Chapter 1: Summer's over

It was a warm sunny August day in Peach Creek and we see a young boy lying on the grass looking up at the clouds. This was Edward Horace Lancaster he just turned 18 a few months ago and was wearing his new green jacket, red pants, and a blue alien faced t-shirt underneath; his brown hair was also neatly combed. Ed had changed a lot over the years he had smartened up quite a bit (thanks to a certain friend of his) and started using soap. But Ed still remained the happy, fun loving, and cheerful Ed as he always was.

"Hey Lumpy what the hell are ya staring at?" The 6'4 Ed looked up to see his best friend Eddy Skipper McGee who had turned 17 back in March. He had short black spiked hair which replaced his three strands of hair. He was also wearing black cargo shorts, a black shirt that said "Money that's what I want!" and red converses. And he also had a piercing on his left ear. Eddy has turned into kind of a punk kid but only just for the attention, his attitude hasn't changed much over the years he was still the same short tempered and megalomaniacal Ed. The only thing changed about him was that he toned down his greed and he was now standing at 5'7, but was still the shortest Ed so it doesn't even matter anyways.

"Hi Eddy, Look a chicken!" He said as he pointed to the sky.

"It's a cloud stupid… Anyway have you seen Double D?" the Shortest Ed asked.

Ed scratched his head "Actually Eddy I haven't seen him all day."

"Great, that's just great." Eddy grumbled.

"What's wrong Eddy?"

"Summer's almost over and we've barley done anything exciting. And worst of all school starts in two weeks!" He complained

"Well nothing has happed in a while."

"Don't remind me, let's go see if Double D is at home and then let's go out and do something."

"Okay Eddy!" Ed said as he followed him to Double Ds house.

….

Over in Ed's house was Sarah, his little sister. She was on Facebook chatting with James Royce III, but everyone referred to him as Jimmy. He moved to the neighboring town of Lemon Brook a year ago and Sarah instantly befriended him on Facebook, they used to talk a lot but lately Jimmy hasn't been talking to her less lately and she was concerned about this.

"Summer's been so boring without you, you should come and visit before school starts" She messaged him.

"Sorry Sarah I can't I'm too busy right now" he messaged back.

Sarah looked Concerned and messaged "Why? Are you going on a worldwide cruise or something?"

"No that was last month. Look I'm just busy okay enough said"

As Sarah prepared to message him back Jimmy had logged out of Facebook. Sarah sighed in defeat and turned off her computer which her parents got for her 14th birthday. She wore her new white shirt with roses on it, she also had on blue jeans, and her orange hair was down passed her shoulders. Sarah changed a bit too she was kinder to Ed, she toned down her spoiled side as much as Eddy toned down his greedy side. The only thing that had not changed about her was her crush on Double D that she still had a short temper. But some things never change do they?

She sighed again and opened up her diary and wrote about the day's events. As she jotted down what was on her mind she looked out of her window and saw her brother and his "stupid" friend walking to Double D's place.

….

Eddy rang the bell for the tenth time and there was still no answer.

"Jesus, is he in a coma or something?" He said as he rang the bell again.

"Double come out and pla-ay!" Ed called but there was still no answer.

"If only there were some way to get to him" Eddy said as he rung the doorbell one more time. "Alright to hell with this!" Eddy grabbed Ed and used him as a log and bashed the door in with his head.

"Alright sockhead where are ya?" There was no answer the whole house was silent. "Okay, now I'm starting to get the creeps…" Eddy said as he was starting to get a little scared.

"Yeah where's double D?" asked Ed.

"Right behind you" said a voice from the broken doorway which startled Ed and eddy

It was Eddward Marion Ashford, also known as Double D. He was wearing a white polo with a red tie, tan khaki pants, and sneakers. One very noticeable difference about him was that the black ski cap that one covered his whole head was replaced by a smaller green one. When he was young, his parents accidentally butchered his hair causing him to cover his whole head with that black ski cap. After years of waiting the cuts at the end of his head grew back and he now had long black hair. But all in all, he was still the smartest Ed and his attitude hasn't changed all.

"Did you two break my door again?" he asked in annoyance.

