Hi !

Fist, I'd like to thank those who sent me reviews, it really pleased me! And I'd like to thank my beta-reader too : Harry'sGirl for she was patient enough to correct me.

And secondly... Well, nothing else to say. So here is the second episode of Hyrule High School. I hope you'll like!

Episode 2 : The Blondes

Oh ! Tes paupières se lèvent comme des ombrelles noires…

Din! What's that awful noise? It sounds as though my father's started singing while having a shower. And believe me, that's not something one should hear.

Elles sont les dentelles soulevées de la nuit…

Damn it! The alarm clock!

Qui tombe…

I smash the top switch of my alarm clock and it stops singing straight away. Then I moan loudly and bury myself a bit deeper in my blankets. I don't want to get up. I absolutely don't want to. Getting up would mean going to classes which doesn't sound really attractive. And moreover, my bed is so warm! I'll say I'm ill or something like that. So I dive my head into my pillow, my eyes still shut. Quickly, my thoughts wander to Link, to his deep aquamarine eyes. They're like lagoons. Attractive, intense, and as soon as you dive in, you're craving to drowning yourself in.

I can't help moaning again. If I stay lying in my bed, I won't see Link today. Well, yesterday he saved me from Zant, perhaps today I'll be able to become a bit closer to him. I think it's worth trying and getting up. And so I do. I take my clothes and walk out of my room to the bathroom I share with a few other guys such as Komali and Link. There's nobody here; they must have already left. So I quickly have a shower, put my clothes on and after a light breakfast at the canteen, I walk to the chemistry laboratory.

Today, I'm on time – even a bit early – so I can choose where I want to sit. Suddenly, I can feel my heart beating faster: on the left, I can see a bag on a drainboard. I'm positive it is Link's bag; he may have left it here and then have gone and wandered through the corridors, waiting for the lesson to start. As we do practical pair work in chemistry, it would be a good occasion to have a nice time with him. Komali won't bear a grudge against me: we're not those kind of best friends who always stuck together and never mix with any other. So I walk through the lab and drop my bag next to Link's one.

A second later, a light cough behind me catches my attention. I turn to meet a fair-haired girl looking like a giant pink meringue. And a step behind her is standing Ruto Zora, this Asiatic-looking fashion victim whose leitmotiv should be: "the shorter, the better." I'm talking about her skirts of course.

"Do you have an angina, Zelda?" I ask the pink meringue. I don't really like the way she looks at me. Actually, as a lot of people, I don't like her at all. The problem is that Zelda King is the headmaster's daughter.

"Of course I don't, Sheik," she tells me with a smug high-pitched voice. "But do you know what you are doing right now?"

"Well, I think I'm talking to you, aren't I?" I answer sarcastically.

She gives me a scornful pout. "Really funny. The point is that you're taking my seat." Then she turns to Ruto who gives a foolish nod of agreement straight away, smiling stupidly.

"Oh! It was yours? Actually, as I didn't see your name written on the stool, I thought it was Ruto's."

The Asiatic girl suddenly seems to wake up. Her mouth wide open, she looks at Zelda, then at me, and then back at Zelda. "He's right Zelly! Didn't you say that on Tuesdays, it was my turn to sit next to Link?"

"No, Ruto darling. I said on Thursdays." Ruto instantaneously looks rather disappointed. But Zelda doesn't pay attention to her and keeps on with me. "Let me warn you, Sheik; get off my boyfriend or you'll get into trouble too big for you."

"Your boyfriend?" I reply, caustic. "Tell me, Miss Silly, does Link know about this decision of yours, or didn't you plan to tell him before the end of the week?"

Zelda is about to snap me a sharp answer but we're interrupted before she could. "Is there a problem?" Link asks, surprised.

Farore! I didn't see him coming! How much did he hear of our argument?

"No, there's problem at all," I tell him bitterly, still gazing at the pink meringue. And suddenly, I angrily grab my things and snap at her: "And there's no need to kick me off anymore either. I'm leaving."

And so I get off. However, as I meet Link's eyes, I can see something strange in his look. He looks surprised but also disappointed. But it must be just a trick of my mind. The point is that I would like him to be disappointed, but he surely isn't. However, as I sit next to Komali, at the opposite of the lab, I can't help grinning. It seems that Link has sent Miss Silly packing for Darunia Goron, his best friend, is now seated on the stool we were fighting for.

Anyway, I don't have time to chat about this with Komali because Mr Barnes, our chemistry professor, comes in at the sound of the ringing bell. He's a friendly man, with small glasses and an old-leather overall that have obviously lived through more than one chemical explosion. After a brief speech about this year's syllabus, he distributes the equipment and starts writing the instructions on the board. It is the moment Ralis chooses to come in, his face tomato red and looking breathless, as though he had sprinted.

"Oh! Mr Zora!" Barnes says without a single touch of surprise in the voice. "Late again?"

Ralis Zora is Ruto's cousin, even though she always pretends they're not related.

"I'm sorry, sir. But you'll never believe what happened to me!"

Straight away, all the students – including me – burst out laughing. Even Barnes can't help chuckling lightly before saying: "Let's try anyway."

The whole room is now quieter than it would ever be in any class. Everybody is waiting for Ralis story.

"Well, this year, I made a resolution to be on time... "

Lots of people giggle at this announcement.

"... so I woke up two hours earlier than usual this morning. But when I arrived at the canteen in order to have breakfast, I found it close since it was 5:30 a.m.. So I went to the kitchen to find something to eat. However, the light was off and the Rova twins thought I was a burglar so they struck my face with frying pans."

I notice that he has a huge bruise on the left cheek indeed.

