Okay, so here's this chapter!

I found Cressida's PM, but not Bethany's, so if whoever sent me Bethany's wants to resend it (should be in your outbox) then go ahead.

Thanks to Alia Sharma, HestiaAbnegation11, and 4Love4Love for being AMAZING reviewers! You guys are amazing!

Shoutout to HestiaAbnegation11 and 4Love4Love for guessing how many girls would be eliminated! Neither was quite right, but their guess/what they felt like they should say was close.

Noah's POV

Noah exhaled slightly. It was over. FINALLY. He'd just met all thirty five of the Selected girls, and wanted nothing more than to take a nap. Unfortunately, that wasn't an option. He had to figure out which ones to eliminate. The noise level in the room was rising slightly as the girls chatted. He scanned the room, trying to decide which girls to keep here and which to send home.

Finally, he'd decided on which girls to eliminate, but he wasn't sure how to tell them. He hadn't told them to stay behind when he'd talked with them, because he didn't know how the rest of the girls would be. Finally, he just decided that he would ask them to stay behind. He cleared his throat somewhat loudly, and the chatter of all the girls fell away.

"Um, Ladies, I would like to ask Lady Maria, Lady Phoebe, Lady Annalyse, Lady Anevyn, Lady Elee, Lady Alexis, Lady Cressida, Lady Anna, and Lady Melanie to stay here, and the rest of you to head on. The staff will show you where you're going." He said. The girls whose names he hadn't called stood, and the sound of heels on the floor rose into the spacious room as they slowly filed out, leaving only the girls whose names he had called. Welp, this was awkward. May as well get it over with.

"Ladies, I've called you here because I feel like I can't see myself having a future with you, and bearing that in mind, I don't want to have to keep you here, and instead be able to focus my energies on the other girls here." He told them. He saw as some of their smiles faded away, shocked that they were being eliminated so early.

"I think you're all wonderful people, but I just can't see you as my wife." He said. Some of them were glaring now, which he was perfectly accustomed to. There was nothing else left to say, so he exited, to go to the dining room. First elimination, check. He still had to decide on the first date though. Time for that later though. Before that, breakfast.

Summer's POV

Summer was pretty sure that she'd made it past the first elimination. The probability of him eliminating 26 girls and keeping just nine was extremely slim. Possible, but slim. Shame though. Neither Colette nor Lucinda, the biggest bitches of the competition, or so it appeared so far, were in the probably-eliminated group. The palace staff ushered them to a room that she recognized as being the one that they ate dinner in last night. Another sign.

She found her namecard-in between Anna-who wasn't there and Colette, across from Shaylienne, and sat. Once all the girls were seated, plates of food begin to be brought out-some with domes over them, placed in front of each girl, some baskets of pastries placed in the middle of the table. She recognized the strawberry tarts that were famous for Queen America loving, and other baskets with beautiful baked goods in different shades of gold. Once all the girls were served, the silver lids were pulled off of the plates, revealing pancakes, bacon, sausage, and hashbrowns. Summer decided that she had to try one of the strawberry tarts, (A/N I am basing these off of the amazing Pierre Herme strawberry tarts that I love) which was amazing. All around her, the noises of earlier chatter stopped, to be replaced with the silence of good food.

Then, the door to the room opened, revealing the royal family-Queen America, King Maxon, Princess Emmaline, and Prince Noah. Some of the girls stood and curtsied, to which Queen America told them to sit back down, and that it was okay. They took their place at a smaller table with four chairs at it, and started chattering quietly, and laughing.

The noise level in the room slowly rose as girls ate their fill of the succulent food, and some of the girls began to look puzzled at the empty chairs of the girls who still hadn't returned. Finally, Noah stood, after recovering from inhaling waffle as Emmaline mimed something.

"Ladies, for those of you who don't know, you all will be staying here." He said, then sitting back down. Girls started smiling at each other. They were staying!

Alright, so there's that chapter! Hope you guys like it, sorry about the A/N in the middle. (Pierre Herme makes REALLY good strawberry tarts.) Last year...Anyways, that's a long story

Alia Sharma-Thanks! I haven't had marble cake, but it sounds really good.

HestiaAbnegation11-Close, but not quite. I maintain that it is a chocolate by product, but I'm biased for dark, so...

4Love4Love-It's okay! Relax! Please! Thanks, Anna was fun to write. And your mom is a PASTRY CHEF! That would be AWESOME! I just kinda picked a few, because my grandmother bakes a lot, but there's so many good cookies. And yay! Dark chocolate. I've never had peppermint bark before, so I don't know if it's good.

RQOTD:Unicorn, Pegasus, Twonicorn, Pegacorn, or Twonapegacorn?

Twonapegacorn, obviously. What's better that a flying Twonicorn, answer me that? Barring a flying threenacorn...