Author Kirby here. Thank you to my first reviewer, Da U.C.(). Don't worry about me over characterizing the Eds. They will change a bit throughout the story. There will be no pairing going on throughout the story either. I never really like it, and I can't write it either. Oh, and I'm not re-naming Garnet to Dagger. I always found that a bit silly. You'll just have to see what she is re-named to after the ice cavern.
Believe it or not, I have the next five chapters in draft form right now, so all thats left to do is fix them up a bit and correct a few details. Yes, I've been on a writing spree.
Disclaimer: IN THE SUMMARY DUH!
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Chapter 1: Care to answer a few of my EDs?
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-Blackness, that's all Edd saw. He had no idea what time it was, where he was, what day it was, and namely why he got there. Everything seemed to be a blur to him, and he was already so comfortable. He felt like he was drifting away... far away, on a boat... gently rocking of a boat... Wait a minute, he WAS rocking. -
Edd's eyes snapped open, and he found himself staring straight into the face of a bucket of icy cold water.
"YAAA!" Edd shouted and cowered up on the weird mattress he was on. "DON'T SPLASH ME I'M AWAKE!!!!"
"Geez, took ya long enough. You've been out for about 2 hours now." Came a voice he didn't recognize. Edd looked up quizzically to see whom this man was. Just a few feet away, stood a bearded man, just a few inches taller than him. He had a hammer in one hand, and a bucket in the other. On the wall stood another guy with an interesting hairdo, and a red bandanna on his head. He was leaning against the wall with the classic 'I'm the bomb' pose. The one with one foot down, another foot on the wall, and arms folded with eyes closed. Next to him was another guy with a brown bandana, and a thieving looking sword. All of them were now staring at Edd due to his outburst.
The guy with the hammer looked a bit confused. "Geez, calm down will ya. I'm not gonna hurt you" he said
"Its your face Cinna, you always wind up scaring people with that ugly mug of yours" mocked the pointy haired guy.
"Shut up Blank, that joke is getting old," replied Cinna
"Somebody's a bit touchy today, aren't they?" taunted the guy with a sword.
"The same for you too Marcus" Cinna replied.
Edd sat up on his bed. (Oh boy, what a crowd) he thought to himself. "Err, excuse me fellas... but where exactly are my friends?" he asked.
Blank got off the wall and pointed to the door next to him"You mean big and goofy, and short and yappy, they're in the other room." he replied. "They woke up about an hour ago." Edd hopped out of bed and burst through the door into the next room where Ed and Eddy were playing cards on a table in the middle of the room. [Or at least attempting to.] Ed was holding his cards backwards so that Eddy could see everything Ed had.
"Your turn Eddy" Ed said, laughing like his usual self.
Eddy sighed to himself. "Okay Ed... I think I'll take... this card" he said, stifling his laughter and taking the 3 of clubs from Ed. "Well what do you know Ed, I win again." he announced with an air of false amazement.
Ed looked at his hand, then Eddy's cards, and a look of triumph filled his face. "Not this time Eddy" he giggled, and layed down his cards. "See, 5 of a kind, I WIN!" He said and began dancing around the room. He spun around... and around... and around... then crashed right into Edd.
Ed gasped. "Double-D, you stopped being passed out!" he exclaimed, and embraced Edd in a big, bone-crushing, Ed hug. Blank, Cinna, and Marcus walked through the doorway at that moment, and had to stifle their laughter at the sight they saw. Edd began to blush, and Eddy was attempting to separate the two Eds.
Eddy grabbed Ed's ear and pulled him away from Edd. "Would you get off him you big lump!" he growled.
Blank sighed. "Is he like this all the time" he asked still chuckling a bit.
"Unfortunately, yes" Commented a very squashed Edd, who was finally loose of the 'hugging monster'.
"It was weird, ya know. You guys just kinda fell out of the sky. What happened, you fall off your airship or something?" questioned Marcus.
Edd thought for a second and then shook his head. "Err, no. I can't exactly recall anything that happened earlier." he said, rubbing the back of his head. "Eddy, you remember anything?"
"Nope... not sure about Ed though." He said flatly. "Though you can never be too sure about Ed, the big lump."
Ed held out his hand. "I have five fingers... they want to say hi to you guys!" Said Ed with his usual grin. Edd and Eddy sighed.
Eddy piped up a bit. "So... where exactly are we. I KNOW this isn't anywhere we have been, and trust me, I've been places." he said, with a hint of pride.
"Well, currently, were flying towards South Gate. We're going to slip through because the security sucks there, and then go to Alexandria where the band of thieves, Tantalus, that us, is going to put on one of Lord Avon's most famous plays, 'I Want to be Your Canary.' From there, were going to secretly kidnap the most beautiful person in the land, Princess Garnet. After that, we get the heck out of there before anyone misses her." Relayed Marcus. "Unfortunately, the three of you just threw a huge wrench in the works by showing up. The whole operation could be compromised!"
