So, you may be wondering why I'm pulling the "update in both Saturday and Sunday" schtick again. Well, truth be told, I'm close to getting three chapters done ahead, and I'm not that comfortable with getting more than two chapters ready. As for why I have that much, well, I got inspired, almost got it finished yesterday, but I decided to put it on hold to finish it this weekend.

Besides, I like to think that, since the story is going to be long, more chapters should come out whenever possible, as long as the chapters are truly ready. Which they were, in this case. Don't worry, we'll be back to a sunday-only update schedule after this, just letting you know about it.

Also, Chains of Reality officially has a TvTropes page now. Yay.

So, without further ado, let's move on!

Last time, on Chains of Reality, the teacher trio-Shrinivas, Johnson, and DiMartino-practiced for a little bit before Rita and Lynn Sr. unceremoniously stole their remaining time on the training room. Samantha, Maggie's mother, tried to tell DiMartino the truth about Giggles' murdered, but she was stopped by suggestion of Johnson.

Meanwhile, Carol and Clyde-soon joined by Ronnie Anne, Polly Pain, and Tabby-tried to stop the imposing march of the lincolnists, but they found themselves vastly outnumbered! With little option left, Carol teleported Ronnie and Clyde to the house and took out the twins and Lucy before the march got there. When the team got ready to strike, however, the lincolnsits knelled down and praised the pregnant boy.

What will happen next?! Find out now, on Chains of Reality!

Chapter 36: Carol's Secret Uncovered! Shower the lord and savior Lincoln with your Gratitude!

Carol's House, Living Room...

Carol, the twins, and Lucy appeared at the living room of the teenager's house, and as soon as she released the Louds, Carol promptly collapsed on the floor before crawling her way to the couch.

"Carol, are you okay?!" Lana exclaimed as she ran off to the teenager.

"I'm fine, Lana, I'm just really tired," Carol answered before tucking herself on the couch. "I just spent a lot of hours training with a pair of people on the afterlife, and I'm absolutely exhausted."

The trio looked at Carol with confusion at the mention of the afterlife.

"No, I'm not dead or something like that, I just teleported to the afterlife."

Lana and Lucy sighed in relief, while Lola narrowed her eyes, feeling suspicious about the remark. Nevertheless, she decided to sit down and watch some tv with Lucy while Lana remained by Carol's side.

"So, Lucy, what do you wanna see?" Lola asked, earning a slap in the face from the blind goth. "On the television!"

"Oh, uh, well, I'm not in the mood for anything dark right now, it may make me remember the Vine fiasco," Lucy winced, partially because of the memories, partially because she realized how stupid this situation actually was. "So, try to put something lighthearted, please."

Lola promptly started surfing the channels, and before long, she put on the "Princess Pony" show. And thought the pageant diva flinched the instant she saw the show, Lucy didn't really react. Probably for a good reason.

"Well, this isn't exactly my cup of tea, if you get what I mean," Lola remarked, putting on a nervous smile as she added, "But, if you feel like this show could cheer you up, I can try survive an episode or two. Oh, by the way, I put on the Princess Pony show."

"Oh no, my favorite show! If Lola finds out I actually likes this and tattles on me, who knows how much teasing I'm going to get!" Lucy thought in sheer horror. "Quick, act as disgusted as whenever you hear one of Luan's jokes!"

Lucy took a deep breath. "Lola, in case you haven't noticed, I can't really see anything due to my blindness. And besides, even if I could see, Princess Pony is really something that only be seen in intense feelings of depression or sadness. Simply put, I need something lighthearted, but not this lighthearted."

Lola turned off the television, then glanced at Lana, who was talking with a grumpy Carol.

"And no matter how well the nightmare goes, or how unlikely it seems to be related to Lola, she always ends up dead one way or another!" Lana told the blonde teenager, seemingly oblivious to how angry Carol was getting. "Sliced in half, burn to death, or even suic-"

"Lana, you're adorable, but for the love of Lincoln, I'm trying to sleep here!" Carol snapped at the girl before hiding under her bed sheets. "And telling me about your nightmares won't help me with that! Can't all this dream mumbo jumbo be left for later?!"

