(This story ties in to another story of mine, "Flip the Lid". If you haven't read that, I'd advise doing so before reading this one, as many things may not make sense if you haven't.)

"Ow, my head..."

Lincoln opened his eyes slowly. Last thing he remembered was sitting on his bed, when a bright light engulfed him and he felt a horrible pain in his head.

"Did I... did I pass out?" he wondered as he rubbed his still-aching eyes. Looking around, he could make out the outline of his room. Posters, action figures, orange shirts, Bun-Bun... Everything looked to be as it should be.

Lincoln thought about why he could've passed out? Too much jamming with Luna? Lynn being too rough when he helped her practice? Lisa using some experiment on him? Lily... No, it couldn't have been anything with Lily.

Maybe he DIDN'T wake up. Maybe he was just having a drea-

SLAM!

Lincoln's thoughts were interrupted by the door to his room swinging open.

"Good, you're awake. We literally thought you were going to sleep all day!"

Lincoln's eyes shot to the sound of that voice. It was so... angelic.

And there stood the angel. The girl looked to be around 16 or 17, so maybe she was one of Lisa's friends. She wore a blue tank top and khaki shorts, with slide-on shoes. She had large, wavy blonde hair, that she obviously spent a long time working on every morning, along with her make-up. Even the way she only half-acknowledged him through her cell phone was somehow attractive.

"Bah... bah... bah..." was all Lincoln could let out. At least he didn't get a nosebleed like Clyde does around Lola...

The girl looked up from her phone at him. She expressed confusion at the young, red-faced boy in front of her.

"Umm... Are you ok, Lincoln? You look like you're literally gonna hurl or something."

"She knows my name!" he cheered in his mind. But then he stopped himself. He HAD to act normal around this girl, especially since she seemed to know him more than he knew her.

"Uh, yeah! I'm... I'm fine!" he said, trying his best to look confident and strong. The girl simply rolled her eyes.

"Whatever. I'll still take you to the comic book store later, but only if you paint my nails, like usual."

She turned around and walked away, just like that.

"A trip to the comic book store AND I get to paint her nails!? Best. Dream. EVER!"

"Wait a minute... I didn't even catch her name!"

Lincoln looked down, making sure he was properly dressed. Even if this is a dream, he needs to be presentable when asking a girl her name! Thankfully, he was, and he ran out his door.

"W-Wait! What was your name!?" he yelled without even looking around. All that he saw was an empty hallway, with nobody to hear his call. She must've went downstairs.

"Drat..."

He quickly went down the stairs, hoping to catch up to that girl.

"Hey, where'd you go!?" he yelled out. The girl was nowhere in sight, which was weird.

"Like, where'd who go?" he heard the familiar voice of his baby sister Leni behind him. "Ooh, are you looking for Waldo? I can never find him, but it's, like, SO fun!"

Lincoln sighed, still looking around instead of turning to acknowledge his sister.

"No, Leni. I'm looking for that girl that was here earlier! Did you see her?"

"Which girl? There's, like, 14 of us living here!" Leni replied enthusiastically.

"Uhh, no, not one of them..." Lincoln replied. "She had big hair? Blue tank-top? She was about 16 or 17..."

"OH!" Leni shouted, "I know her! ...Oh shoot, what was her name again?"

"You know her!?" Lincoln blurted out as he turned around rapidly. "You gotta remember her-"

Lincoln was cut off. He turned around expecting to see a cute little toddler with a teal dress and sunglasses too big for her head. Instead, he found himself looking at a pair of legs. Moving his head up, though, he did find a blue dress, but the girl was certainly no toddler. She looked to be about the same age as the girl he was searching for.

This girl was certainly pretty, too. But her voice, her clothes, her mannerisms... She reminded him too much of...

"L-L-Leni!?" he shouted out.

"No, silly, that's MY name!" the girl replied with a giggle.

"Wh... what's going on here!?" Lincoln shouted out.

"What?"

Lincoln jumped when he saw Lucy appear beside him. However, he instead felt relief when the goth seemed to be about the same as he knew her to be.

"Oh, Lucy, thank goodness..." he sighed. "I thought I was going crazy. Why is this girl dressed up like Leni?"

Lucy looked over at Leni, who now looked confused. Even through her hair, Lincoln could see confusion on her face, too.

"What are you talking about? That's Leni."

"Uhh, Nooo..." Lincoln said. "Leni is only 4 years old! This girl has to be in high school! C'mon, who is she? Is she one of Lisa's friends? One of the twins'? One of yours?"

Lucy looked back at Leni, and then back to Lincoln. She did this a few times.

"Lincoln... She's 16. Lisa is 4, the twins are 6, and I'm 8. Are you feeling ok? How old do you think YOU are?"

"I'm 11, duh! And what do you mean you're..." Lincoln was about to ask, but then he noticed.

Lucy is almost half a foot shorter than him. That can't be right. 13 year old Lucy was just slightly taller than he is. Even with a growth spurt, he couldn't have surpassed her so suddenly.

"Oh... Oh my God..." he said, thoughts rushing to his mind. What is happening? Why is Leni suddenly a high schooler? Why is Lucy suddenly NOT? Who exactly was that girl in his room!?

"Wait... If the ages of all the girls are messed up... No... It couldn't…"

"Lucy, I know I'm sounding crazy..." he shouted as he grabbed her by the arms, even though he thought he was the only one who ISN'T crazy. "But who was that older girl? Tank-top, shorts, cell phone? Who was that!?"

"Please don't say the name I think you'll say, please don't say the name I think you'll say..."

"Umm... That's Lori. Our oldest sister? Do I need to tell Dad or Lisa you need help?"

"Lori... No, no, that can't be right! Lori is a baby! She can't even talk yet, all she does is play with her toy..."

"Cell phone..."

Lincoln began to feel sick. This was all too real to be a dream. His sisters' ages were all mixed up! He had impure thoughts about a girl who should be his baby sister! What exactly happened earlier!? All of these emotions boiled over in Lincoln.

"WHAT THE F-" Lincoln screamed as, behind him, he heard Luna coming down the stairs, jamming on an electric guitar. He didn't even stop to turn and see what changes happened to her before she ran back up the stairs into her room. "-IS GOING ON HERE!?"

The two girls in front of him stood there, with their jaws dropped at what they just heard. From the kitchen, he saw the heads of an older-than-she-should be Luan and a younger-than-she-should-be Lana stick out.

Being overwhelmed with all of this, Lincoln began to feel weak. And sure enough, everything went black once again.

Merry Christmas! Even if you don't celebrate today, I still hope you have a great day and season, and a fantastic New Year!

Sorry for being off for a couple months. Personal issues and the holiday season mix poorly. But for Christmas, I wanted to at least get this little bit to you. Since the first birthday of my first story, I wanted to do something more with it. It's still my personal favorite and my best work. So I decided to make a small... mid-quel? Side story? Not sure how you'd describe it.

I should hopefully be able to get back to work soon. I've had ideas brewing, and I want to finally fight off my bout of writer's block on World of LoudCraft and Loud Legends. If all goes well, I'll finish this and see you in one or both of those before the end of January!