Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: HUMANS and MONSTERS.

One day, war broke out between the two races.

After a long battle, the humans were victorious.

They sealed the monsters underground with a magic spell.

MT. EBOTT

201X

Legends say that those who climb the mountain never return.

Starring: Eddy "Skipper," Edd "Marion," and Ed "Horace" in...

A fanfic dedicated to the greatness of Antonucci and Toby Fox

Inside a crowded, sub-urban bus, there were three young boys seated together.

One wore a bowling shirt colored solid yellow with a red stripe. He wore light blue pants, and his red cutting edge, new looking shoes, reflected an expensive personality. But, that was not as true as you might think. He was also rather small and looked like he had not hit his growth spurt for his age. This boy was sitting next to another, a somewhat nervous looking, and academic fellow.

This boy wore an orange shirt, purple shorts, and red socks along with blue shoes and a black "sock" as it so called with two small white stripes on his head. He was a happy medium in size.

The final boy on the outside of the seat was a tall and cheerful fellow. He wore a large green jacket, a shirt that had red and white stripes that went all the way down horizontally. His jeans were a faded blue and quite baggy, and even sagged down to his black shoes.

"Urrrr, ahhhhhhh~! When're we gonna get there, Double D?" The small bowler shirt boy yawned and asked, looking over at his nervous companion.

Double D clutched the seat as he held on onto the very bumpy and sporadic moving bus. 'Gyuagh! Curse public transportation' he thought to himself before turning to his companion and answering, "Well, I estimate that since it's been an hour since we got ON the bus... Accounting for this bus's mileage, the road signs we passed earlier, and our time of getting on... We've still got a half hour if my calculations are correct, Eddy" Double D did the mental math all while holding a finger to his mouth. Eddy groaned and rubbed his face as the tall one shook his balled fists and bit his lips in excitement. "Oh boy oh boy! We are going to a mountain guys!" He threw his arms up and shouted loudly for all to hear. In a moment of synchronization, Eddy and Double-D responded "Yes Ed, on a camping trip." The two share a look of confusion before shrugging and writing it off.

"My pop is really cool to have paid for us to go, huh guys?" Eddy rubbed his shirt with his fist, looking pleased. "Your father is quite a reputable man for letting us go by ourselves. 'Or an irresponsible one' " Double D said to Eddy, then thought negatively to himself with a look of thanks. "It's all thanks to you, sockhead, if it weren't for helping Ed and me with our grades, this trip woulda never happened." Eddy boated, clapping Double D on the back. That made Double D light up, as it had always warmed his heart to receive praise. It also reminded him that in the few months after they had befriended the cul de sac kids that things were still looking up!

"English is one heck of a game of cribbage, guys," Ed remarked as he chuckled to himself, thinking of their shenanigans in English class. Eddy just smirked and chuckled with him "Anything with you lumpy is a heck of a time." Double D covered his mouth as he laughed in mirth "At least our countless adventures have told us so." The three boys had a good laugh as they thought back to their older days. It was fun to scam, Double D hated to admit, as it really challenged him and helped him grow.

Eddy remorsed the loss of his money, somewhat, now he and the Eds could do honest work for money instead of scamming people. Something his parents were extremely pleased about, as it increased their hopes that Eddy would not be a deadbeat like his brother.

Ed himself was just thinking about his baby sister, Sarah, and how she had become cuddly and sweet! She still ordered and slaved him around, but at least she wasn't so prone to her anger!

Double D himself was reaping the benefits of no longer being guilty by association. His skills as a boyhood genius and mechanical expert being used for more than the singular purpose of scams. It had all brought him a reputation that Eddy or Ed could never achieve. A hiking trip would be a nice divergence from the norm of the cul de sac. For better or for worse?

Still, as their bus rolled down the road to MT. EBOTT, with the sun high in the sky, the Eds knew their trip would be an adventure.

