Hello to any and all readers who come to this page. Before we get started, let me just begin by saying this is not my original story. This was originally done by an author named legendofzeldarocks back in the early 2000s and finished the story before briefly starting a sequel but then sadly retired from writing fanfics. They left a message on their profile page that anyone is allowed to make their own sequels or rewrites to legendofzeldarocks' work. Since then there has been a couple of rewrites of this story but I wanted to try my own hand at it.
This was one my favorite stories back then and I have already posted one ninety nine fics on my page, most of them completed while others…well, we all experience a loss of motivation from time to time and I considered what would be one hundredth and thought to myself what would be more special as my one hundredth story than a rewrite of one my favorite stories. So, I am trying my hand at this.
So, as a disclaimer, I do not own Ed, Edd 'n Eddy or Mario and Edventure of the Thousand Year Door was originally legendofzeldarocks' work. I am simply rewriting it in my own way, and we'll see if there are any major differences between my work and the original.
EDVENTURE OF THE THOUSAND YEAR DOOR
A book with a star is shown on a desk.
"Ahem! Today…I'm going to tell you the story of the Thousand Year Door. An awfully long time ago…In a strange and far off land, a big, bustling town thrived."
The book opened, showing pictures of the kind of kingdom you would see in a fairy tale with smiling clouds in the background.
"It was a town where people lived very happy lives. And it was said the town was very prosperous. But one day…tragedy befell this blessed place. A great cataclysm struck the town and its people."
The first page flipped, showing the kingdom being destroyed by lightning flashing down from dark clouds and waves crashing through it.
"Darkness filled the skies, and the earth roared and shook. It was as if the very world had come to a violent end. And in but a single night…The town sank into the depths of the earth…"
The page flipped again and this time, a small town was shown in place of the kingdom with a sailboat in the water and white clouds smiling again.
"Many moons rose and set…Stories of that town passed into pages of fairy tales…And when the town's site no longer held relics of its past…People gathered at that spot and built a new town."
The page flipped and the next one showed a treasure chest in front of a grand looking door.
"But word soon spread among the people who moved in…That an ancient city lay deep underground…And that a magnificent treasure rested there. Indeed…This is the tale of the fabled treasure of Rogueport."
The page flipped over, and the center of the town was shown again.
"The tale of the quest for the legendary treasure…And the Thousand Year Door…starts here."
Proloque Arc
Chapter 1: Lost at Sea
"Double D!" A harsh, ear-piercing voice sounded.
Double D looked up from his sitting spot and replied. "Yes?"
"Wake up! Help me continue to set up the scam!" Eddy shouted as loud as possible.
This day seemed the same as usual. Eddy plotted what he called: Ed's Sailing Lessons. Using a couple boats and a canoe they had from their houses, they planned to set a sailing lesson course. Double D was busy now towing all the boats over to creek-side.
There was a total of 3 boats. A canoe, a sailboat, and a motorboat, accommodating 3 each (the three eds and the six other kids). All the Eds wore the same hats they had during their creek cruise venture. Double D this time had a backpack, a large one, containing his petal steel guitar (to his disappointment) and some sailing equipment.
"Lumpy, get the pigeons, this will be the score of the year!" Eddy shouted.
Ed gave a simple gesture and ran off. Double D had a map and writing a course for the sailing to go through. Eddy gave him an annoyed look.
"Double D, what do ya think you're doing?" Eddy shouted.
"Simply plotting a course." Double D said. "I desire to make sure that this time, this little scam of yours won't fail."
"Right, you do that." Eddy said, uninterested.
"Right, now we follow the main creek, take a right at the fork, then follow the creek through the woods and circle back to this spot." Double D explained their route. Eddy didn't listen to a word of it.
A few minutes passed by, and Ed returned in the scene with all six of the kids.
"Okay, what is this?" Kevin asked, both uninterested and angry.
"Why, sailing lessons. Care to join us?" Double D asked politely.
"Well, it sounds nice-" Sarah started, though Eddy cut them off.
"I'm the one who's doing the campaign, I'll speak. Just shut it, Double D!" Eddy scolded at him.
Double D sighed. He took out a loudspeaker, which gave about 2 seconds of feedback before he announced his message.
"HEY AND WELCOME TO ED'S SAILING COURSE! WE WILL TAKE YA ON A GREAT JOURNEY AND SAIL THE CREEK! COME AND BE THE NEXT SAILORS! JOIN US ON AN EPIC JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME!" Eddy shouted.
