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Chapter 11: The hide and joke on Ed!
(opening scene) one pretty day in Equestria, in Ponyville everypony's was busy today, but we see two Eds is was Ed and Eddy are bored out the mind nothing to do. but make jokes about themselves. After the laughter died out, Ed asked Eddy a question. "Oh boy oh boy oh boy, what are we going to do today Eddy!"
they see Fluttershy walk over after she see they are doing today. Hey, Shy!" Eddy said, pulling her close with his arm. "Haven't seen you in a while, and that's not just because your name was only mentioned, like, twice in the previous chapter!"
'What?' thought Fluttershy, be instead she said, "I-it's nice to see you guys too."
Realization hit Eddy like a train wreck.
"I…don't know," said Eddy, staring blankly into the distance. Fluttershy used this opportunity to escape from Eddy's grasp.
"But Eddy, you're the man with the plan!" Ed stated. "Eddy without scams is like Ed without gravy! Double D without his hat! Butter without toast!"
"But what's the point? both Double D and Vicky at library with Twilight now!" he asked Ed. "There's no jawbreakers to buy here, and I found out that these 'bits' are just lousy coins that look like gold, so there's no use taking them back with us. And with Rainbow Dash doing her weather patrol thing and Applejack giving you a 'vacation', we've got nothing to do!" Putting an arm to his forehead, Eddy leaned against Ed. "Once again, we are doomed to boredom."
However, his eye was quickly caught by a commotion by Sugercube Corner. Mr. and Mrs. Cake were talking to a colt with a construction hat as his cutie mark. He was staring at the hole in the wall from yesterday, nodding his head to what the couple was saying.
"What's he doin' there?" Eddy asked, pointing a hoof at the colt.
"Oh, he's probably there to fix the hole," Fluttershy answered in her tiny voice. "Though, it'll drain a lot of their sales money…"
Inspiration hit Eddy like a sandbox falling from the sky.
"That's it!" he yelled, scaring Fluttershy. "We'll scam ponies and give the money to Mr. and Mrs. Cake! We'll be like that Robin fella: scam from the richer than us and give it to the po-er, I mean, average people. And the people love the humble type!" Eddy reached to put an arm around Ed, only to find he was no longer there.
"Where'd ya go?" he asked the air where his friend once stood. Meanwhile, Ed had trotted over to Sugercube Corner to get a closer look at the mess he had made. Finding a piece of derby that looked rather delicious, Ed licked his lips and picked it up.
"Oh, no, dearie, don't eat-*CRUNCH*- that…" Mrs. Cake finished as Ed ate the whole thing. He was quickly pulled back by Eddy, who was wearing a huge smile on his face.
"Ed, that's it! What better way to start our scamming than with our very first scam ever! Quick, Ed, we need supplies!" With that, Eddy pulled Ed off screen, leaving Fluttershy behind. However, before the bashful pegasus pony could return back home, Eddy came back and wrapped an arm around her.
"We need someone to replace Double D!" Eddy explained as he made off with her, pulling her into their antics.
opening song my little pony!
after few hours later. they make stage. On it were Ed and Eddy, with Fluttershy beneath holding out a glass jar, which several ponies were putting bits in.
"Okay, Pinkie Pie, what is this?" Twilight asked, looking up at a stage. both Vicky and Edd up to see the stage too moans of embarrassment of this scene.
"Shh!' Pinkie Pie hushed them. "This is the best part!"
"Friends! Ponies! Pegeauses!" Eddy shouted to the crowd below. Fluttershy flew up and whispered in Eddy's ear before flying back down. "Pegasi, I mean. Gaze upon Bottomless Ed! Now, after rock, stone, and baked bads, what else do you think this amazing thing of nature can stomach? I'll tell you…"
Suddenly, Eddy pulled a mattress out of nowhere. "Behold, a mattress! Will Bottomless Ed be able to handle it, all in one bite? Of course! Please direct your tips to Fluttershy."
"Um…hi," whispered Fluttershy, raising a hoof.
Twilight rolled her eyes. "Pfft, like that's possible. That mattress is several times the size his mouth. Even if Ed was a snake he wouldn't…be…able…to…" she was silenced, as was the entire crowd, when Ed was wrapped around the mattress, shoving it down his throat. After this disgusting scene was done, Ed was still his normal size and was wiping his mouth with a napkin.
"Oh dear!" Rarity exclaimed, beginning to faint. Instantly, Spike was there with a pillow for her pretty little head to fall on. Meanwhile, Lotus and Aloe freaked out and ran back to their spa, going to steam out that memory from their heads. Several more ponies went to trashcans to vomit into them (which, Double D noted, was impossible: horses cannot puke).
"But-but that's impossible!" Twilight exclaimed. "It stretches the borders of pony biology to new levels!"
Double D shrugged. "He does that all the time. It stops becoming weird after a while." "I was first time they doing to me one and we are young."
Twilight glared at Double D. "Oh, so you don't believe what you can't prove, but yet you just let it slide when your friend eats a whole mattress? That-that's like-"
Vicky asked to ignored look across her face. "oh t trust me, he eat other things too and where going his stomach who knows!"
"What happened when you tried to explain my Pinkie Sense?" asked Pinkie Pie.
Twilight let out all her anger with a sigh. she and Edd head back the library of the to find spelling. so Vicky look back with Ed and Eddy with they scams and she shook her head and turned leave sence.
Meanwhile, as the crowd was departing, Eddy was staring closely at the jar. So much money, all his! It seemed to be calling to Eddy...
"Mr. and Mrs. Cake are going to be so happy!" Ed exclaimed, looking over Eddy to stare at the jar. He turned his head to look at Eddy's face. "Will the wall taste as good as before?"
"Um…about that…" said Eddy, backing away from Ed only to run into Fluttershy.
"Um, Eddy, I thought we were going to give it to the Cakes so they could fix their wall?" Fluttershy questioned. Wait. Fix…fix…
"THAT'S IT!" Eddy shouted. "Instead of paying someone else, the Cakes could just hire us for free! They get the wall, we keep the money, and everyone lives happily ever."
"It's everypony…" whispered Fluttershy.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," responded Eddy. "Ed, get some costumes. We gotta be dressed for success, after all!"
after few minutes We open up to the inside of the Sugercube Corner, with Mr. and Mrs. Cake standing near the hole, along with Dozer Dan, the construction man. (Hey, that rhymed!) Pinkie Pie was currently in the kitchen, happily baking cupcakes.
"Alright," said Dozer Dan. "Usually, its 300 bits, but do to your insurance it totals down to-"
Suddenly, Eddy came in, dressed in the repair clothes he wore in Rent-a-Ed.
"No joke when it's broke, don't be blue! Let Eds' quick repair service fix it and you won't sue!"
"…Wow," said the gruff voice Dozer Dan. "That was quite possibly the worst rhyme I have ever heard…ever."
Eddy paid him no heed, only opting to stare at the hole. Ed and Fluttershy were outside, also wearing clothes like Eddy.
"Do I smell cupcakes? YUM YUM!" Ed, who was carrying pieces of long, wooden planks on his back, tried to come in through the hole, but was blocked by Eddy.
"Whoa, Ed, wait 'till the job's done, then we can go on a 15 minute snack break."
He turned back to the Cakes. "Now, usually we charge 25 cents for these kinds fixer uppers, but if you order now, you'll receive a 100% discount! Hurry, this offer will not last."
The Cakes remained silent until Mr. Cake asked, "What's a cent?"
Eddy, optimistic as he was, took this as a yes.
"Ed!" he said back to his hygienically challenged friend. "You know the drill!"
Ed happily shook his head. Taking the boards of his back, he exploded in a fury of activity. When he was all done, the planks were sloppily nailed to the outside wall, with many gaps of light coming in from outside. Plus, the inside wall was still broken.
"See? Good as new." said Eddy, obviously ignoring the inner broken wall. However, everyponies' attention was caught when black smoke began pouring out of the kitchen.
"Um, Mr. and Mrs. Caaaaaaaaaaaake," Pinkie Pie called out. Sensing there was a problem that needed fixing, Ed rushed through the 'repaired' wall, ruining all of his five second work.
"ED!" Eddy shouted, charging toward his green coated friend. "Get back here and fix the wall!"
As everypony went inside they kitchen, they found that Pinkie Pie was trying to open a broken oven, which, of course, that was the source of the smoke.
