Author Kirby here. Reviews make me all warm and fuzzy inside. I am so glad all of you are enjoying this fic. It just so happens that I have the next two chapters in draft form, so I am prepared. As for pairings... there may be slight paring... some good friendships between people, but nothing more than that. (I'm still trying to figure out if Ed/Quina would work like suggested.)
This chapter is actually a bit shorter than the others, but trust me, the next two are a bit longer.
Disclaimer: SUMMARY... CHECK THERE!
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Chapter 4: Evil as an ED can get.
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There was utter silence as the scene unfolded.
"This is not good" Edd said, staring at the princess.
Baku ran for the bridge, only stopping to tell everyone to get ready for takeoff. "Guys, we're outta here". Cinna followed Baku so that he could warm up the engines. Ed, Edd, Zidane, Marcus, Blank and Garnet stayed on stage to stop the knight from interfering.
"Princess, please, get off this ship," Pleaded the knight, trying to get the princess. The wall of people blocked his path though.
Garnet shook her head. "Steiner... please don't follow me anymore" she asked.
"Nonsense princess. I shall rescue you from these scoundrels and we shall throw them in prison" Stated Steiner.
-A brief quarrel went on between Steiner and the group of kidnappers. Steiner tried his hardest to break through the five people and take the princess, but he could never get close enough. Finally the ship began to rumble and took off. The queen was not too happy about this. She began ordering around the knights at the cannons. -
"Fire the harpoons," The queen ordered. About 6 giant harpoons sailed through the air, and crashed into the side of the airship, nearly throwing Edd and Vivi off the side. One of the harpoons nearly crashed into Garnet, but Zidane pulled her to safety. Another harpoon hit one of the turrets on the side of the ship and sent it sailing into the city. Eventually, the Queen brought out the big cannon, and it was BIG!
"Fire the bomb!" She commanded. The cannon shot a powerful blast right at the airship. Before the blast hit though, it stopped and seemed to hover in mid-air.
Edd looked up from his position. "Oh this is not good." he said, wide-eyed, and staring at the floating ball of flames.
"Guys, we officially have a HUGE problem" Said Zidane. The bomb began to get bigger and bigger.
Vivi covered his head. "It's gonna blow!" he shouted as the bomb rapidly expanded. Finally the bomb stopped inflating... and exploded in a giant ball of flaming destruction.{Always wanted to say that for some reason} The blast kicked up a giant cloud of smoke, obscuring everything in it. Finally, the battered airship sailed out of the cloud and out of Alexandria, leaving a trail of smoke behind it. It sailed over the waterfall, and finally the engines quit. The airship gently fell out of the sky and came closer and closer to the earth. Most of the people on the deck could not hold on any longer.
Edd's grip on the rails of the airship was slowly slipping. "We're going to crash!"
Ed was scrambling up the side of the deck. "May-day may-day!"
Eddy was closing his eyes and braced for impact. "Not cool!" he shouted.
The airship kept falling and eventually crashed into the forest. Everyone who was on the deck was flung in different directions. The airship's engine combusted, and a shockwave cut through the trees.
-----------With Eddy-----------
Eddy groaned as he sat up from his contorted position. "Oh my aching head" Eddy mumbled. He had been flung the shortest distance from the ship, so he had felt most of the shockwave from the explosion. But to add injury to... well... more injury, he had landed on his head. Eddy gathered his lance and looked around. "Great... I'm lost in the middle of a forest; in a world I don't even know. What else can go wrong?"
"Trust me, you don't want to know." Came Zidane's voice, and he jumped down on the rock that Eddy was on. Eddy swiveled around to see Zidane, attempting to prop himself up on a rock wall.
Eddy groaned. "What do you mean I don't want to know?"
"This is Evil Forest. It's a nasty place to be in, no matter what time of day it is." Explained Zidane. "Anyone who has ever gone in has never gotten out. That's how it got its name."
Eddy folded his arms. "Great. Just great." He grumbled.
-----------With Ed--------------
Ed wasn't exactly in the best of shape. He had landed on his side, and skidded across some thorns, so the whole right arm was torn up, along with his leg. "Hello? Hello!? Is anybody home?" Called Ed. He looked himself over and noticed his injuries. "Ow... I need a doctor... or maybe Double-D. He knows about band aids and stuff." Ed sighed and started walking in the direction of the rising smoke that he spotted.
