I know I know, 2 chapters for High School is a real Ed and only like 1 for this, its kinda unfair and I'm sorry . im trying to get one story at a time but I don't know if I can do that, I actually found myself writing about heartless in this story because I had just switched from The trinity team to this story too quickly XD

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Ed Edd n Eddy characters. I possess them! :D

Take the bait

"We're almost there!" Lyon yelled, pointing to the large guild that was in-front of them now, they were standing on a large mountain looking down.

"Correct, I just hope they are peaceful, I've heard many rumors that the Knights guild is not home to the most civilized bunch."

Lyon looked at him and then back at the guild. "Really, have you met a lot of knights?" The question should have been easy to answer but left a pit in Edd's stomach for some strange reason.

"Err... well…no…" He stammered, he had thought of lying then, but just didn't have the heart to lie to someone so young. "But I've heard this from very wise people."

"Do you know if they've ever met a knight?" Lyon wasn't trying to be mean; it was genuine curiosity for a guild he had never seen before.

Again Edd hesitated when he answer, stumbling for words. "Well….I would assume so, they have lived for a pretty extended period of time, I would think in their long years of life that they would have to have met a knight at one point."

Lyon nodded, accepting the answer he was given, which was good because Edd was done thinking. They would get there in about two days; again they had not seen any signs of bandits or thief's that would have wanted to steal from them, this was a complete surprise for Edd because there had been so much talk about killers in these woods that he was sure that they would have gotten out blood stained and hurt, but instead it seemed like they were coming out scot free. He knew it was bad luck, but he had to voice his opinion with Lyon.

"Do you find it odd that we have not been attacked yet?"

Lyon's grip on his bow tightened. A small gesture that Edd had barely caught. "Well you know what they say about elves. They have great luck, maybe it's because you are with me."

Edd, who was a firm believer that there was no such thing as luck, didn't really like the answer, but like Lyon had before, accepted it. Going down the hill meant that both of them would get tired a lot quicker than before and again Edd was deeply impressed with how Lyon would constantly show his survival skills. He would ration the water they drank to sips that were just enough to quench both of them and would distribute the food accordingly, he would end up getting less because he was younger but he always said that he was fine with it, that it didn't bother him at all. It did bother Edd though, he felt like a glutton getting most the meat they had acquired. He should have voiced his opinion but again he was trying to fill the role of the hero he was being hailed as. He would never be a hero though, Arnold was a hero, not him, he wasn't good enough for that label. While they were sitting there it occurred to Edd how long it had been since he mourned for Arnold, which was a good and bad thing all at the same time. He was able to keep focused and strong as long as he didn't mourn but he also felt like he was tarnishing Arnolds name by not thinking of him enough. He looked over at Lyon to see him adjusting and tinkering with items in his sack and he thought about how hard it must be for him to go on without his parents, and how strong he must have been to be able to carry himself the way he was, maybe that's what it was also like for Edd, maybe he had actually gotten stronger as well. Apart of him wanted to thank Lyon but that would just be weird if he randomly thanked him for no reason.

He thought about what Arnold would do, really thought about it and he couldn't come up with an answer, it wasn't that Arnold never thanked him, but there was no way he could read his masters thoughts so he never knew how he had been thanked. So he got up and did something he thought would be good enough, he rubbed Lyon's straight hair and smiled at him.

"You're very helpful." If he had been looking at himself he would have seen that he was crying, because it was like he was trying to be something that he had tried to run away from this whole time, being his own kind of mentor.

Lyon hugged him.

"Good evening knight." His mom greeted in the most formal of ways, Ed was bowing in front of them with his eyes closed, some part of him felt dead when hearing her say that.

He felt numb so the usual pain he had didn't come. "Fine my queen, thank you for asking." His head was still bowed; he couldn't look until he had said what he needed too. "I have a question to ask of you my queen."

She raised her eyebrow; there hadn't been many times that he had asked for a favor, especially from her.

"Speak your request than knight." The king commanded.

