OKAY, SO–
I know I'm supposed to be working on my Triple D fan-fic and all, but...gosh, I dunno! This idea just popped into my head one day and I decided that if I didn't write it soon then I just might explode!
Anyways, I'm kind of proud of it so far...
Yes, I may not be the best darn writer on this site, but this just might be my masterpiece!
Anyways, I hope you guys like it. If you do, then I'll be sure to make more! ^^ Remember, this is just chapter one. You're not gonna get too much of the awesomeness just yet.
Enjoy!
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I COME IN ED
CHAPTER 1
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It was an average summer day in the cul-de-sac. Nice and quiet, with the soothing sound of bluebirds chirping in the background. The weather was just right–sunny and warm, with only a few puffy clouds scattered here and there. Days like these were hard to come by. Quiet...peaceful...serene...
...until Eddy let out an irritated cry of...er...annoyance (he was really pissed, okay?) from his resting place under the large oak tree outside his friend, Edd's house. The trio had been sitting quietly around the tree, leaning with their backs against the trunk, enjoying the tranquility of it all.
...well, Ed and Double D had been enjoying it, anyway, while Eddy could've sworn that he was slowly going insane with each passing second. It was so effing quiet!! What was up with that?!
"WHERE THE HELL IS EVERBODY!?" he shouted, and got to his feet, almost raging. This wasn't normal! Eddy hadn't seen anything interesting happen all day, and there was hardly anyone in sight! Not like there would've been anything to do if there were people around. The boys hadn't pulled off a scam in...what? Two or three years? Double D had said they were getting too old for that stuff and, even though he didn't always show it, Eddy valued his sock-headed friend's opinion...plus Lumpy had broken his neck that summer carrying a chair for Eddy and his mom had threatened to sue if it ever happened again. But, gosh, did he miss those days...
Double D spoke up. "Eddy, you can't just expect everyone to stay at home for the summer. They're on vacation, remember?" He began to count off the names with his fingers. "Rolf went back to his homeland for the month, Johnny and his parents are going camping with Plank, Nazz and her family went to Hawaii, Ed's mom took Sarah and Jimmy to the mall..." He paused, trying to think for a moment before adding, "...and I believe the Kankers are visiting some distant relatives in Massachusetts."
Edd counted up the fingers he had used. "...so that means...the only one left is Kevin."
Eddy grimaced. Kevin and the Eds had decided to put aside their differences long ago, and were now...well, not exactly friends...acquaintances would be a more accurate term. But still, Kevin wasn't exactly Eddy's first choice for making conversation.
But before Eddy could let off another round of aggravated shouts, the sound of a revving motor turned each of their heads to see Kevin riding the motorcycle his father had given him for his sixteenth birthday a year ago. He seemed to be headed towards the Eds.
"Speak of the devil..." Ed piped up, following the movement of the Harley Davidson with his eyes as it slowed to a stop right in front of the tree that they were sitting around.
Kevin took off his helmet, shaking out his hat hair before putting up the kick-stand and dismounting the bike. He wore his usual green muscle tee and dark black denim jeans. Despite the heat, he also wore a leather jacket and a pair of black fingerless gloves. His bright red hair was tied up into a ponytail, as always, and the piercings in his left ear glinted in the sunlight. He shoved his hands into his front pockets as he silently looked around at all three of the Eds for a few moments before, finally, he nodded and uttered a low "'Sup, Dorks?"
Yes, the Eds and Kevin had made amends a few years back, but Kevin had decided to keep his name for the trio. Why? Who knows how Kevin's mind works sometimes? He just didn't feel that calling them "The Eds" was right.
Edd and the others nodded back with their own words of greeting (except for Ed, who waved in a sort of spastic way).
"Afternoon, Kevin."
"Hey, Shovel Chin."
"Hiya, Kevin!"
Eddy was the first to break the awkward silence that followed. "So...what's new, Kevin? Anything interesting happen today?" Normally, Eddy could have cared less how Kevin's day was going, but right now he was bored beyond all thought and desperately needed something to talk about before he simply fell over and died from lack of excitement.
Kevin shrugged. "Not much. I was helping the new family move in a couple blocks away."
Now this piqued Eddy's interest, along with Double D's (Ed wasn't paying attention. He was watching a squirrel some four meters away). New family?
There was someone new in the cul-de-sac?
Eddy blinked. "...huh? What new family?"
Kevin's eyes widened. "You're kidding, right?? You didn't see the 'Sold' sign in front of that old house next door to Ed's?"
It was Double D's turn to blink in confusion. "...Ed has new neighbors? We didn't see any moving vans."
Again, Keving shrugged. "They must've gotten here early this morning," he said. "The Davidsons. Ed must've missed 'em."
The other two Eds weren't surprised–a meteor could've hit the cul-de-sac and Ed would've been too distracted with a comic book to notice. They loved their friend like a brother, but even they admitted that he wasn't the brightest guy around...
Kevin continued, "Anyways, I've been helping them move in. They've sure got a lot of stuff...and their daughters wouldn't help much."
Eddy's face lit up.
Daughters?
As in plural?
More than one?
He grinned his sly little grin and chuckled. "Girls, huh? So...what're their names?"
Kevin caught on pretty quick. He rolled his eyes. "Forged it, Short Stack," he said, and Eddy went a little red at the nickname. God, if there was one thing he hated, it was people making jokes about his height..."Look," Kevin went on, "they've got two daughters. One's about our age, but she's been locked up in her new bedroom all day and I doubt she'll be comin' out anytime soon. And the other one is, like...twelve. Her name's Alana. I met her while I was helping her parents with all their stuff."
Eddy's hopes were immediately crushed. He hung his head in disappointment. "Oh..." he said, shoving his hands into his pockets. Shoot. It was just some kid and her emotionally challenged older sister.
