In a few minutes Tomoyo was all outfitted in her leathers and helmet, and flying again, now looking rather more like an alien from another planet than a fairy. After another bad landing Tomoyo apologized again from where she lay on her back on the ground. "It's okay. It just takes time to get the feel of your new wings that's all." Eriol assured her.
After landing on her knees once, she tried something new. She came in close to the ground and then pulled up sharply which brought her close to upright, then quickly told her wings to slow and give a brief push backwards. It worked perfectly and she landed with only a step to get her balance. "Yay! I did it!" she yelled inside her helmet. Then after giving her audience a little bow she took off again.
Unfortunately the second time she landed she got her timing a bit off and fell again. But she just got back to her feet and tried it again.
When she had landed perfectly six times in a row she felt like celebrating and showing off a bit, so she took off like a shot, soared to the top of the tallest tree on the edge of the clearing and then perched on a branch barely big enough to hold her weight. Then she just stood there for a while with her wings fluttering just a bit to maintain her balance.
"She is amazing!" Kaho exclaimed.
"Yes, she is." Eriol agreed. "It took me nearly a week to get that good."
"Actually I've never seen you fly -that-good." Kaho observed with a smile. Eriol just gave her a sour look and said nothing. Of course if the two Mages had seen Tomoyo learning to ice skate or ski they wouldn't have been quite as surprised at her quick learning and coordination.
Eriol was about to shout at Tomoyo to come down when he had an idea. He reached out with his Magic and called her, then was pleased when she immediately flew to him and landed as precisely as a house fly. "I think that is enough time spent on flying. I've converted two more of my own Cards to Tomoyo Cards for you. This is your Shield Card, it works exactly the same way Sakura's Shield does. Just call it when you need it and it will surround you with a spherical shield."
Tomoyo then did call the card but didn't notice anything, until she tried walking back over to where Eriol and Kaho were standing. As soon as she tried to move she felt herself being picked up off the ground. As she lost her traction she felt her feet slip out from under her and in a moment she was very upset to find herself hanging upside down with her helmet just clear of the ground. Her reaction was to turn her shield off which dropped her on her head. "THIS IS ALL MESSED UP!" She called out, with more than a little anger in her sweet voice.
"I forgot to tell you, you can't move on the ground while you are shielding. Shield won't let anything solid enter including the ground beneath your feet. So as you move your spherical shield rolls up out of the ground and on to the surface. Since Shield insures that all of you stays inside it lifts you up. You need to remember to only fly or stay still when you have your shield on.
"But why did it turn me upside down?!" She demanded.
"It didn't. Gravity did. Shield defaults to centering at your physical center, but the top half of your body is heavier than your legs, so when you are suspended by your center your upper body drops and your legs go to the top."
"Does Sakura's Shield work the same way?"
"It will roll up onto the surface, yes, but Clow somehow made his Shield Card able to hold a person upright even if they are not touching the ground. Unfortunately I couldn't get this Card to do that."
"So the only way I can move with my shield on is to fly? But then when I land will I wind up hanging upside down?"
"I expect you will. So don't do it."
This really stinks! But I guess it's better than nothing. I don't know what kind of reincarnation he is if he can't make Cards as good as Clow...
"But enough about Shield, here is your sword Card." As Tomoyo took the card and tried to figure out what the picture on it represented, Eriol continued. "Now this Card works very much like Sakura's Sword Card. I just made it look differently. It's erm... called Light Saber."