Hey, everybody! Easymac here with Chapter 1 of the Teen Series prequel, which will (sort of) bridge the gap between BPS and the TS!! I borrowed an actual scene from BPS for the opening to this, but that's ALL; everything else I wrote is original. And as always, there will be fourth-wall breaks and references to past episodes and staff members! Let's see how many you can find as you read along!
We see a bunch of jawbreakers piled up on a table. One by one, they're all grabbed and eaten by Ed, Edd, Eddy and all the other cul-de-sac kids except Jonny. They are partying inside Kevin's house, chatting, having drinks, playing games, and dancing to music in the living room (the same music from "An Ed is Born" and "Cleanliness is Next to Edness"). Nazz is wearing her bandana again, as her hair hasn't regrown yet.
"Yo, Eddy!" Kevin calls Eddy while twirling a basketball: "Rolf and I challenge you and Ed to a game outside!"
"You're on, guys!" Eddy accepts the challenge. "Let's go, Lumpy!"
"Ahahahaha!" Ed laughs as he worms his way outside with Eddy, Kevin and Rolf. Double-D looks through the front window, watching as the four boys start their game.
"Double-D, come roll with me!" Nazz takes Double-D by his arm to dance with him along with Sarah & Jimmy.
"W-W-Wait, Nazz!" Double-D stutters as Nazz dances with him.
While Kevin's party goes on, the Kanker sisters are walking down a street as they return from Mondo-A-GoGo with their wheelbarrow. They stop in the lane to rest.
"Ack, I still got that nasty aftertaste on my tongue." Lee complains.
"That's what you get for givin that low-life mouth-to-mouth." Marie teases, referring to Eddy's brother.
"Don't remind me." Lee replies after shoving Marie away.
"I'm so glad Big Ed gave that guy his just desserts! It makes me love him even more!" May says adoringly.
"We all love our boys more, May." Lee says. "Now let's get back home before Mom yells at us again."
Just as the Kankers get up to continue back home...
"It's been a long time, Lee! Marie! May!..." a feminine voice comes from behind the Kankers, surprising them! They turn around...
... And they see a pale-skinned girl who's about Lee's height. The girl has shoulder-length, purple-fringed black hair that covers her left eye, black eyeshadows, pink lipstick, and purple fingernails. She wears a black halter top with a purple pendant that connects the neck strap, black pants with a purple belt, black-&-white sneakers, silver earrings, and a white flower hairclip. She is smiling, and the Kankers smile back upon recognizing her:
"Rachel?.... Is that really you?!" Marie asks, her excitement rising.
"Yep, it's me!" Rachel answers, and the Kankers scream with joy!!
"OH MY GOSH, IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER!!!" Lee shouts as she and her sisters rush towards and group-hug with their old friend Rachel.
"WE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!!" May adds.
"Aww I missed you too, girls!" Rachel replies as their group-hug breaks. "But actually, I already saw you three."
"What? When?" Marie asks.
"Yesterday. While driving over here, Mom and I saw you three crossing a cow field using two little kids like horse slaves." Rachel answers, then asks "What were you doing then?"
"Oh that, ehehe! We were savin our boyfriends!" Lee answers.
"You have boyfriends?!" Rachel asks.
"Yeah! Their names are Ed, Edd n Eddy!" May answers. "My man is Big Ed!"
"My sweetheart is Edd with two D's, so everyone calls him Double-D!" Marie says. "He's so cute it drives me NUTS!!"
"And I got Eddy, a big boy in a little package!" Lee says, giggling with her sisters. "You gotta see em, Rach. But don't ya try stealin em, or we'll knock you out!"
"Oh, yeah? Try me!" Rachel jokes and they laugh.
"So what are you doin here?" Marie asks.
"My mom and I just moved in four blocks down." Rachel answers. "So we're here to stay!"
"EEEEEEEEEEE!!!" the Kankers hug Rachel again, and May asks "Do you like it here?"
"Well, it's a lot more pleasant than Detroit, that's for sure." Rachel answers. "Nothing strange yet."