Cinna put his hand to his head and sighed."Marcus, you worry too much" he said. "And you really need to stop telling people about our plans. thats how we were ruined last time."
"Okay, first of all, I've never heard of any of the places you've talked about, and trust me, I got a 110% on my world geography quiz, so I know that none of these places exist." Stated Edd. "Secondly, you guys should be ashamed of yourselves for taking up the life of crime. Thirdly, who is Lord Avon, and lastly, what's an Airship?" he asked in a commanding tone.
"Avon sounds like someone from the beauty department or something" Eddy said.
Ed's eyes went wide. "NO! NOT THE BEAUTY DEPARTMENT. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK PRETTY EDDY!" he yelled and curled up in a corner.
Edd walked over to Ed and patted him on the head. "It's alright Ed, there's no beauty department around here."
Eddy folded his arms and sighed. "Ed, there's no beauty department around here." he said flatly. Ed finally uncurled himself and came back to the group with Edd.
"Well that was very nice of you Eddy" said Edd.
Eddy frowned. "I only did it so I could get on with my life."
Cinna spoke up again. "Now, back to answering your questions, you guys are on the Mist continent. South gate is a passageway between the two neighboring regencies of Lindblum and Alexandria. Airships can fly through this gate for easy access between the two areas. Alexandria and Lindblum are two of the four regencies of the Continent. There's Alexandria, Lindblum, Bermecia, and Cleyra. We've lived together in harmony for quite a while, but the Regent Cid wants the Princess of Alexandria to come and stay with him for a while. Ever since the King died, the queen has been acting strangely, and Cid vowed to protect Garnet at all costs. So Cid arranged for us to go kidnap the princess because direct action may cause a war, and we REALLY don't want that." He finished.
Blank took the floor from here."From where he left off, we don't really care that we are so called 'criminals'. And if you guys can't even remember Lord Avon, you REALLY must have hit your head hard. He is renowned throughout the continent and possibly the world... if there is anything out there."
Edd looked suprised "You guys haven't been able to leave the continent yet?" he asked. "Why can't you just fly there?"
"Our engines are powered by mist, and outside the mist continent... there is no mist. So there really is no way to see if anything is out there," replied Marcus.
"How about by boats then?" Eddy asked, almost sounding like he was stating the obvious.
Cinna scoffed."Are you kidding me? There's no way we could ever get enough people to go and explore any of the outside world by boat. Lots of people get seasick for some reason. Its really weird." he replied.
{Anyone noticed I forgot about Ed... oh, he will make his star appearance here soon}
"Oh... so what is this mist you guys are talking about. It is like water vapor?" Edd asked.
"No way. Mist is the substance that monsters are spawned from. We don't know where it comes from, all we know is that it's been here since... well... forever." Crash
-All heads turned towards Ed who had just crashed into a big pile of trunks. All five of the people present had forgotten about him for the moment, and as Edd and Eddy knew, that spelled certain disaster. The trunks toppled down and clothes and costumes spilled out. -
Edd slapped his forehead."Oh... darn it. Eddy, we completely forgot about Ed." He said as he rushed over to dig Ed out from under the multitude of costumes.
Blank's face filled with anger. "Great, it took me forever to organize that stuff." he yelled. "Oh well, come over into this room you guys. I think I have a way for us to work our plan back to perfection, and it's going to take the whole 3 hours we have left to do it." he said, and walked into the other room. All of the other people soon followed, and the six of them were in a slightly cramped space.
Blank was digging around in a box when the rest of the people entered. "Well... I'm going to have to use you guys somehow." Said Blank. He dug around in the box some more and brought out a very long pole with a trident on the end. "I'm sure you guys have seen a lance before, right?" he stated. There was a murmur of 'Yes' from the Eds. "Good. Now let see... uh, you short dude, what's your name again?" he shot.
"Eddy, what's it to ya" Piped Eddy.
Blank sighed. "Don't push your luck Eddy. I'm only giving this to you because we are short a few actors." he stated. "You... are going to be extra fighter number 1. He has very few lines, and all you have to do is 'pretend' fight with the other soldiers in the play." Explained Blank, and handed Eddy the lance. "Marcus will be teaching you how to use that thing PROPERLY, in the next room." He added. Marcus and Eddy filed out into the previous room where clangs could be heard.
Blank dug into the box some more. "You... tall and goofy." he ordered.
Ed smiled. "My name is Ed, hello."
Blank sighed even harder. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but you are going to have to help kidnap the princess. You are the only one here big enough to fit into a suit of armor, plus we will probably need another lookout." (I know I'm going to regret this.) He thought.
Ed jumped up. "You can count on me Mr. Weird guy with hair" Said Ed happily.