And just as Lana frowned, Lola and Lucy went to her, with the diva quipping, "Huh, that's not something you see everyday: Carol angry at you. What happened between you two?"

"I was telling her about these chronic nightmares I've been having lately, in hopes that she could help me deal with them so I could sleep at night," Lana explained... Then frowned angrily and looked away. "Not that you probably even care. Why are you asking, anyway?"

"Lana, the poor girl, for whatever reason, is clearly exhausted and drained," Lola put her hand on her hip. "I may not like her, but I certainly know how it feels to have your beauty sleep-or sleep in general-be interrupted, so I have to feel sorry for her."

"Well, I wouldn't need to ask her if there was some other way to find out about all the info we wanna know," Lana replied, looking away as she added, "But, as far as I know, the only way we can find out about such stuff is through Carol!"

"Actually, there pretty much is another way to find out about whatever you seek for," Carol blurted, catching the trio's attention as she slightly came out of her bedsheets. "There's a whole library down in my attic-"

"Down your attic?" Lucy repeated in confusion. "Don't you mean up your attic?"

"But of course not!" Carol replied. "Leni told me the place upstairs was called a basement!"

Lola, and surprisingly enough Lana, burst out laughing, while Lucy shook her head in disbelief... And tried to hold her laughter.

"Seriously, Carol?" Lola scoffed in the middle of her laughter. "You're believing something Leni, of all people, told you?"

"W-Well, her word means a lot to me," Carol answered, blushing a little as she said so.

"And we also like her too. I mean, it's Leni, it's kinda hard not to like a kindhearted idiot like her," Lola replied, with her twin and Lucy nodding in agreement, but with slight disapproval at the hidden insult. "But liking her doesn't change the fact that she is... Well, Leni. She's not a genius."

"And judging from how Lisa tends to act like, that's a very good thing," Lucy added.

"Whatever, we're getting sidetracked here!" Lana shouted. She promptly calmed down, then turned to Lana. "Where can we find this library you speak of?"

"Again, it's in the place downstairs that's apparently not called an attic," Carol closed her eyes and hit the hay. "It's at the end of the hallway, and it's unlocked, so if you find it, you shouldn't have any issues getting inside. Now please let me sleep."

Lana nodded, and she gestured her sisters to follow her... Then whistled in order to get Lucy to get the message. Though the goth at least did nod and follow her right away, Lola stood still and looked firmly at the sleeping Carol with a look of disapproval.

"To think, this is supposed to be Lana and I's niece..." the diva thought as Carol started to smile and drool a little, probably from the dream she was having. "Lori, Leni, what the heck have you been up to?"

Lola promptly took a deep breath and followed Lana and Lucy deeper into Carol's house, leaving the sleeping teenager to sleep in peace.

Meanwhile, back at the Loud house...

Lincoln, Clyde, Ronnie, and the rest of Team Lincoln stood in confusion as the lincolnists stood in their current stances-kneeling over, bowing down, and forming an "L" symbol with their hands-before they promptly got up, and waited for... Something.

"So, uh, what now?" Lincoln suddenly asked, taking a step forward. "Is this the part where you attack us or something?"

"My lord, why would we ever want to attack you?" Paige asked, tilting her head in both confusion and worry. "As the most gracious, patient, generous, and specially forgiving, person in all of existence, you deserve nothing but our utmost praise and adoration!"

And as the rest of the lincolnists nodded in agreement, Lincoln leaned closer to Ronnie whispered, "Is anybody else feeling uncomfortable with them brown nosing me?"

Ronnie rolled her eyes. "No joke, Lame-O, everybody is feeling uncomfortable about that."

"And I can't help but feel there's more to it than that," Clyde took a step forward and adjusted his glasses. "I don't want to jump into conclusions, but is there any possibility that you and these lincolnists may have some sort of agenda of your own concerning Lincoln?"

