Authors note: Seeing as how all of my Loud House stories are linked, I've decided to start uploading them all into one story, let me know if you think that this is a good idea or not.
It started off as a typical Saturday morning, Lincoln was sitting at the dining table enjoying a bowl of his favourite cereal 'Aw, Nuts' while also reading a comic book. Just as he was about to get to the good part he heard his sisters coming "hey, you guys! Don't forget my golf tournament's this afternoon" Lori said before Lincoln ducked under the table to avoid them "you're all going to be there to support me, right?" she questioned with the rest of her sisters agreeing that they would
"and after that, you're all coming to my charity fashion show, right?" Leni said
"and after that, don't forget my grave-digging competition" Lucy added with their sisters all agreeing.
while they were distracted, Lincoln crawled out from under the table only come across Lily "Inkin'!" she said with her arms extended "shh!" Lincoln hushed before he noticed her bottle on the top of the fridge, putting her on Lana's skateboard; he pushed it forward making it collide with the fridge causing the bottle to drop right into her hands letting her drink the contents from it.
Lincoln then escapes to the living room without his sisters seeing him and sighs with relief, clearing his throat, he to the viewers "I know what you're thinking. 'Lincoln, why are you trying to get out of your sisters' activities?' Well, you don't know my life. With ten sisters, my calendar's booked everyday with stuff. I'm supposed to go to rodeos, pageants, open mic nights...once in a while, a guy just needs some time to himself." He said before Lynn popped up in front of him.
"Hey, Lincoln! You're coming to my softball game today, right?" she asked
"Dang it. Should've done a head count." Turns to Lynn "Actually, Lynn, I've got some important business to attend to. Like Ace Savvy VS the Card Shark." He said while holding out his comic
"lame. My team has won our last six games, and you're the only member of this family who hasn't come out to support me."
"that's because I was supporting six other sisters at their things. Sorry, Lynn, I just can't do it today."
Lynn smirked while holding her bat threateningly "sure you won't reconsider?"
Lincoln looked at the bat and the corners of his lips curled "do it"
Lynn's smirk faded "what?"
"go ahead and hit me to make me go"
she then reared her bat back "last chance Stinklin" but the look on Lincoln's face didn't change "…dang it! You called my bluff" she said while lowering her bat "please come to my game, I really want you to be there to see us win for our seventh time in a row"
Lincoln sighed "fine, but only because you finally asked nicely"
"thanks Linc" she said and she gave him a quick hug before running off.
Looks to the viewer "the things I do for love"
At the softball park Lincoln now had a bored look on his face as he sat in the bleachers with his family "they'd better win" he muttered in a board tone before he saw the team mascot come out onto the field and did a somersault. "LET'S DO THIS!" the mascot shouted "man I'd hate to be the guy in that suit" Lincoln said before turning his attention back to the game.
"Well, it's a beautiful day at the park. Isn't it, Pep?" the softball announcer said enthusiastically while his partner replied in the most unenthusiastic tone possible "Oh, sure it is."
"It's the bottom of the ninth with the Royal Woods Squirrels up 3-nothing. Could this be another shutout for star pitcher Lynn Loud?" the crowd cheered for Lynn as she stepped up to the pitchers mound. she waved to the people and her family as they all began rooting for her. She then started doing some things to prepare for her pitch.
Lincoln leaned over to Luan "uh Luan, what's she doing?" he asked
Luan took the straw out of mouth "she's doing her good luck rituals, personally I think she just looks stupid doing them" she replied
"I couldn't agree more" they then fist bumped and went back to focusing on the game.
One terrible game later
Lynn was looking down at the ground sadly as she made her way to the van, she then felt someone comfortingly wrap an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into a side hug "hey chin up sis. You'll beat them next time" Lincoln said, realising who it was she yelped and hid behind a dumpster "hey"
she peered from behind the dumpster while holding a rotten banana peel "stay back! You're bad luck!" and she tossed it at Lincoln.
"What are you talking about?"
"My team has been dominating all season, then the one time you show up, we lose!"
"That's ridiculous. I'm not bad luck."
"Yeah-huh, you are! Which is why I'm banning you from all future games. Now scram! I have to make things right with the softball gods." She then began doing her Cossack dance again "Hutta-hut! Hutta-hut! Hutta-hut!"
"there's no such thing as softball gods you dunce!" he called out before turning around and headed back to the van. Looks to the viewers "well on the bright side I don't have to go to any more of her games so I get some more me time"
The next day
Lincoln was once again sitting at the dining room table eating more Aw, Nuts and reading his comic when Leni walked in with her hair all curled "Lincoln! Are you coming to my charity fashion show? It's for a great cause: oysters without pearls" she asked before Lynn entered
"Leni! No! He'll ruin your fashion show just like he ruined my winning streak! HE'S BAD LUCK!" she declared
Lincoln rolled his eyes "oh, come on, Lynn! That is absolutely...true" looks to the viewers "I think I may be onto something here" he then turned back to Leni "Leni, I'd love to go to your fashion show, but I'd hate for my bad luck to make you trip, or jam a zipper, or break a heel..."
Leni gasped "The horror! Maybe you should sit this one out."
"I'll be there in spirit."
Lincoln had just turned on the TV to watch his favourite show ARRGH! When Lana pounced on him which resulted in him getting hogtied "hey, Linc, you coming to my alligator-wrestling match?" she asked before she was pulled away by Leni "don't invite Lincoln! He could make your alligator trip, or jam its zipper, or break a heel!" she said in a paranoid tone
"What?" Lana asked
"he's bad luck" they turned to Lincoln
"I can't deny it"
"uh...maybe you shouldn't come after all. I'm wrestlin' my first 200-pounder, and I can't take any chances." She then pats his foot and begins to walk away
"eh hem, Lana"
"oops sorry Lincoln" she said as she untied him
"it's fine, nice tying by the way I think that'll hold any gator"
"really! So you think I can win!?"
"yeah, but just be careful, I don't want to have to start calling you stumpy" the two then laughed and Lana left the room "hmm lets see Lynn, Leni, and now Lana, maybe I should see how far I can take this "bad luck" nonsense" he said to himself.
Walking upstairs to see if anyone else would buy this bad luck thing he heard a "oh crud!" from Luna and Luan's room, peeking in he saw Luna looking very worried while holding up Mr. Coconuts in one hand and his eyes and mouth in the other "oh man when Luan finds out about this she's going to use my eyes and jaw to replace them!" she said while panicking.
"hey Luna what happened" he asked as he stepped in
"I was just listening and dancing to my favourite song when I stepped on Mr. Coconuts head, breaking it, Luan's going to kill me"
"oh Mr. Coconuts, have I just thought of a great act for you" Luan called out as quickly made her way to her room. Just as she started to enter the room Lincoln snatched Mr. Coconuts as well as his loose parts out of Luna's hands, entering, Luan gasped as she saw the state her beloved dummy was in "Mr. Coconuts! What happened to him!?" she asked
"I was just jamming with Luna when I stepped on him, guess my bad luck is just getting worse" Lincoln explained
"get out! And take all of your bad luck with you!" Luan shouted before shoving him out the door and slamming it shut.
It opened again as Luna exited her room, closing the door behind her. "dude, why did you do that? And why did you claim that you were bad luck?" Luna asked
"well two reasons, one; I didn't want Luan to turn you into a pile of mush for what you did and second (motions for her to come forward and whispers to her) I'm playing up this bad luck crud so I can get more me time"
"dude, if you want more time to yourself you should just ask"
"do you really think the others would let me miss their things just so I can have some free time?" he asked sceptically
"of course we would"
"Lincoln you'd better come to my golf tournament or else!" Lori called out
"…okay I see your point, just don't break anything on purpose to play up this bad luck thing"
"do you believe in bad luck?"
"I believe that a person can be unlucky from time to time, but I don't believe that a person or object causes bad luck"
"same, thank god we're not superstitious like a certain meathead we know" the two then gave a slight chuckle/giggle before going their separate ways.
For the next half hour Lincoln began telling the rest of his sisters how his bad luck could effect their things, he told Lola that he could make her lose her beauty pageant, which made her hurl things at him to get him away. He had gone to Luan to tell her about how his bad luck could affect her but due to the event earlier the second he had entered her room she immediately told him that he was banned from ever attending anything of hers and was given a pie to the face. After telling Lucy that his bad luck could cause her or one of the judges to fall into her grave and badly hurt themselves, which she replied with "I may enjoy death but I don't plan on going to the afterlife anytime soon, please don't come to my grave-digging competition"
he came across Lisa "Pshaw" Lisa scoffed "there's no such thing as bad luck. There's only science. All else is hooey." She said as Lori came up to them with her golf clubs
"Lisa literally has a point. You're coming to my tournament, Lincoln. This family supports each other."
