A/N: This chapter takes place several weeks in between 'Welcome to Beacon' and 'A Minor Hiccup'. Enjoy.
Beacon: The Next Day.
The next day Double D and Eddy of Team EEE got up just like any other day, got dressed and went to class. Luckily Ed made it to class, after the doctors made a couple of physical tests on him they stated that he would be free to go. No broken bones, not even a scratch, he was free to go. But Ed did promise Yang that he would come back later in the day to visit Yang. Ed Edd n Eddy continued to sit through Oobleck's class acting like their usual selves, except Eddy who was actually trying to pay attention to what Oobleck was saying. He didn't know why but it could've been something to do with Weiss. Anyway after class the other Eds went about their usual schedule. Ed went to Goodwitch's class, which he would certainly get some looks. Double D would go to Professor Port's class, and during Eddy's free time he would work with Weiss in the library a second time. Eddy didn't know what it was about this girl but he just liked spending time with her.
Library:
As the day before Weiss and Eddy were sitting in a table at the Library with books and notes flayed out in front of them with the both of them studying. Well, Eddy at least studying as best as he could. About twenty more minutes have passed and Eddy was as usual, beyond bored by the material he was studying. He looked over at Weiss as he noticed the scar yet again, running down her left eye. He was always curious about that but he just never asked about it. He thought that he might as well ask of it when he could.
"Hey Weiss."
"Yeah, what is it?" Asked Weiss still focusing on her work.
"Is it alright if I asked you... Where did you get that scar from?" Asked Eddy. This made Weiss completely snap out of her focusing on her work and look over at Eddy with a bit of a shocked look. Eddy immediately thought that he should've kept his mouth shut. But Eddy was surprised by what Weiss responded with.
"Actually... When I was a little girl, one of the only times when my father allowed me to walk around the city, I was attacked. I asked my father so many times as a little girl to go and see the city myself, my father said no because of all of the potential dangers out there... Including the White Fang." Explained Weiss. Eddy was completely invested in the story. He heard of the White Fang a bit on the news, weren't they a crime organization of some sort?
"When I bothered my father long enough and asked him over and over to see the city myself, he finally gave in. He had too much work to do running the Schnee Dust Company so he sent two bodyguards with me to the city to protect me from any harm. I thought that was stupid, I never knew how much I needed them. So, me being my stupid six year old self I was, I ditched my bodyguards and ran around the city all by myself to see all the buildings, cars, and especially the people and fanus."
Eddy heard about fanus before, they were people with animal parts. Weiss continued.
"But, I never thought that the city could ever be dangerous. When I was walking by an alleyway, out of nowhere, some men grabbed me, pulled me in and pinned me against a dumpster. They turned out to be four White Fang members, they had those disgusting masks and everything. They started blaming my father and my families company for their misery. They called me and my family bigoted monsters and we needed to be stopped. I suspect that they wanted to get to my father through me. One of them pulled out a knife and... Well... I guess you could guess how I got the scar by now." Explained Weiss.
Eddy was surprised by this, he just thought that Weiss got that scar by accident. And he never thought that a bit of a spoiled and snobby girl like that could've had an experience like that. Eddy thought that would be it, but Weiss' story wasn't over yet.
"Before they could've hurt me any further or... Even kill me, my bodyguards tracked me down just in time and saved me from the White Fang members. They brought me back home, my father was very disappointed in me and... That's it." Said Weiss with a saddened look.
"Hey, look I'm sorry I never should've as-"
"It's okay... We all have at least one traumatizing experience in our pasts."
"Yeah well, my experiences is nothing compared to what you said but... I did have an older brother who would... Beat me up from time to time. Heck! After my brother moved out I lied to the other kids in my neighborhood that my brother was a cook for royalty, a whaler, and a pro at any cool activity you could imagine. Ha... Really just said that so I could get a friendship that I couldn't get from my brother. But don't worry about him, last time we saw him Ed slammed a door in his face." Said Eddy.
