Eeek! This chapter is even shorter than the last one! Sorry sorry sorry! I'll make the next one longer, I promise! Enjoy!


"Oooowch!" Link wailed as a branch snapped back and hit him in the face. "Ganondorf!!"

There was no answer. Link sighed and pushed the branch out of the way, making sure to hold it out of the way for Zelda.

"Thank you Link," she said sweetly, smiling at Link. Link blushed and let go of the branch, snapping himself in the face again.

"Ow."

"Don't you just hate puberty?" Ganondorf laughed from ahead.

"Shaddup!" Link yelled, holding his face. "I didn't ask you, ugly!"

"Now now, there's no need to be immature." He chuckled again.

"You seem to be unusually…jolly," Link mumbled.

Ganondorf shook his head, scowling.

"It's this accursed forest. It keeps messing with my mind."

"So you've finally admitted you're insane?" Link grinned.

Ganondorf whipped his hand around, grabbing Link by the throat and pinning him to a tree.

"Don't push me, boy. I've been wandering around in circles for just as long as you and I'm not happy about it," he said through clenched teeth, his eyes narrowing. "Be smart and stop talking or I'll rip out your tongue and strangle you with it."

Link squeaked, clawing at Ganondorf's hand. Even without the Triforce of Power, Ganondorf was considerably stronger than Link. After several more unrecognizable squeaks from Link, Ganondorf decided the little Hylian had learned his lesson and let go. Link slumped at the base of the tree, panting.

"You…you…" Link gulped.

"Almost killed you yes, yes. I wish it was that easy, but unfortunately, I must keep you alive." Ganondorf shook his head, a look of disappointment on his face.

Link gaped at him for a minute. Then he opened his mouth and said,

"Are you always this ugly or is it the lighting in this forest?"

Ganondorf was visibly shaking from his anger, fists clenched tightly. He turned his head just enough for Link to see the corner of his mouth twitching and the vein popping out of his forehead.

"Boy, this nutty forest must have made you deaf or stupid, because I could have sworn I just got through telling you how easy it would be for me to kill you."

"I hate to interrupt your pleasant exchange, but I think I may have found the way out of this forest."

Zelda stood, an aggravated expression on her face.

"Zelda?" Link asked, rubbing his eyes. "Man, you look…mad?"

"I am a little frustrated that you two didn't keep up with me, and that, after I went to the trouble of finding the exit, I had to risk getting lost again to come back and find you numbnuts!!"

"Oh goddesses, this forest is messing with our heads!" Link gasped, clamping his hands over his mouth.

"Did…she just call us…numbnuts?"

"Yeah, I did! So hurry up before the exit disappears or something else crazy like that!" She snapped, turning around and swiftly marching off through the forest.

Link nodded and ran after her, hands still over his mouth.

"…numbnuts…"

After much running and dodging of tree branches (sometimes unsuccessfully) Zelda stopped, and was almost trampled by the other two.

"Is this it?" Link asked.

"I sure hope so," Ganondorf panted, "because I'm sick of getting hit in the face with every single tree branch in this forest."

"Now you know what I felt like," Link said, looking up.

Zelda walked slowly up to a line of trees with no gaps in between them.

"Don't you think this is odd? All these trees growing so close together?"

She didn't wait for an answer. Instead, she rested on hand on the tree directly in front of her. Rather than laying on the trunk, her hand slipped through the trunk. Link yelped in surprise.

"Of course! Why didn't I think of that before?"

He dug through his many supplies and finally pulled out what looked like a magnifying glass.

"The Truth," he explained, "will be revealed when I look through this."

"I know what it does," Ganondorf grumbled.

Link peered through the lens.

"No traps. It's definitely the exit. I can see a big field ahead. Hey!!" Link exclaimed when Ganondorf pushed him out of the way.

"I'm getting out of here before something worse than a screwy personality happens," he said.

Link watched as he literally disappeared through the trees. Zelda followed right after him. Link shrugged and followed suit.

"Termina awaits!"