Lincoln sighed "fine"
"glad to hear it, now hold these I need to text my boo-boo bear to see when he'll be there" she then tossed her clubs at Lincoln, unfortunately Lincoln had been caught off guard by this action and stumbled back before falling down the stairs.
He landed on the floor at the bottom of the stairs with a loud thud, there was a pause before he got back onto his feet "huh that didn't hurt as much as I-gah!"
"out of the way twerp" Lori said as she knocked him out of the way and observed her golf clubs finding that the ends of nearly all of them were bent "my clubs! You are bad luck! You are literally uninvited to my tournament." Lori stated
'yeah no 'are you okay Lincoln'' he thought with a slight annoyed look, Lisa just shook her head at the false accusations of her brother being bad luck and walked away while Lincoln got to his feet and headed to the kitchen to get a snack.
As he entered the kitchen he saw Lana looking really worried "hey Lana what's the matter?"
"I accidentally broke several of Lola's favourite tea set" she replied
"how did you do that?"
"well…"
Flashback
Lana in practicing her rope tricks in her room by lassoing stuffed animals, lassoing a stuffed elephant she swung it around making it hit Lola's tea set, making it shatter as it was sent flying into a wall "uh oh"
Flashback end
"well that was a stupid thing to do" Lincoln stated
"WHO BROKE MY TEA SET!" Lola's screeched making everyone in the house gulp "LANA, WHERE ARE YOU!" Lana began shaking
"don't worry I'll handle it" Lincoln said as stomping was heard until Lola appeared in the door way of the kitchen "YOU!"
"Lola, before you go blaming Lana for anything, I was the one who broke your tea set" Lincoln said
"what?"
"I saw that was a bit dirty so I went to clean it, but unfortunately thanks to my bad luck, I kept dropping them causing your tea set to break on the table" Lola was about to tear her brother a new one when he added "if you get too close to me my bad luck will start to rub off on you"
this made Lola stop and back away "I don't want to be a curse like you!" and she ran off.
"uh Lincoln"
"yeah?"
"why did you just take the blame for me?"
"well two reasons, one; I didn't want Lola to gut you like a fish for what you did and second (leans closer and whispers to her) I'm playing up this bad luck stuff so I can get more me time"
"so you're not bad luck?" shakes his head "bro, if you want more time to yourself you should just ask us"
"do you really think the others would let me miss their things just so I can have some free time?" he asked skeptically
"well you've got a point there, it's fine with me if you want to miss an event or two, heck sometimes I feel the same way" the two then hug
"just try and keep the truth of this bad luck stuff a secret" Lana zipped her lips shut and threw away the key.
A honking was then heard "ooo that must be my ride, my friend is taking me there early"
"okay, have fun and remember to be careful" Lana gave him a thumbs up and left.
About another 5 minutes later a loud honk as well as the sound of rock music was heard "that's my ride!" Lincoln heard Luna say
"have fun sweetheart"
"will do mum" Luna replied which was followed by the front door slamming shut. No sooner had she left that the rest of the family gathered together and left in Vanzilla, leaving Lincoln all by himself "I gotta say, being bad luck turned out to be pretty good" he said to himself and he began to enjoy his newly found me time.
In Vanzilla
"so girls any reason why you didn't want Lincoln to come to your events today?" Rita asked
"because he's bad luck!" Lynn stated
"are you still going on with that junior? Theres no such thing as bad luck" Lynn Sr. replied
"yes it is, he made me lose my game" Lynn said
"his bad luck broke Mr. Coconuts" Luan added
"his bad luck broke my tea set!" Lola added
"and his bad luck broke my golf clubs" Lori finished
"he's faking it" Lisa said flatly "what?!" the sisters said in union "it's clearly obvious that he broke your stuff on purpose, well except for Lori's, and then simply blamed it on his alleged bad luck that Lynn keeps persisting that he has. By the way, Lynn I reviewed that last game of yours and the reason you lost was due to a number of factors including wind current, your pitching style, there way to counter your pitching style, and your frustration played a large roll near the end, ergo you were bound to lose whether bad luck was involved or not"
"you can't argue with the genius of the family Lynn" Lori stated which made Lynn frown as she began thinking over the whole concept of luck as best she could.
Luan now had a scowl on her face "when I get home I'm going to tear Lincoln a new one for what he did to Mr. Coconuts" she stated
"no you won't Luan, your father and I will deal with Lincoln when we get home" Rita said firmly
"how about instead of punishing him with a grounding or whatever you plan on doing, we play a prank on him to make sure that he never lies to get out of stuff again" Lola suggested
"what kind of prank?" Lynn Sr. asked with a questioning tone. Lola got a huge mischievous grin on her face and told them her plan which they all agreed to.
The next day
Lincoln came down the stairs having just woken up and was surprised to find his breakfast was out on the coffee table in the living room "what the? Why is my breakfast on the coffee table?" he questioned as his mum walked past
"oh, sorry, sweetheart, but would you mind eating breakfast in the living room today?" she said before walking out the door
"I've got a big presentation and your mother's got back-to-back root canal patients. We-we can't risk your bad luck spreading to us." Lynn Sr. added. Lincoln just gave a shrug and sat down on the couch and poured his cereal, he then picked up his game controller and started to play
"just another perk of the bad luck life. Now I can play video games while I eat."
Lola, Lori and Luan were watching him from the top of the stairs "rats, we may have to kick this up a notch" Lori said with Lola and Luan agreeing while Lynn Sr. who had seen and heard Lincoln was thinking the same thing.
Later
It was now night time and the family is getting ready to see a movie "Come on, kids! The movie starts in half an hour!" Rita called out, the girls all came down now super excited to see it.
"Dibs on holding the popcorn!" Lincoln stated, Lynn then screamed and leapt out of the house in fear
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Not so fast, son. I wish you could come, but with your bad luck, who knows what could go wrong?" Lynn Sr. stated
"the movie could sell out!"
"I could get stuck behind some lady with a beehive!"
"someone could get scalded with molten butter!" Lola, Luan, Lisa exclaimed respectively.
Lynn Sr. gasped "I didn't even think of that one! Sorry, kiddo."
"ah no problem. The only good movie out currently is the new Ace Savvy movie and I've seen it 3 times already. You guys have fun I'll be fine here on my own" there was a moment of silence which was broken by the sound of vanzilla's horn and Lynn shouting "come on, we'll miss the movie!"
"what the?" pats his pockets "how did she get my keys" he questioned before looking back at Lincoln "well okay then, bye son" and the group left with most of them thinking 'dang it'
A short while after everyone returned home from the movies they all got ready for bed with Lincoln being the last to use the bathroom, once he was done he headed back to his room only to see that his door was now boarded up and bound with hazard tape with a note on it.
"sorry, Lincoln, but you can't sleep here tonight. We can't just risk it?" he said while reading the note before turning around "are you kidding me?" he exclaimed with his sisters (sans Luna, Lana, and Lily) shouting "NO!" before slamming their doors shut. Lincoln gave a sigh and rolled his eyes before heading down stairs. Grabbing a pillow and blanket from the linen closet he made his way to the lounge room and lay down on the couch which he found surprisingly comfy to lie down on rather than sit and within minutes he was out like a light.
Upstairs however, Luna was lying in bed fuming, not letting Lincoln come to the movies with them was one thing but locking him out of his room was a big no-no for her, she as well as Lana had protested against it but with it being 7 on 2 they were out voted. "are you still mad about what we did to Lincoln?" Luan asked
"what do you think?" Luna said through clenched teeth
"well as soon as he stops being bad luck, he can sleep back in his room"
"and when do you think that'll be?"
"as soon as he chooses to stop being bad luck"
Luna gave a growl before rolling over in her bed so she was facing away from her comedic sister
Lynn Sr. woke up and saw that his son was sleeping peacefully on the couch "hopefully sleeping on the couch will make him fess up" he said quietly before he headed to the kitchen to start making breakfast for everyone. Lincoln woke up when his father called out "kids, breakfast!" looking he saw his cereal placed in front of him again pouring his cereal he turned on the tv and began watching cartoons.
