Chapter 8:
Jedi Training
The heroes woke just as the sun was rising the next morning. They had to pour two whole jugs of water on Link to wake him up.
"I am the Hero of Winds! Beware Ganon!" Link shouted as he awoke.
"I thought you were the Hero of Time!" Elessar said.
Link explained it was a dream he had of his future descendent who would be the Hero of Winds. The heroes hurried to the Jedi Council chamber and were greeted by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker. He explained their first task was for each of them to construct their own lightsaber. Link, Legolas, Aragorn, and Gandalf asked if they could make two so they could be dual handed. Luke could sense they were skilled enough and said yes. He showed them how to build the handle of the lightsaber and each of them had successfully made the handle for their lightsabers in a couple hours.
Their next task was to go to a nearby cave and find crystals for their lightsabers. After Luke finished giving them directions to the cave they departed. They reached the cave within fifteen minutes. When they entered the cave they immediately saw a cluster of blue, green, purple, and a yellow crystal. They started forward to collect the crystals when all of a sudden a woman dressed in black Jedi robes crossed their path.
"You shall not pass!" she challenged.
Gandalf had to stifle a laugh at the comment. The heroes got out their weapons and prepared to fight but before they could make a move towards the woman she used the Force to grab all their weapons! Link all of a sudden felt an unknown presence deep inside his soul. He knew immediately that it was the legendary Force! He then summoned it up into his hands and reached out for the weapons.
To his astonishment all the weapons, including the woman's lightsaber, floated toward him. When they came within an inch of him, he grabbed them. The heroes grabbed their weapons and prepared again to fight, this time Link chose to use the Lightsaber. They advanced upon the weaponless woman and offered her a choice either to surrender peacefully or to be forced to come with them to the Jedi Council.
To all the heroes' surprise she laughed and said "Well done! You have passed your first trial!" The heroes looked at her pointedly.
"Oh, my name is Mara Jade Skywalker. I was sent by Luke to test you to see if you would kill me or as a true Jedi would, peacefully solve the situation." She answered.
The heroes all felt relieved. Mara then congratulated Link in using the Force successfully without any former training. Link then handed her the lightsaber back. They then stepped towards the crystals. Link chose a blue and green one. Aragorn chose purple and green. Navi couldn't choose any since she wasn't a Jedi. Frodo chose green. Gandalf chose blue and purple. Everyone else chose green.
They made their way back to the Jedi Council chamber alongside of Mara. They reached the chamber a short while later. Luke congratulated them on their significant progress.
"You have progressed farther today then I ever dreamed you would in a weeks time!" he exclaimed.
He then taught the rest of them how to use the Force to grab something out of someone's hand among other techniques. Later he helped them to finish their lightsabers. By noon they had all finished their lightsabers. After lunch Luke taught them all the Lightsaber Battle forms. In the next few weeks they learned how to use the force completely and became Jedi Knights after a month of training. Link had fulfilled one of his many personal quests!
END of PART I