Didn't think I'd be posting another mass of these so soon, but they kinda started piling up. Figured I might as well share them so you guys can enjoy them too. Besides, I am writing one-shots for some of these, so it's probably pertinent to put these up now.
Secret Society AU:
Provided by:nightmaster000
1. The secret society that formed after the war and the memory wipe has been working for years and years to make sure another one wouldn't start again. The first one had been devastating, and since it practically sent society back a good ways, they know the world can't handle another one without putting the world through an entire reset. So, the main goal is to make sure it doesn't happen again, at all costs.
2. This has resulted them in recruiting as many different people with skills and different backgrounds to monitor and keep the secret together. Recruiting the Ed's had been a snap decision since they were vulnerable, had skills they needed, and were aiming to disappear anyway. As it turns out, giving them more resources, people that can actually teach them and an overall goal makes them much more competent, and they become much more useful than planned.
3. The plan was decided fairly quickly to let them go to the two schools and help them make the final decision. Whether or not the Ed's know this, they have some mixed feelings about it. Eddy is into it mostly for the money, power and a better future, but he also knows he isn't at the top of the food chain and can still be sniped at any moment. Double D has access to all scientific wonders and can see himself reach his dreams, but he has issues when it comes to some of their methods. Ed is happy to see a whole new world out there, but is also genre savvy enough to know he's basically working with a SCP-Like Organization (could honestly be a crossover with that too).
4. When the girls, including Bloodgood, realize the situation, it is an outright terrifying thing. Not only have the boys lied to them this entire time, but the clock might be ticking for everyone depending on what their organization decides. The Ed's are admittedly feeling the pressure too, having gotten close to their friends here and, if it hadn't been revealed before, realizing the weight of their decision.
5. It's too late to back down now, though, since they're indispensable to their goal. With political connections in the form of the royal students, business connections through Cleo's family and several others, political connections in the Vampire Court, and even know some people in the monster part of Hollywood. They're valuable and have unexpectedly made themselves the most qualified in making the decision. If they don't play along, then it might be goodbye for an entire civilization.
Spider-man AU:
Provided by: Myself
1."Hello everyone! I believe you all know how this goes, so let's get moving. My name is Eddy Parker and for the past three years, I've been the one and only Spider-Man. At the tender age of 14, I've been kicking serious butt as a superhero with the help of my sidekicks-"
"Partners!"
"-Cool it Sockhead. I've been doing with my partners Kraken and the Lizard for about just as long too. It's been an interesting ride so far, but that's to be expected as a superhero."
2. "Alright, let me take the stage here, Eddy. Greeting, everyone, my name is Kraken, but I'm otherwise known as Double D. All of us, through one way or another, have ended up mutated or disfigured in scientific accidents, with Eddy having an enhanced spider bite him, Ed somehow splicing his genes in an attempt to regrow a lost limb, and me being the victim of an accident that ended up with metal arms connected to my spinal cord."
"Don't they sometimes talk to you to?"
"You can't prove that, Ed. Anyway, we've been compared to some of our 'counterparts' in other superhero universes, and in the simplest terms, here's our power sets; I have a set of tentacle arms with many different attachments, as well as a glider that resembles some variant supervillain called Hobgoblin. Eddy has the standard array of most Spider-Men, with the addition of many gadgets we've made over the years, while Ed has other Lizard's powersets, with the addition of a productive healing factor and the abilities of a chameleon."
3. "Oh, oh, my turn! The Lizard formerly known as Ed here, and you wouldn't believe how many other superhero's we've met. We've got to fight with the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men- oh, we've been to space sometimes too! We're practically veterans of the superhero community as far as we're concerned. I think plenty of them respect us."
"Not really, and I doubt anyone that does would still do after knowing how old we actually are. Xavier is probably onto us, Richards is too smart for his own good, and Stark is just a d-"
"Language!"
"Guys, c'mon! We are pretty respected. It's just… not as obvious as the respect Captain American gets. The people of New York love us at least, especially after the situation with Doc Ock."
4. "Anyway! Our lives aren't that great outside of the superhero stuff, and while we've done our best to mitigate it by graduating out of high school early and getting jobs, me, Sockhead, and Lumpy are still getting into financial trouble. Then Nick Fury offered us a job that we thought was supposed to be simple."
"Director Fury had requested our assistance with protecting two classes worth of students that would be in New York for a while. It seemed strange at first, especially when we were asked to protect certain students such as; Apple White, Raven Queen, Cerise Hood, Maddie Hatter, Cleo De Nile, Clawdeen Wolf, and Ghoulia Yelps."