He was joined a few minutes later by Lana and Luna "hey Linc, mind if we join you?" Lana asked
"not at all" he replied and they sat down beside him
"so you were forced to sleep on the couch huh?" Luna questioned with annoyance clearly in her voice
"yeah, you'd think that would be bad, but surprisingly it was extremely comfortable, much better than my mattress"
"really?" the two girls questioned
"yeah, my mattress feels like a sack of rocks in comparison" the three laughed "so far I really haven't seen any down sides to being bad luck"
"hey what are you two doing?" they turned and saw Lynn at the bottom of the stairs "if you guys stay around him his bad luck will wear off on you too!" Lynn exclaimed.
Luna and Lana looked at each other and frowned before turning back to their sporty/superstitious sister "so be it" they replied and went back to watching cartoons with their brother.
Lynn entered the dinning room and found out that her family had been eavesdropping on the conversations that had just occurred "okay we're calling him out on it" Rita said
"nah I have something else in mind" Lola said with a wicked grin on her face.
Later
After a long boring day at school Lincoln was walking home with Clyde "so you aren't worried that this bad luck thing will get out of hand?" Clyde asked
"nah, besides even if they do I'll have Luna and Lana by my side" Lincoln replied
"are you sure? Because you do know what your family is like. They might do something worse than keeping you out of your room"
"pfft what are they going to do? lock me out of the house and make me sleep in the backyard like an animal"
"yeah you're right, well this is my street, later buddy"
"later pal" and the two fist bumped and went off in different directions.
Knowing that his sisters would be home now, he walked up and tried turning the knob only to find that the door was locked, reaching into his bag to get his spare house key, he found that its was missing "dang it" he said before he rang the door bell there was a pause before the mail slot opened up "sorry Lincoln, but we don't want to risk your bad luck wrecking the house…any further" Lola said
a window then opened up and Lori stuck her head out "she's right twerp, we are literally all in grave danger if you continue to stay in here" she said with other's agreeing from the other windows before they all closed the curtains "so you're gonna have to-hey what are you doing put me down" Lola said before the door was unlocked and opened up to reveal a frowning Luna holding a flailing Lola
"thanks Luna"
"no problem bro" she replied as he walked in, she then closed the door and put Lola down only for her to kick her in the shin "ouch! Why you little brat!"
"I've got a lot of dirt on you, so touch me and I'll spill it" Lola said with a smug look she then turned around to head to the lounge room only to be booted up the butt by Lincoln, knocking her off her feet
"I have wanted to do that for so long" Lincoln said
"nice bro" Luna praised and the two fist bumped. The others had seen this and were using every scrap of will power they had to not laugh but unfortunately a few snickers and giggles made their way out.
"When mom and dad get home you are going to be in so much trouble" Lola said in a threatening tone while trying to hold back tears
"yeah and we can tell them that you ALL tried to lock him out of the house!" Lana said as she came up to them. Lola grumbled and walked off while everyone else went back to what they were doing, with Lincoln heading to the lounge room to start on his homework.
it was now nighttime and Lincoln was outside leaning against the tree in their back yard "I just don't believe it" he muttered to himself recalling what had happened about 15 minutes ago…
Flashback
Lincoln was stunned as he was now on the porch looking up at his mum and dad, he had been about to sleep on the couch again when they had stopped him and had guided him to the kitchen before pushing him out the back door "you can not be serious?"
"sorry son but we just can't risk you being in the house any more your bad luck might make the house catch fire or even fall down" Lynn Sr. said
"sorry sweetheart, but it's for the best" Rita said before they closed the door on him but thankfully left the porch light on.
Flashback end
"okay tomorrow I'll tell them the truth, though I'll still take the blame for Luna and Lana" he said as he looked up at the starry sky, what he didn't know however was that everyone was going to take it in turns watching over him during the night to make sure nothing bad happened to him.
Inside however Luna was fuming "okay this has gone way too far, locking him out of the house at night, that is messed up to the max!" Luna exclaimed
"look Luna he'll be fine, we're-"
"no I don't want to hear it" Luna snapped, cutting off Luan "if he has to sleep outside then I'm sleeping outside too" she said and left in a huff
"what is her deal lately, she knows that this is all just a prank to get him to tell the truth" Luan said with a questioning look on her face.
Luna was now downstairs grabbing some camping equipment while grumbling curses about her family "hey Luna?" she turned around and saw Lana "I heard what you said and I'm with you 100%, if Lincoln has to sleep outside then then so am I" Luna smiled
"he's lucky to have two sisters like us" she said
"and we're lucky to have a brother like him" Lana replied and she helped her sister with the camping equipment.
Outside
Lincoln sighed before giving a small chuckle "it's kinda funny how nearly everything I do blows up in my face" he then heard the back door open and he saw Luna and Lana exit with camping gear "hey guys, what's up?" he asked
"we didn't feel like sleeping in a house full of jerks so we decided to come sleep out here with you until they stop believing that you're bad luck" Lana explained
"you guys are just too much" he said and he wiped a tear away "I'm gonna tell them that I'm not bad luck tomorrow and that I made it all up, but I'm still taking the blame for the things you broke by mistake" the two then hugged their bother and he hugged them back. Once they let go of the embrace they started setting up the tent, soon the three of them were in the large tent snuggled up in their sleeping bags "night guys" "night Lincoln" the two girls replied and soon fell asleep
Lisa watched the tent from inside the house with a curious look on her face "I find it really strange at how defensive those two are acting about this prank but have yet to tell Lincoln about it, it's almost like…" her eyes then widened as she realised something "they weren't with us when we thought up this prank. So for all they know they think that we really believe in this bad luck nonsense…I could inform them and everyone else about this information or I could say nothing and continue to let this play out…hmm I think I'll chose the latter due to it being more interesting" she said to herself as she continued observing the tent.
the next morning, the three kids exited the tent and gave a stretch "good thing you guys brought the tent otherwise the squirrels in the neighbourhood would have stuffed acorns in our mouths and clothes" Lincoln said
"most likely, well lets go get some breakfast, I'm starving" Luna said
"same here" Lana and Lincoln replied, the three then went up to the back door only to find that it's locked.
"uh hey guys? I think you accidentally locked us out" three bowls of cereal were shoved through the doggy door "you've got to be kidding me" the three of them said in union
"don't worry guys, I'm on it" Lana said before she went through the doggy door only to be shoved back out "hey!" she said the doggie door then opened up to reveal Lola's face
"sorry but you two have been around Lincoln too long so his bad luck has probably rubbed off on you now, and we can't risk having you two in the house anymore" she replied before closing it and locking it shut.
"well this sucks" Luna said as she Lincoln and Lana ate their breakfast on the porch
"I'll tell those superstitious boneheads the truth when they leave" Lincoln said bitterly
"and if they don't buy it and leave without us we can just stay home for the day" Lana said a little too enthusiastically
"can't argue with that logic" Luna said with Lincoln agreeing. Inside the kitchen however the parents were feeling really guilty for involving two of their daughters in this prank but they knew that if getting his sisters kicked out as well didn't get him to tell the truth then they'd call him out on it
After putting on some clean clothes that were conveniently hanging on the old clothes line the three kids waited out the front for everyone. They waited for about 20 minutes until they all came out in a huge group "guys I have a confession to make, contrary to popular belief, I am not bad luck. I just let you guys believe that so I could get out of doing your stuff. It was really selfish thing to do. We all need to support each other. I'm really sorry" Lincoln said
"I also have a confession to make. Lincoln didn't break Mr. Coconuts, I did. I stepped on him by mistake and Lincoln took the blame for me" Luna confessed
"also Lincoln didn't break your tea set Lola I did, he also took the blame for me" Lana confessed as well.
Lynn Sr. was about to reply when his successor beat him to it "if you're not bad luck, then how come after I banned you, my team won our doubleheader, and now, we're going to the playoffs? Huh?"
Lincoln was left a bit speechless by that "and they're just covering for you to make you seem like you're not bad luck at all so they can come back in" and as if on impulse everyone clamoured in agreement with Lynn.
"Sorry kids but we have to agree with Lynn on this!" Lynn Sr. stated
"sorry sweethearts" Rita said
"Lynn's right, you're bad luck!" Leni said
"come on were all going to be late" Lori said the group then all hopped in vanzilla and drove off leaving the three stunned kids behind
"well that didn't end well" Lincoln said
"they do realise that all of our stuff is inside right?" Lana questioned
"apparently not" Luna said through clenched teeth.
