Peach, Ach Creek
This is the story of how Edd is suddenly jolted into parallel dimensions, timetraveling into painful memories of the past. What might sound terrifying, will curse him to the point that only one remedy will suffice, even at the cost of blood. Instead of external trouble, internal struggles and the troubled emotions of the characters are my main focus. The genres include fantasy, agnst, drama, mystery, and action, with just a hint of everything else.
Yes, this is my third version of this story on this site, and this is the best and my LAST! If you haven't read my previous versions of this fic, just read this one! No problem. It is a good story (if I can say that myself), and if you have a problem with ANYTHING in it, just tell me about it so I can improve (if it's relevant of course, I'm not going to include Richard Simmons in the story just because someone tells me to). This will be seven chapters long, and I will reliably update within intervals of two weeks.
This story is rated T for violence, sexual violence, moderate gore, moderately offensive words, and slight substance abuse.
YES, I own Ed, Edd, n' Eddy, and that is why- instead of making another season- I decided to write fanfiction which I will not profit from. Does that make any sense to you? (sarcasm).
I know, there are a few catagories of stories on this fanfiction section, and one of the largest categories would be the perfect/beautiful girl who is new to the neighborhood and falls in love with Edd instantly as-if-that-ever-happens-in-the-real-world and myseriously everyone is out of character or not included in the story because the story is only meant for the author's wish fulfillment of being Edd's lover. I know, it's tedious. Now I am going to tell you something, but do not turn away until I am done. I have an OC. But do not fret my readers, she is not an airheaded, lovey-dovey, add-on. I guarantee no mushiness for this isn't a romance story. Another thing, this story might start out just as most others do, butt that will change very fast. Yes, the two 't's were intentional (clears throat).
Now that the formalities are complete...
Chapter One
"This Is My Plead"
I am not crazy. At least I wasn't before my second semester in junior high. The eighth grade lies in my heart with memories of joy, as well as confusion. Unfortunately, it also harbors the dark side of those days, which I cannot forget, the horror of it all. That first day... I met a rift in the world, a rift that I wish...oh I wish it hadn't had to be this way.
Please understand what I say, not even Ed and Eddy understand, or believe what I have seen. Perhaps you will.
It had been a normal beginning of the year: the occasional new kid. But this year was different. As I had heard, the school on the opposing side of town had burned down, and now most of those students transferred to ours. One, one I became familiar with at the lunch period, oddly in music class. I watched her play with the keys of the player's piano, playing a dirge as far as I could tell, as it sounded over the buzz of the lunchroom, eerily humming down the hall to my ears. After several minutes, she looked to the door where I stood. She then quickly gathered her things and went past me, trying to keep as much space between us as possible, being on the other side of the doorpost. She looked at the floor, never once looking at me again like she had when she stopped her playing. She guarded her things in her arms like ravaging lions were coming to take them, and started down the hall, walking fast and nervously. Yes yes, that is not meeting or becoming familiar with someone, I know. I don't understand why I didn't just say 'hello' to her. Why didn't I remember her name? I stood there in the doorway, trying to remember why I had forgotten her name, Veronica is not that hard of a name to remember now is it? Then I stopped all of my thinking, except for the analysis of this one thing, HOW IN SAM'S HILL DID I KNOW HER NAME?! I had never met her in my life, I had never even talked to her, she had never talked to me, I never was introduced, no one pointed her out, I did not know her, so how did I know her name was Veronica Kanker?! I shook, then pushed myself off with the door post, my hands sweating, and ran after her escaping demeanor.
"Wait!" I hailed, forgetting not to run in the halls. She stopped in front of the cafeteria, staring at me in bewilderment. She frowned, stepping back as I came right up to her face, panting heavily and almost panicking. She was dumfounded, waiting for me to give my cause of alarm. My mouth was already hanging open, so I just began to talk. "Who are you? Have we met?"
She frowned, shaking her head, "No, I saw you on the bus today, you were the one staring at me, the one who passed out."
"I know, but have we met before today? I'm sure I know you, from someplace..." My face was red, yes, I purposely did not tell you about my embarrassing loss of consciousness on the bus that morning, it just didn't seem neccesary to tell you about, that is all.
"No," she interrupted me, "We have never met." She was confident in this, as much as she was startled by my outburst in front of this stranger, "I would have remembered you, I think."
"So you aren't sure?" I started to smile, maybe I was correct.
