Ed, Edd n Eddy: A Final Fantasy
Chapter 1
(A/N: I have decided to rewrite this fan fiction, as I thought that my original version wasn't good enough. So, without further ado, here we go!)
It was a wonderful afternoon in this simple setting, a small cul-de-sac filled with many cheerful and excited kids playing their favourite games or chilling out. Jonny was with his 'friend' Plank, although one has to wonder whether baldy here is mentally unstable or if Plank actually is real, but hey we'll let him have his fun. Meanwhile, Kevin and Rolf were having a hotly contested arm wrestling match, whilst Nazz stood by the sidelines cheering Kevin on. Finally, Jimmy and Sarah were playing together, more specifically their dollies. However, whilst these kids were roaming about having fun, three meddlesome kids were scouring the junkyard...
"ED!" A loud, irate voice called. A small, stumpy little boy with pink skin and three hairs stood firmly whilst folding his arms impatiently. He wore a pink scowl, and donned a yellow shirt with a red stripe going across it, blue jeans and red shoes, "Find anything yet?"
"Dig a hole, dig a hole, dig a hole..." a tall boy with his hair in a buzz cut chanted determinedly, digging through piles of trash. His name was Ed.
"Now now Eddy." Another boy scolded, wagging his finger at Eddy. He wore a red shirt, purple shorts, black knee length socks and simple black socks. His name was Edd, otherwise known as...
"Shut it Double D, you're supposed to be finding treasure, remember?" Eddy questioned vehemently, his patience waning "We've been in this stinking dump all day!"
"Don't you take up that tone with me mister!" Double D bounced back, frowning "If I recall, it was your idea to look in the first place." Soon, a rumbling had occurred in the junk yard, but nowhere else. It rumbled so hard that the two Eds fell to their bottoms.
"Whoa!" Eddy exclaimed, as the rumbling stopped "What was that?" Suddenly, a blue circular object had appeared out of thin air, appearing in front of both Eddy and Double D. It began to pulsate fiercely, the duo beginning to look distressed. Ed, meanwhile, had appeared behind his friends as he smiled dumbly.
"HEYA!" Ed shouted loudly, causing both Eddy and Edd to jump to their feet in absolute shock. Eddy growled at his friend, waving his fist at him.
"What are ya tryin' to do Ed? Give me a heart attack?" Eddy roared.
"SILENCE!" The three looked at the source of the voice, eyeing the sphere shaped object. It stopped pulsating now, but still levitated. The voice was sort of deep "Now listen, ahem... long ago-"
"Why should we listen to you?" Eddy questioned defiantly, turning his nose up at the sphere. Suddenly, a flash of thunder had struck Eddy, electrocuting him "YEOWWCH!"
"That's why!" The sphere replied, as Eddy merely grumbled to himself.
"Pardon me mister sphere, you seem to be an intelligent sentient being, would you mind telling us your motive for being in our miniscule cul-de-sac?" Double D asked.
"Why of course." The sphere replied "I am not of this world, I am the extended will of a being who wished to contact the members of this world, and he chose this place."
"Why?" Ed asked, scratching his head "Is he Evil Tim?" Double D slapped his forehead, whilst Eddy merely chuckled under his breath.
"I am not evil, nor is my name Tim," The sphere replied "I am the extension of a fayth, who sought after the denizens of this world."
"Why though?" Eddy asked, slightly interested.
"There was a time, ten years ago, when you three were but a mere three years old when a future hero was chosen from this very spot." The sphere replied "He was but a year older than you three, yet a mysterious force chose him to do its bidding."
"And what is our objective?" Double D asked, frowning "Are we 'future heroes'? Are we meant to save the world?"
"WHAT? SAVE THE WORLD?" Eddy questioned, biting his fingernails quickly. Ed was paying a lot more attention when he heard 'heroes' "I'M TOO HANDSOME TO DIE!"
"Heroes? Ooh ooh can I be a hero?" Ed asked, clasping his arms together in a pleading manner "Pretty please?"
"Your fate is not yours to choose." The sphere replied adamantly "The future hero was taken when he was but a year older than you, at a time when it was not meant to be..."
"You mean... he was abducted?" Double D pondered, a sad expression appearing across his face "Oh my, what can we do...?"
"You must accept your fate; you must enter a new chapter into your story." The sphere stated "You must enter a new world, you must find this hero, and you MUST find the cause for his disappearance." Eddy growled suddenly, pointing at the sphere.
"You can't just drop us in a freaky new place, that ain't fair! Why can't Rolf do it?" Eddy questioned, "He's as strong as dumbo over here!" The sphere let out a roar, as it began to pulsate wildly again, but this time a flash of light was beginning to shine.
