It's time to do yet another request, and I figured... rather than make this a one-shot, I'd make it a multi-chaptered story! This request comes to me through DMan51 on Fanfiction, or Da-4th on Deviantart! He requested a Loud House story, which I was happy to do. Not only that, but since I noticed that it was going to be his birthday very soon, I decided to work up on this chapter, so happy (early) birthday, Da-4th/DMan51! I know this was originally a request you made, but consider this an early birthday present! You'll see what he specifically requested as we start going through! Anyway, enjoy!
Inside the home of the Loud House, on the couch, Lincoln was busy playing a video game as he decided to keep focus. On the screen was a racing game as Lincoln had just swerved and used an item to knock out the computer AI player in first place, passing him and taking the lead.
"YES! And we are so close!" Lincoln announced to himself as the car ran past the finish line. Lincoln jumped up and down the couch in victory as he gave a laugh. "And that is the undefeated champ of the Races!"
Lincoln then turned and noticed something as he gave a smile. "Oh, hello! I was just finishing up another video game. Undefeated champion in Kart Racer, right here!" The eleven-year-old boy pointed to himself and grinned, before putting on a somber attitude. "But sometimes, the real thing can be pretty brutal at times. Living with your sisters can be pretty entertaining, at times. But when someone suddenly changes their attitude and completely runs off without telling your family, you know you did something wrong. But at least things are as they should be."
Lincoln got off the couch as he continued talking, "Now, out of all the sisters to just run away without talking to anyone, you wouldn't expect it to be who you think. I'm talking, of course, about the second oldest sister in my family. That's right, Leni Loud. I guess I better start at the beginning of the story."
"As you know, Leni Loud is the sweetest sister out of all the sisters. I mean, most of them are sweet in their own unique way, but Leni is one of those girls that is just sweet as honey."
On the road was a car driving forward as most of the Loud family (save for Lori and Leni) were waiting for the car to park.
"She also has failed her driving test at least a few times. I tried to teach her at one point, and I think I, along with most of my sisters, supported her along the way. There were a few bumps here and there, but all in all, I think we were pretty successful. The question is, would Leni be successful in driving?"
The car parked as all the Loud siblings were looking nervous as the side door opened. Much to their surprise, Lori had stepped out and gave a reassuring smile to the siblings. About a few seconds later, Leni opened up the car and stepped out, smiling as she said, "Guess who passed the driving exam!?"
All the Loud family cheered as they went over and gave a group hug to Leni, who giggled in delight.
"That's right, we were ALL very proud of Leni that day. Getting her own license was the first step in the right direction for her... but little did we realize that it would also be the first step in the wrong direction. How would that be so? Well... it all started five months ago with a family meeting..."
"Attention children, attention!" Rita called out to the kids as everyone looked up, all of them at the kitchen table as Lynn Sr. banged around an empty pot with a spoon, getting them all to stay silent. "Thank you. You're probably wondering why we called you here to this meeting."
"Uh-oh..." Lori said nervously as everyone was looking at their parents's stern faces. "I take it this has to do with... money?"
"That is indeed correct, Lori." Lynn Sr. explained as he walked around the table, all the siblings watching him carefully. "Now, as you all know, we've been spending a lot of money lately due to your antics and/or item that have particularly interested you. For example, Luna, do you remember when we bought you that four hundred fifty dollar guitar?"
"How could I forget, Dad?" Luna smiled. "A sweet rocker, if I do say so myself."
"Yes, a really good one... until it blew up the roof of our house, which costed a lot more than the guitar we brought you." Lynn Sr. pointed out, causing Luna to look down in disappointment.
"Point taken."
"And Lisa, you may be our smart little girl, but these experiments have been costing quite a lot of money lately." Rita said as she turned towards the second-youngest sibling.
"I... I suppose I have been buying a little too much ingredients..." Lisa paused.
"And Lincoln, we may buy you comic books, BUT then you try to do your own thing, and money ends up being a little tight." Lynn Sr. said.
Lincoln looked down.
"Lola, Lana, we know you have your hobbies, we really do, but you got to understand about the costs..." Rita said as the twins looked a little sad.
"And Leni, when was the last time you went shopping and how much?" Lynn Sr. asked.
"Oh, well... not too long ago, I bought this nice little red dress... that costed about two-fifty." Leni smiled. "I charged it on your card."
"Well, it wasn't two dollars fifty cents, as you thought. It was TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS!" Lynn Sr. glared at the second oldest sibling... before taking a deep breath. "Our point is is that... if this keeps up, we may not have enough money to pay the bills. No money, no house."
"No house?" The kids gasped in horror.
