Hey, guys. I'm back with another Sycophant AU. This one was suggested by Jas114 as an alternate ending. Originally, I wasn't going to do this, and Jas probably found someone who could write the situation better than I could. But I eventually chose to do it to see how well I could write a dark fic. Probably not as good as I thought, to be honest.

Just like Sycophant, this story will be split up into 3 Acts. Act 1 is Induction, where we see how terrible the Loud siblings' lives have become ever since a certain event in the original story. Act 2 is Defection, where the siblings try to get far away from Lynn. Finally, Act 3 is Liberation, where the siblings take back their house. With that out of the way, let's get into this dismal story.


We see that despite everything that has happened so far, the Loud house looks exactly as it did before. What has happened to the siblings in the meantime? You walk to the front porch of 1216 Franklin Ave, open the red door and enter. Walking across the green carpet, you climb up the stairs. Luckily, thanks to your soul transcendence, none of the characters can see you, but you can see them. The downside is that you can't interact with them, all you can do is sit and watch the story play out. The author stops acknowledging you as you observe quietly from the background.

The story of the Louds continues as the camera zooms in on the last room on the left. In this room, a bunch of clothes making stuff is draws the eyes to their room. A sewing machine on the table, numerous fabrics in the dresser, a mannequin displaying a fashionista's work, and as the camera swivels around panoramically, it stops on a bed with a pink cover on it. No doubt about it, this is Leni's room! But there is an egregious breach in the unspoken sibling contract! You see, in Leni's room, no one except Leni can enter the room unless invited! Luckily, it's pretty much a given that Leni will invite everyone because she's just that kind, but this sister…isn't on good terms with Leni.

"It's been a long time coming, but finally, we can deregulate our oldest sister's room so that it will be accessible to everyone."

"Indeed, Lynn."

"Oldest sister?" Leni is 16! Technically, Lori is the oldest at 17…but her room is nowhere to be found! In all the rooms, there isn't anything relating to cellphones, Roberto Santiago, or that totally non-copyright infringing parody of 1 Direction known as Boyz Will Be Boyz! Or how about her favorite romance/drama show of all time, The Dream Boat? None of what Lori likes is in any of the Loud house siblings' rooms!

The 2 sisters enter Leni's room, where a third sister awaits. This sister wears a cyan tank top and incredibly short shorts. She is blonde, and while this very description is being well…described, the camera zooms into Leni's closet, and there, at the bottom, is a row of white shoes, caked with coagulated blood (and gazpacho from that one time). Ugh, it's from her brother's loser friend, the one who has a shrine and a picture of her that makes him look like a stalker. Maybe she should get a restraining order on Clyde? Either way, this reveals that the sister that commandeered Leni's room is Lori. How dare she take over her sweet sister's room?! For shame, Lori, for shame!

"Lori, in recognition for your service to the Loud house, Lisa has made a medal to commemorate this momentous occasion."

Lisa gives Lori what looks like a modified version of a purple heart. The difference is that the "heart" is cyan colored and has an etching of the Loud house on it.

"It is with great honor that Lynn, our leader, has promoted you to the highest-ranking member of the Loud house for aiding in overthrowing the white-haired despot."

"I bestow upon you the rank of generalissimo, class 0! With you by our side, the Loud house can recover from the March 13th disaster."

("That you caused…") Lori thought

"That is all. Just pin the medal to your tank top and brag to all your friends about it."

Lori knows she doesn't deserve this, especially after she considers what she did in order to be given this honor. She feels like the scum of the Earth…

"No. I truly am grateful that you think so highly of me, but I don't deserve this!"

"But you do, Lori! You evicted him from your room when he was trespassing. After all, I had the same problem with Lucy 18 days later, they just need to respect the space."

"Leni invited him to our room, she just neglected to tell me…" Lori tries to justify

"Poppycock, Leni did no such thing." Lisa lambasts "You're just feeling guilty that you had to punish your brother for invading your space. Don't be. He deserved it."

"I accidently stepped on his gaming glasses while Bobby was calling me."

"The game where you twerk on zombies to kill them? You did Lincoln a favor and shouldn't have bought him a new one. Besides, if you didn't yell at him for accidently trespassing, he would have continued playing that game. Said game would register you as a zombie. Then Lincoln would have tried to twerk on you to kill the "zombie", not realizing that the "invincible glitched zombie" was just Lori. Then you would have killed him for twerking on you, and honestly, I wouldn't have blamed you."

"No, Lincoln is a great brother, and I was too envious to see it."

"He tried to steal Bobby and form a bromance with him at the expense of treating you less than a third wheel! How can you honestly say that?!"

"We made up."

"I can see that Lincoln's charisma has deluded you, just like it did to the others. Only myself, Lynn and Lola could see the truth. You helped us, so we'll help you. All we want from you is to protect the Loud house, just like you did during mom and dad's anniversary date nights, can you do that for us, Lori?"

"Yes…"

"Excellent. And now on to our second order of business. Lori, we're deregulating your room."

"What?" Lori asks confusedly

"Let me elucidate, eldest sister. Our leader, Lynn, wants to convert your room into a sort of temporary war room, where us 4 can plan on how to make the Loud house a better place to live for our family."

"No way, where will Leni and me sleep?"

"Oh, you thought Lisa was serious?"

"I am, Lynn."

"No, she meant that your room will be untouched, but we'll have meetings in here, just like the sibling meetings we used to have. It will be just like old times."

"Fine, but on 2 conditions." Lori says, attempting to broker a deal

"What is it, Lori?"

"First, the room is deregulated to everyone, not just us 4."

"Are you crazy, eldest sibling?! Are you trying to make the others plan a coup d' etat?! My answer is no!" Lisa rebukes with vitriol in her voice

Lynn is seen pondering what Lori just suggested…

"I say yes. The deregulation process was in the works even back when our light was guiding us. With this, one of her wishes would finally be fulfilled." Lynn reasons

"But, Lynn. The defectors…!"

"Enough, Lisa. It's what she would have wanted. Lori, your room is now publicized, everyone has access to it now."

"Ok, my second and final demand…is that no cameras should be installed here, since this is now everyone's room."

"Are you daft?! Creating a save haven for the anarchists?! No way!"

"But if the anarchists get your war room tapes, they'll know what you're planning, Lisa. They'd be able to overthrow Lynn faster!"

"I was going to approve your request anyway, but now I'll expedite the process for you. Lisa, disable and destroy all the security cameras in Lori and Leni's room!" Lynn commands

"Fine…!" Lisa says in a huff, having been outwitted by Lori's logic

Lisa removes all of the security cameras in Lori and Leni's room and leaves to continue her work.

"Say, thanks for keeping us safe, Lori." Lynn says genuinely

"No problem…Lynn…"

Lynn leaves, leaving Lori to her thoughts.