Everyone covered their ears. He was about to shout more, but for some reason it shut off on him. Everyone sighed in relief. (Though everyone failed to notice Double D holding a battery in his hands.)
"Okay, well if you put it that way, we'll blow the joint. Come on, Jimmy!" Sarah said snobbishly. She held Jimmy by the hand and began to walk off, but Double D ran ahead.
"Wait, please!" Double D asked. "The first sailing lesson shall be free."
"FREE!?" Eddy shouted.
"Yes. People, my concern isn't about the money, it's about educating the public with knowledge that you may find useful." Double D said.
"Oh, corny." Kevin said, looking away.
"Aw come on, Kev. I'm going." Nazz said enthusiastically. "It could be fun."
"Fine, I'll go with her." Kevin sighed. "I'm not leaving her alone with the 3 dorks."
"One must keep an eye of Kevin, yes? I shall accompany you." Rolf said.
"A sailing adventures. Count me and Plank in!" Jonny sounded enthusiastic as well.
"I want to be there when you mess up. Then I can tell mom." Sarah said sinisterly.
"And I'm going with her." Jimmy finished the chain.
"Okay then, let's hop aboard!" Double D exclaimed, leading them to the three boats.
Pretty soon, they all were on the creek and dressed in lifejackets. Eddy took Johnny and Rolf in the motorboat in the lead, followed by Ed, Sarah and Jimmy in the canoe. Double D was in the rear with Nazz and Kevin in the sailboat.
"Okay, hey, is this thing on?" Eddy asked over an electronic speaker.
Double D had placed three walkie-talkies on all three vessels. Double D jumped from his seat and grabbed hold of the mast and picked up the radio. "Roger Eddy, the communications are operational. Over."
"Right, okay hey all! Okay, I'll drive us down the creek. Try to keep up." Eddy said.
He turned his motor on slow speed, so as not to lose his customers.
"Toast!" Ed shouted from his canoe.
"Ed, you have to say 'row.' Over." Double D said over the radio.
"Gravy!" he shouted back.
"Can I?" Jimmy asked over the radio.
"Sure. It's part of the lesson. Over." Double D reassured.
"Row!" Jimmy shouted.
Everyone in the canoe stroked their oars against the water.
"Row!" They repeated.
The canoe picked up speed.
"Right, over and out for now." Double D said, shutting off the communications to save battery power.
He turned to his two occupants, Nazz and Kevin. "Well then, I'll just readjust the sails to the winds. You two do as you please, as I do this."
"Hey this is fun." Nazz said.
She leaned over the side of her seat and looked on the side of the ship. She saw a word imprinted on the side of the boat.
"The Intelligence?" She asked, staring down at the name.
"It's the name of my sailboat." Double D smiled.
"Figures." Kevin said. He clearly looked unconcerned.
"Hey guys, did you hear the news recently?" Nazz asked, pulled back into her seat.
"Which was?" Kevin however was interested in what Nazz had to say.
"I heard that there was strange activity in the ocean. Ships were said to vanish for no reason out there. The call it the danger zone, and they closed the whole thing off to more boats. I was just reminded because we are on the boat." Nazz said.
"Actually, I have indeed heard of it. It does seem like a rather intriguing phenomenon." Double D replied, rubbing his chin. "But I'm certain there's a logical explanation behind that."
He had a strong disbelief on anything that could not be explained.
"Hey!" Jimmy shouted from their boat.
"Is something wrong?" Double D asked.
"What?" Jimmy shouted back.
Double D turned the communications back on. "Something wrong, Jimmy? Over."
"I wanted to challenge you guys to a race." Jimmy said.
"Now we're talking." Kevin said with his usual competitive tone.
"Accepted Jimmy. Oh, and from now on, because Ed… well, because you are a student in training, I appoint you caption of your crew. Over." Double D said.
"What about me?" Sarah asked.
"Um… you may be first mate, or something. Over." Double D thought off the top of his head.
"Can was start now?" Kevin asked.
"Go!" Eddy shouted. Just then, the sound of a roaring engine was heard, and his boat sped off into the creek ahead of them.
"See ya!" Jonny shouted over the communications.
"Pursue them, crew!" Jimmy stood up dramatically. "Row, row, row, row!" Jimmy said, as the crew rowed faster.
They were even starting to get out of view now.
"Yes, and now we shall sail forth." Double D said.
He pulled tight on the line, and the sail caught a wind making the boat go faster and faster. Kevin stood up to embrace the air and laughed as they sped up gaining on the rowing crew ahead of them.