"Hey, we've done this before!" Eddy exclaimed. "Now, what to do…"
Looking over the problem, Eddy decided the best course of action would be to help Pinkie Pie do what she was doing. Grabbing her flanks, he added what little strength his little hands could spare and helped her pull. However, giving it one hard pull, Pinkie Pie accidently let go, causing her and Eddy to fly backwards, smashing them into the wall. As Pinkie Pie fell to the floor, the flat body of Eddy could be seen.
"Ow..." Eddy squeaked. His flat body naturally peeled itself off the wall, where it popped into its natural shape.
"Wait!" Ed shouted, catching everyponies' attention. "I feel familiar!"
He then promptly grabbed the malfunctioning oven and flung it to the wall, breaking it and sending it flying toward Canterlot.
(On an unrelated note, Princess Celestia's important meeting was interrupted when a smoking oven smashed into her wall, opening up and releasing hot burning cupcakes on the floor. They immediately burned through the floor and continued onward until they reached the basement, causing a lot of damage along the way. Anywho, back to the story.)
"Why'd ya do this to me, Ed?" Eddy said, staring down Ed. "Why? Why?"
"My wall!" Mrs. Cake cried.
Eddy pulled out the jar of bits from behind his back and handed it to Mrs. Cake while he was walking towards the door. "Um, well, this should cover about most of the damage and…Ed!"
Taking the hint, Ed ran out the door with Eddy, who was quickly followed by Fluttershy, who decided it wasn't wise to remain near Sugercube Corner for now.
As we open up again, we can see Ed, Eddy, and Fluttershy standing in front of a windmill, with Eddy yelling at Ed.
"Great, the one of the few good deeds I do in my life, and you have to screw it up!" Eddy pointed to Ed, causing the green jacket his friend to flinch. "Now what are suppose to fix?"
Suddenly, a streak of rainbow came dashing by, breaking trees, spinning the windmill so much that one of its blades broke off, and eventually it crashed into a cart full of hay. This streak turned out to be Rainbow Dash.
"And here I was thinking it was Derpy," Eddy said, voice dripping
Hey, Eddy. Zip it.
"Oh my gosh!" Fluttershy said, rushing over to Rainbow Dash's aid. "Are you alright?"
"That…was…AWESOME!" Rainbow Dash said, hoof pumping. She then looked around the scene of destruction. "Though, it seems I made a mess of things…"
"Just barely, Rainbow Dash," said Ed.
"What's that suppose to mean?" questioned Dash.
"Well, you barely wrecked the trees, the cart of hay is still intact, and the windmill blade should be rammed over your head, like so," Ed took the blade and rammed it over his head to show an example.
"Oh, so now you're the expert of destruction, huh?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Just doin' my thing," said Ed.
"Mm…" pondered Eddy. "Say, Dash, do you think whoever owns this here windmill will pay big bucks for us to fix it?"
"I don't even know why it exists," said Rainbow Dash. "Equestria doesn't have a natural breeze. That's why pegasus have to move the clouds on their own."
A light bulb went on over Eddy's head. "Say, are you paid to move clouds?"
"Well, yeah, we get a commission from the Mayor-"
"Then sign me up!" said Eddy, rubbing his hands together.
"Well, it does take a bit of practice to get it exactly right, but nothing like staring now, right?"
"Exactly!" said Eddy, after he out pill to walking on clouds, he hop on Rainbow Dash's back, both fly on up into the sky. He grabbed a random cloud and began pushing it. "So, all I have to do is-" "No, no!" said Rainbow Dash, she help Eddy nabbing the cloud from Eddy. "Here let me show you how it's done."
And so, as Rainbow Dash guided Eddy through the steps, Fluttershy decided she wanted to know more about Ed.
"So, um, Ed," said Fluttershy, "What do you like to do?"
This was an easy question for Ed. "Oh, I like eating butter toast, and eating gravy, and being with Eddy and Double D, my chums and pals, and watching B-rated monster movies, and stuffing jelly beans in my belly button, and-"
"That's enough Ed, I mean, if you don't mind," said Fluttershy, who decided that that was too much information.
"So, what do you like to do?" asked Ed.
"Well, I like to take care of animals, and I enjoy hanging out with my friends…"
"We have so much in common!" said Ed. However, before Fluttershy could be subjugated to Ed's hug, their attention was caught by Eddy.
"Hey, guys, look what I did!" Looking up, they saw that Eddy had created a large cloud out of smaller clouds.
"Oh, let me get a closer look, Eddy!" Ed said, bending down on his legs.
"I don't think Eddy can carry you up E-" Fluttershy promptly stopped speaking when Ed launched himself up into the air, breaking Eddy's cloud and flying higher still.
"Ed!" Eddy said, raising a hands at the fleeting figure. "You come down here right now and fix my cloud!"
And Ed did come down…right on top of Eddy. As Ed crashed into the ground, no trace of Eddy could be seen.
"Oh my gosh!" said Rainbow Dash, flying down to where Ed was. "Eddy, are you okay?"
Ed rolled over, revealing a small hole. Eddy poked his head out of it, revealing broken teeth, patches of fur missing, and stars trailing around his head.
"Tispy as a spring flower," said Eddy dizzily.
"We'd better get you to the hospital right away!" exclaimed Fluttershy as she and Rainbow Dash pulled on Eddy's arms, leading him to the Ponyville hospital. Ed, worried about his friend, followed right behind.
few hours later at the Ponyville hospital, Ed, Eddy, rainbow dash and Fluttershy
"I'm so sorry Eddy! Bad Ed, bad!"
"Ed?"
"Yes, Eddy?"
"Shut up."
Eddy was shortly released from the hospital, although he now had a large bandage rapped around his torso and another one rapped around his head. Ed, complying with his injured friend's wishes, literally zipped his mouth shut, zipper and everything.
"I think I'm done with scams…for now, anyway." Eddy said to the two other pegasi.
"How did you even survive that?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"I'm a fighter," said Eddy, striking (or trying to strike) a heroic pose. As he was doing this, Double D, Vicky and Twilight entered their little group.
"Hey, guys, how's it go-" Twilight began to say, but stopped when she noticed the bandages. "Oh my gosh, Eddy, what happened to you?"
Eddy put a hands on his forehead to achieve dramatic suspension. "Oh, it was awful! I was just there, making my first cloud, when Ed here decides to come down on me like a comet. The horror, the horror!"
"Aw, Eddy, is there anything I can-" Twilight was interrupted when Double D put an arm in front of her.
"Don't fall for it; he only wants your attention."
"Killjoy," Eddy said at his friend.
"anyway we head to Everfree Forest to see Zecora we find the spelling we back home and want to coming!?" Vicky asked the others.
Double D sighed. ". I also wanted to tell you that we need a ingredient from Zecora to make the potion, and I was wondering if you wanted to come along with us.
Eddy thought about it for a moment. "Well, since T.V. hasn't been invented yet, I guess I have nothing else to do, so count me in."
So as the ponies departed, Eddy wanted to ask one last thing.
"Say, where does this 'Zecora' person live anyway?"
"In the Everfree Forest, Eddy."
"WHAT?" Eddy yelled, stood in front of Double D's face. "The Everfree Forest? Dash, didn't you say that all sorts of monsters live there?"
"Monsters? Cool!" said Ed, running even faster to the Everfree Forest.
"Well, yeah, it is filled with monsters, but if you travel in the daytime you should be good…maybe…" mumbled Dash.
"No way, Rainbow Dash!" Eddy said as they reached the outskirts of the forest. He plopped himself down and folded his arms. "I'm not going in there-not even if you paid me!"
"Ah, come on, are you a big boy? Or are you a chicken?" mocked Rainbow Dash.
Eddy was infuriated. "I am not a chicken!"
"Chicken, chicken, chicken!" Rainbow Dash said, pretending to cluck like a chicken. Ed took it one step further and began to pound his head against the ground, technically 'pecking' at it.
"Alright! I'll show you!" With that, Eddy walk into the forest. However, it wasn't long before they heard the screams of Eddy and went to help.
Turns out, Eddy had flown right smack dab into a wandering manticore. Looking down on the little young boy, the beast licked his lips and picked up Eddy. As Eddy struggled to escape the manticore's grasp, the monster held him over his mouth and was about to let go when…
"Hold it right there, mister!" said Fluttershy, giving the monster 'The Stare'. "You set my friend down right this instant, you understand me?"
Like all things, the monster was no match for Fluttershy's stare. The hybrid whimpered and set Eddy down, trudging back into the trees.
Eddy dusted himself off and huffed. "Wimp."
Eddy's face soon met the fist of a manticore when it came back to repay him for that little remark. With its business done (and with Eddy implanted into the ground), the manticore snorted and went its way.
