Sorry for my bad English.
Eddy consider his personal time too much precious to waste with school or a new pigeon. Then for Erika he decide to use the first scam he ever made in his entire life. Once school was over, Erika walked to the exit wanting to take the bus back to her neighborhood, but was surprised by the Eds waiting for her on the front door.
Above them was a big sign with "Bottomless Ed" written on it.
-Oh! Hello Erika. –Eddy called her, trying not to seems that he was waiting for her. –I didn't see you there.
-Eddy, what are you doing? –Erika asked.
-Oh! This? Nothing than the Bottomless Ed! –Eddy gestured to Ed who was holding a fork and a TV by his side. –Come here and see the Bottomless Ed eat a entire TV with no problem.
Erika give a skeptical look to the shortest Ed who keep trying to see innocent as possible.
-Okay, what's the trick? –Erika asked.
-There's no trick! Ed is capable of eat this entire thing with no problem. You can see with your own eyes! Will cost just twenty five cents. If he not be able to do it, you will get a refund!
-Hmmm. –Erika thought for a while before answer. –Okay. –She said getting a coin from her pocket. Eddy tried to take from her but have his hand slapped by the Brazilian.
Erika Then walked to the TV and start to inspect the device.
–What are you doing? –Eddy asked.
-Checking if really there's no trick.
-Believe sweetheart. There's no trick! –Eddy said.
But Erika insisted in inspect the device. She walked around the TV checking everything she could. She finally stopped and give space for Ed make his trick.
-Okay. Don't seems that has nothing wrong with the TV.
-Told you. Now, ED!
Ed saluted and stuffed the fork on the TV. He opened his mouth the wide he could and swallowed the device in one bite. Eddy smirked but Double D notices that the girl also was smiling. This made him raise a eyebrow.
Ed on the other hand, widened his eyes and screamed, spitting the TV out of his mouth to the air.
-HOOOOOT! -Ed shout as he start to run around. – Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!
As Ed keep running in circles, Eddy and Double D could only stare in surprise his friend running around after not be able to eat a simple Television. Double D remember to witness Ed eating his mattress once on his first day in Cu-De-Sac.
Then the TV fall back straight on Eddy's head, putting him on the floor. Double D look to the device what crashed his friend's head and notices something. Behind the device where none of them could see, was something red spilled on it. Double D come closer wearing a gas mask because, it was inside of Ed of course. A closer look Double D could indentify the red stain as…
-Pepper?
-What? –Eddy asked with his head still below the TV.
-Pepper Eddy. –Double D responded. –I believe the reason Ed was not able to digest this apparatus it was because of this condiment made not possible.
-But I did not added pepper. –Eddy said then heard Erika chuckling. His eyes widened and he quickly stood in two feets. –It was you!
-I believe that the right term is Guilty as Charged. –Erika said shrugging.
-But how did you knew that Ed would be able to digest the TV? –Double D asked.
-I saw him landing on the football field, made a crater and left the crater absolutely fine. Don't you think I would not suspect that he can do some impossible things? -Eddy's ears were fuming for be outsmarted, then the TV fall again in his head. This time he was in two feets. Erika turn on the TV and saw Eddy's face still frowning. –Oh, look! A monster movie.
Double D chuckled and Ed keep running around.
-It seems that you was outsmarted Eddy. -Double D spoke.
-And I believe that you have something that belongs to me.
Ed swallowed the TV, but not eat it. So that means Eddy have to give Erika a refund for his failed scam. But is not his fault. How come he would know that the girl would sabotage his scam?
Erika give to the Eds a goodbye and went back to return to her home. Eddy glared at the Brazilian while she walked away and start to plan his next scam for her on the next day. He will not be outsmarted by a newbie girl on the school.
On the next day, Erika was taking a bus to the school, looking at the window with some thoughts on her mind. She look at the window the bus passing by the cul-de-sac where the Eds live. This made the Brazilian start to think about her new friends. She did not expect to befriend with someone like the infamous trio as the one of the few names that the school called them.
She did not have any friend before meet Ed, witnessing the bigger Ed falling on the football field. Then she was dragged around by her new acquaintance. Then while eating with her new friend, she was introduced to his two best friends who also seemed to be very interesting characters.
The bus stopped and she left the bus thinking in what happened after the classes ended. Eddy just showed up with his friends and tried to scam her off her money. Speaking of which, she saw her new friends standing in front of the school gates with a interesting sight.
-Come! Come! –Eddy shout. –The new world's wonder here in Peach Creek Junior High! Only for today! –Erika decide to ignore whatever he was planning and walk through him, but Eddy would not allow it. –JUST TODAY! –He shout right in Erika's ear. –Oh! Erika, sorry. Didn't see you there.
-Of course not. –Erika said rubbing a finger in her ear. –I think my timpano just burst.
-Erika, it says eardrum. –Double corrected her.
-I didn't know this one yet.
-Hey! Now that you are here, why not try this wonderful chance! –Eddy gestured to Ed who was dressed as a pig. –Try the Ed-Pig Challenge!
-This is the world's new wonder? –Erika asked.
-It is the challenge of the challenges! –Eddy happily said. –You just need try catch the Pig Ed and win the big prize!
-And what is the big prize?
-Not only you will receive a refund but also Double D here going to do your homework for free!
-Excuse me. I didn't agree with such a-MMFF! –Eddy stopped Double D's monologue by shoving a book on his mouth.