"Woo, hoo!" Nazz shouted gleefully as she enjoyed the adrenaline of the race.
Double D's boat turned a corner. The creek now was leading into the woods. He quickly watched Eddy take a left on a fork in the distance and escape view again.
"Uh oh." He said in sudden worry. "Kevin, take the line."
Kevin grabbed control the sailboat. Double D held onto the mast and pushed a button on the radio.
"Eddy, you took a wrong turn, that's not how we charted it. Over." Double D said.
"What, ya scared that we'll beat ya?" Eddy laughed.
"You don't understand. Eddy, that's an uncharted area, I have no idea where it goes! Over." Double D said immediately and urgently into the radio.
But his voice of reason went unheard, as a click sound established Eddy shut off his radio.
"This is the Intelligence to the Torpedo, come in." Double D quickly tried changing tactics.
The Torpedo was the name of the canoe.
"Yeah?" Jimmy asked.
"Change of course, take the left. Over." Double D instructed.
"But that's uncharted." Jimmy replied.
"I don't like this." Nazz said, getting a bad feeling.
"We have no choice, we can't leave Eddy, Jonny and Rolf alone to get disoriented. We got to follow them. Over." Double D stated.
"Understood." Jimmy said. "Crew, stroke only with your left sides, and row! Um… over and out. Was that right? Did I say it right?"
"Yes, over and out." Double D got off the communications and back into his seat.
An hour had passed. Finally, the canoe and the sailboat caught up to the motorboat. They set up alongside each other to be in earshot.
"Eddy, did you burn all the gas in that race?" Double D asked, astounded once the Intelligence had made it next to the motorboat.
"Yes he, did." Jonny said angrily at Eddy, who was sweating.
"What?! We won, didn't we?" Eddy asked proudly.
"Eddy, we're lost." Double D said with an annoyed look on his face.
BOOM!
Thunder sounded off in the distance.
"Oh man." Kevin said, a bit worried, before glaring at Eddy. "Now look what you did, dork!"
Eddy returned his shout with a very angry face.
"We require to dock ashore now." Double D said, knowing better than anyone the dangers of being out at sea in the middle of a storm.
"Where is shore?" Sarah asked.
They all looked around. They were in a large body of water now and surrounded by fog.
"Uh, great!" Jimmy complained.
Double D got on the radio and switched his frequency on the radio. "This is the Intelligence, the Torpedo, and the Fisher. Can anyone hear me? Over."
"Yeah, we can!" A familiar voice shouted.
A familiar and unwanted voice.
"Please don't be who I think you are!" Eddy groaned, with a hand on his forehead.
Out of the fog came another boat, not much bigger than theirs.
"Kankers." Eddy said, a fearful look appearing on his face.
Fear struck in the hearts off all three of the other boats.
"D-d-d-d-did you follow us this whole time?" Double D shivered.
"We just wanted to spend some time with our boyfriends, is that so much to ask?" Lee asked.
All of the others besides the Eds laughed.
"People, this is serious, we're lost." Double D said.
"Great." Marie said sarcastically.
BOOM!
Thunder sounded again, this time closer.
"I told you this was a stupid idea!" Marie yelled at Lee, who gave her a hard slap as response.
"Complain won't help no one!" Lee shook her sister.
"We got to get out of this." Nazz said, now really worried.
"Okay, Eddy. Secure a line and we can tow you. Stay together everyone, and let's get sailing." Double D instructed quickly.
"Relax." May said. "We brought a GPS."
She took it out and gasped.
"What is it?" Rolf asked.
"We're at the ocean!" May gasped.
"No way, you got to be reading that gizmo wrong." Lee said.
"No, it's right. We're not on the mainland anymore." Double D said.
He could smell salt water all around them.
It started to rain about there.
"I repeat, this is the Intelligence calling out for assistance!" Double D pleaded, practically begging over the radio.
The waves and winds started to pick up. Everyone held on tighter.
"I'm frightened." Jimmy shivered.
"Plank is too." Jonny said, holding up his wooden friend.
"The worst thing we can do as of now is panic." Double D said in a futile attempt to calm them down.
But within himself he was already a wreck.
"As caption of this voyage, I will save us all and be a hero!" Eddy said, standing up, trying to look heroic.
A quick wave then tilted the boat and forced him back down on his seat.
BOOM!
This time, the lighting was visible. It was growing darker and darker. All of the boats started to shake violently.
"Sarah!" Jimmy grabbed hold of Sarah in the boat.
She hugged him in order to comfort him. Everyone else starred into the skies.