He sighed; it wasn't embarrassing anymore to bow to his parents, how sad was that? "I would like to have a private moment with the princess please." He looked up then, staring both of them in the eyes. He needed this.

If it weren't for the fact that he had been so appropriate when entering he didn't think they would have let him, but they gave him a nod and he rushed over to his sister's room, she was at the moment combing her hair and staring outside, she seemed surprised to see him. "Hey Edd, what is it?"

He stared at her for a while before he answered, he didn't want to tell her this but out of everyone he knew she was the one that needed this news more than anyone. "I'm leaving the guild." He sounded firm, so sure of himself that it even scared him.

She didn't look shocked. "What do you mean, for a mission?" When he didn't answer, when he looked away from her she knew what he meant, she practically tackled him. "No! You can't go, why are you going?!"

He shushed her sharply; if their parents heard her screaming and ran in he would get in lots of trouble. "I need to find my master, I need to be useful or I won't be able to be me." He was horrible at explaining things.

She looked confused and then shook her head again, tears were rolling down her face and it made Ed feel like the worst brother in the world, he could stop that crying if he stayed. But he knew he couldn't. She kept crying, it was the saddest moment of his life, all he did was hold her and cry with her, a brother bidding farewell to his sister. They cried for what seemed like forever before she let go of him and stared up at her older brother.

"Just….promise me you'll come back…"

And what was he supposed to say to that? No, maybe, he couldn't do that to her. "I'll come back, knight's honor." He saluted her, but the mood was too playful for him to give her a straight face.

She smiled up at him and hugged him for a long time before he grabbed her hand and led her out to the city, there was a secret exit where Ed's bedroom used to be and when they were very young they would use it to sneak out into the bustling city and get a view of how it was to be a commoner. Ed played every carnival game, let her see every pretty flower, even feed the birds, by the time they had finished it was dark outside and they had slipped back into her room for one last bed time story. While he read he scanned her face until she was finally asleep, her breaths even and dry tears that had run down her face while he read, he wiped them off and kissed her on the cheek. Before he left he dropped a piece of paper with something inside on the nightstand that she used, he snuck out using the same exit and went back to the knights castle to retrieve his things. His armor, a long sword, a shield and a two handed sword that he left on his back, to anyone else this would be a heavy load, but for him it was child's play. When he walked out it was as if his senses were heightened, he could feel the cool breeze brush across his skin, the way his armor clung tightly to his body and made him feel confined almost, a burden of a knight as they would say. He walked with purpose, a lot of it to be exact, because he would find his master and slay the dragon king, he'd come back to his sister, but probably not alive, he couldn't be sure of that, it's why he only said that he would come back, he didn't want to lie to her.

This is how his journey would start, a crying knight walking down towards what he assumed was his death, he wondered if this is how his master felt, because if it was than it was all the more reason for him to go.

He was very cold right now, but who else wouldn't be with wind blowing in their face. Eddy was staring off in the distance while his 'friend' road off towards the place where his target was kept. Oh he had waited for this moment, him and Kevin weren't exactly the best of friends. Kevin had seen Eddy before when trying to kill him after he had ruined a boat of his that was carrying gold and other precious cargo, Eddy had ate heftily that day. Kevin had been left standing there looking at a sinking boat and cursing his name. That was the only time Eddy had seen him and he hoped that this time would be the last, if he was able to take out the guy who had ordered him to be killed then that meant a lot less assassins for him to deal with, and that meant other people around him wouldn't get hurt, and by others he only meant two.

"Hey! Get some sleep we won't get there for another two days!" The guy practically screamed at him, they were actually going pretty fast in the weird contraption that both wizards and blacksmiths had somehow made, it had wheels, but it was also made of metal, it looked like a small carriage that didn't use horses and used magic as a fuel source, Eddy had only seen this thing once, and that was it, this thing must have been very rare because he had to specially order the guy to come out and help him, and it had taken all night for him to get there, it had also cost a hefty fine that Eddy really didn't want to pay.

