As promised, here is a Loud House Halloween special, featuring Lincoln and Lana. A little background, I am not a fan of celebrating Halloween since obviously I am not from the Western hemisphere. But I decided to use the occasion to deliver a Loud House tale. Chapters 2 and 3 are coming during Halloween. Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: The Loud House is owned by Nickelodeon/Viacom, and Batman is owned by DC Comics. And Ben Affleck is the best part of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

It is sunset, 5:30 PM on the 31st of October, here in the simple urban vicinity of Royal Woods, Michigan. For Lincoln, this means an awesome Halloween. But for this year, it means visiting the most anticipated attraction for the occasion, Royal Woods Spooky Nights. It is basically a reference to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights with the same scheme of an elaborate labyrinth that has themes from different horror icons. For that, Lincoln cannot hide his anticipation to try the attraction. In fact, let us have him share his anticipation.

"Today is Halloween night. And not just any Halloween night," Lincoln orates, going from normal narration to Twilight Zone mode, "It's the Royal Woods Spooky Nights. The scariest attraction in town. Scares lurk every corner and in every dark part, there's something after you. Everything is in there: ghosts, zombies, vampires, werewolves, alien assassins, killers and importantly, The Wicker Man. And it is awesome!"

He continues in a normal tone, "Not the Nicolas Cage movie but the urban legend. Me and Clyde had been waiting for this very moment. And along with my older sisters, we are hyped! And nothing's gonna stop us now!"

And just as Lincoln declares his assurance, his mom calls him, "Lincoln! Can you come down here?"

Thus, Lincoln concludes, "Except when parents are involved."

After that, Lincoln heads to his mom, whom he sees packing clothes in a stroller.

"Oh, Linc. There you are," Mrs. Rita Loud remarks.

Assuming that she is going to address the Harvester case from last Halloween (an allusion to the "Price of Admission" episode), Lincoln pleads, "Mom, if this because I'm too young to watch gory horror movies, I am sorry. I know I'm responsible this time. So please let me go!"

"What? Oh no. We're over that," she replies, "No, it's a huge favor. And I know you'll be disappointed on this but I need you to watch over Lana trick-or-treating."

Hearing that news, Lincoln gets appalled, "WHAT?!"

"Sorry, honey. Your dad has to take Lisa and Lily to the hospital, due to a contamination and I have to take his place to chaperone Lola to the Halloween pageant," she explains.

"But why me?" he continues to complain, "Why not Lucy or Lynn or Luan or Luna for that matter?"

"Lucy's my personal assistant for Lola's makeup. Because you are too young for that attraction," Mrs. Loud elaborates more, "I heard that kids ages 12 below are strictly disallowed. Besides, I know that you are responsible to handling your sisters, especially to Lana. So, I need to count on you on this."

Lincoln realizes he has no more excuses to throw at his mom. She thusly continues, "Look, I will return the favor. Just one Halloween night, Lincoln. Do this for your sister." He can only reply in sighs, signifying that he agrees to accept the task. Lincoln then shares this dismay to the readers, "So much for 'nothing's gonna stop us now'."

6:00 PM hits, and Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan and Lynn prepare for their trip to make it as early as possible before the long queue. Lincoln watches them by the couch in jealousy. He can only sigh in dismay.

"Hey Lincoln. Don't worry about it. There'll always be a next year," Lori assures.

"Yeah, we'll try not spill anything," Leni adds, "Is it spill?"

"Actually it's spoil, Leni," Lynn clarifies, "But we'll try not to."

"Yeah, why there's need of spoiling? Only the dead had an expiration date," Luan jokes, "Hehehe. Get it?"

"She has her video cam with her. So yeah. But it's cool, dude," Luna says, then asks, "You sure you're gonna be okay Lincoln?"

"I'll try," Lincoln shrugs.

After their verbal exchange, Clyde knocks by the door and enters the house. "So are we ready for Royal Woods Horror Nights?" he enthusiastically asks.

Lincoln returns a word on a letdown. "No Clyde, not going with you. Have to take Lana for trick-or-treating."

Shocked, Clyde addresses his concern, "WHAT?! But Lincoln, who will cover me from, you know, the girl of my dreams?"

"Don't worry. You're not the only guy in the trip."

Just by that, a beep is heard from the outside. That makes the Louds, along with Clyde, to check out who it is. They open the door to see Lori's boyfriend, Bobby, in his van. "Greetings Louds! Ready for scares?"

As he greets them, Leni, Luna, Luna and Lynn rush to the van to fight for the perfect spot, while Lori shares a moment with Bobby and Clyde stands in eye-opening and jaw-dropping disbelief.

"Bobby?!" he reacts.

"Yes Bobby, Clyde. I gave him my ticket. So, he's tagging along with you," Lincoln verifies.

"No! You can't do this to me Lincoln!" the McBride kid whines when Bobby approaches them.

"Hey little dudes! How's it going there?" Bobby meets up with them.

"Going kinda sweet," Lincoln answers, "Clyde is just warming up for the trip."

"Oh really?" Bobby happily implies, "So, how's the Clydesdale doing?"

To make things fun for him, Lincoln suggests to Bobby "He's going to sit in the front seat with you."

At that statement, Bobby is thrilled but Clyde is stunned. "Oh, that's awesome! We're sure gonna have a lot of fun!"

