If you read my news post, then you know that I am leaving in the future officially, and I do plan on keeping a commitment until then, so here is a revised version of Time TravelEd (WITH A MUCH BETTER TITLE!)
An Ed in Time
Chapter 1: Proven Wrong
It was another fine day at Peach Creek estates. Well, for most of the kids. There were 3 boys who always got into misadventures. Their names were Ed, Edd, and Eddy. These three misfits lived in a cul-de-sac in a suburban area. They were outcasts to the other kids, and found their only common ground through that, and the fact that they shared the same name. Ed was the innocent dim-witted one, Double D (Edd) was the wise and smart voice of reason, and Eddy was the self proclaimed leader, who had big ideas and high hopes. Even though they had their differences, they managed to find friendship and applaud one another for all of their unique traits. They have been through many "Edventures" (I'm sorry, if not now, later, and better to get it over with now) in which they would scam the other kids into giving them their money. The main reason they wanted money: Jawbreakers. Huge jawbreakers. Not gumball-sized, but even bigger than a bowling ball! And they were perfectly made in every way: not too sweet, not to sugary, and not healthy at all. Perfect. But why aren't they scamming now?
Well, it all started when Eddy was having another one of his "mental blocks" at Double D's House.
"Oh man!" He said, "I gotta think of a scam before the day ends!"
"Eddy!" Double D said, "Slow down! After all, you have thought of every scam in the book!"
"What book?" He asked.
"This one, -GRUNT-!" He replied. After he said that, Double D picked up a book which looked like a Dictionary. Unlike one though, it said on the cover, "The Book of Scams". Eddy was not expecting that.
"What's that?" Eddy asked.
"This is a book of all of the scams we have done." Double D replied.
"OOH! OOH! WHAT'S ON THE LAST PAGE!" Ed asked.
Double D flipped through the pages.
"Well, I didn't fill it all out yet, but the last thing I wrote was our Bowling scam." He said.
"AARRRGGH!" Eddy yelled frustratingly, "Its hopeless guys! WE'LL NEVER GET THROUGH THIS!"
"Well Eddy, according to this book, we have already done 896 pages worth of scams, starting with the bottomless Ed scam."
"Well, If I were someone smart, I'd suggest that we take a certain scam or a group of scams to review and use that knowledge to create a scam without those flaws and use it's factors." Ed said
"…SAY WHAT?" Eddy asked.
"…actually, that's a GREAT idea!" Double D agreed, "If we study one of our past scams, we may just come up with an idea of what can better attract our fellow neighbors! Not to mention, it can get your juices flowing Eddy, and you might just think of a scam!"
"…Have you noticed every time I come up with these 'Mental thingies' Ed suddenly gets smart?"
There was a pause for a moment.
"Well, yes, but I have an Idea for a scam we can review!"
"Really? What?" he asked with a smile.
"THE TIME MACHINE!"
There was silence for a few seconds.
"Sigh, Double D…"
"Yes?"
"…We. NEVER! Did. A. TIME MACHINE SCAM!" He yelled madly.
"Well Eddy, unlike you, I have organized proof."
"Say what?"
"Follow Me."
After that, Double D and the other Eds went to the Garage.
"What are we doin here?" Eddy asked.
"I am going to show you something secret, that I've never shown anyone else before. If you let anyone else no about it you might be dead…"
Eddy gulped.
"R-really?" he asked nervously.
Double D chuckled.
"No, hehe," he said, "I've just been reading father's spy novels, they're quite gripping!"
Eddy buried his face into his palm.
He walked up to the wall, and lifted a secret latch up. It revealed a red button. Instead of pushing it, he lead the other Eds went to the center of the garage and grabbed a pole with a small switch on it.
"…Brace yourselves gentlemen…"
He flipped the switch, and the pole grew longer and hit the red button. The next thing they knew, there was no ground beneath them.
"AAAHHH!" Ed and Eddy yelled. Double D just stood there (Well, stood falling, I think X\ ). The next thing they knew they were on a slide with sharp twists and turns. When they reached the end of the line, Ed and Eddy fell flat on their faces on a floor, while Double D fell flat on his body on a mattress.
"Ugh! HOW COME YOU GET A MATRESS?" Eddy asked.
