Author's Note:
So before we get into this story, I just want to give you guys some insight on what we're about to see and what-not: Essentially, Luna Loud is the middle child in this AU story and has four older siblings, four younger siblings, and Lily Loud of this AU story is an older cousin who frequently visits the Louds. Oh, and Lincoln is gonna be Luna's pet rabbit. Now we're all brought up to speed. Also, the siblings are going to be brothers AKA gender-bent Loud Sisters. Okay, now we're up to speed. NEAT.
If anyone asks, the type of rabbit Lincoln is in this AU (alternate universe) fic is that he's a Dwarf Netherland White Rabbit... Those are real, believe it or not. Look it up on YouTube and/or Google (or anywhere, really). So... Let's get RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT into the AU FIC... Enjoy.
EDIT 7/30/2018: This chapter will be extended, and changed up a little bit. If anyone didn't read the latest update to "Announcement from BloodKirbyUnleashed," then I'll just say that I'm reworking the chapters of this fic. I want to improve in a way or two, so yes. Have at it.
Royal Woods. A town (or city) in the state of Michigan. One would think this place would be just like your neighborhood or your own life... Or maybe something similar along those lines. Nope. Look again, because this here is not like the Royal Woods anyone is familiar with. Sure, this Royal Woods still has its own Loud Family. It should be noted, however, that the Loud Family here is NOT the same one that many can easily recognize.
On a Sunday afternoon in the living room of the Loud House, a young eleven-year-old brown-haired introverted girl walks in. She cautiously checks her surroundings to see if any of her eight brothers are around, hoping that she'll have the T.V. all to herself at last. It's always been a hassle for the only girl of this family to grab the T.V. remote, especially with that many opinionated brothers. Not to mention, at times they can be a little too controlling and forceful in a way or two.
"Finally," the young introvert whispers to herself. "T.V. time for me..."
This here is Luna Loud. The only girl from a family of eight boys. With both four older brothers and four younger brothers, one would think the multitude of boys would be quite protective of her, yes? Unfortunately, that's not always the case. She has yet to find her own calling in life, while everyone else in her family already has set goals or user interests that could help them later in life. It also doesn't help that Luna doesn't even have any friends either. She tried to make some at school, but a lot of the other girls don't seem to care about her. That, along with the possibility of her being a little too much on the plain side, so she doesn't exactly stand out-ish. Being quiet may help at times, but it also made her QUITE vulnerable. Fortunately, that has not stopped the girl from doing what she wants and/or needs, but she won't deny that it's a little difficult and/or irritating at times.
Just as Luna was about to grab the remote control, she then hears several footsteps coming down the stairs. Some of those footsteps sound like hard objects dropping onto a hard-floor surface, and some others being more or less a type of "pitter-patter" sound effect. The brothers have arrived: Enter Loki, Loni, Lane, Lynn Jr., Lars, Levi, Leif, and Lexx.
"Comin' through!"
Lynn Jr. jumps onto the couch, surprising Luna as he grabs the T.V. remote faster than she could. Pretty soon the couch gets crowded for the young introvert as more of her brothers force their way in.
"Pardon me, elder sister," Levi says. He then briefly turns to face the readers and greets them with, "Levi's in the house!"
From there, the young genius continues his way onto the couch with his brothers while redirecting his attention away from the readers.
"Careful, sis."
As the Loud brothers finally settle in on the couch, Lynn Jr. (Boy Lynn BTW) turns on the T.V. and changes the channel to a program called "ARGGH!" A so-called "reality T.V. show" about a ghost-hunting man called "Hunter Spector" going around supposedly hunting for ghosts and other unruly spirits that still lurk around in abandoned/haunted places. Whether this so-called ghost hunting is real or not, this didn't really stop any of the shows fans from continuing to watch it. Some fans actually believe the ghost-hunting to be real even.
"It's time, boys!" Loki says with excitement. "Hunter Spector finally enters the Haunted Mansion of-."
The eldest Loud boy gets interrupted as Luna gently tugs at his shirt. He turns to face her with a bit of an annoyed expression and asks, "Yes, Luna?"
"Um... I was here first, big brother," she says to him.
"Sorry," Loki replies in a half-hearted apology. "We all voted at the sibling meeting, remember?"
"Yeah," Loni adds. "Where were you when we were voting?"
