This one might be a slow one. Next chapter will start the action. Scouts honor.

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Double D stood outside Eddy's house, a small suitcase filled with the essential items that the school recommended that new students bring. He set down his case and pulled a pad and pen with the list of items on it and opened the bag to give a thorough inspection.

"Let's see..." he said aloud. "Pajamas, check. Spare undergarments, check. Toiletries, check. Envelopes, check. Stamps, check. Notebook paper, check. Pens and pencils, check." He smiled as he placed his checklist back into his pocket and closed his suitcase with care. He looked up to see Ed was walking his way, dragging a worn potato sack behind him. As soon as he saw Double D, his smile grew larger and he began to run towards his friend.

"HEY, DOUBLE D!" he shouted as he dropped his bag and scooped his friend up for a hug. Double D quickly patted his friend on his back in an attempt to cut the back-breaking hug short.

"Good morning to you, too, Ed," Double D gasped. "May I be let down now?" Ed obliged, dropping his friend onto the sidewalk. He grabbed his sack and patted its side with a grin.

"I packed everything I need, Double D!" Ed proudly said. "Just like you told me." He began to untie the sack's knot while Double D brushed himself off.

"Very good, Ed," he said with a smile. "It's good to see that this experience has allowed you to learn about following instructions." Double D's sense of pride in his friend was quickly extinguished by the feeling of surprise as he discovered that Ed's bag was filled with gravy mix, comic books, and Baron of Beefdip.

"Do you think I should've brought more gravy?" Ed asked. Double D responded by shaking his head.

"Ed, you were supposed to pack clothes, toiletries, and various school supplies..." Double D cut himself off as Ed stared blankly at him. He realized that his simple-minded friend wouldn't truly understand what he was saying. Instead, Double D simply smiled and patted Ed on the head.

"I'm sure that this will be just enough for the semester, Ed," he assured his friend. Ed hugged himself in glee, then proceeded to close his bag. As he finished, he looked around for Eddy, frowning slightly as his search failed.

"Where's Eddy?" he asked.

"I'm sure that he's making sure he packed everything he could need," Double D said. Ed shrugged and sat down on the sidewalk. Double D noticed that his happy-go-lucky friend had started to look like he was worried.

"Ed, is everything alright?" Double D asked as he took a seat next to his friend. Ed didn't look up for a few seconds, instead he looked at his shoes. When he finally turned his gaze to his friend, concern was evident in his eyes.

"We've never been anywhere other than here, Double D," he said. "What's gonna happen when we get there and we don't like it?" The sock-headed boy was shocked at how honest and focused Ed had been when he expressed his concerns.

"Well, Ed," Double D began. "I have the utmost confidence that we can turn Bullworth Academy into a place that we can call home."

"Like a wizard!?" Ed asked, excited at the thought of practicing magic.

"No, Ed," Double D sighed. "Metaphorically, we can turn Bullworth into our home. All that you, myself, and Eddy need to do is stick together and we'll overcome any possible obstacle." The two shared a friendly smile as the front door to Eddy's house slammed open. They turned to see Eddy dragging a rolling suitcase down the path to the driveway while his father followed behind him.

"Alright, boys," Eddy's father bellowed as he went to the trunk of his car. "Load up!" The three boys dutifully grabbed their luggage and walked towards the trunk. Before they could place their bags, all the other kids in the Cul-de-Sac had appeared around the Eds. Eddy's father looked at his watch and gave a shrug.

"Guess we got time to spare," he muttered. "Go on and say good-bye to your friends, Mini Me." Eddy scowled, but shrugged it off. As Eddy's father walked back inside his house, Eddy joined his friends as they approached the crowd of kids.

"About time you dorks got outta here," Kevin said with a smirk. Eddy felt himself go red with anger at that comment. Double D and Ed, rather, kept their composure. As Eddy was about to tell Kevin off, Nazz stepped in between the two.

"Uncool, Kev," she said. She then turned to face the Eds with a smile that caused them to sweat and blush.

"Good luck, you guys!" she said as she gave each of them a quick hug. "Don't get into too much trouble." She gave them a friendly wink, immediately turning their legs into jelly. The three friends simultaneously swooned and fell onto their backs, causing Nazz to giggle. Jonny, carrying Plank, came to Eddy and pulled him up with his free arm, prompting the other Eds to pick themselves up.

"Me and Plank wanted to say that we hope you guys will have some fun at your new school," Jonny said with a toothy grin.

"Thanks, Baldy," Eddy said. Jonny nodded his head and then put his wooden companion to his ear.

"What's that Plank..." he then pulled Plank away and faced the Eds "Oh, and Plank says to make sure to not get anyone upset."

