The Legend of the Three Eds
Humble beginnings
Few folks know the whole thing. From what I remember, it goes something like this;
Valoran was a place torn apart by decades, if not centuries of war. On one side you've got the eternal rivals, Demacia and Noxus. Then you've got the freezing Freljord, which was made up of many separate tribes. The land of harmony, zen, and all of that hippy nonsense, Ionia. The city of progress, Piltover, and the more 'gory' version, Zaun. The empire city of Shurima, which by the way is still beneath the biggest sandbox in the world. Bandle City, a. k .a yordle town. And off course there're the Blue Isles, where my favorite neighborhood Bilgewater is. And then there is that really creepy place called the Shadow Isles, great place for a Halloween rave party, but otherwise a really bad place. Oh, and did I forget to mention that land of eternal darkness called the 'Void', whose front door is somewhere in Icathia?
Yep, some of these places were completely torn apart by war, mostly by the 'bully nation' Noxus, so a group of people, who for some reason like to just be called 'Summoners' cooked up a plan to settle the disputes some of these guys had.
And what was that plan you may ask? Three simple words my friends: 'League of Legends'.
The Summoners created a big fancy tournament so that champions from everywhere in Valoran can compete. The league became a world-wide sensation in no time, but as its usual with such big things, bad stuff was happening right under their noses.
Dark forces were at work, planning to make life for everyone in the world a living hell. Only a few of the higher summoners figured this out, but kept it for themselves so as to not cause any panic among the champions. But they knew that their warriors were up to the challenge, and would kick the bad guys' asses in no time.
But the champs are only half of this story. Because it was said, that just before Runeterra could be plunged into darkness three warriors of-ahem-'exceptional character and judgment' would join the brawl.
Unfortunatelly, at the time, me and my friends were no such warriors.
But don't let our initial good looks throw ya off. Because when the world's about to end, and those that you love are in danger, even three losers like us would make Superman cry with envy.
So sit tight, crab some popcorn and some sodas, because this is the story of how us Eds saved Runeterra.
XXX
Well, the Eds have done it. After so much scamming and lying, and after so many trials and tribulations-and after 130 episodes and a special movie-they finally got accepted by the cul-do-sack kids, and became the best of friends that would be together forever.
Or, at least that would have been the case, but that was three years ago, and now is completely different.
Three solid years have passed since the Eds' greatest mishap, their escape from Peach Creek, and their final confrontation with Eddy's brother. After everything that has happened in those few days, the neighborhood kids have finally accepted them into their circle of friends. Kevin started acting more friendly towards the three boys, and even stopped calling them dorks. Even Sarah, big Ed's little sister was acting far, FAR more friendly towards them and her older sibling, which only made the big oaf all the more happy-although Double D still wasn't all that comfortable with her still having a crush on him.
And while the days of scamming and, otherwise annoying-the-crap-out-of-the-neighborhood-kids', days are over for the Eds, the 'villain' role was taken by Johnny 2x4 (the neighborhood weirdo), who at times called himself the Gord. At times he would try (emphasis on the word 'try') and act like some kind of super villain, like the ones from Ed's Marvel and DC comic book collection, but would end up being more annoying than evil, and would just get pounded by the kids, even the Eds from time to time.
But after a while, something changed. Neither the Eds, nor anybody they'd ask knew, but somehow the kids reverted back to their former selves; shunning the Eds and/or bullying them on occasions. Even Rolf, whom the Eds often viewed as a fourth member of their little friendship circle would give them a hard time, like letting his goat Viktor or his aggressive rooster on the Eds. And by the end of their 'torments' the kids would wrap it all up by laughing at the three boys, as if making their lives miserable was nothing more than a joke for them.
Double D tried to reason with them once when they were cornered, by asking them why were they doing all of this. Kevin was the one who answered, but his response was as predictable as he himself was-'Because you are dorks. And we don't hang out with dorks.'-and then came the beating.
Double D was scared out of his mind the whole time, and even Ed was super scared as well, and hopped that his sister would somehow defend him, but instead she just became her monstrous, violent self, and almost ended up killing them at one time.
But Eddy was the one who took this whole change the hardest. Although he didn't revert back to his former, con-artist self, he initially felt something incredibly painful in his heart: betrayel. He felt that the cul-do-sac kids had betrayed him and his friends and just felt, almost enormous amounts of rage boil up inside of him every time he thought about it.
So now we find the former young con-artist lying on the hood of a half-buried car, in the junkyard, the Eds' usual hangout, waiting for his friends.
