Author's Note: This is more of a teaser than the actual story, seeing as how short it is.

The blazing July sun shone down upon the small town of Peach Creek. The light covered the tops of the fruit trees for which the town was partially named, and reflected off of the flowing stream for which the town was also named. It bathed the landscape in layers of sunshine like the layers of a cake. In the center of town was a long street, with many small shops and stores along side it. At the edge of the town was a huge junkyard, filled with mountains of trash. Just beyond that was a large power plant, its smokestacks rising up towards the clear-blue sky, and huge power lines coming out of it and spreading out into the distance.

Spreading out from the center of town and extending for quite some distance were large suburban homes, each with a large backyard and front yard. Near the edge of town, close to the junkyard, was a large cul-de-sac, surrounded by eleven houses. Just behind the back fences of the homes was a small pathway, circling around the cul-de-sac and going out towards the power plant. The pathway separated the cul-de-sac with a trailer park and a second cul-de-sac, which was surrounded by half-built homes.

One of the homes of the first cul-de-sac mentioned had a tall tree in its backyard, and sitting beneath this tree was a young boy who appeared to be about twelve or thirteen years old. The boy was short, with three hairs sticking out of the top of his head, and wore a yellow-

"I'm BORED!" Eddy shouted suddenly, breaking the silence. His voice rang out through the cul-de-sac, drawing the immediate attention of a second boy, Eddy's best friend, Edd.

"I suppose you're going to tell me why you're wasting this perfectly good summer day trying to drown out the silence, Eddy." Edd walked into Eddy's backyard, wearing a red shirt, a black ski cap that resembled a sock, and a bored expression.

"Bout time you got here!" Eddy said, standing up to his full height, if you could even call it height. "I've been waiting for you to show up for like three and a half minutes now! I need ideas!"

Edd rolled his eyes, something he did more often than was probably healthy. "Ideas? Eddy, may I remind you how this works? You get the ideas, I plan them out, and Ed-"

"Ed!" Eddy interrupted. "Where is that doofus?"

"Knowing Ed, reading comic books."

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

The two adolescences departed the yard, strolling across the road towards Ed's house. When they reached it, they ignored the front door and went to the side of the house. Near the ground was a small window. Inside, Edd and Eddy could see a purple-colored basement with a sheetless mattress; a table with several models of monsters, rocket ships, and airplanes; a bathroom with a gravy-filled bathtub; and movie posters splattered across the walls. Eddy opened up the window and squeezed himself inside, quickly followed by Edd.

Ed looked up from his comic book, Attack of the Martians. "Hiya guys!" he said.

"Hey Ed." Eddy said. "What's up?"

"I was just reading a comic book." Ed showed Edd and Eddy the cover of the comic. "I am at the part where the Martians trap the colonists from Earth and roast them over a bonfire in the glorious name of Char-chu!"

"Sounds interesting." Edd said.

"That's it!" Eddy looked up suddenly. "Guys, I know what we're going to do today!"

"Study the rich geology of Mars?" Edd guessed.

"Fight demon monsters from-" Ed tried, but Eddy cut him off.

"Nope! Boys, pack your bags, 'cause we're going to the Red Planet!"

Ed was ecstatic. Edd was horrified.

"Go to Mars!?" Edd shouted, sounding as if he were plunging into the dark depths of a black hole. "Have you lost your mind?"

"Ooo! Ooo!" Ed shouted. "Can I meet Doctor Joeson and his attractive female acquaintance?"

Edd continued freaking out. "There's no way we could make it there! We don't have the resources! We don't have the manpower! And most importantly, we don't have the time! A trip to Mars would take weeks! Months! What would our parents think!?"

Eddy dismissed his friend's concerns with a wave of his hand. "Relax, Sockhead! It'll be fine! We'll grab some stuff from the junkyard, you can design it, Ed can build it, and I can drink lemonade in the shade!" He put an arm around Edd. "We'll put some stuff together, head over there, and be back in time for dinner!"

Edd tried to regain his composure. "Eddy, I believe you don't understand the basics of space travel. Distances between two bodies in space are much farther apart than they seem. Even the moon, the closest thing in the sky to us, took several days to reach."

"You know what they say, Double-D." Ed raised a finger, showing he was trying to make a point. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the spaceship."

Eddy grinned. "See? Even Lumpy's on board. Come on, it'll be fun!"

Edd sighed. "Well, I suppose that's better than being chased by Sarah all day. All right, I'm in."

Eddy immediately began giving orders. "Monobrow, get something heavy. Double-D, get some paper and a pencil. I'll grab some jackets and fish bowls. Let's go, people!"