It is another fine Saturday morning for Lincoln, as he picks up the family's package from the local postal office. Apparently, he wants to pick up their postal, instead for the mailman to deliver their parcel. It is a good practice for him to claim the packages and deliver it back to the family.
"Nothing like a Saturday morning to deliver today's mail," Lincoln narrates to the readers and browses through the contents of their parcel, "Let's see. 'To Lori'. 'To Lori'. 'To Lori'. Ahh, here's one for me." He then tears the letter addressed to him and reads it, "Let's see. It's from my pen pal in Athens. 'I like how you family is. Please send me tips how to be you.'" Lincoln mildly smirks at this letter. "Well, never thought anyone would actually ask me for tips."
The 11-year-old then spots one more letter addressed to him and reads its contents, "Oh, this is from Phine…as from Danville, saying that 'it is good to know that I'm happy that I live with ten sisters.' And even says that if there is a chance I can trade my sisters for his sister." Knowing this is a joke, Lincoln snickers at this but gets back to his train of thought. "This is hilarious. Hehe. Well, joke or not, why would I trade my beloved sisters? Sure, there are times that I get fed up with them. But I still love them. Wouldn't trade them for the world."
Just as Lincoln says his assurance, he stumbles by the once vacant house, which is now occupied by a newly moved family. Lincoln can hear commotion coming from the house, a trope common to new movers.
"Lacy, can you tell Lani to stop horsing around?" a fatherly voice is heard.
"But dad, I'm trying to get Lexi off my new room!" a squeaky female voice is perceived. Then, there came mess commotion from the rooms, "Lexi, will you stop messing my books? I organized them Dewey decimal arrangement."
With that kind of commotion, Lincoln sneaks from the fence to check the new family in their backyard. What he sees is nothing out of the ordinary, as he witnesses them as a rowdy family, like the Loud house.
A mother is trying to tend the care of the baby.
An older sister is texting or browsing on her smartphone.
One preppy sister is being compulsive on arranging the house for her perfect selfie shot.
One chubby sister is forced to do the menial chores on moving the family's belongings to their new house.
Another sister is pestering her sister with glasses and sends her chasing, while two sisters have to dodge them.
And one more sister is chasing her pet gerbil which has been wondering around.
Lincoln then witnesses the patriarch of the family and a much older sister about to carry a couch to the house. The fabric-covered couch is too heavy for the two to bring inside that they stop at one step to the porch.
"Got a grip there, honey?" the father, who has long blond hair and is dressed in a green-and-white plaid shirt, blue necktie and brown trousers, asks.
"Pushing from down here, dad," the older daughter, who has short red-violet hair and is dressed in a black sleeveless top and cargo pants, replies.
Suddenly, the rowdy sister mentioned a while ago (who was chasing after her gerbil) passes through them by bouncing from the couch towards the house.
"Lani, will you stop horsing around. We're trying to move the stuff," the father commands his daughter.
"Sorry dad! Trying to put Jeff back to his cage," the rowdy sister replies hectically. Then, commotion of porcelain and glass can be heard.
"Did he just rammed through our stuff?" he utters, as more commotion is heard. Because of that, the father leaves his daughter to push the couch and goes help his rowdy daughter to catch her pet gerbil. "That does it. I'll be back in a moment, Lois."
"Dad?!" the older daughter reacts tetchily. She then gives out all her force to push the couch. "Glad I warmed up before moving day. Or else, this would be torture."
Seeing this, Lincoln offers to help. "Hey, you need a help there?"
"No, thanks. Got my full grip," the older sister replies without facing to Lincoln, "You better stay back."
"But I can help," Lincoln insists, "Let me he…" But he gets knocked down as the older sister accidentally (and unnoticeably) elbows him as she pushes the couch to the porch, securing it there.
The sister catches her breath from the heavy lifting and utters, "Aughhh…that's a relief." She then notices Lincoln at the steps, heeding from being knocked down and races to him. "Ohh, sorry, sorry. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, it's fine," Lincoln assures, "Just got hit in the nose."