"W-what do you mean, 'Anyone'?" Double D stammered. Jonny pulled Plank to his ear again, making Eddy roll his eyes and groan lightly. Jonny nodded and turned to face the Eds.

"Oh, the usual," Jonny began. "Guys that play sports and have really big muscles, kids with the brains to come up with all kinds of humiliation, dudes that act like punks from the 50's, people with enough money to get away with anything, and others who just like to beat up on small people like us."

Double D legs started to shake violently as his brow was sweating profusely. He started to fall over, but Ed put caught him and pulled him back up. Eddy shook his head at his hysterical friend then turned to face Jonny.

"Thanks for the tip, Melon Head," Eddy said dryly as he patted Jonny's shoulder.

"WHO TOLD YOU?!" Jonny shouted. He clutched Plank and ran back towards his house. Eddy turned back to Ed and Double D, giving them a shrug. His friends returned the gesture and the trio silently decided to chalk it up to Jonny's overactive imagination.

"Ed boys!" Rolf shouted as he approached the Eds. He was carrying a sack that was dripping some liquid. He placed it into Eddy's hands, who was so disgusted that he threw the bag at Ed.

"In Rolf's home country, the relocation of the village menace was marked by giving the freshest fish of the river to encourage them to discover their true path," he explained. "Place these into your bags as you travel, and their sweet stench shall repel laziness and tomfoolery while you are on the path of redemption!" Double D and Eddy scrunched their noses in disgust, while Ed was intrigued by Rolf's story.

"What an interesting story, Rolf," Double D said.

"Yeah, Stretch, real page turner," Eddy added. "But I'm pretty sure that we don't need any..."

"POPPY COCK!" Rolf shouted. "The fish shall repel!" Rolf grabbed the fish out of Ed's hands and proceeded to shove a smelly fish into each one of their bags, much to Eddy's and Double D's dismay. He nodded sternly and joined Kevin and Nazz. As if on cue, Sarah and Jimmy made their way towards the Eds.

"Oh, great," Eddy moaned as he shot his hands into the air. "What do you two gotta say? Got a stuffed animal to bring to class? A tea cozy for lunch?" Sarah shot him an icy glare in response.

"Like we'd give anything to you, Eddy," she said.

"Yeah," Jimmy said, sticking his tongue out. "Tea cozy's are only for people who deserve them." As Eddy rolled his eyes, Ed approached his little sister with a smile.

"Aw, Baby Sister has come to give Ed a hug," he said, stretching his arms out wide. He was met with her shoving him to the side.

"BACK OFF, LUMMOX!" she shouted. "I don't want to have to bathe with bleach to get your stink off of me again." She approached Double D, who looked down at her nervously.

"Um, hello, Sarah," he said nervously. Sarah began to smile at her crush.

"Hi, Double D," she said sweetly. She then wrapped her arms around his midsection, trapping his arms at his sides.

"Y-you're invading my personal..." Double D began to say, but was cut off by Sarah squeezing him tighter.

"Double D, can't you stay and let my idiot brother go?" Sarah pleaded. "Eddy can get lost, too. You can stay here and play with Jimmy and me." While Double D looked around nervously, Eddy was scowling at the addition to the growing list of insanity he was receiving so early in the morning and Ed was frowning at his sister's scorn for his brotherly affection.

"Sarah, while I am flattered that you'd like for me to stay," Double D began to say as he made his way out of her grip, "I must inform you that I am obligated to join Ed and Eddy, due to the fact that it was my acceptance to Bullworth Academy that introduced their parents to the thought of sending them to the school in the first place." Sarah dropped her head and let out a small sniffle.

"Fine," she muttered. "Bye, Double D." Before Double D could attempt to comfort her, Jimmy quickly put his arm over Sarah's shoulder.

"It'll be ok, Sarah," he said. The two kids walked away towards the playground, leaving the Eds, Kevin, Nazz, and Rolf in the cul-de-sac.

"Alright, all the goodbyes are done," Eddy said. "Let's get this show on the road."

"Real eager to go, eh, Dorky?" Kevin asked with a smirk. "Good riddance." Eddy began to grind his teeth in anger, his fists clutched at his sides. Double D noticed this and immediately began to calm his friend.

"Now, Eddy," he began, "let's just get into the car and get on our..." He was cut off by Eddy turning around to face Kevin.

"THAT'S IT!" Eddy shouted. "I've had it with all this crap from you, Shovel Chin! Me and the guys are gonna go to this school and we'll be big shots! We'll have money, power, respect, EVERYTHING! You'll see!" All the other kids stood dumbfounded at Eddy's declaration. While he was infamous for his short temper, he had never lashed out like the way he did.

