It's chapter 9 already, it will be chapter 10 next time. I hope you have enjoyed my story so far, and feel free to review and tell me of any flaws. Also, I'm a touch stuck as to which girls to get kicked off; I'm planning to keep the Royal Four (explained in this chapter). I appreciate all of you who have helped me so far and for those who haven't, it would be greatly appreciated if you could help me decide, sort of like a vote for your favorite to continue.

I apologize for my inability to update in any form of a timely manner. What can I say? I'm lazy!

Oh and all of the contests I think from now on will be reality shows or something like that. Oh, okay, I can shut up now...

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Chapter 9, The Second Test

Everyone was stunned, for few of them had seen Zora's Domain before and none of them had seen it half-frozen. The waterfall was half frozen and the mist froze and clung to everything. Only once shallow areas were fully melted, and the melted water was almost as cold as the ice, it would be a long time before even the heartiest Zora would be able to live there.

"Ruto, my darling, come here." A voice boomed though the whole domain and we looked down on the ice. The Zora King was lying on the ice, his fat spread every where. Everyone covered their face to hide their laughter and smiles, excluding Impa. However, when Ruto jumped down and accidentally landed on him and got stuck, even she couldn't prevent a smile.

Several hours later the King was able to role on his side so we could pull her out.

"I thank pant all of you pant for helping me. Now it is time for the test. You need to be able to cook for your husband so the test will be a cooking contest. Link and I will judge. You will have to work fast or else everything will freeze."

"Wait, what are you saying, you mean that we will not be swimming or-or…" Ruto started to freak out, and the more she stuttered the more relieved I became. Well, then again I would have to date with her sooner or later, hopefully later though.

"Darling, honey bunch, my little tadpole-" Zelda and Malon both started to giggle and Ruto turned a bright red and yelled at him to get to the point. "Ahem, well then, you see if we had done a swimming contest Goron Link would have drowned and then an interracial war would have broken out, destroying hundreds of years' worth of work. But if you would really like a swimming contest…"

To all of our surprises, Ruto began to say that she did want a swimming race so Impa knocked her off the ledge and into the only small pool of water.

"Well then, rules are simple, all you have to do is prepare a meal and keep it warm for us to eat it. All of the ingredients are at the stations throughout the domain, and each station has one of your names on it. There can be no cheating because everyone will be somewhere else." He seemed highly proud of his genius, so I didn't point out to him that there was no way to keep them there and that many of them had powers that could easily get around this obstacle.

In my mind I set out the chances of winning for everyone. The royal four, Zelda, Goron Link, Ruto, and Nabooru, probably had never cooked before in their life but Nabooru was a survivor and the Zora King would not give a challenge his "little tadpole" could not win. Malon and Anju were pretty down to earth and had the greatest chance of winning. The wild card was Impa, I had no idea of her culinary talents, but I wouldn't put her too far up the list of potential winners.

"As I said before, Link and I will judge, but not today. You all seem very tired, so the test will begin in tomorrow. I suggest that all of you rest, and the library will be open to all of you. Good night ladies." He closed his eyes and instantly fell asleep.

"Wait, isn't just about mid-day?" Malon questioned and when Zelda whispered to her, she giggled and fell silent as we all gave them a stern look. Ruto straightened herself and started to walk away. We all started to follow her, but I motioned for the rest to stay as I continued alone.

"Listen Ruto, Zel and Mal are just talking, they don't know anything."

"Huh? Oh, you guys thought I was angry? No, no, I was guiding you to the library, but since no one is here…" She walked towards me with that scary look in her eye.

"Then I should probably go get them, wait right here." I dashed off the second she started to get close to me. I panted heavily when I reached the other women.

"Ruto's going to show us to the library, so if you will hurry up we can catch up before we get left behind. Oh and Zel, Mal, don't push it, ok? Come on."

"So Link, what do you like to eat?" Everyone was gathered around me, many, like the Royal Four, were grabbing as many cookbooks they could find. I was surprised that there were so many cookbooks in the library.

"I'll eat about anything, but hey, Ruto, why are their so many cookbooks?" Everyone around gave me a look and then I realized my mistake.

"Wait, I didn't mean it like that- I mean, wait…" That was when I was tackled by Ruto.

"Oh Linky, I could never be angry at you but you shouldn't worry about me, you could never do anything wrong."

"Well I confess, I could, so you better get off him or else you will become my main dish, fish sticks." Nabooru looked up from the book with a smile and drew a finger across her throat.

"I must agree, fish sticks do sound awfully good, I know a great dipping sauce for them," Impa put in and for a fleeting moment she smiled at Ruto. At that moment fishy girl shivered, let go, and practically ran to a corner.

"I like meat?" I practically asked trying desperately to change the subject. At that there was a flutter of paper as everyone searched for recipes with meat and tossing away cookbooks without them.

"Wow, meat, that's very specific Link. We all have a chance to win now," Impa, next to me, muttered.

"Nothing too fancy either, if I can't pronounce it, I won't eat it," I added, "I don't know, I can't cook so I normally just eat whatever."

"Are you sure you don't care what you'll eat?" Nabooru asked with a wide grin.

"I also like food that won't kill me, oh and if you could make me a meal that doesn't look back at me that would be nice too," I added in hastily and sat back to watch the tossing of books through the air.

I slightly tipped the chair back when suddenly something made contact with my forehead. With a bang the chair fell over with me still sitting on it. Everything stopped as I sat/lay there in shock before I started to laugh. Slowly everyone started to laugh and soon everyone was sitting on the floor chatting, ignoring the test that was to come.

"This is great, having all of you to talk to and such. I just hope after all of this crap we can all still be friends," I said with a sigh.

"It's not like we can kill you," Nabooru pointed out with a laugh.

"Thank the Goddesses."

We chatted for a little longer before we parted ways to our bedrooms for the rest of the night.

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