Eddy was now eighteen years old, which technically makes him an adult, and has grown considerably, however, he is still the shortest of the trio, which urked him to no end. He still wore his traditional yellow, short sleeved T-shirt with the red line going from the shoulder to the bottom of the shirt, light cyan blue trousers with a white chain sticking out of his pocket and red shoes, but they were all bigger sized, in order to fit his, relatevly taller frame. He also grew a full head of jet black hair, but he also had it stilled: he cut all the hair on his head very short, but left three long strands at the front of his head. He also used tons of hair gel on said strands in order to make them stick up, sorta like his old hair style. He also had a toothpick between his teeth.
All in all, he did look pretty cool now, and so did his friends, whom he was still waiting for.
'Geez, where the hell are they?'-Eddy thought-'…I just hope they didn't get caught by those chumps again, or so help me…'
His train of thought was cut short when he heard the sounds of rushing footsteps and heaving breaths.
He got up into a sitting position, and looked in the direction of the noise and saw that it was one of his friends, Edd or Double D, as he and Ed call him.
Double D was a head taller than Eddy, and was wearing larger sized versions of his old clothes (he protested against this, but the other two Eds kept insisting, until he caved in), red short sleeved T-shirt, dark blue shorts, long red socks and blue shoes. He was also wearing his traditional black beanie hat, which covered the entire top part of his head, save for a few strands of black hair sticking out of the bottom (he wanted to cut his hair, but Eddy kept on saying that long hair made him look cool, while Ed kept saying he looked almost like the character 'Sasuke' from his personal manga collection).
Double D ran in his usual jogging motion-back straight, hands clenched in fists and held in front of his chest-and the good news was that none of the cul-do-sac kids were following him. Good news for the Eds.
Once Edd got to Eddy, he bent down with his hands resting on his knees, and taking huge amounts of air, while sweat was cascading down his head.
"Geez Double D, you look like ya ran a freakin' marathon."-Eddy couldn't help but crack a joke as he usually does, when his friend does something like this.
"Very *huff* funny Eddy. But *huff* the reason I *huff* ran is because *deep breath and exhale*,oh my…is because I didn't want to run the risk of being caught by any of our tormentors."-Double D replied-"And get that toothpick out of your mouth. You don't know where it's been, and you might swallow it by accident."
Typical Double D, acting like a cautious mother with her children.
"Pfft. Alright, whatever. *mumble*You're worse than my mother."-Eddy replied as he tossed the toothpick away, but then smiled slightly as he turned back to his friend-"But seriously, I'm glad those assholes didn't give ya another beating."
"First of all, language."-Double D said-"And second, I appreciate your concern for my wellbeing Eddy, but I assure you, when it comes to sneaking around and spotting danger from a distance, I've got, shall we say, the eyes of a hawk."
"Heh, whatever you say, sock head."-Eddy said, using his friend's old childhood nickname.
"Well, at any rate, where is the third member of our 'dinamic' trio?"-Double D asked, using air quotations on the word 'dinamic'.
"Ya mean Ed?"-Eddy asked, to which the taller boy replied with a nod and he just said-"Dunno. Haven't seen the big lug at all today. Was hoping he'd come with ya."
"Well, no actually,"-Double D replied-"I haven't seen him either so-"
"EDDY! DOUBLE D!"-and speak of the big oaf, Ed came rushing towards his friends in his usual way of running.
Ed still remained the tallest of the Eds, in fact he pretty much became the tallest person in the neighborhood. He left his short hair grow into a full-head of orange hair that he arranged into a spiky style (think Ichigo Kurosaki style), and his brow was still a single black line above his eyes. The most interesting thing is that, as he grew up, Ed's supposed 'nonexistent chin' became more visible, although nobody knew why he looked like he didn't have one when he was younger.
He was wearing a short sleeved red and white striped T-shirt, a pair of baggy pants and black boots. He was also wearing his old green trench coat, since he liked it so much and thought it made him look cooler.
Unfortunately Ed was so focused on telling his best friends the big news, that he didn't notice he was rushing too quickly towards them, until it was too late.
Edd and Eddy quickly skattered into opposite directions to avoid Ed, who was now skidding on his heels, crashing into them. The tallest Ed boy ended up crashing into the half-sunk car, then fall on his back.
After Ed gave an 'Ouch', the other two eds went to check on their fallen friend.
"Good heavens, Ed are you alright?"-Double D asked, worry evident in his voice
"Ed's a-okay guys!"-Ed happily shouted as he stuck his arms out, as if he wanted to give someone a hug.
