Outside the garage, two other young boys were standing by Double Dee's house yelling up at him. one was a boy named Ed, a young man wearing a green jacket and white and red striped shirt with yellow skin, who was almost bald except for bits of stubble and a unibrow. The other one was a young man wearing a yellow shirt with a red stripe and purple sleeves and collar named Eddy. He was also nearly hairless like Ed, but instead of stubble he had three long hair spikes, and he was also incredibly short.

"HEY SOCKHEAD COME OUT ALREADY!" Eddy yelled.

"Maybe he's not up yet Eddy," Ed said.

"Nah he's up, he's just not listening," Eddy responded.

Eddy got ready to start yelling again when someone called out to him.

"Eddy quit yelling! I'm here!" Double dee said running out to them. "What do you want?" he asked somewhat annoyed.

Eddy noticed his annoyance "Whats with you?" he asked somewhat annoyed himself, due to Double Dee having been in a lousy mood for a month. All he does anymore is hide in his garage and work on some dumb secret project he kept hidden.

"I was at a crucial point in my project before you decided to deafen everyone in a 5-mile radius Eddy!" Double Dee still upset about his talk with Twilight getting interrupted replied.

"Come on Double Dee all you do anymore is hang out in your garage and work on that project of yours that you won't talk to us about, we just want to hang out with our friend," Ed spoke up.

Double Dee sighed feeling bad about ignoring his friends, he wished he could tell them the truth about what he's doing, but it just wasn't time yet.

"I'm sorry Ed, I don't mean to ignore you guys it's just vital what I'm working on." Double Dee said

Eddy then sighed and said, "Well I got money from my parents and thought we could go to the candy store and get some jawbreakers, you wanna come?"

Double Dee smiled and said, "Well I suppose a break is necessary shall we gentlemen?"

Eddy smiled, and the three of them left on their way to the candy shop.

"So haven't seen Johnny around lately, is he still grounded?" Double Dee asked.

Johnny was once something of a friend of theirs, a strange but friendly young man who people outside the Culdesac knew mainly cause of his habit of talking to a board of wood. He was one of the few people who was consistently friendly to the Eds. That changed the day that circus scam went awry, Johnny like everyone else wanted revenge against the Eds, but by the time he caught up to them the Eds and other kids had made up, so he ended up being beaten up and blamed for the damage to the neighboorhood.

Eddy chuckled and said, "Nah melonhead's still on lockdown in his room."

Double Dee grimaced at that feeling slightly guilty. He hadn't told Twilight about it, worried she'd be disgusted with him letting Johnny take the blame for what he and the Eds did.

"Maybe we should go see how Johnny's doing; it might cheer him up." Double Dee suggested

"WHAT!?!" Eddy said "Are you kidding?! I was worried about the guy when he liked us, and you expect us to walk into that freaking madhouse when he probably wants to kill us!?!"
Double Dee was somewhat annoyed that Eddy was too scared to make amends with Johnny but silently agreed that they should probably wait till Johnny's less angry at them.

"I guess you're right it's probably not the right time to apologize to him."

The three of them went on their way not knowing someone was watching them. The shadow had heard everything they said and decided that this Johnny was perfect for its plans.
It floated through the Culdesac trying to find powerful feelings of anger and bitterness. Eventually, it found the right house. And it looked inside saw a young boy with a large bald head wearing a white shirt and sandals. It smiled and began to seep into the window.

It had been a month since the Mondo a GoGo incident, and he still had two before his grounding was over. It made Johnny so mad, him and plank betrayed by everyone they viewed as friends so that the Eds would stay out of trouble. It was unfair he had no idea everyone made up but all the same he gets beaten abandoned and blamed for Eddy's stupid scam.

The worst part was he hadn't heard plank since then; the board just sat there staring at him with its painted on eyes. He missed Plank he was his best friend for years, and now even he left him.
"Unfair isn't it?" an unfamilar voice said

Johnny looked around startled by the voice "Whos there?"

A cold chuckle emerged from the shadows surrounding him, and the voice spoke again "I am someone who knows how it feels to be hated locked away and then screwed over by a crybaby, an arrogant jock, a farmer, a know it all, a diva, and a nutcase."

Johnny still scared asked, "What do you want?"

"To help you, my friend."It replied

"H-H_help me how?" Johnny asked stammering out of fear.

"I can give you the power to take revenge on your former friends, and make sure that you will never be treated like a freak again. All I ask in return is your aide in helping me get my payback on that pesky little Twilight Sparkle and her meddlesome friends."
Johnny then stopped being afraid and instead got curious at the idea of revenge. With the voices, help could get rid of the Eds and make all the neighborhood kids fearful of him that he wanted to know more.
He asked the voice
"What kind of power?"

The voice then replied " If you want to find out you have to agree to my deal. So what do you say?" a shadow shaped stretched out to Johnny.

Johnny thought about it all the times he was abused insulted and treated like crap even before Mondo a Go-Go. He smiled deviously at the thought of giving the other kids what they deserve and decided.

"You got a deal," Johnny said before shaking the shadows hand he then asked "what do I call you? by the way."

"For now just call me Shadow." the voice said its evil smile almost audible as it let a sinister laugh.

Author's Note

sorry that ponies weren't in this chapter there will be more of them next chapter