"Well, it may not have been as bad as my experience but, about having some sibling issues... I can understand. My big sister wasn't necessarily a bully but... She wasn't the most warm hearted person either. She and my father would both expect the best from me, and my sister would criticize every step I took. Wanting me to attain perfection along with my father. I still love my sister but... It's not always that easy..." Said Weiss.
"Wow. I guess we have more in common then I thought." Said Eddy.
"Hmm... Yeah, I guess we do." Said Weiss as she and Eddy continued to stare at each other for a few more seconds until. They both snapped out of it with both of them blushing.
"I think we should, get back to work." Said Weiss covering her blushing face with her book.
"Yeah, good idea." Said Eddy doing the same thing.
Hospital Wing:
Yang was just laying in her hospital bed watching TV bored out of her mind. Usually she would pass the time by working out but the doctors didn't approve. She continued to flip through the channels on the TV still incredibly bored until the room door was slammed open. This startled Yang as she looked over at the door. It turns out it was just Ed, this was already exciting for Yang to see a familiar face but Ed was also carrying her favorite board game, snacks, and other goodies as well.
"Hi there Yang! Thought I should stop by and bring some snacks and board game." Said Ed still carrying the game and goodies in his arms walking over to Yang's bed.
"Wow Ed! You shouldn't have!" Said Yang as Ed placed the materials on Yang's bed.
"Oh but I insist! You shouldn't be in a boring hospital room without having anyone to have fun with!" Said Ed.
"What should we do first?" Asked Ed.
"What about the board game?" Suggested Yang as they opened up the box containing the bored game laid it out. As Ed and Yang continued to goof off, they played Yang's favorite fantasy game she would usually play with Ruby, eat snacks while watching TV together, and much more. Yang started to feel guilty again as she looked down. Ed noticed this and asked.
"Are you okay Yang? You look sad."
"It's just that, you volunteered to do my part of the school service work, you were so kind that when we were supposed to be fighting you didn't want to hit me, and your using up one of your only free periods throughout the day to come visit me when you could be doing anything else. " Explained Yang saddened.
"Well I don't care about any of that! I just want to make sure that my friend is happy!" Said Ed happily. Yang started to smile as she looked over at Ed.
"Hey Ed, could you come a little closer please? I wanna tell you something." Said Yang making a finger gesturing motion. Ed obeyed the request thinking that Yang just wanted to tell him something. Instead Ed received a kiss on the cheek making him blush.
"You really are a sweet guy Ed." Said Yang. Ed just turned redder then a fire hydrant with a look of shock on his face.
"Well... My pack of Beowolves just destroyed your Atlas fleet!" Said Yang pulling up her trap card. This caused Ed to snap out of his gaze as he said.
"Hey no fair! You caught me off guard!" Said Ed as he tried to organize his soldiers, fleets, and trap cards once again to strike against Yang's forces. They went back to having a good time.
Beacon Courtyard:
Many of the kids who would usually have off periods at that time usually walk around the outer walls of the school to do what kids usually do. They would chat with one another, maybe eat lunch, play games, read books in peace, or do anything else that caught their fancy. Such as the resident book worm known as Blake sat on a bench near a tree away from everyone else, and peacefully reading a new book she got into called The Man with Two Souls. As the yellow eyed girl continued to read the book minding her own business, she heard a voice.
"Hello Blake, do you mind if I sit next to you?"
As Blake looked up she saw the brainiac of Team EEE known as Double D standing before her holding a book in his hand. Blake usually didn't like it when someone would like to sit next to her as she read and potentially distract her from her reading. But as she looked up at him she saw that he was holding a book of his own, clearly he just wanted to sit next to her and read himself.
"Okay, but I really just want to read in peace and not be distracted." Said Blake.