-Wanna give a try? –Eddy asked.
Erika was in some thoughts before smile and answer.
-Sure! Why not? It may be fun. –She give a quarter to Eddy and enter in a little corral build in the school where Ed was waiting for her. Ed was running around like a pig running from a butcher. –Ed! –Erika called him. –I have gravy!
Ed stopped to run around once the word gravy was spoken. He turn around and start to dash at Erika's direction. She quickly jump aside, resulting with Ed tackling Eddy. Both land dizzy on the floor while Erika slowly walked to them with her hands behind her back. –Gotcha! –Erika said putting a finger on Ed's head.
-It seems that Erika surpassed you again Eddy. –Double D said and turned to Erika. –I'm curious. How did you know this would happen?
-I saw him eat tons of gravy, it is not so hard to deduce that is his favorite food. –Erika said as she eyed Ed on the floor. –Although I think is not a very health diet.
-The feeling is shared Erika.
-Ah! It seems that you own me a homework and a refund.
Eddy fumed as the mention of the prize that he had to give back and present to the new girl.
Kevin knew that if someone tried to interact with the Dorks would not end well. So to make the new girl avoid to be avoided by her classmates, Kevin start to look for her and warn her about the Eds' activities before is too late for her.
He finally found her in the football field in their break time. The Eds along with her trying one more of their scams.
-Space balls? –Erika asked.
-That's right! –Eddy shout. –You may be the first one in the entire school to have your own futuristic space ball only for twenty five cents!
What Eddy was trying to sell to Erika was nothing more than a ball decorated with cutouts of colored paper stars.
-This one seems more like a replica of Saturn. –Erika said holding a ball with a ring.
-It is not Saturn. –Ed called. –Is the interplanetary planet disc. Capable of cut anything in the universe.
-Ed used a model from one of his favorite comic books when he made this one. –Double D explained to Erika while Ed keep playing with the space ball.
Erika look at the ball in her hand from all the angles possible. She could only see nothing more than a replica of Saturn in her hands. Then something clicked in her mind.
-It is just a quarter? –Erika asked making Double D raise a eyebrow and Eddy smirk.
-That's right.
-I take it.
She threw the quarter on the bottle and got the space ball that was a the replica Ed used and walk away from the Eds. Once out of the sight, Eddy jump in the air with his bottle.
-What I told you Double D!? –He asked. –Need more than a ordinary girl to take the best on Eddy!
-She took my interplanetary planet disc guys. –Ed said a little sad.
-Don't worry your brain with that lumpy. –Eddy said. –Because I just show that I am the best scammer of the town.
-But is curious. –Double D said. –Why she took Ed's model from all the space balls?
-Who cares? –Eddy asked a little annoyed. -Let's keep with our business.
Kevin who saw the entire scene, growled. He made a mental note to tell Rolf about what happened and teach the Eds a lesson, but he need to end the pratice before that.
And say that keep with their business means they were not able to sell anymore "space balls" to his classmates. Actually, Eddy received one of the balls straight on his mouth, courtesy of Kevin. He split the ball out as he keep walking to the class.
-This dork doesn't know the opportunity he just lost.
-However this makes me think about why Erika bought one. –Double D asked.
Eddy was about to tell him again to forget about that when his ears caught the sound of a pocket filled with coins. He took another "Space Ball" and try got a little profit with his scam, but stopped when notices that the one with the full pocket was the Brazilian. She notices the Eds and waved to them.
-Hey guys!
-Erika! –Eddy shout as he dashed to Erika. –Where did you got all this money?
-That Space Ball you sell to me. It happened to be a rare toy and a boy from the class next to mine wanted to buy from me. He said that would pay me ten times more than I paid, so I told him I paid a quarter for it and he offered to give to me a lot of quarters on a total of twenty five dollars.
-TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS!? –Eddy shout.
-Yep. –Erika smirked to him. –Who knew that you just sell to me a rare toy who actually is worthy of five times he paid me.
-FIVE TIMES!? –Eddy shout again. –And I sell to you for a quarter?! Double D! I going to pass out…
And the smaller Eddy fall unconscious on the floor.
-So that's why you bought the ball, right?
-What can I say Double D? –Erika began. –I know the rules of rough business.
-I want to have a turtle shell. –Ed said. –I would live inside of it.
-But Erika. -Double D began again. -Do you know that ten times of a quarter are not twenty five dollars, right?
-Oh, I knew that Double D. -Erika answer him. -I just was curious to see what would happen to Eddy if I said that.
-It says "I know that" Erika.
-You are not going to stop correcting me, do you?
-It says "You will not stop correcting me, will you?".
Erika just groaned while Ed keep poking Eddy's body with a stick he got from his jacket. Not so far from where the Eds were with Erika, Kevin along with Rolf watched the scene.
-Dude. Did you see what I see? -Kevin asked to Rolf.
-It seems that the visitor from the oversears are a smart sheep in the middle of the pack.
Kevin just ignored what the comparation his friend made and smiled.
-I think the new girl will make just fine here in Peach Creek.
End of the chapter.
Everyone is taking notice of Ed's new friend and it just the begining. I plan to make this fic take place in the time of the season 5. I think will be interesting to put Erika between the plot of some episodes, but for some will be before and after the episode. What I plan with Kevin and the others I will cannot explain yet because of spoilers of what I am planning.
Something I can say is will have at least someone in Cul-De-Sac that will not get along with Erika.
That's all folks. Until next time.