Team Chronicle: Origin Saga
Dragon Ball Hunt Arc
Episode 1: Sins of our EDlers
Narrator: The Dimensional Heroes. Shining Hope Squadron. The Brave Adventures. These teams have become known all across the multiverse as champions of justice & saviors of existence several times over. However, this story is not about any of them; no, this story marks the beginning of a new team of heroes: a team which will one day stand among these legends as equals in the history of reality. This is the origin… of Team Chronicle.
(A young man is walking on the side of an empty road somewhere in the eastern part of the U.S. He looks to be about 14-15 years old. He has on a pair of jeans, a worn pair of tennis shoes, a black backpack, & a black sweatshirt with a white cross pictured in the middle. On the wrist of his right hand, he has a bracelet with five colored beads: yellow, green, red, black, & white. Around his neck, he wears a necklace with a cross. He approaches a sign on the side of the road.)
Sign: Welcome to Peach Creek! A Growing Community! Pop: 200
Young Man (thinking): Alright Lord, why lead me here? What could be more important here than bringing back my father?
(He takes off the necklace & looks at it. He curls his fist around the cross.)
Young Man (thinking): Ah well; you haven't been wrong yet; of course, you never will be.
(He puts the necklace back on & resumes his walk.)
OP: "Dragon Ball Heroes Theme" by Takayoshi Tanimoto
Episode 1: Sins of our EDlers
Double D (narrating): My name is Edward, although my friends have given me the nickname "Double D". It's been several months since our adventure to locate Eddy's brother, & things have certainly taken a turn for the better in the Cul-De-Sac; me & my compatriots, Eddy & Ed, have finally been accepted as friends by our fellow neighborhood children. Not only that, but I'm proud to say that we've all started to change for the better. I've decided to start being more active in standing up for myself, so I'm currently looking into some self-defense classes. Ed hasn't changed much, but his sister Sarah has started to tone down her bratty behavior towards him. However, it's Eddy that has changed the most; having finally decided to move beyond his brother's shadow, he's become much friendlier towards everyone; he's even started to reopen some of our earlier scams, with more emphasis on fun than on making money. Unfortunately, not all of the effects of our journey have been positive; Johnny, who had the misfortune of arriving too late to witness the true nature of Eddy's brother & was subsequently beaten by the kids for his misunderstanding, has sworn vengeance & thrown away his alter-ego Captain Mealonhead in exchange for the moniker "The Gourd". So far, his schemes of revenge have been petty at best, but today, it appears that he's decided to take it one step further: not only has he summoned the relatives of his partner/formerly imaginary friend Plank, but he's also somehow acquired some sort of gourd-firing weapon! Now the Cul-de-Sac is in total war, & of course, my friends & I are in the middle of it all.
(Currently, the three boys are hiding behind a fence. Over their heads, gourds are whizzing about.)
Eddy: Sockhead, did you teach Johnny how to make a bazooka or something?! Cause there's no way he could've made that thing himself!
Double D: Don't look at me Eddy. I'm pondering the possible ways one could acquire such a device with the only source of income being a weekly allowance myself. I'm almost impressed.
Eddy: Think first, admire later! We gotta do something! Any ideas?
Ed: I know! Let's build a alien contactor & ask some aliens to blast him!
Double D: Ed, I'm afraid we neither have the time, resources, or aliens for such an idea.
Voice: Yo, dorks!
(The trio looks in the direction of the voice & see Kevin racing down the street on his new bike, to replace the one he lost chasing the Eds during the big chase several months ago. He pulls up next to them.)
Double D: Kevin! Good to see you.
Eddy: What's going on out there?
Kevin: Well, Gourd Dork is at the end of the road. He's got his planks set up like a wall & he's got tons of those gourds to use as ammo.
Double D: How's everyone else faring?
Kevin: Nazz's hair got hit & she went home, Rolf went to get Wilfred & Victor to break through the barrier, & Jimmy & Sarah are still holding down the front.
Ed: Sarah's at the front!? Hang on Sarah, I'm coming!
(Ed takes off down the street.)
Eddy & Double D: Ed, wait!
Kevin: Ed, you dork! What are you doing!?
(The three take off after him.)
(At the front, Sarah & Jimmy are flinging water balloons at Jimmy, who is firing gourds back at them. Ed arrives, with the others close behind him.)
Ed: Sarah! Are you okay?
Sarah: I'm fine, but I need you guys to get up here & help me!
Jimmy: Eep! Sarah!
(Sarah turns around to see Jimmy is out of water balloons. Suddenly, he's smacked in the face with a gourd.)
Sarah: Jimmy!
Johnny: MUAWHAHA! There's no escape this time, you fools! Today, The Gourd & Timber the Dark Shard will finally have their revenge!
Eddy: Wow, he's really lost it this time, huh?