"I totally respect that, I just like to have a little company while I read myself." Said Double D as he sat down next to Blake silently and began to read himself. As about ten more minutes pass as Blake started to grow curious about the material that Double D was reading. Every time Blake saw Double D read it was usually something like Advanced Biology, Advanced Physics, Advanced Chemistry, Advanced Mathematics, and anything else of that nature. But when Blake caught a quick glance of what Double D was reading, she saw the title of one of her favorite books Ninja's of Love. With a bit of an embarrassed tone she asked.
"Umm... Double D is that the book Ninjas of Love?" Asked Blake very hesitantly.
"Well yes, actually when me and my friends stayed in your dorm for the first night, I caught a look at the bookshelf in your room. And I have to say that many of those books seemed interesting, so I picked one out of the library." Said Double D.
"Umm... How far have you gotten into it?" Asked Blake with a very embarrassed look, knowing that later in the book more... Mature material starts to pop up.
"Well I actually just began reading it, and I gotta say it isn't half bad. Although I did read later on into the book out of curiosity, and the story started to become more... Amorous." Said Double D smiling and blushing a little. Blake face palmed, knowing that Double D might now think that she might be some sort of pervert.
"Don't worry Blake, every once and awhile we all read material like this. Like when I was reading a book about the human anatomy I came across a page that had detailed illusory of two humans mating! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh my!" Said Double D as he and Blake began to laugh together.
"I guess your right, Yang hides adult magazines under her mattress, Ruby has over a dozen weapon magazines, and Weiss has some immature material of her own." Said Blake as she and Double D continues to laugh even further.
"If you think that's bad, when Eddy made Ed hide his magazines and Ed forgot where he put them, Eddy went off the proverbial shelf and threatened to throw my hat and Ed's eyebrow into the sewerage drain if he didn't get his magazines back!" Said Double D as the two continued to laugh together a little further until they calmed down.
"But in all seriousness the story of that book is pretty good, I've always found books very interested. I mean, they inspire others, shape history, and are a great way to get away from the everyday world." Said Blake.
"I completely agree, I mean, who doesn't like the feeling of a good old book in their hands?" Asked Double D.
"Over here!" Said Sun Wukong hanging upside down from the tree next to the bench with his tail, startling both Double D and Blake.
"Woah Danny!" Yelled Double D out of fear.
"Naw, just Sun." Said Sun.
"Need to put a bell on you." Said Double D.
"What was that?" Asked Sun.
"Oh nothing. I believe we haven't been introduced to one another yet." Said Double D getting up from the bench.
"Guess we haven't. Hey wait! Your one of those guys from that video!" Said Sun recognizing Double D as he let go of the branch and landing on his feet.
"Yes I am, my name is Eddward, but everyone just calls me Double D to avoid confusion with my friend Ed." Said Double D shaking Sun's hand.
"I'm Sun Wukong, and everyone calls you Double D huh?" Asked Sun with a cheeky look, like he was about to tell a joke about the nickname. Double D rolled his eyes.
"Yang already beat you to it." Said Blake looking over at Sun.
"Aw Man! She always gets the good ones! But anyway you guys during that initiation test were pretty good." Complemented Sun.
"Oh it was nothing much, but let me ask what were you doing in the tree?" Asked Double D.
"I was bored, so I decided to hang around and eavesdrop on you guys." Said Sun brutally honest.
"WHAT DID YOU HEAR?!" Asked Blake embarrassed.
"Enough." Said sun with a giggle.
"*Sigh* You seem like the type of person who would get along with Eddy just fine." Said Double D.
"Oh yeah! Can't wait to meet those other two guys! Especially the one that can turn into a monster! Oh yeah, and you and your friends should definitely meet my best bud Neptune." Said Sun.
"Hey Sun!" Said Neptune walking over to the three students. "What's up?" Asked Neptune as Sun and Neptune made their usual bro handshake.
"Nothin' much, just meeting one of the guys from that video initiation we saw in Ooblecks class." Said Sun gesturing his hand towards Double D.
"Huh, nice to meet ya! Name's Neptune Vasilias. The name the ladies can't resist." Said Neptune winking causing Blake and Sun to roll their eyes.
