Disclaimer: Ed, Edd N Eddy and all its characters are copyright AKA Cartoon. I am not using them for profit; I am simply using them to practice my own writing skills….

Author: I guess I should state this now- I'm a monthly updater, I guess. Anyway, this chapter is Ed-based, and the next one might be Ed-based, too; I'm not sure. This chapter we meet some familiar faces in some unfamiliar environments….

Chapter Thirteen: Plankstar

Ed fell, face down. Instantly, he got up and cried, "SPLIIINNNTTTERRRS!"

Saraline, Skuashi and TargonTroi had landed much more gracefully. Ed looked around at the environment- Plankstar. The sky was bright blue, and the sun was ENORMOUS! The white orb looked about the size of a truck in the sky!

They had landed in front of a gigantic wooden palace. The floor surrounding the palace for miles and miles was made of different types of wood; occasionally, in the distance, Ed spotted a patch of purple grass or a gigantic tree growing from the ground. The palace, itself, was surrounded by hundreds of people wearing Space Ranger outfits. They started running up the four.

"Ed!" one cried. "Why on Alpha-Centauri did you come here? We weren't expecting a visit!"

"The Kankers," TargonTroi said forebodingly. The hustle and bustle of the Space Rangers stopped, and even the breeze seemed to freeze at the mention of the name. TargonTroi started explaining what had happened, not including the part about Ed being from a different universe, though. Meanwhile, Saraline helped him up.

"Are you okay, Ed?" Skuashi squeaked, worriedly.

Ed's eyes filled with tears, "Splinters…." He pointed to the giant splinter in his pointer finger.

Saraline sighed but Skuashi squeaked in fear and pulled out a pair of tweezers to pull the splinter away.

"Ed!"

Ed turned around when he heard the familiar voice, expecting to see a bald kid holding a piece of wood running toward him. He did see a bald kid… but Plank was missing, and the kid was walking quickly but diligently (not running). Johnny was draped in fine, leaf-based robes. He wore a shining, polished, wooden helmet, and his outfit under the robe was a brown-and-green colored Space Ranger outfit. In one hand, he held a long wooden scepter with engravings in a metal Ed recognized as Doritorium from his comic books. In the other hand, he held a pure-white blasting device. His skin seemed a darker shade of brown then Ed remembered, and his hands were green.

"This is King Johnny Plankstar the Third," Saraline quickly explained, "the leader of this planet and of the Plan-keans."

"Plan-keans?"

"The worshipers of the religion Plan-ke, who worship an entity known simply as Plank," Squashi explained.

King Johnny Plankstar walked up to them, staring concernedly at Ed. "Are you okay, Ed? I can't believe it; the Kankers have returned!"

"Uhhh," Ed said, not sure how to respond.

But King Johnny Plankstar did not appear to notice Ed's lack of response. "Come inside, come inside!"

Surrounded by Saraline, Skuashi and TargonTroi, Ed followed King Johnny Plankstar into the gigantic wooden palace. Surprisingly, it was even bigger inside then it appeared on the outside. The five walked through a wonderful hall with elegant oak floors, floating lamps and golden walls, and up a grand staircase into what looked like a wooden version of the meeting hall Ed had been in earlier. The five sat down, and King Johnny Plankstar started to ask, "How did y-"

"Wait a minute," Ed said as something logical hit his mind. "If the sun is so close to the planet, and this planet is made of wood, wouldn't there be a lot of fires?"

Saraline immediately started to explain, and King Johnny Plankstar looked on extremely confused. "This planet is surrounded by a heat-deflecting shield," she stated, "made by Space Rangers. Or, to be more specific, made by you."

"Oh," was Ed's simple response.

"Are you okay, Ed?" King Johnny Plankstar asked, looking very, very concerned. He was probably wondering how much that fall hurt Ed's head….

