Well, two people voted for Lana's story, so here she is!
Lana: Loved and Lost
It was a calm and peaceful weekend at the Loud House. The Loud siblings were hanging out and doing their favorite activities, and for once, things didn't seem to go wro-
"YOU GOT MUD ON MY SPARKLY DRESS!"
"YOU GOT YOUR DUMB GLITTER IN MY MUD!"
Oh boy. Seems another play session between two of the girls has gone awry. In the backyard, we see them standing directly in front of each other, almost pushing their faces together in an effort to intimidate the other.
One of these young girls had perfectly groomed blonde hair topped with a tiara, and wore a fabulous (and likely expensive) pink dress covered in glitter, and an unfortunate splash of mud on the side. The girl opposite to her WOULD look exactly the same... if not for the dirty, knotted pigtails, a red baseball cap, and overalls soaked in a far more generous amount of mud.
These would be the twins, Lola and Lana.
"COULDN'T YOU GO ROLL AROUND IN THE DIRT IN THE FRONT YARD!?
"COULDN'T YOU HAVE FAKE TEA WITH YOUR STUPID STUFFED ANIMALS IN THE FRONT YARD!?"
"MY STUFFED ANIMALS ARE NOT STUPID! YOUR DUMB REPTILES ARE STUPID!"
Lana looked hurt for a moment, before her face turned back to a furious shade of red.
"MY PETS ARE NOT STUPID, TAKE THAT BACK!"
"Nope." the diva said quietly and calmly, which made the response even more infuriating.
"TAKE. IT. BACK."
"Nope."
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" would be the last thing Lola heard before being tackled to the ground.
As sounds of screaming and violence filled the air, the other residents of the house poured into the backyard. From their angle, all that could be seen was a cloud of dust and dirt, with the occasional fist or foot sticking out only to be swung back in.
One in the group, the young boy named Lincoln, tried to step forward and say something, but was quickly pulled back by his sister Lynn, who seemed to be wearing protective yellow gear.
"SISTER FIGHT PROTOCOL!" the jock screamed, as two more girls in padding, Luna and Luan, ran forward. Reaching into the ball of violence, they pulled the two fairly beaten young girls out, and ran back into the house in separate directions.
"Lynn..." Lincoln sighed, "I could've helped get them to stop fighting..."
Lynn gave her brother a sly grin. "No can do, bro. You remember what happened last time, right? We gotta let them work this one out."
As the crowd began to walk back into the house, the smallest of them, beside the baby, pulled out a chart. Lisa shouted out "OK PEOPLE, WE'RE BACK DOWN FROM HISSING CAT TO THUNDERSTORM!" Lincoln still didn't understand that system, but he shrugged and went back inside.
As Lincoln went upstairs to his room, he saw Luan at the top of the stairway, with some sort of gate blocking him.
"Luan, what's the big deal?" Lincoln sighed.
"Sister fight protocol, Lincoln. Lana is to be relocated to your room tonight." Luan signaled for Lucy to walk by, escorting Lana. "Don't worry, Linc. It'll brawl work out in the end."
As Luan laughed at her own joke, Lana turned to see her brother and stopped. "Hey Lincoln, you can still sleep on your bed if you want. I'll be comfortable on the floor."
"Lana, I can't let you sleep on the floor, that wouldn't be fair."
"No, no, I insist." Lana smiled, showing off her tooth gap. "Sometimes I sleep on the floor with Charles anyway. It's perfectly fine."
"Well... ok, I guess."
That night...
As Lincoln completed his nightly pre-bedtime rituals, he began to walk back to his room. Opening the door, he saw Lana there. She was setting a large blanket up on the floor, trying to make a pet bed shape out of it.
"Oh, Lana! I forgot you were sleeping in here tonight..."
"It's cool, Linc. I'm just setting my spot up."
"You know, there's enough room in my bed for another person, so you can sleep there if you want." Lincoln said. "I just don't feel right with you sleeping on the floor."
"Are you sure? Cause I roll around in my sleep a lot, I might end up kicking you or something."
"It's fine. If I could handle a week straight of Lynn snoring in my ear and giving me Dutch ovens, I can handle that." Lincoln smiled as he grabbed Lana's pillow and put it next to his own.