"Well, where did we meet? I don't even know your name."
"It is Eddward, does that sound familiar to you?" I put my hand on my chest, trying to regain my breath, just standing there on weak knees, glaring at her.
She stalled, thinking for a moment with her blue eyes on the ceiling, then she looked at the lockers behind me with her answer, "No, it doesn't."
"But I have met you," this was all frustrating, what was happening here?
"Where? I don't remember you at all!" She, getting impatient and all the more awkward, was even suspicious of me.
"Here," I pointed to the ground we stood upon. She stepped back, staring at me with worry and swallowing hard.
"I have never been to this school in my entire life, that's impossible." She sounded more confident now than at any other point.
"No, you were here," I began to lose sight of my power over anything, "We met before, I thought about you last night." Her glare was now an alarmed stare, her grip became tighter on her books, and she continuously stepped back. Oh, what had I just said? I hadn't thought of her last night. I didn't even know what was escaping my lips anymore!
"I have NEVER been here before, and we have never met before now. Okay?" She nodded her head, looking at me as if I was a... stalker.
"Well," I thought fast, maybe she was right, maybe I was just being... well, I don't know, but surely there was no reason for pursuing this, especially since she was starting to think I was crazy or a pervert, "Never mind, I must be sick or something." She became a little relieved at that, and turned her feet away from me, ready to leave. "I'm sorry if I've frightened you."
"It's okay, I like being freaked out," her hair was pulled behind her ear with a rough and nervous swipe, and I found her eyes intense to stare into, maybe I shouldn't have stared, since she was becoming nervous again. "Uhm, goodbye." She started down the hall away from the cafeteria. I watched her off a little way, then turned to go into the lunchroom for the meal, even though I wasn't hungry.
"Wait, you aren't eating lunch?" I pointed to the room, and she just glanced back at me. Oh my, I was not helping my insanity plea.
"No," she said plainly, and even annoyed.
"Why not? I mean, may I inquire why you are not?"
"I don't want to go in the cafeteria, I'm not hungry enough to brave that room with everyone staring at the "Kanker's cousin" and having to eat around that. So no, okay!?!" Yes, she was excessively mad and made me cower to leave the hall.
Within this situation, I wasn't very hungry for lunch. Purchasing my food quickly since all the lines had diminished, I went over to my table. Eddy was next to Ed, I could hear him say, "Where's sockhead?" as he poked at his food.
"I don't know, he is not answering!" Then Ed practically devoured his tray. I am quite confused as to why I heard this strange busy signal from a phone prior to him having spoken. Of course, I shrugged it off since this seems to happen quite often anyway.
"Greetings gentlemen," I alerted their attention as I sat down. Ed looked up at my food hungrily, his food was gone or on his face.
"Hi Double D, where've you been, Uriop or something?" Eddy asked continuing to poke at his food.
"Are you going to finish that?" Ed stared at it.
"Nope," he admitted, sliding his tray in front of Ed as he stared at me.
"So?"
"I was just speaking to a young lady," I answered: there was no need to tell them about my panic attack, they wouldn't understand.
"So that's why your face is red, you're such a spaz, can't talk to a single girl without breaking out, can you?" Eddy complained with a devious smile, "Was she cute?" He became excited, and stood on his knees in his chair.
"That is nothing of importance Eddy, now sit in your chair properly. She is the Kanker's cousin, Veronica is her name." Yes, she didn't tell me her name but somehow I knew it. My head felt so light, and my hand was sticking to the table.
"Her?!" His head cocked back, he had alarm in his face. It was hard listening to Eddy when Ed was munching on his lunch loudly.
"Can I have yours?" The awfully hungry fellow asked me.
"Excuse me Ed, blah blah blah blah blabbity blah," that is what seemed to reach his ears.
"Can I have it?" Ed smiled in hope. I stared at him, trying to catch his attention.
"No Ed," I said as plainly and clearly as I could.
"Double D, you're crazy! Why would you talk to a Kanker on free will?"
"Eddy, I don't know her, but I will not avoid someone based on their genealogy." For reasons I did not know, I knew that she was a relation of the dreaded Kanker clan, however, when I had talked to her, she didn't give any significant idea that she was anything like them, or a cause for a 'stampede for safety'.
"Yeah? Well I heard she's trouble. She burnt down her last school, is that a gooder reason to stay away from her?"
