"Hey guys, It's me!" Luna said, nervously stepping into her family's old home. She had moved out a couple of months ago for college, but it as she stepped in it was like she never left.

"Luna!" A chorus of female voices rung out as footsteps stomped towards her location. She was immediately bombarded with a barrage of hugs from seven female bodies. She struggled to keeps standing as a chorus of high-pitched voices all attempted to speak out at once.

"Guys, guys, calm down!" She laughed, attempting to pry them off of her.

"Where have you been?!" Luan asked, squeezing her tighter.

"Around. When are you leaving?" Luna said jokingly.

"Shut up." She said, too happy to even make a joke at the moment. Luna laughed as she squeezed her family back in one of their famous group hugs.

"I missed you guys, too." She said.

They stayed like that for a second, before stepping back, all faces masked with goofy smiles.

"Glad to have ya back, sis." Lynn said. "What brings you around?"

"I actually have to talk to mom and dad. Alone. Are they here?"

"What, are you dropping out?"

"No, look, just go get them, please. It's important."


"I do not think they particularly care if you bring anything."

"What do you mean? If we're going to a party, I'm not going to just go empty-handed. Otherwise I'll look like a free-loading bum!"

The pair were at a local food market, looking for deals on sweets and drinks they could bring.

"I'm sure that is not true, Lincoln-tan." Twenty-Three said, watching the fourteen-year-old stress out over two different kinds of pastries. "Well, if you must bring something, have it be simple. Like chips."

"Are you kidding? Of course there's already going to be chips. It's a party, at least three people are bringing chips!"

"The told you it's not a 'bring-some-food' deal, I doubt anyone but you and the host are bringing foods."

"Stop criticizing me and start helping! Do people like chocolate-filled or just plain more?"

"I don't usually eat, but I assume chocolate-filled might be the most popular. However, given your hefty budget of a 1,128 yen, I suggest you stay with something a little more modest."

"Don't patronize me." Lincoln said, looking around. "Ooh, what about the dorayaki?"

"It's not my money."

"If you're not going to help then why are you even here?" Lincoln started to fill his basket to the brim with the red-bean pancake and sweet red bean paste food.

"I had nothing better to do."

"*sigh* Of course you didn't." He said, making his way to the cashier. It came out to a little more than he thought (about 1,440) but he wasn't too bothered by it. They walked out of the store an started to head back to his apartment.

"Say, who's this party for, anyways?"

"Tatsumaki." She said. Lincoln stopped and looked down at his wasted budget.

"Is it too late to return these?"

"Be nice!"


"Wait, you're serious?" Lynn Loud Sr. said, as his hero daughter. "That's . . . that's just . . . "

"The only catch is I'm not allowed to do any hero work during this time. It's strictly for vacation."

"Thank you so much, Luna." Rita Loud said, looking like she was almost on the verge of tears. "I don't even know how to thank you."

"Don't thank me. Sam was the one who get them. Just enough for all of us, plus two more. I already have tow people in mind to take, too."

"This is just . . . wow." Lynn said again.

"I think he's appreciative too." Rita said, slightly giggling. "This is an extremely generous thing your work did for us. We would've never been able to afford that on our own, not with all the debt we're in."

"Mom, I get it. I still gotta gather up the other girls, and then we can decide when to leave."

"I know Leni will have no problem coming right away, although I might have to help her explain the situation to her counselor."

"Right, she went to fashion school. And Lori's in Texas right now, but I can bring her here."

"And none of the girls have any major activities coming up soon."

"Well, we should all be good. I actually might need you to come with me to talk to Clyde's parents."

"And I assume you're asking Ronnie-Ann to come along as well?" Rita asked with a smirk.

"Ha, of course I am. Just because I haven't seen him in forever doesn't mean I'm not gonna embarrass him. Besides, I know he'll be sad if everyone's not there."

"It's been so long." Lynn said. "I'm can't even imagine how hurt he must be."


"MY DORAYAKI!" Lincoln yelled, looking down at the charge corpse of his snacks.

"I'M SO SORRY LINCOLN-TAN, THAT WAS UNINTENTIONAL." She yelled. She had used too much power to charge up a take-off, and accidentally let out an explosion.

"WHY?!"


"I don't think he has any hard feelings." Luna said. "He seemed happy to see me."

"Well, I hope he isn't mad at us." Lynn says.

"No, I don't- . . . well, he might be a little. But he'll be happy to see all of us."

"I'm sure you're right, Luna." Rita said. "Now, how about we tell the girls."

"No, need, they've been spying on us this entire time." She said.

"No we're not!" A small voice yelled out, followed by a multitude of shushing.

"Lily, did you clean your room?!" Rita yelled back.

" . . . yeees." Lily obviously lied.

"Well, tell the others to start packing!" Lynn said. The sounds of running footsteps echoed through the house as the girls went to their collective rooms.

"I'll go get Lori." Luna said, standing from the table.

"I just can''t believe we're going to see our baby boy again." Lynn said. "I mean, I can, but-"

"I know what you mean dear." Rita said. "I'm sure he'll be thrilled to see us."


"Don't talk to me." Lincoln said coldly as Twenty-Three struggled to keep up.

"I'm Sorry!"