If Paige's furious glare and the lincolnists' ensuing, collective growl was any indication, they were not happy about Clyde's question at all. And yet, instead of blowing up and snapping right then and there, Paige managed to calm down fast enough to concentrate her anger into a much calmer, subtle form.

"Of course we have no ill intent towards Lincoln, blackjack," Paige answered as she took steps forward, forcing Clyde, Ronnie, Luan, and Luna, to walk backwards until they hit a wall. "Because unlike a certain group of petty, inconsiderate, ungrateful, unhelpful, selfish FARQUUADS!"

Suddenly, Paige changed from angry to happy and hugged the pregnant boy as she praised, "He's the most perfect being in all of existence, worthy of nothing but praise and admiration!"

"The blatant brown nosing still makes me uncomfortable," suddenly, Lincoln realized something. "Although, now that you say that, I may have an idea. You say you don't have any ill will towards me?"

"Of course not!"

"But you do have a problem with everybody else?"

Paige shot another glare at the quartet. "It's only fitting for such filthy, worthless things!"

"Luna, Luan, Clyde, Ronnie, I think you should go upstairs until these girls-"

"And some boys!" Silas exclaimed from the back.

Lincoln paused, then resumed. "Okay, go upstairs until all these people decide to leave. I don't want to risk anything happening out of nowhere or for any other reason, like a fight, 'cause that would probably wreck the house. I don't want to even think about mom and dad's reaction if they found out the house was destroyed."

"What about us?" Pravuil asked as the biker trio approached Lincoln.

"You can stay," the guy replied before brushing the leader's hair. "I'm assuming your fellow lincolnists won't hurt you if I don't want them to, and I definitely have no issue with you at all."

The trio's eyes grew wide and diluted. "Sweet Feet..."

"But dude, if a fight does break out, we can take care of ourselves!" Luna replied before transforming into her Dumah form. "I mean, I can do this!"

"I can use the Savinoken!" Luan added before activating the technique.

"I can take care of myself just fine!" Ronnie stated, cracking her knuckles.

"I... Really don't think I'd be able to do much, honestly," Clyde sighed.

"How does that change that fact for one, you're greatly outnumbered regardless of your powers, and two, the house would end up being wrecked regardless of whether you held back or not?" Lincoln pointed out, causing Luan and Luna to turn off their power and go back to base, and Ronnie and Clyde to exchange looks. "Listen, I don't think there's anyway you can stay and not cause these people who claim to worship me to start a fight or a riot or whatever. Please, listen to me, and wait until I tell you to come back down."

"You heard the lord and savior!" Paige stated before pointing at the quartet. "Now do as he says before he-"

Suddenly, Lincoln casually said, "Paige, please shut up."

The girl immediately fell silent, and the quartet exchanged looks before nodding and going upstairs, with Lincoln and the lincolnists watching them as they left. The quartet waved goodbye, and Lincoln returned the wave before the four fully left. And with that done, Lincoln turned back to the lincolnists and said:

"Alright, let's see how this ends up."

Meanwhile, back with Lana, Lucy, and Lola...

The trio finally found the door leading to the basement, and so they opened it and took a peek inside. What they saw was that the library was actually so large, a proper staircase either couldn't be used or wasn't implemented, since instead of a staircase, there was a ladder going all the way down to the floor.

So the three girls of course went down the ladder, and were immediately overwhelmed by how large the library actually was: It wasn't just a couple of bookshelfs, it was several dozen, maybe even hundred, all filled to the brim with books.

"Great, I just realized we forgot to ask Carol what book were we looking for, and now we're definitely going to regret!" Lola snapped, stomping the ground. "What are we supposed to do now?"

"Well, Lana, believe it or not, I don't think complaining is going to help us reach the book we're looking for," Lana quipped, earning a glare from the diva sister. "Come on, let's explore around this place until we find the book."

"But it'll take us hours to look for it!"