Blank pulled out a big broadsword from the box. "Cinna, please teach him to use a sword, and make sure nothing gets broken" he ordered.
Cinna jumped up. "You got it. Come on big guy" he said, and strolled into the next room. Ed shortly followed, and even more clanging could be heard.
Ed was the only one left in the room besides Blank now. "Alright wise guy" said blank.
Edd looked up. "Err... yes. I'm Edd, but you can call me Double-D" Edd said nervously.
"Yeah sure... listen, I need you to keep tabs on the Queen and the knights from the nobles booth. If you stay in back, you should have a great view of the royal booth. Once you see me get up next to the princess in my disguise, get back to the ship as fast as you can." Ordered Blank, now digging through the weapon box.
Edd smiled a bit. "Seems easy enough. A simple stealth mission. I've watched enough spy movies in my day." he commented.
Blank cocked his head, looking a bit confused. "What's a movie?" he asked, and tossed Edd a wooden staff.
Edd looked suprised. "Err... its kinda like watching a moving picture, with sound. It usually tells a story." he explained. (Man, it seems like we really ARE in a different world.)
Blank shook his head. "Weird... alright. I'm giving you a staff because you don't look like you could handle a very high-caliber weapon like a sword or a lance." he said. "There may be an ability on that staff, but I can't be too sure."
Edd frowned a bit. "I'm a bit insulted that you doubt my talents, but what do you mean by abilities?" Asked Edd.
Blank sighed. "When you first pick up a weapon, it may have an ability on it, depending on how well it was crafted. Most weapons have very basic abilities on them, like block or guard, but some may guard against other things, like poison, or confusion guard." he explained. "If you want to know if something has an ability on it, you need to hold the weapon and try and 'feel' for the ability. If you find something on the weapon, you may be able to learn it. It usually only takes 1 or 2 minutes to feel for an ability once you get the hang of it, and the more you do it, the faster it will come. I think the record for ability finding is about 15 seconds." He said, and walked towards the door. "Why don't you see if you can find anything on that old rod." offered Blank, and he walked out the door.
Edd picked up the staff and held it in both hands. (Now, he said to... feel for the abilities, right) He thought. (Well here goes nothing) Edd sat there for a minute... then a couple minutes, 10 minutes... 15... finally, he felt something.
(Hang on... whats this?) Edd thought, a bit exhausted. (Fire... Blizzard... and Thunder? Interesting.)
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-The clanging continued as the two Eds battled the three other thieves. Ed and Eddy weren't exactly the best fighters, but they sure improved over time. During the course of the 3-hour trip, the Eds managed to learn how to do basic attacking, dodge, and even block. The two Eds even managed to take on Marcus, Cinna, and Blank, and win. Now how is that for improvement? -
everyone was panting and exhausted when they finally stopped. "Dang you guys are fast learners. You sure you haven't ever done this before." Blank asked.
"Nah, the closest thing to this I've ever had was my moms broomstick, and that cant be a very handy weapon." Admitted Eddy. He was having the time of his life with his lance. It almost seemed like it was a part of him.
Ed was entranced by his sword. "Its so shiny... can I keep it?" Ed smiled.
Marcus chuckeled a bit. "Go ahead, we have plenty of those for some reason." Marcus commented.
Eddy snapped out of his thinking to ask a quick question. "Is there anything else we can do?"
"Actually, there is one more thing I need to teach you how to do." Answered Blank. "I need to teach you guys how to learn abilities."
Eds face lit up. "You mean like run and jump and play and sing and dance and sleep and swing and slide and..."
"Ed" Eddy interrupted.
"Yes Eddy?"
"WOULD YA BE QUIET FOR A MINUTE?"
"Okay Eddy" Said Ed, and he plopped down on the ground. "My lips are sealed."
"Finally. Keep going Blank" instructed Eddy.
"Sure." Said Blank. "Abilities are important things here. When a weapon is made, is should have a number of abilities on it, depending on how it was crafted. The sword that Ed has and the lance you have may or may not have an ability or two on them. To see if there are any abilities on a weapon, you need to kinda feel for them. Just hold the weapon in your hands, and just try and think about abilities on the weapon. If it has any, you should be able to learn one of them. Go ahead and try it" he offered.
Eddy shrugged. "I got nothing better to do, I'm game." He said and sat down, only stopping to nudge an absent minded Ed next to him. "Come on monobrow." The two Eds sat there for a while, looking around for their abilities. Finally after about 10 minutes they both found something.
(Hmmm... wait a sec. Double Strike? Could this be it?) Thought Eddy.
(Hello? Hello? Hello? Anything here... wait... you have an ability for me? Counter? Cool! Thank you, good bye!) Thought Ed.
"We think I found something!" Ed and Eddy announced simultaneously.
Marcus looked up. "Nice job guys. Anyways, we should get ready for the play. Into the next room" he said. The five guys filed into the room that Edd was in. Cinna extinguished the lamp and then went into the other room.