Lana looked at Lincoln and saw that he was beginning to cry "bro what's the matter?" she asked getting Luna's attention
"I'm so sorry girls, if I hadn't have lied about this whole bad luck thing you wouldn't be banished from the house like I am"
"hey, hey it's okay Linc, I'm sure they'll get over this whole bad luck thing in a day and let us back into the house" Luna said as she hugged him
"you think?" he asked Luna nodded
"lets go see if they unlocked the doggie door" Lana suggested before she headed back around the back with Lincoln and Luna following.
In Vanzilla
Lola and Luan were seething in anger "so Lana broke my tea set?! I'm gonna get her pillow and ram it down her throat" Lola said
"now hold on Lola, seeing as how Lana and Luna didn't confess about what they had done, and they're now involved in the prank I say we consider them bad luck as well, and treat them the way we're treating Lincoln" Luan said with a smirk
"now girls they did confess, so this should be it" Rita said
"do you really want Luna and Lana lying all the time and let other's take the blame for what they've done?" Lola questioned
"I don't want any of you lying" Lynn Sr. stated
"then let the prank go on a bit longer to really teach them a lesson" Luan said
there was a long pause before "fine we'll make the prank go on for just a bit longer" Lynn Sr. said making the girls grin with Luan and Lola grinning the most.
Back at the Loud house
The three kids had found out that the doggie door was still locked "dang it!" they said in union
"well we can't go to school without socks, shoes, or our books" Lincoln stated
"I'm fine with that" Lana said
"wait isn't there a spare key under the front door mat?" Luna questioned. Checking there was indeed a spare key which they used to get into the house, grabbing their stuff as well as unlocking the doggie door the group left the house, placing the key back under the mat the group left and headed for their schools. Due to walking they had arrived at their respective schools about an hour late, which they had all gotten in trouble for, and they had to stay back after school due to how bad their excuse for being late was.
After being let out of detention Luna chose to head home on foot due to not wanting to be in the same van with the people who had left her and her siblings at home. As Luna turned the corner to get on her street she stopped for a moment as she saw a truck parked out the front of her house, which drove away after she had only taken 3 steps towards her house "strange, maybe they had something delivered to our house today" she said and continued heading home.
Once she reached home she entered the house using her key, as soon as she entered everyone who saw her stopped what they were doing "what are you, doing in here?" Lori said
"yeah you're just as bad luck as Lincoln" Lynn said
"get out before we all die!" Lola shouted
"…I don't have time for this kind of crap" Luna said in a monotone that could put Lucy's to shame, before she headed up to her room.
There was a pause before they all heard her shout "what happened to my stuff!" Luna saw that her drums were gone, her beanbag was gone, as well as her clothes, her posters, her record player, her other instruments, and the top half of the bunk bed she and Luan shared had been sawn off and removed. She then raced to the top of the stairs and saw her sisters at the bottom of the stairs as well as the other end of the hallway "what happened to my stuff?!" she shouted again
"to be on the safe side and not risk anymore bad luck, we sold your all of your stuff, as well as Lana and Lincoln's stuff" Luan replied, Luna was left speechless at this.
Falling to her hands and knees tears started to fall from her eyes "didn't you guys hear us this morning, we're not bad luck, Lincoln just lied and took the blame for Lana and I. why would you do something like that to your own sibling?" she said with her head hung. All of the sisters now felt a pain of guilt rise in their chests knowing that they might have gone a tad overboard, Lisa was just about to tell Luna that it was all just a prank when the door opened to reveal Lincoln and Lana
"we're ho…" Lincoln trailed off as he saw his favourite older sister crying at the top of the stairs "what did you do to her!" he roared which actually intimidated some of the girls.
Luna looked up "they sold all of my stuff as well as yours and Lana's" she explained
"you did what?!" Lana and Lincoln shouted in union
"why the hell would you do that?!" Lincoln exclaimed
"because we didn't want to risk the possibility that your stuff was bad luck as well" Lynn explained Lincoln grit his teeth and clenched his fists "so the three of you get out before you curse any more objects" she continued, that did it.
"WE ARE NOT BAD LUCK!" Lincoln screamed and he punched Lynn so hard in the face that her nose was completely crushed flat she stumbled back in a daze before she hit the wall, but Lincoln wasn't finish he then gave her a barrage of punches straight to the face. He only stopped when he was grabbed in a master lock by Lori who was just barely able to restrain him she then dragged him out side and threw him before rushing back inside and locked the door. Lincoln gave what could only be described as a primal scream before punching the ground hard.
The door then opened and both Luna and Lana came out, slamming the door behind them, and quickly went to his sides "hey are you okay Linc?" Lana asked as she rubbed her brothers back
"kinda, you know maybe we should find somewhere else to live"
"while the idea does sound promising, where would we go?" Luna questioned
"maybe mum and dad will ground them and let us back in when they find out that they sold our stuff and gave away my pets" Lana said, having been told that last part just before they exited the house.
"Maybe…girls is it wrong that I enjoyed pounding Lynn's face?"
"no, actually I thought that was awesome" Lana replied
"same here. And who knows, maybe that pounding knocked some sense into her about us not being bad luck" Lincoln chuckled at that "we can only hope" the three then made their way to the back yard and found that their tent was thankfully still up, much to their relief.
About an hour or so later the three kids dad came out not looking very pleased "Lincoln, I heard about what you did to Lynn" he started, making Lincoln frown "and I just want to say (does a quick check behind him) "I am very proud that you finally stood up to your sister and took her down a few pegs" he then turned around and left leaving the three kids stunned.
When they recovered Lana was the first to speak "wow he's actually proud that you beat up Lynn? I thought he was going to ground you or something" she said in awe.
Lincoln looked around "and how could he possibly ground me given our current situation?" he questioned
"good point" she replied.
For the rest of the week Luna, Lana, and Lincoln had been forced to sleep outside in a tent, thankfully Clyde had allowed them to use his shower instead of having to use the hose to wash themselves. Lynn was currently furious Lincoln for what he had done to her, she now had two black eyes and a bandage across her face due to her shattered nose, and on top of that she also had to get some dental work done on several permanent teeth that he had knocked out. Throughout the week she had been mocked and teased that her nerdy younger brother had done that to her. Normally she would try to get some revenge but she thought that the Prank was a worst enough punishment.
It was now Saturday and the family were now leaving for Lynn's big softball game "okay dudes if I have to spend one more day sleeping in the back yard I'm going to snap" Luna said as she watched their so called family drive away.
"same here, but with Lynn and her stupid superstitions the family will keep thinking that we're bad luck…unless we go to her game and prove that we're not bad luck" Lincoln said
"great idea Lincoln" Lana said
"yeah, lets go to my school" Luna said
"your school?" Lincoln and Lana questioned
"yeah, I heard mum say that because of an incident with some flaming garbage early this morning they dumped it on the softball field so the games being held at my schools softball field instead" Luna explained
"okay lets go" Lincoln said, and with that the three left.
By the time they arrived they saw that the game had already started "so what should we do, just hid under the stands?" Luna asked
"yeah and then when Lynn wins we'll show ourselves and prove that we're not bad luck" Lincoln said
"yeah but what if they don't believe us and think that we just showed up" Lana said
"you're right, we need to be in plain sight while also making sure that they don't know it's us" Lincoln said.
As they thought on how to do that Lana saw Lynn's teams mascot exit a door that said 'Mascots Only' "hey guys, I have an idea" she said before walking off with her siblings following her.
"Alright folks we have the Royalwoods Squirrels team star Lynn who so far has had both the best luck as well as the worst luck due to knocking out two of the Hazeltuck Lions pitchers once with the ball and second with the bat, and what's this? It looks like the Mascots from the Rockwood Kitty's, the Concord Cougars, and the Mentone Mad Puppies have decided to join in. this day just gets weirder and weirder" the Softball announcer declared.
Luna was wearing the Rockwood Kitty's costume which looked like a chibi cat that wore a shirt almost identical to hers, she also wore an amplifier on her back like a backpack with a cord connected to the electric guitar in her hands "lets rock and roll!" she shouted and began playing the guitar, blasting everyone behind her with rock music. Lincoln was wearing the Concord Cougar's costume which looked like a cartoon cougar cat had two large C's on the stomach, he was currently play fighting with the Hazeltuck Loins mascot which also looked like a cartoon version of said animal only it had a large golden H on the stomach. And finally, Lana, who was running around on the field on all fours, was wearing the Mentone Mad Puppies costume which surprisingly looked almost like a real dog. in fact, the only way you could tell that there actually wasn't a dog in the costume was that Lana was making fake dog sounds.
Lynn noticed that most of the players were distracted by the three Mascots and used that to her advantage by being able to score 4 home runs during the game.