The sun was going down from its peak as the bus pulled into the MT. EBOTT station. The three boys hauling along various camping gear as they got off, Eddy throwing the bus driver his owed amount for the ride. "Well fellows, here we are!" Double D said with enthusiasm as they got off the bus. "MT. EBOTT station!" He was thrilled to get off the bus that Double D. Of course Eddy could only think one thing of the town at the station, "What a dump." his hands moving outwardly to express his displeasure.

The town looked like an old western ghost town, tumbleweeds and a total absence of people. The wooden structures and refinings of the settlement were also rotting and untended to. One of the buildings had a bird land on it. The ground shook, and crackling was heard before the construction began collapsing, and the birds flew off. The sound of a stray cat letting out a loud mreowrrr in response. Ed and Eddy flinched at the sight, but Ed was in thought.

Double D rechecked their brochure. "Well, this hardly matches up with the brochure." The brochure pictured the tiny town at Mt. Ebott as a getaway of sorts, and a popular tourist location. Ed, however, gasped suddenly and hugged his companions close as the bus took off. "This is the ghost town of Hades! " he pulled out a comic book and explained "Look! Once we enter this town, we will lose our souls and-"Eddy pushed Ed off of him "ED! It's just a dump! Look at it!" Eddy was gritting his teeth and was holding Ed's head in the direction of the town. Ed took a good long look "Huh?... Ahuhuhu." He smiled and stopped the argument there, believing in Eddy's words this time. He was let go of, and Eddy hmphed, wiping his hands.

"Are you going to the mountain?" A small boy with a flat -_- facial expression, a blue sweater with purple stripes, and brunette hair asked.

"Yeah, what's it to you?" Eddy asked defensively before Double D interjected.

"Eddy! Don't be so rude! Ahem, excuse my friend, but yes we are!" The boy's facial expression didn't change as he asked.

"You DO know that those who go up to that mountain never return, right?"

"Never return?" Double D bit his lip and shivered lightly.

"No way." Eddy denied such a claim.

"Way cool!" Ed's mind was swimming with the possibilities of what it could mean. But there was also fear… This really could be the town of Hades!.

"It's true, it's why everyone's abandoned the town, those that go up to MT. Ebott never return." The newcomer insisted his point of view.

"Double D, he's making my armpits sweaty…" Ed 'Whispered' loudly to Double D, making him get a startled and disgusted expression.

"Perhaps he's right, Eddy? We don't want a repeat of the last time we went somewhere that was potentially haunted..." Double D's shaking legs gave away his fearful demeanor over the logical one he was trying to present.

"Get real guys! This town was probably a dump, so they made the mountain look scary to attract tourists!" Eddy complained aloud, his opinion making the sweatered boy dig a finger in his ears then walk off. He didn't want to get in a FIGHT over this…

"Ugh, what a start to the trip, crowded bus ride, we're the only ones that get off in a dump of a town, then we get told some stupid legend by a kid!" Eddy ground his teeth and shook a bit in rage before a cool minded hand landed on his shoulder.

"First of all, Eddy, we're still kids ourselves, secondly…" Sock-Head raised his finger and smiled, saying.

"We're not staying in town, we just need to take the trail, this way fellows!" Double D optimistically stated, his hands pointing towards the trail. Double D led the way, Eddy and Ed following and walking alongside him. Still, the thoughts lingered on their mind, why was the town for such a cool looking mountain abandoned? Was the legend really true? Why was the brochure lying or outdated? The thoughts quickly left their minds as 'the man with the plan' Eddy took out the map and planned his route.

"Alright boys, gather round, we're gonna use this as the landmark for our initial hike, and then we'll ford the river to…" Eddy's voice went on, the other two listening intently as they took patient instruction.

The hike was a long one, as Eddy and Ed wanted to have an impressive cliffside to rest on for the night. The trio making good time, as they used Ed's strength to break down many trees or rocks blocking their path. Eddy's go to attitude for plans and ideas leading the way to success, but not without Double D's calculating and critiquing intelligence.

