A/N Well this is amusing, some of you correctly guessed that there would be three endings to this story. Why? Because when it comes to ending a story like this, well, "infinite Universes equals infinite possibilities". There are just so many possibilities that aren't realized because of the nature of a story. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the final ending!

R&R!

Story Summary/Prompt: Lincoln takes a third option.

Epilogue Three: One Of The Girls

For a moment, the Guardian of Fate simply stands by, his arms held firming behind his back, while he holds his body up at a pseudo-attention. Then, with a soft, yet commanding voice he asks, "Did I hear you correctly?"

Lincoln stands firm, though he does his best to fight the ever-growing feeling of dread filling his body, "Could he be like William? Was he just gonna throw me into a random dimension and he didn't expect my question?!" Despite this, however, he is still able to answer, "I want cake."

"Cake?" The man takes a knee in front of the boy, amusement filling his voice, "Now what kind of wish is that?"

"Dangit…" Lincoln mentally kicks himself, though doesn't let his demeanor break, "It's what I want."

Ethioth simply shrugs with that, "All right then." Before he snaps his fingers, "Then let it be so." And with that, a small slice of cake appears in his hands, with the accompanying plate and fork. The man smiles, "It's white chocolate, I know it's your favorite."

"Uhh…" For a moment Lincoln simply stares at the slice, unsure of whether or not to take a bite.

"Heh, don't worry child." The man stands up once more, "I am truly the Guardian of Fate. I have no need to make your life more difficult than it already has been. So please, feel free to eat." He motions towards the slice once more.

And so, reluctantly, the young man takes a scoop out of the cake, "This guy is so… strange! Why is he so nice?!" He then stares at the bite of chocolate, unsure if he should continue.

"Go on, eat. It will not harm you." Ethioth motions towards the bite, "I am not your adversary here."

"Welp, here goes nothing!" Lincoln thinks, before he shoves the bite in his mouth and chews. As soon as the sweet chocolate falls upon his tongue, his eyes go wide, "This tastes great!" And with that, he digs in, eating the slice faster than Ethioth had expected, and finishing with a rather large stain on his shirt.

"Heh, my, my Lincoln Loud, you behave as if you have not eaten chocolate in several days now." Ethioth can't help but give a soft chuckle.

Lincoln wipes his mouth with his shirt collar, "Well, now that I think about it, I didn't get a chance to eat my birthday cake."

"Of course, of course." The man waves him off, "That was ten chapters ago."

"I'll just ignore that." Lincoln holds the plate out, "Anyways, thanks for the cake…" He awkwardly rubs the back of his head, "But that wasn't what I meant by wantin' cake, ya know…"

Ethioth throws his head back in laughter, "Do you not think that I would know what you really meant?! Haha child, despite everything you've gone through, you're still as naïve as ever!"

"What do you mean?" Lincoln tilts his head in curiosity.

He holds his hands behind his back once more, while continuing to speak in a soft, polite voice. It is almost as if as if he had done something like this countless times before. "Simple really. As the Guardian of Fate, I know all that has and will happen… albeit less of the latter and more of the former."

"I figured as much…" Lincoln looks away, "I just thought that you'd just be more straightforward about how powerful you were… ya know…just granting the wish I wanted.

Ethioth chuckles, "Oh Lincoln, every time a mortal comes to my domain, I am always surprised by how naïve they are." He lovingly rubs The young man's head, "Just because I know what can, has and will happen, does not mean I would not rather hear true meanings from their source." He stands back and smiles, "After all, what story would it be if I acted like I knew the ending?"

"So let me guess this straight…" Lincoln can't help, but let his curiosity peak, "You have the power to change reality at will and yet do nothing to do so? Doesn't that sound like a bit of an arsehole thing to do?"

Without missing a beat Ethioth waves him off, "Every day I have an infinite number of people thanking and blaming me for every little thing that goes wrong or right in their life as if I micro managed all of it. So yes Lincoln, I think I have the right to be an arse on occasion." Then, he snaps his finger once more, causing a small chair and an apple to appear next to him.

Lincoln watches on in awe as the man simply takes a seat and a bite out of the apple, "Heh so what do you do?"

