"Your Best Ed"

"Double D! I take everything I said back! I wanna go home!" Eddy hugged Double D tightly as the boy likewise did the same.

"I can't say I told you so, because I precisely agree, Eddy!" The two screamed in fear as one of the vines came towards them!

"Begone demon of the Plantae realm! For I, Ed will defeat all monsters like you!" Ed leaped into action, tackling the vine and wrestling with it.

"Go Ed go!" Eddy let go of Double D, shaking his balled fists in anticipation and excitement.

"Ed! Be careful!" Double D fussed, fidgeting as he watched. His arms and legs uncontrollably shaking as sweat poured down his face.

"Ugh! Annoying pest!" Flowey remarked, his face grimacing and eyebrows tightening. Ed was flung against the ground, the ceiling, the walls, all leaving huge craters.

"Ooph! Ow! Ahhhhh!" Despite his apparent yells of pain, Ed was DETERMINED, because his friends were in danger! Eddy's inactivity vanished at this sight, his fists balling now for a different reason as he looked around, then ahahed!

"I'm coming. Lumpy!" Eddy leaped into the fray, brandishing a stick, and striking out at the vines.

"Oh dear oh dear oh dear…" Double D looked for a way out… The back road was a dead end, where could they go?! Then, suddenly, he remembered, the doorway! He had no idea where it went, but it was a way away from this fight!

"Gentleman! This way!" Double D slipped past the fight and threw both his arms toward the doorway to try to gesture them over.

"A little tied up right now, Double D!" The vines were wrapping around the boys, their weapons of choice proving very ineffective to the vines. So inefficient they were entirely wrapped up and physically holding the vines from crushing them.

"Allow me then!" Flowey grinned before swinging his vines, and the boys, directly at Double D. They detached with ease from the force and slammed right into Double D. Double D let out a blegh as he had his comrades thrown into him through the said doorway.

"Mnrgnmmm…" Eddy's eyes swirled a bit, drooling lightly. Ed was the first out of the pile. Followed by Double D who crawled out and stood up, looking at the stains all over his shirt and pants in disgust. Ed was more focused on his almost unconscious friend, picking him up by the collar of his shirt and yelling.

"Wake up Eddy! Or else we are goners!" Ed shook the boy, then when that didn't work, slapped him. Nothing, again, nothing, yet?

"Ed! I'm awake!" Ed gave him another slap to make sure.

"Aagh!"

"Is now the time for this right now gentleman!?" Double D was hunched over, his arms shaking as he gave the boys a look of dumbfounded intent. Their pursuer could have struck them down during the distraction but was just laughing at their shenanigans.

"Golly, this is going to be so easy, with your souls, I'll become the most powerful thing in the underground!" The flower's gleeful expression and approaching killer vines set the boys into an even bigger panic. All comedy vanishing for the moment, a blown out trumpet wheezed as they turned tail and ran.

"RUN AWAYYYYYYYYYYY!" The boys fled the fight, the dark room being left behind as the purple floors and walls of the ruins materialized around them. Their hurried footsteps and heavy breathing were the only sounds besides the crunching of stone as Flowey continued to follow them. A room with a tall ceiling leaves in the center of a duo of stairs that lead to another room being the eye-catching thing in the place.

"Quick! In there!" Eddy stammered out as he and his friends ran up the stairs… But, well, there was no door.

"What the!? Where's the door?!" A perfectly stone wall stood where an arch in the shape of a door was.

"It's a trap! The flower sought to corner us from the beginning!" Double D panicked and stammered out. Pulling his hat further over his head.

"WE ARE NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD!" Ed bemoaned, turning to watch the doorway, as Flowey's insidious laughter echoed and followed them. Eddy was sweating bullets as he looked around the room, noticing the plaque on the wall to the left.

"What the heck is this?!" Eddy grimaced, looking about the room, but all he saw were some panels and a switch. Suddenly, the realization hit him.

"Double D! Hit the top row of those panels! Ed! The bottom row! Don't hit the other two!" Eddy's voice was loud enough to make their ears ring, but the boys stumbled and did as he asked. Eddy then pulled the lever, the wall opening, "Jackpot!" Eddy grinned despite the situation.

"Go go go!" Eddy commanded, and the boys ran through, but then grunted as they impacted what felt like a large solid wall, all smashing into each other making the sound of a doorbell, a cowhorn, and a wheezing cow respectively.

