Before heading leaving the castle, the apprentices were sent to their rooms to unpack. Green told the others about what he thought about Princess Zelda's vision.

"So maybe those apprentices are what's going to save Hyrule!" Red agreed.

"I still don't understand how they're going to take us away," Vio said. "But if there are visions coming to Zelda and kids are being kidnapped mysteriously, I guess that's a possible outcome."

"We can't let it happen that easy though, I won't be taken away without a good fight!" Blue confidently exclaimed.

"Yeah, but if we try and prevent it from happening, it could still happen anyway."

"Okay wait, Zelda didn't say it was going to happen soon. It could happen maybe even 3 years from now," Green pointed out.

"We should concentrate on training those kids, if they are the ones to defeat that new evil force."

"Probably, they should be down here in about 10 minutes..."

--

"Well guys, what do you think they're gonna make us do?" Matt asked.

"Probably sword training," Jess guessed.

"I never used a sword, ever."

"What? Then how the hell are you here now?" Ryan asked surprised.

"Most of us got picked at random, remember?"

"So... they're gonna teach us how to swing swords?" David asked, unsure if that was important.

"Yeah, that pretty much sums it up."

"What a rip off!"

"It can't be that bad, this should be fun," Alex said happily.

"Oh my goddesses Alex! Shut up, can't you just pretend to agree with our cynical comments?"

"No."

"Well whatever, we have to do what they say," Ryan pointed out.

--

They met up with the five Links on the training grounds behind the castle.

"Okay, first, we've got to test your skill with swords. So each of you will be sparring each other, until one of you reaches a deadlock. Like, if you've gotten your sparring partner into a death situation. Therefore, you win," Green explained. He gave them REAL swords to train with.

"We already get real swords?" Matt asked excitedly.

"Well yeah, that not a problem, is it?"

"No not at all..."

"Okay Matt, I want you to fight... David."

But David's a pro fencer and I never even held a sword! Matt began panicking at the thought, but decided to suck it up and get on with it.

"GO!"

David sliced the side of Matt's shirt. Then he began swiftly swinging his sword in different directions as Matt tried to dodge all of them.

I've got to use the sword! Matt thought to himself.

While David was swinging away, Matt swung his sword as hard as he could towards David's sword. With that harsh impact, David's sword flew out of his right hand and it landed further away. Matt put his sword near David's neck.

"Deadlock," Matt whispered to him.

"Matt wins this round! Okay, Alex, you fight Ryan."

Alex and Ryan stood there in the middle of the training ring.

"You know, I'd rather work out this conflict than--" Before Alex could finish that little wimp out explanation, Ryan was over there, standing over him with his sword.

"That was easy."

"Okay, Ryan wins this round. Now Matt and Ryan, I want you each to fight each other and the victor will duel Jess."

"Sounds fair."

Ryan charged forward towards Matt. With his sword, Matt blocked Ryan's attack, but now they were in a lock. Matt could feel Ryan was stronger than him, and that he would be sliced if he didn't get out of this lock. Ryan could charge forward any moment and put him in a deadlock situation.

Suddenly, Matt got an idea. He got Ryan and himself near a rock, then, he removed his strength from his sword and Ryan did charge forward.

"Got ya!"

But then Matt moved out of the way, Ryan's sword got stuck in the rock.

"On the contrary, I think I've got you," Matt put his sword next to Ryan's neck.

"Good thinking Matt!" Green complimented. "Now fight Jess."

Jess stepped into the ring, looking confident.

"GO!"

Before Matt realized it, Jess was already making a move. She swiftly charged towards him.

Big deal, I'll use the same trick on her as I did with Ryan, Matt thought. But then, instead of going forward, Jess swerved around Matt and kept running.

What the hell is she doing? Matt was confused.

Jess turned back and ran past him again, only this time, she cut him in the side. Then she did the same thing, Matt couldn't even keep track of her since she was moving too fast. Basically, Jess was ripping him to shreds. When she stopped, she did a spin attack and knocked Matt's sword out of his hands.

Unarmed, Matt could do nothing as Jess was about to hit him with a final blow to the head.