"Jesus Crist lumpy, I know you're made of hard stuff and all, but you're gonna bust your head one of these days."-Eddy said, as he stuck his hand out to help the big Ed up.
Once back on his feet Ed began dusting down his coat, then turned to his friends with his constant happy smile.
"Sorry guys, but I'm just so excited today."
"And praytell, what has gotten you in such a cheerful mood today Ed? If you don't mind me asking."-Double D enquired, while Eddy simply stuck his hands into his pockets and listened.
"Oh I'm as excited as Monkey D Luffy from 'One Piece' Double D, because today I finally managed to get the coolest, most exciting video game of all time."-Ed said, as he twirled around and even hugged himself, like he usually does when he's excited about something.
"Oh yeah? And what's that? Ya finally grew a brain inside your skull?"-Eddy asked jokingly, but Double D not appretiating the joke jabbed his arm and gave him a disapproving glare.
"Hahaha, no way Eddy."-Ed said, completely ignoring his friend's joke-"I'm talking about an awesome video game, where you pick a character and team up with your friends to defeat the enemy team, using teamwork, careful planning and lots and lots of cool magical powers."
As Ed was gushing out his excitement Double D was getting more and more interested about this game. Mostly about the teamwork and strategic planning part. Eddy was only mildly interested, since he always thought that only nerds and geeks play video games and that cool guys like him don't. But he decided to add his ten cents to the conversation, since he thought that if he didn't, Ed would probably get all sad like a baby, and Double D would just chew his ears off with his scolding.
"Alright, we get it lumpy. It's a cool game. But could ya just tell us what the heck's it called?"
"'League of Legends' Eddy."-Ed replied happily
That seemed to have peeked both Double D's and Eddy's attention.
"Oh, well I seem to recall having heard of that title."-Double D remembered-"Yes. Now I most certainly remember. It is a very popular video game in the…well video game community. In fact, it has risen in popularity so much, that there is even a world-wide competition held every year."
"Big deal."-Eddy said, drawing both of his friends' attention-"It's just 'Lord of the Rings' rip-off that nerds and geeks play."
"DON'T EVER SAY THAT EDDY!"-Ed shouted while at the same time grabbing Eddy's mouth, but ended up grabbing his head as well, causing Eddy's head to inflate, turn bright blue due to lack of oxygen and his eyes to bug out. (remind ya of a scene?)
"'League of Legends' is no rip-off. It's a one-of-a-kind, awesome and fantastic game that friends can play every day, while eatING BUTTERED TOAST!"-Ed shouted out the last part, not noticing that he's technically choking his best friend. Until Double D tapped him on the shoulder.
"Uhm, Ed? You're uh, choking Eddy."
Only now noticing his mistake, he quickly let go of the short Ed boy and apologiesed with a simple "Sorry Eddy."
After regaining his breath and getting back on his feet, Eddy simply glared at Ed and was ready to stomp his thick skull again, but before that could happen, Double D stopped him:
"Uhm, Eddy, perhaps you shouldn't judge this game quite so quickly."-this warranted both Eds attention-"I personally haven't played it myself, but according to a lot of people on a number of social networks, they claim that 'League of Legends' is a very good way for friends who live far apart to spend some time together in virtual reality. Even though in my own opinion it isn't as good as actual social gatherings among friends, I think in these modern times that-"
"ALRIGHT I GET IT!"-Eddy shouted, having had enough of Double D's ranting
"Urgh, okay look, if I agree to check this game out and then decided wether I'll play it or not, then will you get off my back?"
"Well, I suppose this might go with the ever popular old saying 'don't knock it, until you try it'."-Double D said
"Okay Eddy."-Ed said simply-"But you'll see, you and Double D will both like it."
Double D got a surprised look on his face, considering he didn't agree to play this game himself, but decided not to say anything and just go with the flow.
XXX
After agreeing on what to do for the time being, the Eds began their trek back to their respected homes, while also hoping not to run into their neighbors.
However, after only a few minutes of walking, they were confronted by Kevin, Nazz and Johnny. Kevin was the neighborhood jock, wearing a light green hoodie, black trousers, black and white convers sneekers and a red cap that pointed backwards. When he was younger he used to ride a simple bicycle, but since he's older now, he built himself his very own motorcycle which bore a striking resemblance to his old bike, only a lot cooler. And every time he saw that bike, Eddy would always get jealous.
