It was quite the scare for not just Zack and Tess, but for Tori and Daniel as well.

Tess was now a beautiful woman in a finely tailored dress with golden hair going down her back. She looked to the group, her new blue eyes filled with amazement. "Wha... What? This is what happens..? Who am I supposed to be?" she asked to nobody in particular with a voice dripping with innocence. Nayru simply approached her. "You are Princess Zelda. Ruler over the lands of Hyrule and keeper of the Triforce of Wisdom, which is a little gift from me," Nayru said with a smile.

Tori's friend no longer had two different colored eyes, but now his appearance was really disturbing to witness. Zack's height didn't change much, but he now looked really... "You look like you were pulled straight from a Middle Earth brothel, dude," Tori finally commented. That made Din crack up laughing. Zack gave his friend a puzzled look, taking what she said in. He then gave her a sly grin, "That's actually pretty cool to me."

"Hm. You actually sound sexy now."

"Are you saying I wasn't before? I'm OFFENDED!"

Tori just rolled her eyes under her helm and then took a glance to Tess. "Whoa... You... You're..." Tori stammered, her voice getting a bit shrill (which everyone there visibly flinched at). Tess simply returned with a blush, "Stop it, I'm not that attractive!" "Stop being modest, you're putting me to shame!" Zack retorted. Tess gave him a smile and bounded over to Daniel. Din smirked and patted him on the shoulder. "You just got rejected."

"I have a girlfriend already!"

"Sorry to break it to you, but you won't be seeing her for a while."

So began a heated argument between Din and Zack. Meanwhile, however, Tess was engaging in conversation with Daniel. "I haven't heard from you much. What's up?" she asked him. Daniel just backed away nervously, "I just... This is a load to take in."

Tess nodded then sighed. "Yeah. This really is unbelievable..." she said, examining the details on her dress. However, there was something going on from the sidelines. Tori was watching it all, a pit lonely in her stomach. She simply sighed then looked up towards the sky. What should she do? How can she get in on the conversation?

Din marched in front of the group with her arms crossed. "Now then. Since everyone appears to be situated into their current bodies, it's time to train your abilities," she announced. With a wave of her hand, a large group of ethereal creatures formed from the ground and stood there awaiting command. They were quite odd looking... Some were short goblin creatures wielding swords while others resembled lizards. "I have molded these into the monsters you shall no doubt fight when the real battle begins," Din explained. Tess simply eyed the transparent creatures nervously. Daniel spoke up, "So, what exactly are we doing?"

"Using your instincts. I prefer the... Direct approach."

Before anyone in the group could register what the goddess had just said, the ethereal creatures charged without warning. "Are you crazy?!" Tori screamed as she barely dodged a strike from a lizard-creature, "More than half of us don't have weapons!"

Din just gave her a sly grin. "All of you do, actually," she responded. Even with her helm on, everyone knew Tori was giving a fiery glare towards Din. She then looked to Zack, then to Tess. How would they defend themselves..?

Zack and Tess were busy avoiding attacks from the creatures rather than finding a way to obtain a weapon. Though Zack was more agile, Tess was barely dodging the swords. She knew that fatigue would overcome her soon enough... And it was sooner than expected. Her feet betrayed her, which resulted in a plummet to the dirt. She felt the ethereal being crowd around her, readying their bright swords. Tess quickly snapped her eyes shut to brace herself for the pain, however... All she heard was the sound of loud slicing. Slowly opening her eyes, Tess could see only one person wielding a single sword.

Daniel.

He turned to her, kneeling down to her shortly afterwards. "Tess... Are you alright?" Daniel asked tenderly, setting his sword to the side.

The only thing Tess could do was nod.

The moment was interrupted by a shriek followed by a loud 'THUD!'. Everyone jolted towards the direction of cause only to find Tori helmless and curled up into a ball. Every ethereal creature stopped their assault as Nayru quickly went over to Tori. "Tori. What happened?" she demanded as she bent down to her. Tori glanced back to Nayru, her eyes filled with agony as she simply whispered, "It hurts..."

Nayru's eyes were now gentle. "Where?" was what she asked. Tori just turned to her back, revealing a massive blade wound across her stomach. Nayru's eyes were now filled with empathy. "Extend your synchronization time. We must tend to this immediately. You must stay in that form until it heals..." Nayru instructed. "Why do I have to stay like this..?"

Nayru sighed, "The form you have is strong. If you revert back, there is an extremely high possibility that the wounds you have will kill you."

After that was said, a sharp glare was given to Din. "I will have an audience with Chranas to extend the time. Before that..."

Nayru's head snapped to Din, "My sister and I will talk in private... Faore, please transport Tori to her room."

Faore jumped at the mention of her name, then nodded. With a green light, both she and Tori were gone.

The bandages that were applied to Tori were helping the blood significantly. Sure it still hurt like hell, but bleeding to death wasn't an option. What Tori hated the most was that she had to be someone else for god knows how long. "Damn it all..."

Knock knock.

"Come in."

The door opened to reveal Zack holding a tray of soup. "Hey, Tori..." Zack greeted softly. Tori just nodded. Zack was back to normal, but in all honesty... It was better that way. Zack set the tray down on Tori's nightstand and sat by her on her bed. He opened his mouth to say something, but then shut it. He couldn't think of the right thing to say at all. That just made Tori chuckle. "Did you ever figure out the name of the guy you are?"

Zack nodded. "Yeah. Apparently the name's Ghirahim. Well now I can't mess with you anymore, huh?" he said with a laugh. Tori returned with a simple smile. The both of them then glanced to the soup. "... I swear, if you plan on spoon feeding me-"

A big spoonful of soup was shoved into Tori's mouth before she could finish. She swallowed, then resumed, "Zack! I'm not-"

Another spoonful, followed by another swallow. "Will you sto-

This continued until the entire bowl was empty. Zack put down the spoon triumphantly as he saw Tori groan. "Dammit... Why the hell... Didn't you stop... When I said I was full..."

Zack just smiled, "You need it. Besides, you'll get sleepy in no time now."

It was true. Tori's eyes felt heavy already. "Thanks... I guess," she murmured as she curled up and quickly fell asleep.