"Well very nice to meet you, my name is Eddward. But everyone just calls me Double D." Said Double D shaking Neptune's hand.
"Oh wait, your name is Eddward? There is this weird booth and stage I saw setup on the west side of the courtyard called 'Bottomless Ed'. Do you know what that's about? I think I saw the short guy from the video there too behind the booth." Said Neptune remembering the sight he saw.
"Oh dear..." Said Double D face palming himself.
Western Beacon Courtyard:
Setup on the east side of the Beacon courtyard was a booth and a stage, with a sign above saying 'Bottomless Ed! Admission only 20 Lien!' Surprisingly many different students who had this period off were gathering around this strange new booth, interested of what it could be. Many of the kids were tired of doing the same old thing over and over again, so they decided to see what this booth were all about. Eddy was standing in the booth itself collecting Lien from customers (suckers) who were interested in seeing what 'Bottomless Ed' was. Teams JNPR, CRDN, CAVY, SSSN, RWBY, and many other students already paid emission and were standing in front of the currently empty stage. As the students were waiting many different students were talking amongst themselves on what 'Bottomless Ed' could be. As the show was about to start Blake and Double D made their way to the scam as they... Had to pay admission to get inside like everyone else. They just wanted to see the rest of Team RWBY but, Eddy didn't care. The two begrudgingly paid and made their way inside to see the rest of Team RWBY. Including Ruby with a excited look, Yang (She recovered) with an excited look as well, and Weiss was standing there with a sour look on her face. Ruby looked over and yelled.
"Double D! Blake! It was awesome that you guys showed up! The show is about to start! I don't know what Bottomless Ed is supposed to be but Eddy made it sound exciting!" Said Ruby.
"Yeah! Awesome you guys showed up! Barely anything awesome (except for maybe a few fights) ever happens around here! Besides, if this is staring Ed, I wonder what other talents ha has." Said Yang.
"... Don't look at me! I was dragged here against my will!" Said Weiss with a sour look still on her face.
"Girls, don't fall for this. It's just another one of Eddy's elaborate schemes (and I use that word lightly) to fool others out of there money. Plus... You would not want to see what 'Bottomless Ed actually is." Said Double D.
"Why not?" Asked Blake. Before Double D could answer him, Eddy already made his way up the stage along with Ed and started to speak.
"Take your top off!" Yelled one random voice from the crowd.
"Who said that?!" Yelled Eddy pointing at the crowd and scanning it.
"Well, anyways, Welcome! Welcome! Ladies and gentlemen! Prepare to be amazed kids! Watch Bottomless Ed here eat an entire mattress! Or, you get a refund!" Said Eddy confidently. Many of the kids of the audience start to talk amongst themselves.
"There's NO WAY someone can eat a whole mattress in one bite!" Said one kid.
"That dosen't sound really healthy." Said another.
"Thats impossible!" Said another kid.
"Oh no... With what Ed could do... I'm afraid to ask." Said Jaune cautiously.
"HA! There's absolutely no way someone can eat a whole mattress in one bite." Said Coco.
"Oh my, I hope he dosen't hurt himself." Said Velvet.
"That sounds- A little gross..." Said Ruby honestly.
"Well I'm pretty interested to see what else Ed could do. Especially with his mouth! Wink! Wink! Nod! Nod! Ya know what I'm talking about?" Said Yang.
"Unfortunately." Said Blake.
"That's physically impossible to do anyway! The human esophagus and human digestive system can not work like that!" Said Weiss.
"Believe me ladies, you do not want to stick around to see what's about to happen!" Warned Double D. Back on the stage Ed walked up to the mattress that was lying in the middle of the stage and said.
"LET'S GET SOME GRAVY!" As he also pulled out a Double D version of a hand puppet saying.
"Yup! Even me as Double D finds this highly ontological!" Double D got annoyed by this as he walked up on the stage and started to nag to Eddy.