-Little did they know that a mysterious figure was just outside the door. He opened the door and strolled in.-
"Dang its dark in here. Cinna must have extinguished the lamp again." Said the person. He took out a match and struck it, lighting up his face. He had blonde hair and a very interesting feature. A monkey-like tail whipped around behind him. He strolled around the room until he found what he was looking for.
"Finally!" He said.
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Edd looked up. "What was that" he asked after hearing something in the other room.
Cinna looked up too. "I dunno. Probably Zidane. Ill go check" he said and opened the door. He came face to face with the same monkey man from earlier. "Zidane, how ya doing? Enjoying the fact that you are LATE AGAIN?" Cinna spat.
Zidane shrugged. "Geez, I'm not the late one Cinna, where the heck is the boss." he replied.
"No idea, the boss hasn't shown up for hours. Nobody has seen him." Blank said.
"Dang... he had better... who are they?" Zidane pointed at the three Eds, who were standing behind the thieves.
Blank looked behind him at the three Eds. "Oh, these are our unexpected visitors. Were going to have to keep them with us, otherwise they might blab our plan to the whole world." he introduced them. "This is Ed, Edd, and Eddy." he said, pointing respectively.
"Well, great to know ya. I'm sure Blank has handled everything... right" Asked Zidane.
Blank gave a thumbs up. "You know it Zidane." Replied Blank
"Now... where is the" CRASHROAR
Zidane didn't have time to finish his sentence the door upstairs was kicked open, and a dragon like person carrying a sword jumped in.
Eddy groaned. "Oh boy, what now?" he asked.
"We fight, what else?" Replied Zidane. Each of the fighters prepared to battle.
The dragon made the first move and came after Ed. Ed had a little idea of what to do, so all he did was block with his sword. The swipes from the dragon didn't come too quickly, but it was enough to wear Ed down a bit.
"Ed, you have to attack!" shouted Edd. Edd nodded his head and blocked another swipe. Eventually one of the blows hit him and he backed up a bit, only to propel himself foward to slice at the enemy. The hit was clean and the monster backed off. It ignored Ed and instead went after Eddy.
"Nice counter Ed" complimented Zidane, and went for a back attack, along with Blank and Marcus. Eddy swiftly ducked and dodged the swipes from the monster to buy the other guys some time. Finally, Zidane, Blank, and Marcus sliced at the dragon. He got down knocked down, but kept going after Eddy.
"Oh no you don't, DOUBLE STRIKE!" Eddy shouted. He blocked another blow, and then bashed the monster with the hilt of his lance, knocking him down, but before he could get up again, he sliced him with the tip of the lance. The dragon doubled back, and charged Edd, who was sitting near the wall. He seemed to be thinking, and didn't see the dragon coming right for him.
"DOUBLE D, WATCH OUT!" Ed shouted as the dragon got closer. Edd looked up, and sighed. (Lets hope this works.) he thought.
"FIRE!" Edd shouted. A jet of flame burst forth from the tip of the staff and began to burn away at the 'skin' of the dragon. (Did I do that?) Edd thought to himself. (That was incredible... almost like magic. That did take a bit out of me though... man am I tired.)
-After a few seconds had passed, the mask on the monster was completely burnt away, revealing a big man with an interesting pinkish beard-
"Geez you guys, I wasnt expecting you to toast me!" he yelled.
"Hey boss!" Said Zidane.
The boss looked at Zidane, and then at the three Eds. "Alright guys... just wait one second, who are these three... kids?" The boss asked.
Blank sighed and spoke up. "This is Ed, Edd, and Eddy. They fell from the sky, and unfortunately, we now have to look after them. Otherwise, they might ruin the plan."
The boss growled a bit."We can't look after a bunch of kids," he said. "We have a play to do!"
"Don't worry about it Baku, I took care of that" Said Blank. "These kids aren't as bad as you might think. Heck, they may be a big help in our plan." Blank said.
Baku sighed. "You had better hope so Blank. We can't afford any screw-ups. Now lets get the general plan together." Baku said, and headed into the next room. The other seven followed into the room too.
Baku pulled out a few models and dolls and began arranging them to show what they were generally doing. "Now, we are currently 30 minutes away from Alexandria. When we land, we are going to perform 'I Want to be Your Canary' by Lord Avon. Zidane and Blank, you are going to be the kidnappers. The rest of you on stage, you are the distraction. Make the play good so nobody will notice the missing princess. Now when the play is finished, we get out of there with the princess and get back to Lindblum before she is missed. Any questions?" he asked. The room was silent. "Alright then, everyone get ready, we've got a show to do!" Everyone split up to do his or her thing as the giant theater ship sailed closer and closer to Alexandria.
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Chapter End.
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There's chapter 1 for ya. You know, its really slow getting started, but I promise the next few chapters will be a bit faster.