"Me and my big mouth…" Eddy said, pulling himself out of the ground. Trying to retrieve whatever remained of his shattered coolness, he turned his nose up in the air and walked further into the forest. The others rolled their eyes and followed him, not wanting him to provoke another monster.
"I didn't think that you'd stand up to a monster like that, Fluttershy," said Double D.
Fluttershy blushed. "Oh, its nothing. I just didn't want my friend to be eaten, that's all. What about you, Double D? Aren't you surprised about the manticore?"
"Yeah, as the science-y one, I'd thought you would have laughed at the ideas of monsters!" said Rainbow Dash with a smirk.
"Let's just say I've had some…similar experiences in dealing with monsters," he said, tossing at glance at Ed.
As they traveled deeper within the forest, a chill went down the Eds spine. As the manticore was a new experience for the normally reality based sock-head, Double D wanted to know what else the group could face up ahead.
"Um, Twilight, what else should we know about the Everfree Forest?"
"Well, I should warn you that this Forest doesn't follow the…natural order of things."
"Why's that?" said Double D, clearly shaking.
"Plants grow on their own," said Twilight in a frightened tone.
"Animals take care of themselves!" added Fluttershy.
"And the clouds move all by themselves!" finished Rainbow Dash.
"we know can be scary them we are seven elements banners we stood of anything!?" Vicky asked.
A long silence passed between the ponies, which was promptly interrupted when Eddy broke into a fit of laughter. "O-oh, you guys are too much! If you need me, I'll be in my hut." With that, he ran straight into a hut's door.
"Eddy's got a hut!" Ed said as Eddy pulled his face off of the door.
"Ed, this is Zecora's home," said Fluttershy, peeking into the window. However, only darkness greeted her. "But she doesn't seem to be here right now."
"Great, you mean I almost got ate by a monster for nothing!" said Eddy, glaring at her. However, he noticed a note had gotten stuck in the front of his nose.
"If it is I you would like to see, at this place I no longer be, I might be out gathering herbs, so please, leave my hut undisturbed!" said Eddy, reading the note. "Does she always do things in rhymes?"
Rainbow Dash shrugged. "Pretty much."
Eddy snickered. "Oh, the author is going tolovethis…"
"So, what are we going to do now?" asked Rainbow Dash, walking back to Ponyville.
"Does anyone want to see my belly button lint collection?" asked Ed.
"Um…no thanks, Ed," Fluttershy said, forcing a grin.
As they traveled back, Eddy thought of an idea.
"Hey, how about a game of Hide-and-Go-Seek?"
Suddenly, Pinkie Pie popped out from the braches hanging overhead. "Hide-and-Go-Seek? IloveHide-and-Go-Seek!"
"Gah!" gasped Eddy, falling back and placing a hand over his heart. "Where'd you come from?"
"Well, when a Mama pony and a Papa pony like each other a real lot, they…" she pulled out her front hooves, revealing that they were wearing sock puppets of a female and male pony. However, before she could teach the Circle of Life to Eddy, she was thankfully stopped by Twilight and Vicky.
"Um, I don't think we need an explanation, Pinkie Pie." 'At least, not from you. Dear Celestia, anypony but you!'
"So, what teams are there?" asked Pinkie Pie, jumping out of the tree and and landing on her feet. "I want to be on team Ed!"
"Well, if you're on our team, it doesn't take an honor student like me to realize that the teams are uneven," said Double D as they finally exited the forest.
"THEY ARE?" shouted Pinkie and Ed, clearly in panic.
"…okay maybe it does, but the point is that we can't play without being unfair."
"Don't worry about it, sock-head," said Eddy. "I know somepony who needs a little time off."
at sweet Apple Ace four ponies and three Eds want to talk to AppleJack play Hide-and-Go-Seek!.
"I'd love tha', guys, but ah really need tha' get to work!" said Applejack, bucking another apple tree.
They were, as you probably already guessed, at Apple Acres. Eddy was trying to convince Applejack to join them in their game, while Ed was impressing Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Big Macintosh by balancing a basket of apples on his head.
"Ah, come on, all work and no play makes Applejack a dull mare!" said Eddy, talk up and landing on her back. "Anyway, can't you do it latter?"
Applejack bucked her legs up into the air, knocking Eddy off her like they were at the rodeo. Before he hit the ground, he flapped his hands , avoiding the dirt…but hitting the top of his dome on a branch. Rubbing his head, Eddy sat down to avoid getting a major headache.
Hey, as they say, flying is just continually failing to hit the ground.
"Nope," said Applejack. "We still need to meet a quota by the end of tha' day!"
"Look, Rainbow Dash told me how they helped you out in Applebuck Season, so how's this: if we help you finish your 'quota', will you join us in playing hide and seek?"
Now he was talking Applejack's language! "Al'righty, pardner, you have yourself a deal! Now, fer home base…"
As Applejack walked towards a random apple tree, Double D looked at Eddy with a hint of pride. "Why, Eddy, I never knew you had it in you to do some good old fashioned hard work!"
Eddy snickered. "Who said I was doing the hard work? I'm just a weak, short boy that could never get the apples off the trees, remember?"
Edd's newfound respect for Eddy shot down the drain almost instantly. "Of course, silly me."
Applejack was now next to a very special apple tree: this was the only apple tree in town that grew green apples, which said colored fruits hanging from its branches.
"Okay, y'all, this here is home base! Even if yer found, if ya get to here, yer safe! Now, who's goin' first?"
"We are, we are!" said Eddy, jumping up in the air. Ed and Pinkie went to join their friends, leaving Big Mac to swiftly catch the apple basket before it fell to the ground.
"Alright, so me, Twilight, Fluttershy, Vicky an' Rainbow Dash will be here countin'. Now, git ta' hidin'!" With that, Team 'Applejack' turned their backs to them and started to count.
"Where are we going to hide, Eddy?" Ed said, hopping around on his hind legs and looking around. Suddenly, he saw the perfect hiding spot...at least, to him it was perfect. Rushing towards it, Ed ducked behind a skinny tree, his huge green body still clearly visible. In short, he was like an elephant hiding behind a pebble.
"Follow me!" shouted Pinkie Pie. "I know the perfect hiding place!"
With that, the Eds followed Pinkie Pie to her 'super mega ultra secret hidey place', as she liked to call it. However, since it would ruin the surprise if I just told you where it was, we'll let Team Applejack find it for us.
"…ninety-eight, ninety-nine, a hundred! Ready or not, here we come!" Twilight declared as she and her friends uncovered their eyes. Twilight looked around, but couldn't see hide nor hair of Pinkie Pie or the Eds. Which, if you're new to hide-and-seek, meant they were winning.
"Now where could they be…?" pondered Twilight. It came to almost immediately; where else would Pinkie Pie hide?
"Sugar Cube Corner!" they said in tri- wait, what? I was going to say inside a cake, but there's probably a cake in the store, so it all works out in the end.
So, running as fast as their little hooves could carry them, they arrived at Sugar Cube Corner, where the hole had now been fixed the right way by Dozer Dan (let's just say he's been here before and leave it at that, 'kay?). Mr. and Mrs. Cake were away on business, taking the twins with them, so the ponies were free to look around their house.
Rainbow Dash went down to the basement, where the flour and sugar bags were stored. And, although all the readers are probably telling her not to look down there, she searched for Pinkie Pie. After a while, she could find no trace of her sugar loving friend, and, with a sigh of relief of the viewers, left the basement.
Applejack had decided to search in Pinkie Pie's bedroom to see if she and the Eds were hiding there. Unsurprisingly, the whole room was decked out in pink; it was like a big pink paint bubble had exploded, covering everything in the lightish-red color. It hurt Applejack eyes just to look at it.
Deciding to get on with it or risk the chance of blindness by pink (which, even in a world full of talking ponies and magic, was embarrassing), Applejack went on with her search for Pinkie Pie.
She searched under the number one hiding spot of any hide-and-seeker: the bed. Unfortunately, the under thing under was a couple of boxed treats and Gummy, trying to chew through the cardboard to get the sugary goodness, but to no avail. She looked under the mounds of stuffed animals in her room, but the party pony was nowhere to be found.
However, just as Applejack was beginning to lose hope, she spied something out of the corner of her eye: the doorknob to Pinkie Pie's closet. Stifling a grin, Applejack sneaked toward the door, gripped the knob in her hoof, and turned it…
So, running as fast as their little hooves could carry them, they arrived at Sugar Cube Corner, where the hole had now been fixed the right way by Dozer Dan (let's just say he's been here before and leave it at that, 'kay?). Mr. and Mrs. Cake were away on business, taking the twins with them, so the ponies were free to look around their house.
