Okay, we're FINALLY getting some lines from everyone's favorite Smashians. Quick question, who do you guys main, out of curiosity? I still only play Brawl, so I switch between Meta Knight, Snake and Diddy Kong.

Again: This was mostly a challenge for me to get over my fear of writing characters with already established personalities, so sorry again if someone's a little OOC. I'm really trying here, man...

Also, I'm usually gonna try and update this once a week, and when I do it'll be over the weekends, so Friday-Sunday are prime times to look for new chapters of this fic!

I only own Camilla Swann and Naomi Liu. Everyone else in the Super Smash Bros universe belongs to their respective owners.

Chapter 2
Smashin' Through the Snow

"We all ready to go?" Camilla barked at the younger teen, bags strapped over her shoulder. In her free hand she held Cheddar's leash - the puppy in question patiently sitting in front of the railroad tracks, his tail wagging at such a high frequency Naomi was slightly concerned he would sprain it. He did that before, actually; Camilla had been so worried, and when Naomi finally convinced her to take Cheddar to a vet, it had been revealed, yes, this good boy had gotten so happy he wagged his tail hard enough to sprain it.

Naomi responded with a lazy grin and a raise of her eyebrow. "Bit late to ask, eh?"

"I know you, Naomi! If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have even gotten out of bed today!"

"Hey, when a girl's gotta sleep, a girl's gotta sleep." She shrugged. "Look, I even got outta my comfy clothes for this special occasion."

In Naomi defense, it was true - Naomi had actually decided to put on a semi-clean black and white dress instead of her food-stained hoodie and jeans. Though, if she was being completely accurate, she hadn't been able to properly sleep ever since getting her invitation. Naomi had counted down the days to the date of their scheduled arrival (15 days, 12 hours, 9 minutes and 20 seconds, to be exact), and had been constantly unpacking and repacking. She hadn't taken much when leaving her first home, Bridge Creek; just her clothes, a stuffed penguin and a locket. Now, though, her backpack was half-full with her clothes, had Petunia the Penguin poking her head out of the flap, some of her amiibo near the bottom where they'd be padded by her clothes, and the rest was packed to the brim with snacks.

Exactly on time, the gaudy silver-and-red train screeched to a halt in front of the duo. This was definitely their stop; no train had ever ran on these Earth railroad tracks in over seven years now. The doors slid open, and almost immediately Cheddar yapped and hopped up, straining against his leash to try and be the first in. Camilla couldn't help but laugh as she tried to reassure Cheddar it was okay, they'd all be getting in together. The puppy had his fur washed and carefully groomed last night; by Camilla, of course. She didn't trust anyone else to take care of Cheddar.

"Name's Alfonzo. I assume you girls are off to the Smash Mansion?" Someone who Naomi could only describe as a pirate appearance-wise was at the conductor's seat. Camilla tugged Cheddar back to stop him from going to aggressively sniff and then lick this Alfonzo as a way to express his love.

Camilla flashed her invite (Naomi doing the same) before speaking. "Yup. Guess we're not the only ones on the way there, huh?"

"Nope! Tons'a people hopping aboard." Alfonzo laughed. "Just leave it to me!"

Together, Naomi, Camilla and Cheddar advanced on into the train. Naomi's jaw dropped as she realized Alfonzo wasn't kidding - a massive mishmash of people were crowding in the train car, eagerly chatting with one another about how excited they were to be back in Smash and they hadn't seen each other in nearly for-EVER. As the group stepped in, more than one head swiveled up to look at them. Naomi felt her face prickle with heat; the last time all eyes were on her... well, let's just say it wasn't too pretty.

There were cheers from throughout the car, coupled with the joyous cries of "Camilla!" and "Naomi!" This car must have been where all the returning brawlers were in. Cheddar was going nearly insane at their feet; barking in delight with the biggest smile on his face, running around in circles and sniffing everyone he could get close enough to. Once he had determined that the person was worthy of his love (which wasn't hard, you basically just had to exist and that was good enough for him) he'd start licking them wherever he could - the face, arms, hands, you name it.

Camilla took a deep breath, and screamed at the top of her lungs; which, if you were standing right next to her like Naomi, was unbearably loud.

