Dragonfly's Heart
By: Jennifer Gay
Summary: An original Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy story. Strange events are starting to happen around Peach Creek, and the three Ed's will soon be caught in the middle of it after saving a mysterious girl from a suspicious organization.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy! All I own are a few of the original characters I've made up to go along with this story.
Chapter 1: The Mysterious Girl
It was a somewhat quiet evening here in the little community of Peach Creek as we soon came upon a facility on the outskirts of the city. It was a white building, filled with soldiers and scientists alike. Why were they here in this medium sized building? You will find out soon enough…
Suddenly, emergency sirens started to go off all around the building as we could see a young figure running from the building, "Attention everyone; Patient Number 44 has escaped from her room! Retrieve her immediately! I repeat…"
Meanwhile, back outside, we could see the young figure running away towards the woods in front of her, panting and breathing heavily as she ran as fast as her feet could take her. She soon reached her designated location; the safety of the woods. But she did not stop running; oh no, she kept on running, running for her life…
Meanwhile, not too far away, there was a neighborhood called the Peach Creek Cul-De-Sac. In this neighborhood, in the second house to the right of the entrance, there was a bit of a commotion going on inside the house. It was an argument between two people; two friends that were only having a disagreement, which was taking place all in the living room.
The first teen boy was a middle sized twelve year old teen that had only three strands of black hair coming out of the back of his white-striped, black sockhat and had dark, jade green eyes. He wore a red-orange t-shirt that went past his waist, purple carpenter pants that went to his knees, and blue tennis shoes with long, red socks that went to his mid calf. His name was Eddward Johnson, but everyone called him Double D, because of the extra 'D' in his name. He was one of the people in the argument, but was really trying to calm his other friend down.
The other teen was a twelve year old that seemed to be just a smidge too short for his age. He had only three, long strands of dark, almost navy blue-colored hair on his head and had foggy, ice blue eyes. He wore a yellow t-shirt that went right to his waistline. The shirt had a purple collar and a red stripe coming down the right side of his shirt. He wore baggy blue jeans with a silver wallet chain coming out of his front left pocket and also wore red tennis shoes. The teen's name was Eddy Wendell. He was the one that started the argument, and continued for as long as he could.
"Now Eddy, stop being so stubborn about this--"
"I'm not being stubborn!" Eddy shouted to Double D, "You're just being stupid about this! I mean, come on; you're fallin' for a Kanker, of all people to fall for!"
Double D made a heated sigh, "Yes, I know it's rather ridiculous to you, but May was in distress--"
"Distress?" Eddy started to question angrily, "Distress?! About what?!"
"Well, Lee and Marie finally moved back with their dads, and May is really upset about it," Double D started to explain, losing his patience with his short friend, "Do you not feel any sympathy for her at all?!"
Eddy only huffed a little in annoyance, "No, why should I?"
Double D only looked at his friend with anger for a moment before softening his gaze to him, "… I really do feel sorry for you."
Eddy arched an eyebrow at his statement as he turned to him, "… Why's that?" he then asked with an annoyed voice and face to match.
"You've never really have fallen in love before," Double D started to say, "You don't know how I feel about her because you've never experienced it for yourself."
That struck a cord within Eddy as he looked at Double D with a bit of shock for saying it, but then narrowed his eyes towards him afterwards, "Just shut up, Double D," he muttered before he started to walk towards his front door, which was nearby next to where he was standing.
Double D, now feeling a bit sorry for what he said, noticed Eddy going towards the front door, "Eddy, where do you think you're going?"
"I just need to get some fresh air, alright?!" Eddy snapped to Double D as he then went through his front door, slamming it behind him as he did.
"Oh dear, I hope I didn't upset him…" Double D muttered as he then made a sigh.
Meanwhile, back with Eddy outside, he only made an exasperated sigh as he then trailed towards the Lane that was behind his house; he needed a walk to clear out his mind.
"Stupid Sockhead with his stupid feelings," Eddy muttered as he walked down the Lane in the moonlit dark night, "I don't need that sort of junk in my life to get by!"
Suddenly, he thought he heard a twig snap from the woods up ahead; this got his immediate attention, "Huh…?" he muttered as he turned his attention to the woods ahead of him, "Who's there?!" he stated to where he heard the twig snap.
Eddy made a little growl when he did not receive a response as he started to go where he heard the sound, "I swear, if it's you Double D, I'm gonna…" he soon stopped what he was saying when he saw what was making the noise.
It was not Double D.
