"Hey, guys?" Ed started, startling Double D and Eddy. "What do you think happens when we die?"
Double D blinked and shut the book he was reading. "I suppose that's a good question, but that's surprisingly philosophical coming from you, Ed."
"Yeah, Lumpy, isn't thinking above your paygrade?" Eddy ignored an angry look from Double D, smirking at his friend. "Besides, that's pretty morbid. Why do you want to know about that?"
"I'm just thinking," Ed looked a bit nervous, not looking either of them in the eye. "Since we got here and saw that stuff at Monster High- even some stuff at Ever After too- I've been thinking about it."
"Why would you- oh, right. The undead." Double D's mood shifted at that, looking a little disconcerted. "I suppose that would bring up some interesting questions."
"So what? I mean, we deal with Queenie and Thriller all the time. I thought we were past being disturbed by the whole 'living dead' thing." The shortest Ed boy flipped his own book back open, focusing on illusion spells. "I mean, that's just it. They're alive but dead. Pretty simple concept."
"Yeah." Ed shrugged, but the confused look on his face stayed. He wasn't clearly going to let this go. "I'm just saying. If the fact they're 'alive' is real, what actually happens to us. Could we become undead? Is there something we need to do to make that happen?"
"I'd imagine so. Some of them are pretty clear, actually." Double D fully put down the book, giving up on reading for now. "Cleo is a mummy who needed a specific ritual done before coming back to life. Frankie had to assembled out of body parts and working organs for her to function. Ghoulia is a bit of a wild card, considering zombies could be created a number of ways."
"Brings up some stuff about the afterlife too." Eddy's adopted a thousand-yard stare, face turning to blank. "Ghosts exist, so heaven and hell might too. Or since Queenie was actually resurrected, the ancient Egyptian afterlife might be real too. Maybe even Greek, depending on stuff related to her boyfriend."
"Not to mention the undead can procreate." That fact rode out to the forefront of Double D's mind, staying there like an unwelcome houseguest. "People can be born dead. Can they even be considered alive in the first place? How do you consider this type of things involving the undead?"
"God, I forgot about that." Eddy put down his book fully, turning to the others with horror on his face. "And they can have kids with living monsters, too. Is that necrophilia if the other person consents? How does puberty work too?"
The room went into silence, the three boys eyeing each other. Ed eventually gulped, breaking it.
"So," He started shakily. "What happens to us when we die?"
None of them knew how to answer that question.