ATWN: Chapter 7

It only took a minute or two to calm everyone else down from what happened, as well as giving the three Eds a chance to look at themselves in a nearby mirror; all three of them looked to be about fourteen/thirteen years old, just like the girls (with Ed, Lily, and Double D being 14 and Naomi, Eddy, and Amelia being 13. Their birthdays have not happened yet).

Ed had red-orange hair that was in a buzzcut and hazel brown eyes. Double D still had his black beanie, which was over his messy, light blond hair (which was now more visible, it was ONE of the things he was hiding this whole time under his beanie), and he had bright green eyes. Eddy had very short, spiky dark blue hair that had three tuffs of spiked hair sticking out, and dark blue eyes. All of them still wore their usual attire and were still about the same height as before, but their clothes were now fitted for a 'proper person' and had 'correct proportions'. They were no longer cartoon characters.

They could also see another white door that somehow embedded itself into the wall beside Amelia's big TV. There was 'nothing' on the other side of the door when they opened it, it was the same kind of door that brought them here.

Naturally, Eddy had an irritated look on his face from this situation while Ed had a look of awe in his eyes from his surroundings. Double D seemed to be the calmest out of the three, mainly because he kind of knew what was going on, even if he was still confused about why all this happened in the first place.

"Lily…" Double D started to say, "I-I assume this is what you all look like? Just like in the photo you showed me last night?"

Lily nodded her head, "Yes."

Amelia and Naomi widened their eyes, "Wait, did you tell him about—"

"I did," Lily replied with a bit of nervousness, "I-I told him we are not from their world, because I found out from Double D that we somehow teleported from the Milky Way to Andromeda; their galaxy."

A heavy silence filled the room for a few seconds before Ed made a very big smile, "Are you three aliens from another planet?!"

Naomi chuckled, "Honestly, we might have been. I didn't think about it like that," she smiled at the thought, "I guess this means you three are the aliens now!"

Ed gasped, "THAT'S SO COOL!" He cheered in a happy tone.

Amelia glanced over to Eddy, who was silent this whole time; he still had the same irritated look from before on his face, but his eyes were closed now as if he was thinking about something.

"A-Anyway, there's something else you two should know," Double D stated to his two friends before turning to the couch nearby, "We… should probably sit down for this."

The six teens went over to Amelia's couch nearby, with the Eds sitting down and the girls standing up.

"Last night, Lily informed me about something that surprised me a lot, even more so than the three of them being from a different world and galaxy," Double D said before making a small pause.

Amelia and Naomi started to become nervous; they had a feeling about what he was going to say next.

"She told me that the three of them knew who we were before we met them."

Eddy's eyes immediately opened in shock when he heard that as Ed had a look of confusion on his face, "Are you saying these three chicks are stalkers?!" Eddy asked in anger.

Everyone turned to Eddy in surprise as he got up from where he sat, "N-No! That's not—"

"I KNEW there was something suspicious about you!" Eddy yelled to them in an angrier tone, mainly towards Amelia, "I don't wanna hear what these stalkers have to say. I'm leaving!"

That was when he dashed off towards Amelia's front door, which was near the couch he was sitting on. He opened it and ran out of Amelia's house.

"Oh no…" Double D gasped before turning to everyone, "We probably should not let him roam around this place on his own!"

"You're right," Amelia replied with a nod, "I'll go look for him; this is the neighborhood I live in, after all. He could get lost or hurt because of how rural it is."

"Umm… Before you go find him," Lily started to say to Amelia, "I think he might need convincing that we mean him no harm, or he probably won't listen to you. Maybe you should take something with you to show him about why we know them."

Amelia paused for a second before replying, "Okay, I'll grab something from my room that can probably help."

A few minutes later with Eddy, he was running further away from Amelia's house before slowing down. He looked around the area, slowly realizing he had no idea where he was. He could see so many trees around him on the sidewalk he was on and not much else.

"… Uh oh," Eddy muttered as he continued to walk forward on the sidewalk.

It was about a minute later that Eddy could see a house up ahead, "Finally, someone who can help me out! Unlike those three stalkers…"

Eddy growled a little before making a big sigh at the fact that they were lying to him and his friends. It kind of hurt him to know that everything Amelia did was all an act; he had almost considered her some kind of friend until now, or at least a friendly acquaintance that was close to a friend.

Eddy then turned his attention back to the house in front of him. He was about to walk over to the house, until he felt a hand grab him on his right wrist, preventing him from walking forward. He was dragged away a little from the house as well.

Eddy turned to see who was dragging him away. It was Amelia, who now had a small satchel or purse over her shoulder, "What do you want?" Eddy asked with a glare at her.

"I'm trying to help you, Eddy," Amelia replied, gesturing to the house ahead, "My grandfather doesn't like trespassers unless it's me and my friends when we need to ask him a favor. You shouldn't go there."

"And why should I listen to you?!" Eddy started to yell at her, "You and your friends were LYING to us this whole time!"

"I know that, and I'm sorry!" Amelia yelled back to him, "But we had a good reason to lie at the time! We were going to tell you three about this later, honest!"

Eddy made a harsher glare at Amelia, "What would that 'good reason' even be, stalker?"

Amelia made a sad face for a second at what he said before brushing it aside, "Here, I need to show you something."

Amelia reached for the satchel she had on her shoulder to get something out of it. Eddy was about to walk away when he noticed she let go of his wrist; that is, until he saw what she took out of her satchel.

It was a long CD case for a show of some kind; a show with Eddy and his friend's names on the title! Their appearance on the cover was exactly how they looked back home!

"THIS is how we know about you and your friends, Eddy," Amelia started to say, "You're a cartoon here in our world. Your show has been on the air for two and a half years, and this is a DVD with a few of the episodes on it to watch. I bought this about a year ago."

Eddy stood there in silence at what she was holding out to him. He took the DVD case she held to look at it in detail, even opening it to see the CD/DVD inside the case; it was true.

"We have zero clues on how we got to where you lived; it was all so sudden, and we had no idea if we could even get back home at that point," Amelia continued to say, "It's the main reason why we approached you and your friends; to have a place to stay until we could figure things out… And, you know, besides being curious about… Umm, you and the other two Eds," she looked away from him for a moment in sadness and a bit of nervousness, "I'm so sorry about lying to you."

Amelia could suddenly hear Eddy drop the DVD case he was holding. She looked back to him, only to see Eddy start to collapse to the ground, "Eddy?!" She gasped as she caught him before he could hurt his head. He had fainted, becoming overwhelmed by what he learned and what was going on.

Amelia looked at him in sadness again before she began carrying Eddy back to her house; she had to pick him up and let him slump over on her back. It was all she could do until she was back at her house, 'God, I hope none of my neighbors sees me doing this! This is just awkward,' she thought.

Author's Note (December 3rd, 2023): And here's where the real shenanigans begin for the story!