-----------With Edd-------------
Edd was rubbing his head. His clothes were pretty dirty from the fall. He had landed pretty far from the ship, but the good news was that Vivi and Garnet had landed near him. "Ohhh... that was an unpleasant experience." Mumbled Edd.
"You said it." Replied Vivi, brushing himself off. "I never want to ride an airship ever again!"
Garnet looked around. "Does anybody know where we are?"
Edd shook his head. "Not really. Though we seem to be in some kind of dense forest, and we didn't get too far from Alexandria."
Vivi gasped. "We must be in Evil forest! This is bad... this place is scary." he whispered.
"Why don't we try and find the ship. We can see if anyone else is there." Suggested Garnet.
Edd nodded. "Works for me"
"Alrighty... let's go." Said Vivi. The three of them began walking towards the direction of the smoke that was high in the air. Little did they know that a pair of eyes was watching them. Edd got 'the feeling' and suddenly stopped and looked around.
"Is there something wrong... I'm sorry, I didn't get your name." Said Garnet.
Edd shrugged. "It's Edd." he said. "For some reason, I get the feeling we're being watched... and or followed."
Vivi looked surprised. "I thought your name was Duo?"
Edd shook his head. "Nah, I was using that name to get by the guards in Alexandria." he explained. "But you can still call me Duo if you want." he offered.
"Sure... I guess." agreed Vivi.
"It would help to distinguish you from your funny little friend." Said Garnet. "He does have the same name as you."
Edd smiled. "Ah yes, Ed is quite the lovable character, even if he is a bit odd at times."
The three of them glanced around for anything suspicious. Once they satisfied themselves, they continued on. After a few more steps, they heard a rustle in the bushes.
Edd swiveled around, looking frightfully around the trees. "W-who's there?" he stuttered. Nothing moved for quite a while. The three just shrugged and continued on their way.
(I was sure someone was there. Maybe the stress of this new world is getting to me.) Edd thought.
A few steps later, they heard another rustle.
"Now I know I wasn't hallucinating." Said Edd.
"Maybe we should run for it?" Suggested Vivi.
"I don't see why not." answered Garnet. The three of them began to sprint through the trees. Oddly enough, there was a dirt path that was leading them directly to the ship. Eventually they got to a place in which the light was shining through the trees, and the three of them stopped to catch their breath. They looked behind them and saw nothing.
"Think we outran it?" asked Edd.
Vivi shrugged. "I don't know... maybe... I sure hope we did."
Edd thought for a moment. "Let's just get to the ship bef... GARNET LOOK OUT!" A circular shadow appeared over Garnet, and not two seconds later, a plant-like creature dropped down and ensnared her in its 'tentacles', trapping her in a cage type structure. Vivi and Edd backed away from it, not knowing what to do except shout for help.
"It's coming from over here!" Came Zidane's voice, and he appeared behind Vivi and Edd. "Dang, that thing is ugly." He commented. Behind Zidane appeared Steiner and Eddy.
"Somebody get the weed killer," joked Eddy.
Steiner glared. "Now is not the time to make wisecracks! We must free the princess at once!"
Zidane pulled out his Daggers, and ran in to slice up the beast. His swords easily cut through the vines of the plant like monster, but the cuts he made were quickly healed.
Eddy just stared. "This thing can regenerate, man this is one nasty plant". Eddy whipped out his lance and went in for an attack. He brought his lance up, and then stabbed it right through the monster. He withdrew it, and left a fair sized hole in the middle of the plant. It took a bit longer to recover though. Steiner took this opportunity to slice off one of its tentacle like limbs. The plant beast groaned a bit, and then brought up it's remaining tentacle to the cage that Garnet was in. A light began to form around Garnet, and she began to look weaker and weaker. The plant, however, became stronger, and regenerated faster.
Zidane looked furious. "It's sucking the life out of her." He growled. His body began to glow, and he was enveloped in a bright light. It swirled around him, and finally broke, but he was still glowing a deep yellow color.
Steiner looked shocked. "Could this be trance?"
Zidane was concentrating hard, and his daggers began to glow brighter and brighter. Finally they were practically shimmering. Eddy and Steiner had to cover their eyes.
"Man, somebody un-plug those things!" Eddy shouted. Zidane began to twirl his daggers in his hands. Finally he stuck them out in front of him.