"I don't understand!" Double D shouted.
He was at a monitor on his vessel.
Before setting sail, he had rigged his boat with a lot of technology and equipment, among it a barometer system. He was so thankful that he had done it. The machines were beeping rapidly, like a rhythm to the winds and rain. The sail was whipping in the harsh winds, causing the boom to swing rapidly across the boat so badly he had to un-rig the boat.
"I should have picked this up beforehand!"
"DUDE!" Kevin shouted.
They all looked and saw a big wave. They all braced themselves, then held on as the wave crashed directly over them. Double D coughed after it passed over.
"Help!" Sarah shouted suddenly.
Double D's boat, the Kanker's boat, and Eddy's where fine, but the canoe had capsized. Ed and Jimmy held onto its overturned hull, but Sarah was screaming for help.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!"
"Sarah!" Jimmy and Ed shouted simultaneously. They each took a breath, they jumped into the raging seas to save her.
"Guys!" Nazz shouted.
They all looked and saw another wave pass over their heads. They all gasped and braced for impact.
There was a quick sudden flash, though it wasn't lightning.
"What was that?" Double D asked himself.
When the wave crashed over again, Double D was very surprised to see their sailboat still holding up. However, this time Eddy's boat and all of its passengers were gone. The Kankers where now struggling to keep their sinking boat floating, though each of the Kankers where yelling at each other, more than trying to save their boat. There was no sign of the Canoe or its passengers.
BOOM!
Lighting hit again, but this time in a very unfortunate place. It hit Double D's mast head on. The force threw Kevin off the decks and into the unforgiving waters.
"Kevin!" Nazz shouted in despair.
"NAZZ!" Kevin coughed back.
But then another wave hit. There was another flash again as the waver struck the boats again. When it vanished, Kevin was gone was well as the sinking Kanker's boat.
"That lighting short-circuited the boat's electronics." Double D said, scared to death.
He now spoke to the only other person there, Nazz who was clinging to the rails of their boat. Just then, a wave sent a piece of debris over the rail, and struck Nazz head on. She collapsed right there in her seat. Double D let go of the controls and quickly raced to her side.
He was usually very nervous about being near her, but this time, he only cared about her safety. He didn't even care the boat was without a driver. A wave was about to hit the boat again.
"You're not taking another one of my friends!" Double D said.
He jumped in the way and deflected the hit .But just when it looked like they were home free, lighting struck the boat again. Double D was forced against a railing, where he instantly was knocked out. Then, there was more one flash…
First, he could hear sound, the sound of gentle waves against the ship. Then he got his other senses, like smell, touch, and sight. He eventually felt the sense of taste returning to him, and he received the taste of salt water. He spit out the water in his mouth in disgust.
"Where am I?" He asked himself as he opened his eyes.
He stood on his sailboat. The electronics where charred and his sail ripped, but it survived the raging storm.
But did anyone else?
"Nazz!" He shouted frantically.
He looked and saw her, asleep in her seat.
"Thank goodness!" Double D sighed in relief. He shook her gently. "Nazz wake up, please!"
Nazz's eyes slowly opened. He held her in his rams as she looked up at him. He smiled, relieved to see her safe.
"Double D?" She asked, her mind blurry at first before her memories started to return. "What happened, where are we?"
"I don't know." Double D answered, taking a brief look around.
The sun was visible now and was in a position to show it was sunrise, and that they had been out of it all night. They were surrounded by water everywhere.
"Where's everyone else?" Nazz asked, worried.
"Gone. All gone. The dreaded seas took them away from us." Double D said solemnly.
"No way. I'll bet we were all just separated. That's it for sure. Everyone's alive." Nazz shook her head.
"I doubt it." Double D mourned.
"Never lose hope, Double D. Call it a feeling, I know their alive." Nazz said.
"Even if they were alive, the would be a good as gone. Our communications are down." Double D groaned.
He hated to see all of his expensive and beloved technology ruined.
"Hey, what's that?" Nazz asked. They both looked into the distance and saw a town nearby. It was a harbor for sure. Double D was so relief to find sanctuary.
"Double D, can we sail this boat over there and try to get assistance there?" Nazz asked.
"Yeah." Double D said.
The boat moved much slower now considering it's ripped sail, but their boat cruised until it reached a dock. As they sailed near it, they noticed a sign on the dockside.
"I can't read it, my eyesight's still flooded with water. What's it say?" Nazz asked, wiping her eyes.
"The sign states: Welcome to Rougeport."