Ed, Edd, and Eddy: A Forgotten Fantasy Tale

Chapter 2

A crowd of people began to gather around a stage in the town square. The stage was primarily used for announcements by the king's messengers, but this time around, the Peach Creek Gang was using it to sell their brand new flavored water.

"Attention, ladies and gentlemen! We, the good people who brought to you "Mystical Water" and "Magic Fruit", now bring something that'll rejuvenate you! It'll put some pep in your step! We guarantee it'll knock your socks off!" Eddy preached.

"Not interested kid! That "Mystical Water" you sold before wasn't mystical at all!" a man shouted.

"Yeah, and the same goes for that "Magic Fruit!" Bah! Magical my ass!" a woman added.

"Piss off, you stupid kids!"

"Now, now, now, no need for all this hostility, people! We're serious this time! This right here is a nifty little tonic that would even make the elves jealous that they couldn't come up with it!" Eddy took out a small bottle and held it out to the people. "Why the hell is it fizzing?" asked the same man from before. "Why is it fizzing?" Eddy queried. He then turned to Double D, "Hey, Double D, why the hell is this stuff fizzing?"

"It's carbonation, Eddy."

"What?"

"Carbonation."

"Not following ya, Double D."

"Oh forget it! Just sell it."

"Well, now that it's all fizzy, what the hell do call it?"

"I don't know, Eddy, Peach Fuzz?"

"That's it!" Eddy turned back around, facing the crowd. "Here it is, citizens of Renaldo! Peach Fuzz! It'll pop your top! Jolt your bolts! Kick you into high gear for the rest of the day! Start your day off with Peach Fuzz!" But to no avail, the crowd still seemed uninterested. Eddy began to sweat.

"Eddy, you dork! I should've known this wasn't gonna work!" Kevin angrily whispered.

"Well, I don't see you coming up with anything, genius!" Eddy muttered. "So, would anybody like to try this out? C'mon, is there gonna be a lucky volunteer?" Eddy pleaded. A little girl, maybe a few years younger than the gang, slowly made her way up to the stage.

"I'll try it," the girl timidly answered, "I'm thirsty!"

"No, Alice! It could be dangerous!" a woman, who appeared to be the girl's mother, pleaded.

"It's okay, mommy."

Eddy grinned, excited that somebody actually wanted to try the drink. Double D was happy as well, a slight smile making its way on his face. Kevin, Nazz, and Rolf looked on in wonder. "Here ya go, little girl!" Eddy handed her the bottle. She took a swig of the bottle, and perked up.

"Mmm! That was really good, mister!" The crowd was in awe.

"Hey, maybe I will take a bottle!" a guy said.

"Yeah, me too!" A woman cried out. "How much does it cost?"

"Hell, I'll take two!"

"Give me a bottle!"

"Bout damn time you kids did something right!" an old man muttered, "I'll take one o' them there drinks!"

"Yeah, me too!" chimed his equally old friend.

Eddy could barely contain his excitement. Man, he was gonna drown in gold. But unfortunately, the little girl who tested their drink held her stomach and fell down on her knees groaning, hushing the crowd.

"I don't feel so… good…" she uttered before vomiting on the stage.

"Oh my God, they poisoned her!" the crowd screamed as the mother ran on stage to grab her sick daughter, who was now crying.

"Get outta here, you punks!"

"You belong in jail, you little snot-nosed bastards!"

"Cough, hack! Get them!" the drunken old man yelled, throwing a peach, hitting Eddy square in the face. The Peach Creek Gang took this opportunity to run.

"Goddamnit, you dorks! What the hell happened to that little girl? Why the hell did she get sick?!" Kevin yelled.

"I wish I knew, *huff*, *wheeze*! Maybe her stomach couldn't handle the carbonation! *Wheeze*" Double D replied.

"Rolf is saddened by another failure!" Rolf added.

"Guys, let's stop arguing! Like, there's always gonna be another chance!" Nazz said.

"Thanks, Nazz." Double D stopped running to catch his breath. He never was the most physically capable kid around, as his greater strength was his mind. He looked behind him and noticed that the crowd stopped chasing him.

"Hey *huff*, fellows! We're in the clear. The villagers aren't chasing after us anymore!" He breathlessly yelled.