"Well folks its now three outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the bases are loaded. Lynn Loud steps up to the plate, but with the luck she's been having today, the Squirrels are looking at another win under their belt. Here comes the windup, the pitch." Lynn swung her bat and hit the ball causing the rest of her team to start running the remaining bases. "It's going...it's going...IT'S GONE! LYNN LOUD HITS A GRAND SLAM! SQUIRRELS WIN! SQUIRRELS WIN!" the Loud family cheered for Lynn as she made her run around the field.
Lynn finished her run and got picked up by her family in celebration of her victory, Luna Lincoln, and Lana then came up to them "um, do you mind, fur balls? This is a family moment." Lola said
"guys, it's us!" Lincoln said they then took the heads of their costumes off to reveal who they really were "we were here the whole time! This proves it. We're not bad luck." Lana said
"oh my gosh, you're right. Wow, guys, I'm really sorry" Lynn apologised
"you damn well should be, do you have any idea what we've been through the past week because you thought we were bad luck?!" Luna shouted making Lynn flinch
"well seeing as how Lynn's team won big time while you were in those suits, you must be super lucky when you wear them" Lola said
"so it would be best for everyone if you stay in them, so that we can all be lucky" Lynn said, still bitter at what Lincoln had done to her the other day, with the family agreeing with her
"what?" Luna, Lincoln, and Lana said in union.
When they returned home after celebrating Lynn's win by having pizza, Luna, Lincoln, and Lana were let back in the house on the condition that they keep the suits on at all times, however they were allowed to take them off in Lincoln's room as well as the bathroom. "Well I guess this beats living outside" Lincoln said as he ate his dinner in his room along with Luna and Lana "barely" they replied in union.
Downstairs however the ones who sit at the grown up table were discussing about their prank "okay I think that this prank has gone on for too long now" Rita said
"I agree, lets call them down" Lynn Sr. replied, he was about to call them down when Luan interrupted him "no wait!" they all looked at her
"lets keep this prank going just a bit longer, mainly to teach Luna and Lana about not owning up to their own mistakes" she explained
"shes right, who knows how many times they'll lie to get out of trouble or out of doing stuff with us" Lori said
"but they confessed about what they did" Lynn Sr. protested
"I say we make them stay in those stupid outfits for say a week and then we tell Lincoln the truth and stop involving Luna and Lana in this prank" Lynn said
"I fully agree with that!" Lola called out.
Lynn Sr. and Rita looked a bit unsure about letting this go on any further "well…maybe just a bit longer" Rita said
"we do want them to learn their lesson about lying" Lynn Sr. added
"fine, until next Saturday and then that's it" Rita said firmly with everyone else agreeing.
Luna, Lincoln, and Lana became the laughingstocks of their schools due to being forced to wear the mascot suits all the time, people mocked them, threw things at them, shoved them, they had even cried a few times as well. Lincoln was mentally kicking himself for fueling the bad luck garbage Lynn had started, if he hadn't insisted that he was bad luck his two favourite sisters wouldn't be suffering like he was, that was the thing that had gotten to him the most. "when all of this is over, I need to find some way to apologise to Luna and Lana for getting them into this mess" he said to himself sadly "but on the bright side at least I'm not stuck in a squirrel costume" he said in a slightly chipper tone.
After another week of torture the weekend finally arrived, the family had planned to tell the three kids that it was all a prank to teach them a lesson about lying just before dinner but before then they had to go to Lynn's final softball game for the season and then they were going to the beach afterwards. Due to how hot it was today the three suit wearing kids chose to stay under the stands to avoid the sun, they were now chatting amongst themselves with the heads of there suits off while having 3 drinks each "I hope they'll let us take these stupid suits off when we get to the beach otherwise we'll cook to death in these things" Luna said
"that'd show'em" Lincoln muttered but his sisters heard him and silently agreed.
They then heard a familiar voice from above "muuum they took their suit heads off" Lola whined
"cram it you little ape! don't make me have to kick your butt again!" Lincoln shouted which silenced Lola and made her focus back on the game.
"well, he certainly told her where to put it" Lynn Sr. whispered as he leaned over to his wife who couldn't help but giggle.
After a long and tiring game Lynn's team managed to win by just one point with the score being 14 to 15 "congratulations sweetie, you did it!" Rita said as Lynn was lifted up
"yeah, we won that one by just the skin of our teeth (frown's and looks at Luna, Lincoln, and Lana) but I bet the score would have been much different if three certain someone's hadn't have-"
"can it, Lynn!" the three said in union having had enough of her superstitions.
"well now Lynn's softball is finished for the season, its beach time!" Lynn Sr. declared making everyone cheer
"can Lana, Luna and I take the suits off so that we can enjoy ourselves at the beach as well?" Lincoln asked hopefully.
Lynn Sr. and Rita looked at each other "yes you can" they said but unfortunately it was drowned out by the rest of their children shouting out "NO!" Luna, Lincoln, and Lana were taken aback by this and sad looks appeared on their faces which were covered by their masks
"Someone could get attacked by a shark" Lori said
"or caught in a riptide" Lola added
"or stung by a jellyfish" Luan finished
"sorry, you can join us at the beach but you can't do anything that will involve you three getting out of those good luck suits" Lynn said almost in a mocking tone making them growl in anger. Their parents looked at each other with unsure looks before they went along with it and agreed with their other daughters.
Lincoln, Lana, and Luna were now sitting on a bench together in the sweltering heat while they watched their family enjoy the beach "this is absolutely bogus to the max" Luna said as sweat poured down her face
"I fully agree, once again sorry about this guys"
"Lincoln bro, stop apologising, we're both at fault as well for not confessing for what we did at the start" Luna said as she patted him on the back
"hey guys" Lana started getting their attention "I'm starting to not feel so good"
"damn it, okay you two we're out of here, ditch the suits" Lincoln and Luna took off their suits and Lincoln helped Lana out of hers before they left the beach, thankfully they had been wearing bathers/bikinis under their suits. Walking across the street with Lincoln carrying Lana, the group entered a sports bar, they all gave sighs of relief as they were embraced by the coolness of the air conditioned bar.
"hey can I help you kids?" the barman who appeared to be in his early 20's asked
"yeah, could you please give us a big glass of cold water please, my sister is overheating" the barman wasted no time and filled a jug full of ice cold water and handed it to Lincoln "thank you (turns to Lana) here Lana drink this" he said as he put the jug up to her lips and she began to slowly drink it. The barman then wrapped some ice up in two tea towels and gave them to Luna who held one on Lana's back and the other on her front. Soon thanks to her siblings and the barman Lana had cooled down to a normal temperature "thank you so much sir" Lincoln said
"anytime" he said as he poured 3 glasses of cola for them
"sorry but we don't have any money" Luna said
"on the house" he replied with a smile
"thank you sir" they said and they began to drink
"so how did this happen anyway?" he asked
"it's a bit of a long story" Lincoln said
the barman looked around and saw that the place was still empty "well seeing as how this place wont pick up until much later I have plenty of time for a long story" he said and the three kids took it in turns telling him what happened.
By the time they had finished an hour had passed, the barman who had identified himself as Dennis, was appalled at what he had heard "and that's what happened" Luna finished
"you kids do realise what your parents have done is illegal right?" he said making their eyes widen
"really?" Lincoln asked
"yes, it's illegal to lock a minor out of a house…do you want me to call the police?" he asked
the girls were tempted to say yes but Lincoln was the first to answer "it's kind of you to ask, but were going to have to say no, we'll tell them that what they did was illegal and if they still think we're bad luck then we'll call the police ourselves, they may have done wrong but their still our family and I really don't want to risk breaking us up unless it's absolutely our last option" Lincoln said leaving Luna and Lana stunned at what he said
"you're defiantly wise beyond your years Lincoln" Dennis said as a group of people came in "you three are welcome to stay until closing time, we've also got a DJ coming in at 6 to play in the function room" he said before he went to serve the new customers
"you guys wanna stay until then?" Luna asked
"sounds good to me" Lana said
"lets hit the pool tables" Lincoln suggested his sisters nodded and walked over to the pool tables
Back at the beach the girls were in the water watching their "bad luck" siblings on the bench "do you guys think we should tell Linky that all of this has been just a prank now?" Leni asked
"yeah I'm literally feeling bad that we made Luna and Lana get involved in the prank as well" Lori said
"I've got to admit, they're acting for their part in this prank is top notch" Luan said
"you know they haven't been acting at all" Lisa said getting the others attention
"what do you mean?" Lucy asked
"I mean that the whole time they've been completely unaware that this bad luck nonsense and everything they've been involved in has just been a huge prank. They weren't with us every time we discussed it, so they think it's just as real as Lincoln thinks it is"
the girls gasped in shock "wait how long have you known this?" Lola asked
"since they first stayed out side with him"
"and you didn't tell us this why?" Lori asked through clenched teeth
Lisa shrugged "I wanted to see how far it would go, oh and according to my calculations given the current temperature, the thickness of their suits, and the lack of h2o they are now very close to expiring"
"what!?" the group shouted looking towards where their other siblings were the saw Luna now face down on the ground and Lincoln and Lana lying on their sides on the bench
"or maybe they expired already" Lisa said in a worried tone.