"They're really nice girls and all, but it kinda turns out there's monster hunters after all of them and they're aiming to bridge the gap between some groups called Monsters and Legends. So, yeah. Fury tricked us. Maybe we aren't as respected as we thought."
5. "The so-called headmaster and headmistresses of their schools called for our help- or they weren't able to reach another group- because they needed to protect these girls at all costs. I'm ninety percent sure our friendly neighborhood cyclops knows our actual ages too, which is why he wanted us to interact with them and keep a good profile on them. The jerk."
"It has caused quite a few problems, especially with our secret identities. We somehow consistently end up meeting the girls in question in our civilian identities and we're all becoming more intwined by the day. It's becoming extremely troubling since we not only can't have people knowing our identities, but our ages as well. It doesn't take a genius to realize how fast some of our adult allies will try to stop us from doing our jobs."
"We'll be fine! All we have to do is make sure that no information gets crossed over between identities. Now, feel free to have fun, true believers! Excelsior!"
"…We're completely screwed."
"Indeed."
Heist AU:
Provided by: Myself
1. The Ed's ended up leaving earlier than planned due to certain events having sped up, meaning they hit a wall when it comes to scams. On one hand, scamming normal people is easy and they know how to mess with people, but not only is it not paying for their needs, but it's starting to become guilt inducing. This prompts them to start going for bigger, richer targets that they can actually get good money from with the least amount of guilt.
2. Things are good for a while until they run into a really shady rich person that they can't really ignore. They can't report anything since their target is not only good at hiding their tracks, but attracting attention to themselves is a one way ticket back home with some kind of charges placed against them. When all else fails, they figure they might as well rob them and reveal them at the same time, which ends up awakening something within the boys that was dormant all along.
3. Becoming borderline Robin Hoods, they end up getting into schemes and heists that get larger and larger each time until they start running into supernatural targets that are harder to explain. This did surprise them, but the risk of it and the fact that some of their targets have done some crazy things under the surface only fueled their need to do it more. It just gives them more tools to work with and an added thrill that they knew would never go away.
4. The groups meet through Clawdeen this time. Having something like the City of Frights movie happen earlier, the Ed's end up taking down Madame Ghostier before she can fully take credit for Clawdeen's work. Double D ends up running into her on the aftermath of their heist. It was only brief and Double D figured he'd at least treat her for lunch for the disappointing ordeal, but it ended up leaving an impact. After paying for lunch and promptly disappearing, Clawdeen figures out she talked to one of the guys who robbed and exposed Ghostier and immediately tells her friends and project partners about it. They end up getting into contact and making friends with the Ed's over the repeated crimes they accidentally commit together.
5. They end up having multiple reasons to meet anyway, with the Ed's accidentally robbing people in their lives. Ramses, Snow White, and whatever's left of the Evil Queens illegal businesses end up being targets for one reason or another, and the girls end up helping them one way or another. It's a lot of funny coincidences, salacious romances, and whatever else you'd find in a noir film involving thieves.
Professor's AU:
Provided by: nightmaster000
1. In the story, everyone would be aged up a little to at around early college age, with the Ed's having decided to wait until after high school to leave. Running into Bloodgood, the headmaster of Monster College (for lack of a better name), and ends up getting them into both that and Ever After Academy. Things actually end up going much the same until Headmaster Milton decides to create the point of divergence right after Van Hellscream gets axed.
2. In a bid to get them expelled or intimidate them out, he puts them through a series of tests in the name of "improving their education" and "determining their skill levels." It was a way to get them kicked out and out of his hair, their chaos becoming a major headache to him. However, thanks to the Ed's obsessively researching for their roles, a little bit of out of the box thinking, and some light cheating, they end up passing. Except they passed way too well, with them being overqualified and able to test out of some courses. Just when Milton thinks he did it, albeit in the wrong way, the academic committee in charge of hiring teachers decides to snatch them up and make them a part of he institution, wanting to get rid of some their incompetent ones or create new courses.
3. The initial reactions are mostly panic, and rightfully so. Sometimes, what does a scam in is when it starts doing too well, and this certainly counts. Bloodgood is willing to help with lesson plans, and the girls are good on being teaching assistants, but they have no experience teaching, outside of Double D doing tutoring, so it's going to be a lot of improv until they can get into a decent rhythm. Which they never do, because they are far from qualified to teach anything.