Then the four girls hear cackling. As it comes closer, they turn and see Jonny, being followed by Wilfred. Jonny and Plank are bruised and battered, their superhero outfits are torn, and a small chunk of Jonny's melon helmet falls off and is eaten by Wilfred. Jonny is crazed, giggling psychotically as he and Plank climb over the fence, leaving Wilfred behind. The Kankers and Rachel peek over the fence to watch.
"Um, ok, this is the first strange thing I'm seeing here in Peach Creek... Or rather, the first mentally unstable boy being followed by a pig." Rachel comments.
"Nah, he's just a wierdo. Don't mind him." Marie replies, then the girls leave while chatting about other stuff. While they go, Jonny returns to the Melon Cave and, using a periscope, watches the Eds and cul-de-sac kids partying at Kevin's house. He giggles deviously again.
"This is your craziest plan ever, Plank!" Jonny turns towards Plank. "We'll show them! WE'LL SHOW THEM!!" he spins Plank's chair around, and listens...
"...... They did, didn't they?" Jonny asks with an unstable grin. "..................... Yeeaaah! The goody-goody two-shoo days of Captain Melonhead and Splinter HAVE come to an end!" Jonny goes to change costume: "From the darkness will rise..."
He emerges from the darkness, putting on a squash helmet: "... The villainous days of The Gourd, and his evil cohort, Timber the Dark Shard! And together, WE WILL EXACT REVENGE ON THE ENTIRE CUL-DE-SAAAC!!! MUHUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
While The Gourd laughs in slow-motion, the title appears:
Ed, Edd n Eddy: Rise of the Gourd
Ed and Eddy continue their game against Kevin and Rolf while Double-D, Nazz, Sarah and Jimmy watch.
"GO EDDY, GO!" Nazz cheers while Double-D woots, and Sarah shouts "SHOW EM WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF, BIG BROTHER!"
"GO KEVIN AND ROLF!" Jimmy cheers, prompting Sarah to stare at him. Jimmy explains "Hey, someone has to cheer for the other team."
"Rolf, dig fast!" Kevin passes the ball to Rolf.
"Rolf shall go for the slamming duck manuever." Rolf leaps towards the hoop to attempt a slam-dunk.
"STOP HIM ED, OR WE'LL LOSE!" Eddy shouts. Ed then leaps up just as Rolf is about to slam-dunk the ball, headbutting it out of Rolf's hand and sending it flying over towards the construction site area. The four boys go to retrieve it, but when they reach the construction site...
"Whoooaaaaaa!!" Ed, Eddy, Kevin and Rolf see that the construction site has been completed and is now a second cul-de-sac! It has less houses then the first cul-de-sac though, due to it being situated next to the park. But unlike the first cul-de-sac, the new one has a big apartment house, across from the park. Along with all the other new houses, it's up for sale.
"And I thought those hard-hat slobs would never get this place done." Eddy says in awe.
"YO NAZZ, SARAH, DOUBLE-D, FLUFFY!! COME LOOK AT THIS!!" Kevin calls over the others, who are amazed at the sight of the new completed cul-de-sac.
"A fine new site, is it not?!" Rolf asks Double-D, Sarah, Jimmy and Nazz.
"Golly, when did those workers complete this?!" Jimmy asks.
"They must've returned to finish the job while we were away during the movie." Double-D believes. "And I must say, they did quite a spectacular job here!"
"This is so cool!" Sarah exclaims.
"Indeed, Sarah!" Jimmy agrees. "Just imagine all the potential new friends we'll make!"
"..... You're absolutely right, Jimmy!" Sarah replies excitedly.
"Oh, this is gonna be awesome!" Nazz exclaims. "Like I said in Season 5: the more, the merrier!"
"THE MORE, THE MERRIER, GUYS!!" Ed repeats Nazz's line while happily running around the new cul-de-sac: "NEW FRIENDS, NEW FRIENDS, NEW FRIENDS!! AHAHAHA!!"
"Just don't blow your first impression, lummicks." Eddy tells Ed.
"Eddy brings up a good point, fellows." Double-D explains: "First impressions are of the utmost importance if we are to expand our peer pool. So when the newcomers arrive, let's make sure to give them all a warm welcome!"
