Someone who reviewed the previous chapter gave me the impression that they thought chapter 20 was the last chapter of the story. Dunno why this person thought that, 'cause HF still has over 20 more chapters to go! Over 30, I think. It's not quite half way done yet, you know. At least I don't think so... Anyway, please review.

By the way, "Schlange" means "snake" in German. That's why I named Schlange Schlange, you see.

Schlange

"BITCH!" Link screamed, pounding at the door. "BIIIIIITCH!"

"Link, quiet down! You might attract the attention of whatever's in here!" Saria hissed.

"BIIIIIIIIIIITCH!" Link screeched, pounding harder. "LET ME OOOUUUT!"

"Link, stop it!" Komali snapped.

"BITCH!" Link yelled once more, punching Komali in the face.

Komali yelped and clutched his face.

"OW, LINK, YOU SHIT! YOU BEAT ME IN THE FACE, MAN; THAT'S NOT COOL!"

Gaylord started barking as Link and Komali began to argue.

"Umm...guys?" Saria uttered in a quavering tone. She was ignored.

"GUYS!" she repeated.

"WHAT!" Link and Komali growled, turning to face her.

"T-that..." Saria squeaked, pointing to something huge, like a billion feet long and really super thick squirming out of the ground.

When it had finished popping up from the earth, Link, Komali, Saria, and Gaylord faced a couple hundred foot long shiny, black snake with red eyes. Bat wings sprouted from its back.

"Oh, gawd, it eats people, doesen't it?" Komali whispered.

The giant creature, known as Schlange the big ass evil snake, looked at the 4 and hissed, revealing huge, white fangs.

"Um...does anyone have a weapon?" Saria asked nervously.

But no one did, you see.

Link frantically began clawing at the door.

"LET US OUT OF HERE, BAMBI! LET US OUT NOW!" he cried.

Tetra opened her eyes.

"W...what the... What happened...?" she mumbled, mostly to herself.

"Oh, don't tell me you don't remember..." a familiar voice stated.

Looking to her left, Tetra spotted Bambi leaning against the wall, arms crossed, looking at her seriously, for once.

Tetra immediately jumped out of the bed she had been laying on and drew her dagger, pointing it at Bambi's heart.

"You!" the pirate hissed, "Where am I? What did you do to me?"

"You really wanna know?" Bambi asked, a smirk playing on her lips as she lifted a brow.

"Y...Yes!" Tetra stuttered, trying to sound brave and confident.

"You really, REALLY wanna know?"

"Yeah!"

"You really, really, REALLY wanna know?"

"YES, DAMMIT!"

"Well, ok, I'll show you." Bambi snapped her fingers and everything went black for Tetra. When she regained control, Tetra was shocked to find herself naked.

"AH!" she yelped, covering herself.

Bambi chuckled.

"What did you just do?" Tetra demanded.

"Made you naked," Bambi answered simply.

"Well, I know that, but HOW?" Tetra groaned exasperatedly as she pulled her clothes back on quickly.

"Well, remember the singing thing and mollesting you thing I did?" Bambi asked.

Tetra nodded, glaring and shuddering at the memory.

"Well, it was all part of a ritual I used to gain control over you. I'm gonna make you kill Link. Well, if he survives long enough for you to kill him." Bambi grinned.

"What? No! That's not fair!" Tetra argued.

"Oh! Oopsie. I'm sorry," Bambi giggled.

"Have you done anything with Link, Komali, and Saria?"

"What, do you mean in a sexual way, or in a beat-the-fuck-outta-them way?"

"Dumbass! Did you, like, kill them or anything, is what I'm saying!"

"Oh, no, not yet. I sent them all to be eaten by a giant snake, though," Bambi said.

"How could you?" Tetra cried.

"That's a dumb question," Bambi noted.

"Well, yeah, I guess it kind of is."

There was a moment of silence. Then Tetra suddenly remembered something.

"Wait, what about Aryll?"

Bambi blinked.

"Oh, yeah, that kid. I have her locked up somewhere. I forget though. Oops...that means she's missed several feeding times. Shit."

Tetra was appalled.

"You locked up a 5 year old girl like some kind of hamster and forgot to feed her?"

"And I chained her up."

"Bitch!" Tetra growled. But then she lost control again, and when she came to her senses, the pirate was naked once more.

Bambi stared at her coldly.

"I suggest that you do not defy or rebel, for I am your master now..."

"TO THE LEFT! TO THE LEFT!" Komali yelled. The gang shuffled to the left as Schlange tried to crunch them with its powerful jaws again.

