You've waited and you've asked nicely, so here it is, chapter 3

-Chapter 3, I'm Cara-Marie-Dansen-

-AT EDDY'S HOUSE, HALF AN HOUR UNTIL THE CHRISTMAS DANCE...-

"There is not a CHANCE I'm wearing what I wore to the 4x-annual 'Shut Up And Dance' Dance, Eddy!" Edd said, refusing to wear the fake mustache Eddy was attempting to get under his nose, "I already have an excellent sense of style right here." He held up his brown school jacket cut in half and spliced with a tiger skin Casanova suit.

"Nobody told me we were supposed to dress up as Batman villains!" Eddy said, "I threw out my Joker costume yesterday!"

"I know which character you mean, Eddy," Edd began, "But I have grown a liking to this Batman character, do you have a white wig I could cut in half?"

"I got a crazy white wig right here." Eddy said, and he pulled out a crazy white wig.

"And now, If I remembered those sewing lessons carefully enough, "Edd took out his spare hat, two needles, and a pair of scissors, he cut his spare hat and the white wig in two, then spliced both of them together with the needles, and gently put the new wig on. "Are we ready to leave gentlemen?"

"WAIT!" Eddy said, "I don't know what I'm supposed to wear!"

"Oh," Edd began, "I almost forgot, I have one for you!" He pulled out a white suit with a black collar and a black tie and black pants, and optional sunglasses.

"The master of style has been re-incarnated!" Said Eddy.

"And Ed," Edd began, "You wear this!" He pulled out a green suit with a purple tie, and dark blue jeans (It's supposed to match his personality.)

"Ed Underwood synonym!" Ed said happily, and he and Eddy quickly changed their clothes.

"Gentlemen," Edd said as Eddy finished zipping up his coat, "Tonight, we fly."

"TONIGHT," Ed began, "WE DANCE, IN SCHOOOOOOOOOOOL!"

"You let him watch 300 didn't you Eddy?" Asked Edd.

"C'mon man it's a good movie!"

-INNNNN FRONT OF THE SCHOOOOOOL!-

The Kankers waited patiently in front of the school, it was snowing out, and rather windy, thus Marie's hair was blowing in the wind and there were flakes of snow in her jacket.

May complained, "MY HAIR'S BECOMING UNDONE!" she tried straightening her hair.

"Well mine's FROZEN!" Lee replied, her hair dangling with icicles in stalactite form.

May was wearing a long skirt and dancing shoes, her hair trying to be maintained as it unraveled like a roll of toilet paper going down the stairs.

Marie was wearing a maroon shoulder-less shirt, making her extremely cold, dark black pants, and somehow, her hair had grown longer.

Lee was wearing a red sleeveless shirt over a green long-sleeved shirt to be festive with blue jeans and a white belt.

"Sorry that we're late, dear Kankers!" Edd said as he ran to the school.

"Hey E- WHOAH who are these HOT chicks?" Kevin said as he stared at the Kankers, now with his tongue sticking out in amazement, Kevin now had braces and a dark blue hat, a tight orange long-sleeve shirt, dark green cargo pants, and black New Balance sneakers, but right now he was wearing a black leather jacket (the one he stole from Eddy in A Fistful of Ed).

"Excuse me, Kevin, but those are the Kankers." Edd said.

Kevin just looked like he killed someone, "Err, can you excuse me and the Eds for a sec?" And he took the 3 Eds around the side of the school, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS? You better have a pretty good excuse for this!"

"Kevin, calm down! They've changed their ways!" Edd said, "They're different now."

"YEAH RIGHT!" Said Kevin sarcastically, "I bet as soon as they actually team up with you, you'll start making scams and WRECK THE WHOLE CUL-DE-SAC... AGAIN! This better be finished by Valentine's day or you're GONZO, DORK! And reMEMBER, when WINTER ends, YOUR RELATIONSHIP ENDS FOR GOOD!" Kevin made the 'I'm watchin' you' sign, and walked away.

"F*CK YOU SHOVELCHIN!" Yelled Eddy when Kevin was out of earshot

"Lets get to the basics." Said Edd, they went back to the front of the school where the Kankers were waiting.

"Um, pardon us for that intrusion, OH and by the way, Merry Christmas, Marie!" He handed Marie a present, it was round, she opened it up and then came, you guessed it, a jawbreaker!

"Oh thank you so much!" Marie kissed Edd on the lips once more, and he had a happy expression on his face.

"Uh, shall we enter the school?" He asked, and held the door for the Kankers, they went inside and saw Nazz and Sarah doing patty-cake, because they were 15-minutes early.

"Patty cake, patty ca- Oh, what's up dudes?" Asked Nazz.

"Ed, who are they?" Asked Sarah.

"They are Kankers!" Ed said happily.

"KANKERS?" Shouted Sarah, shocked.

Nazz threw a fried dough at Marie.

"FREE FOOD!" Cried May, and she dived in on Marie, "GIMME GIMME GIMME!"

"Right..." Said Nazz, who had a 'WTF' look on her face.

"Err, let us explain." Said Edd, Ed and May munched on the fried dough on the floor, "The Kankers have reformed in the last two years, and are now FRIENDS to the cul-de-sacians."

"Friends?" Asked Sarah, who was not sure if that was possible.

The intercom shouted: "ALRIGHT DANCERS, GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND GET READY TO SHAKE IT 'CAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO PLAY DA FIRST SONG!"

Caramelldansen started playing.

"Uh, may I have this dance?" Edd asked Marie, Nazz being shocked, a hint of jealousy was on her face.

