Completely revised, I hope you all enjoy!

Chapter 1: Moving Away

"No please! It's not fair!" Ed wailed, currently leaving scratch marks on the concrete pavement as the poor sock headed boy named Double D dragged the boy with all of his might, which according to his noodle arms shaking like leaves, was not much.

"Ed, I know you don't want to…ugh…move but we don't have a choice!" Double D groaned as he put every ounce in his strength into finally dragging Ed to the bus stop that was just a few inches away. When the duo reached the sign, Double D released the crying boys legs, leaving him to curl up in the fetal position to weep some more.

"Boy, your heavy Ed" Double D gasped as if every breath in his lungs had just left him. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and went to meet Eddy at the bus stop, who was quite busy sneering at the air.

"Can you believe it Double D?! Our parents all got the same exact job in the same exact city! What are the odds of that?" Eddy said and he crossed his arms "Now we have got no kids to scam and no idea where we are going." His eyebrows connected in frustration.

"Well Eddy, I looked up where we are going, and it appears we are going to Empire City." Double D said as he set down next to his three haired friend, who scoffed.

"Yeah well, I don't care, our life was perfect after the whole mess with my brother, and now our parents just had to get a new job in a completely different city." Eddy said.

"Home is where the heart is Eddy!" Ed yelled as he began to bawl even louder than before.

"Now Ed, I am sure this city isn't going to be that bad." Double D said as he got up and went to pet the crying boy.

"Oh yeah, you don't know Double D, after 130 episodes, 4 specials, and a movie, we finally became popular but now after only one month of being awesome, we are going to be moving to a place where we will be losers again!" Eddy yelled as he turned around and looked into the distant hills of Peach Creek as the sun hang over the horizen.

Double D kept trying to comfort the big lug but was unsuccessful in his endeavor. Even a mention of buttered toast did not cheer him up. He sighed in defeat and went back to talk to Eddy.

"Well, it's unavoidable now Eddy." He turned to Ed and asked in a somewhat motherly tone. "Have you got your luggage Ed?"

Ed, still teary eyed, gave a slight nod and pointed toward a huge briefcase with everything that was in his room.

Eddy just huffed and picked up his duffel-bag that lie at his feet and put it next to him on the bench.

Double D was holding a brown, medium sized suitcase with him. They all three began to hear the sounds of engines heading their way and knew it was time.

"Well fellows, here comes our pickup." Double D said as the three cars pulled up, amusingly, they were in the order the Ed's usually were.

"Put your luggage in the trunk Eddy." Eddy s dad said with a growl.

Eddy sighed and threw his luggage in the trunk of his parent's car.

Ed threw his things in the back of his dad's truck and sat in the back with his sister, Sarah.

Double D put his luggage in the car with him and looked back at his former home as the rising sun glazed the cul-de sac with a beautiful ray of light.

Eddy's car

Eddy looked back through the back window and simply waved goodbye to his former home, with few tears forming, Eddy just sat back down and sighed, making sure that his parents did not see the few tears that were on his cheeks.

Double D's car

Double D looked back at Peach Creek and sniffled, a few tears strolling down his face. He began to remember the first day he had moved there and the tears began to flow more freely as memories of all the things his friends had done together began to resurface.

Ed's truck

Ed was the worst, He was bawling and tears were flooding the back of the truck and his sister was nearly washed out into the street. Speaking of the red head, she was crying as well. Mostly at the fact that Jimmy would not be at her side this time, like he always had been.

One thing was certain for all of them though, they had lived there for twelve years. They had met and became best friends there and all of their scams had all failed or sometimes succeeded in that small town. Now they all had to kiss it goodbye, after years of trying to fit in with the other kids, they had finally achieved popularity. Even worse was the fact that they all had to enroll in a new school.

A few hours of driving they finally arrived at New York's Harbor, they would have to board a boat in order to get to Empire City since it was away from the mainland. So, the three families waited on the docks for their boat to arrive and, when it did, it looked like the crappiest boat on the planet. It was white, or at least it looked to be under all of the filth. After boarding, the parents all went to the front to discuss their financial situations while the kids went to the back to converse.

"Well fellows, we are going to arrive there in about an hour so we might as well find something to do." Double D said as he sat with his legs crossed, staring at the distant shape of the incoming city.

Ed was lying down near the edge of the ship looking down into the dark ocean water, giving a guffaw every time he saw a fish. Eddy smiled at his big, dumb friend. Oh how he wished he could be as distracted as that guy.

"Well Ed, what do you think this new city is going to be like?" Eddy asked as he sat next to Ed.

Ed stopped laughing and looked up at him, his eyes still irritated from crying so much.

"It will never be like home." Ed said and ran his finger through the water.

Eddy patted his friend on the shoulder and tried to be the optimistic one, which was kind of a hard act to pull off.

"Don't worry big guy, we'll get through it." Eddy said as he walked to Double D who was still sitting in the same spot.

"So Double D, what do you think about moving to this"Empire City"." Eddy asked him with emphasis on name of the city. Double D put his finger on his chin and looked thoughtful.

"Well, based on what I have looked up, I would say that this city is a little bit to thug like for my taste." Double D said he wiped more sweat from his forehead , not yet used to the humid air.

"Well the cul-de-sac wasn't exactly my kind of heaven either Sock-Head." Eddy said with a smirk etched on his lips. The sock headed boy just shrugged.

"Well, can't say I expect much Eddy."

After a few seconds, Eddy seen Sarah go over Ed and hg him, trying her best to comfort the him as more tears threatened to escape the tall Ed boy.

After the hour had finally passed with absolutely nothing happening, they finally made it to Empire City, looking at the silhouette of the city, they knew that it was big...a lot bigger than Peach Creek, to say the least. The air began to smell like smoke and gasoline as the boat got closer. They could hear the sounds of cars and horns being blown.

The boat came to a stop and their parents got off the boat first heading toward the dock and then heading toward the city.

"Shall we?" Double D asked his friends.

They all proceeded toward the dock following their parents, they didn't know what to expect of this place, all they knew is that they all four had each other.

The sign "Welcome to Empire City" hung tauntingly over their heads, reminding them of their new home and new surprises to be found

Well, here we are. The beginning again. It sure has been a LONG time since I last updated this story. About a year as a matter of fact. If you did not read the description, I am going to completely redo this story, seeing as how I am not that proud of how rushed it seemed. I really appreciate you guys for reading and reviewing. Remember to give your criticism without holding your tongue because I really want to know what to fix. See you soon!