"Double D," Ed whispered. "Did Eddy quote a movie?"

"Technically, no, Ed," Double D whispered back. "He merely alluded to the point that the quote was making." Ed nodded as if he understood. Meanwhile, Kevin shook off his surprise and his cocky grin returned.

"I won't hold my breath," he said. Ed, sensing danger, picked up Eddy and held him back. The shortest Ed began to claw and kick in Kevin's direction. His fury was cut short, however, at the sound of three familiar voices drawing closer to their position.

"I can't believe they're leaving!" the dopey-sounding voice shouted.

"Mom was right," the shrill voice said. "Give a man your heart, and they'll leave you with nothing."

"Guess we better make sure that the boys don't forget about us, eh, girls?" the gruff voice called out. Before the Eds could begin to shake in terror, the other kids had ran for safety.

"KANKER SISTERS, EDDY!" Ed shouted as he jumped behind Double D for cover.

"What are we going to do?" Double D asked as he clutched his ski cap in fear. "We're exposed! No safe haven in sight!" Eddy looked at the car and saw that it was left unlocked.

"Come on!" he shouted as he grabbed his two friends by their collars, leaving their bags at the curb. He dragged them towards the car, opened the back seat door and shoved his friends inside. He immediately clambered over the hood of the car to get to the front passenger door. As he opened it, Double D checked behind them, noticing that they had forgotten something.

"Eddy!" Double D shouted. "Our bags!"

"What am I?" Eddy asked. "A freakin' bell boy?!" Still, he ran to the curb and grabbed the three pieces of luggage and made a break for the trunk. As he threw them inside and slammed the door shut, he checked his back and saw the Kanker sisters coming down the street.

"LOOK!" the red headed sister shouted. "It's Eddy!"

"AAAAAAAHHHH!" Eddy screamed. He immediately ran to the open door, jumped into the seat and slammed the door behind him. He pressed the auto-lock button, allowing he and his friends to breathe a sigh of relief. The three girls surrounded the car, each one had an evil smirk on their face.

"Hiya, boys," they said in unison.

"Oh...Hello, Lee," Double D said politely. "Marie. May. W-what brings you here?"

"We heard that you three were leaving town without us," Lee explained. "Were you planning on leaving without saying 'goodbye'?" She began to rhythmically tap on Eddy's window, while Marie was breathing on Double D's window in order to draw a heart in the condensation. May merely looked through to Ed, waving in a faux shy manner. While Ed and Double D cowered in their seats, Eddy smirked back at his tormenters.

"Count on it, Kanker!" Eddy said with a smile. "We're going so far away that you'll need a...a..." Eddy paused due to not knowing the word he was looking for. Ed, Double D, and the Kankers all waited patiently for Eddy's train of thought to reach its station.

"Hey, what's the name of those guys that led people up Mount Everlast?" he asked his friends.

"I think they called them Sherberts, Eddy," Ed answered. Double D slapped his forehead in frustration.

"The SHERPAS led them up MOUNT EVEREST!" he shouted, putting extreme focus onto his corrections for their mistakes.

"Aw, they're so cute when they squabble," Marie said mockingly.

"So, Short Stack," Lee said. "Are you and your friends gonna let us give you a proper send off or what?" The three sisters then began to pucker their lips and made loud kissing sounds. Eddy rolled his eyes and turned to his frightened friends.

"Don't worry, boys," he said casually. "Dad'll be out here soon and we'll drive off to safety." Double D smiled slightly at the news and wiped the sweat off of his brow, while Ed began to stick his tongue out at the Kankers.

"Ooh, Big Ed, I didn't know you're ready for such a big step," May said, a slight blush creeping over her cheeks. Ed turned back to his friends, a confused look on his face.

"What does that mean, guys?" he asked.

"You don't want to know, Ed," Double D said slowly. As Eddy turned back around, he noticed that his father was walking towards the car. He looked at the three girls that surrounded his car, then back to his son and his friends.

"Eddy, what's going on?" he asked.

"No time to explain, Dad!" Eddy shouted. "We're running late! Let's get going!" Instead of opening the driver side door, Eddy's father scratched his head in confusion.

"What are you talking about?" he asked. "What about your girlfriends here?"

"They aren't our..!" Eddy tried to shout, but found himself cut off by Lee approaching his father.

"You see, sir," she said sweetly. "My sisters and I were running late telling Ed, Edd, and Eddy goodbye." The Eds were shocked that Lee was capable of being polite to anyone, let alone use a word like "sir".

"Yeah," Marie added. "But they say that you need to go soon..."