"Right, no house." Rita sighed. "Look, kids, we love you, we really do, but we can't handle all the finances if you keep up all the shenanigans you pull. That's why I'm making a proposition to all of you. If you want to help us around the house, you have to make sure our house and our home is financially stable. And to do that, some of you may have to get jobs. I already know Luan is getting a part time job as a stage comedian, and that's good."
"Yeah, no joke!" Luan laughed a bit, smiling.
"But we want the rest of you, for the summer, to work a job. Even if it's just a small job, we need to be sure you're committed to it." Lynn Sr. explained. "I know it's difficult, kids, but please. We don't want to lose another deposit on the house. We're just asking you to work some small jobs to keep you busy. Can you do that?"
All the kids looked at each other as they had one thing in mind. The family needed to stick together, no matter what! "We'll do it."
Lynn Sr. and Rita sighed in relief as the Loud kids started to get up. Rita called after them, "Remember, make sure these jobs make good money!"
"And so, we managed to get jobs. Lola, Lana and Lucy are helping out at the local animal shelter, provided they get paid, Lisa is helping out in a nearby college to show off her inventions to sell, Luna decided to help Luan in doing stage music for her comedian act, Lynn is working at a sports shop in the mall, which she loves. As for me, I was working in a nearby comic book store to help with money. Not only was I able to read comics for free, I was able to recommend the right sort of comics for each customer. As for Lori and Leni, well... let's just say, with everything else inside the mall taken, there was only two available positions, both for the same job..."
It had been about a couple of days since the meeting and right now, at the entrance to the mall, both Lori and Leni were wearing doormen outfits as Leni groaned, checking her watch. "Lori, I'm like, so bored."
Lori sighed as she sat down at the chair the staff provided. "I know, I know, but people get busy at the mall these days. You know this just as well as anyone..."
"True, but like, why do we need to spend outside here all day, when we can go shopping?" Leni smiled. "Like, we can go now!"
Leni was about to head towards the door when Lori grabbed her hand and pulled the second-oldest Loud sister back towards her. "Unfortunately, that is not going to be the case here. Besides, if a car comes by, one of us has to drive to park it. It's the least we can do for our parents."
"Right..." Leni frowned as she crossed her arms and pouted.
Lori looked up and noticed a car pulling up as she smiled, "Here's our next person. I'll park this one, you just open the door."
Leni nodded as the oldest sister walked towards the car as the driver handed her the keys and walked out. As the driver walked in, Leni gave a nod as she smiled, "Welcome to the Royal Woods Mall!"
As soon as the driver went in, Leni sighed as she watched Lori go off. Leni tapped her foot as she sighed in boredom, waiting.
"Well, if there's one thing we know about Leni, she can get bored pretty easily. In fact, she can easily forget where she is and go straight inside... only to remember what she's supposed to be doing a couple minutes later..."
Indeed, Leni was about to walk in the mall when she backed away, noticing her boss on the other side of the door, tapping his foot and pointing towards the outside. Leni sighed in boredom as she went outside and looked at her watch.
"Now, at the same time this was going on, on the other side of the road, auditions for new racers were being held."
Indeed, just on the other side of the road, with the far end, people were lining up in front of a table and a race track as a sturdy red-haired man, about his mid-thirties with a red goatee wearing a yellow cowboy hat, a blue vest with red shirt and long jeans was sitting down and examining new racers as he was looking over each application.
"This man was a famous racing agent known to most as Garudo Flam. He was the coach and race helper to famous race car drivers, such as Heff Truman and Blue Kad. The reason Garudo came to our town was to look for new talent in the racing field... and thus far, he wasn't seeing anything new."
The racer smiled nervously as Garudo examined the application, then looked at the person with a silent look. He frowned as he tipped his cowboy hat. "You ain't who I'm looking fer, kid."
The racer looked down in disappointment as he walked off.
"He's a very tough man to win over, some say. Sometimes, he'll reject someone who he thinks doesn't have the skill... and sometimes, he'll have them take a test drive around the track to see if they do meet his potential. So far, nothing seemed to be calling out to him."
"Next, please." Garudo said as the next person in line handed him a file. Garudo examined the file for a moment then to the person, who was brimming in confidence. "Hmmm... let's see how you do on the course before I make my final decision."
The next person in line nodded as Garudo turned around. The racer then whispered, "Yes!" in victory as he followed Garudo.
Back with Leni, she was groaning as she was looking at her watch. "Where is Lori, like, I thought she would be here ten minutes ago!"
It was then Leni spotted a car coming in as she got into position and went towards the car in a civilized manner. The male driver came out as he handed Leni the car keys, saying, "Just park it anywhere, please."
"You got it, sir!" Leni smiled as she saluted him.
"And be careful with the pedal, it goes pretty fast." The driver warned the sixteen-year-old girl as he walked inside the mall.