4. As for their subjects, it differs from day to day. Double D predictably takes up the sciences and math when he can, being most familiar with those subjects and having an affinity for teaching already (as well as getting Professor Rumpelstiltskin. Ed would take over for any art or music classes, being the most artistically inclined and the most free spirited out of the bunch. Eddy takes over for magic, evil, and (surprisingly) business classes. As it turns out, scamming people for years helps with that sort of thing.
5. The story does change a little bit, with people recognizing the group more since they're a more public face of the schools now. Their reputation improves the schools, making them indispensable parts of the faculty, even if they ever get found out as frauds. The Ed's would like if that would change, though, since they now have to deal with the teacher responsibilities, face suspicious parents and jealous faculty, and avoid having the Hot for Teacher situation to occur with any student that wants to try it.
Assassin AU:
Provided by: nightmaster000
1. The entirety of Peach Creek being a small town was more of a coverup by the government or another organization to get a bunch of families to move in and have their children be trained into deadly assassin's. While the success rate was extremely low, with only the cul-de-sac kids passing, but since the kids were extremely good at it, it was still considered a success. The Ed's are a part of that group and are known for being extremely versatile, being able to go loud and quiet when the time is needed.
2. Having formed a tight knight group, they do have specific roles; Ed is their loudest and most terrifying member, usually dealing with the louder jobs that require muscle and heavy weapons. While he doesn't like his job, it's not like he knows anything else and generally has some warped views on it since he was raised to think it was ok. Double D (much like the artists headcanons) is the groups cleaner and does the stealthier portion of the assassinations, ranging from sniper shots to backstabbing. He knows what they're doing is wrong and wants to actively get out of the life before it takes them out. Eddy is the one in charge of keeping operations profitable, with his style of assassination consisting of getting the targets killed through manipulation (either getting themselves killed or someone else to commit the crime). He knows all of this is wrong but is resigned and doesn't think they'll ever get out of it, knowing the people that made them will kill them before losing an asset.
3. The hit that they were assigned to was a lot different to what they usually got. The signs of it being wrong were all there; it wasn't requested by a known criminal looking to take down other criminals. The demographic of the place was filled with people their own age. The supernatural was also a surprise, though at least one they could go around. Whatever hired them to be here also didn't even give them all the information on their target; they just asked them to find them and take them out. This is part of the reason why they get to know the girls; most of them being daughters of business tycoons or royalty makes them think they could be the targets (or even possible employers) they're looking for, especially when it comes to Apple and Raven.
4. The story would change quite a bit, if not derail entirely to something new. The Ed's would only need evidence to take out certain targets and make sure their work is reversed, especially if they think people like Hellscream and Stoker might be the targets in question. The Ed's are ten times scarier to students since they can actively convince people they can kill them without remorse, and slightly mean it. And the reveal? That gets messy as hell, with the only thing preventing them from being reported was the fact that they are basically child soldiers that need to be deprogrammed. The atrocities they committed were essentially them being brainwashed, so it is a priority to not only figure out their employers, but to maybe find a way to stop whoever made them form making more child assassins in the first place.
5. The driving force behind the story would be the Ed's realizing that they were raised so wrongly and corruptly, but also having a way out when they need it. They have a lot of blood on their hands, and are a lot more messed up because of it, but worst comes to worst, they can possibly be something better after all of it is over. That is, if they and their friends can survive it first. Maybe their employer was working towards this the entire time, especially if they're kids had been caught in that program…
Magic Apocalypse AU:
Provided by: Socram12
1. The Surges didn't come up all at once, but in waves. All across the world, magic burst out in multiple waves, causing mass changes in the populace and glitching technology everywhere until nothing was the same for anyone. People are slowly turning into monsters and with technology failing everywhere, the world is descending to chaos, with only a few bastions of safety. It doesn't help that, with everything determined as a state of emergency, the secret of Monsters and Legends is fully let out.
2. Basically every place that Monsters and Legends have settled are the only places unaffected. With tech already being infused with magic, as well as magic to help with food, water, and any other needs, the communities are highly sought after by anyone that survived the original Surges. Some have remained secret, not wishing to share with humanity, while others are trying to be generous and end up taking on too much. It's a debate on how they can keep going forward, especially in this crisis that no source can be attributed to. Was it because of Wonderland being closed that caused sources of chaos to erupt? Evolution taking it's toll and leading to a final step? The Evil Queen pulling one last scheme? No one can tell.