"I don't know," I tried to ignore his grammar just this once since I was already in an active argument with him and correcting him is no way in which to win him over to my forming side. I highly doubted she would ever want to be around me anyway, seeing that I proved myself to be a freak of nature.
"Ah, who cares, just stay away from her. Three thorns in our sides is enough," we sat silently for a little while, as if I was to heed to his words. I wouldn't listen to him though. Yes, I realize that I often do, but something within me said that it wasn't right. After quite some time of listening to the buzzing of the cafeteria, Eddy unveiled his thoughts. "I have a brilliant idea!"
"What is it Eddy?" I asked almost mechanically.
"You know that I have a great voice..."
I couldn't help but comment, "I couldn't help but comment."
"What's that mean? Anyways," and he snapped back to his rigor, "watch this!" Ed rummaged his left pocket for a comb and then blew into it. He played a very distorted version of "Row Your Boat".
"Where are you going with this?" My fingers tapped against the table.
"We should make a band!" He pitifully tried to sell it, "I can see it now, fame, fortune, luxury!" And with each word, he outstretched his arms.
"Boxers!" Ed chimed in, adding to the short list.
"Eddy, I am sorry to offend you and ground your dreams, but your voice is terrible; and Ed, comb playing is quite interesting, but it is not an instrument. Not to mention that repulsive instrument, my pedal steel guitar, is annoying."
"Come on Double D, it'd be a gold mine!"
"Where have I heard that before?" I mocked, trying now to concentrate on eating.
"You probably have," Ed said, he looked as if he thought it was a good venture. Such an innocent mind he had.
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The very next day, I stood next to Ed's locker as he dug around in the small compartment. Eddy appeared with an excited face, like yesterday's, so I knew what he was to talk about.
"What if I learned to play something?"
"Hi, fine, history was fine, thank you for asking. And how are you?" I asked in a taunting tone, trying to demonstrate to him those sacred qualities called manners.
"Where?!" Ed popped out of the locker.
"I was just playing with Eddy, Ed," I explained, "Are you having trouble finding it?"
"Finding what?" Eddy asked.
"Ed wants to show me a picture that Veronica Kanker drew him yesterday in art class." Err, that is when I saw the picture, it was taped to the the barren locker door interior. "Is that the drawing?" I pointed at the detailed closeup of a vicious-looking bird with fangs that stared at me, making me nervous.
"Yeah, that's it!"
Eddy rolled his eyes, "WHAT did I tell you?"
"Thisss... was before... you said that," Ed began to cry after being scolded so.
"Eddy!" You apologize for thinking you can control who Ed talks to!"
"No!"
We had been a bit rash, and we became silent for the next minute.
"So, what if I learned an instrument? Would you be in the band then?" I sighed, and gave up my cause for a while.
"Eddy, learning to play an instrument takes time and practice."
"I'd do it for fame," Eddy answered with excitement bordering his voice.
"What instrument would you play?" Ed asked; his finger lodged in his ear.
"A guitar!" He answered, "No, a cuzoo!"
"Eddy, the type of instrument you play should be decided upon by the genre of music we would perform."
He frowned at me, "Can't you talk like a normal person? We would perform rock and roll, and some alternative of course."
"I don't think a cuzoo is rock Eddy." Ed had his finger pointed up.
"He's right," I agreed. After what I said, we were quiet. Maybe it was out of shock; maybe we were lost in our thoughts, wondering how Ed could be correct. None would argue with Ed, but we could hardly believe it. We three stood by the locker, fazing out the passing students that filled the halls until we heard a large bang from the right, recognized as the sound of marching Kankers and kids being flung into walls, tossed like dodgeballs. My fingers immediately went in my mouth, clenching them in my teeth. Dread was on all our faces, and Ed quickly climbed the wall to get to the ceiling, thinking he could hide from the Kanker sisters as they came stampeding in a destructive stride down the halls. I heard screaming coming from every which way and kids were running in the opposite direction. Ed grabbed Eddy with his tongue, and held him close to his chest up there on the ceiling depicting 'Spiderman' in a sort of odd way. The floors and lockers shook as Lee came into sight as she made a turn. I looked around for a hiding place, but Ed's open locker was the last place and I was hesitant to enter that realm. Around me, was no one, everyone having evacuated the premises in a frenzy. Ed reached down his tongue to grab me fast, but I saw that unsanitary oral organ and had to make a quick choice: Kanker beating, Ed's tongue, or the locker. I jumped for the locker as Lee nearly spotted me and the blue-haired Marie and blonde May turned the corner.