"SAMUUUUUUUUSSS!"

Near the back, someone responded with "CAMILLAAAAAA!"

That was enough for Camilla to take off and start running, Cheddar easily catching up with his best friend. With Naomi left to herself at this point, she decided that it would be best to save her reunions for later and slid on her headphones. It said something about how loud the train was when she had to crank the volume on her MP3 Player to nearly the highest it can go before she could hear half the notes in her music. She advanced on, but not without struggling, mind you; it was near impossible to work her way through the knot of elbows and fists. Something caught on her backpack, and she tugged it away, feeling the wrappers crinkle in there. Oh, her chips were gonna be so broken, weren't they...?

Familiar faces passed by her as she walked, people turning to her and saying things that Naomi couldn't hear; quite frankly, she didn't really care, either. Not that she meant that in a mean way, though. When the call of her stomach starts to sing, she got kinda cranky. And hungry. Very, very hungry. Man, her verdict on whether or not she disliked this whole "needs to eat 24/7" thing really flip-flopped, didn't it?

Finally, Naomi found an empty table - looked like it could seat four people. She flounced down in a seat near the window and slid her backpack off her shoulders before placing it on the seat next to her to try and save some space for Camilla. Her stomach growled almost like it was angry, and Naomi figured now was as good a time as ever to start snacking. She thought marshmallows would be quiet enough, but as she ripped open the bag of colorful sugar lumps, a blue streak came weaving past everyone like a pinball in the machine and right up to her table.

"...hi, Sonic."

"Naomi! Buddy! Long time no see!" The speedster chuckled, throwing an arm around her shoulder.

Naomi just gave him a look. "I dunno what you're talking about with all this buddy-buddy stuff. Remember Brawl?"

Judging by the microexpression that flashed across Sonic's face, he clearly did remember, though he went back to his usual laid-back self soon after. "Yeah, yeah, but the times have changed, y'know? Speaking of things that've changed, what's with all the snacks?"

"Oh, these?" Naomi stuffed a marshmallow into her mouth, before speaking with her mouth full like the kind of gross person she is. "During Brawl I got tired of taking all the buffet food for myself, so I came prepared this time."

"Sounds like you've got a lot to spare then, heh heh heh." Sonic chuckled.

Naomi knew dang well what Sonic was going for. "No."

"Ah, c'mon! Not even one 'mallow?"

Just to be petty, Naomi locked eye contact with Sonic as she shoved another into her mouth. He faked a look of hurt, before sticking his tongue out at her. Naomi kept her deadpan expression as she ate another marshmallow - all while staring him in the eye.

Sonic started going on and on about some subject that Naomi wasn't too sure about, nor did she really care. Despite having large and obvious over-ear headphones on, he didn't seem to notice or care, so Naomi figured she'd might as well play long and let a little "uh-huh" or "oh yeah?" every now and then when she felt like the situation called for it. Apart from that, though, she paid more attention to her music and marshmallows.

(I'm not asking much, just give me your heeeeart~)

"Poyo?" A little, high-pitched squeak came from Naomi's left, loud enough that she could hear it over Sonic's motor mouth and her music blasting at the max volume. Naomi slipped her ears out from out of the leather ear pads to see Kirby standing there, looking up at Naomi.

"...Hey, Kirb." Naomi waved a bit. At least Sonic finally shut up at this point.

The tiny pink ball let out another "poyo!" as he pointed at her now half-empty bag of marshmallows.

Why did everyone suddenly want dibs on her food now? As if on instinct, Naomi snapped her head to glance at the marshmallows, then Kirby, back at the marshmallows, then Kirby, then clutched the bag to her chest. "Wh-no! They're mine!"

"Poyo..." Kirby stared up at Naomi, his eyes widening and glistening with...tears?

"...Alright, alright, here's a marshmallow!" Naomi spluttered as she pulled one out of the bag. "Just - don't pull those puppy eyes on me again!"

This seemed to make Kirby perk up again again as he literally inhaled it. Naomi turned back to Sonic, who seemed offended. He opened his mouth to say something.

"I'm gonna stop you right there, Sonic. No." Naomi shook her head as she wagged a finger.