"Less complaining, more exploring!"

And so, Lola begrudgingly followed Lana, who went after Lucy, who had wandered off a while ago. And as the trio looked for the book, they took a look around the place: Beyond the bookshelves, there didn't seem to be anything too important or interesting around. In fact, the place was basically barren besides the books, with the horizon expanding in a seemingly infinite manner.

So of course, the only thing left to do was check out the bookshelves themselves. So each girl grabbed a random book and promptly begun reading:

Lola's book was about crystals and minerals, but the girl just flipped page after page in complete, apathetic boredom.

Lana's book was about both animals, and oddly enough, kinetic abilities. For the most part, Lana just skipped the pages until she came across a page for the ability to control earth, or Terrakinesis.

What specially caught her-and to a lesser extent, Lola's-attention was that there was a page that helped the user cover or outright replace limbs with earth or rock issue, should the need arise. So Lana gave the page a quick read, then turned to her arm and channeled her energy...

And before long, some rock-like matter came out of Lana's arm stub, and morphed into a brand new arm for her to use. It also stung quite a lot, and it didn't fall apart back into a stump once Lana realized what she did, but still, the twins were shocked.

"Yup, this definitely should make up for my lost arm!" Lana chirped as she tried to do the stone arm once more, only for it to fall back into a stump even faster than before. "It's gonna take me a while for me to learn how it use this right, though, but it'll definitely be worth it."

This sight caused Lola to close her book, throw it away, and stomp off to elsewhere in a hissy fit.

"Fine, go and act like a spoiled jerk!" Lana shouted with a stern tone. "See if that gets you anywhere!"

And as this happened, Lucy moved her hand through her book to see what the cover of it was. However, once she saw it was "Summoning Rituals: Honest Edition," she immediately threw it away.

"You tricked me once, book," the goth sternly stated, folding her arms. "And I will never let you trick me again."

Back with Lola, the girl continued to run away from her twin and sister, trying to hold back her tears... Until she realized there seemed to be something up on the distance. So she ran even faster, with the object getting closer, prompting her to run faster and faster...

Until she crashed right into it. Perhaps she went a little too fast?

"Ugh, note to self: Make sure to brake before it's too late," she said as she rubbed her head, then looked at the object she ran into.

It was a metallic door connected to a large metal wall, with a couple windows... And that was about it, fairly simple in design. "Huh, why would Carol-"

Suddenly, the door lit up with a pattern that soon formed three circles, each encircling something: One encircled a phone, one encircled a spiral, and one encircled a bell. The one encircling a bell lit up-with a mix of blue and green to match-and automatically opened the door to show a staircase, leading even further down the basement.

"How freaking big is this basement?" Lola pondered as she went inside. "Ugh, I might as well-"

However, once she was inside, Lola immediately felt the atmosphere had completely changed. Yes, the location did still feel as barren as before, but it almost felt like Lola had not just entered another room, but another dimension entirely.

And then, she reached the end of the hallway, which had several doors leading to places, and one shocking thing hanged on the wall...

"I have to show this to Lana!"

Back at the Loud house...

The lincolnists were forming a line towards Lincoln, who sat on the couch with Paige tenderly clinging to his arm. The first gift came from a blonde girl wearing a white sweater, and what a surprise, it was an orange turtleneck sweater.

"I knitted this sweater for you during one of the fashion sessions," the blonde said, twiddling her fingers as she lightly blushed. "I thought you would need something to keep you warm, so I made sure to make it extra comfy."

So Lincoln put it on for a moment, and hummed in delight. "I really like this sweater. Thanks a lot... Uh..."

"You may call me Mabel, my lord," the blonde answered with a little blush.

Up next were the cheerleaders from when Lincoln tried to pass off Lynn's bike as her own, who moved their pom-poms up and down as the shouted in unison:

"Lincoln Loud! He's our man! He always has the greatest plans!"

Lincoln gave the girls a thumbs up."Your routine definitely cheered me up!"

