First ever LH fanfic ^^ I know NSL fics are pretty much common here, but I have my own twist, something that'll probably make it stand out and make you adore the Loud bros, who will appear in this along with Linka. But in this fic, they are parallels to the Louds in appearance and personality, but they are a different family living across them; Some of them have different names/or name twists for differentiating purposes. But nonetheless, they're the only ones with different names so far. So yeah ^^ hope you guys enjoy this~~

"Sorry bro but we can't risk ya sleeping without your costume."

Those words coming from one of the Loud Sisters rang in Lincoln's mind as he trudged along, still wearing his squirrel costume. It had been days now since his family dismissed him as bad luck, but the tide did not turn in Lincoln's favour. He was no longer seen as bad luck - But now he is seen as a good luck charm as long as he had that ridiculous squirrel suit on, which Lincoln realized long ago, was not supposed to be.

If anything, things became a lot worse than before Lincoln did that squirrel thing at Lynn's game as a last resort. Right after that game and the consequent beach trip, the family began treating Lincoln like some talisman rather than a brother or son in the case of Rita and Lynn Sr. Speaking of whom, the thought of his 'parents' made Lincoln whimper with tears brimming his eyes. Aside from his guardian sister Luna, Lincoln trusted their parents to also back him up when trouble arises.

But much to his dismay, there was none of that when the sisters force him into wearing that suit and to further crush Lincoln's heart, they went along with the sisters and Lincoln had no one on his side. Not even Charles the dog and the other pets sided with him. Lily? Lincoln isn't sure.. But with eleven against one, chances of the baby getting brainwashed by them is at high. Just like that. His family had hurt Lincoln's feelings to the core and they always had been even before this luck fiasco started. Lincoln slowly began to open his eyes in a heartbreaking realization.

"They don't want me. They never did…"

The distressed boy began to sob and he quickened the pace, until he was out on the street slamming the door behind him. He didn't care if he woke people up with that motion. All he cared about was getting away; Running from that house full of people who never loved him. As he ran, no destination was set in his mind. But rather, whatever remained stable of his already shattered heart was in charge of directions - And it took him to a place where he'd end up bunking in with for quite a while…

While the poor Lincoln suffered that awful night, another family was having it easier, especially one girl who is a near identical parallel to the only Loud brother. Linka Marianne Louder is a blessed eleven-year-old girl who is swathed in the love of a loving family; Parents Lynnard and Rina Louder and very similarly to Lincoln, had ten older and younger siblings, five of each. Only, these siblings of hers? All ten brothers.

"Linka! Think fast!"

The girl's hand immediately caught the football coming right at her much to the mock disappointment of her thirteen-year-old brother, Lynnard Louder Jr, or Lynn, for short. The scruffy sports-loving boy groaned. "Aw geez you're getting better every single day! I never get to hit you not even once!"

Linka rose a brow. "Oh? So you do want to hit me?" She smirked. "Ah sorry Lynnster, you wouldn't want to do that. Especially not with Loki in the background…"

As if on cue and upon hearing the mention of his name, the eldest Louder boy turned to face them from where he is sitting on the sofa, texting his girlfriend Bebe as usual. He narrowed his eyes spotting Lynn and Linka together before glancing at the girl. "Did Lynn literally try to hit you with a ball again Linka?"

The younger brother can be heard exclaiming a 'Hey!' in the background and Linka giggled. "Nah he'd never do that to me. Who do you think he is?"

The name seemed to silence the trio of siblings briefly. Lynn actually looked pissed at the implication of his 'girl counterpart'. "Pfft yeah right. I'm nothing like that show-off. Right guys?"

Linka nodded fiercely with an 'Of course!' and Lynn smiled, pulling his little sister in for a one-sided hug while Loki watched in adoring. Linka only giggled and relished in the affection of her brother with a content sigh.

Now if there is one thing that really made the Louders stand out from the Louds, it had to be the sibling dynamics that went on within the eleven Louder kids. While all eleven kids had near identical personalities to their female (and male in Linka's case) Loud counterparts, the siblings had one big difference. That is, they actually got along far more better and Linka is the center of attention from her brothers.

Like for instance, the older brothers, Loki, Loni, Luke, Lane and Lynn, are very supportive role models for their sister while the younger brothers, Lars, Leiff, Lexx, Levi and baby Leon tend to drive Linka crazy a bit. But with her big sisterly skills, Linka managed to keep them under control when necessary and she was a favourite to them too - Especially the twins Leiff and Lexx who'd occasionally squabble over time with their big sister. Those boys had their flaws of course, but Linka loved them still, and the boys loved her too. They care for each other so much that quarreling levels are moderate to rare.