Nazz was the typical 'girl next-door', who no one would get, although she did develop a fanciness for Kevin over the years-as evidenced from 'Big Picture Show'. Show wore a black short sleeved t-shirt and a white vest over said t-shirt, dark blue skinny jeans and black convers. She also had blonde hair while Kevin was a readhead, not that that would matter, anyway moving on.
Johnny 2x4 was, to an outsider's point of view-meaning everyone's point of view-the 'village weirdo' and for good reason too. Johnny had black hair that was shaved to the point of baldness, had a white t-shirt, baggie trousers and sandals. Nothing weird so far, right? Well this is where it gets weird; ever since he was younger he always carries with him a wooden board on which he drew a smiling face with crayon, and he always said that it is his 'friend' named Plank. So…yeah he's a grade A weirdo.
"Well, well, if it ain't the three dorks."-Kevin said, pointing to the three Eds, while Nazz who sat behind him on his bike was giggling in amusement and Johnny was fully laughing.-"Where are you three losers headed, huh?"
Before Eddy or Double D could have the chance to answer, big Ed beat them to the punch:
"We were going home to play 'League of Legends' together."-Ed responded in his happy-go-lucky tone, although inside he was scarred of what Kevin might do to them.
What the trio of friends got was an equal amount of laughs from their confronters.
"'League of Legends', seriously?"-Kevin asked, while holding his sides with one arm, while holding onto his bike's handle with the other so he wouldn't fall off-"Just how old are you dorks anyway, five?"
"Uhm, actually Kevin, this particular game is actually oriented to older audiences and-"
"Dude, Kevin's right. Only, like preschoolers play video games like that."-Nazz interrupted Double D, without even a care in the world.
"Oh yeah?!"-Eddy asked, starting to lose his patience with his old time rival-"Well, we'll show you that the Eds can and will conquer everything 'League of Legends' throws at us!"
"Yeah. Like how to throw marshmallows at little fairies."-Kevin said mockingly-"Anyway, me and Nazz are off to have some fun of our own *he winks at Nazz, who blushes and looks away*, and you three dorks better not forget the daily beatdown tonight at seven, got it?"-Kevin said the last part in a menacing way.
What Kevin means is that, lately him and a select others from the neighborhood would take turns every day and set up certain times in which they would either humiliate or beat up (humiliatingly) the three Eds. It got to the point where it became a daily basis even for the three Eds, even though they always bit their tongues not to lash out at the other kids, since otherwise they would all tell about the their last scam, which get them in a universe of trouble.
"Yeah! I can't wait to see it!"-Johnny said excitedly-"What's that?*he asks his wooden 'friend'*Plank says if you guys don't show up he'll fill even your jibblets with splinters."
While Johnny laughed at the obvious threat, the Eds cringed while putting their hands protectively over their private parts, while Kevin and Nazz looked at the *ahem* disturbed boy with shocked eyes.
"Dude…"-Nazz said
"You're getting weirder by the day Johnny."-Kevin concluded, as he revved his bike and took off, leaving a plume of smoke for the Eds to enhale and also shouted-"Seven sharp by the lain, or else!"
"Let's go buddy and get some snacks for the show. Serves you right."-Johnny said, first to his imaginary friend then to the Eds, before he walked off himself.
The Eds simply hung their heads and continued their walk home.
XXX
Even though it's been only two minutes since their confrontation with Kevin, Nazz and Johnny, the Eds didn't speak to each other about what transpired, but it was clear that they were still affected by this.
Ed, although being all happy-go-lucky on the outside, was very saddened in the inside, since everyone in the cul-de-sac was treating him and his friends like crap.
Double D, even to this day, was pondering over the many reasons why the neighborhood kids would turn on them again.
Eddy however was at a literal breaking point. He's had enough of the kids walking all over him and his friends like dirt and this previous encounter only sparked his very rage.
"I'VE HAD IT!"-Eddy suddenly shouted, startling Ed and Double D-"I don't know what the hell happened to these guys, but I'm just about ten fucking seconds away from tossing all of them in a ditch and fill it up with fucking asphalt with them in it, damn it!"
Ed wasn't bothered in the slightest by Eddy's outburst, only being frightened by his 'dark side', while Double D almost covered his ears due to the amount of swearing in Eddy's declaration.
"Eddy, please! Control yourself!"-Double D tried to tell his friend, but with no result whatsoever.
"No Edd, I won't 'control myself'!"-Eddy shouted, using Double D's actual name, which only happened on rare occasions-"You can't honestly tell me that you and Ed haven't had enough of what these asshats have been throwing at us for the past three damn years!"