"I thought he liked ME!" Nazz whispered to Sarah, who was ALSO jealous.

"Ed is so dead when we get home." Sarah whispered back.

AFTER EDD DRANK 18 ROOT BEERS AND SIXTEEN DANCES WHICH WERE INDEED VERY HARD TO DO!

"Uh, Double D." Marie began, "We've known each other for a little while, well, I knew you didn't like me before but since we re-met I know you haven't kissed ME ye-"

Edd kissed Marie on the lips for the longest period of time (10 minutes) and finally, tossed cookies all over the floor.

"Yuck." Said Nazz.

"Yuck about the kissing or the puking?" Asked Sarah.

"Both." Said Nazz.

"Uh," Edd began, "Sorry, Marie, that wasn't you, that was all the root beer and co-" he barfed some more, this time LITERALLY tossing cookies, as in chocolate chip chips ahoy cookies splattered all over the floor, "Excuse me for a Burp MOMENT!" He ran into the bathroom and an explosion might as well have been set up as he was tossing a WHOLE BAKERY of cookies!

"What the hell was that?" Asked Eddy.

A few minutes later Edd walked out right as Rain.

Edd asked Marie, "Do you want a refreshment?"

"Yes," Said Marie, "Can you get me a root beer, and you should also get yourself some water, you don't look so good.

"Alright." Said Edd, then he hurried over to the refreshment stand, Marie stared at a wall but instead she stared at Nazz's angry face.

"HE IS SUPPOSED TO LIKE ME!" Yelled Nazz.

"You should've paid more attention to him!" Marie yelled back.

"You should keep minding your own business!" Nazz replied.

OVER AT DA REFRESSMENT TABUL! ED GET OFF THE COMPUTER!

Edd was just pouring his water and turned around to get some punch, Kevin secretly emptied a mixture of caffeine, sugar, plus a little something of his own into Edd's water.

"Ah, there we go." He said, "Punch and water." And he carried them both to Marie, he handed her the punch, and took a small sip of his water, then he felt a surge of energy just for a second, "Err, Marie." He said, "Would you mind If I walked you home?"

"That would be gr-" Marie began, but Nazz interrupted.

"I think he wants to walk ME home." Said Nazz, still jealous.

"No, I want to walk Marie home, Nazz, thank you for the offer though."

Nazz slapped him. "You want to walk ME home, not that b*tch!"

"How DARE you!" Yelled Edd.

"Back off sister!" Screamed Marie, "Lee! Get the egg-beater! This EGG needs a good BEATING!"

Edd called over Ed. "Ed! HOLD THEM BACK!"

Ed did so and held them back.

"LEMME AT 'ER!" Yelled Marie.

Nazz yelled, "You know I'll beat you to a bloody pulp, so why bother fighting me?" Then she left the room with a glazed look in the eyes.

Sarah grinned evilly at Ed, "I'M TELLIN' MOM!"

"Sarah, you cannot tell on Ed for making peace with the neighbors!" Said Edd.

"I can if my mom hates the Kankers, Double D!" Said Sarah.

"But she DOESN'T!" Ed yelled, and right then, Sarah was STUMPED, she had never been defeated in such a challenge of wits, especially by her own brother!

"Come along girls," Said Edd, "Let us leave the subjects of S and N unattended to."

Every Ed and Kanker walked out of the room more calmly than ever.

At the end of the walk back to the Kankers' home, the Eds stared upon its greatness and unfamiliarity, it didn't even seem like a house at all, all it was was the Kankers' trailer built around with extra levels and a front porch.

"Um Marie, didn't you say you bo-"

"Oh, I'm sorry, did we say bought a house?" Said Marie, "I meant built around the old trailer."

"Can't bare to part with it." Said Lee.

"Thanks for the escort, Double D." Said Marie, "And by the way, you have been holding that glass of water for the entire walk..."

Edd looked down at the glass, then up at the house, then the glass again, then the house once more, "Well, bottoms up!" And he started to chug down the water, which was full of caffeine and sugar courtesy of Kevin Beater, suddenly, his eyes widened, he screamed, "AAAAAGH! I SEE VISIONS! MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP!" Then he felt pain he never felt before, it was like Ed's fist, it was like... Marie's handbag, and before he knew it, he was on the ground, having a seizure, behind the bushes Kevin and Nazz were discussing what just happened.

"Traditional Beater family seizure aromatic, two bucks apiece, Nazz." Kevin said, holding a small bottle of light brown liquid, "It also causes nightmares and gruesome visions."

"DEAL!" Said Nazz, swiping the bottle from Kevin and giving him two dollar coins.

-Edd's Subconscious-

Edd's nightmare began with a black space around him, it seemed never ending and suddenly he heard a terrifying shriek, due to his instincts he began running, then he tripped and seemed to fall, he felt something pull on his purple sleeve, it ripped off and an orange sleeve grew, the same thing happened to his other sleeve, then the bottom of his pants were pulled off, they looked like shorts now, the old shorts he used to wear when he was twelve, then his legs felt like he was wearing long red tube socks, he was indeed, the ones he used to wear two years ago, then he felt his hair shrink back underneath his hat, and only the 3 hairs sticking out remained, then he heard a laugh, a recognized laugh, a laugh he hoped he would never hear again in his life, it was Marie's old wicked laugh from his tween years, then he heard a dark shadow FLING at him, then he heard Marie say,

"Come on out love muffin!"

Then before they made contact Edd felt a shearing pain in his arm.

CLIFFHANGER ENDING