Requested by daleketchup

Author's Note

 I do apologize for this being so late. I just started school and started a new book that I've been working on, and so I'm putting most of my attention on those two things.

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   In the middle of the forest not too far away from the mansion, there lay a warrior sleeping amongst the tree stumps. He had his head an back against the mossy bark. Yet, he didn't rest alone.

   He had his trusty sidekick right in front of him, his dragon. The dragon was quite lengthy and had a slim, noodle-like body. It was curled up in a loop, resting its head on its tail. It's white scales reflected the sun's ray, causing them to gleam like a rainbow. It had a dark green fur aligning its head all the way down to the edge of its tail.

  All was well and nothing didn't disturb their peace until suddenly, an envelope was summoned out of thin air. It swayed back and forth as it slowly descended like a leaf. It soon found itself plummeting into the warrior's mouth as he snored.

   He started choking on the paper, woke up, and spat it out. "Ah! Someone was strangling me-" He spotted the now wet envelope on the ground. "Oh, so that's what it was." He picked it up and wiped the dirt off of it. It was beige with a red wax seal of the super smash bros symbol. "It has my name on it..." He opened it and read it. "T-this is a dream come true!" 

   "C'mon, (dragon's name)!" He nudged the dragon on the side. 

   The creature yawned and stretched. It looked up at its owner with droopy eyes.

   "We got accepted! Let's go, let's go! We have to meet Master Hand!"

   The dragon's eyes shot wide open and it spread its wings. It fired into the air and speed off.

   "(Dragon's name), no! Come back!" ___ chased after it. "Don't get too excited now!"

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Netherless, there was action going on in the smash mansion as well. There was always chaos running amock in the building, especially when more and more smashers filled the hallways for Smash Ultimate. 

   King K. Krool stole a barrel of bananas from Diddy Kong and Donkey Kong and was now being chased by them. Doctor Mario was still dealing with patients twenty-four seven of the day. Warrior was being flirtatious with Peach as ever, but all he earned was a nice slap to the face. The female and male pokemon trainer were having a battle in the gym down below while the Wii fit trainers were on the sidelines doing their daily exercises. Link, Toon Link, Breath of the Wild Link, and Young Link were all arguing who was the true Link.

    I could go on and on about their activities, but there was so much liveliness inside the mansion, it was hard to name them all. Yet, there were quiet places away from said chaos.

    On the side of her dorm, a balcony was a suitable area for a peaceful time for oneself. Lucina sat on a chair as she read a book. Only the view of the woods accompanied her as she read. But as she scanned the words on the pages, a shadow flashed over her paper and it was gone as soon as it appeared. "What?..."

   She gazed upwards and spotted a dragon darting through the sky. "A feral beast." She spatted. The smasher grabbed her sword from its sheath. "I won't let any dragon harm any precious soul!" She jumped off the balcony and onto the tree branch, and then to the ground. She kept her eyes on the dragon as it stopped its flight and landed on the ground. 

   She hid behind a bush and examined it. The dragon was panting and relaxed its whole body, tired from all the wing flapping. 'My time to shine,' she said. She charged after it and lunged her sword.

  Before the tip could pierce any flesh, a rapier blocked her. 

   A young man had intervened in her attack. "Pretty rude to try and kill someone's pet, isn't it?"

   She stepped back and still held caution. "Ugh! You own this beast?"

   He gasped with emotion and hugged his dragon. "It has feelings too, ya know." He petted the dragon behind the ear. "And it has a name. (Dragon's name)." 

   "A pet dragon? A pet dragon?!" Lucina roared. "Those things aren't redeemable." 

   "Whatever you say, Princess Lucina." 

   "Wait! How did y-"

   "Everyone in this area knows about you. I know most of the smashers here. I am going to be a new recruit here, and so I better get enough knowledge of my opponents as I can." He smirked.

   "Oh no, no, no, no! I can take Corrin since they have humanity, but now Ridley, and now you! Three dragons?! I'm going to talk to Master Hand about this!" She darted towards the mansion's entrance.

   "I have to talk to him as well." His smirk widened.

   "Oh no, you don't!" She barked. 

   "Yes. I. Will."

  "Try me."

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"I can't believe you would use a trick on me like that," Lucina mumbled in distaste as she had her arms crossed as she sat in front of Master Hand's desk. She was covered in dirt and had a few bruises along her face.

   Right beside her was the same young warrior. "All I did was trip you. You were asking for it when you ran straight for me." He couldn't help but chuckle.

   "Whatever, you were lucky Master Hand came and save you. I could of-"

   "Silence!" Master Hand's voice boomed throughout his office. "Lucina, I know you have strong feelings against dragons and dragon users and such, but attacking this new challenger and not letting him inside the building is uncalled for." 

    She sighed and hanged her head in defeat. She knew she couldn't debate his matters and just agreed. "Yes, Master Hand..."

   "And you will show him around the mansion to make up for that mistake." 

   Her head shot up. 'Why? Why me?' she rambled on in her mind. "Yes, Master Hand," she said like some drone.

   Lucina turned to ___ and saw him smiling at her. She instantly grimaced and regretted the day she lived.

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 Master Hand gave ___ his keys to his dorm and his dorm number. Lucina guided him to him to said dorm and the warrior placed his stuff away. He also let his dragon rest inside as Lucina gave him a tour. The two walked for what seems like hours. The mansion was so tiresomely large that it would take an eternity to cover. It even took longer with ___ questions every second and them being stopped by curious smasher coming to check out the newbie. It was complete torcher for Lucina. 