"Eddy, please just listen to me."-Double D tried to reason with his furious friend-"Yes, I know what everyone has been doing to us is wrong beyond measure, and yes I too am angry for what's been happening with us for the past three years, but countering violence with violence is never the solution."
"Oh don't you even start with me Edd!"-Eddy countered-"I am NOT going to be lectured in violence from you. You, who can't so much as open a pickle jar without straining yourself to the point of collapse!"
Double D took two steps back, having a shocked and hurt look on his face after hearing Eddy's outburst.
Eddy then had shocked look in his eyes, suddenly realizing what he just said. He then looked down, not wanting to meet Double D's eyes and said, his tone filled with sorrow:
"I…I'm sorry Double D. I didn't mean to say that, it's just…"-Eddy wanted to say more, but stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see Double D with his trademark kind smile.
"It's okay Eddy, I understand. The stress everybody from the cul-de-sac has been putting on us does eventually take its toll. I'm just glad you were able to release all of that pempt-up anger. Keeping such anger bottled up inside of you is not good for your health, mentally and physically."-Double D told his friend
Eddy just smiled back at the smart Ed-boy and said-"Thanks sockhead. I'm just so tired from all of this. I just…*sigh* I just want it all to end already."
"I know Eddy, I know."-Double D replied-"Maybe playing this 'League of Legends' might do us some good after all."
"Yeah, maybe."-Eddy said, then turned to Ed, who was quiet the whole time and put a little distance between him and his two friends when Eddy started shouting at Double D-"It's okay lumpy. Just had to relieve some stress."
Ed suddenly had a bright and wide smile on his face then ran up to and hugged his friends.
"Ed, Double D and Eddy! Friends forever!"
He hugged them for a few more seconds before letting them go and they were on their way again. However they only walked for about a minute or so before a shout, that would only be reminiscent of a banshee's scream combined with the wailing of a thousand sirens, all of which would be going through agonizing pain, pierced their ears.
"ED!"
All three Eds turned to the source of the shout, which not surprisingly turned out to be Sarah, Ed's younger sister.
Sarah was exactly four years younger than Ed, but even to this day acted like a spoiled brat. She long orange hair, white ear rings on both of her ears, a pink tank top and light blue jeans with red shoes. She was wealing behind her a red wagon in which sat her childhood friend, Jimmy.
Jimmy was the whimpiest kid anyone, not just in Peach Creek but anywhere, period, would ever see. His skin was between tan and pale, he had yellow curly hair, he was wearing a light blue sweater, with white trousers and black shoes. He also had a metal ring around his head which acted as some kind of brace for his teeth, although nobody knew why he had that, instead of just normal braces.
Anyway, Jimmy was in the wagon, and had several bandaids on his hands and head, and his left eye was purple, although for those who are not as gullible as Sarah, they could clearly tell that it's simply purple paint.
Sarah stopped a few feet away from the Ed trio and had an angry scowl on her face as usual when confronting the Eds. Although her glare was directed at Ed.
"Ed! Jimmy told me you and your friends beat him up all day long!"-Sarah shouted at Ed.
At this Ed and Double D were confused beyond measure since they spent all day avoiding everybody, however Eddy was glaring furiously at both Sarah and Jimmy, the latter smiling devilishly at them, while sticking his tongue out.
Then Jimmy started pretending to cry, and told Sarah-"It's true Sarah. They even threatened to beat me up even more if I told anybody."-and he just continued with the waterworks while Sarah's glare only deepened.
"But Sarah, I've been busy with 'League of Legends' all day, honest."-Ed tried to explain, this only resulting in Sarah grabbing his jacket collar and pulling him down to meet her gaze.
"Are you saying that Jimmy's lying?!"-Sarah demanded, although it was obvious that she believed in Jimmy, rather than her brother.
"Well…uh…I…"-Ed tried to formulate words. Of course he knew that Jimmy was lying, I mean, no matter how dumb he is, even he could tell this much. But the problem is that he didn't want to anger Sarah even further, but it was no use anyway.
Before either of the Eds could say anything, Sarah started dragging Ed away, the big lug continuously begging for mercy from his baby sister to no avail. Then she began beating Ed up relentlessly, off-screen of course, while Eddy and Double D could do nothing but watch their friend suffer, all the while Jimmy was giggling in delight.
"Why you little…"-Eddy said, directing a furious glare to Jimmy who was smiling smugly at them
"Jimmy, that was downright foul of you!"-Double D told Jimmy, in a way a parent would scold a child-"How could you simply lie to your own friend while ours is suffering her wrath?"
