GW: Here's the next chapter of the story, where our three heroes come in: the Eds!

Ed: I'm a superhero!

Edd: That's nice, Ed. Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 4

Later that night, Allen was at the Temple of Magic as he called to the spirits, "Oh, great Temple! Who should lead the quest to capture the umbrella of the Millenium Earl?"

That's when a silver tree sprouted out of the ground and said in a deep voice, "Search the future. The three heroes will be the distant descendents of the Dragon Masters, Edward, Eddward, and Edy."

"I've heard legends of Edward, Eddward, and Edy. They tamed the dragons and taught them to speak," Allen said.

The Tree continued, "777 generations separate Edward, Eddward, and Edy from the heroes you seek."

Allen looked distressed. "How come there are so many generations from the original?"

"They are the first of the generations to be men of science," the Tree said wisely. "So why is that so important?" Allen shrugged.

The Tree didn't like that question as it glowed and said dangerously, "Trust the judgment of the Temple!"

"I do!" Allen said quickly, calming the Tree down. "Tell me which century I can find these champions."

The Tree responded, "It would be what man would call the 21st century. The start of the new world."

The Tree then dropped a silver acorn on the ground as Allen picked it up. "What should I do with this?" he asked.

"Drop it into the Limpid Pool of Time," the Tree instructed. "And you will find them. Farewell, young Walker." Then, the Tree vanished into thin air.

Allen looked at the acorn and shrugged. "Man, my life is getting too weird."

After Allen got the acorn, he rode Sparky to the Limpid Pool of Time while Hotaru and Effie joined them.

"Are you sure this is the Limpid Pool of Time?" Sparky asked. "Sparky, I am one of the Four Magic Comrades," Allen told the dragon. "I know a Limpid Pool of Time when I see one."

"Sure, and I'm Dojo Kanojo Cho," Effie joked as Allen dropped the acorn in the Pool of Time.

After the acorn fell in, the water showed a small suburban town as it showed four boys inside a house. The first was a tall boy with yellow skin, small black hairs on his head, a unibrow, and wearing a green jacket over a red and white shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers. His name was Ed, one of the heroes.

The second was a boy with a black ski cap covering his hair except for three strands that stuck out in the back and wearing a red shirt, purple shorts, red socks, and black shoes. This was Edd, or Double D, another of the heroes.

The last boy was the shortest. He had three long strands of hair and wore a yellow shirt with a red stripe, light blue jeans with a chain in his pocket, and sneakers. This was Eddy, the last of the chosen heroes. The three boys were playing a board game they created with a tall boy who had blue hair named Rolf, the Son of a Shepard.

Rolf said in a tired manner, "Dragons and wizards and dungeons and princesses. Dragons and wizards and princesses and dungeons and castles. Ed-boys, is this all you think about?"

Edd shook his head and said, "Never mind what I think. What do you think of this Flight of Dragons game I created?"

"You can buy it for 25 cents!" Eddy chirped greedily as Edd gave him a stern glare. Ed smiled happily and said, "I painted the figurines, I did!"

"Rolf must admit it, it is pretty fun," Rolf said.

"With only a couple of thousand dollars, we could manufacture this and be living like kings!" Eddy chuckled as he had money signs in his eyes.

"Only a thousand dollars!?" Rolf said incredulously. "Money-hogging Eddy is crazy like Wilfred without his mud. Like it grew on trees."

"True Eddy may seem crazy, but I have an heirloom," Double D said as he pulled out an old watch. "It must be worth something."

Rolf sighed, "If Rolf gave you any money, Nana would hang the Son of a Shepard by his toes from Victor's milk spouts."

"What did Rolf say?" Ed said befuddled by Rolf's ways of speaking. "Double D Ed-boy, aren't you writing a book called Flight of Dragons, too?"

Double D shrugged and said, "I was. But with all of Eddy's jobs to get money, I don't have the time."

