Potoperson: Well…I can not believe I've gotten this far.
Cella: Believe it!
Potoperson: AHH!!!! NARUTO!!!!
Cella: Eww!! Sauske's better!
Potoperson: No way! Gaara owns!
Cella: WAIT! This has nothing to do with Ed, Edd, and Eddy.
Potoperson: Yeah you're right…sorry folks. (Steps up to podium) First off I want to thank Cartoon Network for coming up with this amazing cartoon….
Cella: WAIT!!!
Potoperson: What now?
Cella: You can't get all sappy till the end. If we start crying we will seriously ruin the comedy.
Potoperson: Good point. Thank you, Cella. (Though there may be a bit of drama anyway) So I guess instead I will thank Son Gogetto Breifs for your review. It made my day. Oh yes. I will get to the reviewer hall of fame at the end, don't you worry.
Shall I say it once more? I don't own Ed, Edd, and Eddy.
Let's get it on! It's the beginning of the end!
Chapter 18- The Last Chapter
The silence that followed was deafening. Everyone stared at the calm demeanor of their school principle and thought the same thing. What the heck was he doing here? The first to break the silence was Ed. He stood up and shouted "Hi principle guy!!!" The principle chuckled, walking towards them. "Hello Ed."
"Mr. Brown, sir, what are you doing here?" Double D asked finally.
Before Mr. Brown could give the heavily anticipated answer, the screech of tires ripped through the air. They all turned in time to see the crane skid out of control as the drivers attempted to stop it. The others screamed and began to climb up the ladders of the scaffolding to escape the path of the insane hunk of metal. Only the principle stood his ground. He just rolled his eyes. "Who on earth let Nazz and Eddy drive a crane? Honestly people! This is why people have these stereotypes about henchmen being incompetent."
Just then the crane began barreling toward him and he squealed and dove out of the way. It slammed into the wall with a tremendous crash. Smoke and fire billowed from it, setting off the sprinklers. There was a silence as they waited for Nazz and Eddy to emerge from the wreckage, grinning at what they did. They waited. No one came out.
They began scrambling down the ladders and sprinting towards the crash. Mr. Brown was calling for men to help get the door off the crane. With the aid of a crow bar and several burly (non KO'd) henchmen the door was pried off the hinges and Eddy and Nazz were dragged out and laid on the ground side by side. They were bruised, cut, and limp as rag dolls tossed aside after a girl was done playing with them. The cul-de-sac kids gathered around them in concern. Tears were beginning to mist eyes. Thoughts reeled.
"No way…"
"This can't happen."
"Not Nazz…not Eddy…"
"My poor fluffy mashed potato buddy…"
"Everything was fine a minute ago."
"How...?"
The men who had helped with the wreckage were coming forward to speak with the principle. "There was nothing left in the vehicle to salvage." One said, "But I did find a quarter on the floor."
Mr. Brown stared at him incredulously. "Two students have possibly just died, AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT A QUARTER THAT YOU FOUND ON THE FLOOR?!"
The man cringed. "I just wanted to know if I could keep it." He mumbled.
He threw his hands towards the ceiling in a gesture of exasperation and snapped, "Sure, fine, whatever. Keep it. NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE STUPID QUARTER!"
Just then Eddy bolted upright. "Quarter? Who doesn't care about what quarter? I'll take it!"
He flew up from his spot and practically tackled the man with the quarter. Consequently, the man actually began to fight with Eddy over who was keeping it. Never get into a fight with Eddy over money. Eddy bites. When he retrieved the quarter and did a little I-just-made-25-cents dance he finally noticed that everybody was staring at him with their mouths agape. "What the heck are all you staring at? Did someone just come back from the dead or something?" He asked.
When everybody started nodding the recollection hit him. He was supposed to be dead. He remembered being in the front of the crane and Nazz hollering that she couldn't stop it. He also remembered the wall appearing before them and screaming. Then there was a sharp pain and everything went black. Nazz. He realized that she was lying on the ground battered and she wasn't moving. He dropped to his knees with the rest of the group and stared at her. "N-nazz?' he whispered. She still didn't move.