The cheerleaders giggled and threw a wink at Lincoln's direction.

Next were two brunettes, one with fair skin and another with dark skin and darker hair, with the fair-skinned one holding a tray of brownies and cookies. Notably, the fair-skinned one looked incredibly happy and excited, while the darker one was seemingly more calm and stoic.

"We baked you some cookies and brownies!" the cookie girl exclaimed, her pupils sparkling with delight.

"Well, we baked them for everyone, but we might as well give them to you and see if you like them," the brownie girl added, scratching the back of her head.

Lincoln took a bite of each, and moaned in delight. "You did a fantastic job... Um-"

"Candy and Betty!" the cookie girl chirped.

"I'm actually Beverly, but she calls me Betty as a way to shorten it," the brownie girl added.

Lincoln smiled. "Well, you two did a good job!"

Candy hugged Beverly and cheerfully squeed while her friend smiled and rolled her eyes.

And next were the biker trio, who walked up to Lincoln and showed... A bit of both hesitation and fear.

So of course, he put up a reassuring tone as he tilted his head and asked, "Oh, did you guys bring me something too?"

The trio exchanged looks, but remained silent, which quickly got on Paige's nerves. "Your lord and savior demands to know if you brought him gifts or not! Either show him your gifts or-"

Lincoln wordlessly threw a look at Paige, grabbed her face with his hand, then pushed her off the couch before he turned back to the trio, and smiled as he waited for their answer.

"We... Didn't really manage to get you anything, Sweet Feet," Pravuil revealed while Cindy and Mindy looked at the ground in shame. "We were so caught up with getting here to send you a warning, we forgot to bring anything just in case we-"

Suddenly, Claire, Margo, and the girl with the panda hat came out of nowhere and grabbed them.

"Your excuses won't save you from punishment!" Margo hissed before turning to the white-haired boy. "What do we do with them, lord Lincoln?"

Lincoln frowned. "Leave them alone."

The girls exchanged looks in confusion, and Paige promptly got back up and spoke to Lincoln:

"B-But, darling, these three clearly knew we were coming-"

"And all of this offering and gift stuff happened without warning," Lincoln retorted before throwing a glare at Paige. "And last time I checked, you have done nothing to get on my good side, while these three at least offered to help me and have helped me before."

"B-But-" Paige started to grow angry, only to quickly calm down. "Lincoln, the reason we're showing you our gifts is to show how much we love and adore you. Because these three have brought you nothing, they're showing incompetence in expressing the explicit adoration they-"

"Are you deaf, stupid, or both?!" Lincoln growled, started to grow angrier. "I just said this whole gift thing happened out of nowhere! Even if they did manage to see this coming, they had to come here to give me and my sisters a warning that you were even coming! Are you seriously going to tell me they could've gotten me gifts and yet managed to get here to deliver the warning before you all arrived?!"

"Lincoln, be rational and-"

Suddenly, the while part of Lincoln's eyes turned orange and begun glowing as his voice gained a second voice underneath, which sounded much younger, as he directed his anger at the lincolnists.

"I am your god! And if you demand people to listen to me, then you too will do as I say, no ifs or buts! And I say you leave, them, ALONE!"

The "ALONE!" part was shouted so loudly, the entire place shook as Lincoln let out a shockwave that went all the way through the upper part of the house, though miraculously enough, nothing wound up destroyed. However, the quartet-alongside Lily, who was being held by Luna-upstairs did manage to feel the vibration and the shaking.

"What's going on?!" Clyde asked as he clung to Ronnie for safety, only for the vibrations to suddenly stop. "What was that all about?!"

"Do you think Lame-O did that?" Ronnie inquired. "The whole "do something so hard the whole house shakes" thing?"

"If that's the case, then I always had a feeling he'd be strong," Luna folded her arms and looked at the ground. "But now, whoa, what the hell."

This earned her a slap in the face from Luan. "Luna, don't say swear words in front of kids like Clyde and Ronnie!"