3. The Surges happened long after the Ed's left home, and they were at the center of one, resulting in some big changes. Double D got the least amount of power from it, but was the most injured, resulting in losing his arm, a leg, and some other parts of his body. He makes metal prosthetics that work due his engineering expertise, and a power that lets him understand technology much better. Eddy has his sorcerer powers with a focus on dark magic and necromancy, which is a boon in most cases if it wasn't for the fact he isn't used to having it. Ed, as you said, has his magic that activates when he's angry, making it dangerous to deal with people until he gets it under control.
4. Bloodgood and her allies brought the boys in in a bid to convince other people within New Salem and Bookend to accept more refugees. If three boys can adapt to their abilities and make life better for everyone, why couldn't they accept more? Either way, the boys will accept the help if only to get away from the chaos outside. It's a dangerous world out there and they don't want to die.
5. The conflicts arise when other former-humans try to find their way in, with only a few peaceful ones (I can imagine Rolf, Johnny, and maybe a few others) showing up and causing the Ed's grief. It only gets more desperate the longer everything goes, especially if talks of war start getting brought up.
Big Picture AU:
Provided by: nightmaster000
1. The Ed's weren't meaning to leave long term, but they bolted after the meeting with Eddy's brother and weren't there to see the kid's reaction. Thinking they can't go back, they keep moving and start doing whatever they can to survive out in the real world. With a bit of luck, stubborn pride, and their inventiveness, they make it work long enough to get involved with the supernatural.
2. It takes them a while to figure out that they are dealing with people who are considered supernatural. Some of the meetings, they can explain; Cleo, right out of her tomb, is assumed to be an immigrant; Ghoulia is assumed to have some form of physical and verbal disabilities; and Apple's eccentricities are attributed to just being rich. Of course, when dealing with it more and noticing more things, they realize it's not anything based in their reality at all.
3. The girls are mostly confused as to why three human kids are running about without supervision. It's all strange meetings and chance talks that end up with all of them eventually realizing they met them and generally sharing their experiences, all within ear shot of their parents. This raises some alarms when they hear about it and they get into contact with some people to find these boys and eventually put them into someone's care and prevent not only a secret getting out, but also keep some kids safe.
4. Bloodgood takes them in, for multiple reasons. She figures that these kids must not have good lives if they're willing to leave home abruptly and without any real remorse. The fact they've been doing this so long without anyone looking is also concerning. Though it does work for her plan, it is the last thing on her mind. This ends up with the Ed's growing up in the supernatural community with the girls, changing their lives.
5. Meanwhile, in Peach Creek, the kids are heavily debating on whether they should tell someone and get the Ed's back, or not say anything to avoid getting into trouble for driving them out in the first place. The longer it takes and the more they realize no one has noticed, the more they have to look into what the Ed's deal with everyday.
Teen Dad AU
Provided By: nightmaster000
1. A month after the Ed's left home, they were high off the freedom and the fact they were out of their abusive households made them want to celebrate. Not having had the reality of homelessness set in, they make the decision to crash a party at a rich person's house, figuring that they can do this and leave for the road the next day. As it turns out, it was one of the few parties Briar ever threw that had Monsters show up at it. They meet the clique they hang out with in the regular fic during the party.
2. The night was a whirlwind and the few things they do remember, they remember being very nice and surprisingly consequence free. Other than waking up with a stranger (or strangers), they can at least say it wasn't a bad night. Of course, since they leave the next day and never return, never realizing that their actions had some consequences until a year later.
3. The Ed's reactions are varied. Double D tries his best to deal with the news well but is terrified by the revelation and unsure how to deal with it. Since he had absentee parents and wasn't able to get to know them, he feels immensely guilty for the situation and wants to make amends. On the funnier side, he has to avoid angry fathers and siblings, since if he had any kids with Cerise and Clawdeen, he's in serious trouble. Maddie would be the safest bet, but God knows how he'd deal with the kid itself there. His life is just constant chases if it's all three.
4. Eddy would be in denial for a while, but it isn't like he can deny the kids existence. He's very unsure about becoming a father and, while he doesn't want to abandon the kid itself because he's not that much of a scumbag, he doesn't know how to not mess this up for him, the mother, or the kid. On the funnier side? He's constantly dodging assassins since he basically had a kid with someone with parent's with powerful connections. If all three, they practically form a club dedicated to making his life worse since they threw off so many plans.
5. Ed himself… I don't know if there's a funny side to this. Ed is the result of a match made through teen pregnancy, and he has so many issues because of it. He doesn't want to leave the kid alone, but also isn't sure if he should deal with Ghoulia since he doesn't want to form a relationship out of this. If they do still get together, it will be better than his parents' marriage and he'd be a good dad, but it's something that sticks in his mind a lot.
