How To Save A Life

"How To Save A Life" is a fanfiction written by Anastasia Stephan. It was published on November 13, 2010.

The short can be best described as the ending of a story that was never written. It was one of the stories submitted for the first fanfiction contest at The3Eds ("Fanfic of the Season"), and is therefore only visible for registered The3Eds users. The story hasn't been published anywhere else on the internet, but the artwork was eventually included in one of the artist's dump submissions at Deviantart and posted on the "Ed, Edd n Eddy Highschool" Facebook page.

This story plays in the Ed, Edd n Eddy Highschool setting.

Plot
For a reason, not explained in this story, Edd has turned into a vampire and completely lost his memory and personality after the transformation. All the kids of the Cul-the-Sac are gathered in Ed's garage, where they tied him up with chains to the door, and are in a heated argument with Ed and Eddy about killing him.

The story suggests that Edd has done alot of wrong before they were able to capture him, including killing a familiar girl. While he is a danger to everyone, both Ed and Eddy are struggling with shooting him, which gives Edd the time to speak to them; but mainly jokes and insults.

At the end they realize that the only way to truly save their friend is to kill the vampire that has taken over, and thus both Ed and Eddy shoot him.

Ed
Together with Eddy, Ed is the only one who has doubts about killing Edd. But his patience is also being tested by Edd when he starts asking about Sarah. ---

Edd
He mainly acts like a joker, but the story implies he's a dangerous two-faced character. Because Edd doesn't make an attempt to escape or talk himself out of the situation, Eddy is bothered by him; ---

Eddy
Eddy is close to being the main character, as the story only describes his thought process. While Ed cries alot, Eddy is often lost in his thoughts. He wishes for the most simple solution, which doesn't involve him having to kill his friend. But as Edd's distant words keep disproving Eddy's theory that his memory might return, Eddy is very frustrated throughout the story. ---

Kevin
Kevin plays an agressive role and makes it very clear he sees no problem in shooting Edd. ---

Nazz
Nazz doesn't play an important role and is mainly in the background. ---

Rolf
Rolf doesn't play an important role and is mainly in the background. ---

Jonny
Jonny feels the most connected to the situation, and wants to make clear to Ed and Eddy that if they have any respect for Edd, disposing of him is the best thing to do. ---

Sarah
Sarah is only mentioned in the story, but doesn't make an appearance. Though, there is an image that shows she and Jimmy were listening behind a door. ---

Jimmy
Jimmy is only mentioned in the story, but doesn't make an appearance. Though, there is an image that shows he and Sarah were listening behind a door.

Quotes
Eddy: "..You're not..Double D...at all?" Edd: "When ignoring what I just said; great observation, lard beak."

Jonny: "Listen, I know what it's like to lose a friend. Suddenly your best buddy stops talking to you, and you blame yourself."

Jonny: "Trust me, guys, I know what I'm saying. It might be hard for you to take my advice, since I never experienced something awful like this before, of course..but...there's no way.." Ed: "I WISH I WAS SMARTER SO I COULD FIND A WAY!" Jonny: "It's not your fault, Ed, not even the smartest person in the world could." Ed: "DOUBLE D COULD!"

Trivia

 * "How To Save A Life" was supposed to have multiple stories/chapters; where every chapter takes a step back into the "original story", every time answering a question raised in the last chapter. But the contests at The3Eds stopped being held after 2 runs.
 * The next chapter for this story was written, but never published because of the reason above.
 * The next chapter was temporarily called "How To Make A Friend" and focussed on Edd and Sarah's relationship in Edd's first capture. This means that in "How To Save A Life" Edd was captured again, after he apparently escaped.
 * "How To Save A Life" was mainly inspired by the story of Old Yeller.
 * The title "How To Save A Life" comes from The Fray's song with the same title.
 * The girl that was killed was Marie Kanker.
 * Jonny makes a reference to his ended relationship with Plank.
 * Rolf revealed the way how to cure Edd, without having to kill him.
 * The Kankers don't make an appearance.