Rainbow Dash went down to the basement, where the flour and sugar bags were stored. And, although all the readers are probably telling her not to look down there, she searched for Pinkie Pie. After a while, she could find no trace of her sugar loving friend, and, with a sigh of relief of the viewers, left the basement.
Applejack had decided to search in Pinkie Pie's bedroom to see if she and the Eds were hiding there. Unsurprisingly, the whole room was decked out in pink; it was like a big pink paint bubble had exploded, covering everything in the lightish-red color. It hurt Applejack eyes just to look at it.
Deciding to get on with it or risk the chance of blindness by pink (which, even in a world full of talking ponies and magic, was embarrassing), Applejack went on with her search for Pinkie Pie.
She searched under the number one hiding spot of any hide-and-seeker: the bed. Unfortunately, the under thing under was a couple of boxed treats and Gummy, trying to chew through the cardboard to get the sugary goodness, but to no avail. She looked under the mounds of stuffed animals in her room, but the party pony was nowhere to be found.
However, just as Applejack was beginning to lose hope, she spied something out of the corner of her eye: the doorknob to Pinkie Pie's closet. Stifling a grin, Applejack sneaked toward the door, gripped the knob in her hoof, and turned it…
And with that, she was instantly buried under a mountain of sweets and treats. Struggling to get up, Applejack pushed the sugar filled delights back into the closet.
'That must be Pinkie Pie's secret stash…I'll only bring it up if she asks.' Thought Applejack, and continued on her search.
Meanwhile, Fluttershy, Vicky and Twilight were searching in the kitchen for the Eds and Pinkie. It was widely known of Pinkie Pie to pop out of other ponies cabinets, which, at times, got her in trouble.
While Twilight was checking the cabinets underneath the sink, Fluttershy was checking the pantry. and Vicky was checking in the refrigerator, There was no sign of the Eds nor Pinkie, however…
"Um, T-twilight! V-vicky!," said Fluttershy, staring at a cookie jar with horror, "I t-think…I t-think…"
"What's the matter, Fluttershy?" asked Twilight. and Vicky turn to Fluttershy with concern.
"I think the cookie jar just moved!" Fluttershy shouted before covering behind her violet friend. In an instant, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were right next to them.
"What's the matter, Fluttershy?" asked Twilight.
"I think the cookie jar just moved!" Fluttershy shouted before covering behind her violet friend. In an instant, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were right next to them.
"What's this about a possessed cookie jar?" asked Rainbow Dash. With the mention of 'possessed', Fluttershy cowered even more.
Vicky asked with annoying look across her face. "I not think is cookie jar possessed, I think your hiders are hide in there, but hide and go seek being going hide different spots and not in the same spots."
It was Twilight that spoke up. "Okay, one: I don't believe in ghosts, and two: I think I know exactly what's going on here…"
Using her magic, Twilight Sparkle lifted the jar up and took off the lid. Flipping it upside down, she began to shake it rapidly. Eventually, a yellow thing fell out of it, revealing it to be-
"Eddy!" said Applejack, Vicky, Rainbow and Fluttershy together. However, Twilight wasn't done yet, as another person fell onto Eddy, this one a red T-shirt other boy.
"Have you gained weight, Double D?" grunted Eddy.
"Ha ha, very funny, Eddy," hissed Double D through his teeth. This little snippet of conversation was interrupted when Pinkie Pie fell on them.
"Wow, it was stuffy in there!" said Pinkie Pie in her usual cheerful glee. "Good thing you guys were here to brake my fall!"
"Grand…to be…of assistance…Pinkie…Pie!" Double D gasped, trying to get some air to his lungs.
Rainbow Dash counted the pony pile. "Hey, wait, where's-"
With that, Ed popped out of the cookie jar and landed on the rest of his team, burying them beneath his green jacket boy. Also, something sounding a lot like SUBADOWA was heard when Ed hit the ground.
"Boingo!" Ed shouted for no apparent reason. Looking around, Ed could see no signs of his friends.
"Guys?" Ed shouted. "You can come out now! They got us!"
A muffled sound was heard under Ed's body. Rolling over, he could see what it was: Ed, Edd, and Pinkie comically squished, becoming flatter than paper.
"Well, there goes my vertebrae…" Double D grunted.
A moment latter, the air returned to their bodies and they all turned back into their regular shapes.
"Let's do it again! Let's do it again!" shouted Pinkie Pie.
Vicky asked to them with giggles. "oh! worried pinkie pie! your got turn against but us turned to hide now and I hope cookies in there are good."
"Sorry, Pinks, but now it's your turn to find us," said Rainbow Dash. "Good luck…you're going to need it!" With that, the sports pony took off like rocket, looking for a place to hide. Applejack, was next to leave, followed by Twilight, and then eventually Fluttershy and finally Vicky last one to leave she turn said them before leaving. "is no mean you take the home Base with you ok good lucky"
As Eddy pushed the other off, he smiled with glee. "Who needs luck when you have skills like mine?" He turned to Pinkie. "Hey, Pinkie, you got a wagon we could barrow?"
"Sure do?" replied Pinkie Pie. "Do you need me to get my trumpet and by bungee cord too?"
"W-what? No!" squawked Eddy. "Just get the wagon! Double D, get some cardboard and some tubes and make-"
"I understand, Eddy," Double D replied, going out of the house to look for the needed items.
"Great! Now, Ed, I want you to meet me by home base. We have a little gardening to do…"
As we slowly fade to black, the last thing we see is Eddy chuckling and rubbing his hands together…
As we open back up, we can see Ed, Eddy, and Pinkie Pie at Sweet Apple Acres, right by the green tree; that is to say, home base. Double D has not yet come back from the task he was sent on.
"Come on, come on, we haven't got all day," Eddy said to the sky, as if hoping some higher deity (or author) would hasten Double D. And, since the gods (or author) must have been feeling generous that day, Double D showed up, wearing a familiar piece of equipment around his neck.
"Hey, Double D, what's that?" asked Pinkie Pie, closely inspecting the make-shift goggles around Double D's neck.
"This, my rose colored friend, is a pair of heat-seeking goggles I constructed from cardboard, radio wires, and a pair of binoculars." Double D explained.
(Oh, come on, didn't you have a friend who could construct a high-military piece of equipment from items found in the alley behind your house so you could cheat at a game of hide-and-seek? I did. It was awesome.)
"Great!" Eddy turned to Ed. "Lumpy, you know what to do!"
Ed gave a short salute, hitting his head in the process. Looking around to see if Big Macintosh was looking, Ed pulled the tree from the roots and put in the wagon. Surprisingly, the little wagon held up to the great tree's weight. Eddy chuckled with glee as he attached a harness to Ed, which aloud him to pull the wagon.
Pinkie Pie wasn't so sure of this idea. "Um, guys, I don't think it's fair to use heaty-seeky glasses and bringing the base with you in hide-and-seek…"
"What, is it in the rule book or something?" asked Eddy, not really serious about it. So it came to a bit of a shock to him when Pinkie Pie pulled a little book from behind her back and skimmed through it.
"Well, there's nothing in here about heaty-seeky glasses or bringing the base along with you, so it must be alright!" Pinkie Pie said, nonchalantly throwing the book away. She cringed when the sound of a screeching cat could be heard.
"Sorry Opal!" Pinkie Pie apologized.
"Never mind her! We have some ponies to find!" Eddy said as he loaded Pinkie and Double D onto the wagon. Taking the goggles, he strapped them around Ed's eyes and jump onto his friends back.
"Hi-ho, Lumpy!" Eddy declared, kicking Ed's sides. Ed snorted and reared up, before shooting down the dirt road, pulling the wagon with him.
In no time at all, the Eds (and Pinkie) were at Ponyville's central fountain. Ponies that saw the group quickly adverted their eyes and went about their daily routines, pretending not to notice that there was an apple tree in a wagon being pulled by a green jacket boy.
"Hey, toasts for brains, look up," said Eddy. "I wanna know if Rainbow Dash is hiding in theclouds."
Looking up, Ed saw a red colored pegasus-shaped thing on a blue colored object.
"Up there!" said Ed, pointing at the specific cloud. Chuckling, Eddy jump overhead…only to see that there was nopony there.
"What the- Ed, you got the wrong crowd!" Eddy complained down to his Earth friend.
"But she's there, I can see her!" Ed said. He then gasped. "Unless she's turned invisible!"