"Fine, but wake me up when we get close I'll probably just sleep the whole two days." Eddy never actually slept, he would just doze off, he was always ready for an attack, another killer who would want him dead, the life of an assassin.

"You got it buddy! Hey do I get in on what this little scavenge is about or are you one of those guys who doesn't talk about it because it's just 'business'?"

Eddy didn't like the way he had said that, if he knew what was good for him he would shut up before Eddy had to resort to violence to keep the guy quiet, but if there was one thing Eddy could do it was lie very well. "I'm going over to the Masters guild to talk to a very important blacksmith whose name has come up, I want him to make me a sword."

"You talking about Rolf the fortune telling blacksmith?" The guy said, in awe Eddy had heard stories of the guy but didn't think he was real. "I hear he disappeared a while back ago after telling a guy he would die in a week! It was crazy; he just died that same exact day that Rolf predicted!"

Eddy didn't believe it, there was no magic, no wisp, or inner strength that could predict the future. If there was though Eddy would like to meet this guy and ask him a few questions about his own future, would he even live long enough to have one?

His answer was just a shrug; he kind of wanted to talk to the man. He seemed good natured, but he was in killing mode right now, and there were no words besides the last of his opponent that he wanted to hear or say. He was starting to get sleepy anyways, the mission would have to wait as he closed his eyes and began to doze off, when sleep finally came it was from the soothing feel of the rumble from the ride.

He didn't remember actually going asleep, he was an assassin, they never slept, but he woke up with drool on his face, eyes barely opening and a dream of all dreams. He stretched and yawned loudly enough to get the drivers attention.

"Well darn, you slept an entire day! Never thought that was humanly possible, must have been tired!"

Eddy slowly sat up, his brain still recharging. A whole day, he didn't remember getting any sleep for a long time and he was due a couple hours. His stomach made noises and he clenched it, he was starving. "Where's the food?" he knew it wasn't exactly polite to ask that way but he was too hungry to care.

The man laughed loudly and pointed to a compartment on the side of Eddy. "Right there, ya I'd be pretty hungry if I were you, go ahead eat as much as you like."

Eddy took his word for it and ate half of the provision that he was given. Chicken, berry's, everything was so good; he was surprised that the man had stocking up food for him, no wonder the ride cost so much. After he had finished he looked out towards the side, watching all the trees go past him at a rapid pace, the man looked back at him then at the road before he decided to talk.

"You know, this is the only car that's been made!" He said loudly, a part of his sentence made Eddy feel special in a way. "Not a lot of people know about us, who told you?"

"A close informant of mine did, he is one of the most plugged in guys I know, he knows about everything that happens and when it happens." He didn't display much, just enough to get him off of his case.

The guy didn't seem to care all that much, he just shook his head and smiled. Eddy closed his eyes again and let himself sleep.

He needed this before a big battle.

"We're finally here," Lyon sounded so excited that the energy seemed to spread to Edd. "Do you think that mama and papa are here?"

Edd was not going to kill this little boys dream; anyways he was an optimistic person he really believed in the good life had. "I would very much think so, they must have gone here."

Lyon looked like he was going to cry, but he blinked them away. "Mk, let's go look for them then." He walked ahead of Edd like he knew where he was going, then stopped and looked left and right. "Um…where is it we go again?"

Edd looked around, then saw a blacksmiths shop, they were usually very informed so Edd guessed there would be the place to go. "Let's talk to the blacksmith; he must know where the main Knight Information center is."

They walked in to find a chubby sweaty man who was pounding with his hammer on a sword. When he noticed them he stopped and looked at them like they were annoying him. "What?"

Edd was taken aback by his rudeness but was too busy to care. "We're looking for a Knight who would know where rescued citizens would go."

It didn't take the guy that long to think, Edd expected that. "You'd be looking for Kevin then, he's pretty close, just go west of here and keep going until you see a path, goes right to his castle."

