So sorry for the long wait, here is the 2nd chapter. I know it's starting slow, please just bare with me. Enjoy! Oh and to my reviewer, i enjoyed your input and hope you will soon see my reasons as to why ive chosen to make certain characters the way they are.

The Kankers and Eds walked together for a time, before they all came to the point where they had to separate to finally start the last day of school before summer. Edd waved goodbye to Marie as she mockingly saluted him, and then said goodbye to the other Eds as he started walking by himself to his Honors English class. It was to this class that Edd walked with a strange kind of nervous excitement pitted in his stomach, subconsciously touching the book through his bag as he walked into Mr. Schwartz's class, a nervous gapped toothed smile adorning his face. It was with the rise of his teacher's head that it turned from slightly forced, to genuine. The middle aged man's face erupted into a smile, and he brushed back thinning hair in what was surely an action of muscle memory as he stood.

"Eddward, my boy! Finish looking through that book last night?" He asked with a slight raise of an eyebrow,

"Yes sir, and I do believe I may have some more questions for you after class."

To this, Mr. Schwartz responded by clapping his hands together once, excitedly, exclaiming,

"But of course dear boy!"

His rather round face, and dark brown eyes were lit up with pleasure, and an eagerness that somewhat threw young Eddward off.

With those final words between them Edd took his seat so as to get his last English class of the year finished. He couldn't help but muse on the his readings last night, all his searching on the internet had not yielded any real results on much that the book held within its' pages. Descriptions of arcane energy, how it dwelled within certain peoples' bodies and could be used through focusing words to perform marvelous, almost unimaginable feats. As much as Edd was a man of science, he brushed his hair back and bit his lip in nervous excitement that maybe, the whole magic thing could be true. Although his mind did doubt, his heart hoped.

It was these thoughts that he held onto throughout his english class, most people goofing off and shoving yearbooks in front of each other, a few even put onto his desk which he politely signed quickly and efficiently. A few times he looked up to his teach to notice that every time that their eyes met, the man would grin in what seemed to be an uncontrollable action, and Double D smiled back politely. He didn't know why the man's sudden happy attitude was throwing him off, he had been Edd's favorite teacher this year after all, but something about him seemed… off. As he finished that thought the bell finally rang, and students started filing out of the classroom, eager to keep the day moving so that they would finally be free of their prison.

Edd stood and smiled, coming to a rest after a few steps toward Mr. Schwartz's desk. With a movement that seemed almost too quick for a man of his admittedly large stature, The older man stood and held his hand out.

"May I see the book, Eddward?" He asked with a slightly smaller smile.

Edd nodded with a thin smile and pulled the book out, handing it over and blinking as it was snatched away quickly, and shoved into a drawer. Edd was then told to,

"Sit, sit please. We have much to talk about and so little time."

Edd obeyed and sat, his hand folded in his lap as he stared at his excited teacher. Finally, it seemed the man could no longer hold it in, and exploded out with a rushed,

"So! What did you think of the book and its' contents?"

Edd smiled at his teacher as he replied,

"It was very interesting! The talk of this energy that could possibly exist, using words to channel it, the possible existence of a soul, it's all very fascinating." Edd answered honestly, trying to keep from asking what he truly wanted to know, what he was dying to know. For as much as Edd liked to study, and research, nothing compared to what came after, and it was this that Double D was addicted to, Discovery. Mr. Schwartz grinned happily, something of a darkness showing through his eyes, glimmering in excitement. Edd leaned forward, feeling as though he were about to have all of the secrets of the world revealed to him.

"Well, what would I told you if-"

The door to the classroom swinging open rapidly shut him up and startled Double D, almost as startled as he was confused by who stood at the door. Mr. Schwartz grimaced at the lanky man in the doorway, with a contemptuous glance at the younger man's clothing, a more casual sense of dress with only khakis and a black button up shirt and a small blue bow tie.

"Mr. Deather.. To what do i owe this.. Pleasant.. Surprise?"

The younger teacher pushed brown locks away from green eyes, an average man in all senses of the word, other than his strangely strict and quiet demeanor. He then spoke up in a voice that reminded Eddward of a condescending tone, yet if it was meant to be so, it was masked carefully.

"Eddward is missing my class."

He paused and looked to the boy in question, and Eddward gulped at the blank stare he was receiving from the man, vibrant green eyes fixing upon him like those of a corpse. Mr. Schwartz pulled at his tie with a scowl, before fixing his lips into a what was obviously a strained smile.

"I was just having a word with the boy before the passing period was over, it was about his place after high school."

Eddward glanced at his teacher in surprise, the lie had flowed over his lips more easily than water over steel, and Edd had had no idea his teacher could be sneaky. Mr. Deather blinked as he straightened up.
"While that is.. Important. He has classes now. Maybe he can come and see you later, after, school." He said, his tone flat, almost uninterested.

"I need Eddward to come and get his summer packet so he can be ready for Advanced Calculus next year."

Mr Schwartz nodded politely, that smile that seemed to rest haphazardly still upon his face.

"Of course," he ground out, and then waved away Eddward.

"Until after school, Eddward, don't keep me waiting."

Edd almost paused at the near angry tone in the man's voice before getting up and exiting the room with the peculiar Mr. Deather. As they left, his math teacher closed the door and kept pace with him, shoulder to shoulder. For a while they walked in silence, until the young man spoke up, tone still flat and bored.

"You've never missed a class before Eddward. Was that important?"

Edd blinked in surprise, but he supposed that it was probably common knowledge that he had a perfect attendance.

"Well.. yes sir. It was very important."

Mr. Deather nodded as he stared straight ahead, and within a few moments they had reached the door to his classroom. The man pause with his hand on the door, and spoke with a tone of voice that Double D had never heard from him, as he was used to Mr. Deather sounding bored since the young teacher had started this year.

"A word of advice Eddward.. Sometimes people are not who they seem to be. You'd do well to remember that sometimes, the wrong choice is dangerous." And with that, he opened the door leaving Eddward stunned at how forceful and stern his voice sounded, before following and seating himself in front of a small and confused class, awaiting the bell that would signal the end of class and bring him one step closer to his fate that night.