"Have faith, trio of fate..." The sphere murmured, as the light began to shine brighter.
"Ngh!" The Eds grunted, as the light began to become unbearable. Suddenly the light stopped, the Eds were gone, and the sphere disappeared without a trace. And then it began, the Eds entered a new chapter in their lives, one of heroics and bravery and adventure...
Xxx
"What?"
"Who are they?"
"Did they fall out of the sky?" A crowd of people lingered around three laid out figures, unconscious. A young man with short blond hair and blue eyes emerged through the crowd. He wore a yellow sleeveless shirt, with a shoulder strap and red ornaments covering his left shoulder and arm respectively, as well as having a forearm guard coloured a murky green. He wore black gloves, black shorts with the rights side being longer than the short side, with the longer side having an interesting logo. He had another piece of clothing similar to a vest coloured black, which was strapped by a black leather belt with a sliver chain going down it. He wore a necklace, which had the same style as the logo on his shorts, and he wore yellow and black shoes.
"Tidus, are they okay?" A little boy from the crowd asked.
"I don't know..." Tidus muttered "Can you guys just get out of here, so I can get these guys in shape?" The crowd merely grumbled quietly to each other, as each and every member eventually scurried off. Tidus knelt next to Eddy, before sighing. Suddenly, Ed had begun to shift, regaining consciousness. Then, finally awake, Ed had sat upright. Yawning and stretching his arms, he failed to notice the fact that Tidus was staring right at him or the fact that he was truly in another world.
"Oh boy, I love buttered toast!" Ed exclaimed excitedly, as he looked around his surroundings. He noticed something was wrong with this setting: firstly he wasn't in his room, and secondly... "AAAHHH!" Ed jumped to his feet, running around helplessly in circles. His cry also woke up Double D and Eddy, immediately alert.
"But mom, I don't wanna go to school..." Eddy moaned deliriously. Tidus merely looked on, confused. Double D however, knew exactly what was going on.
"No... Eddy, we're..." Double D mumbled, shaking his friend.
"What Double D?" Eddy asked, before looking at Tidus "Who are you?"
"Who are you?" Tidus asked, scratching his head confusedly.
"Eddy, Double D! It came true!" Ed shouted, shuffling excitedly on his feet "We get to be heroes!" Eddy suddenly perked up.
"WHAT?" Eddy exclaimed in a surprised manner, "That stupid sphere was telling the truth!"
"Calm yourselves gentlemen!" Double D said, turning to Tidus as well "May you tell us dear stranger, where are we?" Tidus cocked his head to the side in confusion.
"Zanarkand." Tidus replied "Come with me, let me show you."
Xxx
"Whoa, pretty snazzy place ya live in Tidus!" Eddy remarked. Tidus just smirked, walking along the highway. The entire road was surrounded by street lamps and skyscrapers, yet there were no cars or any other sort of vehicles whatsoever. The quartet suddenly came across a billboard which flickered with the image of a man with long hair and tanned skin.
"What are you laughing at old man?" Tidus asked, before scowling at the image.
"Why, what's wrong?" Double D asked, but Tidus just ignored him, walking onwards. They kept walking across the road. During the walk, a man's voice was heard, reminiscence the death of a man named Jecht. He told of how this man was the best blitzball player ever, and how it was probably the worst day ever when he went away at sea, that even his father had cried. He then talked about his son, who was also a great player and played for the same team as his dad: the Zanarkand Abes. He then talked about how the match was about to commence and was excited for the match.
"Who's Jecht?" Eddy asked, scratching his head.
"An idiot, that's what." Tidus replied coldly, walking towards the blitzball stadium. It was massive, however it was surrounded by many people, which caused Tidus to struggle through the crowd "Hey, let me through!" Tidus muscled his way through the excited crowd, however before he could get through the gate he was pulled "Let me go!" He broke free, before running into the stadium. The Eds merely waited within the crowd, confused by all the excitement.
"Do you think it's the Blitzball match?" Double D asked. The Eds merely shrugged, as the fans continued to become excited. It wasn't until a few minutes later when everyone was let inside of the stadium to sit on their seats that the electricity began to form inside of a sphere shaped object and begun to form a sphere of water. The stadium roof had opened up, as more people were let inside to watch the game. The Eds merely stood outside of the stadium, as they got pushed around by the fans.
"Hey! Watch it!" Eddy shouted, waving his fist at everyone. The three Eds could hear cheering so loud, that it could have been heard from halfway across the world. Suddenly, the massive sphere of water was formed, the cheering becoming ever so louder it was deafening.