"Will you please give us some time to tell them goodbye?" May asked, prompting her and her sisters to give puppy dog eyes to Eddy's father. He began to smile and pressed the unlock button on his key chain.

"DAD!" Eddy shouted. "What are you doing?!"

"Come on, Eddy," he said as he opened the car doors. "There's always time to say goodbye to your girlfriends. I need to go back inside anyway." He walked back towards his front door, chuckling as he entered his home. The Eds began to sweat nervously as the Kankers kind façade faded and they regained their intimidating aura.

"You gonna want to do this the easy way or the hard way?" Lee asked with a smirk. While Eddy and Ed cowered in their seats, Double D did his best to regain his composure and become the voice of reason.

"Eddy, this should be the last time that we will be subjected to this torture," Double D sighed. "Perhaps we should face this last punishment with quiet dignity and dauntless courage." As he said that, Eddy began to clutch to his seat while Lee was pulling at his legs.

"LEMME GO!" he shouted. Lee chuckled as her man's grip slipped, allowing her to drag him off to the side of his house. Double D looked nervously towards Ed, whose head was being grabbed by May.

"THIS IS JUST HOW IT HAPPENED TO THE COMIC RELIEF IN ZOMBIES FROM THE GREENHOUSE CEMETARIES!" Ed shouted as May dragged him off to the other side of Eddy's house, leaving Double D sitting alone with Marie, who was starting to enter the backseat with him.

"Quiet dignity and dauntless courage," Marie said with a coy smile. "Isn't that right, Oven Mitt?" Double D swallowed the fear that was forming a lump in his throat, closed his eyes, and clenched his fists.

"Let's just get that over with, Marie," he said. Marie shrugged and took her time fixing her lipstick.

"Pucker up, Dreamboat!" she said. Double D felt a hand grab him by the shirt collar and pull him forward.


"Heh, heh, heh," Eddy's father chuckled. "I didn't know that I was driving a trio of Casanovas today." Eddy scowled with his arms crossed in the front seat, Double D frowned slightly, and Ed smiled as he watched the passing cars. The one thing that the boys had in common was the fact that their faces were covered in red lipstick stains.

"While I appreciate the compliment, sir," Double D said as he pulled out a handkerchief to clean himself with. "I'm afraid that you are mistaken. The Kanker sisters affectionate actions are uninvited and coupled with intimidation to make us submit to their control." Eddy's father nodded as if he understood, but he soon leaned towards his son.

"Translation, Mini Me," he requested.

"The Kankers aren't our girlfriends, Dad," Eddy muttered as he rubbed off the kiss marks with his hands. "They've been driving us crazy ever since they moved to Peach Creek."

"Sounds like a girlfriend to me," his father chuckled. "Well, if you wanted your space, no better way to do it than traveling hundreds of miles in any direction." Eddy and Double D silently agreed with the statement. The group continued the trip while enjoying the silence of the ride. They passed state line after state line, losing count of exactly how many they crossed. Eventually, Double D and Ed had fallen asleep in the back, leaving Eddy and his father to talk.

"You know," Eddy's father began. "I managed to catch a bit of what you were shouting about before those girls showed up. Something about being a big shot at Bullworth. Care to elaborate?" Eddy tensed up, fearing his dad's temper would flare up if he said anything. Sensing that his son wouldn't explain himself, he let out a sigh.

"Look, Eddy," he said. "Ever since your brother left home, your mom and I heard too many damn stories from the other parents about how you've tried to make money off of their kids. Now, call me crazy, but I'm sure that this is some attempt to live up to his so-called 'legacy'." Eddy sunk his head and looked at his shoes, confirming his father's suspicions.

"This is actually a good opportunity for you," his father continued. "Even for your friends, too. You guys can get away from the crap you've done and start over. Be something better than what you three made yourselves back home."

"But, Dad..." Eddy attempted to explain, only to be cut off by his father's hand coming down to rub his hair.

"No buts, Squirt," he chuckled. "I don't want to hear a word about you getting in any trouble up at this school. I'm sure the same goes for their parents." He pointed his thumb towards the back seat. Eddy turned to face his still-slumbering friends, his mind playing reruns of all their misadventures in the cul-de-sac. He recalled how often he and his friends wound up in trouble, how they usually ended up in bad situations, and how often they could've blamed him for it all.

"Yes, sir," Eddy said. "I promise to stay out of trouble." His father smiled at his son's answer.

"Good to hear," he replied. "If you want, you can take a nap, too. Long car drives gotta be boring for you kids." Eddy nodded in agreement and made himself comfortable. He soon drifted off to sleep while his father dutifully drove the sleeping youths towards their destination.


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