This is my first story involving The Loud House! Please be nice, enjoy, and no flames!
In Royal Oaks, Michigan, a family was packing their luggage into their large van. But this was no ordinary family going on an ordinary road trip. This was the Loud family.
It was the night before April 1st, most commonly known as April Fool's day and the family was leaving their home to avoid the vicious and heartless pranks pulled by their comedy-loving family member, Luan Loud.
Normally, Luan's pranks, lame jokes and bad puns are harmless. But April Fool's Day brings out the worst side of her. She bombards her family with horrible pranks that leave them physically and emotionally scarred.
So the Louds have to do everything in their power to avoid being pranked by Luan.
"Is everyone ready?!" Rita Loud asked her ten children.
"Yeah, Mom!" said Luna. "Ready to rock 'n roll outta here!"
"Not yet! We have to make sure is Luan still asleep!" said Lynn Sr., the children's father. "Is Luan still asleep?!"
"Yeah, Dad." Lucy suddenly appeared from behind, startling her father. "I just checked her room and she's still laid to rest, sick as a dog. Nice job slipping her that vile into her drink, Lisa."
"It was a true pleasure." said Lisa, adusting her glasses. "My flu serum shall have Luan incapacitated for the next fourty-eight hours. Plenty of time for us to hide and stay hidden this April Fool's Day."
Everyone loaded into the family van they name Vanzilla and took off to the airport.
"Okay! Now, remember, kids! When we get to the hotel, we stay in the hotel room, don't talk to anyone, and keep an eye over our shoulders at ALL times!" said Rita. "We maybe running off to another state, but that doesn't mean we can relax! Luan is a force of nature on this day so we have to be on guard at all times! Our lives depend on it!"
"Mom, I don't think Luan would actually hurt us." said Lincoln, the middle son, and only son of the Loud family.
Everyone turned to Lincoln with disagreeable scowls.
Lincoln shrunk in his seat. "Yeah, who am I kidding? She would."
"It's bad enough we put up with Luan's stupid gags and jokes, but April Fool's Day shows just shows that she's literally pure evil!" Loni, the oldest sibling said.
"Yeah!" said everyone except Lincoln.
"She's the absolute worst!" the twins Lola and Lana said.
Lincoln sighed. "I hate to say it, but they're right. Luan maybe all about jokes, gags, and laughs. But on April Fool's Day, she's a real monster. I can't think of anyone more inhuman than she is."
Back at the Loud house, things were quiet. Very, very quiet.
In Luan's room, she was in her bed. But she wasn't asleep and she wasn't Luan.
The real Luan stepped out of her closet and approached her bunk. "Okay, they're gone."
Luan's stunt double got out of bed. She sniffled and let out a horrible cough.
"Thanks for taking one for the team." Luan pulled out an envelope. "Here's the cash."
Her sickly stunt double gave a thumbs up and left the room.
Luan's devilish smile grew on her face. "They think they can poison me and run off to parts unknown. They've got guts thinking they can outfox Luan Loud." She got out her phone and dialed her accomplice. "Hey, Ron. It's Luan. The chickens have flown the coup and are ready to get plucked!"
"Excellent, Miss Loud! Everything you requested is set up in their hotel room!" said a British voice on the other end.
Luan laughed her trademark laugh. "I can't thank you enough, Ron! I have the whole house to myself while my family gets the ultimate prank treatment in New York! And just when they think it's all over, they'll come home to even more pranks!"
"It's honor assisting you, Miss Loud!" said Ron. "I truly admire your strategic prank prowess and passion for the performing arts. You are a born performer! I would love to meet you in person one day!"
Luan shrugged. "For all you've done for me this April Fool's Day, you can come over anytime!"
"How about here and now?"
Luan blinked. "Here and now? But you're all the way in New York-"
Just then, something huge and heavy fell into Luan's room from the roof! The girl screamed as the hulking figure menaced over her.
"Greetings, Luan Loud..." said the massive figure.
Luan recognized the voice. "Ron?!"
"Actually, Ron is my old name. You can call me..." When the dust cleared, Luan saw not a man, but a large, well dressed hippopotamus. "HYPNO-POTAMUS!"
Luan stared as the talking hippo presented himself. He wore a turban, a purple dress coat over a white shirt with a red bow tie and sash, white gloves, dark blue pants and black dress shoes. He also has a gold hoop earring on his left ear.
After a long, blank stare, Luan's shock died out and broke out laughing. "I get it! Hypno-Potamus! Good one! I gotta write that down!" She took out her joke book and promptly jotted it down.
Hypno-Potamus raised an eyebrow. "You don't seem all that surprised."
"Of course not. My family must have hired you for some epic prank they're planning to get me! Gotta give them props though, I did not see this coming at all! I mean, a guy dressed up like a hippo magician?! It's not only unexpected, but hilarious!" Luan laughed.
Hypno-Potamus narrowed his eyes. "So, you don't think I'm real?"
"Come on! There's no way you're a real talking hippo!" Luan foolishly walked closer to him. "But I gotta say, the costume looks great! It's actually quite convincing. Especially the mask..." She reached to touch his face. "Nice attention to detail."
"MEZMER-ROOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Hypno-Potamus unleashed his hypnotic cry at Luan. The defenseless girl was caught off guard as it was too late. She was completely in a trance. Her eyes transformed into dizzying swirls that seemed to spin in hypnotic circles.
Smiling in sucess, Hypno-Potamus took out a black stone pendant and began swinging it in Luan's face. "You are under my control. You will obey my every command. You will be my loyal servant."
"Yes, Master..." Luan said, entranced.
"You have no family. You have no friends. Your will belongs to only me."