"Hey!" exclaimed Pinkie. "Turning invisible is against the rules! It said so in Chapter two, paragraph eight!"
'She CAN'T be invisible,' thought Eddy. 'But where else could she-'
Then Eddy got an idea. Gripping the top of the cloud, he ripped it off to confirm his beliefs: Rainbow Dash was inside, and she was sleeping (and snoring quite loudly, but don't tell her I told you that!)
Seeing an opportune moment, Eddy lightly tapped Rainbow Dash as he pulled something from behind his back.
"Wakey-wakey, Dashie Washie…"
Rainbow Dash grumbled in her sleep and turned over. "No mom, I don't want to go to school today…"
After a bit more prodding from Eddy, Rainbow Dash finally began to open her eyes…and, as she opened her eyes, something familiar greeted them…
"BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA!" Eddy shouted, once again wearing the mask he had on yesterday. Rainbow Dash was so scared that she jumped off of the cloud she was on. Wings paralyzed by fright, she dropped to the ground…only to land in the branches of Home Base.
"Fool me once…" Rainbow Dash muttered as she poked her head above the treetops. Looking down, she realized what tree she was in.
"Um, guys, one: is it legal to take the tree with you, two: how the hay are you pulling it around, and three: Applejack is going to be ticked when she learns you took one of her trees."
"Um, Eddy, I agree with Rainbow Dash," said Double D, looking up at Eddy from the red wagon. "It's one thing to uproot a random tree, but directly stealing the equivalent of crops from a farmer…well, I predict nothing but trouble."
Eddy jump down so that he could stare Rainbow Dash in the eye. "Okay, one:" he said, holding up a hoof, "according to Pinkie Pie, it is, two (holding up another hoof): Ed's pulled harder things, and three (realizing he had run out of hooves to hold up, he instead grabbed Rainbow Dash's hoof and held it up instead): we'll put it back, scout's honor."
Dash jerked her hoof back. "Didn't you get kicked out of the scouts? Though, you have to GET in the scouts before you can get kicked out…"
"Urban. Rangers." Eddy said through gritted teeth. He looked over his shoulder to look at Ed. "Hey, Ed, look for Twilight next!"
Nodding, Ed took off, navigating the streets of Ponyville and making other ponies leap out of the way or risk being run over by a stallion pulling a Flutter- I mean a tree. The green jacket boy eventually stopped right in front of Twilight's house.
"Up there!" Ed said (once again), pointing at the tree's second story. "Under her bed!"
"How do you know?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Heaty-seeky glasses!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie, appearing next to Dash. A moment of awkward silence passed before Pinkie said, "Well, they're notagainstthe rules…"
"I get to use them when this is over," said Rainbow Dash, turning to Eddy.
"Sure, why not," said Eddy, shrugging his shoulders. He turned to Pinkie and said, "Hey, Pinkie, wanna plan a surprise for Sprinkles in there?"
Pinkie Pie's eyes shone in delight at what she heard. "DO I? Just let me get my party cannon-"
Eddy shoved his hoof in her mouth. "Not party surprise, but… 'surprise' surprise."
Pinkie Pie spat Eddy's hand out (I would too, who knows where that thing has been). "Oh, I'm good at those too, just watch!" Jumping out of the tree, she landed on the ground and bounced up to the 2nd story windowsill, like a pink bouncy ball. Eddy opted to just fly over to the window. Luckily, the window was right above her bed, so they didn't have to go far. Doing the 'Shh' sign with their hooves, Eddy and Pinkie Pie crept to opposite ends of the bed, stopping at the bedposts. Giving each other a nod, they counted to three under their breath, peeked under the bed, and yelled,
"SURPRISE!"
The effect was instantiations: Twilight popped out from under her bed, and by that, I mean that she tore through the middle of the bed, leaving her upper half exposed while the other half was still under the bed.
"Don't scare me like that!" shouted Twilight, her face red from anger.
Pinkie Pie waved her hoof in dismissal. "Oh Twi, we were just messing with ya!"
Eddy agreed. "Yeah, Sprinkles, learn to lighten up. You know, you kind of look like Ed when he pretended to be a bed monster…"
Then, at that moment, Ed popped out from the middle of the bed, next to Twilight. He was still wearing the goggles and he had bits of fluff (from the bed) in his mouth.
"Roar! We are the bed monsters! Sleep on us!"
"AAhhhh!" Twilight screamed, flinching away from Ed. An instant latter, Spike emerged from the trapdoor.
"Twilight, was that you? I heard screaming and-" It was then he finally noticed Ed. With those goggles and bits of fluff, he really did look like a monster. So, Spike did what any other person would have done: gone unconscious, letting his eyes roll into the back of his head and letting his arms go limp, making him detach from the ladder. A crash was heard from downstairs, followed by a long string of silence as the ponies held their breath. Finally, a low groan was heard, along with the words, "I'm…ugh…okay."
"Spike!" Twilight cried out, trying to get out of the bed. She turned to face Pinkie and Eddy. "Get me out of here right now!"Jumping up, Pinkie Pie and Eddy grabbed both of her hooves and pulled.
Unfortunately, they were pulling towards the direction of the window, which was still open. So, when they finally got her free, she soared out the window…and into the branches of home
base.Tree- 2
Ground- 0
As Twilight pooped out of the tree top, she rubbed her head. "Ow…wait, I don't remember a tree next to my house…wait, are those green apples? Wait, does this mean this is-"
"Home base?" Rainbow Dash said, popping up next to the purple unicorn. "Yeah, it is."
"And Applejack allowed this? Is this even allowed in hide and seek?" questioned Twilight.Pinkie popped up on the other side of her. "Well, there were no rulesagainsttaking it with you, see?"
Pinkie Pie held out the Hide and Seek rule book for her to see…for about two second. When those two seconds passed, she threw the rule book away, and yet again, a screeching cat was heard.
"I really hope Rarity doesn't find those bruise marks…" mumbled Pinkie.Twilight still had one more question. "Alright, even if I accept all of that,howare you carrying the base around?"
"Down here!" a voice cried. Celestia's student looked down to see Ed in a harness (don't ask how he got back, blame cartoon physics or something)."Ed?" shouted Double D. "I close my eyes for a second, and you were gone! And now you're back! Where did you come from?" (Didn't I just say DON"T ask?)
Pinkie Pie got out the sock puppets. "Well, after the ponies say I do, they go on a honeymoon, where-"
Twilight covered Pinkie's mouth with her hoof. "Don't make me confiscate those puppets, Pinkie."
"Yeah, the author already pushed it in the beginning of Chapter 4," Eddy said, flying down to their level. "Anyway, we need to sniff out Applejack, Vicky, and Fluttershy now."
"Well, you have to do this without me, because I have an assistant that needs taken care of-" However, Ed had stopped listening after the word 'sniff'. Using his nose, he recognized an aroma: the smell of apples and more, the smell of…Applejack. He took off, following the scent trail. And since the wagon was still attached to Ed, it took off in tow, with Eddy running closely behind.
"Ed, where are you going?" quizzed Double D as he hung on for dear life.
"I smell a smelly smelt, my friend!" Ed replied as he raced down the street. He eventually came to a stop in front of the twins' spa. He sniffed around, but didn't run.
"Why is he stopping?" asked Twilight, after the world stopped spinning.
"The scent trail must have stopped here," answered Double D. "Since this is the spa Rarity was telling me about yesterday, whoever- or whatever- Ed was following must be inside." He turned his next statement to Ed. "Tell me, Ed, can you see anything?"
Ed tried to peer into the spa using the goggles, but the whole area was filled with red. "I see ponies, Double D! On the floor, on the wall, on the ceiling, in the hall, on the-"
"You must be seeing red from all the steam in there," Double D told him. "See if you can get a closer look."
Ed did as he was told, inching forward a bit. But he still couldn't make out anypony. He took a few steps to see if he could spot anyone, but there was still only steam. So, he did what he usually did in situation like this: grit his teeth together and smash the wall. And, of course, since he was still connected to the wagon, it came along with him, widening the hole.
"Ed, when I told you to get a closer look, this isn't what I meant!" Double D exclaimed.
Ed took off his goggles, looking around for the pony. He sniffed deeply, breathing in some of the steam. He sneezed deeply, making his hair stand up. "It's misty in here…"
Meanwhile, a pony sitting in the…um, rectangular thing woke up form her nap. She had on fruit eye coverings, a mud mask, and had a towel rapped around her head. It almost looked like a disguise…
"Who's there!" the pony asked in a heavy Southern accent. Then, clearing her throat, she asked in a Manehatten accent:
"Who is disturbing my relaxation time? Leave, leave now!