The girls then all bolted back to the shore as fast as they could, their parents saw that they all had panicked looks on their faces while pointing ahead, they turned and saw the state their other kids were in, they then got to their feet and ran over to their three children. Rita and Lynn Sr. gave sighs of relief as they found that the costumes were empty, their daughters also gave sighs of relief when they found this out "they probably couldn't take the heat any longer and ditched these suits" Rita said
"that would seem to be the case" Lisa said
"mum, dad, Lisa told us that Luna and Lana weren't aware of this prank that we were pulling on Lincoln, so they thought that it was just as real as Lincoln did" Lori explained
"oh my god" Rita said quietly with her hand over here mouth
"we should have ended this prank when they confessed" Lynn Sr. said, he was angry at both himself and his daughters for letting this prank go for as long as it did "okay beach time is over until we find them, we'll split up into groups, Lori you go with Junior, Leni you go with Lucy, Luan you go with Lola, Lisa and Rita and Lily are with me, we'll meet back in two hours, now go out and find your brother and sisters" Lynn Sr. ordered they nodded and split up.
It was now just past 6 o'clock when the group met back up they had searched the entire beachside area looking for their missing children/siblings but they had all come up with nothing, Lori and Lynn had gone into the bar that Lincoln, Luna and Lana were in but due to being in another area they didn't see them and Dennis had lied about them not being there. "we've literally searched everywhere and we can't find them" Lori said
"maybe they went home" Lucy said, the family all perked up at that "okay everyone in the car" they then all hopped in vanzilla and drove back home, hoping that the three kids were home, safe and sound. Unfortunately, that was not the case as the house was empty
"we'd better call the police, who knows what kind of trouble they might get themselves into" Rita said with her husband agreeing before he went to make the call.
The three kids in question however were having the time of their lives, free drinks, free food, dancing, and being blasted with the best/most catchy songs from the 90's and early 2000's. most of the songs being played were unfamiliar to Lincoln and Lana but they didn't care, they were just having too much fun, Luna had informed the security that Lincoln and Lana weren't aloud to leave with anyone but her, just to be safe.
Lincoln now had Lana up on his shoulders, while he danced Lana was making movements while singing to the chorus of the song 'Bad Touch' "you and me baby ain't nothin but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the discovery channel" they sang while the crowd had parted to give the two room, Luna was both singing to the song and laughing at her siblings antics. When the song ended Lana fell back with Lincoln still holding her legs and she gave the people behind the two a huge grin and two peace signs "lets give it up for the two wildest dancers here tonight!" the DJ called out making the crowd cheer. Lincoln then put Lana down and the two went back over to Luna who affectionately rubbed their heads "you two are wild partiers!" Luna praised
"well we should be when we have you as an older sister" Lana said, Luna laughed and they headed over to the refreshment stand to get a drink each.
By the time 9 o'clock rolled around Lincoln and Lana were exhausted, Lana moreso. After finishing dancing to the song 'You Give Love A Bad Name' Luna headed over to her siblings "hey Luna I think we should go, Lana can barely keep her eyes open and I'm heading in that direction as well" Lincoln explained
"sure, lets go you two" Luna said and the three left the bar, but not before thanking Dennis for helping them with Lana earlier. Due to not having any money or phones, the three of them were forced to walk home, though they didn't mind, despite it being night the air was warm which meant that despite what they were wearing they wouldn't be cold. After walking just two blocks Lincoln had to start carrying Lana due to the fact she had fallen asleep while she had been walking. Lincoln and Luna quietly sang some of the songs they had heard at the bar.
"Despite how crappy the day started it ended pretty well" Lincoln said with Luna agreeing
"yeah…so what do you think the odds are that they'll try to shove us back into those damn suits?"
"pretty high, but if they do try we'll just call the police on them, hopefully if that does happen the three of us will be able to stay together"
"yeah"
as the two continued to walk flashing red and blue lights appeared behind them before a cop car pulled up, the window then rolled down to reveal an officer "hey kids are your names Luna, Lincoln, and Lana Loud?" he asked
"yeah, why?" Luna asked
"your parents are worried sick about you, hop in and we'll take you home" he said, the two Loud kids shrugged and walked towards the car 'beat's walking' Luna and Lincoln thought as they hopped in and were driven home
"so where were you kids?" the officer at the wheel asked
"we were off having fun" Lincoln replied
"why didn't you tell your parents that you were leaving the beach?" the other officer asked
"eh they were too busy looking after the rest of our siblings"
"how many other siblings do you have?"
"8" Luna and Lincoln replied in union
"wow, your parents must really love kids"
"yeah, that or dad's just never heard of a condom before" Luna said which made the two officers laugh.
At the Loud House
Everyone was worried about their three missing children/siblings. They were all now filled with deep regret for what they had done to their own family, they had also all agreed that they took the prank way too far and had more or less turned it into torture. As they all sat in the lounge room in silent worry Lori felt her phone vibrate in her pocket, checking it she saw a message from one of her friends and a link "I hope nothing bad has happened to them" Leni said almost on the brink of tears
"uhhh I think they're perfectly fine Leni" Lori said making everyone look at her
"what makes you say that?" Lynn asked and Lori showed them her phone. They saw that someone had recorded the three missing Loud kids dancing and enjoying themselves "so they went to a dance club?" Lola questioned
"it would appear so sister unit" Lisa stated
"does anyone know where there are dance clubs in Royalwoods?!" Lynn Sr. asked, before anyone could answer there was a knock on the door. Lynn Sr. got up and answered it only to be met by his three kids, Lana at this point had been woken up when they had exited the police car, though she was still drowsy. "kids! You're alright! he exclaimed and he hugged Luna tightly while Rita hugged Lincoln and Lana
"thank you so much for finding my babies" Rita said as she held Lincoln and Lana tightly, but the three kids weren't in the mood to return any affection
"anytime ma'am, now you three stay out of trouble" one of the officers said
"yes officer" they replied, the two police officers gave a nod and left.
After closing the front door the two parents let go of their children and took a step back "kids we have something to-"
"no we want you to listen!" Lincoln started, making everyone go silent "after we left the beach we found out from a very nice man that what you did to us is completely illegal!" Lincoln shouted
"w-what?" Rita questioned
"we found out that it's illegal to lock a minor out of the house" Luna stated
"we were given the option to call the police and have you two arrested, but for whatever reason we chose not to…yet" Lincoln said making the parents tense up
"if you make us sleep outside one more time or force us to wear a stupid suit again we will tell the police with the results being this entire family being broken up with most of you never seeing each other again!" Luna shouted, the corners of the three kids mouths curled as they saw the looks of fear on their families faces
"so the question is; are you going to continue thinking we're bad luck or is everything just going to go back to the way it was" Lana finished, there was an awkward silence amongst the family
"tic toc" Luna said
"kids we have a confession to make, we never believed that you were bad luck, we were just pranking Lincoln and then you two got involved and it just got out of hand" Lynn Sr. confessed
"a prank? It was all a PRANK?!" Luna said
"do you have any idea of the kind of hell we've been through!" Lincoln said with his anger shooting through the roof
"I admit that we took this whole thing way too far, we were just planning on not letting you come to fun family things but when you were okay with that we kept upping it more and more until we kicked you out of the house. Don't get us wrong we ALL took it in turns watching over you to make sure nothing bad happened to you but then when Luna and Lana started being with you so much we decided to get them involved to make you confess that you were lying. When you did confess, as well as Luna and Lana, we were going to let you be a part of the family again but when Lynn said all that stuff with you two lying to cover up his bad luck we just went with it and kept escalating the prank which involved teaching you two a lesson about not owning up to your own mistakes. We were going to let you out of the suits today before we went to the beach and then tell you that it was a prank tonight, but like horrible parents we continued on with the prank when your sisters protested instead of ending it there" Lynn Sr. explained
"we're really truly sorry for taking this prank as far as we did sweethearts" Rita added.