"Whoa..." Ed murmured excitedly, as did Double D and Eddy. It was a grand spectacle to behold, meanwhile, in another area of Zanarkand stood a man wearing a red cloak with shoulder pads. He wore a black shirt and black trousers, and also donned a leather glove on his right hand which went just above his fore arms and wore grey shoes, holding a large jug of sake in his right hand as he stared out into the distance through his sunglasses, obscuring his scarred right eye. In the large space of water, a large object began to rise out of the water, like a big blob. It looked like a wave was coming, as the large beast from within looked to reveal itself.
"Hmph." The man in red said, drinking his sake. Meanwhile, the Eds tried to get inside, but the two guards at the gate stopped them as they didn't have any tickets. They then heard 'oohs' and 'aahs' and looked upwards, and funnily enough they saw Tidus in the air.
"Oh no, Tidus!" Double D exclaimed, as blasts of energy were fired from an unknown angle, destroying most of the stadium and also the buildings of Zanarkand. Many parts of the stadium began to crumble, many people tried to scramble, Tidus was landed onto the side of the roads, but fell to his doom... or so he though. He landed near the rubble of the stadium; he saw the three Eds unconscious next to each other.
"Guys, wake up!" Tidus screamed, running towards them. He shook all three, who stirred slowly.
"Mommy?" Eddy asked, squinting.
"You wish, come on let's go!" Tidus exclaimed, as he dashed away quickly. The Eds got up, following him. They saw the same man in red, how he got there so quickly would be beyond them.
"Auron!" Tidus shouted, "What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you..." Auron replied, walking away slowly.
"What are you talking about?" Tidus questioned, running towards him. The Eds had quickly followed Tidus and Auron so that they wouldn't be left alone. Tidus was quickly running across the crumbling roads before stopping suddenly, surrounded by many panicking people who also tried to escape their own fate. The Eds caught up to him, as they managed to catch their own breaths.
"Hey, wait up..." Eddy muttered, however Tidus ignored him. He noticed a small boy wearing a hood over his head as there was suddenly a flash of light.
"Huh?" Tidus asked, seeing the boy. All of time had stopped around the two, even the Eds were stopped in time. It was only Tidus and the mystery boy "You again?"
"It begins." The boy said, staring at Tidus. He looked confused, almost... afraid. But the boy looked at him with an assuring look "Don't cry." Suddenly a flash of light appeared again and time resumed, the Eds were back in their usual positions.
"Hey Tidus, Auron's this way!" Eddy exclaimed, running towards Auron. Ed also ran after Auron, whilst Double D and Tidus attempted to rush for them.
"Hey, wait!" Double D and Tidus shouted, chasing after them. Tidus caught up to Auron, tugging onto his arm.
"No, not this way!" Tidus beckoned.
"Look." Auron said, motioning towards the dark sky. Both the Eds and Tidus turned around to face the monstrosity, enclosed inside of a massive sphere of water. Tidus gasped, the Eds began to look pale and shivered with fear.
"W-w-what is t-t-that?" Double D questioned, pointing up at the sky, as weird pod like creatures were propelled from the giant monster.
"We called it 'Sin'." Auron coolly replied.
"Sin?" Eddy asked, holding tightly onto his head "I'm too young to die!" The weird pod creatures had finally surrounded the group, appearing both in front and behind them, before forming into funny looking monsters. Tidus, seeing the three young boys clearly afraid, stepped up to try and punch the monsters. However, they easily stepped out of the way, as Tidus merely stumbled to the ground.
"Take it!" Auron said, holding out a red sword with one hand "It's from Jecht."
"My old man?" Tidus asked, standing up and grabbing the sword with one hand, struggling and forcing himself to use it with both hands. Tried to swing at the monsters again with his sword, but once again the monsters evaded him and his inexperience caused him to fall on his backside once again. He stood up once again, holding his sword out by his side with both hands. Auron had his katana over his shoulder.
"I hope you know how to use it." Auron said, with Tidus replying with a simple nod. The Eds were a little less scared now; they could just follow these guys with swords now.
"Hey what about us?" Eddy questioned "We are the chosen ones!" Auron merely let out a loud short 'ha'.
"But this not your story, not yet. You must wait your turn." Auron replied simply, as Eddy merely growled. But Double D almost looked relieved 'I'm glad I don't have to spill any blood...' Double D thought, glancing at the two swordsmen.
"These ones don't matter, we cut through!" Auron explained, running at the monsters and cutting through them. Tidus did the same, swinging his sword with more sharpness as he did minutes ago, which allowed the Eds to run through whilst the other pods had begun to reveal their true forms. The group had gotten clear, but suddenly more strange pod creatures appeared in front of the party and behind them.
