"You're right! It's a cute polar bear too!" said Marth.
Both princes were starting to get along pretty well after a week. During that time, they've learned where the other person's bounderies were. There were a few times when they're stepped over the other one's bounderies by accident. They've spent afternoons outside, looking up at the clouds while laying on their backs on the cool grass.
"Are you tired, Marth?" asked Roy.
"I'm just a touch sleepy, that's all..." yawned Marth. It was already an hour past his afternoon nap, which explained why the older prince was slightly tired.
"We can go inside, if you want. You could take your nap", Roy suggested. He was already used to Marth taking naps during the afternoon, so he just goes back outside to play.
"No, no! I'm fine. Say... can you tell me some stories about your dad's army?" asked Marth.
"Sure! Dad told me loads of funny stories about when he had to find Grandpa! Dad met lots of funny people who joined his army!" said Roy. Lord Eliwood happened to be a general.
"Really? Tell me about them!" said Marth.
"Ok, there was this one guy named Sain and he's a big idiot. Sain always goes up to a pretty lady and talks to her and then the lady beats him up badly!" laughed Roy.
"What does Sain tell the lady?" Marth asked curiously.
"Dumb stuff like... 'Oh, beautiful lady! You are so pretty and sweet and lovely and I wanna marry you!' and other dumb stuff like that", said Roy. He was on his knees, trying to imitate Sain.
"Hahaha! And he tells every lady that?!" exclaimed Marth.
"Yep! Now, here's a couple funny things that happened to Sain. One time, Dad got this new guy to join and his name was Erk and he's a py-roh-may-nee-ac, like me and--"
"What's that?" asked Marth.
"Dad told me that's someone who likes to start fires a lot", replied Roy.
"Oh, I see! Now, go on."
"Ok, so anyways, Erk joins Dad's army and he had kinda long hair. Now, Sain went up to him and he goes 'Hello there! I'm Sain. Let me take you out for dinner, pretty lady' and do you know what Erk said?" continued Roy.
"No, what'd Erk say?" asked Marth.
"Erk said 'I'm not a girl! I'm a guy!' and he casted a fire spell on Sain! Hahaha! Sain was burnt to a crisp! What a big idiot!" laughed Roy.
Marth was laughing very hard as he tried to picture the incident. "How funny!"
"Now, another time, Dad got another new guy to join the army. This guy was a monk named Lucius and he had even longer hair than Erk! Everyone thought that Lucius was a girl, including Dad. Now, Sain went up to Lucius and said the same thing he said to Erk. Know what happened?" Roy said with a smirk on his face.
"Uh... Lucius casted fire spells on Sain?" asked Marth.
"Nope! Erk can do that! Lucius knows light magic! But anyways, he got really mad at Sain. He said 'I don't look like a girl at all!' and he punched Sain really hard!" said Roy. "The funny thing, though, was that after he punched Sain, he began to say really bad words because he broke a nail!" Roy then began to laugh really hard.
"But... but... monks aren't suppose to say bad words, Roy", said Marth.
"I know! That's why that was funny!" laughed Roy.
"Ha! I bet Lucius got in a lotta trouble for that!" Marth began to laugh so hard that his face turned bright pink.
"Dad and the army camped out in lots of places. Man, I wish that I coulda done that! It would have been fun!" Roy said as he began to daydream about the idea.
"Have you ever been camping before?" asked Marth.
"Yep! It's very fun! You get to roast marshmallows over an open fire, sleep outside under the stars, go fishing, go hiking... loads of fun!" said Roy. He was grinning from ear to ear.
"Wow... I've never been camping before. I'd like to do that", Marth uttered quietly.
"WHAT?! YOU'VE NEVER BEEN CAMPING BEFORE?! ARE YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHING?!" exclaimed Roy with a completely shocked expression on his face.
"Yeah. I've never did that before. Sounds like fun, though. I wish I could do that right now...", Marth grumbled.
"Say... Maybe you could ask your dad if you could do that. Perhaps if our dads would let us, we could go camping all by ourselves! How cool is that?"
"Not a bad idea! Why didn't I think of that?! Don't worry, Roy! We'll go camping soon! Dad'll let me, I just know it!" said Marth excitedly.
"How do you know if he'll say yes or not?" Roy asked skeptically.
"Don't worry; Dad'll let me do whatever I want!" Marth answered conciededly. He flipped his hair from his eyes at the same time.
Back in the castle, Corneilius and Eliwood were having a lively conversation. The King of Altea was rolling with laughter as the Pheraen general was telling a story. Marth and Roy entered the den where their fathers were at, hoping that Marth was right.
"...And then he goes 'Back! Back, you demon woman! Quit stalking me like that! Why does the world hate me so?!'. Erk then ran off and Serra chased after him, while yelling at the top of her lungs 'Come back, my fwuffy one!'" Eliwood started laughing hysterically as he recalled the incident.
"Serra is another idiot that Dad met", Roy whispered to Marth.
"Dad... Can me and Roy go camping all by ourselves?" asked Marth. He tried to look as cute as he could, hoping that it'd convince his dad to agree with him.
"Camping? Just the two of you? I'm not sure about that... I mean it's just that you guys are too young to go all by yourselves. I hope that you understood that, ok?" said Corneilius.
"Oh, um... I guess that's fine then", Roy said quietly. He tugged Marth's arm a bit to get the older prince to go with him.
"Bu... But... THAT'S NOT FAIR AT ALL!!!" cried Marth. Being told "no" was one of his many pet peeves. Marth began to protest against that by throwing a major tantrum.
"Yikes! Marth!" Roy shouted over Marth's crying. Roy quickly covered his ears while Eliwood did the same thing.
"L-L-Listen, sport! I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but I just don't feel like that's a good idea to have you and Roy go camping without a grown-up. You guys might get hurt or something. I don't want either of you to get hurt. Please, Marth... Stop crying..." said Corneilius. He picked up Marth and rocked him back and forth. Unfortunately, that didn't calm Marth down at all.
"NO! I WANNA GO CAMPING!!!" screamed Marth. He struggled to free himself out of his father's arms, but his father wouldn't put him down.
"Marth, I think you should go take your nap right now. Perhaps you'll feel better after getting some sleep", said Corneilius.
"No, NO, NO!!!" screamed Marth. He cried harder, hoping that it'd work.
"Alright... Alright, already... You two can go camping", sighed Corneilius. He put Marth down and rubbed his head since he got a migrane now.
"Th-Th-Thank you, Dad", sniffled Marth. He headed towards his room with Roy on his tail.
"I'm so sorry about Marth, Eliwood. He tends to do that when he doesn't get his way. Ahh... Ahh..." Corneilius was still rubbing his head, trying to sooth the migrane away.
Marth flopped onto his bed and buried his face into one of the pillows, still crying. Roy came in and patted Marth on the back. Roy looked quite surprised about Marth's little protest.
"Dang, Marth! Whenever I throw a tantrum to get something, I always get in trouble for it! How come it works for you and never for me?!" asked Roy.
"I-I-I could teach you how. Maybe later, ok?" sobbed Marth.
"You ok? Why are you still crying?" Roy asked worriedly.
"I'm just letting it run its course. I'll be fine", he replied.
"When shall we head off to camp, buddy?" asked Roy.
"Probably in an hour", replied Marth. He showed off a large smile, although his face was hidden in the pillow. This'll be so fun! Marth thought to himself.