Chapter 2

Edd bursts through the front doors of the manor without a second thought, with his friends following behind." Uh, breaking and entering much?" Tord mumbled as he looked around the inside of the large building, already spotting some things that have caught his eye.

Tom frowned," Edd, you do know that I'm not going to bail you out of jail when you get arrested, right?"

Edd rolled his eyes as he casually walked in," It's fine, guys! Plus Rodney told me that we could come right inside! And there's not guard around to stop-" "HALT!! INTRUDER!!"

Edd was cut off by a man running towards them, dressed in the same outfit as Rodney. He also had a sword by his side and extremely big eyebrows, that were really distracting honestly. The gang stopped dead in their tracks," You four are trespassing on Art manor property! If you do not have a valid reason for being here, then I will have all of you prosecuted for this felony!" He said angrily before yet another voice cut in.

"WAIT!" But this voice was female...

Everyone immediately turned their attention to a large set of stairs that led up to the second floor. There stood two girls. One of the girls, was shorter than the other, her hair was a darker brown that was longer on one side. She wore big glasses, that fit her face nicely. She wore a nice red and black dress with cute black flats. The other was taller, even though she was a few extra steps down. She had long lighter brown hair that went down to the middle of her back. She wore a longer dress with white and purple fabrics and white sandals with straps that wrapped around the bottom of her legs. The smaller one spoke," Leave then alone, Paul! These are the men that I sent Rodney to get! You know, for the task?"

The guard, Paul, froze for a moment then quickly bowed," My apologizes, my ladies. I was not notified of this."

The two girls started making their way down the large steps," It's fine, Paul, there is no need to bow for us." The taller one said.

"Yeah, relax! You didn't do anything wrong!" The shorter one said as they made their way to the bottom of the stairs," Anyway, my name is Sketch, and this is my sister, Katelyn! We're so very happy that you've accepted our task request! We have heard wonderful things about you all." She explained.

"Indeed, but... I could have sworn that there was four of you a moment ago, where's your other friend?" Asked Katelyn.

Matt and Edd both smiled," Oh! You mean Tord! Yeah, he tends to wonder around sometimes, but he's really nice!" Matt explained.

Edd's smile widened and he nodded,"Mhm! I'm sure that both of you will like Tord! It's quite the guy-" Edd was cut off by Tom.

"He's trying to stuff a vase into his backpack.."

Both Matt's and Edd's smiled disappeared. Matt sighed," He also has the habit of trying to do stuff like this..."

Edd ran a hand through his brown hair," To be fair, he did warn us about this before we got in here.." he said as every one turned their head to the side, instantly seeing the devil-haired man, mumbling to himself as he struggled to get the vase to go into his already full backpack. "Uh, he does know that we can see him, right?" Sketch asked, the three men shook their heads in sync.

Tord groaned as he violently tried to stuff the vase into his backpack," Come on, stupid vase... get in the backpack-" he was cut off by Edd's yelling.

"TORD!!"

The sudden scream made Tord jump, dropping his bag and the vase."Gah!" He screamed, managing to slip his hand under the vase, bring it back up into the air. Unfortunately, he also lost his balance by slipping on his bag, making him fall over an empty pedestal. Surprisingly, the vase managed to land perfectly in his hands. He blinked in disbelief then turned his attention towards the group of people watching him," Uh...." he quickly got up and put the vase on the pedestal and picking up his bag, acting like nothin happened," Um, Hi! I'm Tord!" He said, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

There was an awkward moment of silent before Sketch cleared her throat," Well, it's almost time for dinner, so let's all head to the dining room, shall we? We can discuss the task while we eat!" She said happily, looking over to Paul with a smile on her tan face," Paul, would you please take their bags and put them in their room?" Paul nodded his head and held his arms out for the four friends to put their bags on his arms. They all took their bags and placed them into his arms.

"Alright, let's get some food!" Edd cheered, making the two sisters smile as they led them to the dining room.

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