"There's no issue with me, actually," Clyde replied. "My parents already taught me not to copy people who swear like sailors."

"There's no problem with me either," Ronnie added. "Mom and Bobby's seemingly endless jobs cause them to swear so often, I kinda grew numb to swearing after a while."

Luan frowned. "That's not really reassuring, and besides, that still leaves Lily!"

"Aw, come on dude, there's no way Lily had an idea of what I was saying," Luna answered, before rubbing her baby sister's forehead. "And even if she did, she won't end up doing the same thing, right Lily?"

The baby blew a raspberry right at the musician's face.

"I think you should watch out what you say from now on, just to be sure," Luan remarked, with Clyde and Ronnie nodding in agreement.

And back downstairs, the lincolnists stood and shivered in sheer shock and horror-and some in awe-as Lincoln promptly returned back to normal and looked around. He seemed genuinely confused as to what they were scared about, but at least it did convince panda girl, Claire, and Margo to let the biker trio go back to the mob.

"Alright, so, I'm pretty sure I just made it clear I don't have a problem with these three," Lincoln said as he sat back on the couch. "So, please, don't just harass them while I'm here, alright?"

"O-O-Of course, my lord, we'll do as you say right away!" Paige answered, clearly sweating bullets as she turned to the lincolnists and yelled, "E-Everybody, get back to your positions! N-Nothing happened here!"

The lincolnists obliged, still scared as ever, and as their offerings continued, Lincoln couldn't help but wonder just what the heck was up with them.

"Why are they scared? Was it something I did?"

Back with the younger trio...

Lola dragged Lucy and Lana to the metal wall, with the door leading to the shocking thing at the end of the hallway still open.

"Alright, Lucy, while Lana and I go downstairs to show her what I saw, I want you to stay here and watch just in Carol comes here," Lola explained. "Do you understand?"

"Sure, leave the blind, frail goth to guard the entrance," Lucy remarked with a hint of sarcasm. "There's no way that can go wrong."

"Listen, I know this isn't the best plan we got, but anybody who could act as a better guard are either living with Lori and Leni, or stuck back at the house with those cultists Carol mentioned," Lola replied, putting her hand on her hip. "And I can't put Lana here instead because I have to show her what I saw, and I can't stay here 'cause I'm not that much more durable than you."

The goth sighed and turned around. "Fine, but don't blame me if she gets past me."

"We won't, don't worry," Lola turned to her twin. "As for you, Lana, I would like you to try and prepare yourself for the revelation, 'cause I'm not going to lie, this is going to be shocking, and I don't want you to collapse or something."

"First of all, don't talk to me like you're the older twin; I'm the one who's older!" Lana growled.

Lola rolled her eyes. "By five minutes."

"My point still stands," Lana put her hand on her hip. "And second of all, we've already faced our counterparts in some superpowered fashion, learned how to fly and shoot energy blasts, got out arms ripped off by some rip-offs of those girls, and watched the whole deal with Lucy sealing her counterpart. After all of that, I can be rest assured-"

One gilligan cut later...

"This is so much worse than the way you implied it!"

Lana and Lola stood at the end of the hallway, where Lana watched in horror at the thing hung there: A family tree of the Loud house. However, besides the Loud children and the parents, there were also some... Odd pairings, most which were a sister paired up with Lincoln.

And Carol was right beneath Lori and Leni, with a shadowy figure beneath Lincoln and Lori. Not that Lana paid any attention to the shadowy figure.

"So much for being confident it wouldn't be so bad," Lola scoffed, rolling her eyes.

"How was I supposed to know you were talking about a family tree!" Lana shivered as she scanned the tree. "And one that implies such ridiculous things at that?! I mean, us being paired with Lincoln is horrifying enough, but Carol being Lori and Leni's daughter?! That's just ridiculous!"

"And even worse, it's true, somehow," Lola somberly thought. "Look, Lana-"

"Ugh, well, I left the door open again, might as well check if I missed something."