"FREE ENERGY!" Zidane shouted. A blast flew from his two daggers and toasted the plant monster. Before Zidane could go in for the final blow however, the monster leapt into the treetops and vanished. The light around Zidane faded, and he began to beat at the ground.
"Ahhhh!!!! If only I had gotten here sooner!!!" He shouted, furious at himself for letting the monster get away. Vivi walked over to the spot that Garnet was standing.
Vivi looked down. "If only I wasn't so afraid... I could have stopped the monster..." He looked down. His shadow looked a bit big for him though. He realized this a bit too late as a second plant monster dropped down and imprisoned HIM in a cage.
Edd looked petrified. "VIVI NO!" he shouted. His body began to radiate with light just like Zidane had done. Eddy looked on with jealousy and shock.
"Man, now SOCKHEAD is glowing." Eddy said. Edd's body continued to glow. Finally, the light broke, and Edd was glowing a deep blue. He took out his staff and pointed it at the monster.
Edd glared. "I will NOT let you kidnap another one of my friends. FIRE WALL!" He shouted. A GIANT wall of fire flew out of his staff and roasted the plant, and unfortunately, Vivi. When the flame wall finally subsided, the creature was a very dark brown and covered with ash. Vivi was a bit shaken, but he was alright. The creature went limp, and Vivi was released from his prison. He ran over to Edd, who was no longer glowing, but panting heavily.
"Wow... that was powerful... I never knew you were a black mage." Vivi said.
Edd wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead. "Neither did I." he chuckled, and fell down from exhaustion. "Whew... this trance thing really takes a lot out of a person, doesn't it?"
Eddy sighed. "You never were one for a workout Double-D." Little did the group know, the monster was slowly recovering. It growled, making everyone swivel around, and it sprayed a green mist at the group. Eddy and Zidane dodged it, but the rest weren't so lucky. Edd, Vivi, and Steiner collapsed to the ground, leaving a very frantic Eddy and Zidane.
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End Chapter.
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Yay, Edd can do trance too! You guys obviously know he is a black mage by now... but I may throw in an extra twist later on. Hehehe.
Coming up next chapter: The group regroups, and heads out to rescue Garnet... and escape from the forest. Think it's going to be easy, you can't be farther from the truth. Be sure to read the next chapter, "EDscape and rescue mission."
(Jingle) Now that you've read, you can review, and another chapter I'll give to you! shot
This is AK, over and out.
This chapter is actually a bit shorter than the others, but trust me, the next two are a bit longer.
Disclaimer: SUMMARY... CHECK THERE!
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Chapter 4: Evil as an ED can get.
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There was utter silence as the scene unfolded.
"This is not good" Edd said, staring at the princess.
Baku ran for the bridge, only stopping to tell everyone to get ready for takeoff. "Guys, we're outta here". Cinna followed Baku so that he could warm up the engines. Ed, Edd, Zidane, Marcus, Blank and Garnet stayed on stage to stop the knight from interfering.
"Princess, please, get off this ship," Pleaded the knight, trying to get the princess. The wall of people blocked his path though.
Garnet shook her head. "Steiner... please don't follow me anymore" she asked.
"Nonsense princess. I shall rescue you from these scoundrels and we shall throw them in prison" Stated Steiner.
-A brief quarrel went on between Steiner and the group of kidnappers. Steiner tried his hardest to break through the five people and take the princess, but he could never get close enough. Finally the ship began to rumble and took off. The queen was not too happy about this. She began ordering around the knights at the cannons. -
"Fire the harpoons," The queen ordered. About 6 giant harpoons sailed through the air, and crashed into the side of the airship, nearly throwing Edd and Vivi off the side. One of the harpoons nearly crashed into Garnet, but Zidane pulled her to safety. Another harpoon hit one of the turrets on the side of the ship and sent it sailing into the city. Eventually, the Queen brought out the big cannon, and it was BIG!
"Fire the bomb!" She commanded. The cannon shot a powerful blast right at the airship. Before the blast hit though, it stopped and seemed to hover in mid-air.
Edd looked up from his position. "Oh this is not good." he said, wide-eyed, and staring at the floating ball of flames.
"Guys, we officially have a HUGE problem" Said Zidane. The bomb began to get bigger and bigger.