"Easy, you three sharlatans deserve it."-that's all the wimpy kid said, before he turned his back on them, chin held high like some stuck-up aristocrat, and walked away-most likely to get a closer look at Ed's beating.
Now Eddy was furious. No one messes with his friends and gets away with it. But before he could march up to Jimmy and break his limbs for real, while Double D would attempt to stop him, the remaining two Eds heard another voice of the cul-de-sac.
"Hallo Ed-boys."
Eddy and Double D turned to look at who the voice belonged to, which unsurprisingly turned out to be Rolf.
Rolf's the child of a European decent family, however nobody knew from which country he was from, although Double D always suspected him to be Sweedish. Rolf was a tall lad, about as tall as Ed, with an unusual head of blue hair. He's wearing a short sleeved yellow t-shirt with a red diagonal stripe in the middle. He also wears a pair of cyan trousers with unusually large red shoes, which remind of clown shoes.
Rolf was once a good friend to the Eds, even though he used the Eds as punching bags whenever he got involved with their neighborhood hijinx. However, when the kids turned on the Eds, Rolf followed shortly after, often using his farm animals to induce agony upon the Eds.
Currently he was standing right in front of the two remaining Eds with his usual care-free smile, a white goat standing right next to him.
"Uh…g-greetings R-Rolf."-Double D stuttered, already fearing what Rolf has in store for them.
"What the hell do you want Rolf?"-Eddy demanded, not in the mood for more confrontations, although in a few seconds he won't have a choice but to bear it.
"Well, Rolf requires your assistance Ed-boys. Victor here needs his daily exersizes, so Rolf knew that quick running Ed-boys would help Rolf in this problem."-the country boy said, before he slapped the goat, Victor, in its ass which automatically caused it to charged towards Eddy and Double D, who did the only thing they could do:
"RUN AWAY!"-they both screamed as they began running to a random direction, Victor hot on their tails.
"Ho, ho, good Ed-boys."-Rolf said, not worried in the slightest that his goat could potentially kill Eddy and Double D-"Keep on going until the sun sets."
And with that Rolf just started laughing as Victor kept chasing after the two unfortunate Eds, while and even more unfortunate Ed was still being beaten down by Sarah, while Jimmy just giggled in satisfaction.
Just another day in Peach Creek.
XXX
Several hours later
Time, sixteen hundred hours and the Eds are enjoying themselves to the fullest with 'League of Legends'.
Hours prior; the Eds were finally able to give the cul-de-sac residents the slip after twenty more minutes of pain. Ed locked himself up in his basement room, making sure to barricade both the door and only window with the locks Double D installed last month to keep Sarah away. Double D quickly ran for his house-Victor chasing after Eddy after the two split up-and after quickly greeting his parents, he went straight for his room, where he would spend the next fifteen minutes catching his breath and calming himself down, before activating his PC. Eddy, as mentioned previously, was chased by Victor, until he made it to his house, where he went into his room via the sliding door. However Victor kept ramming into the door, until after five minutes, the goat gave up and left, the door only suffering minor cracks. That thing is more sturdier then it looks.
Now Eddy was sitting on his bed, catching his breath, while trying to calm his anger down. He may have realeased some of his anger earlier, but it wasn't all of it. He was angry, tired and sad inside, and no amount of yelling, bashing or even jawbreakers would sueth the raging storm inside his very soul.
'Wonder what it would be like somewhere else?'-Eddy wondered, while his breath got steady once more-'Wonder if we'd be treated better in another town. Another city. Another country…Another world?'
Eddy quickly shook his head to immediately rid that last thought-'Jesus Christ, did I really just think that? 'Another world', HA! As if that'll ever happen. That stuff only happens in Ed's comic books….Still though…'
Eddy left the thought hanging for a few seconds, before forgetting about it altogether and walking towards his computer.
He normally don't use it, except to check his messages or check his facebook profile page. However he did promise Ed he would at least check this game of his out. So he typed the title into google, went to the first search result-which was the games website-and when he saw what the game basically looked like, Eddy got interested immediately.
He saw that there was a trailer of the game, so he clicked the play button and watched the video. After it finished, Eddy saw that he can actually download and play this game for free, right from the website itself. All he had to do was register with his name, email address, region in which he lives in, etcetera, click 'Play Now' and the game was immediately downloading.