"THE RIGHT!" Komali commanded, and everyone went that way to avoid another potentially fatal blow.

"We can't do this for the rest of our lives, you know!" Saria whined.

"WE CAN, AND WE W -- AAAAAAAAAAH!" Komali's speech was cut off as a mighty tail slammed him into a tree.

"KOMALI, NOOOOOO!" Saria screamed. Link laughed and pointed, but had to jump out of the way as Schlange's head slammed down where he was.

Gaylord whimpered and stayed by Saria.

Link tried to get up, but was knocked down again as the earth beneath his feet shook from a tail hitting the ground. Before he knew it, a pair of big, narrow red eyes were inches from his person, staring hungrily... A snake tongue slipped in and out of its mouth.

"LINK, BE CAREFUL, IT'S GONNA EAT YOU!" Komali shouted the obvious from the tree.

Link burst into tears, screamed for mercy, and awaited to be eaten alive, but nothing happened. He heard an inhuman cry of pain, and opened his eyes to see Schlange writhing in agony.

Everyone gasped when they saw the cause. It was Gaylord, shooting laser beams out of his eyes and killing the snake!

"OH MY GAWD, THE DOG'S ARMED!" Saria gasped.

"No way, dude!" Komali bellowed.

Finally, Schlange exploded. The spot where he had been was now occupied by a single green medallion. Saria hesitantly walked over to it and picked it up.

Link was still in shock over what had just happened. His sister's freaky, pink poodle could shoot LASERS?

Komali fell from the tree with a thunk and walked over to Saria. Looking at Link, he said, "Link, I think you owe the animal more respect. I mean, it just saved your life."

Gaylord trotted over to Link and lept onto his lap.

Link sighed and admitted, "Ok, Ok...the dog isn't so bad..."

Holding the animal, Link walked over to Saria and Komali to get a glimpse of the medallion.

"So this is it?" Komali asked, staring at the treasure.

Saria nodded and handed the medallion to the Rito.

"Yes, this is the Forest Medallion... Keep it safe."

There was a moment of silence.

"What do we do now?" Link asked dumbly.

"You are now to go to the Fire Temple. You should meet a sage named Darunia, and he will bestow upon you the Fire Medallion. After, of course, you go through another trial..."

"Oh, great," Link grumbled, rolling his eyes.

"Saria...you're not coming with us, are you?" Komali asked softly.

Saria looked sad and shook her head.

"I can't...I'm sorry." She kissed Komali gently. "I'll miss you, Komali." She scribbled down her number on a piece of paper and handed it to the prince.

"Bye, Saria..." Komali replied sadly.

Reminded of his own girlfriend, Link said, "Saria, what about Tetra?"

"When you leave this temple, she should be there," Saria answered.

A cyclone thing suddenly appeared a few feet away.

"Go now, and good luck with your quest," Saria told them.

Stepping into the cyclone, Komali said, "Bye, Saria! I'll never forget you! And...I LOVE YOU!"

"Oh, Komali, I love you too!" Saria replied, completely and utterly touched.

Link rolled his eyes again, and after having tucked Gaylord under his right arm, followed Komali into the cyclone. Both boys and dog were whisked away.

After they were gone, Saria said to herself, "Ah, Komali...I'll miss you so much..." Then she fired up the disco ball, and a bunch of hot guys came out of nowhere. The sage and the men began to fuck eachother senseless.

Link, Komali, and Gaylord landed outside of the temple. Link instantly threw up all over Komali's shoes.

"Ew, Link, what the crap?" Komali growled, stepping out of the pile of sick.

"Well, that certainly brings back memories..." Link muttered, raising his eyebrows.

Komali and Link looked around for Tetra.

"Tetra?" Komali called.

"She's...not anywhere around..." Link said sadly.

Komali put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry...maybe she's already at the Fire Temple," he soothed.

"Komali, don't touch me."

The Rito took his hand off Link.

"Ok."

Standing up, Link sighed, "Well, maybe you're right... I ain't goin' back into the Forest Temple, so let's go on to the Fire Temple. Which would be...?"

"Don't worry, I got a map," Komali said, pulling out the book again and stuffing the Forest Medallion and Saria's number into his pocket.

Link, Komali and the dog walked for many many miles for a very long time until they reached Death Mountain. They then proceeded to climb it.

"The Fire Temple's this way," Komali said, leading Link and Gaylord into the abandoned city. But the moment they turned a corner, they were surprised to see Tetra standing before them.

"Tetra!" Link cried with relief.

Tetra said nothing. She just drew her dagger, glaring darkly at her boyfriend and the Rito prince.