"What the hell Double D, where've you been this whole time?" Eddy said

Double D sighed "I was at my job Eddy I got it when I turned 17 last year. Don't you two remember?"

"DOUBLE D!" Ed yelled as he tackled him excitedly as he always did "We were so worried!"

"Ed, you're too heavy I can't breathe!" Double D gasped.

"Ok. And sorry about your door Double D" he said as he got off of him.

Double dusted himself off "That's quite alright Ed just don't break anything else my mother is on the already edge as it is. Anyhow, I have the rest of the day off would you two like some lunch? I think there are some leftovers in the refrigerator I could heat up."

"We don't got time for that we need to go and spend the rest of our summer!" The former scammer said.

"How Eddy, like fail at getting spare change from the others?" Double D asked.

"No I mean like get those giant jawbreakers, drink some soda, and just chill out in the lane" Eddy put his arms around his best friends "Come on guys waddaya say?"

"That sounds good Eddy." Ed smiled.

"Well why not…" Double D said.

Eddy grinned and jumped out the door "Alright! Last one to the candy store's paying!"

….

At the candy store

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T SELL THEM ANY MORE?" Eddy yelled at the male cashier who was startled by young man.

"Th-the factory went out of business three weeks ago." The cashier stuttered "I couldn't get any more of them and besides you three bought the rest of them a while ago. And If you aren't going to buy anything else I'm going to have to ask you to leave" so they did.

The Eds walked out of the candy store and sat on the curb outside to figure out their next move

"This fucking sucks! I can't believe the factory went out of business three weeks ago" Eddy grumbled

Double D thought for a second and spoke "Eddy didn't Kevin move three weeks ago?"

….

Over at the apartment complex across the street from the candy store two young men carried some heavy boxes into one of the apartments. One of the boys was Kevin Patton; he had on a grey sweatshirt that said "Sill free", he wore a pair of blue jeans, and black converses. His brown hair was in a mullet under his red hat that he kept for all these years.

"Thanks for helping me move all this crap Rolf, I wouldn't be able to do it by myself" He said thanking his friend.

"Anytime Kevin" said the foreign boy in a thick Norwegian accent, who was Rolf Sheppard. He was wearing a yellow shirt that said "Trust me I'm a farmer", carpenter pants, and a pair of work boots, he had blue hair and a growing beard. Rolf had changed a bit; his English has improved slightly but still spoke in third person, and he is open to all American Culture but at the same time is still proud of his heritage.

"Kevin enlighten Rolf, why have you moved these boxes in when you already moved into this building?" He asked.

"I told ya man, new people are moving in with us"

"Who are they?"

"You know my dad was a single guy right? Well he has been dating a women for a while now and he asked her to move in with him, her three daughters are gonna move in too." He explained.

"Oh now Rolf sees, and who is this women and girls?"

Kevin scratched his head, he really hasn't met her yet, but if she made his dad happy he didn't really care. "Dunno man. Anyway have you heard of a place called Mitch's music store?" He asked.

Rolf shook his head "Rolf has never heard of such a place."

"Well it opened up when the summer began and the guy Mitch who owned the place gave me a job and I've been working there ever since."

"Ok, but Kevin if you wanted a job you could have asked Rolf."

"I told you man I don't do farm work. Anyways after working for a couple months I saved up enough money to buy a guitar there, wanna tag along?"

"Sure Rolf is interested"

The jock and farm boy walked out of the apartment complex and went to the music store by the candy store; the Eds weren't there due to them leaving a few minutes ago. Kevin and Rolf entered the music store which was filled with guitars, basses, amplifiers, music books, and picks.

"Hey Mitch" said Kevin to a guy behind the counter who just waved to him while reading the latest issue of Rolling Stone.

After a few minutes of looking Kevin picked out a Gibson Les Paul colored red, he paid for it along with a small amp and a case. Then he and Rolf left the store back to the apartment with the guitar in its case.

"This guitar is so choice" said Kevin with a small smile on his face.

"but Kevin boy do you even know how to play?" Asked Rolf.

"Not yet, but I'm gonna learn how" He said showing him a lesson book that came with the guitar.

….

Meanwhile the Eds where sitting in the lane drinking soda while thinking about their next move.