The principle began to move away from the group, muttering that he was going to call for the nurse. Eddy shuffled through his pocket and pulled out the orange hibiscus he'd given her before. It was as worn out as she was. He dropped it by her side and began to walk away. "Eddy? Where are you going?" Double D. asked softly.
"Fresh air." He muttered.
As Eddy left, Mr. Brown, accompanied by their school nurse (dressed in a tweed suit and neat bun), returned. "Let me see her." She said in a quiet voice filled with authority. They parted and let her kneel beside the unconscious girl. She began to question the principle. "How long has she been out?" she probed.
"Since we pulled her out of the crane- about 5 minuets"
"And the person in the car with her, you said he was fine?"
"Yes…" He looked around. "Where's Eddy?"
"He went to get some fresh air." Someone responded.
The nurse was feeling for a pulse. She continued her interrogation. "So has anybody tried to wake her up yet? You know, call her name? Shake her shoulder?"
The group exchanged glances. "Uh…"
The nurse looked glanced up at the principle. "Pat, Did anybody try to wake her up yet?"
Mr. Brown scratched the back of his head. "Nothing above a whisper." He finally answered.
The nurse rolled her eyes, muttering something along the lines of "I have to do everything, don't I?" She softly shook Nazz's shoulder. "Nazz? Honey, are you ok? Wake up Nazz."
Nazz awoke to eyes. Several pairs of wide, shocked eyes, and one pair of smug, unsurprised eyes. She was about to try to go back to sleep, dismissing it all as some creepy dream when she realized they were just the bug eyes of her friends, school principle, and the smug eyes of her school's nurse. "Why's everybody staring at me?" She mumbled, her voice slurred with sleep.
Suddenly she was pounced by 9 teens, all of whom were squealing "You're aliiiiive!!" Nazz of course, having just woken up and not being a morning person at all, was in no mood for her friends to be pouncing her for a reason which she could not see and was ready to start kicking them if they did not remove themselves from her person. (Wow I can't think of a longer sentence than that) Fortunately, before she could start attacking they started explaining. Unfortunately, that didn't help because they all started talking at the same time. All she got was something about an accident and being alive. Ugh, this must've been what it felt like to be the parent of several children.
"Guys calm down, I have no idea what you're talking about." She said.
Mr. Brown chuckled and said, "Maybe I should do the explaining."
The chattering died down and all attention turned to the principle. They were quite eager to know what was going on. He cleared his throat. "This whole trip was planned and funded by the school board. We do this nearly every year to the 8th grade class. We send them on a trip to an island and have faculty members dress up as people on the island."
As if summoned, the man in the purple robe, the park ranger from the Mt. Range, and Theseus walked forward. Purple robe removed his hood and revealed himself as Ted Artie the school janitor. The ranger removed her hat and revealed herself as the choir director. Theseus pulled his Greek warrior helmet from his head- the theatre teacher, and that wasn't even the end of it. More and people came forward. Low voice Barney was played by the football coach (much to Kevin's embarrassment), Josie was played by, you guessed it, the janitor's girlfriend, and more. With every face they recognized the shock deepened.
"Wait, wait, wait." Kevin finally interrupted, "What about the balconies collapsing? That nearly killed me, Marilyn, and Rolf."
"We made sure you'd be caught by the trash truck- the bags were filled with my pillows" Mr. Brown explained
"That explains the smell…"
"What?"
"I said…what about those crazy red arrows?"
Mrs. Carter, one of the gym teachers, stepped forward carrying a bow. On her back was a quiver of red, plastic, gym-grade arrows. She pulled five out at the same time and took aim at Kevin. Before he could move there were five arrows protruding from the ground around him. "I'm practiced in the art of missing targets." She said, obviously satisfied at how scared he looked.
It was Sara's turn to demand answers. "What about that messed up temple thing in the back of the hotel?"
Mr. Brown chuckled and pulled a microphone out of his pocket. His voice filled the cave, "That was us too." He said.