-Flashback-
All nine of the Loud siblings are gathered in Loki's and Loni's room, with Loki holding up two cards which are labeled "ARGGH!" and "The Dream Boat." The rest of the brothers sat around on the floor and/or Loki's and Loni's beds obviously hyped for "ARGGH!" As this went on, Luna had been stuck in her thoughts, not exactly paying attention to the meeting at hand.
'I don't like these sibling meetings,' she thought to herself. 'The meetings are always stacked against me before I can even say anything... Like that time when Dad ended up cooking minestrone for dinner, for instance...'
"Alright guys, let's put it to a vote," Loki said to his siblings. His facial expressions and the tone of his voice change, based on the options as he said, "All in favor of ARRGH!? Or all in favor of... The Dream Boat...?"
AAAAAND of course, the rest of the brothers shouted in unison, "ARRGH!?"
Luna did snap back into reality after being lost in her thoughts, AND after hearing the title of her brothers' favorite show. Though, this didn't help her because she reacted a tad too late. Looking at her brothers in confusion and frustration, the young introvert stood up on her feet with a bit of a scowl on her face.
"Wait a minute," she said. "I didn't get to have a say..." She trailed off as nervous build-up starts within her.
"Oh come on, Luna," Lexx retorted while looking at her with some form of disdain. "Exaggerate much?"
"I'm exaggerating?" Luna replied in slight shock.
"Uhh, YEAH," the six-year-old answered. "You do this EVERYTIME you don't get your way, right boys?"
To Lexx's dismay, however, the rest of the Loud Brothers looked away and acted as if he wasn't wrong about their only sister. Before Luna can say anything else, the 7-year-old genius spoke up.
"With all due respect, elder sister. But our decision is final."
And with that, the boys exit the bedroom as Luna scowled at them. This didn't go unnoticed, as Lexx immediately turned to look at her quite smugly. Lars, on the other hand, didn't move much as soon as he got to the doorway. He gave a quick glance at his older sister and then stepped outside.
-End of Flashback-
"Better luck next time, sis," Lynn Jr. says to his younger sister.
"Fine, whatever," the young introvert replies with frustration in her tone. "I don't need this."
Fed up with this kind of behavior, Luna fumes in and makes her way upstairs. She enters her bedroom (which is in the very middle of the halls), closes the door and lies back on her bed. She sighs to herself while looking up at her ceiling and thinks, 'Things aren't going to change anytime soon, huh?'
As she looks into her own thoughts, she reflects back to the times she and her brothers would get into scuffles... Or so she would have been doing that, had she not discovered a small box on top of her desk with a note attached. Luna grabbed the note and it reads, "Sorry things aren't always the way you want them to be. Please accept this as a gift. I know you really like chocolate, so I had this candy Your Brother, Lars."
A small smile forms on her face after reading the note, also while opening the box. It turns out to be a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, and everyone in the Loud family knows Luna loves chocolate. Peeling off the wrapper and taking a quick bite, the young introvert thinks to herself, 'At least there's someone who I can rely on... If only I had friends, like Lars. Maybe things won't be so bad... Maybe...'
Somewhere else in the city of Royal Woods, there's a peculiar pet store not too far from the Loud House. Inside are several animals in cages or tanks, either doing their own activities or just simply sleeping (and eating too). Then, out of nowhere, two salesmen exit the back and go back to the counter. The two appear to be as if they were beaten badly and/or exhausted with scrapes and bandages. One just simply sits down at the counter, while the other seems to be holding something...
"Lesson learned, Charlie," Linus says. "Don't EVER let Petey around with the other animals. Or even NEAR them for that matter."
(Author's Note: Anyone remembers Petey? That crazy Cockatoo from the episode "Kick the Bucket List?")
"You said it, Linus," Charlie replies with a sigh. "I'm just glad this little guy is safe and unharmed..."
Charlie opens his hands to reveal a small baby rabbit with pale-white fur. It cowers from whatever may be out to attack it. Though barely audible, it seems as if the small rabbit is making whimpering noises of some kind.
"Linus, I think he's traumatized," the store clerk says with concern.
"What do you mean?" Linus questions as a reply. "Petey does this to almost ANY animal we keep here in the store."
"Yeah, I get that," Charlie answers. "But I can't help but get the feeling as if something big happened and this rabbit was somehow involved...?"
"Whatever it is, we should wrap up around here, and then head out," Linus says to his co-worker. "Our shift is almost over."