"However, she had already given herself away.
"Applejack?" asked Eddy, poking his head from behind the tree. Then he realized that he had Applejack's tree. That he had 'borrowed'. Without Applejack's permission.
"Eddy? Is that you- I mean ya?" Applejack asked, wiping off her mask with her towel. "I guess ya caught me fair n' squar-" she stopped as she saw what was in their wagon.
Eddy weakly smiled. "Oh, um, I bet you're wondering about this tree. You see, it's a long and complicated stor-"
"Is that mah tree?" Applejack asked, getting out of the bath and walking toward the Eds. She put on her hat (don't ask me where she got it, hammer space maybe), and her face got redder with each step she took.
"Um, yeah, but I have a good reason for taking it," Eddy said as she drew closer.
"And that is?" she asked as she right next to Ed, making the green jacket boy step back a bit.
"This:" Eddy said, and promptly dashed off, leaving behind a dust cloud in the form of himself. Ed, panicking, ran after his leader, taking the tree with him.
"Wha' ta'- oh no ya don't! Get back here you varmints!" Applejack than ran after them, leaving the spa totally abandoned, the only sound was that of steaming water.
Moments later, the spa twins exited out of the steam room, their vision obscured by the escaping steam.
"I needed that," remarked Lotus, the blue one. "Even after three steams I still couldn't get that awful image out of my head!"
"Indeed, dear sister," replied Aloe. "I wonder how Miss Applejack is doing with her treatment…"
Right after she said that, the steam dissipated, reveling what had happened in the room. Taking a good long look at the huge hole in the wall, the spa twins swooned and fainted in unity.
As we enter again, we can see Eddy patting down the dirt to the newly replanted green apple tree, while Applejack and Big Macintosh were watching over him.
Eddy wiped the sweat off his brow. "There, we replanted your tree! Are you happy yet?"
"Not until ya say ya sorry," Applejack said.
Eddy grumbled, but eventually spat out, "We're sorry we uprooted your tree."
"We?" questioned Double D, who was standing nearby with Ed. "It was your idea!"
"Well, aren't you the one who's suppose to stop me from making bad ideas?" retorted Eddy.
As the two Eds continued to argue, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were by the house, goofing around with the heat-seeking goggles (Twilight had returned home to check on Spike). It was Rainbow Dash's turn, and she was surveying the surrounding area (i.e. looking at every possible thing).
"This is SO cool!" said Rainbow Dash. "I can see everypony from here! I can see Granny Smith inside, sleeping in her rocking chair! And I see Apple Bloom, hiding in that tree over there!"
"Oh, oh, what do you see in the barn?" asked Pinkie Pie, jumping around her friend.
"Uh, let's see…" Rainbow Dash squinted as she peered into the barn. "Uh, I see pigs…a cow…somepony hiding in the rafters…"
"Wait, what was that last part?" asked Eddy, popping up right next to them and giving them a fright. "Did you say someone was hiding in the rafters?"
"Um, yeah, I did," Rainbow Dash said, staring straight at Eddy (which, with the goggles still on, did not look that appealing). "Also, personal-space mean anything to you?"
Eddy backed off, giving Rainbow Dash the room to remove her goggles. "Yeah, I did see somepony in there, but I couldn't see who." She then realized why Eddy was so interested in this information. "Eddy, I the game ended when Applejack threatened to buck you if you didn't replant her tree. In fact, we should have probably looked for Fluttershy and Vicky to tell them that…"
"Well, you found her, so just let me tell her the news, 'kay?" Eddy asked, not waiting for an answer. He sped to the barn door, but was stopped right in fount of it by Applejack.
"Where do ya think your goin'?" Applejack asked.
"Um, I just need to tell Fluttershy that the game is over," Eddy replied nervously.
"Oh no ya don't! You stay out here while I go inside and tell Fluttershy. Ya got that?" Applejack asked, staring him dead in the eye. Nodding his head rapidly, Applejack went inside her barn, leaving Eddy outside…though, not without a plan.
"Ed, get over here!" Eddy called to his dimwitted pal. Hearing his friend call him, Ed galloped over to where Eddy was, skidding to a halt right in front of him.
"Ed, I need you to do something for me…please?" Eddy asked, remembering Double D's advice about asking nicely (which he got an earful of as they were putting back the tree). He whispered in Ed's ear what he want Ed to do.
"Aye aye, mon capitaine!" Ed said, giving Eddy a salute. He went around to the back of the barn, disappearing from everyponies sights'. However, a moment later, a large groaning sound was heard. Everypony stared at awe as the barn was being lifted off its foundations. Applejack stopped in her tracks and looked around wildly as the scene unfolded around her.
"What tha'- Eddy, what did y'all do?" Applejack spun around to face the yellow T-shirt boy.
"What? I'm doing exactly what you told me: staying outside the barn," Eddy smirked, folding his arms. "You can't fault me for following instructions." At that moment, the barn was completely lifted up, reveling Ed to be holding it up by his teeth.
"Ib tib guhb a-ie," Ed spoke, or a least tried to.
"What was that?" asked Applejack.
Ed let go of the barn to speak, leaving it hanging in the air. "I said, 'Is this good Eddy?'" He then realized that the barn was hanging in mid-air, and, as Roadrunner logic states, anytime you realize that something that is hanging in the air is not suppose to be, it falls down. And thus, it did.
By a blind stroke of luck, the barn wasn't damaged by the fall (when they Apple family builds them, they build them good!). However, a moment later, a yellow object was seen rocketing out of the roof. This yellow object was, of course, Fluttershy.
"Ha, I knew it!" Eddy hand-pumped in triumph. "Now all I need to do is wait for her to fly down…"
However, instead of gently flying down to the ground, Fluttershy was instead plummeting towards the ground like a stone. See, what Eddy didn't know was that Fluttershy had flown out of the barn purely out of instinct, and when she reached the peak of her flight, her wings had locked up due to flight.
So, Eddy, panicking, dashed towards Fluttershy. Right before she was 3 feet from hitting the ground, Eddy caught her…and promptly smashed his face into home base. He popped off a moment later, sporting a flat, red face.
"Fluttershy, are you okay?" Double D ran over to Fluttershy, worried that something got hurt.
"Yeah, ignore me, your best friend, face in pain after saving a girl," Eddy nonchalantly said, his snout popping back to its normal state a moment later.
"You caused this on yourself, Eddy," Double D reprimand him.
"Wait, what did he do?" asked Fluttershy.
However, before Eddy had to explain himself, Twilight came up to them. "Hey guys, I'm finished checking on Spike, so I- what, do I have something in my teeth?" Twilight asked, due to the strange stares she was getting.
They were pulled away from answering when Applejack and Ed ran up to them. "Howdy, Twilight. Did ya see what happened?"
"No, what happened?" asked Twilight. In a hurry, Ed and Eddy covered Applejack's mouth and replied, "Nothing!"
Eddy asked. "well think everypony no! we forgot about Vicky! Ed! see want she where at."
Ed grabbed the heat-seeking goggles to see they other friend go but as he walk up to home Base to he see pony sit on the branches on the tree, 'Find her' so Ed pointed at the tree.
Eddy run to Ed said to him. "So where is Vicky at Ed!
Ed and Eddy look up the home Base see light brown and tan fur sit on tree branch is was Vicky in home Base with victory smile across her face and she jumped off the home Base, she said to them. "hey boys, I think win time, Eddy!"
Eddy jump in fear stare at Vicky, he said to her. "how do you get in the tree if that's cheating!"
so Vicky said to him with annoying look across her face, "no that not cheating, you cheating first Eddy and you you debate my orders not take the home Base and you went ahead and do it and so I went ahead and stayed in the tree watching you guys all the way for the game!"
Eddy asked. "oh come on I was just a little simply for the win the game!"
Vicky asked. "see what happened, Applejack had to buck beaten you in next Equestria of it, you apologize to Applejack now!" so Eddy want over to AppleJack apologize again!.
Twilight was a little bit suspicious, but she had to put it away for latter. "Since the sun's going down, I thought we should go see Zecora now.
"Eddy visibly began to shake. "Y-you mean go into the forest, the one with t-the monsters in it, at night?"
"You aren't scared, are you?" Rainbow Dash asked, nudging Eddy with her elbow.