That cleared up every question except for one burning question at the back of everyone's minds. "Why?" Double D asked.
Mr. Brown put the microphone back in his pocket and looked at all of them with a smile. "Like I said, it was completely funded by the school board to teach you children about team work and friendship. Usually the kids would simply work together to figure out where their friends are being held captive after the police refuse to help you (Also part of the plan) Once you got here we were suppose to tell you it was all a ruse but you all decided to fight us…truly unique I must say. Of course we never intended for Nazz or Eddy to be hurt. Our apologies on that, but seeing as neither of you were seriously injured perhaps we can pretend that it never happened?"
Everyone began nodding except for Nazz who remembered at that moment about Eddy. She glanced around but didn't see him anywhere. "Hey guys, where's Eddy?" she asked. It seemed as though everyone else had forgotten about Eddy as well and where just remembering. "He went outside for some fresh air; he was very upset because he thought you were…you know." Double D explained. Nazz noticed the orange hibiscus on the ground beside her and picked it up. She hadn't even realized she'd lost it. It seemed so broken and fragile. Poor Eddy, he must feel horrible. She stood, "I'm gonna go find him."
The girls started exchanging secretive smiles and Marie piped in, "Don't run into Chuck Norris!"
Nazz cheerfully told her to shut up before running off in the direction of the mouth of the cave to find the gloomy Shorty.
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Eddy walked out to the cliff and sat with his legs dangling over the edge. A cool breeze blew, relieving the heat from the accident. This was the perfect place to mope. Normally his mope would be over something like a failed scam attempt or being grounded for getting yet another detention, but this time he was more justified in his mope.
The girl he had a crush on was dead.
He didn't even bother denying it to himself now, it didn't matter if he liked her or not. He could hardly wrap his brain around it. How could his plan fail like this? How could somebody he knew die? For pete's sake this was an Ed, Edd, and Eddy comedy/romance fanfic, wasn't it supposed to be all goofy and all the guys end up with the right girls. He realized to his great embarrassment he was crying. He wiped his eyes furiously. This had to be the worst vacation ever.
"Eddy?"
Perfect, now he was hallucinating. Could this get any worse?
"Eddy? Are you out here?"
He wondered what asylum he'd be sent to. Maybe one with the cushy walls, that had to be pretty comfortable.
"Hey, are you all right?"
Eddy squeezed his eyes shut. This was getting annoying now. He came outside for peace and quiet, not to be bothered by his own imagination… Wait- that one sounded realistic.
"Eddy!"
Eddy opened his eyes and glanced up over his shoulder. Nazz was standing there, looking at him with a mix of concern and annoyance. "Thank you for acknowledging my presence." She said, half annoyed and half joking.
He could do nothing but stare at her. She was alive? He'd just cried and gave a depressing inner monologue all for nothing? Wait, the girl he liked was alive. Why the heck was he sitting there staring dumbly and asking rhetorical questions to no one? He leapt up and hugged her like the others had done and screamed, "You're alive!"
Nazz stood rigidly, obviously not expecting this reaction at all. All she could do was repeat, "I'm alive."
Eddy let her go and asked, "Are you all right? I thought you were dead."
"I'm perfectly fine. We both got lucky I guess. Miss Grayson helped me."
"Miss Grayson? You mean like the school nurse?"
Nazz nodded but then realized that he had no idea about the school being responsible for everything. Nazz took a seat on the edge of the cliff and pat the spot beside her. "Maybe you should sit down, this is a long explanation." Eddy took a seat as Nazz went into detail about the nefarious workings of their school's faculty. The more she explained, the redder in the face Eddy got. By the time she finished Eddy was literally growling. "Those little…UGH! Wait till September rolls around! I'm gonna prank every one of those jerks so hard they wont even be able to teach again! I can't believe they were just messing with us the no-good…"
He stopped. Nazz was giggling. "And what is so flippin funny?" He demanded. Nazz shook her head, still laughing. "Nothing, nothing. You're just funny is all. I would have liked to see the look on Mr. Brown's face if you threw that rant out."