Lyon left before they could even thank him, Edd was wondered how it was that Lyon was able to stay so patient while they walked. He followed closely, taking in the view of the Masters guild, it wasn't like he'd ever been there before, it was nice to broaden his horizon and see a new place like this. They walked down a stone path towards the castle, they could see it from a ways away and it looked pretty big.

"What do you think they do over there?" Lyon asked, he had thrown away his bow and now only had his knife; he didn't want to go there with a makeshift bow.

Edd guessed it was the same for them as his castle was for the ancient wizards. "I'm guessing that the castle is their headquarters, and if Kevin is the one who is leading it than he must be the equivalent to a knight general, they are pretty well known."

It surprised Edd how little Lyon knew about the master guild, he thought that the Elves knew a lot about the different guilds, the four main ones were the Masters, Tide, Dragon Eye, and Elton but there were many, many more that were all around the world. The Elven guild was actually well known around all the others, they seemed to be allied with the Tide guild, and were very good fighters. The front door to the castle was very large and there were men on the top watching them as they entered. Lyon was literally shaking with excitement when they were finally able to see the general, Kevin was a proud looking man, his armor was red with silver lining and he looked at them as a general should.

"What is it that you want?" His voice echoed in the large room, and he sat on what looked like a very fancy chair on top of stairs.

"We want to know where rescued citizens from other villages would be kept," Edd stated as he held Lyons shoulder.

Kevin raised an eyebrow and nodded towards the boy. "Ah, so you and that boy are looking for someone, I'm guessing parents."

"His parents, I have an entirely separate affair I would like to speak to you about."

Kevin seemed curious about that and looked through a book that was next to him. "That kids parents are probably being held at the investigation center, its right by the Knights castle."

Lyon smiled wide, they knew where his parents were now, that was a step in the right direction, now they just needed to walk there and they'd be fine.

"Now, what is your question mage, hurry up I don't got all day." Even if he rushed him Kevin still leaned forward on his chair, he was curious.

Edd opened his mouth to answer but there was a scream down the hall, then another and his stomach clenched, those were the sounds of people dying, without thinking he pushed Lyon to the side just as the doors to Kevin's room blew open with a thunderous bang and a hooded figure walked in. The explosion had blown Edd backwards and he hit the stairs hard.

This was bad, he didn't know why, but this was really bad.

Eddy looked from one side to the other, quickly analyzing his opponents. A kid, a mage that looked about his age, and Kevin, his target. He quickly sprinted forward just as Kevin had drawn his sword, but he was stopped by a pillar of earth. The mage had his staff held high and was already up.

"You killed those people!" There was too much rage in the mages eyes, like he was letting all his anger out on him; Eddy would take advantage of that.

He quickly jumped back and looked at the mage. "So?" Eddy knew how to push others buttons and finding his was too easy.

Instead of answer him he shot a fireball and Eddy was just able to roll out of the way when a blast of water came at him, he lifted his sword and let the water hit it while he stood. He saw movement to his left and the kid ran towards him, he drew his other sword and hit the kid in the stomach with its hilt, he gasped and fell to the floor clutching his abdomen.

"Lyon!" Another flurry of blasts were sent towards him, he looked up to see Kevin sitting back down on his chair and smiling, that only ticked him off more.

He side stepped the blasts and charged at the guy, he swung his sword and he parried it with his staff. "Why are you doing this?" The mage asked, he was straining to hold the block.

Eddy flipped his other sword so the hilt was facing the mage then he swung it forward and hit him square in the cheek. "Trust me, if you knew how bad this guy was you'd do it too." He pointed his sword towards Kevin and glared at him.

"You're here to kill me aren't you?" Kevin stood up straight again and smiled. "I've been waiting for this moment ever since you sunk my ship at the docks and left me for dead."

More earth attacks and Eddy jumped even farther away from Kevin. "I…can't let you kill him; I've already witnessed enough deaths!" The mage was holding his staff so tightly his hands were white.

Eddy almost laughed. That was something not a lot of people said to an assassin. He lifted both his swords and got ready for another charge. "Sorry, but you got to witness one more than."