"Oh! You are…?" The boys all fell back in a pile. The furred woman in front of them's eyes going wide and her arms shooting out to try and grab them but failing.

"M-my apologies! I heard shouting and…- "The woman was interrupted by Eddy.

"Out of the way! There's a killer flower chasing us!" Of course, he stopped short once he realized who was in front of them. A fuzzy bleached white furred maternal-looking woman, with red eyes, was standing there.

"M-M-Monsters!" Eddy screamed aloud, hiding behind Ed and Double D.

"M-more?! I'm not ready!" Double D stood stock still, mind racing, what could this horrible creature have in store for them next!? If a flower was this dangerous, what could an anthropomorphic creature like the one in front of them do?!

"Children, please! I mean no harm! What is going on?" The three were having none of the rational explanation though.

"Get outta the way! We-" Eddy was cut short as the Goat Woman gave them what could only be described as eyebrows raised, and a furrowed look of disapproval.

"Please, explain, what are you in danger from, my children? I will protect you." The boys pointed back whence they came all stammering at once.

"There was a scary monst- It had huge vines that were like Green Seed in I wish I was a masked mum- It was an incredibly tall sunflower that measured exactly at-"

Meanwhile, the newcomer walked forward and peered into the room that they just came from.

"There's no one there, children." The goat woman turned back to them, confused. The boys were even more confused though.

"But, he-, we were!" Eddy tried to explain, but the woman smiled and just came close, rubbing their heads one at a time as she passed by them and headed back towards the door they just opened. The Eds looked down at themselves, minds racing, but the goat woman started before they got lost in thought.

"It was probably just a mean prank, my children, come… You are the first humans to have fallen down in a long time." She took a deep breath after finishing her sentence and gestured to herself.

"I, am Toriel, the caretaker of these ruins, and you are?" The Eds took a second to calm down, Double D looking on edge the most out of them. Eddy himself put on a face of confidence, while Ed put on a brave face and heartily went first.

"I am Ed, monster! We come in peace!" Ed punctuated his words by swinging his arms around his fellows and hugging them close. The motherly Toriel couldn't help but smile at his exuberant and loud words.

"Erm, I'm Edd, Ma'am. A pleasure to meet you despite the circumstances... Please let go of me, Ed." The stringy boy fruitlessly tries as Eddy pops himself out.

"Ngrhahhh!... Alright." Eddy dusted himself off, grumbling before he put on a cocksure smile and pointed a thumb to himself.

"I'm Eddy, and I'm the leader of this trio of ours." He grinned, though Double D rolled his eyes and actually got out of Ed's grasp, mainly because he had been let go.

"My my Eddy, been working on your vocabulary much?" Double D was quick to be sarcastic, a bit annoyed at not receiving Eddy's help in escaping from Ed. The motherly Toriel could only hold in a small laugh unsuccessfully, the three children would undoubtedly prove the most amusing of the children to fall here.

"Quite a commendable thing, Eddy. But let us not wait here for long." The monster's red eyes and warm smile brought order to the boys, and before long, they were in an orderly line following her. However, that did not mean they didn't have doubts…

"She's acting really nice for no reason… What's her deal?" Eddy frowned and whispered to the other two. Double D tapped his fingers together and watched the newcomer monster.

"Perhaps she's just a good Samaritan who happened upon us?" Double D suggested, Eddy, crossed his arms and looked at her back suspiciously.

"Wishful thinking, Double D, I bet she has some master plan for us." Eddy's brow furrowed, it just didn't make sense why she would be helping them… It's clear that human souls were incredibly valuable, why else would that flower have been so fixated on them? Was this monster just playing with them and waiting for a moment to strike when they were weakest?

"Aww, don't worry, Eddy! I, Ed, shall fight the monsters for you." He slung his arm around Eddy's shoulders, and the younger boy smiled… Before remembering who's pits were right in his face. He choked a bit on the stench before separating himself.

"R-right, good idea Ed, that last fight was just a fluke." Eddy's bravado, and Ed's declaration, quickly turned the tense atmosphere lighthearted again.

"So, would you say this trip got 10x cooler boys? Because I think it did, just imagine the treasure that could be down here." Eddy got a greedy look in his eyes and rubbed his palms together. Double D did a double take as he watched this sight, it was always Eddy and money, wasn't it?

"Let's keep a clear focus on getting out of here, Eddy." Double D walked past him, Eddy snapped back into focus.

"C'mon Double D, you're always excited about old junk." Double D rolled his eyes.