Next chapter: We see Edd in Alexandria, and the play starts without TOO much trouble. Next chapter, "Alexandria, my name is ED"
Read and Review, as always.
AK, over and out.
Believe it or not, I have the next five chapters in draft form right now, so all thats left to do is fix them up a bit and correct a few details. Yes, I've been on a writing spree.
Disclaimer: IN THE SUMMARY DUH!
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Chapter 1: Care to answer a few of my EDs?
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-Blackness, that's all Edd saw. He had no idea what time it was, where he was, what day it was, and namely why he got there. Everything seemed to be a blur to him, and he was already so comfortable. He felt like he was drifting away... far away, on a boat... gently rocking of a boat... Wait a minute, he WAS rocking. -
Edd's eyes snapped open, and he found himself staring straight into the face of a bucket of icy cold water.
"YAAA!" Edd shouted and cowered up on the weird mattress he was on. "DON'T SPLASH ME I'M AWAKE!!!!"
"Geez, took ya long enough. You've been out for about 2 hours now." Came a voice he didn't recognize. Edd looked up quizzically to see whom this man was. Just a few feet away, stood a bearded man, just a few inches taller than him. He had a hammer in one hand, and a bucket in the other. On the wall stood another guy with an interesting hairdo, and a red bandanna on his head. He was leaning against the wall with the classic 'I'm the bomb' pose. The one with one foot down, another foot on the wall, and arms folded with eyes closed. Next to him was another guy with a brown bandana, and a thieving looking sword. All of them were now staring at Edd due to his outburst.
The guy with the hammer looked a bit confused. "Geez, calm down will ya. I'm not gonna hurt you" he said
"Its your face Cinna, you always wind up scaring people with that ugly mug of yours" mocked the pointy haired guy.
"Shut up Blank, that joke is getting old," replied Cinna
"Somebody's a bit touchy today, aren't they?" taunted the guy with a sword.
"The same for you too Marcus" Cinna replied.
Edd sat up on his bed. (Oh boy, what a crowd) he thought to himself. "Err, excuse me fellas... but where exactly are my friends?" he asked.
Blank got off the wall and pointed to the door next to him"You mean big and goofy, and short and yappy, they're in the other room." he replied. "They woke up about an hour ago." Edd hopped out of bed and burst through the door into the next room where Ed and Eddy were playing cards on a table in the middle of the room. [Or at least attempting to.] Ed was holding his cards backwards so that Eddy could see everything Ed had.
"Your turn Eddy" Ed said, laughing like his usual self.
Eddy sighed to himself. "Okay Ed... I think I'll take... this card" he said, stifling his laughter and taking the 3 of clubs from Ed. "Well what do you know Ed, I win again." he announced with an air of false amazement.
Ed looked at his hand, then Eddy's cards, and a look of triumph filled his face. "Not this time Eddy" he giggled, and layed down his cards. "See, 5 of a kind, I WIN!" He said and began dancing around the room. He spun around... and around... and around... then crashed right into Edd.
Ed gasped. "Double-D, you stopped being passed out!" he exclaimed, and embraced Edd in a big, bone-crushing, Ed hug. Blank, Cinna, and Marcus walked through the doorway at that moment, and had to stifle their laughter at the sight they saw. Edd began to blush, and Eddy was attempting to separate the two Eds.
Eddy grabbed Ed's ear and pulled him away from Edd. "Would you get off him you big lump!" he growled.
Blank sighed. "Is he like this all the time" he asked still chuckling a bit.
"Unfortunately, yes" Commented a very squashed Edd, who was finally loose of the 'hugging monster'.
"It was weird, ya know. You guys just kinda fell out of the sky. What happened, you fall off your airship or something?" questioned Marcus.
Edd thought for a second and then shook his head. "Err, no. I can't exactly recall anything that happened earlier." he said, rubbing the back of his head. "Eddy, you remember anything?"
"Nope... not sure about Ed though." He said flatly. "Though you can never be too sure about Ed, the big lump."
Ed held out his hand. "I have five fingers... they want to say hi to you guys!" Said Ed with his usual grin. Edd and Eddy sighed.
Eddy piped up a bit. "So... where exactly are we. I KNOW this isn't anywhere we have been, and trust me, I've been places." he said, with a hint of pride.
"Well, currently, were flying towards South Gate. We're going to slip through because the security sucks there, and then go to Alexandria where the band of thieves, Tantalus, that us, is going to put on one of Lord Avon's most famous plays, 'I Want to be Your Canary.' From there, were going to secretly kidnap the most beautiful person in the land, Princess Garnet. After that, we get the heck out of there before anyone misses her." Relayed Marcus. "Unfortunately, the three of you just threw a huge wrench in the works by showing up. The whole operation could be compromised!"
Cinna put his hand to his head and sighed."Marcus, you worry too much" he said. "And you really need to stop telling people about our plans. thats how we were ruined last time."