"His face if I said that is nothing. Just wait to see the look on his face when he finds a dead raccoon in his desk."
She kept laughing, and Eddy couldn't help letting his anger subside a little and smiling too. He liked making her laugh. He then noticed the orange hibiscus in her hand. Without thinking he blurted, "Oh, you found it."
Nazz stopped laughing and looked down at it. "Oh yeah, I found it when I woke up. You brought it up, didn't you?"
Eddy nodded a little embarrassed. "Yeah, but I guess I didn't have to. It's pretty beat up."
Nazz gazed at it thoughtfully, then put it behind her ear. Eddy looked surprised. "You're still going to wear that? I mean it's really messed up after everything."
Nazz shrugged. "So am I. Besides, it was a gift. I don't throw gifts away lightly."
They were silent for a moment, both anticipating what would be said next. Eddy was struggling, remembering what Double D advised but not knowing what to say. It didn't matter how OOC the author made him; he wasn't good at expressing his feelings. "N-nazz?" he finally said.
"Yes Eddy?" Nazz said a bit nervously.
"Uh…" He trailed off, trying to think of any type of romance he'd been exposed to. The princess gets saved by the prince and they get on a horse and ride into the sunset? Well that doesn't help. There's a random kiss followed by an 'I love you'? Sort of creepy. A girl faints and falls off a cliff and some guy hops on a dragon creature and saves her? Ok that one sounded like something some fanfiction writer would make up about something totally unrelated to him.
Potoperson- coughcough
He took a deep breath. Fiction (and fanfiction for that matter) wasn't going to help him. He was on his own. "I have…uh…something kind of important to say." He said lamely.
Nazz seemed to be clenching the side of the cliff out of anxiety. "Yeah?" she said, her voice sounding a bit dry.
"Well…I've been thinking for a while I guess. Uh…."
"Yeah?"
"Uh…"
"Uh?"
"Yeah uh…" Well, he was certainly getting no where with this. Maybe he should just quit and leave everything where it is. Suddenly voices were coming out of the cave, as if someone had the TV on too loud. The voices sounded familiar. "Hey isn't that you and Double D talking?" Nazz inquired.
She was right, it was definitely their voices. What the heck?
"As I was saying you can not deny you are in love with Nazz."
"Uh….I…uh…well…"
"You're stuttering."
"I am not"
Suddenly Eddy recognized the conversation with great shock, despair, and helplessness. Oh…snap….
"Now you're in denial."
"Just shut up!"
"Shut doesn't go up prices do, take my advice and shut up too!"
"What does that have to do with me being in love with Nazz?"
As if that wasn't embarrassing enough, it then rewinded and played the last line three more times. Eddy glanced at Nazz fretfully. She was gazing towards the cave. She even didn't look surprised. "Is it true Eddy?" Nazz asked, though it sounded almost rhetorical, like she knew the answer already.
Eddy gulped. "Yeah…"
Nazz didn't say anything. She just turned and stared off over the trees. Eddy drummed his fingers a little. "So…uh…What do you say? I mean to going out…" She held up a finger, as if to tell him wait. He snapped his mouth shut and waited impatiently. He'd done his part, now he had to wait and see what Nazz would say.
This is exactly what Nazz expected. I mean, it was bound to happen eventually. She just really regretted having to turn him down. "Sorry, you're just a friend. I don't like you that way." Just as she was about to open her mouth the rejection died on her lips. That wasn't entirely true, was it? Ok, Eddy was definitely not one you'd expect anyone to fall for. He was rude, selfish, and never actually deep or sweet in anyway, except when he was with her. Not that he did an entire personality 360° or anything but he did go a little OOC just for her. He passed her notes, he tried to rescue her when she was in trouble, heck, he even gave her a free gift. Now you have to admit, that was pretty sweet as far as Eddy goes.
Now what about her?
How did she feel towards this short, practically bald, sometimes devious guy? She liked to talk to him.
"And?" Her internal annoying voice pressed.
…and she did think he was pretty sweet.
"And?"
…and she looked forward to seeing him sometimes.