Clyde then clenches Lincoln's shirt and alarmingly addresses to Lincoln, "Linc! What you doing?! You gonna leave me under the clutches of this poser?!"

"For your own good, Clyde," Lincoln justifies, "You know what they say: make your friends close but your enemies closer."

"Oh. Wait, what?"

"Come on, Clydesdale. We don't want to keep lines waiting," Bobby announces, then shifts his focus to Lincoln, "Hey Lincoln, thanks for the ticket."

"Anything from my brother from another mother," Lincoln replies.

"Sure you gonna be okay?" the jack-of-all-trades Santiago asks as he holds Lori by the shoulder.

"Yeah. You know it's trick-or-treating again. Reliving childhood while you guys go through the awesomest horror attraction in town."

Bobby responds with a tap to Lincoln's head. "It's okay bro. Next time, it's you and me in the soapbox derby!"

"Well, looking forward to that," Lincoln replies as Bobby returns to the driver's seat.

"Don't worry Lincoln. You said you like that fake zombie head, I'll try to buy you one," Lori says, in return of Lincoln's offer of his ticket to Bobby.

"Oh, thanks Lori," he replies, then Lori hugs her brother in gratitude. "Well see you tonight!" The rest of the sisters wave goodbye to Lincoln, while Clyde gives a disgusted gesture, pointing at Bobby, signifying how the night will turn out. They then set off on a whim.

Right after their leave, Mrs. Loud, Lucy and Lola head to Lincoln to greet him goodbye. Mrs. Loud then lays instructions to Lincoln, "Okay Lincoln, it's quarter to 7. Take Lana around the suburbs. The houses in our neighborhood looks fine. Just don't go beyond Romero Park."

"Got it," Lincoln responds in certainty.

"We'll be back here immediately after awarding ceremony. So, I want you both to be back here by 11. Is that clear Lincoln?"

"Don't worry mom. Got it all covered," he answers with a straightforward attitude.

"Good. Oh, and lay low with the caramel. They could be difficult for me. Hope you are fine by yourselves," their mom says and kisses Lincoln on the forehead, "Promise we'll back here on time."

"It's okay mom. We'll be fine," Lincoln insures, as she and Lola walk past him. "I cannot wait to show up to those contestants' faces to show what true Halloween beauty is," the 6-year-old beauty pageant aspirant boasts.

Lucy walks from behind Lola, carrying a makeup kit. She stops at Lincoln. "Oh Lincoln, something to help you with Lana." Lucy then hands a dog whistle to Lincoln.

"A dog whistle?" Lincoln reacts.

"Lana responds more to that whistle than Charles. So, whenever she gets lost, and I know she will, sound the whistle and she will walk back to you," Lucy lays the instructions.

"What's so special about this whistle…?" Lincoln asks, as he blows the whistle to deliver a horn-like sound, which surprises him. "What was that?"

"Factory defect," Lucy blandly replies. "Good luck to you brother." She then gets on the Vanzilla, along with their mom and Lola. They get off the garage and head to their destination.

"Love you sweetie! Take care!" Mrs. Loud greets Lincoln goodbyes. "I will!" he replies, then somberly walks back home and sits by the couch, waiting for 7:00 PM to hit. But while at it, he decides to check out Lana.

Lincoln climbs upstairs and walks to Lola and Lana's room, seeing the door wide open. He enters in sheer curiosity but with escalating fear.

"Lana, where are you? It's almost 7. We gotta go," Lincoln calls out his sister.

After seconds later, a small peep is heard, but in a deep voice manner, "I am the darkest knight, the Caped Crusader."

"Lana?" Lincoln wonders. And out of the shadows appear Lana in a Christopher Nolan Batman costume, doing combat moves before posing. "I am Batman!" Lana declaims in the signature Christian Bale Batman speech mannerism.

"Right…Ready now?" Lincoln asks sullenly.

"Ready as I'll ever be!" Lana answers in her normal voice.

"Fine. Let's go."

"Wait, aren't you gonna put on your Robin costume?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Come on Lincoln. Please! Mom even made you that costume?" Lana pleads with puppy dog eyes.

"Lana, I am done with trick-or-treating since 6 years old. Don't wanna don another costume for Halloween. I will just take you from house to house. And that's it," Lincoln explains bluntly.

But Lana begs at her knees, clinging on to Lincoln's legs, "Lincoln please! This is one perfect night I get to wear this cool costume. I need my sidekick with me. Please Lincoln!" Though he still declines, Lana never stops pleading, "Come on Lincoln! There'll be chocolates and candies and chocolates. And I heard that this house gives out free comics."

At that assurance, Lincoln twitches as he realizes Lana hit his weak spot: comics. "Did I just hear what I think I heard, from you?" Lincoln asks, making Lana respond with a nod and a smile.

For that, Lincoln sighs, then forcefully replies, "Holy comics, Batman, where should we go?"

Cue Batman transitional sound cue. Minutes later, Lincoln changes to the Robin costume that his mom made him. It is all in red and greet suit, black mask, yellow cape, and signature flesh-colored tights.

Lana tries to cover her laugh, then replies with spouting chuckles, "Not…bad."

Impatient, Lincoln says, "Let's just go."

To be continued