"Okay, first of all, I've never heard of any of the places you've talked about, and trust me, I got a 110% on my world geography quiz, so I know that none of these places exist." Stated Edd. "Secondly, you guys should be ashamed of yourselves for taking up the life of crime. Thirdly, who is Lord Avon, and lastly, what's an Airship?" he asked in a commanding tone.
"Avon sounds like someone from the beauty department or something" Eddy said.
Ed's eyes went wide. "NO! NOT THE BEAUTY DEPARTMENT. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK PRETTY EDDY!" he yelled and curled up in a corner.
Edd walked over to Ed and patted him on the head. "It's alright Ed, there's no beauty department around here."
Eddy folded his arms and sighed. "Ed, there's no beauty department around here." he said flatly. Ed finally uncurled himself and came back to the group with Edd.
"Well that was very nice of you Eddy" said Edd.
Eddy frowned. "I only did it so I could get on with my life."
Cinna spoke up again. "Now, back to answering your questions, you guys are on the Mist continent. South gate is a passageway between the two neighboring regencies of Lindblum and Alexandria. Airships can fly through this gate for easy access between the two areas. Alexandria and Lindblum are two of the four regencies of the Continent. There's Alexandria, Lindblum, Bermecia, and Cleyra. We've lived together in harmony for quite a while, but the Regent Cid wants the Princess of Alexandria to come and stay with him for a while. Ever since the King died, the queen has been acting strangely, and Cid vowed to protect Garnet at all costs. So Cid arranged for us to go kidnap the princess because direct action may cause a war, and we REALLY don't want that." He finished.
Blank took the floor from here."From where he left off, we don't really care that we are so called 'criminals'. And if you guys can't even remember Lord Avon, you REALLY must have hit your head hard. He is renowned throughout the continent and possibly the world... if there is anything out there."
Edd looked suprised "You guys haven't been able to leave the continent yet?" he asked. "Why can't you just fly there?"
"Our engines are powered by mist, and outside the mist continent... there is no mist. So there really is no way to see if anything is out there," replied Marcus.
"How about by boats then?" Eddy asked, almost sounding like he was stating the obvious.
Cinna scoffed."Are you kidding me? There's no way we could ever get enough people to go and explore any of the outside world by boat. Lots of people get seasick for some reason. Its really weird." he replied.
{Anyone noticed I forgot about Ed... oh, he will make his star appearance here soon}
"Oh... so what is this mist you guys are talking about. It is like water vapor?" Edd asked.
"No way. Mist is the substance that monsters are spawned from. We don't know where it comes from, all we know is that it's been here since... well... forever." Crash
-All heads turned towards Ed who had just crashed into a big pile of trunks. All five of the people present had forgotten about him for the moment, and as Edd and Eddy knew, that spelled certain disaster. The trunks toppled down and clothes and costumes spilled out. -
Edd slapped his forehead."Oh... darn it. Eddy, we completely forgot about Ed." He said as he rushed over to dig Ed out from under the multitude of costumes.
Blank's face filled with anger. "Great, it took me forever to organize that stuff." he yelled. "Oh well, come over into this room you guys. I think I have a way for us to work our plan back to perfection, and it's going to take the whole 3 hours we have left to do it." he said, and walked into the other room. All of the other people soon followed, and the six of them were in a slightly cramped space.
Blank was digging around in a box when the rest of the people entered. "Well... I'm going to have to use you guys somehow." Said Blank. He dug around in the box some more and brought out a very long pole with a trident on the end. "I'm sure you guys have seen a lance before, right?" he stated. There was a murmur of 'Yes' from the Eds. "Good. Now let see... uh, you short dude, what's your name again?" he shot.
"Eddy, what's it to ya" Piped Eddy.
Blank sighed. "Don't push your luck Eddy. I'm only giving this to you because we are short a few actors." he stated. "You... are going to be extra fighter number 1. He has very few lines, and all you have to do is 'pretend' fight with the other soldiers in the play." Explained Blank, and handed Eddy the lance. "Marcus will be teaching you how to use that thing PROPERLY, in the next room." He added. Marcus and Eddy filed out into the previous room where clangs could be heard.
Blank dug into the box some more. "You... tall and goofy." he ordered.
Ed smiled. "My name is Ed, hello."
Blank sighed even harder. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but you are going to have to help kidnap the princess. You are the only one here big enough to fit into a suit of armor, plus we will probably need another lookout." (I know I'm going to regret this.) He thought.
Ed jumped up. "You can count on me Mr. Weird guy with hair" Said Ed happily.
Blank pulled out a big broadsword from the box. "Cinna, please teach him to use a sword, and make sure nothing gets broken" he ordered.
Cinna jumped up. "You got it. Come on big guy" he said, and strolled into the next room. Ed shortly followed, and even more clanging could be heard.