I slipped over myself, trying to grip the shelf in the locker and pull myself in when I fell on my face and could feel the violent steps of the infamous girls.
"Heah, what's that Lee?" I heard May ask goofily. My whole body froze up, and I could no longer reach my goal, as I saw the two tennis shoes of one Lee Kanker stop right at the locker door.
"Some idiot left a locker open May, shut up!" She shouted.
"Finders keepers!" May stepped on me and started taking out Ed's books, when she read one of the names, she sniffed the book with lowered eyes.
Her heavy sighing alerted Marie, "What 'cha got?" She growled, having been taken from her little dream-world.
"It's Ed's locker! We struck it rich!" May squealed, gathering up all of the belongings of Ed.
Alright, all while she was doing this, she did not notice me at all. So she just stood on top of me with both feet, with all her weight on my person. I am not going to go over every detail of my pain and suffering, since I am sure you can infer these feelings if you have ever been stepped on by an average height and weight girl of about the age of eleven, since I do believe May is younger than her sisters, but I just don't know for sure. I tried not to cry out, finding this position much more comfortable than those girls finding me would ever be.
But, unfortunately for me, Marie has a sharp eye, and I mean eye.
"Heah, what's that?" She pointed, sending my heart so low.
"What's what?" Lee groaned.
"Heah, that's Double D! Get off him you fatty!" May was shoved off, all with her feet dragged in my skin before she fell onto the floor beside me and I was pulled up with harsh hands and was met in the face by Marie. I could almost swear aloud. She smiled widely, fluttering her lashes at me, trying to flirt as it seemed. Of course, she wouldn't get a desirable response from me, no sir. "Heah there cutie!" She was about to kiss me when Lee snatched me away by the rump and pulled me up to eye level, pushing up her own hair to give me a careful, interrogative look.
"If he's here, then Ed and Eddy have to be." She grinned evily, studying my eyes. I tried to grin, maybe I could get out of this.
"Heah, give him back, you can go find the other Eds, but I want my doll!" Marie grabbed me back, but Lee tugged on me, both of them obviously forgetting that I was a human being with feelings, or they just didn't care. I had been trying not to look up at Ed or Eddy, so as not to give them away, but I did look up then, unconsciously hoping for their rescue. Lee caught my eyes going up, before Marie forced her lips onto mine. I just endured that horrible, emotionless kiss, just waiting for it to be over with, trying not to pucker up for her.
Lee looked up to the ceiling, and saw Ed and Eddy sealed up there, holding onto the vent for dear life. "Heah!" She pointed, and May's eyes boggled.
"Ed!" She started jumping, with arms outstretched to grab him.
"Ahhhh!!!" The two yelled in fear.
Lee joined her sister in the fishing excapade while Marie turned my face into a spitball. Eddy, being weaker, lost his grip and fell into the path of Lee. She started moving in on him, giggling all the way.
"Get away from me!"
"Why didn't you sit next to me on the bus?" Lee was disapointed? Why would that be?
"Why would I sit by trailer trash!?" Eddy asked with a big frown on his face. He stood up, a safe five feet distance between them.
Lee turned to May and Marie, "Look, my bumpkin's got a mouth on him!" They were ignoring her, with May trying to get Ed down and Marie still torturing me. "But I can talk dirty too." She focused on him with a calamitous look.
"Try me!" Eddy stepped forward bravely and quite foolishly if I should be so frank, he clenched his fists tight.
"Well who's a little perverted, dirt eatin', can kissing, pile of crap from my backed up septic tank!?" Lee said, winking at him, which made him shudder in sickness. Then she dived forward to grab him. I glanced to May, who somehow had gotten up Ed's leg and was crawling on him for his hands on the ventilation. And, as they fell down from the ceiling in a crash together, I saw Veronica Kanker coming down the hall. When she saw what her cousins were doing, she started running, angery and ready for a fight. Her fists were clenched, and she started shouting.
"Lee! Now who're you bothering?!" She preoccupied herself with roughly pulling one of Marie's hands from my body. Marie pushed her away, and she fell on the ground, scuffing her palms. She got up, angry as her cousin was kissing my lips again, this was quite nauseating.