"Hey, my scams work sometimes," Eddy argued. "But Double D says if this game sells…"

"You know something, Ed-boys?" Rolf said to the three scammers. "Rolf does not mean to offend, but you're all dragon nuts."

"Meh, they're okay. But if I had a few, I could give kids dragon rides for a few bucks!" Eddy said excitedly.

"I would ride my dragon through the skies of Valhalla and scream like a banshee werewolf to battle the evil vampire aliens," Ed said in his blissfully stupid way.

"Was that English, Ed?" Eddy asked his tall friend, who just smiled.

Double D replied, "Well, I'm fascinated by them. I'm even positive they existed at a time. I'm trying to learn how they breathe fire, how they flew, how they-"

Rolf said with a smirk, "Rolf takes that back. You're dragon fanatics!"

"Well, I guess you can say they're cool," Eddy shrugged as he handed the dice to Rolf. "You're turn, evil wizard."

"Why is Rolf always the evil wizard?!" Rolf asked furiously, but he rolled the dice anyway. "Ha, ha! 9! Rolf has you trapped in the Ice Palace, frozen like Victor in snow."

"Yeah, but if I roll an 11, I get Dragon Fire to melt the ice," Double D said as it reverted back to Allen and the dragons watching.

"That's going to be our champions?" Hotaru asked in shock. "An idiot, a dweeb, and a pipsqueak scammer?!"

"The Temple of Magic is always right," Allen said seriously, though he couldn't believe it himself. "Trust the Temple."

"But how are they gonna stand up to the Earl. With toys?" Sparky asked. Suddenly, Allen widened his eyes and pointed out at the game board, "Look at the figurines they're playing with! The weird tall boy is using the Earl!"

It was true; Rolf's piece was an exact replica of the Millenium Earl. Also on the board were replicas of Allen, Negi, and Rika.

"Hey, there's you, Negi, and Rika!" Hotaru gasped. "And…the pieces the Eds are using are us!" Effie said. Ed was using Hotaru, Edd was using Sparky, and Eddy was using Effie.

"And over there; that's Mommy!" Sparky chirped as he saw Hero on the board as well.

"Incredible," Allen gasped. "Somehow, the Eds know what we look like." He then smiled. "Good old Temple of Magic."

He then turned to the three dragons and ordered, "Sparky, Effie, and Hotaru; go back home and wait for me. Tell Hero to summon Derrik Markl and her little brother."

"Okey-dokey," Sparky laughed as Hotaru asked curiously, "Where are you going?"

Allen raised his hands and called on his magic, "Bring me to the Eds. This I ask for!"

Soon, Allen was now on the game board as time froze in the Eds' world. Only Ed, Edd, and Eddy remained unfrozen as Double D asked a frozen Rolf, "Rolf? Are you alright?"

"Oh, no! Rolf has been captured in a time warp by the vile-" Ed started but got smacked by Eddy, who grumbled, "Quiet down, lumpy. Rolf's probably gone deaf or somethin'."

"Hey, this is a pretty cool game," Allen's voice called up to them. "Check it out; one of the toys is talking," Eddy said as the Eds looked at Allen in awe.

"You should come down as well so we can talk better," Allen called to them. The exorcist made the dice roll as they landed on 12. He smiled, "12! No beating that number! Come on down!"

Before the Eds knew it, they were shrunk down to the board game with Allen facing them.

"Uh, Ed; do you think we ate some of that moldy toast you served us this morning?" Eddy asked Ed, who said, "What?"

"Um, what's going on here?" Double D asked. "I'll explain on the journey," Allen said as he sat down on one of the dice.

"Journey? Do we have to pay?" Eddy asked suspiciously.

Allen shook his head as he said to the Eds, "Take a seat." The Ed-boys shrugged as they sat on the other die. Allen immediately raised his hands and the dice flew upwards into the sky, with the Eds screaming the whole way.

Eddy: You crazy hybrid!

GW: Heh, I love torturing Eddy. Anyways, read, review, and suggest 'til next time.