EPISODE #2: Eddy's silver rock

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha..."

The Eds were in Ed's room, and Ed was under his bed, laughing to himself. Eddy and Ed exchanged glances.

"Looks like Ed is having a jolly good time under his mattress, don't you think Eddy," Double Dee asked.

There was silence as Eddy glared into space, crossing his arms.

"This stinks. I thought of a scam that will have us swimming in jawbreakers, but nooo, Ed has to get something from under his stinking bed!" In ager, Eddy stomped on Ed's bedroom floor with his foot.

THUMP!

A shook was barely felt, but seconds later, a silver, shiny rock rolled out from under Ed's bed, and stopped next to Double Dee's foot. Double Dee was the one that spotted it first, so he picked it up, and got out his magnifying glass, examining the rock slowly.

"Found it," Ed yelled from under the bed.

"Found what," Eddy asked.

Ed then got out from under his bed,, and showed Double Dee and Eddy what he had found. In his hand was a circle with a hole in the middle. It was covered in green, and blue mold.

"...A bagel," Eddy guessed.

"Yep." Ed threw the expired bagel up in the air, caught it with his mouth, and ate it.

"Food is more delicious that way when it's under the bed."

"I think I'm going to be sick," Double Dee muttered, nearly dropping the rock.

"You can do that later!" Eddy said, pushing Double Dee back. Double Dee fell on the floor with a THUD, releasing the shiny rock out of his hands, and landing Eddy. Eddy looked down and saw the shiny rock, paying no attention to Double Dee.

"What the…" He picked up the rock, its light shining generously in the light. He began to smile, money symbols started to appear on his eyes.

"Oh no…Eddy has came up with another get rich quick scheme. And what may I ask is your scheme this time, Eddy," Double Dee asked, getting up from the ground.

"Is it milk?" Ed asked, licking his lips. Eddy ignored him

"Look at this shiny rock," Eddy said excitedly, showing the rock to Double Dee.

Double Dee was about to say that he found the rock first, but Eddy interrupted him.

"Those pigeons will fork their dough over to us to see this rock! Think of the money, fame, limo, commercial, talk shows…"

"I'm not positive that the kids are going to pay to see this rare rock, as their attention spans are too little to be interested in minerals such as these," Double Dee said. "Besides, I examined that rock with my magnifying glass earlier, and it's possible that it's a fake. Fine, make money for the kids paying to see it, but I'd doubt that they will pay attention to it, let alone think that the rock's genuine."

* * * * *

"HEY LOOK, PLANK, A ROCK," Johnny said, looking at his friend happily.

"IT'S SO SHINY," Jimmy said, rubbing his eyes.

"Let's go see the rock, Jimmy," Sarah said, holding Jimmy's hand.

Everyone followed Sarah and Jimmy to see the rock…everyone except Kevin, of course.

"I'm not going to fall for one of Eddy's dorky scams again," He muttered. Then, he saw Nazz following the kids to the wooden poorly made stand, and sighed.

Then, he got out his skateboard, and his helmet, and he decided to join the crowd, since Nazz is in it. The three Eds were standing by a wooden stand. The sign said in blue paint: COME SEE THIS SHINY ROCK! ONLY 25 CENTS! On it was not only the rock itself, but Eddy's infamous quarter jar.

"That's right, folks! This rock is breathtaking," Eddy said in his best salesperson voice.

"For only a quarter, you can stare at this rock all day!" He then pointed to the quarter jar next to him.

The kids got the message, and started putting quarters in the jar…everyone except Kevin, of course.

"Hey, cough up the quarter, thief," Eddy yelled, giving Kevin the meanest glare that he can possibly make. Kevin sighed again, as he wanted to punch Eddy in the face, but can't, because Nazz is here. So, he decided to rummage through his pocket, and throw the quarter in the jar.

"Here…dork."

Eddy was jumping up and down with delight while the kids took the rock off the stand, so everyone can look at it...everyone except Kevin of course.

* * * *

It was almost 6:00 PM, and it was getting late, so Nazz walked up to the Eds, and gave them the shiny rock back. As Nazz walked away, Double Dee groaned, and looked at Eddy.

"I can't believe that scam turned out successful," Double Dee moaned.

"Mustard," Ed blurted out.

"I guess I have the magic touch," Eddy said, holding the jar full of quarters.

"Where's the rock? Oh, here it is…" Double Dee picked up the shiny off the ground. Looks like it dropped onto the ground by accident.

"It must be covered in filth when the kids were fighting over the rock today…good thing I have a bottle of water to get the dirt off." Double Dee got out his bottle of water. Slowly, he poured water onto the shiny rock. After a few seconds, the Eds knew something was very wrong. The rock was beginning to change color.

"OH NO! This rock was just a normal one…not the silver shiny one I read in my rock book." Double Dee said, disappointed. "My skepticiscm was correct. It was not a real shiny rock. Looks like someone painted over it to mask its original color...but, who would do such a thing?"

