The eds were walking through Ponyville as they were talking about something to do. "I hear this town has a local paper, how about we try bringing back Bobby Blabby?" Eddy suggested.
"Eddy, have you not learned from the last time we tried anything from the press?" Double D asked, "You cost me a magnificent microscope, and you had to knit Peach Creek the world's biggest doily. Besides as much as I hate the field, I feel like the tabloid business has run it's course."
Eddy gave an aggravated sigh as he knew what was returning to him, "That's it, I've ran out of scam ideas again!"
"Why not buy someone to help us?" Ed suggested.
"Once again, Ed has a good idea." Double D suggested, "We could ask some of the locals to help us in one of our endeavors."
"At this point, what do I have to lose?" Eddy sighed.
Later on in the day the trio were hanging around a stand with a sign saying 'you think it, we buy it'. "Eddy's Stumped, hasn't a clue; give us some help and we'll pay you!" Ed chanted as he rang a bell in hope to draw ponies into the idea, unfortunately no one was taking.
"This is hopeless!" Eddy shouted, "no one is gonna help us!" It all seemed hopeless until he heard the voices of three young fillies.
"Excuse me misters, are y'all still looking for ponies to help you with ideas?" The yellow earth pony asked.
Before Eddy could jump into the situation Double D got down to the fillies eye level, "Do you three have any experience in coming up with ideas and executing them?"
"We did manage to get a hold of a zip line once." The orange Pegasus said, "Though we didn't get the sling shot."
The white unicorn was about to list one of their other ventures before Eddy cut her off, "Stop digging, you three already struck oil!" Eddy exclaimed, "You're hired!"
The three ponies all jumped up in joy, "Yeah, Cuite Mark Crusader Idea Helpers!"
After the two groups got to know each other they were going over some potential ideas, "Have you guys thought on making a life sized paper Mache dragon?" Scootaloo asked.
"We didn't even get past making the legs." Double D replied, "Then again Ed's sister was clingy to me that day."
Sweetie Belle was soon struck with the idea hammer, "Why don't we make an amusement park?"
The entire group smiled with glee as they all thought the idea was gold, "Great idea kid!" Eddy said, "Ed get the cardboard and tape, Applebloom get me some paints." Eddy was a bolt of energy now as ideas were just flooding in now as he had the scam that could turn his luck around.
The Next Day
The following day many fillies and colts congregated around a giant gate hastily made of cardboard, tape, and crayon. "Howdy kids!" Eddy exclaimed as he busted through the gate, he was dressed much like an underwater king, if the king had been dumpster diving, "I'm King Triton, Welcome to Ed's Sea Adventure land!" The ponies were all a tad confused as Eddy asked them all if they were ready for adventure.
Many of the ponies were quickly surprised when they saw a strange creature; Ed dressed up in a burlap sack and moth eaten hat, "Ahoy Landlubbers, I am Barnacle Ed. For one measly bit, jump on my back, and ride a barnacle!" Ed mouthed as he tipped his hat off showing a tape recorder on top of his head, but at that point the kids didn't care. Many of them jumped on Ed's back and rode him like a bucking bronco. "Barnacle!" Ed shouted with pure joy as he flung the kids into a pile of sponges, he quickly joined in as he too wanted the joy of sponges.
"This is going so well!" Double D exclaimed as he crunched the numbers on a abacus, "By the end of the day we're going to be swimming in bits!"
The Cutie Mark Crusaders were also ecstatic over the news, "Well glad we could help y'all with your little problem." Apple bloom responded with a sense of pride and joy.
"This is all great and all, but when do we get our cut of the-" Scootaloo asked before being cut off by Sweetie Belle's hoof, this lead to muttering amongst the fillies.
Realizing the Pegasus was right, Double D quickly made his way towards Eddy, who was about to start the carousel of furniture, "Eddy I think we should start on finding the CMC's payment for the help on the scam."
"Yeah yeah, in a minute sock head." Eddy replied as he got on top of the ride, "Hey Ed, help push this bad boy!"
"The barnacle is busy Eddy!" Ed replied as he rolled around in the sponges.
"If you give the ride a push, then I'll pet the barnacle!" Eddy shouted; with little warning Ed jumped from his slice of paradise and began to push the ride. As the ride spun around, every rotation made the ride become unstable and out of control. The rope holding Eddy's chair snaps and upon another rotation the chair is flung high into the air. "WE'RE GONNA BE RICH!" Eddy's voice echoed through the sky as he was taking to the skies before the sound of the chair crashing was heard in the distance.
"Oh dear, Eddy!" Double D exclaimed, "You girls manage the amusement park and we'll discuss the payment later." With that Double D rushed in the general direction of where the chair was flung off to. After what felt like hours, Double D found the chair lodged in Twilight's home.
"Holy Cow!" Eddy exclaimed as he popped out of the leaves of the tree, "We got some serious mileage on this bad boy, didn't we?"
Twilight soon trotted out of the tree to where Double D was to see what had caused the shaking of the tree, "Eddy, how in Celestia's name did you get your self up there?!" She asked, utterly confused.
"The best theme park ride ever!" Eddy exclaimed; before he could say anything else, Eddy and the chair were quickly grabbed by a purple magical aura bringing them down to the ground.
Twilight sighed in irritation of Eddy's escapade, "Look, I don't really care about what you're doing, just try and keep it from damaging anypony's home. The last thing anyone wants to deal with is airborne furniture wreaking havoc."
"I am terribly sorry Twilight." Double D said before Eddy could say a word, "It wont happen again."
"Why did you stop me from telling Twilight anything?" Eddy asked Double D as they carried the chair all the way back to the theme park.
"I was just worried that you were going to tell her something rude." Double D replied, "You aren't known for being tactful in those sorta things."
"I may not be subtle, but I was gonna say sorry." Eddy responded, "You gotta trust me in these things sometimes."
"After all that has happened, sometimes I have second thoughts." The silence was unbearable, luckily they had made it to the theme park and the CMC were taking a ride on Barnacle Ed.
"Glad to see you guys are alright!" Apple Bloom said as she jumped off the ride.
"Right, and I was gonna give ya the cut of the dough." Eddy said, "Sock head, the numbers please."
Double D handed Eddy a piece of paper that simply read '50% of 24'. "Fifty?!" Eddy Exclaimed, "That's almost half, I thought we were gonna be swimming in cash by now!"
"Yeah well after the fiasco of the carousel, many of the kids were getting bored of the Barnacle Ed ride." Scootaloo said, "Plus I think we should've added more than just two attractions."
Eddy was obviously blinded by greed and the promise of a successful scam that he did not think of more than just two attractions, "Well at least you girls helped me outta my funk." With that Eddy handed the girls their cut of the profit and watched the trio run off. "Ya know what's funny guys?" Eddy asked his friends, "They sorta remind me of us." The trio were all thinking about the idea until Ed was reminded of Eddy's promise.
"Pet me now Eddy!" Ed shouted wrapping Eddy in his arms, Eddy had no real choice but to pet the barnacle.