Kevin: Bring it, Gourd Dork! (Turns to the kids) Alright, guys, we need to buy Rolf some time to get back with his animals. You ready?
Eddy: You got it!
Double D: As I'll ever be.
Ed: I am Ed! Descendent of Lothar, Slayer of the Undead!
Kevin: All right, move out people!
Cul-De-Sac Kids vs. The Gourd
(Ed starts running straight at Johnny)
Johnny: Ha-ha! Big mistake!
(Johnny starts firing gourds, but Ed shrugs them off & continues his charge.)
Johnny: Oh no! He's immune to my gourd powers! Timber! Release Plan B!
(Plank somehow opens a gate & releases Rolf's chickens.)
Ed: CHICKENS!
(Ed breaks his stride & heads towards the chickens.)
Eddy: Dang it Lumpy!
Double D: Well, I guess it's up to us.
(Double D then sees a piece of discarded cardboard & gets an idea.)
Double D: Eddy! Grab one side!
Eddy: Right!
(The two hold the cardboard in front of them & start running towards Johnny.)
Johnny: Uh oh.
(Johnny then jumps behind the row of Planks he constructed.)
Johnny: Ha! Try & get me now!
Double D: Eddy stop! If Plank is sentient, than the others might be as well!
(The two stop in front of the blockade.)
Eddy: Great, now what?
Distant Voice: Feel the wrath of the son of a shepherd!
(The kids turn to look & see Rolf in his war garb, riding in a cart drawn by Wilfred & Victor.)
Rolf: Move your kesters, Ed-boys!
(Eddy & Double D jump out of the way, just as Rolf crashes through the line of Planks.)
Johnny: NOOOOO! My minions!
Rolf: Your day of reckoning has come, Johnny Wood boy! You shall face much hammering from the Hat of Discipline!
Johnny: You'll never catch us!
(Johnny grabs Plank & runs out into the street perpendicular to the Cul-de-Sac.)
Double D: Johnny, wait! It's dangerous to run out into the road!
(The other kids follow & surround Johnny.)
Johnny: You won't take us alive, fools!
(Johnny tries to fire his gourd gun, but it's out of ammo.)
Eddy: Come on Johnny, it's over. Just give up already & let's –
(The sudden roar of an engine cuts Eddy off. The kids turn to look down the road & see a car racing down the street towards them. The driver is none other than Eddy's brother. He's staring right at Eddy & has murder in his eyes.)
Double D (fearful sounding): Eddy, isn't that your brother?
Eddy: …
(Eddy is too scared to respond; he completely paralyzed with fear.)
Kevin: Everyone, off the road, NOW!
(The kids scatter away from the road… except Eddy.)
Sarah, Jimmy, & Johnny: Eddy, look out!
Kevin: Get off the road you dork!
Rolf: Do not act like a chicken laying an egg, Ed Boy! Command your legs to work!
Ed & Double D: EDDY!
(Eddy can't move. All he can do is close his eyes… Suddenly, he feels something pushing him & starts tumbling until he stops at the curb. He then hears a *THUMP* & his brother's car driving away.
Eddy (thinking): I'm…I'm alive? I'M ALIVE! With noting broken either! HA-HA! I LIVED! I LIVED! I…wait…who pushed me?
Rolf: NOOOOO! WILFRED!
(Eddy turns around & sees a horrible sight: Wilfred lying further up the road, bloody & cut up, with tire marks across his body. Rolf runs to the pig's side, sobbing.
Rolf: WILFRED! DO NOT LEAVE ROLF! PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ROLF! WILFRED! DO NOT BE DEAD! WILFRED!
(The kids all stare at the sight. Ed, Double D, & Johnny are horrified, Jimmy is crying with Sarah at his side, comforting him as best she can. Even Kevin looks shaken.)
Eddy (thinking): That…that could've been me. That could've been me. Wilfred died… I would be d…dead right now if it weren't for him...Holy…I could've died! I could've DIED!
Kevin: Oh, man…Double D, go see if Rolf's parents are home. If they are…tell them what happened.
Double D: R-R-Right.
(Double D runs towards Rolf's house while the other kids continue to stare.)
(Meanwhile, the young man from earlier observes the scene from a hill overlooking the neighborhood. He sees Eddy's brother driving away & Double D leading Rolf's parents to the scene of the hit-&-run.)
Young Man (thinking): Lord, is this what you called me here for? Was I supposed to try to prevent that pig from dying? Maybe…
(He reaches into his backpack & takes out a device. The screen pictures a map of the world. On each continent, there is a flashing light.)
Young Man (thinking): All right, I understand now. Looks like I've found my second wish. Lord, thank you for offering me I chance to help these kids.
(The young man puts away the device & starts heading down the hill, making his way to the Cul-de-Sac.)
