I awoke the next morning, it was still dark. "Hey Midna, let's do some training." I said, and she popped out of my shadow.

"Alright kiddo, Since this is your first day of training, we're going to start with the most basic way to learn and understand your magic. You're going to meditate there for about an hour. Since this is your first day, I'm not going to tell you what you should be doing, just try and relax you mind and let's see what happens."

I nod, and sat down in what I though was a decent meditative stand; cross legged with my hands in my lap. I closed my eyes and tried to clear my mind, which was actually quite easy due to a year of practice trying to learn how to shut off my brain in order to sleep. Once my mind was blank, I had no idea what to do from there, and the next thing I knew, Midna was shaking me.

"Hey, numbskull, you fell asleep while sitting there." She said. "How are you supposed to meditate if you are asleep?"

I shrugged. "I dunno, I cleared my mind and since I had no idea what to do from there, my brain naturally decided that it would just go back to sleep. I understand that meditating might have something to do with magic, maybe strengthening it or something, but I have no experience with meditating in this world."

"Hmm." Midna said. "Well since you seem adept at clearing your mind, I'm going to breach your mind, mostly to see if you have any magical potential. Obviously you should have noticed something if you were able to use magic, so I need to make sure you do in fact have it within yourself. I need you to reenter the meditative state, and when you are there, I am going to use my own magic to enter your mind. I am going to need your permission to do so, as it is incredibly private for me to do so, and me barging into your mind with my magic could break your own mind and leave you a vegetable."

I nod. "You can enter my mind to help me with magic training, Midna, I won't try and fight you." I sat down once more, having had stood up once reawakened, and once more cleared my mind. Once I was in the state of meditation, the darkness of my mind echoed around me, and I tried to gain some sort of clarity where I was in the darkness of my own mind when suddenly a bright orange light pierced through the darkness next to me.

It moved in slowly, appearing from nonexistence as though through a small crack in my consciousness, and I suddenly understood that this was Midna's own magic coming into my head. I allowed it to come in, giving it a wide berth as it came in. Once it was there, it began moving around, illuminating the darkness that was my brain.

You've never organized your brain before? Came a sudden unbidden thought into my head.

I have no idea what that even means. I thought back at it, and the magic seemed to bob up and down.

I suppose if you haven't had much experience with meditation that would make sense. All children who learn magic learn first to organize their thoughts in some sort of means. Most people like to do so in order to keep track of their memories without needing much effort. The voice said, and I quickly realized that it was Midna speaking to me.

This will be a little bit harder to find any magic you might have, but easier because I know what to look for. Do you have any sort of limit on your mind, like a wall or a door that you can't explore passed?

I pondered this for a moment, before moving myself to the edge of my mind, where I couldn't think of anything existing, not my memories or skill knowledge or anything. Just a huge blockade, like a wall of blackness that I had never given much thought about.

Ah, this is what we're here for. I can feel it, even if you can't. Listen, and listen very carefully. There's a lot of magic behind this wall, so what I'm going to need you to do is envision a small hole through it, maybe the width of your pinky finger.

I nodded my imaginary head, after all, we were in my mind, and I tried to envision what she had told me. The wall of darkness shifted, and before I knew it, there was a small hole leading through the darkness. On the other side was a bright light.

Wow, that's an interesting color of magic… Midna thought, musing to herself. Alright, now that you can see it, you need to reach out with your mind and slowly bring it through the hole you made. This is the most delicate part. If you reach in and pull too much at once, that small hole you created will just expand until the magic crashes into your mind, heavily damaging your brain. This is why children train when they are young; they have barely any magic at young ages.

I understood the situation. I had a lot of magic, all of it locked behind this wall and I was going to free a little bit at a time. I reached forward through the hole that I had made, and delicately grabbed ahold of the light in front of me, it was still too bright for me to properly see my magic. Once I touched it, the magic calmed, having previously swarming to and fro, and I pulled it through the hole slowly.

Good, now leave the magic there, we've done enough for today. The magic needs to get used to your mind, and the small tendril of it sticking through the hole with allow it to do so. It's like getting a fish at a fair and leaving it in the bag for a day while the bag sits on top of the water in the tank. The magic will get used to your mind, and so when you pull more out, it won't accidentally kill you.

The orange light slowly backed out of my mind, until it completely disappeared, and I opened my eyes in real life, seeing the dawn hours as the orange and pink colors hit the clouds above us.

"Hey Midna, what color was my magic? You mentioned that it was a strange color?" I asked the shadow being that sat in front of me in the air.

She looked at me and gave a sly smile. "If you couldn't tell for yourself, then you don't have mastery over magic yet. You will need to understand your magic the way you understand yourself as a person before you can see its color. I'm not going to tell you your color magic because it might disrupt or sway your magical training once you know. It's important to realize that every color of magic has its own specialty. My lustrous orange magic is a signifier of my incredible ability to control the power of twilight, and the reason you could see it is because I showed you. You need to learn the basics of magic, which cover all the colors, but if you were able to see your magical color from the start, you might only study that color's magic, which would leave you weaker than if you studied all types of magic."

I nodded. It was like art. As someone who liked to draw, I understood that drawing with pencils was the simplest form, but once you had the basics you could then go on to use only pens, or ink or paint if you wanted. Start from the bottom, and then branch out once your base is covered.

"Thanks Master Midna, I appreciate your help today." I told her seriously. Now I knew for a fact that I had magic, and if it took me a week, or even a month to use it, I would benefit greatly from the ability to use it.

She smiled; an actual genuine smile rather than one of her signature smirks. "We'll begin your next training tomorrow morning, before the sun rises. Now let's wake your friend up and let's get going for the day, I don't want to spend two more days on the road, sleeping in a bed feels so much nicer!"

I smiled, and went to wake Zach up.