Scene 2: The Thin ED
All noise in the theater ceased, save for the soft whine of a baby, which came from the stage. As the smoke cleared, a 30-year-old woman was revealed; in her arms was a small bundle, presumably the baby that was crying. As it cried, the mother gently lulled it to sleep.
When rocking the babe back and forth proved useless, she tried to sing a lullaby, despite the tears that fell from her own face. She sang to the infant in her arms:
Momma loves her baby,
And Daddy loves you too.
And the sea may look warm to ya, babe,
And the sky may look blue.
But oooooo babe…
Oooooooo baby blue…
Oooooo ooohh babe…
The mother cried as her baby finally went to sleep, and she walked off stage right, carrying the sleeping infant in her arms.
Once she left the stage, the scenery changed, revealing a winter landscape; the backdrop had an image of a frozen pond, and a dozen kids slipped around on the stage, as though they were skating on the ice.
Three boys took presence in the scene, however: the boy from the first scene, who now wore a large, fluffy orange jacket and blue ice skates; he was joined by two other boys, who looked to be his age.
On his left was a tall boy who had pale, yellow skin; on his head was a snowcap that was extra-long, and draped down his back. He had a green jacket on, and a baggy pair of jeans on underneath those; a raggedy pair of black sneakers adorned his feet.
At the first boy's right was a short boy who was tying on a pair of ice skates; his skin was slightly red, as if from a sunburn. He had rather long black hair, and three strands dangled in his face; he was wearing a yellow jacket that had a white collar and a red stripe on the side, and a pair of blue jeans.
The first boy stammered, "E-Edd-ddy, a-are you ssssssure this is s-s-safe?"
"'Course it is, Double D!" the short boy, Eddy, replied as he laced his skates up, "Everybody else is doing it, why can't we!?"
"It's THIN ICE, Eddy! It could break at any moment!" Double D shrieked.
The tallest boy wrapped his arm around his nervous friend and told him, "There's nothing to worry about, Double D! It's got Ed's Seal of Authoritah, so you know it's good!"
Double D sighed, "I've got a bad feeling about this, you guys…"
Eddy and Ed finish lacing their skates up, while their friend watches from the hill; the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach hasn't vanished. "This isn't going to end well," the pale boy mumbles as he looks into the clear blue sky, "Not at all."
Down below, on the ice, a young blonde-haired girl and a red-headed boy are skating on the ice, and the boy says to the girl, "Sure is cool, huh Nazz?"
"Yeah!" Nazz happily exclaims, "This is so much fun, Kevin!"
A tall, tan, black-haired boy is wearing an odd costume while he skates on the ice, and he laughs as he says, "HOHO! This is much fun, Johnny-the-wood-boy! Rolf has not had this much fun since the Hrgltrok of 1997!"
Johnny, a smaller boy, skates circles around Rolf as he smiles and tells him, "I know! I can't believe they were telling us this was dangerous!"
On the other side of the pond, farther away from the other children, two young children are skating across the pond; there is a little girl with red hair and a boy with curly blonde hair.
The boy is nervous, and he asks the girl, "S-Sarah? Are you sure this is safe?"
"Of course, Jimmy," Sarah says calmingly, "Everyone else is doing it, so we should be able to do it too!"
"O-Okay…"
After his friends go down to the ice, Double D is left alone on the hill to watch as everyone down below has fun skating. He would join them, but his mother had told him that the thin ice was dangerous, and would be the death of him. As he sits, the boy begins to sing a song to himself:
If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life,
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Of a million tear-stained eyes…
It was no secret that Double D was a miserable child: his mother was overprotective, his father had died in the Iraq War, and he was forced to get high marks in school. Only his friends Ed and Eddy knew that he cried at night.
As he sang to himself, a splintering sound could be heard from the far side of the lake, where Sarah and Jimmy were. A crack appeared in the background, and Jimmy and Sarah began to freak out.
"SARAH, WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" screeched Jimmy.
"I DON'T KNOW, JIMMY!" Sarah screamed as her friend fell to the stage and was dragged off the stage, a splash of water appearing onstage as the splintering sound became a large CRRRRRR-AAAAAAAAAACCCKKKKKKKKKK!
"JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
Double D watched from the hilltop, and he observed his peers trying to rescue the poor boy who had fallen into the ice. For a few seconds, he did nothing; a minute passed, and he began to slowly sing to himself again:
Don't be surprised when a crack in the ice
Appears under your feet.
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind,
With your fear flowing out from behind
You as you claw the thin ice.
Eddy shouted, "DOUBLE D, GET HELP!" This shook the boy back to reality, and he stood up and off stage, heading for his house, and his mother. The curtains fell, and the scene changed.