"Eddy! No more of these insufferable scams! I will not allow you to-"
"Hold this!" Said Eddy as he stuffed the microphone in Double D's mouth causing him to fall down.
"Oh dear! I fell!" Said the Double D hand puppet.
"Alright Lumpy enough fooling around! Eat the mattress!" Commanded Eddy. Ed looked over at Eddy and looked back at the mattress as he responded with "DELICIOUS!" as he ran over and proceeded to eat the mattress like a python would do to a dead animal. Everyone in the crowd showed faces of horror as Ed changed the shape of his body and unhinged his jaws in order to swallow the mattress. Everyone in the crowd stared on with faces of shock and fear. Ruby starred on with a mixed look of fear and disguised, Blake looked on with a look of pure fear, Yang looked on just laughing, and Weiss fainted. As Ed finally finished his body reverted back to its normal state as he said.
"THAT HIT THE SPOT!" Said Ed as he used his shirt as a napkin to wipe his mouth. One half of the crowd stood there in shock, while the other half ran away screaming.
"What... Just... Happened...?" Asked Ruby with a look of shock on her face.
"Ed... Ed is what happened, and he never ceases to amaze me!" Said Yang.
"Okay so, who's going to bring Weiss to the nurses? I think she fainted." Said Blake looking over the unconsciousness heiress.
"Oh don't worry, the princess will be alright. I'm gonna go up to the stage." Said Yang walking up to the stage.
"*Sigh* Might as well see if Double D needs some help." Said Ruby walking up to the stage as well.
"...*Sigh* Fine, I'll take Weiss to the nurse." Said Blake picking up Weiss and throwing her over her shoulder and saying "Say goodbye Weiss."
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhh..." Responded the unconsciousness Weiss as Blake walked off. As Ruby and Yang made it up to the stage they saw Eddy looking at the jar of Lien he collected with a sinister smile on his face, Double D was looking at Eddy with an annoyed look, and Ed was still wiping his mouth with his shirt. Yang walked over to Eddy and Ed as she said.
Ruby walked over to Double D as she asked "Hey Double D, are you alright?"
"Just fine Ruby, thanks for asking. At least I know that I have SOME FRIENDS WHO CARE ABOUT MY WELL BEING!" Yelled Double D, calmly thanking Ruby then turning his attention to Eddy which he yelled.
"Great congrats on the baby!" Said Eddy still not paying attention to Double D and still having the glass jar filled with Lien pressed against his face smiling.
"That show was worth the price of admission! I never knew that was possible to do something like that! I guess it's because you guys are aliens huh?" Asked Yang.
"It sure is! And when we're done here, we're all going to go out and get Jawbreakers!" Said Ed.
"Jawbreaker? What's a Jawbreaker?" Asked Yang.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Screamed both Ed and Eddy running off into the distance.
Yang began to laugh as she fell on the ground. Double D and Ruby both walked up to Yang as Double D asked.
"Wait, Jawbreakers don't exist in this dimension?"
"Oh no, they do." Said Ruby.
"Than, why did you make is sound like Jawbreakers don't exist here to Ed and Eddy?" Asked Double D.
"Because I wanted to see their reactions." Said Yang as she, Ruby, and Double D looked over at the two far away figures running farther and farther away into the distance as the screams started to fade away.
"Somebody should really go after them." Commented Ruby.
"Yeah, somebody should." Added Yang as both Yang and Ruby looked over at Double D smiling.
"... Oh, of course why not?" Commented Double D sarcastically as he got off of the stage and walked in the direction of his two friends who were still screaming and running away.
A/N: In this chapter I'm trying to bring Ed and Yang closer, Weiss and Eddy closer, and Double D and Blake closer together as well. And as I said before if the comedy or dialogue seem a little rusty or even the characters or their interactions please let me know so I can improve it. The next few chapters will be more along the lines of goofy adventures until we get into some more action and RWBY's main storyline. Please leave a review and tell me what you think. Thank you for reading. Bye.