Saraline, Skuashi and TargonTroi sighed. Skuashi decided to be the one who explained everything. "This isn't Ed… at least, not from our universe. Apparently, a Fairixie teleported into his universe and placed him here. The Ed we know is in his universe somewhere…."

"Oh no," King Johnny Plankstar said quietly, but his voice sounded angry. "That's against the law! That Fairixie should not have even been in that universe! It breaks over twenty-three codes!"

"We know, we know," Saraline said, soothingly.

"And the timing… just before the Kankers come back," King Johnny Plankstar said with a sigh. Then he looked at Ed. "Ed, do you know how to use a Blaster?"

Ed shook his head. "What's a Blaster?"

Four sighs filled the room. "Well, I suppose we should teach Ed how to use weaponry before we do anything else," TargonTroi stated.

"Yes," King Johnny Plankstar said, "this way to the training simulation room."

The group exited the room and entered another room. Except for the oak door, there was no wood in this room; it was made completely of a white substance. Skuashi handed Ed the same white blasting device King Johnny Plankstar was holding. Then, the two left the room.

Suddenly, Ed was outside- face to face with an ugly creature that looked like a mix between a goblin and a spider… although that didn't describe the creature's wings. "Whoooaaa! A Spgobon, just like from the comics!"

The Spgobon screamed an ear-shattering scream, and Ed put his hand against his head. Suddenly, out of nowhere, he heard Saraline's voice. "Ed, this is a simulation. The Spgobon you are seeing is not real, but we want you to use the Blaster on him anyway."

Step by step, Saraline gave him instructions on how to use the Blaster. The Blaster was easy to use, lightweight, and seemed to have unlimited supplies of energy- this, Ed figured out when about twenty-nine more Spgobons appeared. After he destroyed the last Spgobon, his Blaster disappeared.

Instead, the Blaster was replaced with a heavier, gun-sized weapon. On the side was a dial that was pointing to number one. This weapon was a Stunner, and at level one, it would simply make a person stop for a minute, but at level ten, it could keep a person stunned for hours at a time. Thirty-five Spgobons appeared, and Ed stunned each one at level five, as instructed.

His weapons kept on replacing, and he heard TargonTroi and Skuashi comment on how good he was with the weapons. "Is this really Ed's first time with that weapon?"

"He must be a natural…."

Soon, Ed was done with the short-range and long-range weapons. "Now, we are going to practice magic," King Johnny Plankstar said.

Suddenly, King Johnny Plankstar appeared in the simulation, holding his long wooden scepter above his head. "I'm only going to teach you the basics," he explained, "because using magic takes up a lot of energy, and you never know when the Kankers will attack. First, you must summon your magical item."

"You mean the Ed-crystal?" Ed asked.

"No, that takes up way to much energy!" King Johnny Plankstar said. "You should only carry a magical weapon with a fraction of the power of the Ed-crysta-"

Suddenly, the simulation ended. Four or five guards burst into the room. "King Johnny Plankstar! Ed! The Kankers are here!"

A gigantic burst of fiery light appeared behind the guards and they suddenly disappeared. Ed looked, in horror, at the piles of ash located where they once stood.

BOOM! BOOM! CRASSHHH! Something huge ran into the wall, which started to fall. Ed held his head, screaming.

"Shield!"

Ed wasn't squashed, as he thought he would be. He looked up to see a leaf-green bubble surrounding King Johnny Plankstar and himself. King Johnny Plankstar, he realize, must have used the staff to put a magical shield around the two. Then he saw something terrible….

Standing where the wall once stood was a fire-breathing dragon with orange skin and yellow eyes. Sitting on top of him in all her "glorious" horror was Lee-der-dum. A smile crossed her lips (or at least something close to a smile, considering how Lee's shiny fangs stuck out).

"Well, lookie here… it seems Ed is still alive. But not for long! Inferno, attack!"

The dragon-Inferno- took a deep breath. Ed's eyes widened- dragons were much scarier in real life, especially when one was about to burn you to a crisp!