"This sucks I still can't believe that there are no more jawbreakers" Eddy said pissed off.

"LIFE CAN BE SO CRUEL!" cried Ed as he began to shed tears on Double D.

"Please Ed I just ironed this thing" Double said in disgust.

Just then another person came up; it was Jonathan Cummings or just Johnny who was carrying his wooden pal Plank. Johnny was wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and balck sneakers; he was still bald and had tan skin. "Hi guys. Watcha doing?" asked the bald hippie.

"Buzz off Johnny we're busy" Said Eddy.

Johnny scratched his head "Busy? But you guys are just sitting around."

"Yeah? Well I said we're busy now screw off!" Eddy shot back.

"But plank says you're only sitting here doing nothing."

"Well why don't you take that piece of wood and shove it up your ass!"

Johnny put his ear to Plank's crayon drawn mouth "What's that Plank? Plank says Fuck you Eddy!" Then he ran off laughing.

Eddy crumpled up his soda can and threw it at Johnny, missing him "Yeah you better run you fucking retard!" he yelled

"Eddy if you didn't yell so much then others would enjoy your company." Double D scolded him.

"Shut up sockhead I don't need anyone else to bitch at me today!" he snapped back.

"Anyway I heard Nazz has a new boyfriend" Nazz was the pretty blonde chick of the cul-de-sac and pretty much the hottest bitch at school.

"The fuck, when did that happened?" said Eddy in utter jealousy.

"Around when she turned 17 this summer, this new guy from Ireland moved in and they pretty much hit it off from the start." The smart Ed said.

"But what about Kevin?" Asked Ed.

Double D looked at Ed "Ed they broke up last year remember?"

"Nope" Ed said smiling causing Double D to facepalm.

"Well this marks up to one shitty day" grumbled Eddy as he got up and started to walk home.

"Where are you going Eddy?" asked Double D.

"I'm going home to listen to some hard rock music or maybe read a magazine, I dunno I'll see you guys later." Eddy then walked to his house.

"Hey Double D you said you are free later right?" the tallest Ed asked.

"Yes I am Ed"

"I have this new monster movie, do you want to watch it?"

Double D shuddered a bit "Well… I guess so Ed"

"Goodie!" Ed said as he walked with Double D to his house.

….

"Don't drop anything now!" Nazz yelled at her boyfriend who was carrying a large stack of clothes. Nazz pretty much turned into a hot bitch with attitude, she was wearing a shirt that said "I may be hot but take me at your own risk" on it, tight jeans that showed off her curves, and black high heels.

What, do ya think I'm weak or somethin'?" her boyfriend answered back. This was Henry O'Donnell he was a tall 18 year old guy with a thick Irish accent, he had on a dress shirt and khaki pants. They were walking through the new Peach Creek Mall shopping for back to school.

"So do you think ya got enough stuff yet m'lady?" he asked a little out of breath from all the walking.

"No way! We still have a lot to shop for before school starts, come on." Nazz said as she led him into another store.

….

Kevin was in his room practicing his new guitar and Rolf had just gone home. While he was getting used to the instrument he wondered about his dad's girlfriend moving in. She was supposed to come later on today and he was a bit nervous to meet her and her kids.

"I wonder when they're going to be here. Who is she and why hasn't he introduced me to her yet?" he thought, just then he heard the front door to the apartment slam open.

"Is this the place we're staying at?" said a voice from outside.

"Looks like it, what a dump" said another voice.

"Why are our suitcases just thrown around?" said a third voice.

"What's in here?" said one of the voices outside Kevin's room

Kevin recognized the three voices and turned white "Oh no not them! Please God not them!" he prayed then the door to his room opened and standing there were the Kanker sisters: Lee, Marie, and May and they were all smirking evilly at him.

"Well well well what a surprise this is" Said Lee the oldest sister and the leader. Her new outfit consisted of a white dress with red polka dots and white shoes. Her red hair was still curly but was longer and styled differently than in the past.

"What are you three doing here?!" asked Kevin

"We're living here now stupid can't ya tell?" said Marie the middle sister, her outfit was a blue and red plaid black shirt, a black skirt, and black gogo boots. Her hair used to be short and covering one eye and now it was all the way down passed her shoulders, it was black with blue highlights

"This can't be my dad can't be dating your mom!"

