A/N Man, those guys over at NaNoWriMo were right. It was hard writing the day after thanksgiving… getting a Chess account didn't help.

Chapter 25: A Comedian's Advice

"Welp, I'm gonna admit this… Luna wasn't as interesting as I thought she'd be." Lincoln quips, disappointment filling his voice.

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Lori raises her eyebrow in curiosity, "Is it because she wasn't doing much or something?"

"You can say that." The boy holds his free hand behind his back, seemingly trying to calm himself down after talking to two of his sisters. "There's also because back in my time, Luna is one of the best and most fun sisters I have and here she's just… flat… It's like they're two different people!" He mentally sighs, "But I guess, that's what time does to people, huh? It changes them…"

Lori looks at her boyfriend in concern, "Are you ok, Michael? You seem a bit… you know, like something's bugging you."

In response, the young boy puts on a soft, albeit fake smile to keep her calm, "It's nothing, really, it isn't anything." Though, he can't help, but think, "Yeah… and in the future you never mention me or how the girls were impacted by what I do today… You really do change in the future…"

"Ok…" The young girl softens her gaze and pulls him along, over to the room of her final sibling, "Don't worry though, I'm sure Luan has something more interesting for your tastes."

"Hopefully." Lincoln shrugs, "After all, from what I've seen, she already has an idea of what she wants to do with her life… just like in present time."

And so Lincoln and Lori step into the young comedian's room… only for two buckets of water to land on their heads.

"Luan!" Lori shouts in frustration, while flaring her arms, "Why's you dump water on us?!"

"Oh no reason." She waves her older sister off, "I know you're all wet and stuff, so I just wanted to make sure that you could hide it!"

Thankfully, Lori still has the bucket over her head or else she would be more embarrassed by that joke, "Please be too innocent to get it, please be too innocent to get it."

A moment of silence passes after that, with Lincoln doing his best to make sense of Luan's pun, though once the time elapses, he ends up with nothing, "I don't get it."

"Phew." Lori breathes a sigh of relief, before pulling the bucket off her head, "Luan, what are you doing?"

"Oh nothing." She turns and hops into her desk, "I was just working on my new material! I've got a boost of creativity after your boyfriend came along!"

Lincoln tilts his head in confusion, "Why do you say that?"

"Simple!" She shoves her hand in the desk and pulls out a banana, "You were nice enough to give me some pointers!"

"Huh, well that's nice." He thinks for a moment, "I already helped Lynn figure out what she wants to do, and I gave Luna a push in the right direction… maybe I should help Luan too." He walks up to her and squats by her side, "Well then, wanna work on some material? I'm sure that your next show is gonna be amazing!"

"No need! I'm already working on my next line of comedy!" She then pulls out a pencil and paper and taps her chin, "But… I'm not sure what pranks I can pull…"

"Heh, you wanna graduate to pranks, huh?" Lincoln chuckles, before patting her head, "Well I guess I can help you with that."

Suddenly, Luan's eyes go wide in shock, "Really?!"

The boy nods, "Yeah."

"Uhh, are you sure that's a good idea?" Lori cuts in, rubbing the back of her head as she does so, "I know that you mean well and all, but… Luan has the bad habit of going overboard when she tries to do something…"

Yet, undeterred, Lincoln simply waves her off, "Come on, it can't be that bad!" he turns back to the young girl, "Besides, she's got a big sister like you watching out for her."

For a moment, Lori hesitates. She knows Luan well enough that if someone put an idea in her head she would go out of her way to make it come true- without bothering to check for the consequences. And yet, her partner's affirming gaze seems to put her at ease for a moment, as if they both believe she can handle whatever prank Luan tries to throw at them. "All right, fine, go teach her."

"Yay!" Luan cheers, before grabbing onto 'Michael' and continuing, "So what pranks can we pull?!"