Vivi covered his head. "It's gonna blow!" he shouted as the bomb rapidly expanded. Finally the bomb stopped inflating... and exploded in a giant ball of flaming destruction.{Always wanted to say that for some reason} The blast kicked up a giant cloud of smoke, obscuring everything in it. Finally, the battered airship sailed out of the cloud and out of Alexandria, leaving a trail of smoke behind it. It sailed over the waterfall, and finally the engines quit. The airship gently fell out of the sky and came closer and closer to the earth. Most of the people on the deck could not hold on any longer.
Edd's grip on the rails of the airship was slowly slipping. "We're going to crash!"
Ed was scrambling up the side of the deck. "May-day may-day!"
Eddy was closing his eyes and braced for impact. "Not cool!" he shouted.
The airship kept falling and eventually crashed into the forest. Everyone who was on the deck was flung in different directions. The airship's engine combusted, and a shockwave cut through the trees.
-----------With Eddy-----------
Eddy groaned as he sat up from his contorted position. "Oh my aching head" Eddy mumbled. He had been flung the shortest distance from the ship, so he had felt most of the shockwave from the explosion. But to add injury to... well... more injury, he had landed on his head. Eddy gathered his lance and looked around. "Great... I'm lost in the middle of a forest; in a world I don't even know. What else can go wrong?"
"Trust me, you don't want to know." Came Zidane's voice, and he jumped down on the rock that Eddy was on. Eddy swiveled around to see Zidane, attempting to prop himself up on a rock wall.
Eddy groaned. "What do you mean I don't want to know?"
"This is Evil Forest. It's a nasty place to be in, no matter what time of day it is." Explained Zidane. "Anyone who has ever gone in has never gotten out. That's how it got its name."
Eddy folded his arms. "Great. Just great." He grumbled.
-----------With Ed--------------
Ed wasn't exactly in the best of shape. He had landed on his side, and skidded across some thorns, so the whole right arm was torn up, along with his leg. "Hello? Hello!? Is anybody home?" Called Ed. He looked himself over and noticed his injuries. "Ow... I need a doctor... or maybe Double-D. He knows about band aids and stuff." Ed sighed and started walking in the direction of the rising smoke that he spotted.
-----------With Edd-------------
Edd was rubbing his head. His clothes were pretty dirty from the fall. He had landed pretty far from the ship, but the good news was that Vivi and Garnet had landed near him. "Ohhh... that was an unpleasant experience." Mumbled Edd.
"You said it." Replied Vivi, brushing himself off. "I never want to ride an airship ever again!"
Garnet looked around. "Does anybody know where we are?"
Edd shook his head. "Not really. Though we seem to be in some kind of dense forest, and we didn't get too far from Alexandria."
Vivi gasped. "We must be in Evil forest! This is bad... this place is scary." he whispered.
"Why don't we try and find the ship. We can see if anyone else is there." Suggested Garnet.
Edd nodded. "Works for me"
"Alrighty... let's go." Said Vivi. The three of them began walking towards the direction of the smoke that was high in the air. Little did they know that a pair of eyes was watching them. Edd got 'the feeling' and suddenly stopped and looked around.
"Is there something wrong... I'm sorry, I didn't get your name." Said Garnet.
Edd shrugged. "It's Edd." he said. "For some reason, I get the feeling we're being watched... and or followed."
Vivi looked surprised. "I thought your name was Duo?"
Edd shook his head. "Nah, I was using that name to get by the guards in Alexandria." he explained. "But you can still call me Duo if you want." he offered.
"Sure... I guess." agreed Vivi.
"It would help to distinguish you from your funny little friend." Said Garnet. "He does have the same name as you."
Edd smiled. "Ah yes, Ed is quite the lovable character, even if he is a bit odd at times."
The three of them glanced around for anything suspicious. Once they satisfied themselves, they continued on. After a few more steps, they heard a rustle in the bushes.
Edd swiveled around, looking frightfully around the trees. "W-who's there?" he stuttered. Nothing moved for quite a while. The three just shrugged and continued on their way.
(I was sure someone was there. Maybe the stress of this new world is getting to me.) Edd thought.
A few steps later, they heard another rustle.
"Now I know I wasn't hallucinating." Said Edd.
"Maybe we should run for it?" Suggested Vivi.
"I don't see why not." answered Garnet. The three of them began to sprint through the trees. Oddly enough, there was a dirt path that was leading them directly to the ship. Eventually they got to a place in which the light was shining through the trees, and the three of them stopped to catch their breath. They looked behind them and saw nothing.