"Yes, Master..." Luan was now his slave. No longer did she have her willpower.
Hypno-Potamus adjusted his tie. "Now, then. Pack your bags and come with me, missy. We have some arch enemies of mine who need to be taken care of once and for all!"
Luan's spine stiffened, her posture poised. Her eyes still had those hypnotic swirls. "Yes, Master."
In New York, the Loud Family had arrived at a hotel. They kept their disguises on and watched their backs as they checked in.
They opened the door to their room. "Lincoln, check for any traps." Lynn Sr. whispered.
With a nod, Lincoln tumbled into the room. He checked every nook, cranny, pillow, blanket, everything that wasn't nailed down. There were no stink bombs, no whoopee cushions, no hidden cameras, no glitter bombs, no hidden compartments that shot out pie projectiles.
The room was prank free. "All clear!" Lincoln whispered.
The Louds enteted and finally removed their disguises. "Okay, family! Remember! We stay in this room and ONLY this room! If we need food, we'll just call room service! But be cautious when the food arrives! It could explode in our faces!" Rita reminded them.
"Right!" The Louds said wholeheartedly and began unpacking.
As they unpacked, they slowly began to stop. They had a strong feeling something was missing. Something important. Something like a fifteen month old baby girl.
Lincoln spoke first. "Uh...guys. Where's Lily?"
And then it hit them.
"LILY!"
Outside the hotel, driving down the road, Lily was still in the cab, fast asleep as she curled up with her favorite blanket. The driver didn't notice as he kept driving.
When the driver hit a bump, Lily woke up and found herself all alone and no family with her. Just as she wad ready to cry, the cab driver pulled over and went into a donut shop to pick up a snack. When he left, Lily opened the car door and stepped out of the cab.
Lily took in the incredible sights of the city. She wandered off in search of her family.
As the sun set and night fell upon New York, four strange creatures hopped from rooftop to rooftop. They were very bizarre creatures. They were giant talking turtles.
They were none other than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There wasn't any crime going on, so this was their night to take it easy. They retired on a rooftop to get off their feet.
"So, who's up for a round of pizza?" Leo asked his brothers.
"Like you have to ask!" Mikey said.
"My belly's grumbling just from hearing that question!" Raph said, smacking his drool-covered lips.
Donnie took out his phone. "Ordering right now, my hungry sibs."
As Donnie ordered and the turtles rested on the rooftop, a sound coming from an alley from below caught their attention. It sounded like a child crying.
The brothers exchanged looks before jumping down into the dark alleyway.
"We'll take two extra large pepperoni pizzas with garlic butter crust. Drop them off at the dark, spooky alleyway on North street." Donnie said quickly. Once the order was placed, he hung up and joined his brothers.
The turtles jumped down and followed the sound to a trash can. Raph carefully opened the lid and looked inside. "Jumpin' Jack Flash!" He reached inside and pulled out the sobbing Lily Loud.
"It's a baby!" Raph gasped.
"A BABY?!" Leo, Mikey and Donnie shouted in shock.
Lily managed to stop crying and blinked the tears out of her eyes. She gasped seeing the four green creatures staring at her.
"Awwwwwww!" The turtles melted from Lily's cuteness.
"And where did you come from, you cute wittle angel?" Raph cooed, tickling Lily's tummy, making the baby giggle.
Mikey snatched Lily from Raph's hands. He looked into Lily's eyes and his heart broke in two. "What kind of heartless animal would throw away such a beautiful wittle angel like this?!" He began to cry, which made Lily cry.
Donnie covered his ears. "Okay! We don't need TWO crybabies going off at once!"
"I got this." Leo took Lily from Mikey. "Hey, little fella. How'd you like some pizza?"
When the 'P' word reached Lily's ears, she immediately stopped crying and smiled. She giggled and clapped her hands in excitement.
"Awwwwwww!" The turtles fawned over Lily's cuteness again.
"Pizza; so magical it can make even a crying baby smile." Leo said with pride.
"Pizza!" Lily squeaked out.
All the turtles gasped.
Mikey snatched her from Leo. "She just said her first word! Pizza! She's practically one of us!"
"You know, guys. Since we found this baby in the trash. And trash is where people don't want things anymore...maybe we can adopt her!" Raph suggested.
"What?! No way are we adopting a baby, Raph!" Donnie reprimanded. "They're too much responsibility!"
"But Donnie! We can't abandon this baby!" Mikey said. He held Lily up in front of Donnie's face. "Look at this sweet, pure, innocent child! Little and helpless! Needing food, shelter, protection and guidance! We're the only ones that can save her from an unkind world!"
Raph started tearing up from Mikey's passionate speech. Leo put a hand on Donnie's shoulder. "This little guy needs us. We can't just leave him. Besides, having a baby can help us learn more about responsibility! And you're all about learning! Right, D?"
Lily cooed, getting Donnie's attention. She beckoned Donnie to hold her. The genius turtle took the baby and cradled her in his arms. Donnie is normally hard as nails, but he knew this baby needed proper care. He chuckled as Lily played with his green fingers. "Okay, I admit defeat. But we gotta talk to Splinter about keeping him before anything else!"
"Deal!" said Donnie's siblings.
"Uh...hello?" a feeble voice called out. The turtles spun around and spotted a shivering pizza boy carrying several large boxes of pizza.
"Ah! Pizza's here!" Donnie perked up. "Raph."
Raph jumped out of the darkness and landed in front of the pizza boy. The turtle let out a horrifying roar. The terrified pizza boy ran off screaming, leaving the pizzas behind.
"I love being a turtle!" Raph collected their pizza. Now that they have their favorite food, the turtles plus Lily ventured down the nearest manhole.