   Luckily for her, they made it to the cafeteria, where some of the smashers were having a joyful time munching on their meals.

   "This room here is the cafeteria," she said like some stale drone. Her voice was ready to cop out at any minute for doing this for so long, "where Wario and Kirby are the head chefs of it. It's open first thing in the morning and then closes at three. You're on your own for dinner." 

   She glanced behind the counter to see Wario and Kirby at work with spices in hand and tending to bubble pots on the stove. She chuckled at how Kirby was taste testing the watermelon but ended up eating the whole thing in one gulp.

   The cafeteria didn't just offer food from the kitchen, but also vending machines on the side. There were regular seats and tables. Some tiny, and some large for every smasher's height. There were even tables and chairs floating in the air by magic for smashers with the power of flight, and balconies for smashers that were stealthy enough to get to and eat alone in peace.

   ___ was just marveled by it all. "Wow, so many places to eat at. I wonder where I will si-" he turned to see Lucina speeding off without him. "H-hey!"

   She didn't give him much time to catch up with her. She smirked to herself at how he struggled to keep up. She was pretty agile at that, and that armor of his was weighing down in the long run. "C'mon, we need to make it to the last destination." She came to the end of the hallway to a wooden double door.

   "I-I'm trying!" He jogged over to and then she pushed both doors. 

   ___ gasped at the sight he witnessed. The roof was so far away, he bet not even Meta Knight's abilities from Brawl wouldn't allow anyone to get that far up to touch it. There were shelves, upon shelves, upon shelves of books. Some very old, caking with specks of dust, while some new, having that glorious fresh book smell and clean pages.  The shelves were so tall that there were ladders for people to climb to get to the very top. 

   "This is the library, where we store all of our knowledge of every single Nintendo game. But there are also non-game related novels and anything you des-"

   "Woohoo!" ___ charged in and grabbed the first one off the shelves. "Oh my God, this book is (second favorite book). I loved this ever since I was a kid! I wonder what else they have in store here!"

   "Wait...You actually love the reading books?" Lucina said.

   "Yeah, I eat and breathe books. They're the only things that sustain me!" The male warrior got onto a latter and climbed up and picked the first Nintendo book with the title "World Records". He immediately let his eyes quickly skim over the words. "Never knew Samus was the first female video game character. Interesting."

   "That's so me." She giggled, but then she stopped herself. 'Did I just giggle?', she couldn't believe it. She glad ___ didn't notice, but she still blushed nonetheless.

   He put the book away carefully and went down the latter. "You're into books too?" 

   "Well, I, ugh...Ever since I was a child, that was really my best source of entertainment. There really wasn't much to do unless you wanted to see a magic show or play." 

   "It sucks that you were born in a place with zero electronics to help with boredom, but, y'know, writing and reading are still my main hobbies even if this age is plagued with electronics." He winked at her. 

   "I don't really bother with electronics either despite my knowledge of them." For the first time, Lucina actually smiled legitimately with the warrior.

   "I feel like the value of books is better, y'know."

   "So true!" She giggled once more. She realized what she had done and turned away to hide her reddened cheeks. "I'm sorry, but I don't get usually get geeked up like this."

   "It's ok. There's nothing wrong with getting excited about books." He chuckled.

   "I know, I know. It's just that the others would always make fun of me for it. For being a 'nerd', and so I usually hide it and just read in my room." Lucina isn't that sensitive. Sure, she could take an insult or more, but having it constantly does start to sting. Even she has insecurities despite being a strong princess. 

   "Why should their words matter to you? If you love what you love, then you shouldn't stop loving it because someone makes fun of you for it. Back when I was young, I was picked on for my hobbies, but I didn't give two flying fucks." 

   "Well, true..." Lucina thought about it more. Back when she was in Fire Emblem Awakening, she didn't care about who got into her way of saving the future of her kingdom and people that was close. If she didn't care about that, then she shouldn't care even less what others think about her book obsession. 

   "You know what? I don't care if they call me a nerd anymore." She smiled with confidence. She reached into her pocket and put on her glasses. 

   "That's the spirit girl!" ___ cheered.

   With this new found pride, she jumped onto a table and pointed her sword into the air. "I will strive to be-" 

   "Shhh! Please be quiet," Anabelle, the librarian, said from behind her counter.

   "S-sorry." They both said in unison and both blushed at their embarrassment.

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The two chattered about books and read until their eyes began saggy from them going back and forth. The starry night sky was present, and so bedtime was close anyway. They called it a night after their final book and headed to their dorms. 

   Lucina led him once again to his dorm. "I hope you have a good night. I had a nice time." She grinned sluggishly. The whole day had drained her, but she was still satisfied with how it went.

   "I hope you have a good night too. Maybe sometime we can do it again?" ___ suggested as he opened his door. 

   "I would love too." She nodded. 

   He only replied with a light smile and began to close his door, but before it snapped on the doorframe, Lucina stooked her foot between the door.

  "I-I would also say I'm sorry for what I've done," she said.

  "It's fine, it's all in the past. Goodnight."

  She removed her foot. "Goodnight." The female warrior finally went to her dorm and jumped onto her bed. Her eyes closed and she thought of the new fun things she could do with her newfound friend before drifting off. She forgot to take off her glasses, but her sleep was more comfortable ever before.

The End

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Author's Note

Remember guys, don't feel ashamed if you love to read and write fanfiction, or have other qualities that you're concerned about. Just be you and enjoy it!