And heeeeere's another theme! I always think of this little story, 'cause I think it's cute :)

If you felt that this story's familiar, it's because it's based off of that cute moment in the Fire Emblem OVA where Marth was depressed, Caeda was upset with him, and he threw her in that hay cart. Love that moment out of the whole episode XD

ENJOY!

8. A Child at Heart

Marth sat on one of the steps of the stone staircase, sighing. Since his sister was kidnapped, he had been moping around every day, thinking about her. Nothing can cheer him up, not even Roy's comforting words would get him out of his depression state.

While listening to the story from a bard a few feet away, he saw a shadow enveloped him. Looking up, he saw Roy staring down at him, smiling.

"Hello…" Marth greeted, not wanting to talk right now.

Roy sat beside him on the step. "The knights were wondering where you were, so I decided to look for you…you scared me and the others…why didn't you tell us where you were going?"

Marth sighed. "Roy, I don't want to talk right now. Sorry." He got up and walked off, but that didn't stop Roy. He followed him down the dirt road.

"Marth, you've been depressed ever since your sister was gone," Roy stated, "I understand that you and her are close, but you need to start getting happier…"

"I can't, Roy…" Marth sighed, "I can't…how do I know that she's OK? What if she's dead? What would I do then?"

Roy didn't respond to this. Marth turned his back on him and he walked away. Roy started to think…he wanted to cheer his best friend up, but he doesn't know how…he then had an idea.

Running up to the blue-haired prince, he tapped him on the shoulder and cried out, "Tag! You're it!" He then ran off, leaving Marth staring at him.

"Wh-wha…?" He muttered. However, an urge was felt inside him, and he chased after the red-haired boy.

"I'll get you, you brat!" Marth cried, chasing after the boy. Roy laughed as he continued to run from him. "You can't catch me, Marth!"

After a few minutes of running, Marth finally caught up to him, and he grabbed him from behind. "Gotcha!" Marth cried, holding the boy down. Roy laughed as Marth began to tickle his sides.

"Hey! Stop it!" Roy cried between laughs. They then tumbled down together from the hill, holding each other, and they rolled into a lake.

Marth swam up to the surface, and Roy did the same. The two paused to catch their breath. A few moments later, Roy splashed water on him, and Marth then began to do the same. They continued to do this for a few minutes until Roy tried to get out of the lake. However, Marth followed him, and as soon as they got out of the lake soaking wet, he tackled Roy to the ground, tickling. "Do you surrender?" Marth said with a goofy smile.

"N-n-never!" Roy laughed, and he wrestled Marth to where he was on top of him, and started to tickle him. Marth laughed and he tried to wrestle Roy to the ground, but he was unsuccessful. The two tickled and wrestled each other for a few more minutes, and they both lay on the grass, catching their breath from all the play-fighting. They looked at each other, and they laughed.

"Are you still depressed?" Roy asked.

Marth looked at his best friend and responded, "No. Thanks for cheering me up, Roy…I never knew that you're still a child at heart."

"Same here, Marth. And I'm glad that I can make you smile again." The red-haired boy snuggled up to the now happy prince, and the two watched the sunset, smiling and snuggling up to each other.