Camping Is Fun!

Chapter 1: The Bet

"Why? Why did we leave the nice, warm mansion and come out here into the wild?" Marth asked his travel companion while fanning himself.

"Hey don't get mad at me, you're the one who got us kicked out here in the first place!" replied Ike who nearly whacked his head off of a nearby tree.

Flashback

Marth was sitting on the sofa watching his soap opera on his 200 inch Sony plasma ultra-screen T.V. 5000.2. He was filing his finger nails carefully. Link came into the room, sword and shield on his back.

"Hey, Marth, want to go for a brawl?" he asked.

"Are you kidding? David is just about to confess his love for Marisa! I can't afford to miss this for some silly little brawl!" Marth shot back. Link looked angry.

"Marth,you've been sitting in front of that thing for the past week now! Come on, let's go have a good match on Spear Pillar, no items."

"Link, I already told you, I'm not brawling!" Link folded his arms and stood tall.

"You're coming with me!" Link picked up the remote and turned the T.V. off. Marth dropped his nail filer.

"Hey! Turn that back on!"

"You are one of the most spoiled people I know! You're not in this mansion to watch T.V; you're here to have fun!" Marth stood up.

"I am not spoiled! I'm one of the nicest people here in the mansion!"

"Hey, guys what's goin' on?" Ike walked into the room.

"Ike, tell Link that I am not spoiled," Marth told his friend. Ike smirked.

"Ha! good one, Marth!" He replied. Link looked at Marth with one of those 'I told you so' looks on his face.

"Fine, you think I'm spoiled? I'll prove to you that I am not," Marth shot back proudly.

"Okay, then. If you can last one day in the wild without your sword and any of you're electronics, I'll take back what I said," said Link. Marth smiled.

"That's it? Aw, that'll be easy!" Marth left his sword on the couch and walked out of the living room.

"Come on, Ike!" he said grabbing his friend's cape.

"Wait, why am I coming?" Ike said fighting back against Marth's pull.

"You're coming to witness me prove that I'm not spoiled." Ike looked at Link.

"Good idea. Ike, you're his witness." Ike pulled back on his cape.

"But I promised the Ice Climbers I would have a match with them!" Link rolled his eyes.

"You did not! You don't even like the Ice Climbers!" Ike stopped talking. Link saw through his fib.

"Okay, I'll go..." he said folding his arms while Marth dragged him out the front door of the smash mansion.

"I can't believe I'm doing this for you..." said Ike being dragged down the front steps by Marth.

"You're the one who claims to 'fight for his friends,'" Marth replied.

"This is different." Ike looked up to see Link standing at the front door waving to them.

End Flashback

It was all Marth's fault they were out here. Only an hour had past and Marth was already starting to crack up. How was he supposed to last one day? Marth stopped by a tree to rest. "Oh man, we must have walked for miles. I can barely feel my feet," Marth complained. Ike stopped too. He turned around to see a clear view of the smash mansion. They weren't even off of the property.

"Wow Marth. You are pathetic," Ike joked. Marth looked up at his stronger friend.

"Did you bring any water?" Marth asked.

"Uh, no, that's why it's called 'camping'. Everything we find has to be picked form mother nature itself."

"Well, I don't see a lake around here!"

"You're thirsty after that? We didn't even go that far! Look, the mansion is right over there!" Marth ignored Ike's comment.

"Did you bring my extra change of clothes?"

"Um, no. We're only going to be out here for a day."

"Wait, you mean by coming out here, I'm not allowed to have any of the things I normally would in the mansion?"

"Yep. You pretty much summed it up."

"Why didn't anyone tell me that?!" Marth put his head down and sulked. Ike should have expected this kind of reaction to a guy who's been living like a prince his whole life. This guy wasn't a warrior. He was a sissy! Now Ike was trapped out here with him for a whole day! Ike offered his hand to Marth.

"We have to keep going until we get deep in the forest," said Ike. Marth looked up again.

"I don't know if I can do this Ike. I don't know." Ike frowned.

"Marth, if we go back, everyone's going to laugh at us. They'll think we can't do anything on our own! We could become the most least popular characters in Smash history!" Marth eyes opened wide.

"You mean, I wouldn't have any more adoring fans?"

"Um, yeah, you wouldn't."

"And they would kick me out of the mansion for good?"

"Well, no they can't do that, but you could end up being teased by all the other brawlers." An image of Ganondorf laughing his face off appeared in Marth's head. Being mocked by Ganondorf...that would be horrible.

"Alright, then let's get this over with..." Marth stood up.

"Good boy, now let's go." Ike and Marth made their way deeper into the forest.

Neither of them said anything. Marth was listening to the noises around him. "What was that?" he asked.

"That was a bird chirping," replied Ike.

"Oh..."

"Man, you need to get out more often."

"Hey, Ike, did you bring my hair dryer?" Ike rolled his eyes.

"Why do you keep asking me if I brought you're things? I'm not you're slave!" Marth looked shocked.

"How dare you talk to me that way! I ought to throw you in the dungeon."

"Hey, 'princess', news flash: WE ARE IN A FOREST. There is no castle anywhere for miles, or have you forgotten what you're doing out here in the first place?" Marth began to sulk.

"Oh, the humanity! I hate my life!" Marth fell on the ground dramatically and did not move. Ike was not impressed.

"Okay, then. If you want to stay here and get eaten by the wild bear that hunts out here, that's fine by me." Marth shot up and followed Ike deeper into the forest.

"Wh-What do you mean 'wild bear'?" Ike stopped and turned to the prince.

"They say that a crazed bear lives in these woods. Rumor has it that the bear was abandoned by its parents because it was so ugly. It went on a mad rampage and killed all the people in an innocent village not far from here. Now he hunts in the woods, searching for more easy prey to take out it's anger on." Marth was shaking at the knees.

"B-B-But we're safe, r-right? I mean, you can protect us, can't you Ike?" Ike shook his head.

"The bear only attacks enemies that don't fight back. It is afraid of being hurt. I'm perfectly safe. Ragnell and I can easily intimidate any old bear. But you...you're completely vulnerable to everything. You don't even have you're sword!" Marth was hugging a tree.

"I don't want to go! You can't make me!"

"You're the one that got me stuck out here! You're going and that's that!" Ike grabbed Marth's cape and started pulling. Marth wouldn't let go of the tree.

"Nooo! I want to stay here!"

"Marth let go of the tree!"

"I don't wanna go camping!"

Ike let go.

"Fine, if you want to be a baby, see if I care." Ike walked away, while Marth continued hugging the tree.

"I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home," Marth kept saying to himself. He opened his eyes. Ike was gone. "Ike? IKE? IKE! Don't leave me!"

No answer. Ike had left him all by himself.