"Luna, Lana" Lincoln started in an eerily calm tone "lets go to my room and discuss this new information" he said and the three of them calmly walked upstairs making everyone nervous.
Once they were in Lincoln's room, if you could even call it that anymore, he quietly closed the door before turning to his sisters "okay girls on three we express every emotion we have at the moment 1…2…3" they all took a deep breath before screaming at the top of their lungs in rage. What followed was a lot of banging and pounding as well as every single swear word in the English language being screamed.
The older siblings covered their younger siblings ears to prevent them from hearing all of the foul words being spewed from their other siblings mouths "well Lana's vocabulary has just been increased greatly" Luan said with all of the older family members silently agreeing.
After 15 minutes of this the yelling and banging finally stopped, the rest of the family gathered at the bottom of the stairs as they heard Lincoln's door open. The three red faced Loud kids descended the stairs and stopped at the bottom "eh hem, after a brief discussion we all agree that we hate you all" Lincoln started which was sort of unsurprising to everyone "now there's something you should know, your little prank almost resulted in the death of Lana" everyone gasped "because she was in that stupid suit she over heated and almost died from heatstroke, thank all of the gods that that barman helped us cool her down" Lincoln explained
"if that had happened you would also be up on manslaughter charges" Luna added
"I now know that Lincoln and Luna are the only ones in this family that I can trust with my life" Lana said
"so is there anything else you want to confess?" Lincoln asked
"we didn't sell your stuff, we just put it all up in the attic" Rita confessed which made the three kids feel a fraction better
"we also gave all of your pets to a reptile park for safe keeping Lana" Lola added
"so all of our furniture is up in the attic as well?" Luna asked
"yes and we'll all help bring it down now" Lynn Sr. stated
"um well actually that's kind of a funny story" Lori started while she and the rest of her siblings, sans Lily, rubbed their left arm sheepishly…
Flashback
After taking everything besides the bed frames and dressers up to the attic, the sisters got to work on the furniture, starting with Lincoln's dresser, getting it out of his room had been the easy part but now they had to lug it up the stairs to the attic. Leni went up first and pulled with Lynn and Lori pushing "man this thing weighs a ton" Lynn said
"who's bright idea was this again" Lori question
"yours" Lynn replied
"oh right"
just as they had nearly gotten it up Leni saw something next to her foot "spider!"
"LeniLeniLeni ah" *smash* Lynn and Lori looked at Lincoln's dresser that was now in pieces
"well…this certainly puts a kink in things" Lori said
"yeah…well better get the others" Lynn said and she and Lori went to get Lana's dresser with Leni following them after realising that the "spider" was actually just a piece of lint.
"okay this time Leni, you and I are pushing and Lynn pulls" Lori said in an annoyed tone
"gotcha" Leni replied and the three of them tried taking up Lana's dresser. But just as they got it to the top, Lynn saw something shiny "hey is that a quarter!"
"ah" *smash*
"dang it, just a bottle cap" realising what she had done she rushed over to the entrance to the attic and saw the smashed dresser at the bottom "yeesh, what kind of cheap dressers are they making nowadays" she questioned
"well lets go get Luna's" Lori said through gritted teeth. After they had gotten Luna's dresser out Lori looked at the two "okay seeing as how I can't trust you two, I'LL go up first" she said and for the third time they tried taking a dresser up stairs. As it looked like they were finally going to get one up Lori's phone rang which she quickly whipped out "Bobby Boo-Boo Bear"
"dang it" Lynn and Leni said in union which was followed by a third smash "well we screwed this one up, hopefully the others are doing a better job with undoing the beds" Lynn said.
While the three girls had been trying to get the dressers up Lisa, Lola, Lucy, and Luan had been trying to undo the bed frames. They had already taken the matrasses and linen up to the attic so all they had to do now was undo the bed frames, which had proven to be difficult for them. Lisa, who had the job of undoing Lana's bed had first used some chemicals to clean Lana's bed but when the first dresser had fallen she had spilt most of the chemicals which dissolved half of Lana's bed.
Lola had the job of undoing Lincoln's bed but even after she had taken all of the screws out his bed wouldn't come apart, in frustration she had tried jumping on it to try and loosen it but all she managed to do was break his bed in half.
And finally with Luna and Luan's bunk bed Luan had at first wanted to just remove the top frame of the bunk bed, but when Lucy had suggested just saw in the top half off to make it look more convincing Luan had been all for it. Realising that a normal saw would take too long they had opted to use the chainsaw to cut the top half off. Neglecting to take the top frame off first Luan cut through the first pole easily but unfortunately she didn't control it enough and ended up cutting one side of the top frame in half, ruining Luna's top part of the bunk.
The group gathered in front of the pile of broken beds and dressers "well we screwed up big time" Luan said
"does anyone know how to fix or get rid of this" Lori asked
"I think Lana knows some people" Lola said she then grabbed Lori's phone and raced up to the attic. Searching through her twin's stuff she found a business card and quickly dialed it up, and within the span of 15 minutes a truck arrived to take the pile of broken furniture away.
Flashback end
Luna Lincoln and Lana were once again in silent rage "so we don't have beds anymore?" Lincoln questioned, the rest of their siblings nodded
"Lana gets Lola's bed, I get Luan's part of the bunk, and Lincoln gets Lori's bed" Luna stated
"and where are we going to sleep?" Lola asked
"in Lincoln's room with only ONE soft toy as a pillow, no blankets" Lana replied
"*sigh* that seems fair" Lori said
"okay kids get ready for bed" Rita ordered
"before you do, is there anything else you want to confess?" Luna asked, their siblings shook their heads before they silently headed up stairs.
The three remaining kids looked at their parents "how about you two, anything else to confess" Lincoln asked
"we're horrible parents" they said in union
"yes you are" the three replied in union before heading up stairs as well.
The next morning
Lola, Luan, and Lori exited Lincoln's room not looking happy at all "that was the worst sleep I have ever had" Lori said with her sisters agreeing
"now you know what Lana, Lincoln, and I had to go through for a week" Luna said having just exited her room before heading downstairs.
Lincoln, Luna and Lana ate their breakfast on the couch, while everyone else ate at the dining room table "okay girls" Rita started "while your father and I are out getting new furnature for your siblings we want you to bring all of their stuff down from the attic and put it back in their rooms as well as get rid of their old matrasses, then we want you to clean the house from top to bottom as well as do all of your chores. Lynn I want you to do Lincoln's chores as well as your own"
"what?! Have you forgotten that he completely crushed my nose and knocked out several of my permanent teeth" she protested
"and have YOU forgotten that you started this whole mess in the first place" Lynn Sr. replied firmly making her grumble.
"Luan you'll also be doing Luna's chores, and Lola you'll also be doing Lana's chores" the two of them nodded "and you are also going to find a way to truly make this up to them"
"um not to be rude but what about you two? you were also a part of this so what are you going to do to get them to forgive you?" Lori questioned
"your father and I have a few idea's" Rita replied
"just so you know" they all turned to see Lana Lincoln and Luna standing at the entrance to the dining room each holding an empty bowl "it's going to take a lot to make us forgive you for what you did" Lincoln said
"you girls need to take a page from Lincoln's book and atone for your mistake, that means no giving us toys, chocolate, or money in the hopes that we'll forgive you" Luna added and they walked past the rest of their family and into the kitchen.
Lincoln, Luna, and Lana were now in a furniture store with their parents looking for new beds and dressers. While they truly wanted to choose the most expensive beds and dressers that the store had to offer their consciences made them choose beds that were identical to their original ones, thought that didn't stop them from choosing the most expensive mattresses the store had. Tying the mattresses to the roof of vanzilla they put the bed frames in the back before driving off. After a while of driving Lincoln decided to ask a question "um shouldn't we be home by now? We've been driving for about 45 minutes" he questioned
"well your father and I both agreed that simply getting you three beds and dressers isn't enough to make up for what we did, or rather didn't do"
"so we decided to take you here for the day" he said as he turned into the parking lot of "DAIRY LAND!" the three kids exclaimed
"yep, you three can spend the entire day here if you want" the three kids began bouncing in excitement Rita then gave Luna $600 "use that to buy yourselves supreme passes" she said
"supreme…passes" the three said in union knowing that that would let them be first for any ride, food and drinks were free, merchandise was free, and they could play as many games as they want for free
"I'm gonna clean out everything" Lana said excitedly
"okay we'll pick you three up when the park closes" Lynn Sr. stated
"and make sure you all stay together" Rita said before the car stopped and the three of them bolted out.