Eddy visibly swallowed. "N-no, of course not. It's just that…we still have one more turn, yeah! So, um, you guys hide, and well find you! And we won't take the tree, we promise!" With that said, he put his hands over his eyes and began counting. "One, two, three…"
Rolling her eyes, Twilight picked Eddy up using her horn. Applejack grabbed Eddy's tail with her mouth and used it as a rope to pull Eddy along in mid-air. "C'mon, yer comin' with us!"
As they started to head towards the Everfree forest, Pinkie decided she wanted a 'human' ride. "Oh, Double D, give me ride, please please please?" Pinkie begged, jumping onto Edd's back.
Double D groaned under the weight of the pink pony ("Hey! I've been exercising!"), but managed to hold on. but managed to hold on.
That is, until Ed jumped on his back too, yelling, "Getty-up, horsy!"
so Vicky turned around just time see Ed midair ready land on Edd, she said to him. "No Ed! Edd half your size end up hur-" she not any chance to finish her put her answer.
so Ed land on the Edd's back, after The red T-shirt boy fell to the ground, and a loud 'CRACK' was heard.
"hurt him" she facepalm.
"Yep. Theregoes my vertebrae…for real this time." Double said gasped.
The last shot we see is a murder of crows flying off the treetops as Double D's screamed is heard loud and wide…
"I'm so so so so so so so so so so sooooooo sorry Double D!"
"That's…ugh…okay Pinkie. Just-oh!- don't jump on pony's backs like that without permission, alright!""Oki doki loki!" Pinkie said, grinding her hooves against Edd's back, making him wince.
"But, um…" she whispered close to his ear, "can I get a human ride later?"
Maybe a bit of background is needed here. Pinkie Pie and Double D were riding on Vicky's back, while the rest of the group was up ahead. Pinkie Pie was trying to fix Edd's back in any way she could, but she had nothing so far.
Eddy had been let out off Twilight's physic grip, and was walk in the back of the group. However, since he had been walking for quite a while, he had gotten bored… and impatient.
"Come on, this is taking forever!" Eddy complained.
"We've only been walking for a few minutes," Twilight responded back.
"But it feels like forever!" Eddy, not wanting to wait any longer, dashed in front of the group, leaving them behind.Turning his head back (while still running), Eddy shouted back, "See, guys? This is the way to-erk!"
Due to not seeing where he was going, Eddy slammed the back of head into a tree, causing him to crash off the beaten path. Shaking off some blue petals he crashed into, he returned back to the group.
"Yeah, I'm back from…scouting."
After a little more walking, they finally came upon Zecora's hut again, except this time, light was coming out of the windows. Coming close to the door, Twilight knocked on it three times and waited patiently.
Inside, a sound of clanking bottles was briefly heard before Zecora opened the door wide, bathing them all in candlelight.
"Oh, dear friends, don't stand out here on this inky night; please, come in, and enjoy my light!" Thanking her for her generosity, the group entered her hut, pushing against the wall to make room.
"Thank you vey much Zecora, but we need to ask a favor of you," asked Twilight Sparkle. "You see, we need help making a potion and thought you would be the pon- er, zebra to go to."
"A balm for my back would also be nice," Double D said to himself.
so Vicky said to Zecora, "well Zecora, they not pony, they human just like me this are Eds Ed Edd n Eddy!"
"This task I would happily do, now tell me, which potion do you want me to brew?"
"Oh, just a simple memory potion," Twilight replied. Though, by the look of Zecora's face, it may not be as simple as she thought.
"Then, my friends, you may not like my reply, for my ingredients are in short supply."
"Then m'ybe we could go get 'em for ya!" Applejack proposed. Zecora thought about this for a moment before nodding in agreement.
"Help would cut down the work…okay, let me tell you were they lurk. First is the ploom, though not from the plant that spells your doom…"
As Zecora rambled on, Eddy focused less on her and more on this itchy feeling he had just gotten. It felt like his skin was on fire! Violently scratching himself, it only seemed to increased the burning feeling, and now he was getting it in his body! Scratching his backside, Eddy felt something else. It felt like something was…falling out. Checking his arms , Eddy found green spots and his skin stuck to them.
Wait a minute…
Looking down at his body, he saw he had literally scratched off some areas of his skin, revealing the pink skin beneath them. He tried to scream, but found out another thing: he had also been rendered completely mute. So, unable to speak and too proud to reveal this to anyone else, Eddy tried to stick his back on himself…which only made more fall off.
Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie, who was next to Eddy (while still on Vicky's back), noticed a particular sound. Looking next to her, she noticed Eddy scratching himself furiously, and wherever he scratched…
"Oh my Celestia, what's happening to you Eddy?" Pinkie shouted, directing everypony's (and zebra's) attention to said teen boy. By now, all of Eddy's skin had come off naturally, along with the feathers for his body. But that wasn't the worst of it; huge, green spots grew on Eddy, much like an allergic reaction. Eddy watched as all of their eyes were trained on him, watching in horror as he changed. Eddy, unable to cope with the pressure, quickly dashed out of the hut and into the woods.
"What the- how the heck did that happen?" asked Rainbow Dash, looking out the door for Eddy.
"You know, that looks a lot like Poison Joke…" stated Twilight Sparkle.
"But, I thought all the Poison Joke had wilted in the winter?" questioned Fluttershy. "And how did Eddy get affected so fast? I didn't see him stumble in any Poison Joke the first time we entered, so it must have been when we entered the forest just now."
"If the tricky flower survives the cold, its power increases twice-fold!"
At this news, Double D tried to get off Vicky's back. "Well, can you-urk- make an antidote while we-ugh- look for Eddy?"
Rolling her eyes, Zecora picked up Double D (he only has the weight of a paper clip) and brought her knee down on his spine. Amazingly, this healed his back right up. Huh. Must be some kind of ancient zebra secret.
"Now that you can achieve motion, go find your friend while I go make the potion," said Zecora, pushing them towards the door. Nodding in agreement, the group went out into the forest to look for their fleeing friend.
Zecora's smile dropped as soon as they left her sights. Sighing, she closed her door and got out ingredients to prepare the cure.
"Twice the poison, twice the potency…I hope the memory isn't needed in urgency…"
Eddy had running deep into the Everfree Forest, further than most ponies would have dared to. But, finally out of breath, Eddy had to hide somewhere. Then, he saw it: near a small clearing, there was a huge rock wall that sported a cave mouth. Dashing towards it, Eddy went as far as he could before resting against the grey cave wall.
'Heh…I always thought cave walls were rough, but this fells like a soft bed! What is this, moss or-'
His thoughts come to an abrupt end when the sound of snarling began filling the cave. Followed by another one. And another one.
'Ah buck.'
"Eddy, where are you?" shouted Double D, looking around for his friend, no idea if he was close.
"Here boy! Here Eddy!" Ed said, whistling a few short notes in hopes that his leader would hear him. Noticing no noticeable change, he turned to the group and asked "Anyone have a bone?"
"Ed, we aren't looking for you lost dog," Rainbow Dash answered back.
Ed looked thoroughly confused by this. "We aren't?"
Dash groaned and rubbed her temples. "Look, this isn't getting us anywhere fast! Eddy could be out of the Everfree forest by now, or-"
Just then, a loud roar was heard not so many yards away.
"-or he's right next ta us!" Applejack replied. Without conformation from her friends, Applejack rushed towards the sound, forcing her companions to tag along with her.
Reaching a clearing, they finally found Eddy. Unfortunately, they also found out what made that sound: it was a large, grey Doberman with three barking heads. It wasn't as tall as the main Cerberus, only being the height of two ponies, but it was enough to send Eddy running for his life- which he was, running around in circles, trying to escape becoming a chew toy.
Eventually, Eddy ran into a tree, giving the monster enough time to pounce on its prey. Luckily, Eddy was saved in the nick of time by Twilight, who lifted the large dog in mid-air and throwing it a few feet away from him. After getting up, it rushed towards the purple unicorn, but got a buck in the face by Applejack for its troubles.
"How do ya like them apples?" mocked AJ. Apparently, it didn't like those apples very much, since it swiped at Applejack with one of its claws. She was only saved by the timely intervention of Rainbow Dash, who lifted Applejack right before the large dog could get her. The three heads turned to look at its fleeing pray before looking ahead to see a very angry yellow pegasus staring at them.
"You do NOT hurt my friends, you got that?" Fluttershy shouted at it, giving it The Stare. The Cerberus blinked a few times before letting out a combined bark, blowing back Fluttershy's mane. Shrieking, she flew into the cave to take shelter. (she heard Vicky telling call her name) However, while she was there, she noticed there was whimpering sounds coming from the back of the cave…
On the outside, Pinkie Pie was jumping around the monster, keeping it distracted by taunting it when it missed. "Ha-ha, tee-hee, you can't catch me!"