As they both got comfortable in bed, Lincoln turned around to look at Lana.
"So, I know I'm not supposed to talk about it, but what was that fight all about?"
Lana's happy face formed a bit of a frown. "Well, I was just playing in the mud with Izzy, and I accidentally splashed Lola. I was going to apologize, but she started yelling, and when she yells at me, I always end up yelling back..."
"But then why'd you attack her?"
"She called my pets stupid... I can handle anything mean people say about ME, but when somebody says something about Hops or Izzy or Charles or any of the animals, I just... lose it."
Lincoln nodded. All of the Louds had something they cared about deeply, and many people would think that Lana's was mud. But animals were always first. She'd give up mud and live the rest of her life dressed like Lola if it would benefit her pets somehow.
"Well, what if tomorrow, you try to apologize to Lola?"
"Me, apologize to HER!?" Lana said angrily. "Why would I do that? She started it!"
"I know, I know. But you know Lola. She won't take the blame for it. And if you apologize to her, it could cool you both off before one of you does something really dumb to the other."
Lana tried to keep arguing, but she sighed. "Your right, Lincoln. I'll tell her I'm sorry for ruining her dumb tea party..."
"Ok. Let's get to sleep so we can get up early, then." Lincoln turned and turned off his light, before tucking his arms back under his blanket and getting comfortable. "Good night, Lana."
"Good night, Lincoln." Lana said, as Lincoln closed his eyes and began to fall asleep.
Lana, however, looked up at the ceiling for a while, and pondered what she should do. Well, what she WANTED to do was throw some mud into that dumb diva's face. But Lincoln was right, dragging the fight on would just be bad for both of them, and for everybody in the house. She'd have to make amends with Lola before the fight had a chance to escalate or drag other sisters into it.
Feeling sleep begin to creep up on her, Lana rolled over to her side and closed her eyes. But before falling completely, she reached forward and pulled herself closer to Lincoln, cuddling him closely. A small smile formed on both their faces as Lana fell asleep.
Morning...
Lana slowly opened her eyes and looked around. According to Lincoln's alarm clock, the time was 7:13, Sunday morning. Speaking of Lincoln, the boy had already woken up, as he wasn't in the bed any more. This saddened Lana a bit, as she had hoped to cuddle with her older brother a while longer. Although she'd put up a tough facade and deny it, it was the most comfortable she had been in a long time.
Going downstairs, Lana saw that the Loud House was already bustling. Lori sat on the couch and was texting somebody, likely Bobby. Leni was on the other end of the couch, and was watching one of the Land Before Time films on TV. Lana remembered that they had been Leni's favorite movies since her childhood. Luna and Luan were talking about Weird Sal's new album. Being a musical comedian, he was something that both of them could enjoy together.
Walking into the dining room, Lana saw a barricade posted at the kitchen door, with Lisa manning it. It was safe to assume that Lola was in there having breakfast, and wasn't quite ready to settle things yet.
"Hey, Lisa."
"I'm sorry, Lana." Lisa responded, unintentionally spitting a bit due to her lisp. "But the situation is still at Thunderstorm. I have to ask that you return for your breakfast at 7:30 when... the other party is finished."
"Ok, I understand. But could you get me my food for the pets upstairs? I'll feed them while... the other party isn't there."
Lisa opened a notepad, likely containing a schedule, and scanned through it before nodding. "That is acceptable. Lucy, please fetch the reptile and amphibian feed from refrigeration unit."
Lucy looked at Lisa confused for a moment, before Lisa sighed. "Get the food for Lana's pets from the fridge, if you would." Understanding that better, Lucy fetched the containers from the fridge and handed them to Lisa, who then handed them to Lana.
"Thanks, Lis." Lana said before going back upstairs and into her and Lola's bedroom. Going to her end of the room, Lana began opening the containers and collecting food for each animal.
"Ok, some fruit for Izzy... Some rat stuff for Lucifer... Some flies for Hops..."
However, as Lana said the last name, she looked up to Hops' tank and saw that it was empty.
"Hops? Where are you, you silly frog?" Lana said as she began looking around. Behind the tank, in the other tanks, under both beds, in Lola's stuff, in Lola's diary... but the frog was nowhere to be found.