"AAH, WE'RE GONNA DIE!" Eddy screamed, hiding behind Ed as the pod creatures had began to form again.
"Don't bother with them all, just cut the ones that matter and run." Auron instructed, as one of the monsters opened up its wings. It then fired a few projectiles at Auron, who deflected them all with his bracer. He then ran up to the one at the front, smashing down with his katana and slicing it in two. Tidus dashed at the middle monster and swiped quickly at it with a horizontal strike before slicing downwards, destroying the monster. The monster behind opened its wings at Tidus, who stood in front of the monster on the right.
"Behind you Tidus!" Double D warned. Tidus turned around to see spikes heading his way, however he sidestepped out of the way to let the spikes hit the other monster, killing it.
"Come, let's go!" Auron ordered, running forward yet again. Tidus and the Eds also followed along, running across the seemingly endless roads as more pod like creatures fell from the sky from behind them. They went up across a partly broken bridge, before finally confronting the oddly shaped large monster surrounded by the same creatures. The two got in their fighting styles again, prepared to fight.
"Get out of my town!" Tidus shouted.
"Some can't wait to die!" Auron exclaimed as he jumped in the air and landed with his sword in the ground, releasing energy from beneath all the monsters, killing almost all of the monsters besides from the tall tentacle looking thing. Instead, some of its 'tails' simply disappeared. The large monster had casted a large ball of dark energy at Auron and Tidus. The Eds merely watched on, obviously worried.
"What happened?" Eddy asked.
"No worries, it just casted a low level spell." Auron reassured. Tidus began to gather some energy all of a sudden, before running at the creature. He did many flips and twists before slicing harshly upon the monster, destroying it tails as well. He jumped back to Auron. Auron had ran at the beast, slamming his sword down on the strange creature, before horizontally swinging at the sin spawn, destroying more tails. He ran back to Tidus, as the sins spawn cast the same spell on the two, weakening them greatly.
"How much longer Auron?" Tidus asked, as he began to show fatigue. Auron ran at the creature, slamming his sword down greatly before rushing back to Tidus, destroying the tails.
"Not too much longer..." Auron replied, looking towards the vulnerable Eds, who looked on with wide eyes "I just worry about the baggage over there." Eddy noticed this, standing defiantly at Auron.
"What did ya say?" Eddy questioned furiously "We are the Heroes bub!"
"Hmph..." Auron merely said, watching as Tidus quickly ambled towards the large sin spawn before slightly hopping into the air and swing his sword quickly, destroying the tails. The last few tails remained, one last attack would do it, as Tidus hopped back to Auron. Auron ran at the beast, slicing it with his sword, the remaining tails finally destroyed, as the thing began to shrivel up like a prune as many coloury looking lights flew out like flies.
"Nice one!" Tidus complemented, however Auron merely ran forward. Tidus sighed, before also running after Auron along with the Eds. They ran past the same building with Jecht, which flickered on and off ferociously.
"What are you laughing at old man?" Tidus asked "Come on Auron, let's go."
"We're expected." Auron replied stiffly, brandishing his sword again. Tidus did the same, sighing as he did so. The two ran forward, and as they did so the Eds had followed with them. Suddenly the pod creatures had begun to fall out of the sky again, but this time they covered the whole road, preventing escape. The four were near some sort of tanker, as Tidus and Auron attacked the monsters. However they just kept coming.
"This could be bad..." Auron muttered, before looking at the tanker "There, knock it down!"
"What!" Tidus questioned.
"Leave it to me! Ed, knock that thing over!" Eddy ordered. Nodding dumbly, Ed ran at the tanker and shoulder barged it, knocking it down below. The tanker caused a large explosion, destroying all of the monsters in front of them
"WHOA!" Tidus exclaimed, and whoa indeed. The road began to crumble now
"Go." Auron said. Tidus nodded, running towards the road, dodging the explosions. He leapt high into the air, trying to latch onto the edge. The Eds tried to do the same, although they also dangled down as well.
"Are you sure?" Auron asked, looking up to sin. "This is it, this is your story, it all begins here." Tidus looked up at sin, as did the Eds, as they were engulfed with light.
"Hey, hey!" A voice shouted. Tidus knew, who.
"My old man?" Tidus asked, as he had woken up. He was floating now in mid air, in a strange place. Tidus floated down to Jecht, who became more transparent as he reached him. He then saw an image of his younger self, and began to think deeply about his situation, what he got himself into. And then, he realized, he was definitely in big trouble...
(TBC...)