"well that should keep them happy for the next 7 hours" Lynn Sr. said before he started heading home
"I hope they'll forgive us after this" Rita said sadly
"well even if they don't at least we've made some headway" Lynn Sr. replied.
After getting their supreme passes the three Loud kids decided that they would go one a ride together chosen by one of them going in the order of Lana, Luna, and then Lincoln. They first went on the Milk Shaker, getting to go to the front of the line thanks to their passes "remember guys keep your mouths shut" Luna said with Lincoln agreeing
"are you kidding I'm keeping my mouth open the whole time!" Lana exclaimed
"okay then, I just hope you like the taste of half digested Fruits-Puffs" Luna said
"oh trust me theres a lot more than that in here" she replied while patting her gut.
Once they were strapped in Luna looked at the operator "let er rip dude!" she shouted and he pressed the button to start the ride. True to her word Lana kept her mouth open and ended up barfing, swallowing it, then barfing again in a continuous cycle. When the ride finally stopped the three Loud kids stumbled off before Luna and Lincoln hurled in the available bins
"I love that ride" Lana said while licking her lips which made Luna and Lincoln hurl again.
"Okay Luna now that my stomach is empty what ride do you want to go on?" Lincoln asked
"ooo lets go on the abductor!" she said excitedly
"awe yeah" Lana and Lincoln replied and they rushed off to the ride which was in the shape of a UFO with figures of aliens scanning model cows. Once they were in the ride they lay down on the flat boards that lined the inside and waited for the ride to start, when it did it spun around with the g-force pushing them and the other riders flat on the board Lincoln then forced himself up into a lotus position, Lana began doing push-ups, while Luna moved so that she was now upside down. When the ride finally started to slow down, Luna and Lincoln just managed to get into the proper positions before they would have fallen
"I managed 10 push ups" Lana said proudly
"well you are a strong little girl" Lincoln said
"wanna go again?" Luna asked
"hell yeah!" her siblings replied and they stayed on.
They stayed on it for 10 more times before the operator told them to take a break, the three of them stumbled out and made their way over to a bench "lets all agree to save the food for last" Lincoln said with his sisters nodding in agreement knowing they'd hurl as soon as they went on a ride after eating.
At home the girls had finished bringing their siblings stuff down and had now begun cleaning the house, as they cleaned they all thought of different ways on how they could atone for forcing the prank for going as long as it did. There were idea's such as being slaves, doing all of their chores for a year, letting them get away with anything bad ect, but nothing they thought of would be grand enough, that was until Lori had opened the cleaning closet "yeah I think that will do" she said before she grabbed out the cleaning supplies and went to tell her sisters her idea.
Later
Rita and Loud Sr. were returning home with the now asleep Luna, Lana, and Lincoln with the back packed to the max with stuffed toys they had won. They had returned earlier and had helped their daughters bring everything upstairs as well as put the beds together and had helped take the lower half of Luna and Luan's bed outside. Once the girls had set up their sibling's rooms so it looked like nothing had ever happened to them they told their parents on how that they were going to atone for their out of control prank and they agreed that it would be the perfect way to make their siblings forgive them…hopefully. When they arrived home the two parents woke up their sleeping kids and they all entered the house while carrying as many soft toys as they could. "geez what did you do, clean out the entire park?" Lori asked as she was walking past…with camping equipment. "tried to" her siblings replied now sounding in very high spirits much to Lori's relief, they took the toys up stairs and began sorting them out while Rita went to make a call and Lynn Sr. went to finish making dinner.
About 40 minutes later there was a knock on the door, this was soon followed by "kids dinner's here" perking up from that, Luna, Lana, and Lincoln, who had been enjoying their new matrasses, came down stairs to find 3 pizzas "here you go kids, a whole pizza for each of you" Rita said happily
"whoa…but what about you, dad, and the others?"
"we're all having your dads casserole for dinner and encase you're wondering your sisters decided to atone for their prank by spending the entire week sleeping outside" this made the three kids perk up
"are you going to be watching them?" Luna asked
"no Lori and Leni are going to be watching over them all, though Lily is still staying in the house" Rita said hoping that the last bit wouldn't be an issue with the three
"I really didn't expect them to take a page from my book" Lincoln said with his two sisters agreeing before they started to go to town on their pizza's.
Over the past week Luna, Lana, and Lincoln had bonded more than they ever had before and had started to get involved in each other's activities from mud wrestling, to jamming, to reading comics, all the while enjoying the fact that their siblings were suffering by staying outside for the entire week with nothing to entertain themselves besides what was already in the backyard. By the time Sunday rolled around they all had sad looks on their faces, as they walked in the house for the first time in a week, they were met with the neutral faces of the three siblings that they had wronged "so tell us, did you enjoy being locked out of the house for a week?" Luna asked
"no" the girls replied in union
"good, now go clean yourselves up and put some fresh clothes on" Lincoln stated, the girls nodded and headed up stairs. Once they had been cleaned up, Luna had seen the group had leave with looks of dread on their faces, shrugging it off she just went back to reading a comic she had recently bought.
Lincoln and Lana had been dancing to some music together in her and Lola's room when they heard hysterical laughter come from down stairs, curiously they headed down stairs only to find the funniest sight, the 6 siblings that had wronged them were now wearing cartoony looking mascot suits, and, like Luna, they fell to the floor laughing. Lori was now wearing a rabbit suit that was wearing a football jersey, Leni was wearing a chicken suit, Luan was wearing a dolphin suit, Lynn was wearing a squirrel suit, Lucy was wearing a princess pony suit, Lola was wearing a bulldog suit, and Lisa was wearing a cat suit. "god that is hilarious!" Lincoln said as he wiped a tear away and got back up
"we know, this is the other half of our atonement for what we did" Lori said in an annoyed tone
"I can't believe we have to stay in these stupid things for a week" Lynn said
"now you know how we felt last week" Luna said
"you can only take off those suites in bedrooms, you also have to sleep on the floor with no blanket using only those suits as pillows" Lincoln said with Lana adding "and you can't use any of your stuff"
they all moved indicating that they were nodding before they turned their full attention to Lincoln "Lincoln, when we were getting the suits Lucy confessed about the Princess Pony book incident a couple of months back, we're sorry we teased and laughed at you for weeks" Lori said with the others nodding while also apologising
"it's fine" Lincoln said in a slightly bitter tone as he remembered all of the teasing. The group of suit wearing kids then sadly trudged upstairs to mentally prepare themselves for school tomorrow, while Luna and Lana apologised profusely to Lincoln for the teasing they had done to him about the Princess Pony book which he fully forgave them.
1 week later
The past week had been hell for the 6 atoning Loud kids, they had all been bullied and mocked relentlessly, but everything that was done to them was nothing compared to the sadness they were feeling knowing that they had put their own siblings through this kind of torture. They had realised that they hadn't been pranking their siblings, they had been torturing them and for what? Just because Lincoln lied to get some me time and Lana and Luna didn't want to confess about what they did. When Saturday night rolled around the three Loud kids allowed their siblings to take off their suits, Luna was the first to speak "now that you know what we had to endure…" the three of them smiled "we forgive you!" they replied in union, this was followed by a tearful group hug which lasted for a few minutes.
When they broke apart Lincoln got a serious look on his face "just so you all know, we may have forgiven you for what you did to us but that doesn't mean we trust you yet"
"yeah that's understandable" Lynn said
"are we all at an agreement that we never prank anyone again to teach them a lesson?" Luna asked and they all nodded in agreement
"I don't think I'll ever trust you all again" Lana said before instinctively hugging Luna, making her siblings, minus Lincoln and Luna, feel terrible knowing that their stupid prank almost cost Lana her life.
"well we hope that we do earn your trust back in the future" Luan said
"not to be rude but I think you lot really need a shower" Lincoln said
"I call first shower!" Lola shouted and the group scrambled up the stairs to try and get to the bathroom first
"hey Luna wanna come and dance with us?" Lana asked
"nothing would make me happier right now" she replied and the two headed upstairs while Lincoln turned to the viewer "well we've all learned a lesson here, I've learned never to lie to get out of stuff. Luna and Lana have learned to own up to their mistakes, and the rest of the family has learned never to take a prank too far"
"come on Lincoln!" Lana called
"gotta go!" and he headed back upstairs to join his two sisters in Lana and Lola's room.
The End