"B-"

"Nope."

"Na-"

"Uh-uh."

"You-"

"Because Kirb is painfully cute and I hate seeing him sad."

Sonic crossed his arms. "So I'm not cute?"

"Well, I wouldn't quite say 'not cute' but...no. No you're not." Naomi ended this sentence by eating another marshmallow in front of him.

"Ouch." It took Sonic a second. "...Hey, that was my thing you just did!"

Naomi played dumb. "What thing?"

"The finger thing!"

"Oh, you mean this?" Naomi did it again to him.

"You know exactly what I mean!"

Now Naomi was laughing hard enough she had to pause her current motions of stuffing her face with marshmallows. "No, really, elaborate, why exactly is it yours?"

"Because I did it first!" Sonic threw his hands up into the air. Maaaaaan, I forgot how easy it is to rile this guy up. Before she could have any more fun with him, he huffed and sped off.

Camilla's voice cut into her laughter. "...Yup, that's Naomi in a nutshell."

"Teens will be teens." Another voice - this one extremely familiar to Naomi - joined in. Naomi looked it up to see Camilla and Samus (without the suit on) standing together, grinning ear-to-ear. Come to think of it, Samus actually reminded her a lot of Camilla. Her blonde hair was tied up tightly into a ponytail, and she had a rather relaxed grin on her face.

"Samus, hey!" Naomi always liked Samus. She and Camilla had been best friends right from the start, having shared so much in common with each other; what with the whole space thing and all.

"Naomi!" Samus waved. "Good to see you two back."

"Good to be back." That wasn't a lie; if General Melissa hadn't been "a Ravinan buttface," in Naomi's words, she would've liked to stay for longer.

Samus laughed, and sat down on the other side. Naomi pulled her backpack onto her lap for Camilla to sit on her saved seat. She promptly did so, Cheddar leaping on her lap. His fur was a little ruffled; obviously he'd just gone through the petting of a dog's lifetime. The pup had such a big smile on his face and his tail whipped back and forth with such ferocity.

"So what's new with you two?"

Naomi shrugged. "Not much. Visited the planet of demon hobos last week because there was a big riot going on for some reason. What about you?"

Samus had a look on her face. "...Nothing new to report either."

Camilla leaned over to Naomi and whispered "Other M." Naomi nodded in understanding. As if on cue, Sonic zoomed past them again, yelling "THEBABY" at Samus. She turned to Sonic (rather, where his afterimage was) and just... stared, with a blank look on her face and only a tinge of internal screaming.

The two space women lost themselves in a conversation about why gunblades (the weapon that all Ravinans in the military were issued) were the most superior weapon anyone could wield or not. Camilla was in favor of it because the rifle part of the gunblade was perfect for long-distance, and the long blade attached to the bottom of the gun's barrel meant that, if enemies got too close, she could slice at their weak points. Why Samus was opposed to it, Naomi didn't catch.

Naomi slipped her headphones back on and turned the music up again, sliding her arms and elbows onto the table as she stared out the window. With her music on, the chatter that once exploded in Naomi's eardrums became an almost comforting white noise, and the bumps and nudges of the train on the tracks were oddly soothing. Bag of marshmallows finished, she stuffed the empty bag in her backpack and returned to resting her head in her arms. Why did she feel so tired all of a sudden...? It'd only been, what, half an hour since boarding? Try as she might, Naomi couldn't keep her eyes open and, soon enough, found herself drifting off to a dreamless sleep.

Hey Mom, did I ever write about Samus? She looks like if Camilla had a little sister, even if Samus is older. I should introduce you both sometime when I find you.

Naomi was jolted awake from her sleep with a hard slap on the back from Camilla.

"Hey!" Naomi snorted, taking her face out of her arms. "Not cool, dude-"

"You lazy vampire, we're here!" Camilla shoved her again as she tried to blink the sleepiness out of her eyes. A heavy yawn escaped from her throat as she looked around. Indeed, the train had ground to a halt and the doors hissed open. A bottleneck formed for the first few seconds, but soon enough people were getting through. Samus stood up and stretched, her shoulder popping a little.

"Well, sounds like this is our stop." She chuckled.