At this time, the sun has begun to set back in that same pet store. The two co-workers prepare for their departure, while also checking up with the animals and other items in the shop's inventory. They make sure to not leave anything behind, and while checking to see the animals in their enclosures/cages. Charlie double checks around the shop to confirm that nothing is out of place and that everything should be fine.
"Charlie, ready lock up?" Linus asks him. "It's time we head out and go home!"
"Just give me a minute, Linus!" Charlie replies. "Gotta make sure the animals are good..."
The shopkeeper slowly turns to see Petey fast asleep in his own cage, and he gets a closer inspection (while not opening the cage) to ensure the cockatoo really is asleep... It is. Sighing quietly in relief, the store clerk then redirects his attention to the same baby rabbit in a cage far from the Cockatoo and makes a small smile. That white ball of fluff is just so cute.
"Sweet dreams, little guy," he whispers to the white rabbit.
And with that, Charlie and Linus exit the store through the back door. After a short while, the white rabbit slowly opens his eyes and carefully checks his surroundings. The small fish in their tanks are either staying still or they're not, and are most likely just swimming around like they always do. The various puppies and kittens sleep within their own cages and/or enclosures, and some hamsters awaken due to being nocturnal. Just as the rabbit feels it can finally relax for once, Petey immediately reawakens and gives off a sharp, nasty, and an intimidating glare. Petey doesn't even hesitate to squawk loudly in a malicious attempt to startle the other animals as well. Straight away, the baby rabbit immediately hides himself while facing away from that 'evil' Cockatoo.
Later that night in the Loud House, the boys have already gone to bed in their own rooms preparing for another week of school... All while Luna sits at her bed, looking out the window. Luna has always been one of those kids who doesn't really stand out, and there have been times where she'd be a laughing stock. It's not exactly a common aspect that happens as frequently as one would think, but whenever it does? Several kids with bad intentions will always take advantage of the situation to mock her. On the bright side Luna's brothers would be there for her, should she ever tell them. Sometimes, however, the brothers have a tendency to go too far in their actions, and it only upsets Luna even more. As if that's a concept never done before... Sighing to herself, the young introvert finally goes to her bed and falls asleep, hoping for some good things to happen tomorrow at school... Which will prove to be a bit unfortunate since the following day won't be making things the way they should.
(Hope you guys don't mind, but we're skipping ahead to when Luna and her younger brothers arrive at school.)
It is now Monday morning; the kids have eaten their breakfast, and now they have arrived at the school the younger ones attend. Luna, Lars, Levi, and the twins exit Vanzilla and walk towards their elementary school... Or at least the four boys do as they go their separate ways. Their older sister, on the other hand just stands there, kind of staring off into space. The rest of the Loud siblings head off to middle school and/or high school after the siblings were saying "bye" or "good-bye" to one another.
'Mondays... Another day of school,' she thinks to herself. 'Just stay calm. You can get through this, Luna...'
AAAAND right on cue (and after Vanilla left obviously), the voice of the one person who the young introvert does not want to deal with can be heard.
"Well well well?" says a dark-skinned Hispanic girl, all while approaching the girl menacingly.
'Just ignore her,' Luna says to herself in her mind. 'She's not worth it.'
"Well if it isn't Little-Miss-Lame-O?"
Luna continues to ignore the girl, as the latter continues to throw insults at her. While entering the school building, She refrains from making eye-contact with the aggressor.
"So what's got you moping around so much now? Not that moping isn't rare from you, to be honest."
Luna looks back at the girl with both a scowl and a deadpanned expression (without moving her head much) and says, "Go away, Ronnie Anne."
"Oh I'M sorry!" Ronnie Anne replies in a condescending manner. She also steps back a little while holding her hands up. "I didn't realize that I can't be your friend- OH WAIT... You don't have ANY friends. Not that you'd want to have friends, anyway."
The young introvert tries to ignore this, but she cannot deny what Ronnie Anne has said to her. It definitely hurts to hear something like that. Luna does everything she could so that she wouldn't be so lonely in school, but due to being extremely introverted AND being excessively bullied by some (key word being "some") mean kids like Ronnie Anne? There's seemingly no hope for her. Most of the other kids either don't care much for Luna, or they stay clear of her to avoid getting attacked by the school bully. Before she can walk away, however, the dark-skinned girl has a few things left in store for Luna...