Leni saluted to the man before turning towards the car and got inside. As she put the key in the ignition, she paused as she examined the controls of the car. Leni looked a little confused. "Where's the clutch?"
"Now, Leni was pretty much used to driving a stick car. She didn't realize at the time that each car would have its' own unique set of wheels. Needless to say, she didn't know what to do..."
"Maybe I should wait for Lori..." Leni said nervously... then frowned. "No, no, I need to park this car... but how do I work this thing?"
As Leni was fiddling around with the controls, she didn't realize that she had her foot set firmly on the gas pedal. It was right around that time that she noticed a knob that indicated the driving positions. "Er... maybe I have to turn the knob...?"
Leni grabbed onto the knob and turned it to drive... which proved to be a big mistake as she felt the car moving fast. Leni screamed for dear life as she grabbed onto the wheel and tried to turn a sharp corner, only for her to take out a good chunk of the road with her, the tires burning a little bit as the car was going a hundred twenty miles an hour.
"HELP! SOMEONE HELP!" Leni screamed as she was trying to turn the knob, only for it to break as the blonde haired girl panicked.
At the same time, Lori had just parked the car and was heading on her way back when she noticed a fast car driving right by her, with a familiar scream sounding from it.
"Leni?" Lori's eyes widened... as she started to run. "Leni, hit the brakes!"
But it fell on deaf ears as Leni was driving out of control, Leni really starting to panic as she tried to close her eyes. "Okay, just remember the driving lessons, remember the driving lessons!"
Back on the other side of the road, Garudo frowned as the man finished the lap around the track he made. As the racer got out, Garudo growled as he said, "What was that sissy lap?"
"I was just going fast, Mr. Flam, sir!" The racer said nervously.
"Where I come from, that is not considered fast! You're out, pal." Garudo pointed as the racer walked off. Garudo frowned as he looked around at the line of people, which was now dwindling a little. "Ugh, I just can't seem to find a good driver these days. I doubt there's even one here in this one horse-"
Garudo cut himself short when he heard the sound of screaming. His eyes turned to see a car driving out of the mall and right towards the line of people waiting for Garudo Flam's audition process. The others screamed as they dived out of the way as Garudo stepped aside and watched the car go right by him as it went onto the track and started to go around very fast.
Garudo examined the car in wonder as his eyes started to go wide.
Meanwhile, in that very same car, Leni was trying to push every button as she was panicking. "How do I do this, how do I..."
Leni then stopped short as she noticed her feet and the pedals that were being pressed. "Oh, whoops..."
Leni then pushed the brake as it slid down, Leni letting go of the gas pedal as the car spun around a couple of times... before coming to a complete stop. Leni took a few deep breaths as she opened the car door... which somehow fell down as Leni undid her seat belt and walked out of the car, a bit dizzy.
"Ugh... like, I'm going to feel sick..." Leni groaned as she held her stomach and started to heave a little bit. Garudo, who was watching the whole thing, was looking pretty amazed at the whole spectacle on who the driver was. He paused as he examined the car driver as Leni bent over and was still heaving. Garudo paused as he put a hand on his chin and smiled, looking intently at Leni as her behind was moving around a little. He coughed.
Leni stopped heaving for a moment as she turned to see an angry Garudo tapping his foot. Leni looked back towards the road and yelped as she saw that the track had been ruined. "I'm- I am so sorry, sir, I-"
"My track... your driving..." Garudo said sternly as he walked over towards Leni and bent down, noticing the perkiness behind her dress. "Your... shape..."
"Please, I didn't mean to! This is my first time doing this and..." Leni begged.
"A rookie, hm?" Garudo paused as he turned around.
"I'm just trying to raise money, I don't want to hurt anyone. Please, can you, like, drop the charges this one time?" Leni begged as her eyes grew sad.
Garudo paused as he bent over and smiled towards Leni. "Miss... er..."
"Loud. Leni Loud." Leni introduced herself.
Garudo smiled as he shook Leni's hand. "Garudo Flam's the name, training racers is my game. And after seeing those skills, I'm surprised nobody has offered you this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"Huh?" Leni cocked her head in confusion.
"What I'm saying is, this opportunity can make you and your family very rich..." Garudo smiled. "How would you like to be a racecar driver under me? I can take you places you've never been to before!"
Leni looked at the cowboy hat wearing man in interest, listening to his offer.
"And with that, Leni got offered a job by Garudo himself in the big leagues. Little did Leni... or for that matter, ourselves... realize at the time, however, was that Garudo had more intentions for Leni than being just... a racecar driver."
And with that, the first chapter will come to a close for now! How do you guys like the story so far? DMan51/Da-4th, I hope you like the story, because there is going to be more chapters to come! If you have any suggestions for the story, or would like to guess where the story is going, kindly leave a Private Message(or PM). Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!