The duo turned back and saw Carol, seemingly half-asleep and covered with her bedsheet, walking towards them. And just as she got closer to the family tree, Lana took a step forward and stopped her on her tracks.

"Carol... Please... Tell me that's not true," Lana whimpered as the dizzy teenager looked at her with... Confusion. "Please tell me you're not Lori and Leni's daughter!"

Lola glanced between Carol and Lana, hoping that things couldn't get any worse for everybody. However, Carol immediately ignored Lana once she noticed the family tree.

"Oh look, I forgot to hid the evidence," she dizzily remarked as she wobbled to the tree. "Well, I might as well cover it up before those three troublemakers, specially Lana, find out too much information."

Once she reached the tree, she took off her picture from it, then walked back to the staircase, only to nearly crash with Lana. She managed to stop, though, and after deadpanly looking at the plumber's horrified expression, she crouched down and whispered:

"Shush, don't tell Lana, okay? I really don't think she'd understand... Actually, I don't think anybody would understand."

Carol promptly walked back upstairs, while Lola watched her leave, and Lana stood. Lucy? She tried to run to her siblings, but slipped and crashed down the stairs 'till she hit the floor face-first.

"Sorry, I tried to stop her, I even used my body as a barricade, but it didn't work!" the goth stated as she got up and dusted herself. "It apparently had something to do with the fact she's twice my height, if not taller."

"It's okay, Lucy, Carol was apparently sleepwalking, so she didn't see who we were," Lola replied, putting a hand on her goth sister. "At the very least, we can get out of here without being found out."

Lola turned around. "Come on, La-"

But Lola just heard whimpering as she saw Lana standing in front of the Loud family tree on the wall. However, she was shivering and standing completely still, almost as if she's been paralyzed.

"Lana?"

Lola turned her sister around, and she was crying and sobbing as she uttered repeatedly, with a horrified tone:

"I don't get it... I don't get it..."

"Looks like whatever truth that's been revealed to her has shattered her," Lucy remarked as she walked to Lola. "That's what I hear anyway. What could she have discovered that brought her to such a funk?"

"We found out that Carol is actually Lori and Leni's daughter," Lola answered as she grabbed Lana's hand, and moved a bit, with the plumber mindlessly following along. "Well, more acurately, she found out. I found out as early as the vacation on the beach-"

"Say no more, you've told me enough," Lucy replied. "Let's leave the billion questions popping in our heads for later, and focus on going home for now."

Lola nodded, and she grabbed Lucy's hand and the duo left the basement, all while they tried their hardest to ignore Lana's chanting.

And finally, back at the loud house...

Lincoln, alongside Luna, Luan, Lily, Clyde, and Ronnie, stood at the frontyard, with all the lincolnists-minus Proto-Luna for some reason-looking at Lincoln and sporting cheerful smile, specially Paige.

"Well, I think we've bothered you long enough, we're gonna go back to the church," Paige said, clasping her hands. "I hope our praise and gifts pleased you, my lord, and that you can forgive the little... Problem three of us caused."

Then she turned to the biker trio and spat, "Apologize, you trio of troublemakers!"

"No, It's okay, I should've controlled myself when I scolded you," Lincoln replied, before adding in a serious tone. "However, I don't want you to beat them up or torture them or anything when you get back. Instead, you'll go to whatever leader you have, you'll tell them how YOU tried to attack because of an impropmtu gift session, and that you'll promise to make sure this doesn't happen again."

Paige took a step back, but she quickly regained her composure. "W-Well-"

"And I don't want you to use a loophole in order to make them look bad or something!" Lincoln added, putting his hands on his hips. "You'll tell them the truth, and nothing but the truth!"

"Ohoho, Lame-O's showing you who has the pants in the relationship!" Ronnie laughed at Paige's surprise.

"Both literally and figuratively!" Clyde added with a chuckle.

Paige took a pair of steps back as Lincoln waited for her answer, and she turned to the biker trio to see them giggling as well.