Celebrity AU
Provider by: nightmaster000
1. It was Clawdia's fault, and the Ed's would say that until their dying day. Hollywood had been a gamble for them since they figured that they could possibly scam a few stars, or at least get some work in the backstage stuff. Accidentally pulling off what could only be described as feats of mad science in front of her, she figures they must be some kind of supernatural and figures she should show them what opportunities lie in Hauntlywood instead. Having to suppress some freakouts, they accept the jobs greatfully.
2. This leads to them helping out on some of Veronica Von Vamps movies. Thanks to some suggestions, ideas on how to save money, and maybe even some edits to the script, they get into more Hauntlywood circles before getting acting roles themselves when some bad things happen to some actors and their understudies. As it turns out, when you put people that have experience scamming people and generally acting their way out of trouble, you get some fantastic performances that launch careers.
3. as for what kind of celebrity they attract, it varies. Ed is known for his own work on making accurate and working practical effects, with the stuff he acts in being based off of horror or thriller movies (mostly as the antagonist, being surprisingly scary as one). Double D focused on making better special effects, while his later acting career involves becoming the second coming of Bill Nye. Eddy is an all-rounder that can move into any role that he's needed for, and does some acting coaching for anyone that asks for it. They're basically at the top of the world, even if they have to lie so much to make it work.
4. Meeting the girls sends things sideways. The story (which would have to be changed a lot) starts with them when Stoker decides to jump on his plan, with Clawdia and Veronica Von Vamp asking for their assistance. The job becomes a lot easier with their assistance, at least showing they're very useful in more situations than just acting. Clawdia's project in the schools gets approved, and they figure helping her out will be a good thing, especially when Bloodgood suggests a few ideas on videos and shows to help bring Monsters and Legends together. Things get complicated from then on.
5. The Ed's get to deal with a lot more stardom and recognition in this AU, with the cost to their privacy, which they desperately need. Might even open up some shipping opportunities too, with Ed maybe getting to know "Veronica" and Honey Swamp, Double D does get to know Clawdia and Catty Noir, and Eddy has options in Nefera or Casta Fierce. Even if we stick with canon stuff, it's still a painful thing when stuff gets revealed. At least they have a platform now, so they can probably set up stuff to help kids with similar trauma to themselves.
Invader AU
Provider by: nightmaster000
1. The Ed's (or whatever they happen to be called on Irk) were technicians that hated their jobs, despite technically being indispensable to the empire. Trying to figure a way out, they hear that the infamous Zim is being sent a planet that isn't even on the Empire's radar. Deciding to sneak their own ship out and, with their technical expertise, go into exile with him, making sure all four of them live until they get there.
2. While Zim ends up in the city he starts his "invasion" in, the Ed's separate to avoid dealing with him and end up in New Salem/Bookend. It's chaotic, especially since the girls find them before anybody else. Aliens are a lot more new to the supernatural world, so the girls do help them hide in a bid to make sure they don't get dissected. It's chaos considering the boys are not only aliens, but amoral ones that just fled from a dictatorship. It's not going to be easy, especially the longer the Ed's stay on Earth.
3. Learning about Earth is... interesting. The planet has weird customs and things that are actually deadly to Irkens, and the supernatural was nothing that they could prepare for. It quickly becomes apparent the planet, if it did ever get on the Empire's radar, would probably be destroyed rather than conquered. While Tallest Red and Purple are kinda dumb and are incredibly self involved, if they figure out a possible threat, they will take care of it. Sadly, the Ed's do like this place, especially since they actually make friends with some Earthlings.
4. This leads them to not only help in the matters of the hidden worlds, but also actively hiding all of Earth from Irk. This includes trying to hunt down Zim and make sure he doesn't destroy it (thankfully, Dib has that handled in a town that's practically hidden from everyone too). Threats like Tak are also prevented from taking form, even if it is treason. The stuff with the Resisty also comes up, giving them tech as long as they don't reveal their location.
5. Of course, there's just as many threats. Other space-faring species like Astranova would report them on sight if they knew they were there, government agents on both sides of human/supernatural border would try to figure it out, and people like Dib are definite annoyances. It's not going to be easy, but they intend to make Earth safe.
I have to thank nightmaster000 for giving the ideas for a lot of these, especially the more creative ones. The prompts are always available for submission, and I'll always come up with my own for fun, so expect more in the future.
Thanks for reading and I hope you like everything else going forward.