"Right!... No, wait... I just remembered that it's gonna take forever to grow all my hair back." Nazz worries.
"No worries, stark-headed Nazz girl. Nano's hirsute formula should do the trick!" Rolf takes Nazz to his house.
"New kids could arrive at any moment, Jimmy! Let's get ready just in case." Sarah suggests, and Jimmy goes with her. Meanwhile, Ed, Eddy and Kevin search for the latter's basketball. While searching around the area, Ed catches a glimpse of a periscope watching him. Just as Ed focuses on it, the periscope retracts into a bush!
"I found it, guys!" Kevin calls out, having found the ball. "Come on, let's get back and wait for Rolf to finish with Nazz."
"Ed, Kev found the ball already." Eddy tells Ed as he and Double-D approach. ".... Ed?..."
"Oh, I saw somethin in that bush, guys." Ed points to the bush the periscope was sticking out of. Eddy pushes Ed aside to search though it, but finds nothing.
"Ah, you probably just saw too many scifi movies. Let's just go." Eddy leads his fellow Eds back to Kevin's house.
The sun rises and sets over the course of a week. A few houses in the second cul-de-sac have become occupied by adults, but there's no new kids yet. When night falls again, we see a shadowy figure silently moving towards Jimmy's house...
Inside, Jimmy (wearing his pajamas) is brushing his teeth. He rinses his mouth, spits, then flosses his teeth. After he's done in the bathroom, he goes to his room, humming a tune all the way. After closing his door and shutting off his light, Jimmy sees a note on his window.
"Huh, what's this?" Jimmy peels the note off his window and reads it using the moonlight:
"One, two, I'mma comin for you...
Three, four, so lock your door...
Five, six, and don't you try any tricks...
Seven, eight, cause it's already too late...
Nine, ten, my former friend..."
By the time he finishes reading the note, Jimmy is trembling with fear: "No, no, no!" he wastes no time in locking his door. After doing so, he discovers another note on his door. This one reads:
"One, two, I'm right behind you!"
Jimmy's eyes bug out. He turns around, and sees a shadowy figure standing on his bed, pointing a mop at Jimmy. Tied to the head of the mop, illuminated by the moonlight coming through the window, is Timber the Dark Shard!! He wears the same mask as when he was Splinter, except it's black.
"AAAAAAHHH!!!" Jimmy tries going through his door, forgetting that he locked it, thus giving The Gourd the oppurtunity to swing Timber at him. Jimmy frantically dodges and backs up against the wall.
"Who are you, AND WHAT DO YOU WANT?!!" Jimmy asks in terror, but The Gourd merely grins as he approaches. In panic, Jimmy throws his stuffed animals at The Gourd to slow him down, then he goes for the window. But just as he opens it, we see Timber fly towards him and WHACK him in the back of the head, sending him spiraling to the floor. As he blacks out, he hears The Gourd's voice:
"Yes! Good one, Timber!" he comments. "......... Hehe, you're right! This one could be useful!..."
The next morning, the Eds and kids are up to their new "usual stuff". Double-D is showing stuff to Ed in his garage lab. Eddy and Kevin chat while drinking sodas. Rolf is tending to his livestock. Sarah is in her house. And Nazz, her hair fully regrown, is walking around the corner when she sees two moving trucks drive by and turn left into the second cul-de-sac.
"HEY GUYS, ANOTHER ONE IS MOVING IN!" Nazz alerts the others.
"Really?!" Sarah heads over towards the second cul-de-sac with Nazz.
"NEW FRIENDS, DOUBLE-D!!" Ed dashes out of Double-D's garage and towards the second cul-de-sac.
"Ed, WAIT!" Double-D calls to Ed as he tries catching up.
"Come on, guys!" Eddy, Kevin and Rolf tag along.
End of Chapter 1!!!
I hope you're enjoying things so far, and I'll have the next chapter up on New Years. Oh btw, I already submitted my first fanart for the Teen Series on deviantArt yesterday! I'd like a few comments there, too!