"I never anticipated more than 1 resident in this area." Double D replied.
"Whatever, what is this-"
He was about to say place, but the appearance was shocking. It was a room as white as a Biology classroom, filled to the brim with scientific necessities (cabinets, drawers, closets, goggles, beakers, bunsons, etc.), and shining black, chrome, and ivory tabletops.
"Man…" Eddy stated.
"Double D!" Ed said, "This is the factory where the professor of Hades makes mutant grilled cheeses!"
"Um…no Ed," He replied, "This is my secret lab!"
"What's this?" Eddy asked. It looked lie a medium-sized metallic 3D Octagon ball.
"EDDY NO!"
The ball then uncurled into a mechanical spider and jumped on Eddy's face and gripped on it.
"GYYAAH!"
"MILDRED! RELEASE!"
It released Eddy's face and landed on the table.
"…How did you?"
"Remember my old spider?"
"Yea…"
After that, Double D pushed a button to make the spider fold into a flat square with a button on it, but a spider came out of it first.
"SPIDER ARMOR!" Ed yelled happily.
"Yes, now moving along…" Double D replied.
Double D and Ed moved to another room, while Eddy stayed near the "spider armor" and it's host, pondering how on Earth Double D could construct something so elaborate. As he scratched his head in thought, the metal pole from earlier hit him on his noggin. Apparently, it fell along with them, and there was an ironic delay on why it didn't fall at the exact same moment they landed (cartoon physics, you gotta love 'em).
"Eddy?" Double D called.
Eddy, still delirious from the hit on the head, replied, "Coming Mr. Antonucci!"
He shook his head and ran to Double D as if he was the only safe zone in this messed up world.
They were walking down a long passageway to wherever Double D was taking them.
"…and after our spy endeavor with Kevin, I was inspired to go far beyond my gadget making abilities, and thus, my lab was constructed," Double D said.
"So," Eddy started, "You showed us this 'cause we're your friends right?"
"Oh yes! I trust you in here, despite your energetic behavior, because you are indeed my close friends!"
"AND THE BESTEST OF FRIENDS WE ARE!" Ed exclaimed.
They walked down a hall till they reached a door that was labeled, "Timeline of Scams"
"What's this?" Eddy asked
"Remember my book?" He replied, "These are the illustrations."
When he opened the door, it showed a hall of clear containers containing items from past scams.
"DOUBLE D!" Eddy exclaimed with a wide grin on his face.
"HEY LOOK!" Ed said, "It's the, 'Bottomless Ed' Booth!"
Ed was right. It was still a little old and crumply on the edges, and the color was faded and darker.
"Wow…" Eddy said, "It even has the date and everything on this…thing…"
(He meant plaque, but do you expect him to know the word?) Eddy felt nostalgic. He remembered toiling day and night on the cheap stand. It was a hard task for a 3-Year Old to accomplish by himself. But then again, that 3-Year Old was Ed, so it was somewhat easier than having just Eddy do it by himself.
"And look over here," Double D said.
Guess what. It was the "Time Machine."
"Grr… OK, you were right!"
How could I forget this?, Eddy thought.
"So what I think is that we should examine this scam tomorrow and point out certain factors and/or flaws, and try to improve on them."
"K, so we're going to do this scam again?"
"Oh, no, but we will make a revised version of this scam with new factors and apply said data to further scams for inspiration"
"Why didn't I think of that?" Ed asked.
There was silence for a second.
"Yeah…So anyway, I guess we'll be seeing you tomorrow so we can start on the project." Eddy said. He looked around. "So, uh, where's the exit?"
Double D turned to his side and pushed a blue button.
The roof of the lab was opening like a door at the grocery store.
Then Double D pushed another red button.
Suddenly, the 2 Eds got suspended off an ejector tile. Luckily, roof was open.
"AAAHHH!" Eddy screamed, as Ed just laughed and yelled, "WHEEE!"
Double D looked at the open roof and yelled, "FAREWELL GENTLEMAN!"
He smiled to himself and went to his secret elevator in hopes of finishing his chores early. Double D didn't hate his friends, but when he had the chance to get them good, how could he resist. Fear not though, the Eds will land on a nice large soft mattress in the woods near their houses.
Please review and tell me what to improve on, I hope not to fail you this time.