"I was nearly knocked off so they turned the light on and realized I was a student. So one of them – I think it was Kotake – brought me to the hospital where I underwent pneumonia, tuberculosis and rabies tests. When I eventually got back to high school, believe me, I was on time! So I made my way towards the chemistry lab when a door suddenly burst open and hit me hard in the face. So I fainted and when I awoke, I was late."

Barnes pulls his glasses off and sighs deeply. Then, after a short silence, he says quite desperately: "Well, it was not your best story boy, but rather a good one. I'm glad you didn't lose your imagination during the holidays. Did you get a note at Mrs Gohma's office?" Ralis nods and gives him a small piece of paper. "So go and sit at the free drainboard in the back row."

And so the lesson resumes. Well, actually, Barnes quickly turns to write instructions on the board, pretending he didn't notice Nabooru's put her hand up.

Nabooru Spirit.

An amazing girl, really. But before I tell you anything more about our chemistry class, I think I should introduce her a little more. Well, a rather pretty girl – really pretty actually – with what's needed where it's needed, long auburn hair shining like in an L'Oréal ad, shapes you only see on TV and a honey skin that gives her a delicious touch of exoticism. In short, the blonde.

No! I never said she was fair-haired! You didn't read carefully and you misunderstood me. I said she was the blonde. This girl who moves in a different world from the one of the other mortal teenagers; this girl who's the best in everything; this girl everybody stares at when she walks through the corridors. She's the goddess of the pupil body. She's the only one all the teachers call by her first name, for they can't ignore her scary aura of supremacy. Girls wish they were like her while guys wish they could make a hit with her. But all those dreams will never come true, for Nabooru only wants one thing: being the best. Friends are unnecessary whims to her; a boyfriend would be a real liability in her power quest.

Well, I think you caught the idea: Nabooru is a fascinating person, apart from her stone heart and her sharp tongue. About her past, nothing is certain but there's no shortage of rumours. She's said to be the daughter of Fumaaru Spirit, a powerful ex-godmother of the Gerudo Mafia who killed her husband, a rich businessman. Now Fumaaru would own a cosmetic firm founded with the money of her dead husband. Nabooru's mother never provided her with maternal love but instead taught her to be as cold and Machiavellian as she was. Needless to say she succeeded.

Well, let's come back to Barnes now. As I told you a few lines above, Barnes is writing an equation on the board, pretending he didn't notice Nabooru has put her hand up to ask a question. But the blonde is like a predator hunting its prey. Patient. Maliciously patient. When, eventually, she coughs lightly to catch Barnes' attention, he breaks his chalk in stress for he knows he cannot ignore her anymore.

"A question, Nabooru?" he asks dreadingly.

"Yes, sir," she answers with a sadistic grin.

So he reluctantly invites her to keep on, and everybody forgets about their experiments. Such fights between the blonde and the chemistry teacher are very famous. Famous enough for students to bet on the winner of this intellectual joust.

"How long do you think Barnes will hold on?" Komali whispers to me.

"Let's say two questions," I answer.

"I bet on three."

There's a brief moment of silence in the classroom which everybody sucks in their breath during. The blonde casually tosses her hair back with so much class at least half the guys in the room can't stop staring at her – I'm happy to notice Link isn't part of them – and then she starts her first attack.

"I was wondering: do you think nuclear fission process could be use to create gold, like alchemy?"

A heavy silence falls onto the whole class. Where the hell does she get such questions? This time, I don't think Barnes will even go further than the first question. We're only on Tuesday and Nabooru has already driven him mad. Scary.

But the Goddesses seem to have mercy of our professor as an unforeseen incident occurs and puts a stop to Barnes' torture. And by "unforeseen incident", I mean a noisy 'BOUM!' at the back of the room. Straight away, everybody turns around to see Ralis, his face and his overall pitch black, holding the remains of two test tubes in each hand.

It's the break, so Komali and I are lying under an oak tree, in the park. The sky is cerulean blue, a few clouds are playing hide-and-seek with the sun, and the weather is so warm. In short, it's a glorious morning. And after this bliss, I'll attend a double literature class with Mr Valoo. As I love literature, I can't help but feel happy.

"We're not going to meet Mrs Shadow before tomorrow morning," Komali tells me with relief, checking the timetable.

"Well, that's good news!"

"I heard she's already put three first year guys in detention."

"I must be true," I tell him. "She's said to be so strict that even the flies stop making noise during her classes."

However, a light cough interrupts our chatting.

"Another problem with me, Miss Silly?" I ask without looking up. "Perhaps I'm lying under your tree this time?"

"Er..." an embarrassed voice says.

So I look up to see that's it was not Zelda who coughed, but Meldi. I blush instantaneously and apologies, explaining who I thought she was and why.

"It's OK, Sheik," she tells me with a smile and I know she's not angry with me. Anyway, Meldi is seldom angry with anybody. She's a banal teen girl, with long brown hair, and she's friendly with everybody.

"Actually, I was looking for Malon," she explains us. "Did you see her?"

"I didn't," I say apologetically. So we both turn to Komali who blushes straight away.

"Well, I-I th-think..." he stammers. "I think I saw her... near the lake."

Meldi thanks him (and so he turns tomato red) and then turns towards the lake. But as she's leaving, Komali calls her back: "Meldi, wait! Well... I was wondering if... er... Do you want me – us ! – to come with you?"

Wow! I'm really impressed! I never thought Komali was able to approach a girl! Well, till now, neither did I realized that Komali had a crush on Meldi...

NB: the song at the beginning is "Miss acacia" by Dionysos.