For a moment he stopped moping and looked up. "How do you know they even have a second daughter? You said she's been locked up in her room. You couldn't have seen her!"
Again, Kevin rolled his eyes. "Her parents told me, moron. Plus, I heard the music coming from her room. Actually..." he paused, as if trying to hear something distant. "...yeah, I think you can hear it from here. She's got her stereo blaring up there. Listen..." They all fell silent.
Sure enough, they could hear loud heavy metal music coming from a house some two blocks away.
Eddy made a face. "Jeez...that chick has some weird taste in music."
Double D scratched his head. "Perhaps," he said. "she's depressed. After all, they just moved in from..." He turned to Kevin. "Did they tell you where they were from, Kevin?"
Kevin thought for a moment. "...Bismarck, I think."
Edd nodded. "See, Eddy? Her friends are hundreds of miles away from here! And on top of that, she has to go to a new school, get used to a new home...gracious, if she already had plans for college..." For a while, he went on, listing all of the bad things about moving away. Ed had stopped watching his squirrel to join the conversation and began to feel bad for his new neighbor. Eddy honestly could've cared less–so what if she was depressed? Let her whine. It wasn't his problem.
Double D kept going. "...not to mention the fact that she doesn't know anyone. She must feel so alone!" Finally, he stopped as an idea formed in his big brain.
"...perhaps we should pay her a visit."
Eddy made a face. "WHAT?! No way!" "Aw, come on, Eddy!" Ed had finally spoken up.
"NO!" said Eddy. "What do I care about some chick who can't handle the cul-de-sac? Let her mourn! Besides, Kevin said she wasn't comin' out of her room. Right, Kevin?"
They all turned to Kevin, who nodded. "Yeah," he said. "Like I said, I don't think she'll be out of there anytime soon."
Defeated, Edd let out a small sigh. He couldn't just let that girl sit in her room all depressed! But at the same time, the other two were right.
But then he got another brilliant idea.
"Well, then," he said. "maybe we could pay her sister a visit. Alana was her name, didn't you say, Kevin?"
Kevin nodded (he seemed to be doing that a lot lately...) silently. But Eddy looked up at Double D as if he were afraid his friend had lost his mind completely. "...are you INSANE?!" he cried. "She's a kid! We're gonna be off to college in a year, Double D! What would the others think of if they saw us hanging out with some ten-year-old girl?!"
"She's twelve, Eddy," said Double D defensively. "and I doubt she's feeling any better about this than her sister! Can't we just pay them a visit? It would be neighborly!"
"No!"
"Eddy, five minutes ago you were complaining about your boredom! Can't we–?"
"NO!"
"But couldn't we just–?"
"I said NO, DOUBLE D!! So just SHUT UP ABOUT IT!!" And with that, Eddy turned and left the other two Eds and Kevin behind.
Ed broke the silence. "...why's he so grumpy, Double D?" Ed had felt rather excited at the prospect of meeting someone new–it was rare for anything to happen in the cul-de-sac.
Double D shook his head. "I'm not sure, Ed. I suppose he just doesn't like meeting new people..." He turned to Kevin. "How did she act around you, Kevin? You said you met her."
Kevin shrugged. "I really don't know. All she did was listen to her iPod. I swear she's addicted to that thing! But every time I asked her what she was listening to she either just said 'Music,' or turned up the volume and pretended like she didn't hear me. It was really weird..." He shook his head. "But she's not like a spoiled brat or anything. She just...keeps to herself, that's all."
Well, so much for greeting the new family, Edd thought.
Kevin checked his watch. "Oh, crap, I gotta go!" Quickly, he put on his helmet, swung his right leg over the seat of his bike, kicked up the kick-stand, uttered a low "Later, Dorks," and rode out of the cul-de-sac, leaving Ed and Double D to stand there awkwardly with nothing to do.
"...so, do you wanna go see the new family or what?" Ed asked, still eager to see some new faces.
Double D sighed. "I don't think so, Ed," he said. "At least not today. It's getting late, see?" He motioned to the setting sun in the west. "Besides, if Eddy's not here, then it's just...not the same, I guess." He turned and walked up the steps to his front door. "Good night, Ed," he said, and entered, locking the door behind him.
"G'night, Double D!" Ed replied happily, even though his friend could no longer hear him. He then walked a few blocks up the small street to his house, taking a glance at the one next door before entering his own.
What was that light in the room upstairs?
Was that the older sister's room?
Must've been. He could hear the music much clearer now...she really did sound depressed...
Pushing aside his brief feelings of grief (very poetic today, aren't we?), he turned the knob of the front door and walked inside, shutting it behind him. From there he made his way down the hallway, down the basement stairs and into his small, messy (if that isn't the understatement of the year...) bedroom, where he then crawled into bed (nevermind he forgot to change into his night clothes) and soon fell asleep to the blaring sound of heavy metal coming from next door.
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OKAY, SO–
The ending? Not my best work. I'm sorry. I'll try to do much better in the future.
Anyhoo, the Eds are around seventeen here (eighteen, in Ed's case) which makes Sarah and Jimmy around fourteen. So why did I make my character a twelve-year-old music addict? Many reasons.
I think one is to prove a point: You can write a good fan-fic without making your OC fall in love with the main characters. No offense to people who do do that, though!
Heck, I'll probably end up doing it eventually...
The second reason is classified. I'd tell you, but then I'd have to painfully wipe your memory with a metal baseball bat.
Huh? What about the big sister you say?
...forget her.
She doesn't exist right now.
She's just a background character until I figure out what the heck I'm gonna do with her. ._____.
Well, that's about it.
Please R&R!
I love you all! 8D
G'night!
~&~Dizzy~&~