Ed was the only one left in the room besides Blank now. "Alright wise guy" said blank.
Edd looked up. "Err... yes. I'm Edd, but you can call me Double-D" Edd said nervously.
"Yeah sure... listen, I need you to keep tabs on the Queen and the knights from the nobles booth. If you stay in back, you should have a great view of the royal booth. Once you see me get up next to the princess in my disguise, get back to the ship as fast as you can." Ordered Blank, now digging through the weapon box.
Edd smiled a bit. "Seems easy enough. A simple stealth mission. I've watched enough spy movies in my day." he commented.
Blank cocked his head, looking a bit confused. "What's a movie?" he asked, and tossed Edd a wooden staff.
Edd looked suprised. "Err... its kinda like watching a moving picture, with sound. It usually tells a story." he explained. (Man, it seems like we really ARE in a different world.)
Blank shook his head. "Weird... alright. I'm giving you a staff because you don't look like you could handle a very high-caliber weapon like a sword or a lance." he said. "There may be an ability on that staff, but I can't be too sure."
Edd frowned a bit. "I'm a bit insulted that you doubt my talents, but what do you mean by abilities?" Asked Edd.
Blank sighed. "When you first pick up a weapon, it may have an ability on it, depending on how well it was crafted. Most weapons have very basic abilities on them, like block or guard, but some may guard against other things, like poison, or confusion guard." he explained. "If you want to know if something has an ability on it, you need to hold the weapon and try and 'feel' for the ability. If you find something on the weapon, you may be able to learn it. It usually only takes 1 or 2 minutes to feel for an ability once you get the hang of it, and the more you do it, the faster it will come. I think the record for ability finding is about 15 seconds." He said, and walked towards the door. "Why don't you see if you can find anything on that old rod." offered Blank, and he walked out the door.
Edd picked up the staff and held it in both hands. (Now, he said to... feel for the abilities, right) He thought. (Well here goes nothing) Edd sat there for a minute... then a couple minutes, 10 minutes... 15... finally, he felt something.
(Hang on... whats this?) Edd thought, a bit exhausted. (Fire... Blizzard... and Thunder? Interesting.)
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-The clanging continued as the two Eds battled the three other thieves. Ed and Eddy weren't exactly the best fighters, but they sure improved over time. During the course of the 3-hour trip, the Eds managed to learn how to do basic attacking, dodge, and even block. The two Eds even managed to take on Marcus, Cinna, and Blank, and win. Now how is that for improvement? -
everyone was panting and exhausted when they finally stopped. "Dang you guys are fast learners. You sure you haven't ever done this before." Blank asked.
"Nah, the closest thing to this I've ever had was my moms broomstick, and that cant be a very handy weapon." Admitted Eddy. He was having the time of his life with his lance. It almost seemed like it was a part of him.
Ed was entranced by his sword. "Its so shiny... can I keep it?" Ed smiled.
Marcus chuckeled a bit. "Go ahead, we have plenty of those for some reason." Marcus commented.
Eddy snapped out of his thinking to ask a quick question. "Is there anything else we can do?"
"Actually, there is one more thing I need to teach you how to do." Answered Blank. "I need to teach you guys how to learn abilities."
Eds face lit up. "You mean like run and jump and play and sing and dance and sleep and swing and slide and..."
"Ed" Eddy interrupted.
"Yes Eddy?"
"WOULD YA BE QUIET FOR A MINUTE?"
"Okay Eddy" Said Ed, and he plopped down on the ground. "My lips are sealed."
"Finally. Keep going Blank" instructed Eddy.
"Sure." Said Blank. "Abilities are important things here. When a weapon is made, is should have a number of abilities on it, depending on how it was crafted. The sword that Ed has and the lance you have may or may not have an ability or two on them. To see if there are any abilities on a weapon, you need to kinda feel for them. Just hold the weapon in your hands, and just try and think about abilities on the weapon. If it has any, you should be able to learn one of them. Go ahead and try it" he offered.
Eddy shrugged. "I got nothing better to do, I'm game." He said and sat down, only stopping to nudge an absent minded Ed next to him. "Come on monobrow." The two Eds sat there for a while, looking around for their abilities. Finally after about 10 minutes they both found something.
(Hmmm... wait a sec. Double Strike? Could this be it?) Thought Eddy.
(Hello? Hello? Hello? Anything here... wait... you have an ability for me? Counter? Cool! Thank you, good bye!) Thought Ed.
"We think I found something!" Ed and Eddy announced simultaneously.
Marcus looked up. "Nice job guys. Anyways, we should get ready for the play. Into the next room" he said. The five guys filed into the room that Edd was in. Cinna extinguished the lamp and then went into the other room.