"Afraid so little man" said May the youngest sister, her outfit consisted of a grey sweatshirt with red shorts and black flip flops, and her blonde hair went down to the middle of her back. May's appearance stayed pretty similar over the years.

"Arrggh! Get out of my apartment!" yelled Kevin

Lee smirked "Sorry handsome but this is our apartment now and we can do whatever the hell we want here"

"Tch fine but stay out of my room" He signed "I don't want any of you freaks touching my stuff…" he mumbled

All three of them heard Kevin "Oh, a smartass huh? We'll fix you" said Marie as she gave Lee her switchblade.

"Listen Kevin, whether you like it or not this is our apartment now too." Lee said as she came up to Kevin with the knife. Kevin was starting to shiver with fear and Lee could see the it in his eyes which made her smile "Say anything else that insults us and there's gonna be trouble understand?" she said as the knife was next to Kevin's throat and he just nodded "Good boy." Lee said and gave the knife back to Marie.

"Now go unpack our suitcases boy!" May ordered.

"Fine" Kevin said clenching his fists. The girls walked out of his room laughing.

"Fucking Girls, I know I'm not gonna like this" he said and went to go unpack the girls' stuff.

…...

Double D was in Ed's bedroom in the basement watching Attack of the Spleen Eaters which was the new monster movie Ed just got. Even after all the years of smartening up Ed never lost his fascination for comics and cheap low budget monster/horror movies.

"Ooo ooo! Watch this Double D this is the part where the monster rips the Chinese guy apart" Ed said as the Chinese guy in the movie was screaming as blood was being shot out of him.

"Good lord that is disturbing!" Double D said totally disgusted.

Just then Sarah came stomping down to the basement "ED! Turn that crap down I can't hear myself think with all that noise!" She yelled at him.

"But Sarah this is Attack of the Spleen Eaters, it needs to be turned up! Ed said.

"You listen here mister if you don't turn down that noise I'm—" Then Sarah noticed Double D sitting next to Ed.

"D-double D?" she said.

"Hello Sarah." Double D said politely with a smile.

"Wait, you actually watch this crap?" She asked.

"Well actually Ed insisted and I really had nothing else better to do" He explained "Would you care to join us?"

Sarah nodded her head at Double D and sat on the arm rest next to him. Then Ed played the rest of the movie.

….

Rolf was in his backyard harvesting the crops so his father could sell them to the market for his family's income. Rolf still had his animals which were Victor the goat, Wilfred the pig, Fluffy the sheep, his cow, and his group of chickens.

"Victor that is not food for you!" he yelled at the goat for eating a crop that fell from its vine.

"Rolf swears, if Victor didn't help out then we would have had goat's meat for dinner!" He cursed. After planting the last crop Rolf wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled at his work, then he looked at the orange, red, and yellow sunset.

"Rolf sees great things on the horizon!"

….

Later Eddy was in his living room playing online campaign black ops on his PlayStation 3

"Oh yeah? Well Fuck you ya damn pussy!" Eddy yelled into his headset at another player who called him a cheater for using the sniper rifle. Unfortunately Eddy was kicked out of the game for yelling that at the host.

Eddy then threw the controller at the wall symbolling his anger and turned off the PlayStation. He then went into the kitchen and found some Coke in the refrigerator he drank the whole can in one gulp and looked at the calendar to see how much vacation he had left. Eddy sighed and shook his head he crumpled up the can and threw it to the trash missing it.

He exited the kitchen and went to his room and dug under his bed for his secret box. There was a pack of cigarettes and a zippo lighter he had stolen from his dad. Eddy took out a couple cigarettes and went outside the back door in his room to the backyard deck to lit one. It was getting dark out

"Fucking school." he mumbled as he smoked "Now it's back to the bullshit."

Just then Johnny came from the lane and crossed the backyard and saw Eddy smoking.

"Hey Eddy smoking's bad for the environment!" he hollered at him.

"Fuck you ya wood lover!" Eddy said flipping him off and went back inside.

End of chapter 1