Eddy found himself in the courtroom of the Koopas in their castle. He was surrounded by Koopalings and Magikoopas. Bowser, naturally, was the judge. "Eddy!" he roared. "You are charged with humiliating me and tricking my already stupid son! How do you plead?"

"Uh...innocent?"

Bowser rolled his eyes. "Yeah, right. We could probably do some whole big courtroom thing, but we all know that I'm gonna find you guilty. See, that's just how it goes, right?"

"I don't like this," said Eddy lowly.

"We love it!" Larry Koopa called from the jury.

Eddy turned frantically to Iggy and Lemmy. "You two are my lawyers! Do something!"

Iggy and Lemmy stood up. "Judge dad," started Lemmy, "can we..."

"...defend Eddy a little?" finished Iggy.

"Let me see...NO!"

Iggy and Lemmy sat down. "We tried," said Iggy.

"Did not!" snapped Eddy.

"Doesn't matter," said Lemmy. "We were just going to help them find you guilty."

"You Koopas are all against me!" yelled Eddy.

"Well, DUH!" replied everyone else in the courtroom.

"Dang it."

Edd suddenly bust in. "Stop! You can't do this to poor Eddy!"

Bowser calmly looked up. "Hey, it's that other guy," he said without a lot of emotion. "This saves us a lot of searching and kidnaping, actually. Thanks a lot."

Eddy sprang over to his friend. "Double D! Wow! I never thought..." he suddnely stopped. "Wait, why'd you come to help me? I'm just getting you in trouble."

"Yeah," said Bowser, "are you planning to go psycho on all of us and escape with your friend or something?"

"Oh, perish the thought, your honor!" said Edd. "You see, I came to say...

No one every made me feel like someone
'Til him
Life was really nothing but a glum one
'Til him
My existence bordered on the tragic
Always timid, never took a chance
Then I felt his magic
And my heart began to dance


I was always frightened, fraught with worry...
'Til him
I was going nowhere in a hurry
'Til him
He filled up my empty life
Filled it to the brim
There could never ever beAnother one...like him

"Oh, man..." Eddy said quietly. "I never thought you actually, you know, cared."

"Of course I did. Don't you?"

"Well, I was more in it for the money," admitted Eddy. "I figured you were, too...but, now that I think about it...

No one ever ever really knew me
'Til him
Everyone was always out to screw me
'Til him
Never met I man I ever trusted
Always dealt with shysters in the past

(Eddy glares at Iggy and Lemmy who simply wave back)
Now I'm well adjusted
'Cause I've got a friend at last


Always playing singles, never doubles
'Til him
Never had a pal to share my troubles
'Til him

Edd: He filled up my empty life
Eddy: Filled it to the brim
Both: There could never ever be

Another one...like him

"Oh, go do a slash fic!" groaned Bowser. "I find both of them guilty!"

"Uh-oh."

Mario and Luigi suddenly jumped in. They randomly started beating up the Koopas, followed by Calvin, Hobbes, Jason, and Marcus.

Edd was amazed. "Oh. Well, this is lucky."

"What the heck are you guys doing here?" asked Eddy as Morton Koopa flew by, on fire.

"Well," explained Calvin, "we saw the Koopas around camp and figured you guys were in trouble when you disappeared. So we got Mario and Luigi to come help us!"

"Well, that's good," said Eddy. "We don't have to pay you, right?"

I always feel like I'm breaking a sacred rule when I show adults with the Eds. Still, the Marios adn Bowserare hardly REAL adults. However, ones like Calvin's parents will never be shown in the same scene as the Eds or Peanuts characters. It's only natural...actually, that's broken in my other fic, Hunchback of Notre Ed, so I've really screwed up. Dang.