"What on Earth could've happe-" Lana stopped mid-thought and formed a scowl. She had an idea what might've happened.
Even from the kitchen, the stomping coming down the stairs could be heard as Lana approached. Lisa tried to stop her at the barricade again, but Lana gently moved her aside and stepped over it, going to the kid's table where a certain princess was drinking tea.
"YOU!" Lana yelled, which caught Lola's attention. "What did you do with Hops!?"
Lola had a smug look on her face as she sipped her tea and then set it down.
"Hops? Oh, you mean the stupid reptile?"
Lana's face turned red again. "He is NOT stupid! And he's an AMPHIBIAN, NOT A REPTILE! NOW WHERE IS HE!?"
"Oh, he looked so unhappy in his little aquarium." Lola said as she shrugged, not changing the smug look on her face. "So I... just let him out for a bit to catch some air."
"WHAT!? YOU KNOW HE LIKES TO RUN AWAY!" Lana yelled. She wanted so badly to do something to Lola, but Hops took priority, so she ran off yelling his name.
Having overheard the situation by chance and TOTALLY not by eavesdropping, the other Loud girls, and Lincoln, began to help Lana search. The last thing they needed was for DEFCON 1 to happen.
Lori searched the living room with Lana, Luna and Luan searched the dining room, Lucy searched the basement, Lincoln, Lisa, and Lynn searched upstairs, Lola stayed at her table, and Leni... just stared out the front window.
"What are you doing, Leni? We're literally trying to stop this from going to Erupting Volcano!" Lori yelled. Leni, however, kept staring outside.
"I'm just watching this cute little frog in the front yard! He's, like, totes adorable hopping around out there!" Leni said, turning to her sister with a smile on her face.
Overhearing her older sister, Lana ran for the front door and pushed her way outside. Taking a moment to cover the sudden glare of the sun from her eyes, she could see a familiar frog sitting on the sidewalk in front of the yard
"Oh, Hops! Thank goodness I found you! Now lets get you back inside..."
Either not listening to or not hearing her owner, Hops took another leap, which put him at the end of the sidewalk.
"Hops, you know you shouldn't play by the road. Come on, buddy." Lana beckoned again as she walked faster towards the frog. And again, he hopped, landing in the road.
"Hops..." Lana sighed, now standing on the sidewalk.
Hops kept moving forward, now in the middle of the road.
Lana moved forward into the road, now reaching for her frog. However, she was stopped dead in her tracks by the sound of a loud horn.
A loud, collective scream could be heard coming from the front yard as Lori and Lincoln bolted forward
To Lana, time seemed to have slowed to a halt as she looked up, seeing a car barely a few feet away, with a surprised man at the wheel. She was frozen in place like a deer, barely able to register what was happening, before she felt the grip of her older sister on one of the suspenders of her overalls pull her back.
"HOPS, NO!" the girl screamed as she fell backwards.
And as time seemed to resume, all Lana could hear was the screeching of a car hitting the breaks...
And the horrible, horrible sound of a ribbit being cut short by a disgusting squish.
To be continued...
This wasn't originally going to be a two-parter, but I didn't wanna keep you guys waiting too long. I'm a slow writer. :| But I got a preview of the 2nd part for you guys.
Lola smirked as she saw Lana walk into the kitchen.
"So, did you find the dumb frog yet? Or did you come to apologize for ruining my favorite dress yesterday?
Lana didn't respond. She simply walked toward Lola, not lifting her face from the ground.
"Uh... you're acting kinda creepy. What's going on?"
Lana stopped right in front of Lola. From here, she could see Lana's face was a dark red, with wet lines under her eyes. Further down, her hands were balled into fists, and appeared to be stained red.
"L-Lana, what is that!? Y-you're scaring me!"
Lola tried to back away, but Lana reached her hand out and grabbed her arm, squeezing it with unnatural strength for a 6 year old. Lana looked up and opened her mouth, but she was barely able to form a sentence through her gasping and crying.
"I... I'm going..."
Lola tried to back away, but, Lana tightened her grip, causing her to squeal in pain.
"I'm going... to KILL YOU!"