"So, Eddy, why did you invite us to go on a camping trip?" Double D asked questioningly as they carefully crossed over a downed tree across a river. The climate of Mt. Ebott was very mountainous, and temperate, having many rivers originating from times long past. It gave their outing to the mountain's outlooks a very adventurous and discovery feeling. Eddy thought about it a bit, shrugging and stating "I guess I just wanted it to be like the old days, the three of us against the world! Hooyah!" Eddy stated loudly, holding his hands up before finishing off by jumping off the log and landing in style.

"Handsome! It'll be like the seasons before Eddy?" Ed questioned, jumping down and standing next to Eddy. "Not quite Ed." Eddy smiled, his facial features concealing a hidden secret. "Well let's not get ahead of ourselves gentlemen." Double D chastised, both boys turning towards him in confusion as he slowly climbed down from the log. "Nature is a lot more unforgiving and dangerous than the Culdesac kids, and I won't dare mention how!" He seemed a bit upset at the idea of what could happen. "Calm down there Mr. Ed vs Wild," Eddy smirked, holding Double D by his sock. The boy looking rather terrified as he held onto the base of it while Eddy held him up by it, afraid to lose it. "The rating wouldn't even allow it anyway!" He let go, Double D hmmning and looking peeved.

"Be that as it may…" Double D began, standing up and moving forward to take the lead.

"Yeah yeah, we'll be careful!" Eddy laughed it off and took into a run.

"Race ya to the camping spot Double D!" Double D look mortified before following, arms bent in front of him.

"Wait! Don't you leave me behind fellows!" Double D called out, Ed ended up winning the race as he came to their spot. The sky line's horizon was quite orange as the sun was setting.

"Woah! Big sun!" Ed laughed as he peered at it, sitting down and setting down all his stuff. Their heightened altitude and their close proximity to where the sun was setting, surely made it appear quite large in the sky. Double D came beside him and likewise said "It is magnificent, isn't it Ed?" The taller boy responded with "Not to mention a duck." Double D shook his head and smile in response, rubbing his own hands together. "

"Hey!" Eddy called out and approached from the back as he hauled his own stuff with a bit of the struggle "A little hand in setting all this up?!" the boy groaned out before he tripped and was crushed by his own large camping backpack. Ed, of course, took this call to action with ease, lifting up Eddy.

"Awww, are you okay Eddy?" The taller boy asked with a smile, Eddy crawling out from his backpack and looking a bit beaten up.

"Grand dadddddd, someone took off my bike chain..." He shook his head and let out a "Heyyyyy!" Of excitement as he peered out and saw the cliff. "This is the perfect spot, Double D!" He shot into the pack Ed was currently holding up, darted out of it, and unrolled his sleeping bag with a single snap and a cry of "hooyah!" With it set out, he lay down and put his arms behind his head.

"Getting comfy already, Eddy? Double D asked, coming stand by the smaller boy. "Sure enough, stretch," Eddy said while relaxed. "We still have a tent and fire to set up, Eddy." Eddy was a little bit more than content to lay back. Double D rolled his eyes and said, "Ed, don't help Eddy get up." Ed nodded his head, then picked Eddy up and set him down. "Great, that reverse psychology shtick stopped working after the first time we did it, Double D," Eddy grumbled, but nevertheless, helped pitch in setting up the single tent the boys would be sharing.

"Now let's go get some wood, my feet are killing me since we hiked up so high," Eddy grumbled and gestured for the duo to follow. They romped through the woods for some time, Ed carrying any suitable firewood they found.

"Ed! See anything in your direction?" Eddy called out, the boys splitting up a small distance to help save time, as the sun was almost down.

"I found a big hole guys!" Ed called out, "Come see!" Eddy groaned and went to go see, Double D making his way from the side.

"My! What a thrilling crag formation of the mountain fellows!" Double D exclaimed, happily coming by the boy's side and peering down with him. "It's a hole you two, what's the big deal even?" Eddy said, not paying attention to the vine that was by his feet, he let out a yell as he slipped forward anddddd plowed right into Ed's back. Ed, however, went nowhere.