"And?"
You know what? Forget all this stupid mental probing she was just going to say yes.
"Yes." She finally said.
Eddy's eyes bugged out like saucers. "Really?" he practically shrieked.
Nazz had to smile at this and nodded.
"Like really, really?"
"Really, really."
"Like seriously really, really…"
"Would you just hug me already?"
Eddy didn't need a second invitation and hugged her whispering, "Thanks Nazz."
Now I can say they stayed there for some odd amount of time that seemed like hours but I won't, because personally I find that's a little weird. Not that I don't squeal when I read it in other fanfics but I digress. They hugged and then went inside the cave.
Most everyone else was further inside getting on a bus that was getting ready to take them all back to the hotel. Eddy told Nazz to go ahead, he'd catch up. Nazz jogged to the bus while Eddy hesitated by the mouth of the cave. He then strolled casually towards a stack of boxes and yanked a concealed Double D from behind it. Double D (Now in his normal hat) smiled sheepishly, trying to hide the microphone and tape recorder behind his back. "Uh…Why hello Eddy. Fancy meeting you here. So what happened with you and Nazz…?"
"Shut up sock head." Eddy snapped.
Double D snapped his mouth shut and looked on with chagrin. Eddy smiled wryly and put a hand out towards him. "Thanks, Double D."
Double D looked a little surprised but shook his hand. "Any time Eddy."
The bus honked and Ed stuck his head out the window. "Guuuys, come on! It's almost time for breakfast!"
May stuck her head out as well. "Yeah, Buttered toast!"
Eddy grinned. "Hey sockhead, last one to the bus has to massage Ed's feet."
Double D laughed. "Not this time Eddy!"
And so the two friends raced off to the bus and were carried with the rest of the cul-de-sac towards the Hotel Conch Shell and the rising sun of a new day. Who won you ask? Well it doesn't really matter. Neither of them wanted to touch Ed's feet.
THE END
Potoperson: Three years ago I was doing yard work involving dead leaves and a brown paper bag and this idea popped into my head. Why not have Ed fall for May? Why not stick them on a haunted island and give Plank a fiancé? Three years, 18 chapters, and more very long breaks inbetween updates than I can count later we have Dumb Love on Sunshine Island. This story is sort of cool cause it was written over a time of development in my writing, so you can see how I improved. I had fun, and I'm glad if I entertained people. Thanks to those reviewers, those good ole reviews that helped me along and I wrote this for. Here is the…
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Cella: Wait…that's it? THAT'S IT!?
Potoperson: Uh… yeah. Is there a problem?
Cella: What about all of the loose ends you didn't tie up?
Potoperson: Yeah…see I was going to add more but this just seemed like where I should stop.
Cella: But what about Marilyn and Kevin? What about Rolf being Marilyn's twin brother? When's Plank gonna get married to Coco?
Potoperson: Oh well, you'll just have to wait until THE SEQUAL!
Cella:…You're kidding me, right?
Potoperson: Yup! Next time- The cul-de-sac kids are in high school! Great, right? Wrong! It's horrible and stressful and blah. Can anything go right amongst the crazy homework amounts, bullies, and rumors? How about a class trip to Paris? That's right, Peach Creek's heading to France! Just in time for Plank and Coco's wedding. With a hand written agreement that the school will no longer mess with them this has got to be better than their last trip. Right? Well, What if Marilyn and Rolf's father suddenly reappeared? What if there was something up with Double D's hat? What if there was a mystery in ole Paris that they get dragged into? Tune in next time for Amour Muet!
Cella: You're seriously going back to that title again?
Potopersonn: I like it, deal with it.
Cella: Whatever.
Potoperson: Oh, come on Cella don't go out in a cranky fashion.
Cella: It's just you're doing a whole new story…
Potoperson:…Do you want to come back and do the chapters for the sequal too?
Cella: Oh…I don't know…YES!
Potoperson: Hehehehe. So that's it. As always, I'm Potoperson
Cella: And I'm Cella
Potoperson: And we're glad you read this! Until next time darlings!