It was the first day of school, and Edd burst through the doors of Peach Creek Junior High. "A new school year! So many new opportunities to learn!"
Ed followed him, tripping over the first stair and landing flat on his face. "Hallo, floor."
Eddy entered last, and rolled his eyes. "School bites. Who invented it?"
Ed, still face-down on the floor, began walking forward. "Hallo, hallway."
Eddy pulled Ed up by the collar of his jacket. "Get up, chowder head."
Ed laughed. "Hi, Eddy!"
Eddy glared at him. "Shut up, Ed."
Edd turned to them. "Come on, guys, let's locate our new lockers!"
"Lockers!" Ed exclaimed, tearing off down the hallway. He ran full speed into a wall of them. "Hallo, lockers."
"You should know better, Ed." Edd said, shaking his head.
Ed straightened up. "I was just saying hello, Double D."
Edd opened his locker. "Yes, well."
Eddy turned and looked down the hall. "Speaking of saying hello…"
Ed turned in the direction Eddy was looking. "Whatcha looking at, Ed…dy?" He stopped. "Uh, Eddy? Who's that?"
A girl was walking in their direction. She was tall and slender, with long black hair, square black glasses, and wearing a white button-down shirt with a matching black pinstripe vest and pair of pants. She was glancing around, then looking down at the paper she was carrying. "39, 40, 41...42! Locker 42!" She stopped at the locker next to Edd. "Hi! You must be my new locker neighbors!" She extended her hand. "I'm Acelynn. I'm new here."
Edd shook her hand. "I'm Double D."
"I'm Eddy."
"Hallo, my name is Ed."
Acelynn smiled. "Hi Ed, Double D, and Eddy. Nice to meet you guys." She put her black messenger bag down and opened it. She pulled out a sandwich bag full of magnets and opened the locker door. Inside, she stuck two green gems, several word magnets, a magnetic photo frame, a pad of paper, a bookmark, and a dry erase flower and star. She stuck a dry erase marker next to them and smiled. "Just like my locker back home."
Ed pulled Acelynn's locker open further. "Wow, way cool!" He grabbed the marker. "Marker!"
"Ed!" Edd exclaimed. "You put that back!"
Acelynn laughed. "It's okay. I have a couple more. You can keep it if you want, Ed."
"Way cool! I got a marker, Eddy!" He ran forward, tripping over Acelynn's bag and knocking the contents everywhere. He sat up. "Whoops. Sorry, Acelynn."
She chuckled. "That's okay, Ed." She started picking up the books that had fallen out.
"Good one, Ed." Eddy said, laughing.
"Allow me to help you, Acelynn." Edd began picking up some of the other books. He glanced at the titles. " 'The Game Of Words: A Study Of The English Language'? 'Practical Chemistry'? You seem very well-read, Acelynn."
She beamed. "Thanks! Yeah, I really like reading."
"Me too!" Edd exclaimed.
Eddy picked up the last book. " 'The Astro...low...gee Of Time'? What the heck is this?"
Edd was flipping through Acelynn's 'Game of Words' book. "Astrology, Eddy," he corrected, without looking up.
Acelynn smiled. "Oh, it tells you things about your personality depending on the week you were born. It's really cool. Like, I'm the 'week of intelligence'. I could check yours sometime." The bell rang.
"Oh!" Edd exclaimed. "Time for homeroom!"
Acelynn unfolded her paperwork. "Hmm." She looked at the boys. "Could any of you tell me where room 187 is?"
Ed paused. "187?"
Eddy shrugged. "Between 186 and 188."
Edd sighed. "Never you mind them. Our homeroom is 187 also, remember?" he asked, turning to Ed and Eddy. He turned back to Acelynn. "You can follow us."
She smiled. "Thanks. I'm a little nervous; I've only been in Peach Creek for about a week."
"Don't worry," Edd said. "I'm sure you'll be quite happy here."
Acelynn smiled back. "Thanks."