Growling deep in its throat, the canine slapped its paws together, trapping Pinkie between like some furry cotton candy sandwich. However, right before it could take its first bite, it was suddenly lifted off the ground by Ed. In its surprise, it dropped Pinkie, who logically bounced away.
Standing up on his hind hooves, Ed was prepared to throw the monster far away. "Away with you, creature of the Neather-Wor-" so Vicky really use her Earth shriek at the large dog but she heard Fluttershy called out.
"WAIT!" shouted Fluttershy, drawing everypony's attention, even the monster's. Around Fluttershy were…wait, were those pups?
"The mother must have mistaken Eddy for a monster and fought to protect her pups," Fluttershy said, pointing a hoof towards the three small gray Cerberus puppies. "That's why my Stare didn't work: it doesn't affect animals that protect their babies."
Giving a sheepish grin, Ed gently set the mother down, patted her head, and ran for the hills. Fluttershy backed off from the babies as their mother approached, and, after a warning growl to Fluttershy, the mother slumped down near her pups and proceeded to wash them with her tongue.
"Now that's truly a marvelous sight to behold," Fluttershy said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Speaking about marvelous sights…" Double D said, eyes trained on Eddy, who was trying to stealthily slip away. However, Ed would have none of that, and stood directly in front of Eddy, making him back up…right into Double D.
The red T-shirt boy stared at the pathetic form his best friend had taken, and sighed. "Eddy, I know that in the past you've been made fun of, either due to your short stature or outdated threads…"
Eddy gave him an evil look; Double D was sure the plant had also rendered him mute, since Eddy would be on a rant protecting his valuables.
"And, in the past, me, Vicky, and Ed haven't exactly noticed your needs in the best of ways…"
"Rolf's fish-sticks are still good, are they, Double D?" asked Ed.
"Yes, Ed, they are," Edd answered. He looked down back at Eddy. "But, Eddy, after the movie, I'd thought you would have learned this by now: friends stick together no matter what, and always try to help out."
"Yeah, if ya friends didn't support ya, well, then they wouldn't be yer friends, would they?" Applejack put in. The rest of the group agreed, except for Fluttershy; she was busy crying her eyes out due to all the happiness of it.
"So, Eddy, if we promise that we won't put a bell on you, will you come back to Zecora's with us?" Double D requested, arm stretched out for a hand sake.
Eddy thought about this for some time, before shaking Double D's hand. The group cheered, until Twilight realized something.
"Wait, why did you need to put a bell on him?" she asked.
"Erm, we'll tell you about that story when we get to Zecora's. Also, Fluttershy, you can stop crying now."
"Oh. Sorry!"
We meet again back in Zecora's hut, where Eddy was staring into the cauldron, which was filled with a curious mixture, color that of sludge. They had promised him a cure, but it ironically seemed a bit…what was one of those words Double D used?...Ah, yes, unsanitary. And the fact that he had to BATHE in the stuff only made things worse.
The bare yellow T-shirt boy look toward Double D for confirmation.
"Eddy, Miss Zecora here promised me that this batch is perfectly healthy, and will relive you of your cursed form, and a few sinus problems if you have them!"
Even though he trusted his friends on this, he gulped and tested the…sludge to see if it was too hot. After feeling that it was lukewarm, Eddy tried to pull himself over the cauldron to get in it. Seeing that Eddy was getting in too slow, Ed helped him by picking him and dropping him in, creating a little splash.
However, Ed wasn't done yet. Pulling out a brush from Celestia-knows-where, he began to scrub Eddy. Eddy, taken by surprise, began trashing in the tub, making some of the cure spill out from the sides.
"Now let me scrub you lickity-clean, mister!" Ed said, scrubbing harder than before. All of a sudden, a hand abruptly grabbed Ed's, stopping him. Standing in the tub was a fully clear body Eddy, steaming with rage.
"LOOK, CHEESE-BRAIN, I'D LET YOU TALK ME INTO THIS TUB, BUT IF YOU THINK FOR ONE COTTON-PICKING SECOUND THAT-" Eddy then realized that he was no longer dumb* anymore, and that he had all his good looks back.
"Hey, the cure worked!" Eddy exclaimed in joy. He jumped out of the make-shift tub and began squeezing Zecora tightly. "Thank you, Zecora, thank you thank you thank you!"
Zecora wasn't one to celebrate yet. "Little friend, do not thank me yet, for do you remember the problem I had when we first met?"
Eddy let go of Zecora and tried to think back to a couple of hours ago. "Um, let me think…oh yeah, now I remember: it was about ingredients or something, right?"
Zecora nodded. "For this stronger potion I had to complete, some ends I had to meet."
Twilight got the most of what she was saying. "Wait, you mean that to complete the stronger cure, you had to use some ingredients for the memory potion?"
Zecora nodded. "Some do not grow back for many a moon, so I do not think you will have your potion soon."
Twilight sighed. "That's okay." Then she got another idea. "Actually, I have some friends at the apothecary up in Canterlot. Maybe I can convince them to-" Twilight yawned, reminding them how late it was. 'Maybe I should do it tomorrow."
The others agreed, and with departing words, left for their homes. That is, except for the Eds, and Vicky who were told by Twilight to follow her home so Eddy could write a friendship report for Princess Celestia.
"What's a friendship report?" asked Eddy.
"Well…"
"…and that's how to properly write a friendship report!' Twilight finished, opening her door so that they could enter. However, as soon as they did, a large book was thrown at Ed's head. It didn't really affect him; it was like throwing it against a bolder. The culprit was revealed to be Spike, holding an ice-bag to his head.
"Spike! What did you do that for?" demanded Twilight, wanting an explanation.
"Hey, you said he was the one that caused me to fall! It's only fair!" retorted Spike.
"But he didn't mean to scare you, and what have we said about violence?" Twilight asked.
"Violence only leads to more violence," Spike quoted. On the inside, this made Double D smile on how well Twilight was teaching Spike.
"Good. Now apologize to Ed."
"I'm sorry Ed," Spike said, eyes downcast.
"That's okay, my second-est little buddy!" Ed said, pulling Spike into a hug. When he finally let go, Spike walked around dizzily before shaking his head clear.
"Excellent!" said Twilight. "Oh, Spike, can you also take a letter for Princess Celestia?"
"Sure," he said, getting out the pen and parchment, ready for Twilight to speak out her lesson. So, it come to a somewhat surprise to him when Eddy cleared his throat to get ready to speak. "Wait,youhave a friendship report?" An evil eye made Spike go back to looking at the paper.
"Dear Princess Celestia…" Eddy began.
"This is my first time writing a friendship report, so don't get too offended if something…offends you, okay. So, today I learned that friends are always there for you, no matter what you do, and that they're there to lend a hand-er, when needed. I also learned that maybe you should ask for your friend's permission before you mess with something of theirs. So, um…yeah. That's all I have. The leader of the dimension hopping misfits, Eddy. Got all that, Spike?"
"Dimension…hopping…yep!" Spike said. Rolling up the leader, he burned it with his flames, sending it to Celestia. They made sure Ed was far away from Spike as he did this.
"Very good, Eddy!" congratulated Twilight. "Now, how about you return back to my friends' houses and get a good night's rest? I'll see if I can contact my, well, contacts tomorrow."
"Actually, Twilight," spoke Double D, "I was wondering if I could stay the night here, so as not to disturb Rarity in this late an hour."
Visibly blushing, Twilight stammered, "O-of course! I would love to have you over for a guest! I-it's just that, I've never had aboyover, and don't know how-"
"Double D and Twilight, sitting in a tree-" began Spike and Eddy in sync.
"K-I-S-S-L-M-N-O-P!" ended Ed. All of them laughed while the two blushed.
"Don't you have your homes to go to?" rebutted Twilight. "Out, out!" With that, she shoved them out the door and slammed it shut behind them. With that done, she turned to the still snickering Spike.
"And YOU!" Twilight said, making him stand in attention like a soldier. "Go get the extra bedroll, now!" Saluting, Spike dashed off to get the requested item, leaving the ice-bag spinning in the air before succumbing to gravity.
A little less hot now, the two prepared to go off to bed, hoping the next day would be less crazy than today.
Ending of this mini chapter!
(hi everyone I hope like this chapter, and everyone know I do other chapter ready done really and next is The Cutie Pox Ed! thanks for everyone reading my story. i know is mini chaper long chapter but is be one chapter hope everyone like this chapter.