"Get lost Veronica, this is our territory, if you wanted some you should've just asked!" Lee shouted. She went over to her cousin of about the same height and tried to negotiate.
"I don't want a share of them! You put them down, I'm sure these boys don't appreciate your advances. Do you guys want to get into trouble, again?"
"Whatever with your fancy words, we don't care about detention, we live there!" Marie gave me some relief from her breath to say.
"Shut up and get lost, we have a job to do," Lee groaned. May was busy on Ed, kissing him oddly and tickling his armpits.
"Ahhh!!" He yelled in distress.
In the next second, before Marie dropped me on the ground, May leapt off Ed, and Eddy fell down to the tiles, Veronica punched Lee in the face. Then it was all-out fighting. Marie grabbed her hair, pulling her painfully from Lee. May jumped onto her, just to receive a fist in the arm and neck. Lee recovered, and went into the fight, grabbing Veronica's fist and trying to squeeze her hand. She kicked May and Lee away, and tried to yank Marie off. I sat up, as Ed grabbed Eddy and came to rescue me for a retreat. Lee hit her in the face, and she was now struggling between all three of the girls who all wanted a piece of her for her meddling. They were all shouting and screaming, with May pinching, Lee punching, and Marie still bracing her neck.
Veronica stomped on Marie's feet, and smacked her in the face, fighting desparately. May and Lee also became victims, when she poked them viciously in the face, sacrificing her own fingers.
Then Ed, with us in his arms, turned the corner and we were out of harm's way, as I thought we would be. Ed ran into someone, and dropped me, with Eddy on top of me. Then we heard the voice of a stranger, one with a deep, rough, and malicious tone. I shot up and saw a legend from the school that had been turned to ashes. He was scary, tall, muscular, and I knew him to be a danger, even a greater danger than the Kanker sisters combined. His name I didn't know, but unfortunately, I had to meet him here.
"What's your problem pinhead?" He didn't say pinhead, he said something that I shreiked at when I heard. He nashed his teeth, and shoved Ed into a wall with a violent force. He didn't look like he should even be in junior high, probably sent back two grades.
Eddy got up, "Heah, leave him alone! Don't you know, the Kankers will get us!"
"Who?" He asked, laughing at my short compaignion. He folded his arms and shoved him into Ed, "Watch it pipsqueak," then he flashed him his jack knife as he went off to the corner, in the direction of the Kankers's heavy quarrel. He disappeared, and we all got up, having to see this encounter. We ran stupidly down to the corner again, not hearing the noises we should have. Where were the sounds of the Kankers?
The hall was empty, except for a figure, lying beside the lockers with her face down. I gasped, unfortunately helping us Eds means giving up your own body. The girl who had tried to help us lay completely still in the tiles, as Finch came walking down to her. He kicked her leg, making her face shoot up painfully and a harsh yelp escape her voice. She cried, looking up at this creaton she obviously knew. I bit my nails, as we watched him pick her up by the hair and reveal her bruises and gashes. She was blazing mad, but couldn't do much about her situation but wait for a rescuer. Did she heed to this logic? No, she kicked him viciously in the legs and jerked his head with her hands, trying to rattle his neck. She kicked him away from her and fell over backward, crawling desperately to get away from him. He was only mad now, climbing to his feet and laughing.
What kind of girl was this, who would take on the three Kankers, lose, then take on a guy twice her size?! I almost fainted, watching him grab her and toss her up the side of a locker. She writhed in pain, as he snickered sleezily.
"You stupid -----, what do you think you are doing, haven't you learned from my brother, don't fight, just keep your mouth shut and take it." He ripped her hair out of her face and kissed her, or whatever version of a kiss he thought this was. She yanked away, crying and spitting out his saliva.
As her arms were gripped by that monster, I could see the fresh scars garnering her them. The next thing I knew, I was rushing down the hall and grabbing his hand. He ignored me at first, pushing in another kiss, with her whining sorrowfully. Ed followed me, trying to be a good Samaritan. He noticed Ed pulling his hands off her, and swung at him. They gathered themselves in the center of the hall, and began to fight each other. I was so afraid for Ed, so afraid of the knife in the creaton's possession, so afraid of what was to come. What was this monster? What was this? How had we gotten into this? I heard Veronica cough, and turned to her lying on the ground, bleeding from the mouth. Helping her up, I checked her over, then turned to the escalating fight of my friend and my new worst enemy, as if I needed anymore enemies.
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