"Hold on for a moment," she says while holding her shoulder. "I'm not through with you."
"Leave me alone!" Luna snaps in anger and then shoving her hand off. "I don't have time to deal with you! Class is in ten minutes!"
She tries to get herself free from Ronnie Anne's grip, but it's no use. She's not gonna let her go anytime soon, and she doesn't intend to either.
"Not so fast, Little-Miss-Lame-O," she says to her while pulling her back.
After having pulled Luna from an open classroom door, Ronnie Anne proceeds to shove her into an open locker. It also doesn't help that same open locker had moldy bread inside if the awful smell from said discarded food item wasn't enough. That moldy piece of bread smells like it's been dipped into a bag of rotten onions, that got puked-on by a bunch of naked/hairless baboons on ecstasy. Luna bangs her fists onto the interior of the locker and shouts, "Ugh! Ronnie Anne let me out!"
"Nope," she replies in a mocking tone. "Good luck trying to make friends in there! Hahahahahahaha!"
Not too long after, a familiar voice can be heard from outside the locker. That same voice is what startled Ronnie Anne to the point of a near heart attack, sort of. Oh, and she yelps in shock too.
"Sigh."
"Watch it!" she snaps at the boy.
"Lars, is that you?" Luna asks after hearing her little brother's monotonous voice.
The young goth doesn't answer his sister's question, but he knows full well as to what happened.
"That's my locker," Lars says to the older girl. "And how could you do that to my sister?"
"Ohh I'm so scared," she answers with disdainful sarcasm. "What are you gonna do? Steal my soul? Curse me with some corny 'spell?' I'd like to see you try."
"Is that so?" Lars asks as he walks closer, glaring upwards at the older tough girl. "Don't EVER let me catch you harming Luna again. Or else!"
"Or else WHAT?" Ronnie Anne rudely asks back. "You and what army?"
Before Lars could continue, the tough girl raised her hand to stop the goth boy in his tracks and says, "You know what? I don't care. I have some stuff to do. Smell ya later."
As she walks away, Lars opens his locker and frees his older sister. Luna falls onto the floor and then looks up at her little brother, who's standing before her.
"Are you okay, big sister?" Lars asks as he helps Luna onto her feet.
"No," Luna replies to him.
"I would ask what happened, but it's obvious," he says.
Luna gets up on her feet and dusts herself off while looking at her little brother once more. She's grateful for Lars attempting to stand up to Ronnie Anne, but looking back on it... How long must she rely on her brothers to protect her? The young introvert knows she'll have to start making friends eventually, but with Ronnie Anne's constant bullying (and the possibility of other kids joining in on this kind of bandwagon), Luna continues to become more unsure of her own strength. Putting her hands on her brother's shoulders, she looks him in the eyes (if they're visible) and says, "Don't worry about me, Lars."
"But that girl just shoved you into my locker," he retorts. "And I bet she shoved that moldy piece of bread in there too."
"Sigh... Anytime, I guess."
"Also, please don't tell our brothers about this," Luna pleads.
"So be it," Lars answers with uncertainty. "But if Ronnie-Anne ever goes too far, none of us will hesitate to attack her when she least expects it..."
"Fine," Luna relents.
EDIT 7/30/2018 continued: Yeah I know. I just meshed part of what used to be chapter two into this one. I'll be sure to do what I can for Luna to adopt the baby rabbit sooner in some way. This may not be the best way for me to speed things up a little, but it's kind of all I can do at the moment. The updated chapter two will be a little different from how it used to be.
Author's Note again:
And there you have it. Chapter 1's finally out. Okay let me just go and show you guys the list of some other characters who will be making an appearance in this AU fic (or at least ones who will have some form of importance. Also this list may change later on):
Clyde McBride
Sam Sharp
Bebe Santiago (gender bent Bobby)
Ronnie Anne Santiago
Rusty Spokes
Mr. Grouse
Yeah, I'm kind of trying to make this story work out in some way, but let me know what you guys think. Also for anyone who already read this from DeviantART, I kind of made a few adjustments while putting this story onto. The reason I haven't posted this story onto this website yet is that I usually do my material on DeviantART first before I move them over to this website. Though, I suppose I had to get this story here sooner or later... Tell me what you think. Should I continue with this story? Should I make a few changes in some way? Be sure to correct any grammatical errors I made, as well as giving some proper feedback and/or constructive criticism in a way or two. Ciao.
