"We should put the tent up here", said Roy.
"Ok! Um... how do you do it?" asked Marth. He looked at the rolled up tent very curiously. All of this to shelter them for the night?
"I've helped my dad set up the tent plenty of times! It's easy! Just read me the instructions and I'll have the tent up in no time at all!" said Roy.
"Instructions? Read the instructions to you? Do I... Do I have to?" whined Marth.
"Well... Err... Just think of it as ordering me around. You like ordering people around, right?" he joked.
"Oh! If you put it that way... Ok! I'll do the best I can!" chirped Marth. He began to dig through the knapsack for the parchment while Roy chuckled.
"I think it might be inside the tent. Thanks for doing this, though. I'm... ugh... I'm not a good reader..." Roy mumbled quietly. His face turned slightly pink as he looked at the ground.
"Are-are you sure that it's inside the tent?" asked Marth.
"Yeah... Why, what's wrong?" Roy asked worriedly.
"It's not here!" Marth said calmly.
A slight breeze blew overhead. It blew a rolled up parchment across the dirt while unraveling it. The parchment had some diagrams along with a few words on it...
"I guess it didn't come with the instructions, eh?" Roy said sheepishly.
"Don't worry! We can put it together without 'im!" Marth said determinedly.
Marth and Roy struggled to get the stakes into the tent, then to stand them up. The tent kept falling over numerous times before finally standing upright. Before either of them could tie down the stakes, the light wind started to blow away the tent! The boys had to chase it down several times before catching it. They finally dragged it back to its original spot before encountering another problem. There happened to be a large ant colony in the middle of the spot. Marth wasn't too fond of insects and those red fire ants weren't exactly on his list of favorite animals. He quickly moved their belongings over to another shaded area (far away from the ant colony) while Roy had to drag the tent over to Marth all by himself. Finally, they were able to tie down the stakes and complete their tent. All of this took a little over an hour and a half.
"There! Now we can relax!" sighed Roy.
"Owie, owie, owie... Those ants bit me up real good on my arms and legs! I should of brought something to stop the itching..." whined Marth. He tried to scratch his right arm and both his legs at the same time, but failed. Roy couldn't help but snicker at Marth.
"Only a couple got you. One on you arm and a few more on your legs. They're not poisonous, so you'll live", said Roy. "At least I think they're not poisonous..." he muttered quietly.
"I don't think I'll live with the itching! It's driving me mad!" Marth complained while scratching.
Marth and Roy were lying on their backs under the tree with their lunch. Roy was eating a couple sandwiches at a time while Marth was sipping his soda pop. They were both gazing up at the sky, content with not a care in the world. As Marth was taking another sip, he let out a small hiccup. Roy started to snicker as Marth kept hiccuping. Realizing that he's not going to be able to stop them, Marth joined Roy in laughing.
"This is fun, isn't it?" said Roy while grinning. He was still snickering a bit as Marth was trying not to hiccup too loudly.
"Yep! I kinda-- hic! --like it! So nice, too... Hic! It's not too-- hic! --hot, there's a-- hic! --nice breeze, and we have plenty of-- hic! --food! Hic! Hic! Hic!"
"Heheh... Too much soda?" taunted Roy.
"I-- hic! --only had one. How do-- hic! --you stop-- hic! --these-- hic! --hiccups?!" whined Marth.
"I dunno... I just let 'im run their course. Usually it's like a hour or so", said Roy.
"An-- hic! Hic!-- HOUR?!" exclaimed Marth.
"Yeah, well until they go away, let's talk about other stuff", said Roy. He folded his arms behind his head and sighed contently. "Oh, I dun wanna scare ya or anything, but there's a bumble bee or something in your hair. It's either a wasp, bee, or something with a stinger..." he said rather too calmly.
Marth shrieked loudly and jumped up while quickly rubbing his hands through his hair. He was bawling and screaming as he tried to get the so-called bee out of his hair. "Is it out yet?! Is it out yet?!" he kept screaming.
"It's gone now! Calm down, Marth. Calm down, relax", said Roy.
"Th-th-thank you for telling me about the bee", panted Marth.
"No problem! Oh! Your hiccups are gone!" cried Roy.
"Really? ...I didn't notice that."
"Yeah, I just remembered something my dad used to tell me. He said one time that you'd hafta scare someone to get rid of their hiccups. Bu-but don't get mad at me! There really was something in your hair! Honest!" Roy said quickly.
"Oh... So how do you like Altea so far?" asked Marth. He layed back down and took a sandwich. Before eating it, he checked to see which kind he got (ham with Swiss cheese).
"Altea's quite nice! It's a little colder here then in Pherae, but I like it here!" said Roy.
"What's Pherae like?" Marth asked curiously.
"It's nice like Altea, but it's very warm there in the summer. Err... do you like being the younger brother?" Roy asked sheepishly.
"Yeah, kinda. I mean it's nice to have a big sister like Ellis, but there are times when I wished that I was an only child. That's because Ellis gets a lot more attention than I do and people think that she's cuter and smarter than I am! I don't like that", grumbled Marth.
"Really? I don't mind all that. It'd be nice to have a big brother or sister or a little brother or sister. You say that it's not fun having a sister? It's not fun being a only child!" said Roy.
"Oh? Whaddya mean? You get all the attention, you don't have to share toys with anyone... You're so lucky!" said Marth.
"That is if you don't mind having no one to play with sometimes. I have Lilian to play with, but sometimes I feel so lonely when I don't see her. Winter is even more lonely because I don't go outside much. You're lucky to have Ellis", sighed Roy. "Hey, if you ever get tired of her, can I borrow her? I really really want a big sister!"
Marth started to laugh, then Roy joined in. They looked over at the lake and an idea suddenly came to them. Fishing! The water was calm and the most beautiful shade of blue ever. The two princes got up and headed back to their tent. They fetched their fishing rods and ran over to the lake.