It took a bit more time for Eddy to properly install the entire game, as well as wait for some extra content to be extracted, but in the end he got in and he was now browsing through the list of available characters to play with, but only after he completes the tutorial, in order to get the feel of the game in.
XXX
At Double D's house, the hat wearing young man had just turned his laptop on.
After he got back home, his parents started questioning him about what had happened, however, he didn't tell them about the bullying. In fact, that part is something he'd been hiding from them for years, since he believed that if they knew what he and his friends were going through, they'd assume it's Ed and Eddy's fault and forbid him from seeing them ever again.
So he simply told them that he ran into a stray dog, got spooked and ran from it. They bought it, thankfully, although he had no idea how long he'd be able to keep up this charade.
Now, after taking a long-desired shower, Double D had put on some fresh clothes and then fired up his laptop and began searching for the game. He found it and while the game was busy downloading some extra content, Double D busied himself by reading up on the numerous champions on the game's official website.
He was impressed with the history of some of the champions, frightened by the history of other's (mostly of the residence of the Shadow Isles), but he was saddened by the story of one particular champion; the sad mummy Amumu. He felt very sorry for the little mummy yordle, especially because some cruel person put o curse on the little one, so that he would never have friends.
But he quickly shook his head and thought it be silly that he feels sorry for a fictional character that doesn't even exist. But he still couldn't stop the sorrow towards the little mummy growing inside his heart.
XXX
At Ed's home, after he locked himself in his room, literally, he powered up his computer and activated the game.
His room was largely unchanged-no surprise there-however one thing that was different about his room is that…there was nothing in it…No seriously, there was literally nothing besides his bed, a table on which his computer was on and a chair in which he sat right now. There was also a familiar looking green suitcase which covered at least half of his room.
The truth is, Ed has thought about running away from home for some time now, and he packed his suitcase at least three months ago just in case he thought of going through with this. The reason he thought of running away was simply because he started feeling like he can't handle Sarah's unreasonable anger anymore. Sure he was able to take it in strides when he was younger, but now he felt like he just couldn't anymore. This coupled with the bullying he was getting from the neighborhood kids was starting to take its toll on him. He of course thought he'd try to convince Eddy and Double D to go with him of course, but he hadn't even reach the 'run away' part yet, so he thought he should wait for the right time.
But right now, he was excited to play a game he and his friends would be able to play together, and for a chance to finally have some fun in a long while.
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"WOOHOO! Yeah! Another win!"-Eddy shouted through the homemade headset to his friends. Since neither one of them had actual headsets-or the money to buy them for that matter-Double D was able to make some homemade ones and miraculously connect them to their respective computers so that they could communicate with each other as well as coordinate their strategies.
"Eddy could you please not shout like that. I don't think my eardrums could handle the amount of desibelles your voice can generate."-Double D asked through his headset.
"Heh, sorry sock-head. But it just feels so good to be winning all the time in this game, ya know?"-Eddy said, still feeling happy about their fourth victory in a row.
"Yes, it is quite excilirating to actually achieve victory for once Ed-"
"IS THIS GAME FUN OR WHAT GUYS?!"-Ed shouted into the microphone, causing both Eds to pull their headsets off and rub their ears to get rid of the intense ringing.
"Ed don't do that!"-Double D yelled at the dimlit Ed-boy
"Yeah, ya big lumocs! Ya nearly busted my eardrums!"-Eddy yelled angrylie.
"Sorry guys."-Ed said, regret evident in his voice…which quickly switched back to happy mode-"Can we play another match, please?"
"I'm afraid we must sign out Ed."-Double D said, and before either of his friends could ask why, the smart Ed-boy continued-"Look at the time gentlemen. It's nearly seven, and we're supposed to be at the lane with Kevin and the others."
Eddy took a look at his clock and saw that in ten minutes it would be seven o'clock sharp. But when Double D reminded him of what awaits them of they go down the lane at seven sharp, he clenched his hands into fists, his nails nearly digging into his palms.
Then he simply slammed his hands onto his desk and said in both anger and determination in the headset-"Screw it Double D! We're not going anywhere."
"B-but Eddy, if Kevin sees that we're not present for the beat down then-"
"But nothing!"-Eddy shouted-"I don't give a damn about what that blockheaded moron thinks! We're finally having some real fun for once, and I for one ain't gonna allow some high-and-mighty, muscleheaded asshole, like Kevin ruin it for us."
There was silence in a few seconds, Ed and Double D probably absorbing what their friend just proclaimed, until Double D said with a good amount of concern:
"But Eddy, you know as well as I do that if we do not make our presence known now, they will either force us out of our homes or hurt us even more the following day."