"Yes, Eddy?" Ed turned around, seeing the boy fully tripped behind him. "Careful Eddy" Double D warned, "If it weren't for Ed being there, you could have tripped and fell in." Double D helped Eddy to his feet, and the boy looked a bit peeved. "Yeah yeah! Let's leave the stinking hole alone and go get that fire wo-hm?" The ground by their feet suddenly started shaking, and the boys looked at their feet, making noises of worry… Well except for Ed, he never seemed worried about actual danger.

"Uhh… is it too late to get off?" Double D said nervously before the ground gave way beneath the boys, and they fell wherever they may land. Their characteristic screams echoing throughout the mountains before they landed one after the other on top of each other… On a nice bed of flowers.

"Oh, my aching…-" Eddy started but was interrupted "Woah guys, we fell far." Ed pushed Eddy's head down as he got up, Double D falling off of him as he looked at the hole where faint glimmers of sunlight still poked through. "Urgh! Ed, you idiot! How the heck are we gonna get back up there?!" Eddy asked in a rage, pulling Ed by the collar of his coat to eye level.

"Got any gum, Eddy?" Eddy hmmed and checked his pockets, but Double D had meanwhile surveyed a point of interest.

"Gentleman, if I may interject, perhaps we could try… That way?" Double D smiled and pointed to a clear stony pathway and a pillared open doorway.

"I still hate it when you do that." Eddy lets go of Ed who falls and hits the ground. He just gets up with a laugh and follows Eddy, taking the lead with Double D by his side. "My, it is awfully dark, though... " Double D said worryingly, as they proceeded through the door. The boys walked through, eyes straight ahead, narrowing in on the flower in the center of the room.

"Howdy! I'm fl- woah." The flower rose an eyebrow as it looked at the three humans. "...Chara, are you being serious, right now? You brought THREE?" The flower laughed and then gave them a look of interest.

"Who the heck is Chara? We're-" Eddy was interrupted by Ed's loudmouth, oh and a large hug. "We are Ed, Edd, and Eddy!" The boy laughed as he hugged his friends extremely tight and close. "Ed, please, your grip!" Ed smiled and dropped the two on the ground like a sack of potatoes.

"Wow… You three are HI-LARIOUS, the underground is gonna have so much fun with you!" The flower smiled and said. "But, you gotta know how to protect yourself here, let me show you how it's done!" The Eds look confused before Eddy spoke up "We're just looking for the exit petal head, mind pointing the way?" The flower giggled a bit and said, "You're super funny, Eddy, you don't have a single clue where you are, do you?" Eddy groaned and facepalmed, looking at the flower after removing it, "You're a classic Einstein, where are we then?"

"Well clearly, you're in the underground." The flower answered, waving his body a little. It had a green stalk, with yellow petals, and a white bud with a smiling face and happy eyes. "Ugh! No, really? It's not like we fell down a giant hole." The flower's smile tightened, and his eyes seemed amused. "Wow! You're a lot smarter than I give you credit for." Eddy's head simmered a bit at that, but Ed patted his back and came to his rescue. "Do not worry, Eddy, for I too have wet the bed before." And with that, he launched himself at Flowey, the flower was caught off guard, and was snatched up by the boy, his roots exposed. "Look Eddy! I got the monster!" Ed seemed proud.

"Ed! You leave that Helianthus alone!" Double D said testingly, but he was interrupted by Eddy giving him a smack on the back. "Cool it sockhead, we just need to get some help, and then we'll put it down." Eddy smiled at the flower and said. "So, flower, let's get some exposition done!" The flower seemed to gulp at the thought, not liking the smelly Ed or the scheming Eddy at the moment.

"What a discovery!" Edd, or Edward, was quite excited about what the flower had told him. "An entire lost kingdom of monsters! Under the mountain? Eddy! We could be famous for discovering this!" Eddy raised his head from where he was laying, bored. "No fooling?!" Double D smiled "None at all Eddy! Might I suggest we go forward and validate the flower's claims?" The flower, now introduced as Flowey, decided to pipe up, "You should take me with you!" The boys looked a little confused at that, "I mean, you're going to need a tour guide, right?" Flowey smiled and said innocently.