It was, in fact, a girl; a girl about his age in appearance and size. She had long, blond hair that was tied up with a thick, red ribbon into a bun. She wore a short sleeved, light blue t-shirt with a pair of blue jean that had a pattern of a yellow star on her left knee. She also wore a pair of blue, yellow and white tennis shoes. Another thing that he could see was that there was a ring on the middle finger of her right hand; it was shaped into a square at the top. She also looked to be at the point of exhaustion, breathing heavily from some sort of physical activity; possibly from running.
She then noticed Eddy standing there over him as she looked up to see him; she had bright, grass green eyes, "P-Please, h-help me…" she muttered before she closed her eyes, made a deep sigh and started to fall towards the ground. But before she could fall completely to the ground, Eddy caught her before she could hit her head on the gravel of the Lane.
"Err, uhh…" Eddy started to mutter at the situation he was in, 'Who the heck is this girl? Where did she come from…? And why did she pass out like this?!' these questions started to fill in through his head as he then started to pick her up bridal style, taking the girl back to his house.
"Hey Double D!" Eddy started to say as he came through his front door, "There's someone that needs some help; A-sap!"
"What…?!" questioned Double D as he came back into the living room from the kitchen, only to see Eddy holding a girl, bridal style, in his arms, "Oh dear!" he gasped as he motioned Eddy to lay her down on the couch, which he quickly did, "Eddy, what happened to her!"
"I-I don't know! I was just walkin' down the Lane when I heard her in the woods nearby," Eddy explained as he then looked at the girl, and then back to his hat-wearing friend, who was still determining the diagnoses for her, "Is she going to be alright or what, huh?!"
"… Yes, I think she'll be alright, Eddy," Double D stated as he looked back to Eddy.
He only made a sigh of relief, "Good, I didn't wanna deal with her being hurt an' all." Double D only arched an eyebrow at Eddy's sentence, but decided not to question it.
Soon the two of them heard a groan as they turned back towards the girl, who was starting to come to her senses, "What…?" she started to question before fluttering her eyes open again, "Where am I…?" she started to question as she then noticed Eddy and Double D beside her, "And who are you…?"
"Umm, my name is Eddward with two D's, so everyone calls me Double D."
"…" Eddy seemed a bit quiet before he said, "The name's Eddy; Eddy Wendell," he greeted as he then came up to one of the most important questions, "What's your name?"
"… Carolyn," the girl started to say, "My name is Carolyn."
"Alright, Carolyn," Double D started to say as Carolyn turned to him, "What were you doing outside; and that this time of hour?"
"I…" she started to mutter as she lowered her head down a little, "I… I-I can't say."
Eddy arched an eyebrow, "Why can't ya say?"
"B-Because…" Carolyn started to say again, "I… I-I ran away from somewhere; s-somewhere horrible."
"Oh… I see…" Double D muttered a little as he then turned to Eddy, who also turned to him with the same look on his face.
Eddy then turned back to Carolyn, "… Do you need a place to sleep tonight?"
Double D turned to Eddy with pretty much a shocked look across his face, 'Eddy…?'
"Y-Yes, that would be nice…" Carolyn stated with a small smile as she looked to Eddy, "Thank you."
"Err, it's, uh; no problem," Eddy replied back with a voice that said he did not care, but that was far from the opposite of what he was really feeling.
"… Well, I guess I see you two tomorrow then," Double D started to say as he got up from where he was as he then walked to Eddy's front door.
"Bye," Carolyn stated as Double D then left Eddy's house. She then turned back to Eddy, "So, umm, do you want me to sleep here…?"
"… Oh, well, I have a guest room you can sleep in," Eddy stated as he pointed down the hallway that lead to where his bedroom and the guest bedroom was, "It's down that hallway over there."
Carolyn only made a smile to him, "Thank you…" she stated as she then got up from off of the couch and trailed down to where Eddy said the guestroom was, "Well, umm… goodnight…"
"Oh, uhh, goodnight to you too, Carolyn…" Eddy replied back as he then saw Carolyn walk off down the hallway.
"… What the heck is wrong with me?!" Eddy then started to ask himself aloud, "I… I've never felt like this before; not ever!"
He then made a sigh, 'Oh well, no time to think about it now; gotta get goin' to bed,' he then started to get up from where he was at as he walked down the hallway towards his room, 'I got kids to scam tomorrow!'
But before venturing off towards his room, he decided to check in on Carolyn, who was already fast asleep on the guestroom bed. Eddy made a little, unknown smile across his face as he then closed her door and ventured off to his room…
Yay! Another new story for the year! XD Well this one is for a Writers-Workshop on dA. I'm going to be critique on it as well... Wish me luck when I post up the other chapters! ^-^