"Heh, well there's plenty we could do." He pats his head, "You can throw bananas around, place whoopee cushions when someone's about to sit or…" he rubs his chin, "Now that I think of it, I wonder why Luan never does this…" He finishes, "Replace the shampoo with hair dye."

Immediately, Lori grabs the boy's arm, "All right, that's enough! You're gonna get her to turn the house upside down at the rate you're going!"

Lincoln chuckles, "Heh, sorry, sorry!" And with that, they leave the room, leaving Luan alone to think.

"Hmm, hair dye… that sounds like a great idea!" She snaps her fingers, before a devious smile forms on her face, "But what if instead of dying their hair one color, I dye it in a rainbow of colors!"

Meanwhile, Lori drags Lincoln downstairs with a smile. "Now go home! It's getting late!" the young girl chuckles, before hugging Lincoln, "Thanks for coming over, Michael." She nuzzles the boy.

'Michael' doesn't hesitate to nuzzle her back, "Heh, no problem. I can't wait for the dance."

The young girl then places a soft kiss upon his cheek, "Neither can I. Goodnight! And remember, be ready for the dance! We meet back here before we go!"

"All right, you got it Lori!" And with that, Lincoln nods and turns, before walking back along the nighttime path. "Heh, let me call home, they're probably dying to here from me."

Meanwhile…

Lori kicks in the Loud House door, "Everybody! What the heck is going on with Lincoln?!"

Immediately, Lynn Sr. and Rita rush out of their room, with the woman holding up her hands in front of her, desperately trying to calm her daughter down, "Lori, hold on, there's nothing to get worked up over!"

"Nothing to get worked up over?!" She flares her arms for emphasis, "Six years ago I dated my brother for crying out loud!"

Immediately, the two parents look at each other, before turning back to their daughter, "How did you-"

"I went over to the McBrides, they have photos." She crosses her arms, "Now, I want an explanation and I want it now!"

"Well then it seems like I have no choice but to tell you, or so it seems." Lisa steps out from her cover and shakes her head, "With screaming like that, I'm surprised Lily is able to suspend consciousness as well as she is able to."

Immediately, Lori marches up the stairs and grabs onto her four-year-old sister, "Lisa, you've got thirty seconds to explain what's going on before I turn you into a human pretzel!"

"Simply put, in order to maintain a balance in the space-time continuum, Lincoln has done what has happened before." Lisa tries to explain, only for Lori to glare at her once more, "I suppose that explanation was not enough for her."

"Lori, please, calm down." Lynn Sr. rushes up the stairs as well, motioning for her to calm down.

For a moment, Lori stares into her little sister's eyes- their typical monotone replaced by a surprising fear, almost as if she herself had no idea if Lori would really turn her into a human pretzel.

"Grr, I'm so angry! Why did Lincoln do all that? Why did he go out with me and do so much to get our sisters on the right path, only to leave?!" She takes the moment to calm down, only to steel her gaze once more, "Answers, I want them now!"

"Yo dudes! Lincoln's done with his date with Lori and-" Luna rushes out of Lisa's bedroom, only to stop when her eyes fall upon the enraged Lori.

"Well, finish your sentence." The young woman commands.

Luna nods, "He's on call right now, he wants to report what's going on."

As soon as she says that, Lori pushes passed her younger sister and rushes over to the monitor, "Lincoln! You've got some explaining to do!"

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A/N I hope you guys enjoyed! Next chapter is gonna involve Lori and Lincoln! I thank Wolvenstrom for his help!

Review Replies:

DreadedCandiru2: Yeah, and now Lori is preparing to confront him!

gamelover41592: Let's see where their ("non-violent") conversation will go!

364wii: Yeah! She's now confused!

Zoinks81: Yeah! It will be!

Guest: It's in the works; currently the 1st draft is done. I plan to get it finished over winter break.

BoukenDutch: Well I'll admit, this story runs on a stable time loop. The question is, how does everything come full circle? And yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case!

Finnjr63: Thanks!

celrock: Stable Time Loop! Thanks!