"Well I… I don't see a problem with it." Double D said, but Eddy disagreed. He pulled Double D off to the side and whispered lowly "I don't trust this flower, Double D. I got a feeling." Double D considered it, he didn't want to be rude to Eddy, but… "It's just a nice looking flower, Eddy, I don't recognize it as a local species but-" Eddy interrupted shaking his head "No man! I'm getting some super bad vibes, like, my brother kind of vibes…" Double D furrowed his brow, crossing his arms and looking contemplative. "Your brother? Eddy, this flower doesn't act like your brother at all!" Eddy groaned and shook his head. "Just trust me on this, Double D, please."

Double D sighed and nodded his head, Ed in the meanwhile had been receiving whispers from Flowey. The two straightened up when Edd and Eddy cut their chatter.

"Sorry, Flowey, but we'll be on our way without you." Double D apologized and said, walking past the flower with Eddy.

"Yeah, real sorry, but we're a singular trio." Eddy lamely apologized as well, not really meaning it.

"A real three crusaders, right guys?" Ed hobbled along, leaning back as he ran and slowed to a walk as he followed his friends.

In the background, however, Flowey was not easily dissuaded. "One second! I just have to show you something." The boys gasped and groaned (In Eddy's case) as their vision blacked out. A red heart flashing in front of their eyes as it zoomed out, their surroundings of the black room seeming to stretch out. The boys stood in a line, evenly spaced away from each other, as flowey waited across from them. That same red heart that had consumed their vision appeared right where their own would be.

"What the-?!" "Oh my…" "woah way cool!" The boy's mixed responses rang outwards in confusion. Flowey, who was right across from the boys, smiled.

"Down here, monsters can sometimes stop you right where you are and engage you in a FIGHT!" He smiled in anticipation. "When you're in a FIGHT, your soul is the target, and it is in danger during a FIGHT." Double D paid great attention, as well as Ed, Eddy was just annoyed by the lecture. "In a FIGHT, your surroundings will change, or alter, to better suit your battling needs." Flowey stuck his tongue out. "No one likes to trip over a rock and break something while charging up a magic attack." The boys seemed a little perturbed by that, but Flowey continued. "Now, your souls are Verrrrrrry weak right now, because they lack a lot of LOVE!" The boys each did a kind of flinch at that.

Double D wondered if the complete absence of his parents were a reason his LOVE was only at 1. Eddy's fists balled and tightened at the thought of his brother being the reason he was at 1. Ed pondered the meaning of what the flower was saying entirely, rather than wondering the cause. Their thoughts didn't last long as Flowey continued.

"Don't worry though!" The flower winked. "There's a shortcut that can get you some love really fast~!" The boys nodded their heads and leaned in, intrigued. "...Down here, monsters can share love with people through little white, 'Friendliness Pellets'" and true to his word, little white pellets appeared beside Flowey. Eddy was eager to get some love, and Edd too was intrigued to see this develop. However, Ed was not so fooled.

"Double D, Eddy, something smells, and it's not my feet." The other two were a little confused by that.

"Ed, your feet always stink," Eddy commented, the confusion not leaving his voice.

"Just watch out, Eddy!" Ed responded with impatience, the boys were taken aback, but nodded. If Ed was serious, there was definitely something wrong. As the pellets came their way, they each did something different to dodge. Ed jumped over it completely with a cry of "up!". Double D stepped to the side with a word of "Sorry! No thank you!" Eddy himself ducked "Yeah, I've got enough love in my life." he said dismissively.

Flowey's smile vanished, and he said earnestly, "What's wrong, don't you tr-" Then he stopped himself and giggled, "No, of course, you don't." His smile turned sinister, his friendly eyes vanishing. "You're not STUPID, are you?" The Ed boys were obviously startled by the sudden change in Flowey's demeanor.

"No, we're not doing the ordinary intro, I'll give you an introduction to the underground you'll never forget!" Flowey laughed, vines erupting from the ground like whips, swirling around and ready to strike. The Eds recoiled and let out various exclamations of surprise and worry.

"Flowey's gone mad!" The Eds said in unison, coming to a conclusion together, as they prepared themselves for whatever Flowey had prepared next.