Eddy was silent for a few seconds before he told his friends-"Look, I know it's a risky to be doing this right now…but I'm willing to take the beating for you guys if shit hits the fan later."
There were two audible gasps on either end, and Ed and Double D were shocked to hear their friend's proclamation. Neither one of the two Eds thought that Eddy of all people would be willing to take a full on beat down by, not just Kevin, but quite possibly the rest of the cul-de-sac kids, and all in order to protect them.
After a minute of silence, Double D spoke once more-"Eddy…you know full well I can't let you do that. If you're willing to take the beating from the kids…then I wish to share your burden."
Before Eddy could protest to this, Ed spoke up as well-"Beating no good for Ed. But beating no good for Eddy either. So I, Ed, slayer of monsters from the planet Nobalia, shall be your impenetrable shield Eddy!"
There was silence for a few seconds, before Double D spoke up again-"I do not know which is more shocking; the fact that Ed would willingly throw himself in harm's way for once to protect a friend,…or that he actually said 'impenetrable' so perfectly."
"I watch 'Kill la Kill' a lot Double D."-Ed said plainly and happily
Before Double D could question Ed about the afore mentioned anime, Eddy just chuckled in his headset before saying-"Oh, you guys really are something, ya know that?"
"Hehehe, well we are friends to the bitter end Eddy."-Double D said-"We don't leave one of our own behind. If one of us is to fight, then we all fight, together."
"All for one and one for all! Right guys?"-Ed said, which resulted in all three of them having a short round of laugh.
"Haha, uhhh…so, one more round boys?"-Eddy inquired, hoping his friends would agree.
There was a moment of silence, Ed obviously waiting for Double D to speak up first, and a moment later, said Ed-boy spoke up-"*sigh*Oh, alright fine, let's do it your way Eddy, as per the norm. But if I end up with permanent internal injuries that could become life-threatening, then you will be the one to pay my hospital bills."
The 'threat' only caused Eddy to chuckle, before saying-"Alright, deal sock-head. Ed you're still in, right?"
"You bet Eddy, hahaha."-Ed said, and so the Eds began a new round.
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After fifteen minutes the Eds were still going at it with their respective champions. Ed was playing as Garen the Might of Demacia, Double D was playing as Sona the Maven of the Strings and Eddy was playing as Graves the Outlaw.
All three of them had their individual roles to play in their little team: Eddy's the one who would always go for the offence, Double D would provide support for their team and finally Ed's the heavy hitter.
The Eds were right in the middle of taking down three of the opposing team's fighters, however they were so engrossed into the game and the fighting that they never saw what was coming next.
As soon as the Eds defeated their individual opponents, something bizarre happened; a single runic symbol that glowed bright blue appeared on their screens. The Eds backed away from their computers a bit as the odd symbol continued to glow, while odd whispers were heard by them. It was like they were hearing a lot of people talking at once, but one particular voice, the voice of a woman, became louder than the rest all of a sudden and spoke to the Eds directly:
"Please, we beg of you…save our world…great heroes."
And as soon as the voice silenced, so too did the rest of the voices and that was when the runes on their screens began acting up; each symbol glowed an extremely bright blue light that engulfed their rooms and because of the intensity of the light, the three friends had to shield their eyes in order to not get blinded by it.
After about a minute there was a sudden *shwoop* and the light quickly disappeared…and the Eds along with it.
Ed Edd and Eddy, all three disappeared after the event was over, but they weren't the only ones to vanish into thin air; Ed's suitcase-along with everything in it-also vanished, Double D's laptop dido and finally Eddy's music player along with his old music records were gone too.
From then on, their faiths remain unknown…or are they?
To be continued…
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And cut!
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. And I hope you guys and gals at home think the same.
Anyway, hello once again FanFiction, this is Laci the Hunter with yet another crazy story, and when the Eds get involved in something things really do get crazy.
Anyway, the idea came to mind while I was reading about the champions of the league and while watching 'Ed Edd 'n' Eddy' episodes on YouTube, and I thought-"Hmm, if I were to add the three studges of CN into the world of 'LoL' what would happen then?".
A straight and fair warning to all of you league fans out there, I did not play this game ever in my entire life-although I wish I could if my laptop wasn't such a fossil-so please don't tear me apart if I get a few things wrong during league matches.
Anyway that's about it. Expect epic moments for the Eds, pairings already established, plot so-so and other then that I will see you all next time. Peace.