He planned to run but the mage beat him to it, he quickly sprinted towards Eddy, fire blazing on his staff and swung down, Eddy just had enough time to lift both his swords when a giant explosion blew right in-front of him, he flew backwards along with the Mage and hit the wall. Eddy quickly threw off his cape and let it burn to the floor, the mage got up again and charged at him with the same fire, Eddy wouldn't let it happen again. He threw three knives and they knocked down the staff, the guy hissed in pain and looked at his hand just as Eddy flew forward and grabbed his arm, holding his sword up, getting ready to slash down on him, to kill him.

The guys hand was glowing where Eddy was holding his arm, the same sadness washed over him from before, he hit the mages head with the swords hilt and watched him crumble to the ground. Kevin was standing at the top with a large sword drawn, they stared each other down.

"Looks like that guy got the better of you there, or have you gotten weaker since I saw you?"

He was trying to get to him, it was working. "Even if I had gotten weaker I'd still be able to kick your butt!"

Kevin got into a fighting stance and smiled. "Let's go then Dork." That was something from their past that shouldn't have been said.

Eddy charged and Kevin jumped down the stairs, they met each other in the middle with a loud clang. Eddy let out a grunt as his two swords held Kevin's one in place. They stared at the other and watched every little movement. Kevin stomped down trying to hit his foot and sent Eddy backwards with his strength; Eddy fell back and landed on his back, he was just able to roll out of the way when a sword stabbed where he had been. He got up and tucked one of his swords in, reaching into a pouch.

"I win." Eddy was smirking and he clenched onto the thing in his bag.

"Don't get cocky!" Kevin roared, he held his sword with both hands and ran forward.

Eddy had waited for it and when it came he fully expected what happened. Kevin's sword was slashed down at him in a wide arc, he got down as low as he could to just dodge it, then threw small spherical objects all over his person, there were some on his legs and chest now. Eddy barrel rolled forward and smirked as he watched Kevin's surprised expression.

He reached for one of them and Eddy held a hand out. "I wouldn't if I were you, mess with them too much and they blow."

Kevin clenched his jaw and gave Eddy one of his most hated glares. "What are these?"

Eddy's smirk turned into a full grin, one of complete evil. He enjoyed this way too much; the part that liked it seemed to take control of him. "Bomb drops; if I add some of my wisp to them they automatically turn into pretty nice explosives." He started to clench his fist and the drops began to glow. "This is gonna hurt." He clenched his fist completely and they exploded, scattering rubble all over the place and smoke plume from the spot, Eddy had to close his eyes from all of it.

He would need to find a way to make them a little stealthier, then again there weren't many stealthy kinds of bombs. He knew that other knights would storm here quickly enough after that loud noise. He turned around to walk away but then heard a noise from the small crater and a hand popped up from it.

"Ill…..kill….." He didn't finish his sentence. The hand slumped back down beside him, Eddy quickly walked over to see that Kevin looked seriously injured, his armor was blown to bits, revealing skin and blood, but he intact and alive.

Eddy didn't think twice, he drew a knife and positioned it, he knew where he was going to hit. Right in Kevin's exposed chest, right at the heart. Before he threw it the same sadness overcame him and he stopped, it was never like him to stop right in the middle of doing something like this. His gaze shifted over to the unconscious mage and the boy.

"I've already witnessed enough deaths!"

He looked at Kevin again, he should kill him, he would come to get him again, but the mage boy's words stuck with him. He put the knife back and took the book on Kevin's table, then ripped the page with his information on it, now he didn't exist as far as the records went, perfect for someone like him. He heard the marching of others running in and looked back at the three on the ground, he could kill them yes, but he wouldn't.

The mage from before weakly looked up at him, they stared at each other only for a moment before he climbed up a window and jumped out.

When he left he felt better than any other mission he had ever done. He hated that feeling, and buried it deep. There was no time to feel right now.

