I used some ideas from this awesome movie for this chapter, but it's still original.

Uh, before you read on... this chapter is VERY DEPRESSING! It's different from all the other chapters and it reaches deep into Edd's soul. It is definitely PG 13.

Hope you enjoy this chapter! *smiles*

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The kids cautiously walk up to Edd. Eddy speaks first.

"Hey, uh, what cha looking at?" Eddy asks.

Edd keeps looking ahead ignoring Eddy.

Eddy sighs deeply. He tries again, "What's wrong? Can't ya tell us?"

"What could be so terrible that you have to avoid us?" Nazz asks gently.

Edd finally speaks, "If you all must know then sit down." he sighs and hangs his head, "It's quite a long story."

"We don't mind. Do we Plank?" Jonny says. All the kids sit down then and wait for Edd to talk.

Edd clears his throat. "Well, you all remember when I was gone on a trip to see a relative of mine a half a year ago?" They all nod. "This relative was my sister." They all gasp.

"You don't have a sister! Do you?" Jonny asks.

"Yes. I do. She was living with my father. My parents are divorced," he tells them.

"But you live with both your parents deep-voice!" Eddy says.

"No, that was...*sigh*, that was a lie. I'm sorry," he admits. The others gasp at this.

"You lied to me? To us? You're supposed to be the perfect guy!" Eddy exclaims.

"You're much too sweet to lie!" Nazz adds.

"Yes, but others didn't consider me perfect, not at all. But I'll get to that later... Anyway, she decided to live with us for a few months, but first she wanted me to go visit her. One: so she could see me, and two: because she was feeling alone at the time... very alone. She had a rare genetic disorder since birth. We're twins, but something went wrong with her when she was born after me. She lived through it bravely as always. She always was a strong fighter. Her body was frail because of the illness and she couldn't walk. She rode around in a wheelchair instead. Before she called me to come see her there were some new kids in her neighborhood. They were cruel to her... they hurt her. She needed a friend desperately, but because she went to a special school and all, her single friend in truth was her only brother: me. She said with me being there she would feel better." Edd smiles a bit at this memory, yet there is sadness evident in his eyes.

"What happened to her?" Sarah asks.

Tears are now filling up Edd's eyes, but he refuses to let them fall. He continues, "Well, my mother allowed me to go see her. She lived not too far, only a two-hour ride from here. I arrived there that following night by taxi, my mother gave me money in advance for it... so, I..." his voice starts to crack, "I greeted her. She was so happy. I was happy. I loved her so much. She had a beautiful name. It was Edana. Which means 'tiny flame.' She was a tiny flame, tiny, but strong with fire in her spirit and soul. MY name means guardian of the mists. I take it as to means to guard drops of water, and not let them put her out. But I failed..." He stopped and his tears fell down freely. He didn't bother to brush them away.

"Failed?" Jimmy asked in a scared whisper.

"Yes. Failed. That night... she came into my room. She was pulling her wheelchair in. She wanted to get in bed with me. I told her that was not smart to do and that she was better off in her own bed. So instead she kissed me goodnight. She told me she was so happy I came to see her and that she couldn't wait to visit the place that I lived in and to meet my friends. I kissed her back on her cheek and we embraced each other in a hug. She left with a smile. I'll never forget that smile. It had always been the only smile she would give to just me. I had one special for her too... mine was the same smile." Edd stops and chuckles sadly at this. "She left. I went to sleep. I felt uncomfortable in a strange bed so I was easier to wake up than usual from noises. And that night, I heard a noise that was louder than any regular noise that can occur during the night. I ignored it and finally drifted to sleep. I woke up later uneasy from the coldness in the room. It was 4:30 at the time. I got up and wandered in the long hall outside my bedroom... I decided a glass of warm milk would calm me. So I found my way to the kitchen, had a glass of milk, went back up to my room, and went to sleep. The following morning..." he shuddered as he played what happened in his mind.

"What, what?" Everyone whispered loudly in almost perfect harmony.

"I can't bring myself to say it," he says in a cracked voice. He hugs his knees and starts to rock back and forth a little.

"Please Double D?" Nazz asks kindly.

"That morning I heard my father scream. Scream out bloody murder. It turned out he went to her room to wake her up for her morning ride, something she enjoyed greatly, when he saw..." he closed his eyes tightly, "saw her dead body."

Everyone gasped at this.

"D-d-dead?" Jimmy squeaks out. He was crouching behind Sarah.

"Yes." Was Edd's only reply.

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When I wrote this I cried... anyway... the rest of the story will go much like this movie I saw. I will say the title of it in a later chapter.

Thanks to all my reviewers!

Stevey: The chapter that no one has read yet is chapter 11 I think.... or Ch. 12... ah, I'm confused... lol. (The thank-you's are being taken away from me because it was all because of them in the first place that ff.net cancelled my story...)