"Right!" Camilla stood up quickly as Cheddar hopped off her lap. "Come on, Naomi, Sammy; the luggage is in the fourth car!"

Naomi glanced at Samus. "So you're Sammy now, huh?"

Her quizzical response went unheard as the two went off to the back of the train. Naomi had somehow picked up from Sonic that there were four cars in the train - the returning veterans, the newcomers (where some veterans also hung out in when the first car got too crowded), a dining area, and way in the back was for the luggage.

Camilla wasn't like Naomi, in that when she wanted to get somewhere, there was no silently weaving through the crowds or any gentle nudges. Her method was more along the lines of "MOVE IT OR YOU MAY POSSIBLY GET TRAMPLED BY THE BEHEMOTH," which, in her defense, did work. It worked with the first encounter of Naomi, after all.

People leaped out of the way when Camilla came barrelling through, waving her arms and shouting "Comin' through, humans! Comin' through!" Samus followed closely behind her, though she was just a bit more polite than her white-haired friend. It took a bit, but eventually the two managed to work their way into the storage room. It was much quieter than the rest of the train, and for the record they were mostly alone, save for a few fighters gathering up their suitcases and bits and pieces of luggage.

One thing Samus noticed first off was how chilly the room was. "Did you really have to do the running thing?"

"It got the job done, didn't it?" Camilla hummed, letting go of Cheddar's leash. "Could you be a dear and find my suitcase, Cheddar?"

Cheddar, being unable to speak English, simply barked in response and ran off.

"Well, whatever floats your boat, I guess." Samus shrugged, before wandering off to find her own luggage.

Cheddar began to bark repeatedly, jumping up and down from his spot. Camilla hurried to her best friend, only to realize he hadn't even come close to her suitcase, instead barking at...a cardboard box? The box had "Smash Bros" written on one side of it, with the logo stamped next to the writing. He was running laps around it, stopping every second or so to sniff it, before resuming his jumping and yapping.

"What is it, boy?" Camilla seemed curious now as to why Cheddar seemed so excited over this cardboard box in particular. Cheddar stopped only to look at her before barking again. Okay, now Camilla was really curious. He never barked about boxes before, so maybe he'd found some sort of treat or chew toy underneath it. Camilla shrugged and figured why not, before lifting the box up.

Naomi would have followed them if she had more luggage than just her backpack. She slung one strap over her shoulder and stood up, gently pushing her way past people as she mumbled "'scuse me, pardon me, oh my bad." Naomi kept her grip on her invitation tight, curling her fingers around the envelope. She wasn't too sure if she would have to show someone her invitation later, but nevertheless stepped out into the sunlight after calling a "bye Alfonzo and thanks again" behind her shoulder.

Naomi looked back only when a loud "BWHANG!" rang from the cargo room, but figured Camilla had it under control. That Ravinan could take down anything if it tried to harm Cheddar. Reminded her of that one time in Brawl that Wario was bullying Cheddar by holding up his squeaky toy just above his head and mocking him for not being able to get it. Camilla responded by firing a bullet from her gunblade when she was at the other side of the massive room, where the bullet had buried itself in the drywall just an inch above his head. When the room understandably grew silent, she shouted "HEY, YOU WANNA PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN EXTRA-LARGE SIZE INSTEAD OF AN INNOCENT PUPPY, WARIO?!"

She turned back, and to say she was awed would be an understatement. The style of the mansion itself looked like it was built sometime during the Victorian era, yet was still kept pristine and perfect. The lawn was neatly trimmed, each blade of grass the exact same height. Some of the younger fighters were playing on the grass together, laughing and running to and fro. Naomi had seen the Smash Mansion before, but to be back filled her heart with...determination? Hope? No, more like joy.

...Wait, why did her backpack feel so light all of a sudden? Naomi zipped it open and started to rummage through. Okay, Petunia was still there, as was all her clothes, but... She hadn't noticed it earlier, but come to think of it -

"SONIC!" Naomi howled. Stupid speedy blue hedgehog stole her snacks when he sped off, didn't he? It was probably when he yelled "THEBABY" at Samus. That was it, that was so it. He was so gonna get it now.