"Hey, I've been looking for you, Shelby," Ed said, snatching the rock out of Double Dee's hands.

"Shelby," Double Dee asked, his eyes widening.

"Oh great," Eddy muttered under his breath.

"Yep..." Ed beamed, "This little fella was under my bed, and then I painted him gray, and he went to get some exercise…they grow up so fast!"

"Now we know who the rock belongs to…wait a second, the kids! Eddy, we have to give them their currency back!"

"No way! I earned this money fair and square!" Eddy yelled, hugging his jar full of quarters.

"We just need to put some silver paint on, and then the rock will be back to normal, ok?"

"Good Lord…I feel so guilty." Double Dee said as he and his two friends walked home, away from the wooden stand.

Kevin's head then popped out from behind the fence. Turned out he was hiding behind the fence the Eds were standing in front of. Yep...he heard the whole thing.

"Those dorks are toast by tomorrow," Kevin said evilly with a smile.

Then, he got out his bike, and rode home, laughing under his breath.

* * * * *

Tomorrow morning, the kids were standing in front of the stand the Eds were behind for the scam yesterday, waiting eagerly for the Eds, so they can play with the rock.

"I'm jumping with excitement, Plank! What's that, Plank," Johnny put his ear on his wooden friend as he waited for him to speak.

"Hey, everybody! Plank has something to say! The Eds…"

"How about I finish this for you, Johnny." Kevin said politely. Everyone turned to look at Kevin. Kevin was now in the middle of the crowd..

"About that righteous shiny rock you guys played with yesterday...that rock was a fake! It wasn't shiny, it was a regular rock! It was painted shiny silver!"

Moments later, everyone started erupting in to screams and anger. Kevin's smile grew bigger.

"We've been bamboozled, Sarah," Jimmy said, tears in his eyes.

"OH, ED, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT!," Sarah yelled at the top of her lungs, holding the crying Jimmy in her arms.

"Rolf has once again fallen for one of three-haired Ed boy's scams! The son of a Shepard is very angry!"

The Eds came just in time as they walked towards the now angry kids of the cul-de-sac. Eddy was holding the rock from yesterday. It has now been repainted.

"Boys, we're going to feast on jawbreakers tonight," Eddy said happily. Unfortunately for Eddy, his happiness was going to be cut short.

"Look, there he is," Johnny said.

"When I tell mom about this, you're gonna be grounded, Ed," Sarah warned.

"What do you mean? We didn't do nothing!" Eddy said.

"COUGH! Bad grammar! COUGH! COUGH!" Double Dee corrected as he coughed at the same time. Eddy responded with a glare.

"We know what you did, and what you did was not cool," Nazz said as she shook her head.

"WHAT THE HECK DID WE DO," Eddy asked impatiently, completely oblivious.

"Allow me to explain," Kevin said as he tapped Eddy on the shoulder.

"KEVIN! HOW DID…"

"I was hiding behind the fence last night when you dorks were yapping" Kevin said, interrupting the shocked Eddy.

"That rock is a fake." The Eds just stood there transfixed, a loss of words. Finally, after a 30 second silence, Sarah broke the silence as she put Jimmy down.

"GET 'EM," She yelled.

Everyone except Kevin ran after the Eds, as the Eds were running for their lives.

Kevin was laughing his head off, watching the entire chase until the Eds, and the kids were nothing but specks hundreds feet away.

Satisfied, Kevin got out his bike, and rode home, laughing.

"HA HAHA HA HA HA HA..." Sadly, he didn't look where he was going, and rode toward a liight pole. He hit his head on it.

BING!

Kevin fell out of his bike, and landed on the ground, lying there unconscious.

THE END

* * * * *

And now, a lesson from the Eds.

The Eds are now staring at the audience in Ed's room, wearing their body casts.

"Greetings, and thank you for watching another episode," Double Dee said.

"PLEASE DO NOT HURT US," Ed yelled.

"You should've seen them! They tore us to pieces," Eddy shuddered. "Those rotten, dirty, stinky, little…"

"DO NOT CRUSH MY BONES, SARAH!"

"We're pretty fortunate that we survived through that incident, Eddy," Double Dee said.

"HAVE MERCY GODDESS OF EVIL FROM THE NETHERWORLD!"

"Shut up, Ed," Eddy commanded, lightly elbowing Ed in the ribs.

"I can't think of lesson for this episode since I had a concussion thanks to those uncivilized kids…Eddy, can you think of a lesson for this episode?" Double Dee asked, looking at Eddy, hoping he would get an answer. Instead, he got a mean look from Eddy.

"Well, whaddya think, Sockhead?"

"Ooh, ooh! I know! I know," Ed said excitedly.

"Yes, Ed," Double Dee asked in a curious tone.

"Kids like to play hard."

"......Good enough," Eddy said, walking off screen.

Ed slowly followed him.

"As soon as our fractured bones are back to normal health, we'll see you again," Double Dee said, slowly waving his broken arm to the audience.

Then, he too walked off the screen.

**EDITED (8/02/09)**