Eddy sighed, "That's a relief!" he noted, leaning against a tree to catch his own breath.

"Whatever, you dork! That's it, Eddy. For the past three years, ever since you've been leader, every damn scam you've ever come up with has failed! What happened to the Peach Creek Gang being famous, huh? We're a joke thanks to you!" Kevin yelled, fed up with their constant failures.

"And for someone to be so damn smart, why does everything you make either blow up or kill somebody, huh, Double Dork?" Double D lowered his head, ashamed. Eddy however was angry, balling his fists up.

"Kevin, cut it out!" Nazz said, surprising Kevin. "At least they're trying! We've never seen you do anything but complain!"

"But Nazz…" Kevin tried, to no avail, as the girl turned her head, walking away from him with an "Hmph!" She walked over towards Double D, who was fighting the urge to cry.

"Hey, D. Don't listen to Kevin. You're a great inventor!" She said. Double D lifted his head up to look at her.

"Really? You mean that?"

"Yeah, D! I know I'd never think up half the stuff you could in a hundred years! You're a genius, dude!"

"Thanks, Nazz." Double D gave her a faint smile.

Kevin spit on the ground, and to no one in particular declared, "I gotta take a leak." He walked off, muttering, "Stupid dorks, always screwing up something and I'm the one to get yelled at." Kevin grabbed a rock and threw it, hoping to break a window. Instead he heard the rock hit something, which fell to the ground with a thud.

"What the…?" Kevin ran over to find out who, or what he accidentally hit. There he saw a kid around his age, if not a little older, lying on the ground in a daze.

"Ow… Ed's head hurts…" the kid uttered.

"Oh shit…" Kevin whispered. He was about to turn around and run off, when he took notice of the golden scepter on the ground. 'Man, is that real? Nah, can't be. It looks real… Might even sell for a pretty penny…' Kevin thought.

He grabbed the scepter out of Ed's hands, "Sorry man," he apologized insincerely before running off with the scepter, "But a guy's gotta eat."

A few minutes later, Ed got up off of the ground. "Oh, no! The scepter! Sarah will kill me!" he screamed to himself. "Where did he go? Where did he go?" Looking to his left and right, he saw nobody around. "Oh no, Sarah's gonna kill me… I want to live!"

He ran out into the street looking around for the kid, only to run into Jimmy… and Sarah right behind him.

"Ow, watch where you're going, you oafish brute!" Jimmy said, dusting himself off before looking up at the person who rudely knocked him down. "Ed?"

Ed gulped, "Uh oh…"

"ED!" Sarah grabbed Ed by his collar, shaking him, "What did you do with my scepter?!" she yelled, grabbing the attention of the villagers around them. "Where is it?!"

Ed bit his lip, trying to think, which unfortunately, wasn't exactly his forte. "Uh, uh… Ed took it for training, baby sister! I broke it fending off the Nose Dragons of the Pecan Region!"

Sarah wasn't exactly too understanding of her brother's harrowing battle with the Nose Dragons, as she punched him square in the face, knocking him on the ground. "GRRR…! Ed, you idiot!"

"Ouch…! Ed went to get it fixed, making it even better than ever, but then a ninja stole-" Ed's adventure was cut short by Sarah punching him in the stomach.

"I'll kill you!" she howled, choking the poor boy. Jimmy pried Sarah off of Ed.

"Sarah! You can't kill your brother!" her pale companion pleaded. Sarah took a moment to compose herself, and Ed struggled to pick himself up.

"ED!" she yelled, bringing him to full attention. "You got until sundown to get my scepter back, or I'm telling mom and dad! You got that?!"

"Uh, uh, uh, yes, tyrannical baby sister whom Ed loves very dearly. I'll get that scepter back if it costs me my life!" Ed declared, running off in search of the thief.

"That idiot…" Sarah said.

"Sarah…" Jimmy wondered, "I'm surprised you didn't tell your father in the first place."

Sarah sighed, "I'm not telling Dad, because… forget it." Sarah waved off the question as if it were a fly.

Jimmy looked at her, and a small smile crept on the boy's lips, 'She's such a softie." he thought. The two children sat down and waited for Ed to come back with the scepter.