"The mothers' words are divine, but the father's word is absolute," Cindy and Mindy remarked, folding their arms with a smug smirk.

"You can't just disobey Sweet Feet and expect to get away with it, you have to do as he says," Pravuil added, smirking with delight. "Specially if High Sister Luna finds out you disobeyed him."

Paige immediately took a deep breath and calmed down.

"Understood, my lord, your words shall be followed," Paige stated. "Everybody, let's go back to the church."

And so, the lincolnists went walking back to the church, with the biker trio giving Lincoln a wink before they joined their fellows. And as everybody watched lincolnists left, Lincoln looked at his stomach and clutched it with worry, which immediately caught Clyde's attention.

"Is something wrong, Lincoln?" he asked with worry as the rest looked at the boy. "They didn't do anything to you, did they?"

"If they did, then just let us know and we'll deal with them ourselves!" Ronnie added, cracking her knuckles as Luna, Luan, and even Lily nodded.

"No, they didn't do anything," Lincoln said, only to suddenly remember his intense shouting moments earlier. "In fact, I'm more worried for what I did."

Clyde raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Well, while the lincolnists were showering me with affection and stuff like that, the biker trio who helped with our investigation, and I grew so angry, I got off my couch and yelled at them," the boy looked at the ground and took a deep breath. "But I didn't just yell at them, I yelled so hard, I caused the whole house to shake!"

"So you really were the one behind the intense shaking," Luna remarked, realizing what this probably meant.

"And you think Proto-Lily is the cause of that?" Luan guessed.

Lincoln took a step back. "H-How did you-"

"You're clutching your stomach, Lame-O, which has a supernatural baby inside. And besides, last time I checked, you didn't have the ability to yell hard enough to shake an entire building," Ronnie answered, before whispering to Luan. "He didn't have the ability to do that, right?"

Luan shook her head with an "really?" look.

"E-Even so... I have no idea if I can control that kind of power," Lincoln clutched his stomach harder. "I mean, we're lucky I just shook the whole house instead of outright, blowing it up or something. And that happened just 'cause I got upset!"

Clyde and Ronnie, as well as the sisters, frowned in sympathy as Lincoln added a disturbing question:

"What will happen if I get angry, or worse, furious?"

And the sheer thought of such a thing happening sent a shiver up the rest's spine. One so big and so cold, their skin turned blue and they practically started sweating bullets, even Ronnie Anne!

"N-N-N-Not that I'll let that happen, of course!" Lincoln quickly added, trying to calm down his companions. "I-I'll watch out and make sure I don't get too overly emotional again! Although, I will need you guys to cooperate in order to do that."

Everybody calmed down, and Luna, Luan, and Lily looked at Lincoln with worry.

"I mean, even if I manage to control myself, there's still the chance you guys will make me burst with anger or sadness with your teasing and... Well, you need to help me stay calm too," the boy added, looking at the ground. "So, I don't know if I'm asking much, but-"

"Say no more, Love, we get what you're trying to say," Luna walked to her brother, crouched down and put a hand on his shoulder. "And you don't need to worry, we'll try our hardest to not mock or tease you into another divine hissy fit."

Lincoln looked back up, and saw Luna giving him a reassuring smile, and Lily gave him a thumbs up as the musician finished:

"You can trust us."

And without warning, the sisters hugged their brother, with Clyde and Ronnie joining in soon afterwards. And once the shock had passed, Lincoln smiled in relief, and returned the hug while shedding a tear.

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"But wait, why can everybody else take it?" the rocker folded her arms. "I mean, it doesn't make sense-"

"The purpose of the test doesn't require you to take it," Mrs. Johnson sternly stated as she walked to the door. "And for your own sake, I suggest you go back home right now. I'm serious, Luna."

The woman went inside, and Luna tried to sneak into the classroom, only to be blocked by what seemed like an invisible wall, which promptly sent her flying off into some lockers before the door closed.

"Oh Luan," Luna sighed in defeat. "I hope you're having better luck than me."