"Think we outran it?" asked Edd.
Vivi shrugged. "I don't know... maybe... I sure hope we did."
Edd thought for a moment. "Let's just get to the ship bef... GARNET LOOK OUT!" A circular shadow appeared over Garnet, and not two seconds later, a plant-like creature dropped down and ensnared her in its 'tentacles', trapping her in a cage type structure. Vivi and Edd backed away from it, not knowing what to do except shout for help.
"It's coming from over here!" Came Zidane's voice, and he appeared behind Vivi and Edd. "Dang, that thing is ugly." He commented. Behind Zidane appeared Steiner and Eddy.
"Somebody get the weed killer," joked Eddy.
Steiner glared. "Now is not the time to make wisecracks! We must free the princess at once!"
Zidane pulled out his Daggers, and ran in to slice up the beast. His swords easily cut through the vines of the plant like monster, but the cuts he made were quickly healed.
Eddy just stared. "This thing can regenerate, man this is one nasty plant". Eddy whipped out his lance and went in for an attack. He brought his lance up, and then stabbed it right through the monster. He withdrew it, and left a fair sized hole in the middle of the plant. It took a bit longer to recover though. Steiner took this opportunity to slice off one of its tentacle like limbs. The plant beast groaned a bit, and then brought up it's remaining tentacle to the cage that Garnet was in. A light began to form around Garnet, and she began to look weaker and weaker. The plant, however, became stronger, and regenerated faster.
Zidane looked furious. "It's sucking the life out of her." He growled. His body began to glow, and he was enveloped in a bright light. It swirled around him, and finally broke, but he was still glowing a deep yellow color.
Steiner looked shocked. "Could this be trance?"
Zidane was concentrating hard, and his daggers began to glow brighter and brighter. Finally they were practically shimmering. Eddy and Steiner had to cover their eyes.
"Man, somebody un-plug those things!" Eddy shouted. Zidane began to twirl his daggers in his hands. Finally he stuck them out in front of him.
"FREE ENERGY!" Zidane shouted. A blast flew from his two daggers and toasted the plant monster. Before Zidane could go in for the final blow however, the monster leapt into the treetops and vanished. The light around Zidane faded, and he began to beat at the ground.
"Ahhhh!!!! If only I had gotten here sooner!!!" He shouted, furious at himself for letting the monster get away. Vivi walked over to the spot that Garnet was standing.
Vivi looked down. "If only I wasn't so afraid... I could have stopped the monster..." He looked down. His shadow looked a bit big for him though. He realized this a bit too late as a second plant monster dropped down and imprisoned HIM in a cage.
Edd looked petrified. "VIVI NO!" he shouted. His body began to radiate with light just like Zidane had done. Eddy looked on with jealousy and shock.
"Man, now SOCKHEAD is glowing." Eddy said. Edd's body continued to glow. Finally, the light broke, and Edd was glowing a deep blue. He took out his staff and pointed it at the monster.
Edd glared. "I will NOT let you kidnap another one of my friends. FIRE WALL!" He shouted. A GIANT wall of fire flew out of his staff and roasted the plant, and unfortunately, Vivi. When the flame wall finally subsided, the creature was a very dark brown and covered with ash. Vivi was a bit shaken, but he was alright. The creature went limp, and Vivi was released from his prison. He ran over to Edd, who was no longer glowing, but panting heavily.
"Wow... that was powerful... I never knew you were a black mage." Vivi said.
Edd wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead. "Neither did I." he chuckled, and fell down from exhaustion. "Whew... this trance thing really takes a lot out of a person, doesn't it?"
Eddy sighed. "You never were one for a workout Double-D." Little did the group know, the monster was slowly recovering. It growled, making everyone swivel around, and it sprayed a green mist at the group. Eddy and Zidane dodged it, but the rest weren't so lucky. Edd, Vivi, and Steiner collapsed to the ground, leaving a very frantic Eddy and Zidane.
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End Chapter.
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Yay, Edd can do trance too! You guys obviously know he is a black mage by now... but I may throw in an extra twist later on. Hehehe.
Coming up next chapter: The group regroups, and heads out to rescue Garnet... and escape from the forest. Think it's going to be easy, you can't be farther from the truth. Be sure to read the next chapter, "EDscape and rescue mission."
(Jingle) Now that you've read, you can review, and another chapter I'll give to you! shot
This is AK, over and out.