Prologue

"Life is never what it seems to be. You thought that you know it all because you read all of the books and you studied the research of the greatest minds of the world. But I was wrong. Dead wrong. A friend of mine told me once; "you cannot say what was written in the books are always right and it is true. It is just the opinion of the author." and damn right he was. What happened to me and Marie for the last five years was something unexpected and not even my precious books did help me a lot. We suffered hardships, loss, both physical, mental state and emotional pain. But we had endured it all. We made friends, acquaintances and found a new home at the sleepy town of New Dawn, we even had new de-facto parents and we made a new life. Especially we created life. But as years go by, both Marie and I had decided it is time to go home, go back to Peach Creek. We knew everyone from Peach Creek would miss us. Now we are here again on peach creek along with our "Parents" Noel and Teresa, they accompanied us to smooth everything and help us explain our whereabouts these past five years. I hope everything would be alright from this day on."

Edd closed the journal as he closed his eyes. Nausea becoming worst, he made a mental note to refrain from writing during a ride.

"Still writing your internal monologue I see…" Marie quipped, she kept an eye on the road.

Edd gave a hearty laugh. He returned the journal to his bag, he adjusted his seat and placed his hand on Marie's lap. She did her best not to react on his touch, she doesn't want her and Edd to be added to the yearly statistics of vehicular accident fatalities.

"Just a piece of my mind…" Marie's eyes rolled at Edd's comment.

"Always the philosopher." Marie scoffed playfully.

Edd just chuckled, he smiled at Marie. Soon his face changed when he saw a familiar sight closing in. Marie caught on this and tried her best to keep him on ease. The car stopped in front of the familiar building. Hundreds of students flocking the entrance

Marie grabbed Edd's hand and gave a squeeze.

"Are you ready?" Marie asked.

"After you my dear."

They both left the car and got to their bags. Marie walked past Edd by two steps before turning to face him.

"How do I look?" Marie twirled so Edd could see her in full view.

Marie wears a black hoodie with the band name, written like a vine of thorns twisted to make a word. A white shirt inside along with Grey slim jeans and black converse. Her blue hair was now a little longer from four years ago. Running to the edge of the back of her neck. Long bangs covering her left eye. Her notable accessory was the black beanie with two white stripes on the side. Fitted perfectly on her head and the edge was folded. A gift from her oven mitt.

"Lovely. As rebellious as always." Edd said as he rolled his eyes.

Marie playfully punched his shoulder. She stared at Edd, his clothing style was simple. And yet, it made him look like a mature person. Grey colored collared shirt, blue jeans, and a black Merrell Rant sneakers. His black medium length hair combed forward, was dancing on the breeze. He has finally overcome his fear of people seeing the small scar on the right side of his head, due to the fact his hair had grown years ago that covered the scar.

He slung his single strap back-pack. He made a gesture for her to take the lead, this act made Marie smile as she went beside Edd and hooked her arm to his. Together they walked into the entrance of peach creek high.

Many students flocked the hallway, never paying attention to their surroundings as they quicken their pace to avoid being late on the first day of class. They didn't notice the two newcomers walking slowly as they observed their surroundings.

"How do feel?" Marie asked.

"I'm fine. How about you my dear?"

"Same… but eh… much better than New Dawn High."

They walked past the lockers as they were searching for their homeroom, they felt slight discomfort, as they caught the attention of the few senior students. Recognizing the two, they stopped from what they are doing and whispered to each other. Edd and Marie knew they were being watched now, as they recognized the faces of the other students looking at them like they had seen a ghost.

"Just ignore them… let's just keep going to our room." Marie whispered as Edd turned his head towards the crowd behind them.

The senior students were forming a group now as the chatter grew louder. Edd could hear some of their conversations.

"Isn't that one of the Ed's?"

"I know dude. and check it out is that the blue-haired Kanker?"

"I thought they both died. There was a funeral held for both of them years ago right?"

"Whoa this is gonna be a big news"

And big news indeed. Two days before they entered the peach creek high, they returned to their respective families. Marie's return made a big commotion on her trailer home. There was a big surprise, then the anger. Marie endured the three pairs of fist beating her up before the sobfest began. Edd just stood there flabbergasted, but he refrained himself to intervene as he holds something precious. Beside him were their foster parents from New Dawn just looked as surprised as him. They explained everything to Lee, May and Marie's mother about how they found the two and took care of them as their own. And everything went smoothly afterward to Marie's surprise.

Edd, on the other hand, went to the empty house which he once called his home. He was informed by his surprised neighbor about his parents moved out after they held a funeral for him. And about the divorce soon followed, both accusing each other of negligence that led to Edd's demise. This saddened him a lot but Marie was there to assure him that everything was going to be alright. For now, he called his relative; an aunt from his mother's side to be exact. That he is alive and well and to inform his mother and father that he is now on Peach Creek. Before he could hang up the phone, he could hear some commotion on the other side of the line. He knew his aunt was panicking about the news. He now knows where his panicking genes came from.

Their enrollment at the peach creek high was smooth and suffered no difficulties as the two couples who took care of them had signed the papers and assured that they were the legal guardians of the two. The principal eyed the couple warily, he explained that the people they know and were close to them were devastated by their disappearance. They changed since then. This saddened Edd.

"They were not they used to be."

The Principal remarked just as the couple leaves his office. Edd looked at the principal and nodded. He was aware of the changes he had caused to his friends, but there was something on the principal's tone that made him worried.

They entered the room and there was a quiet reception. They received dumbstruck stares from the students. Edd and Marie quickly scanned the room, but to their relief, no one they knew was there. Just people they slightly recognized but didn't remember the names and the ones they don't recognize at all.

"I know this is awkward to all of us. But let us welcome again, Eddward and Marie Edwards." the teacher introduced.

The couple was gestured by the teacher to take the vacant seats on the back. The students were now looking at each other, and they all said one thing.

"Are they married?"

A/N: The characters and the show are owned by Cartoon Network and created by Danny Antonucci except for the cover art, I drew it. Feel free to like and review. Thanks for reading :-)