"You sure you don't need an ice or something?" she asks in concern.
"Yeah, should have listened to you," he replies.
"Well, if that's the case," the older sister continues, as she lends a hand for Lincoln to get up, "Hi, I'm Lois. Lois Lark."
"Lincoln Loud," Lincoln introduces himself, "I live next door."
"Oh, new neighbor?" Lois says, "Never knew a new neighbor would actually lend a hand for help. Well, there's not much to see in the Lark family, for now. We just got here this early morning. So, we have to move our stuff inside." As Lois points to their new house's interior, she spots the couch still unplaced in its right spot. "Speaking of which, have to place the couch inside."
"Wait, let me help you," Lincoln offers his help to her.
"Nahh, it's fine. I can do this," Lois replies.
"Come on. I insist. And besides, I don't want anyone's first impression of their new home would be 'heavy'," the 11-year-old stresses with a smile of assurance.
Realizing he can be trusted of his help, Lois has Lincoln take the front of the couch to carry. They start moving the couch through the door to the inside.
"Just move it right there," Lois commands Lincoln as they are hauling the couch to its desired position. After doing so, the two rest in the couch.
"Well, that's a relief," Lincoln utters.
Lois then offers their visitor their signature delicacy. "Velvet cookies?"
"Cookies? Thanks."
"Go on. Help yourself. It's a special recipe of mine. Need extra bucks for my dance workshop."
As Lincoln munches a piece of the cookie, he begins to reflect his new neighbors, who are as rowdy as they are.
"Really? No wonder these are delicious," Lincoln praises Lois' cookies.
Lois chuckles at Lincoln's compliment. "Why thank you. Just go on. They're fresh from San Francisco."
"Wait, you guys came from San Francisco?"
"That's right. Dad got recently assigned here in Royal Woods, and mom lost her job. So, we all have to move here."
"Must be hard with the move, huh? Having to leave your home and friends behind?"
Lois then looks back at her family, who are doing their various businesses, majority of which involve sibling chasing. "Yeah, it's hard. But if we as a strong family, we can carry our burdens away," she utters.
Abruptly, her mom calls her from a distance, "Lois, done with the couch? If you are, I need help in carrying Lulu's stuff. She needs a change of diaper."
"Well, duty calls," Lois replies before she is about to head to her baby sister's room.
"Yeah, me too. Have to deliver the mail back to my family," Lincoln follows.
"Thanks anyway, Lincoln," Lois expresses her gratitude with a handshake to Lincoln, "Nice to have you here. Oh, and bring the cookies. It's yours. It's the best I can do to thank you in return. And don't hesitate to come visit us. You're always welcome in the Lark house."
"Wow, thanks Lois," Lincoln replies.
But before he walks out, Lincoln sees a wall where the picture frames of each current family member are erected. He then learns that his new neighbors, the Lark family, are composed of a father, a mother, a barrage of pets (including a dog, a cat, a parrot and the aforementioned gerbil) and, in sheer amount of coincidence, ten female children.
"Ten sisters?" he utters.
As he goes back to his own house, Lincoln decides to relay the news of their new neighbors, starting with Lori. "Lori, Lori!" he tries to call out his sister, but as usual, she is at her phone talking to Bobby.
Then at his third call "Lori!", she finally responds, "What is it Lincoln? I'm busy on the phone!"
"Lori, we got new neighbors next door," Lincoln announces.
This makes Lori drop her phone in immediate fashion and race to the window to witness their new neighbors. In that signal, she presses the "Code 12 Alert" button from the wall, which has the whole house in full red alert, apparently. Every Loud sibling stops what they're doing and proceeds to the window to see the newly moved Louds. All are at hubbubs with each other, as they discuss of their next door movers.
"What can you get Lisa?" Lori inquires of her sister, who is spying from her infrared periscope.