-Little did they know that a mysterious figure was just outside the door. He opened the door and strolled in.-
"Dang its dark in here. Cinna must have extinguished the lamp again." Said the person. He took out a match and struck it, lighting up his face. He had blonde hair and a very interesting feature. A monkey-like tail whipped around behind him. He strolled around the room until he found what he was looking for.
"Finally!" He said.
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Edd looked up. "What was that" he asked after hearing something in the other room.
Cinna looked up too. "I dunno. Probably Zidane. Ill go check" he said and opened the door. He came face to face with the same monkey man from earlier. "Zidane, how ya doing? Enjoying the fact that you are LATE AGAIN?" Cinna spat.
Zidane shrugged. "Geez, I'm not the late one Cinna, where the heck is the boss." he replied.
"No idea, the boss hasn't shown up for hours. Nobody has seen him." Blank said.
"Dang... he had better... who are they?" Zidane pointed at the three Eds, who were standing behind the thieves.
Blank looked behind him at the three Eds. "Oh, these are our unexpected visitors. Were going to have to keep them with us, otherwise they might blab our plan to the whole world." he introduced them. "This is Ed, Edd, and Eddy." he said, pointing respectively.
"Well, great to know ya. I'm sure Blank has handled everything... right" Asked Zidane.
Blank gave a thumbs up. "You know it Zidane." Replied Blank
"Now... where is the" CRASHROAR
Zidane didn't have time to finish his sentence the door upstairs was kicked open, and a dragon like person carrying a sword jumped in.
Eddy groaned. "Oh boy, what now?" he asked.
"We fight, what else?" Replied Zidane. Each of the fighters prepared to battle.
The dragon made the first move and came after Ed. Ed had a little idea of what to do, so all he did was block with his sword. The swipes from the dragon didn't come too quickly, but it was enough to wear Ed down a bit.
"Ed, you have to attack!" shouted Edd. Edd nodded his head and blocked another swipe. Eventually one of the blows hit him and he backed up a bit, only to propel himself foward to slice at the enemy. The hit was clean and the monster backed off. It ignored Ed and instead went after Eddy.
"Nice counter Ed" complimented Zidane, and went for a back attack, along with Blank and Marcus. Eddy swiftly ducked and dodged the swipes from the monster to buy the other guys some time. Finally, Zidane, Blank, and Marcus sliced at the dragon. He got down knocked down, but kept going after Eddy.
"Oh no you don't, DOUBLE STRIKE!" Eddy shouted. He blocked another blow, and then bashed the monster with the hilt of his lance, knocking him down, but before he could get up again, he sliced him with the tip of the lance. The dragon doubled back, and charged Edd, who was sitting near the wall. He seemed to be thinking, and didn't see the dragon coming right for him.
"DOUBLE D, WATCH OUT!" Ed shouted as the dragon got closer. Edd looked up, and sighed. (Lets hope this works.) he thought.
"FIRE!" Edd shouted. A jet of flame burst forth from the tip of the staff and began to burn away at the 'skin' of the dragon. (Did I do that?) Edd thought to himself. (That was incredible... almost like magic. That did take a bit out of me though... man am I tired.)
-After a few seconds had passed, the mask on the monster was completely burnt away, revealing a big man with an interesting pinkish beard-
"Geez you guys, I wasnt expecting you to toast me!" he yelled.
"Hey boss!" Said Zidane.
The boss looked at Zidane, and then at the three Eds. "Alright guys... just wait one second, who are these three... kids?" The boss asked.
Blank sighed and spoke up. "This is Ed, Edd, and Eddy. They fell from the sky, and unfortunately, we now have to look after them. Otherwise, they might ruin the plan."
The boss growled a bit."We can't look after a bunch of kids," he said. "We have a play to do!"
"Don't worry about it Baku, I took care of that" Said Blank. "These kids aren't as bad as you might think. Heck, they may be a big help in our plan." Blank said.
Baku sighed. "You had better hope so Blank. We can't afford any screw-ups. Now lets get the general plan together." Baku said, and headed into the next room. The other seven followed into the room too.
Baku pulled out a few models and dolls and began arranging them to show what they were generally doing. "Now, we are currently 30 minutes away from Alexandria. When we land, we are going to perform 'I Want to be Your Canary' by Lord Avon. Zidane and Blank, you are going to be the kidnappers. The rest of you on stage, you are the distraction. Make the play good so nobody will notice the missing princess. Now when the play is finished, we get out of there with the princess and get back to Lindblum before she is missed. Any questions?" he asked. The room was silent. "Alright then, everyone get ready, we've got a show to do!" Everyone split up to do his or her thing as the giant theater ship sailed closer and closer to Alexandria.
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Chapter End.
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There's chapter 1 for ya. You know, its really slow getting started, but I promise the next few chapters will be a bit faster.
Next chapter: We see Edd in Alexandria, and the play starts without TOO much trouble. Next chapter, "Alexandria, my name is ED"
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AK, over and out.