Chapter Synopsis: Lucy finally talks to a spirit, but it's not the one she's thinking of...
Moving on to the middle-left room, our next griever is Lucy. It appears she is playing around with a Ouija board. If horror movies have taught us anything, it's to never disturb a resting spirit. Despite this, she's still using it, not caring for the possible disastrous consequences.
"If there are any spirits who wish to communicate with our mortal plane, move the planchette and spell out the words you wish to say!" Lucy shouts. To her surprise, the planchette is actually moving (NO, she is NOT moving it HERSELF, it's moving seemingly on its own!) It begins to spell out some words…
H-e-l-l-o L-u-c-y
"Gasp! Great-grandma Harriet? Is that you?!" Lucy asks, shocked
N-o
"Oh…who are you, spirit?"
I-t-s m-e… t-h-e o-n-e y-o-u h-a-t-e
"But Lola is still alive…"
"HEY, I heard that! One more comment like that and I'll claim my stake on your precious Edwin!" Lola responds violently
"But I don't really hate anyone…sure, I'm a little annoyed that my siblings ignore me, but…I don't HATE any one of them."
D-i-d y-o-u f-i-n-d i-t?
"Find what, spirit?" Lucy questions
O-u-r p-o-e-m
"What are you talking about? The only ones who write poems are me and Lincoln, and Lincoln only does so when he helps ME write them!"
The planchette moves in a fast, violent matter!
D-o-n'-t y-o-u g-e-t i-t y-e-t?
I w-a-s c-o-v-e-r-i-n-g f-o-r h-i-m
R-e-m-e-m-b-e-r w-h-e-n L-y-n-n l-o-s-t t-h-e f-i-n-a-l b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l g-a-m-e o-f t-h-e s-e-a-s-o-n?
I t-o-o-k o-v-e-r o-u-r b-r-o-t-h-e-r'-s j-o-b b-e-c-a-u-s-e h-e h-a-d t-o d-e-a-l w-i-t-h 5 s-i-s-t-e-r'-s e-v-e-n-t-s y-e-s-t-e-r-d-a-y!
N-o-t t-o m-e-n-t-i-o-n t-h-a-t 2 o-f t-h-e-m w-e-r-e L-o-l-a a-n-d L-y-n-n
L-o-l-a h-a-d h-i-m t-r-a-i-n w-i-t-h h-e-r t-o b-e-a-t m-e i-n a p-o-s-e o-f-f
A-n-d w-e a-l-l k-n-o-w a-b-o-u-t L-y-n-n'-s e-v-e-n-t…
"Wait… "OUR brother"?! Does that mean...?!" Lucy responds in a startled manner "Well, there's only one way to be sure, spirit, what is your name?"
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"Lana…is it really you?" Lucy inquires. She's speechless that she managed to contact a spirit at all! Let alone the spirit of her dead sister!
A blue sphere flies into Lynn and Lucy's bedroom. It pauses for a while… Lucy stares at the orb, it materializes into a familiar shape. It looks like an astral projection of Lana…It approaches Lucy.
"It's been a while, hasn't it?" Lana's ghost states
Lucy is just frozen in a state of shock. After a few minutes, she snaps out it. She speaks to the apparition of Lana.
"Is it really you? Are you really our sister, Lana?" Lucy questions
"Yes…It's me. I can't hold this semi-physical form forever, though. In a while, I'll revert back to the sphere form. I can still talk in that form, but people won't know it's "me". They'll just assume they're crazy because they're hearing a blue sphere talking to them, not realizing it's a ghost." Lana explains "I saw you were trying to talk to spirits again…" Lana glances over at the Ouija board "…so I thought I'd come in and say "hi.""
"So, what poem do you keep talking about?"
"It was about lights…"
Lucy remembers that she and Lincoln made that poem! But…If what Lana said is true, that means she was the one who was helping her! Lucy finds the poem and recites it to Lana. She nods her head, confirming that this is the poem she was talking about.
"I think this poem is starting to turn into a prophecy…or an omen…either way, it's not looking good…" Lana said nervously
"What are you talking about Lana?"
"In this family there are 2 lights, split apart, by endless fights. The faded light, broken by strife, will have to give up life." Lana recites "That's the first stanza and first 3 lines of the poem. And it seems like it already came true."
"I'll explain it to you." Lana continues "In this family there are 2 lights, one of them is me, the other is another one of our siblings. Split apart by endless fights, fairly obvious, it represents the chaotic dysfunction caused by our siblings in the Loud house. The faded light, broken by strife, the Trinity of Violence's many attempts to stop me from "shifting the family dynamic", when all I want is for Lincoln to be treated fairly. Will have to give up life…uh, we already know what happened."
"But I already looked up what your name means. "Lana" doesn't mean "light", it means "good-looking".
"In English, but in Greek it means "shining light.""
"You can try to search all our sibling's names into a "what does my name mean?" website, but the "second light" in the poem is metaphoric. But just because I'm curious, I'll let you look them up anyway." Lana clarifies
Lucy tries to search all of the Loud sibling's names into a "what does my name mean?" website. The results she got were that "Lori" means "laurel tree/sweet bay tree", a symbol of victory, this definitely fits her demanding personality. "Leni" isn't found, but names that have "leni" as part of a bigger name I.E: Eleni means "light" in Greek. But if someone made a fanfic where Leni dies…I don't think anyone would get through it, it would be way too depressing/sad to even continue reading it. "Luna" means "moon" (but everybody already knows that, it was kind of anticlimactic searching this one…). "Luan" means "uprising" in Chinese…considering Lana made her a co-leader of the Covalence Network, this couldn't be truer. Another note, all other names that have "luan" as part of a bigger name I.E: Anluan means "champion" in Irish and Luana/e means "graceful battle maiden" in German. "Lynn" means "waterfall". "Lincoln" means "lakeside colony", fitting, since the Loud family lives in Michigan, which is bordered by 4 of the 5 Great Lakes, but his nickname, "Linc", has an even better meaning. "Linc" means "wise". Ironically, "Lucy" means "bringer of light". "Lola" means "sorrowful". This is only half true. Lola doesn't EXPERIENCE sorrow, she CAUSES it in others! "Lisa" means "oath of God", but if God saw what Lisa was doing, God would disapprove. And finally, "Lily" means "purity".
"Well, that was enlightening. But remember, the "second light" is metaphoric. It seems my time in this form is up." The phantasm form of Lana destabilizes "Well, if you ever need me, just call! I'm still here, you just can't see me. But I still watch all over you…until then…" Lana turns back into a blue sphere and flies off
Lucy turns to decipher the rest of their poem. It seems the Loud house will get chaotic once again… it's only a matter of time. But, with Lana still helping her family from the spirit plane, it seems like things will become…more peaceful until then.
Author's Note: Didn't see that coming, did you? Lana's ghost can either be summoned by Lucy or she can choose to appear. If either of those situations happen, she'll be in the sphere form. The astral projection form makes it so that person KNOWS that they're talking to a ghost instead of just a floating blue orb. But don't worry about Lana, she's working hard to master a way to make the astral projection form last as long as she wants! I almost forgot, when Lola says she'll claim her stake on Edwin, she means she's going to stake (stab) him, but since Edwin is just a bust and not a real vampire, Lola will "kill" him by using a hammer and chisel to shatter him.