It was winter and the modest, picturesque Cul-de-sac of a town called Peach Creek was currently iced with snow, as if all the suburb was was a town made of gingerbread, though from one glance, it was certain that these homes were not cookie-based in the least.
Three residents of this region were Ed, Edd and Eddy; three boys in their early teenage years who attempted to carve their niche in their society, known as the "Eds" to most. And they were, (though a fair few hated to admit this) the most infamous people in the Cul-de-sac. No three people had stuck together as well as these three misfits. Of course, they were only known as misfits for their frequent get-rich-quick schemes, from which they had lost much credibility and had gained many enemies.
The Eds themselves could be called funny for how they look and worked. Ed was yellow-skinned, about five-foot-nine and had the intelligence quotient of a bag of hammers. He was also the strong one among the group, so he did most, if not all of their grunt work. Though he looked as though he could make quite the bully, he was innocent and friendly and was very accustomed to being told what to do, though sometimes he forgot what it was he was doing. He was also quite the slave to comics, sci-fi and B movie horror films. He was also neglecting of, if not against all form of personal hygiene.
This fact was known all too well by Edd, or "Double D" as he was better called. Edd was about three inches shorter than Ed, had the weak and high-pitched voice of a male secretary as well as a Harvard standard intellect. He also wore a black stocking-cap, or as most called it, a "beanie" over his head, for reasons only he and his friends knew. Of course, being the opposite end of the intelligence spectrum from Ed, he was, to be expected, physically weak enough to be bossed around just as much as Ed, though he often didn't do so as willingly. After all, being a conscience-motivated fellow driven by his own integrity, it was most of the time hard to push him into participating in one of Eddy's lack-luster schemes. Of course, Eddy had his wiles (though not many), as he knew his scams would never get of the ground without his inventor/planner holding the fort together.
Eddy was the shortest of the group. And by short, he is almost six inches shorter than Edd. But he was about average strength and could easily force Edd to do his bidding. It was from Eddy that their friendship had been forged. Eddy was money-mad and power-hungry. Of course, knowing his own limits (though from his narcissism he rarely pointed it out) he had recruited Edd and Ed. Among them, he was of average intelligence, with little common sense but had amazing skills in persuasion. He was the one among the group who was sly and underhanded. So many of his money-making schemes matched that mind-set. Edd often resisted because of this, especially if Eddy's scam of topic was (likely) harebrained and totally out-of-the-question. But despite all odds, here they were, friends for as long as they could remember.
The Ed's our will-be heroes, were engineering their latest scam, money exchange. They had put up a cardboard coin star machine, which the Eds "manually" worked. Sarah and Jimmy spotted the machine, and moved curiously toward it.
Sarah was Ed's sister, a young girl with long red hair who had (ever since she could scream with her unnaturally deep and croaky voice) always ruled over her older brother. Her anger was easily sparked, especially by Eddy, who she detested. And just like Ed, she had incredible strength for her age; for anyone really. Thus, she WAS a bully, able to domineer her older, terrified sibling and keep herself at the top of the family pack.
Sarah: "Who'd leave an ATM in the middle of the street?"
Jimmy: "That's no ATM Sarah, that's a coin star! See, put in your loose change, and out come crisp, portable dollar bills!"
Jimmy was Sarah's best and only true friend. Everyone else was too afraid of her, and she rarely socialized beyond those of her age anyway. If Edd was weak, then Jimmy was a paper mannequin. There had actually been one occasion when a falling clothes peg had nearly broken his foot. He was as white as milk with matching hair, which was so poofy that he could be mistaken for female. Of course, there were other reasons for such a misconception as well. Jimmy hated all things masculine, and Sarah was the only one who understood that. Despite everything, Jimmy was the one Sarah was kindest to. Sarah was kind of Jimmy's only line of defense, though it was very good.
Jimmy demonstrated the "machine" and put in four quarters. A buzzing sound came up that sounded suspiciously like Ed doing the sound effect. A dollar bill (with Ed's face printed on it) popped out of the slot. Sarah noticed the ink-Ed's face on the bill, and casually extracted the Eds through the slot. She had them all by the chest with only one of her fists. Their faces were red from Sarah's grasp. Sarah tied them in a knot around a light pole, and walked off with Jimmy.
Edd: "That was predictable."
Eddy: "When'll we ever get a break?"
Edd: "If we survive until the next summer vacation, I'll count that as a break."
Ed: "My knees hurt Eddy."
Just then, a looming shadow covered Peach Creek, and in the background a black comet-like projectile slowly moved toward the commercial area of Peach Creek. This projectile blacked out the sun because of its size.
Edd: "A solar eclipse?"
Ed: "BRING ON THE SALSA!"
Eddy: "Shut up Ed."
There was a blinding white light, and for the citizens of Peach Creek, all went black.