"Really? Is that all you think of me? I'm surprised." As the two Ed's bickered in the background, Ed was obediently pulling levers at Toriel's command. The wise aged monster was quite adept at watching multiple children...

"One lever, hold the onions!" Toriel was snapped out of thought and even mildly mortified, as Ed had pulled the WRONG lever. He'd pulled it so hard in fact, that the wall portion of it came with it.

"T-that's… The wrong lever, my child, I even labeled the r-right one for you." Toriel, of course, was gobsmacked, how did Ed…? Ed, of course, continued on as Toriel stared in bewilderment at him. The spikes retracted as he pulled the correct lever, and he dropped the part of the wall before continuing. Eddy, of course, couldn't help but laugh and follow him, it didn't cost him any money, so it was hilarious! Double D could only put his hat over his eyes, mortified, and going ahead to them.

"…I will have to change my methods." She made a nervous laugh/cry before walking after them and blocking the way forward. A dummy stood at the opposite wall and stared blankly ahead.

"Alright, now, children… Listen closely, please talk to the dummy." The Eds gave her a look of… What? Even Ed gave her a confused look.

"But a dummy can't talk, Ms. Toriel." He hmmed and looked at the Dummy.

"I know, but down here, you may run into other monsters who may FIGHT you. So… Stall for time, make conversation, I will resolve the situation peacefully." She averted her eyes and maintained her resolve, but Eddy got a cocksure grin and walked up to the dummy to talk to it.

"Hey there, Dummy boy, got any plans today that Eddy can smooth his way into?" Double D could only facepalm at Eddy's way of being smooth, but Ed suddenly laughed.

"The dummy just called you stupid, Eddy!" Eddy hmphed and glared at the dummy, Toriel meanwhile looked confused, A dummy couldn't speak.

"Oh yeah?! And what's your deal then? Too cool for me? Spill!" Eddy shook the dummy which wobbled in place, before it floated up, and slammed itself onto Eddy, embedding him into the floor. It then proceeded to float off, annoyed.

"Eddy!" Double D ran to check on Eddy, who was peeling himself off the floor. Toriel herself was horrified. The dummy had never done THAT before. It seems the Eds had a knack for trouble.

"Nghn…" Eddy groaned out in pain. Meanwhile, Ed watched the dummy go.

"Look at it go, guys!" IT floated back in the direction they came, but something struck Ed immediately that made him shiver.

"F-F-Flowey!" He ran behind Toriel, who held a hand up to her rightmost cheek in concern. She went looking, but nothing was there.

"…There's nothing there, my child." She sighed, these children… Proved to be tiring, she picked up the stunned Eddy and continued along into the next room. Ed and Double D sticking close, worried about their pursuer.

"There is another puzzle ahead… But do not concern yourself with it, I shall walk you three through it." Toriel smiled and led the way, walking through a spike-laden path with water at the edges of it. The spikes retracting as she walked along. The Eds were quiet, they felt anxious and afraid, but also lucky that Toriel was there… They entered the next room with relative ease thanks to her guidance.

"Now… My children…" Toriel started, putting Eddy down who had recovered by this point. He had an embarrassed blush and was quick to get in line with Ed and Double D.

"I need you to stay in this room by yourselves for a bit." The Eds, naturally, did not take it well. They immediately launched into an uproar about their pursuer, but Toriel was quick to silence them by holding her hands up.

"You will be fine, I am giving you three all something that will help you keep in touch with me should this 'Flowey' return." She dug in her pockets, and dug up three phones for each of them… They looked like old car phones, Double D eyed them as relics, Eddy with disgust, and Ed with ignorance.

"Thank you… We'll use them to call if we need anything." Double D was quick to thank her, the other boys nodding, Eddy reluctantly so. Toriel smiled, before heading forwards and leaving them alone.

"What the heck kind of phone is this?!" Once Eddy was sure she was gone, he started complaining.

"And why was she carrying three of them?" Double D questioned intensely, staring at his own.

"Why does the wind blow if we're underground?" Ed asked philosophically, disrupting the other two entirely as they stared at him. He then let out a laugh and broke his own train of thought, just silently waiting. Eddy fiddled with the phone, trying to call home or his parents, but the call wouldn't go through, not even ringing. Double D fiddled with it, making adjustments to his own. Ed kept watch, looking backward, the sinister flower there but not approaching. A smile on his face as he stared in their direction, he knew that they were alone with just HIM now.