"Subjects are currently in commotion," Lisa relays her observations. "We have an untamed child, a perfect representative of the present generation, a juvenile on the run from an uptight woman with an eye defect. So far, that's all I have."
Lincoln them shares his thoughts to the readers, "You may be wondering why we are on immediate alert after we have discovered we have new neighbors. Well, let me lay you a report of the Loud House history with new neighbors."
Without giving too much detail, here is a sum of the Loud family (or specifically the sisters) to new occupants in their neighborhood:
Subject #1: Carla: Moved from New York City, New York, this 10-year-old expected happier things, but as the Loud siblings welcomed her, Lisa interrogated her with rude comparisons of Michigan and New York, making the subject rather offended yet scared of Lisa's wide intelligence. This made her family move out, again.
Subject #2: Billy: Moved from Salt Lake City, Utah, this 14-year-old is too conservative (presumably due to his religion) that, as he got confronted by the Loud siblings welcoming him, he fainted at their presence. This led to his wishes to move out to another suburban neighborhood. Thus, this made his family move out, again.
Subject #3: Sheen: Moved from Topeka, Nebraska, this 8-year-old girl is a courageous child prodigy. As she met the Loud siblings, Lucy constantly appeared out of nowhere; at her third appearance, Sheen was left traumatized, reverting to her cowardly ways. This made her family move out, again.
Subject #4: Sandy: Moved from Austin, Texas, this 12-year-old aspires to be a leader. But he was given a rather stereotypical welcome from the Louds, who are donned in cowboy suits. Then suddenly, a prop horse (which was a real horse) kicks him away, leading the Louds to blame it on Leni. This made his family move out, again.
Subject #5: Jamie: Moved from Jacksonville, Florida, this 13-year-old is a sports enthusiast, though not an athlete. But when Lynn hears about this, she straight up placed her as her sparring partner for her practices. Of course, Lynn went overboard that Jamie wanted nothing to do with Lynn or sports. And this made her family move out, again.
Lincoln then concludes his statement, "As you can see, we have a bad history when it comes to new neighbors. We wouldn't be called 'Loud House' for nothing." Then he goes back to his sisters' discussion.
"Based on the heat signatures and physiological locomotion, our subjects composed of two parents and ten sisters," Lisa notes.
And in unison, the sisters utter, "Ten sisters?"
"What can we do?" Luna asks.
"I know how. We can take them to the streets and challenge them to a duel," Lynn suggests.
"A duel of what?" Lori inquires of her sister.
"How about that we become super nice to them, then show them who's the real boss in this neighborhood," Lola advises with dignity.
"I can only say 'neigh' to that. Hehehe. Get it?" Luan jokes.
"No soul can be spared on first impression. They are predictably puritan," Lucy utters sulkily.
"But what if they come here to stay away from the heat that makes them purely tan?" Leni replies vaguely.
"I can give them a tour to my underground shelter of fun creatures," Lana proposes.
"Negative, Lana. And who would be interested on witnessing your fantastic beasts and where to find them," Lisa wisely cracks her. "Besides, they might be a sorority or something."
"No guys wait, let's give a chance to welcome them with open nice," Lincoln openly suggests, "They might be nice. I went to their and met one of them. And they're really nice."
"Is that so?" Lori confronts Lincoln, "Well, if that's what you think, why don't you offer Mrs. Goodman's for us?" The older Loud sister then gives a box of chocolate pie, a staple in the Loud house, for Lincoln to bring as a welcome gift.
"Is this really chocolate pie?" Lincoln asks, "Wait, don't tell me it's one of your pranks Luan?"
"A prank? Hehehe," Luan replies, "Come on. Why would take a piece of their minds? Hehehe, get it?" This makes the rest groan at her.
"Just give it to them Lincoln as a gift from us, the beloved Loud family," Lori says.
And with that, Lincoln heads back to the Larks to give them their gift.