Linka happily smiled at these thoughts. Until a pair of snapping fingers appeared in front of her. "Huh what?" She blinked and she found that all her older brothers are standing in the same place as her.

Lane, who was responsible for snapping Linka out of her trance, whistled in amusement. "Looks like somebody's zoned out~!" He laughed at his own pun while Lynn and Loki chuckled with Loni and Luke rolling their eyes.

"Sorry, yeah I must have zoned out." The girl squeaked in a meek voice as she rubbed her head. Then she got back to the topic. "Anyway, you boys were saying?" The older brothers exchanged glances, and Linka saw that their looks contained disgust.

Loki took it from there. "Well I just found this old status update from Lori Loud that is literally not cool. They were at the beach to apparently celebrate for reasons."

Linka frowned. "So? What's wrong with the Louds going to the beach? It's not like we don't do that too,"

The brothers looked even more disgusted, until Loki showed Linka the phone. "Dude! But do we go to the beach like this?! Linka this is crazy!" The girl took a look, and on the screen was a photo of the Loud Family, all members bearing ecstatic expressions and clearly looking happy. At a first glance it looked like they were a whole, but it took Linka a couple more blinks to realise that someone is not in the picture.

"Hey, where's Lincoln? Isn't he with them? I thought he loved the beach," Linka looked concerned. Knowing her boy counterpart, she knew the beach is one of Lincoln's best places to go to. So seeing this shot of the family without Lincoln spelt weird for Linka.

Loki looked at her, his gaze hardening. "Exactly! So this groufie literally doesn't make any sense!" The other brothers nodded in agreement and they too voiced out their own opinions.

"Yeah! Talk about being washed out of the picture," Lane whistled out looking uncomfortable.

"Why would they leave out poor Link? This seems totes wrong," Loni added in pity.

"This ain't cool at all bros! Family must always stay together!" Luka growled with fists clenched.

Before the brothers could go all out in a verbal brawl, Linka intervened hastily. "Woah! Easy boys! We can't just jump into the worst conclusion yet!" She looked relieved when the brothers shut up before continuing. "Look, I know that 'family photo' looks wrong as it is, but we gotta think about this. Maybe that is only one of the photos they've taken today-!"

"That, is the only one I saw of them at the beach,"

Loki butted in, causing Linka's eyes to widen briefly. "Oh really? Well in that case.. Maybe Lincoln was out swimming or doing something else while that photo is taken?" She laughed slightly in hoping that her rising, dreaded thought is nothing but a joke. "I mean come on, this is the Loud family we're talking about. They're loud like us, but surely they care and look out for one another like we do… Right?"

The older brothers were silent in mulling over.

Lynn managed to speak up after an uneasy silence. "Uh no offense Linka, but I've got nothing to prove you right." He rubbed his head awkwardly. "I mean have you ever seen the girls at all? They're all crazy!" He threw his hands up and an uproar came out from some of the brothers as they began to voice out their thoughts of the Loud daughters.

Linka could only stand in stunned silence. Truth to be told, aside from Lynn Jr who she's seen hit Lincoln with a football a few times, she's only seen glimpses of the other sisters' attitudes and it's not everyday she got to see them except for the monthly dinner at the Louds or the games Lynn took part in. Either she had merely seen them be on their best behaviour with visitors present or Linka just didn't see enough of them.

She took a deep breath, and noticed that Luke wasn't partaking in the noise. She looked hopeful. "Hey Luke, you don't think the Loud sisters are mean, right?" She looked pleadingly at her brother hoping she'll get a positive - Luke was after all, her guardian brother like how Luna is Lincoln's guardian sister.

The fifteen-year-old rocker snapped out of his train of thought, before looking down at his sister. "Who? Those ten dudettes living across town from us? Man they're a loud bunch, but they mean well. Take my gal alter-ego for example! She's lookin out for her brah pretty good!"

Linka sighed with relief. She nearly had an attack of intense dread rise within her. "Phew, that's a relief. Looks like my idea still stands then,"

No sooner had those words left her mouth when a thud sounded from the main door of the house. The brothers instinctively fired up and got into fighting stances, while Linka calmly went to the door. She tried to get a look through the peephole to see the 'visitor' but was too short. "Loni I need a boost!" She called out to her ditzy brother.

Loni popped up from where he's hiding behind the sofa, already wearing a sieve dish over his head. "A boost? But you already had your vitamins this morning sis!" His claim earned facepalms from the others.

Linka saw this and already had her hand on the door. "Never mind! Just back me up in case a killer clown or leatherface man barges in!"

With that, she turned the knob and opened the door. A horrified gasp came from the girl as she took in the sight of the squirrel-suit wearing boy collapsed on the doorstep. If it weren't for the mascot's head having been rolled off, Linka wouldn't have recognised the wearer.

"Lincoln?!"