Awesomewriter123: I like the outcome of this chapter, but I'm still wondering what happened to the other kids. Please update!

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Chapter Seven: Trouble in Ed-adise

Two days later, Eddy had recovered from his injuries, although the scar on his shoulder was still there. Jimmy and Eddy were walking through the village, greeting villagers as they walked around.

"So Jimmy... you glad to see the queen of the brats again?" Eddy asked.

"The who?" Jimmy asked.

"Who do think I mean! Sarah of course!" Eddy said.

"Oh... well yes, I guess... she is my friend you know." Jimmy said as he waved to a couple villagers as he walked by.

"What I don't understand is why those people were helping her? I mean, how did she convince Five thousand people to help her invade the village?" Eddy asked.

"There's an easy explanation to that. When I questioned the surviving barbarians they claimed they had no idea what I was talking about! It was as if they didn't even remember doing it.", Jimmy said in a puzzled tone.

"Kinda like Sarah... except I don't remember them having belts." Eddy said, also puzzled. They walked into Jimmy's small, wooden hut, and sat down in a couple of chairs that surrounded a small coffee table.

"There's also an explanation for that too. Every single one of the barbarians said that the last thing they remembered was a red-headed girl walking toward them... and then blank." Jimmy said as he got up to pour himself some water from a small water bucket in a corner.

"But how was Sarah able to brainwash all those people?" Eddy asked, leaning back in his chair.

Jimmy sat down, and took a sip from his water. "I know this sounds weird, but... I think it was mind control."

"Everything has been weird for me lately, so I think you maybe right. I mean, how else could Sarah have been able to control all those people?" Eddy asked. Jimmy took a sip of his water, and Eddy stared into space. Oh great, another awkward silence... oh well. Eddy thought as he got up. "Well, Jimmy, I think I'm gonna go check on..." Eddy didn't get a chance to finish his sentence, because a guard burst in the room.

"Sir, a man has just arrived at the front gate claiming to have survived an attack on his village." the guard said.

"Very well then." Jimmy said as he turned toward Eddy. "Do you want to come with me to check it out?"

"Okay, I got nothing better to do.", Eddy said as he followed Jimmy and the guard out of the room. They walked past several villagers with puzzled looks on there faces, wondering what was going on. Jimmy and Eddy finally arrived at the front gate, where a man in ragged clothing was drinking a cup of water and leaning against the wall. He had a beard, and had wounds covering every part of his body. The man was being questioned by a guard. Jimmy motioned for Eddy to follow him as they walked over to them.

"Excuse me, but I heard there was a situation at the front gate." Jimmy said, looking at the guard.

"Yes sir, this man came to our gate a few minutes earlier, claiming to have survived a recent attack on his village." the guard said.

Jimmy turned toward the man. "Is this true?"

The man dropped his finished cup of water on the ground, and sighed deeply as he began. "It all started last night when a strange, foreign man came to our village, and although he talked kinda funny, the others and I made out that he needed a place to stay. So we took him to one of our huts, and let him rest for the night. After my wife and I laid down in our hut, we heard screams and yells outside. We went outside to see what all the commotion was, and saw some people being attacked. We ran over, and saw some of our own villagers trying to kill each other. My wife, being brave, trying to talk them out of it, but they started attacking her instead, biting her on her neck." The man stopped, and turned away as a couple tears slid down his cheeks. He stood there for a few minutes letting it all out, before turning back, his face wet with tears.

"Is there more?" Jimmy asked, trying to sound as soft as he could, trying not to make him any unhappier.

The man sniffled before nodding. "The remaining villagers and I fled to our houses, grabbing whatever we could to use as weapons to defend ourselves. We were about to win, when the foreign man came, and joined the attackers. We were overwhelmed, and the survivors and I fled the village. I don't know what happened to the others, but I stumbled across your town, and decided to see if I could get help here."

"Well then you've found help." Jimmy said as he turned toward the guard again. "Tell the scout captain to prepare a small force to be dispatched to the attacked village. Oh, and take this man with you, as he knows the way." The guard and the man began walking toward the command hut.

Jimmy stopped the man to ask him a question. "What happened to your wife?" Jimmy asked.

Some more tears slid down the man's face. "She attacked me. I killed her.", he said, as he turned away and followed the guard.

Jimmy stood there for a few minutes, staring after the man as he walked away. Eddy came up and tapped Jimmy on the shoulder, and Jimmy turned to face him. "What is it?" Jimmy asked.

"We don't have enough soldiers left from the last battle for even a small scout force. So how are you going to send this "force" to the attacked village?" Eddy asked.

"After the last battle, the remaining barbarian soldiers were no longer under Sarah's control, so we were able to convince them to join our forces." Jimmy said. "Oh, and I think you should join them!"

"WHAT?! I'm not joining them! I almost got killed in the last battle!" Eddy said, bewildered that Jimmy would ask that of him. Jimmy sighed, and pulled out the jawbreaker.

"Here's that jawbreaker..." Jimmy said, holding it close to Eddy's face.

"Oh yeah, you owe me it for winning the battle!" Eddy said as he reached for it. Jimmy pulled it away, just like last time. "Hey! Not again! I earned that jawbreaker!"

"You'll have earned it... after you accompany the scouts." Jimmy said, smiling triumphantly.

"Fine..." Eddy said, walking toward his hut to pick up his equipment.

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"CAN I COME?! CAN I COME?! CAN I COME?!" Ed continuously yelled in Eddy's ear as he put on his battle armor.

"Look, Ed, Jimmy said that I should go, not you." Eddy said as he slipped his daggers into their sheaths. "So no, you can't go."

Ed put on his best puppy eyes, and slid over to Eddy on his knees. Tears welled up in his eyes. "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaasssseee Eddy.", Ed said pleadingly.

"Ed, that doesn't work on me..." Eddy said as he pulled a bow and a quiver of arrows from a trunk.

"Let the idiot go, Eddy, for my sake." Sarah said walking into the hut. She had her normal clothes on, albeit a size larger, since she was two years older.

"What, and let you enjoy Ed not being around? Yeah right." Eddy said as he began walking toward the door.

"Fine, I'll just have to "redecorate" your room while you're gone..." Sarah said smiling evilly, as she revealing a paint bucket with pink paint in it from behind her.

Eddy grimaced. I either have to deal with an Ed or... a pink room. Eddy thought. He sighed. "Fine, have it your way. Ed, you're coming with me."

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!" Ed screamed as he danced around Eddy. "We're gonna have SO much fun, Eddy! We can play limbo, tic-tac-toe, and pin the tail on the chicken, and..." Ed was interrupted as Eddy punched him square in the jaw.

"Shut up Ed.", Eddy said, as he walked out the door.

"BYE BABY SISTER!" Ed yelled as he happily followed Eddy.

Sarah waited a few minutes before proceeding to paint Eddy's room pink. "Sucker..." Sarah said as she giggled evilly.

Eddy and Ed set out to check another village, and Sarah paints Eddy's room pink! Read and Review!