Hello again, everyone. Like I always say, another day means another chapter for me to write and post. This chapter is all about Edward driving to the grocery store and then to a thrift shop to not only buy food for the weekend since his mother is going to be out of town, but also buy some snacks and some cheap-priced Halloween horror movie DVDs. But during his shopping trip, Edward will find something very...unusual. Now, of course, you have to see what the actual chapter reveals about the unusual item that Edward finds. So, I' am not going to reveal it right now. Well, what on Earth are we all sitting around and waiting for? Let's all begin chapter 3 of this horror story of mine!

A while later, at 4:50pm in the afternoon, Edward had finished up all of the "Whole Foods" shopping, as well as the snack shopping from "Publix" he had to do, as both stores of which were in the same area, about 5 minutes away from each other. He then went over to a local thrift shop named "Wilbur & Family's Thrift Shop", which was about 10 minutes away from the "Publix" store. The owner of the store, Wilbur, was another good friend of Edward. He was from New Delhi, the capital of India. He had moved to the United States about 20 years ago, so he also had an Indianan-accent. He new Edward well, as he bought Halloween decorations and cheap DVDs from there a lot after some school days once school was out for the day. Once Edward parked his car in the store's tiny parking lot, he unbuckled his seatbelt, turned off the car, got out while grabbing his key, closed the door, and locked it behind him, all before going inside of the thrift store. Upon opening the entry door and entering the thrift store, Wilbur, who was standing behind the counter on the right, looked up from his crossword puzzle, and smiled upon seeing him...

"Ah Edward, nice to see you again!" said Wilbur, who was happy to see Edward on such a happy day like this one, "How was school today?"

"Well Wilbur, I had a test and I passed it." replied Edward, "Anyways, do you by chance have any horror movie DVDs?"

"Yes, I have plenty of them." said Wilbur, putting down his crossword puzzle on the counter, and pointing to the back of the store, "There should be some in the back in the back on the right side, next to the refrigerators of cold drinks. I'm selling them each for only 2 dollars today since tomorrow is Halloween."

"Okay, thanks Wilbur." said Edward, as he began to make his way to the back of the store on the right, "I'll let you know when I find something I like."

"No problem, Edward." said Wilbur, as he went back to his crossword puzzle, "I'm sure you'll find some. I got a large selection today."

And with that being said, Edward made his way to the back of the store on the right. This thrift shop was privately-owned by Wilbur, and it also sold discounted clothes, assorted candies, VHS players, VHS tapes, music CDs, portable CD players, children's books, adult books, cold bottled beverages, board games, jigsaw puzzles, and even electronic device chargers. Once he was at the back of the store, Edward found the section of white metal shelves with a large assortment of DVDs. Every genre was there on DVD, such as fantasy, romance, action, classic, fiction, non-fiction, adventure, and of course, horror. Edward was pleased to find that all of the DVD's David wanted was there. Yep, Edward found the movie DVDs of "Friday the 13th", "Saw", the 1979 version of "Alien", and he also found a DVD of the original "Nightmare on Elm Street". However, right before he could walk away, he noticed something on the corner of his eye on the left in the kiddie DVD section of the shelf. It was a DVD labeled "Codename: Kids Next Door...A Special Episode Spectacular".

The front cover of the DVD case had a picture of Numbuh 86, aka Fanny Fulbright, facing off against Mr. Boss, who was her father, which was revealed in an episode called "Operation: D.A.D.D.Y.". Mr. Boss was swinging an axe towards her, and Fanny was firing her mustard gun at him. Edward was a little disturbed by this, as Mr. Boss would never endanger Fanny on purpose, especially after he found out that she was in the "Kids Next Door". Edward was skeptical for a while, but shrugged it off as nothing more than a joke for the DVD cover, and assumed there would be happy ending with the episode on the DVD. Edward smiled as he knew that he just had to have that DVD. He loved that old cartoon of "Codename: Kids Next Door". It was one of his favorite "Cartoon Network" shows that he used to watch as a kid, back when he was 6 years old in 2008. He had fun watching characters like Numbuh 1 (Nigel Uno), Numbuh 2 (Hoagie Gilligan), Numbuh 3 (Kuki Sanban), Numbuh 4 (Wallabe Beatles), and Numbuh 5 (Abigail Linclion), all working together to fight off evil adult tyranny in their home town. As Edward grabbed the DVD and walked through the aisles of the store, he began to have a flashback to a memory of when he was 6 years old...

The year was 2008 and Edward Jones was only 6 years old. He was able to speak in complete sentences, and he was in the first grade, attending school at the "Baker Elementary School". He was on the school's baseball team as the pitcher, and he was a HUGE fan of "Codename: Kids Next Door" on the "Cartoon Network" TV channel. It was during the summer in July and 6-year-old Edward ran out of his room, down the stairs, and into the living room, all while exclaiming something about a made-for-TV movie that was about to air in only 2 minutes at 3:00pm called "Operation: Z.E.R.O."...

"Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today!", exclaimed young Edward, as he ran into the living room, "Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today! Its today!"

"Woah, hold your horses, there." said Mrs. Jones, as she walked into the living room, and picked up her excited son, "Sweetie, I can hear you from outside in the garden. Is everything okay?"

"Oh course, mom!" said Edward, hugging his mother while smiling, "Today is the day that Operation: ZERO is coming on! It's coming on in 2 minutes and I must see it!"

"Oh, that Kids Next Door movie?" asked Mrs. Jones, as she placed her son back down, "Its coming on today?"

"Yes, mom!" said Edward happily, "Its today and today only!"

"Well, okay, but make sure to meet me in the dinning room for dinner at six." said Mrs. Jones, pointing to the clock hanging on the wall, "You got that?"

"Mom, I got it." said Edward, smiling at his mother with joy, "Besides, it'll probably end WAY before then."

"Alright, sweetie." said Ms. Jones, as she walked off into the kitchen, "Enjoy your movie."

And with that being said, Edward got up onto the sofa, grabbed the black TV remote, and turned on the flat-screen TV. He then changed the channel from the "NBC" channel to "Cartoon Network", all just as the title sequence for the "Operation: Z.E.R.O." movie was taking place onscreen. As the title sequence ended and the main movie finally started, Edward smiled as the scene showing Grandfather and his tapioca pudding factory run by enslaved kids and his own children, Monty Uno and Benedict Uno took place. As the scene continued to play as normal, Edward smiled and let out a relaxing sigh...

"Ah, I just love this show!" said Edward, as the scene where a young Benedict Uno exits out of the backdrop of the factory mid-shift took place, "I don't know what I'd ever do without this show."

Soon, the "Operation: Z.E.R.O." movie ended on a good note, with Numbuh 86 keeping her promotion, Numbuh 1 being happy with his accomplishment of getting rid of the Senior Citizen Zombies, and the credits rolling. By then, it was 5:10pm, and young Edward cheered for what he thought was a very good "Codename: Kids Next Door" film. He then turned off the TV, stood up front the sofa, and headed into the dinning room to see if dinner was ready or not...

As Edward's flashback memory ended, Edward walked up to the counter and placed the DVDs onto it. Wilbur put down his nearly-completed crossword puzzle, and began to scan each of the barcode stickers using the red scanner next to his cash register. After scanning each one, he tried to find a barcode on the "Codename: Kids Next Door" DVD, but apparently, there was no barcode sticker on it. He then tried to look up the price in his computer system, but to no avail as the DVD title did not appear to be in the system...

"Edward, it appears there is a problem with this Kida Next Door DVD." said Wilbur, confused as he placed it back down on the counter, "I can't seem to find a price for this DVD, nor can I find it listen in this store's electronic inventory."

"Well, I still want it." said Edward, as he got out his wallet and his credit card, "I used to watch Codename: Kids Next Door all the time as a kid and this DVD will bring back those special memories."

"Hmmm...well Edward, I'll just give you that one for free since there's no official price for it." said Wilbur, as he handed the DVD to Edward, "But everything else will cost you about 8 dollars in total."

Edward nodded and handed Wilbur his "Discover" credit card. Wilbur took the credit card and swiped in the credit card scanner. After the machine flashed a tiny green light, meaning that the card was approved, Wilbur have the credit card back to Edward, who put it back into his wallet, before putting the wallet into his pocket. Wilbur then got out a plastic shopping placed, and placed all of the DVDs inside of it, before handing the bag and a receipt to Edward...

"Thank you, come again." said Wilbur, as he picked up his crossword puzzle once again, "Oh, and say hi to your mother for me."

"I will do that, Wilbur." said Edward, as he made his way towards the exit door and gave Wilbur a slight wave back, "See you later, man."

And with that being said, Edward exited the thrift store, walked over to his car, and unlocked it with his car key. He then opened the door, sat down in the driver's seat, placed the plastic bag next to him in the front-passenger seat, buckled up his seatbelt, and closed his door, locking it as he did so. He then placed his key into the ignition cylinder, started up the car, and put the car's gearstick into gear. He then backed out of the thrift store's parking lot, and turned left onto the main road. Once he was on the main road, he began the drive all the way back towards his neighborhood and his house...

Well, that is the end of chapter 3 of this horror story. Yes, nothing really scary is happened yet but so far I have had Edward discover a DVD of the "Codename: Kids Next Door" animated cartoon series at the thrift store, which is owned by Wilbur, an Indiana store owner stereotype, similar to the character of Apu from "The Simpsons". Now, I want to let you all know that this character of Wilbur is made to be here as a joke, and is not to be considered offensive in anyways. It was also nice to see Edward as a younger boy in the flashback he had him watching the "Codename: Kids Next Door" cartoon. Well, its time for us to move on to chapter 4 of this horror story.