Edd clumsily stood up and clutched his head; the blow had definitely stunned him. He felt a little light headed and dizzy but he shook those feelings off as he studied Lyon, nothing bad, no contusions or anything. The assassin had left them alive, why?

He heard a groan from the hole and slowly walked over to it, any quick movements made him feel like he might throw up. When he saw Kevin in the ground he almost did just that. He looked horrible, he had burn marks scattered across his body, his armor was all over the place and his whole upper body was fully exposed, all that was on him were remains from his pant's (thank the heavens) but still looked like he had been fighting a dragon.

When the men had finally gotten to the door Edd was healing some of Kevin's wounds, as a mage he knew some ways to heal with his magic but it did nothing for Kevin. The men quickly escorted him out on a stretcher and went to looking at Lyons and Edd's wounds, it wasn't until then that he realized that his arm was bleeding and his clothes were destroyed.

"What did the man look like?" One of the investigators strongly asked as Edd's arm was being bandaged.

He could have told them that it wasn't a man who had attacked but a boy about the same age as him but he just shook his head, the movement itself made him tired. "I don't know…" But he did, Edd never lied yet he felt he had to for this person, he spared their lives, so Edd felt obliged to lie for him, it was simple.

The man eventually got fed up with Edd not answering and left him alone with Lyon; they sat with the young boy leaning on him and Edd keeping him as close as he could. After that little scare Edd didn't want the boy out of his sight. Eventually though his parents came and he screamed as only a young boy could and hugged them. His parents looked absolutely delighted to see him, his father walked over and shook his hand and his mother hugged him tightly, telling him he was apart of their family and they didn't know what they could do to repay him, he told them that they owed him nothing, Lyon had actually saved him. And it was true, without Lyon Edd didn't know where he'd be, angry at the world, hating it for all it did to him was probably an easy guess for the smart mage. When they had finally left the sun was going down and they insisted he come in and stay, he accepted but he had to do one more thing before leaving.

The palace for the Masters guild was very large, even bigger than Kevin's. He walked in and bowed to the king and queen, both who looked at him a little agitatedly, he was keeping them. Their princess looked at him in awe and amazement, probably the first time she had seen a mage. He quickly got to the point before they threw him out.

"I'd like to ask about a knight who I've been looking for." He presented them the picture of the boy from his vision, Lyon and his mom had been great help in listening to his explanation and drawing him out, it looked perfect.

They only studied it for a moment before the girl started to cry and the parents look at him as if he was a killer. "Why do you want to know?" The king practically growled at him.

Edd was taken aback, he started to feel fear work its way inside him but he still answered. "I…need his assistance for a mission of great importance, I need to find him." He waited for the response but he did not get one for some time.

"We do not know where he is, this Knight is our son and his name is Ed." Edd found it amusing that their names were the exact same, did the other chosen one also have the same name?

"If you find him, please bring him back, his absence has saddened our daughter greatly and we just want her to be happy again." The mom pleaded, but the words stung Edd in a way he didn't know possible. They just wanted him beck because it saddened their daughter.

Edd clenched his fists, he wanted to yell at them and tell then that he was a person and deserved to be missed instead of used to make their daughter compliant again.

He didn't though, burying the rage deep within him, where he could not reach it again, his rage had made him fight irresponsibly before, he wouldn't let his feelings control him again.

"I will find him, you have my word." He said through clenched teeth, and then quickly left.

The rage didn't leave him, it started to spread then and he felt as if he might do something rash. Maybe that's what the assassin felt as well. The other chosen one.

Eddy slept in the weird machine as it drove off, did he regret what he had done?

The slow vibrating was soothing but his mind wasn't calmed at all, the mages words were trapped in his head and refused to leave. He kept them locked in himself, deep down where only the worst of his memories went, because now wasn't the time for him to sulk.

He really did feel a lot better coming back from this mission than the others.

So they finally meet! Well not exactly XD Ed's gone Eddy left and Edd is stuck at the moment. I hoped you liked the chapter though it was weird to make because I wanted to add another part for Ed but I need to save that for the next part see you all soon! :P