"My job is simple really." The man loosens up, "I just push the ball, where it goes isn't my job." He then looks Lincoln in the eye, "You can't have the good without the bad Lincoln. You said that yourself."

"So you control fate… without controlling fate?" Lincoln tilts his head in confusion, "How does that work?"

"Do you think life would be interesting to watch if I set it up myself? Think, boy!" He holds his hands up at his sides, "I am as much a viewer as you are the participant.

"Wait… so does this mean you could've sent me home at any time?!" The boy's eyes go wide in surprise.

"Of course." He smiles, "But what kind of an adventure would you have had if I brought you here with the turn of a page?"

Lincoln shakes his head, "Whatever you say... pagemaster."

Ethioth tips his hat, "Please, call me Ethioth." Before he throws his head back in laughter, "Haha! Thank you for the nickname though!" he wipes a tear from his eye, "Anyhow, it is time for you to go home."

"But to where?" Lincoln stares at the man, "I already told you my answer to just going back to dimension sixty-three and C-One Three seven!"

"Let me show you two possible futures I have come up with." The man holds up two orbs of light, "Maybe then you will be able to make up your mind better."

For a moment, the young boy simply watches. Ethioth's hands had weaved the future for him, and had given him a chance to see his plan, "But… why doesn't this seem good? Neither ending works out…"

"So what do you think? I spend ten minutes coming up with these possible futures for you!" Ethioth holds his head up proudly.

"Neither of these looks promising." Lincoln quips, before looking at Ethioth, "Is there another way?"

He laughs, "Of course, after all… this choice is up to you." He then looks into the young man's eyes, "But… you have yet to answer my question."

"What question?" Lincoln looks back into Ethioth's eyes, taking note of the bags under them, breathing of his age and exhaustion.

"What did you mean by, 'I want cake'?" Ethioth snaps his fingers again, causing another chair to appear before him, "And while you answer, why don't you take a seat? After all, it couldn't hurt."

Wordlessly, Lincoln takes a seat, "What should I say?" His thoughts begin to race, though his body answers before he can finish, "I don't want to choose my brothers or my sisters."

"Heh, of course." Ethioth smiles.

"After everything I've gone through, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I decided to just go home and leave the boys behind, or stay in dimension sixty-three and abandon my sisters." Lincoln looks the man in the eyes once more, "If I did, I probably wouldn't be any better than Linka."

Ethioth puts on a proud smile, "So you have learned."

"Learned what?" Lincoln tilts his head in curiosity.

"You've learned something from your six-month adventure." The guardian laughs, "Haha! It only took you thirty-five chapters!"

"So you'll help me?" The young man leans in, excitement filling his voice.

"I said I would, and so I shall." The man stands up, "But seeing as this is your future we're talking about, I see it fit that you make your world." He then snaps his fingers, causing the Macguffin to appear at his side, "This device was created to build the perfect world."

"Yeah, I know." Lincoln stares at the device.

Ethioth waves him off, "Yes, I know." He adjusts his hat, "And the cost would be destroying all other realities." He stares Lincoln in the eyes, "But this device can act without other universes, creating a world that the user desires, albeit it would not be perfect…" He smiles, "But I don't think that's what you would want."

Then, he pushes the device over, allowing it to float into Lincoln's hands.

He eyes the device for a moment, "So, you're just giving this to me?"

"Yes." Ethioth snaps his fingers once more, causing the apple and the chairs to disappear, "Please, surprise me now, will you not?"

For a moment, the young boy thinks, before smiling and nodding, "Seriously though, your not actually the pagemaster are you? Cause that seems like a really cheap twist."

Ethioth just smiles.

Lincoln continues, "Really? The mysterious smile?! Come on!"

"Simply put, I am fate. I can write and erase as I please. And yet, it's still more fun to see where a story goes without my interference. And now it is time to give yourself the ending you deserve." Ethioth turns around, "I wish you the best Lincoln." And with that, he glows with orange light, before returning to his true form.

"Thank you Ethioth…" Lincoln whispers, "So that's it huh? He's letting me choose what happens next?" he looks down at the small device.

"Yep." A voice calls out, before the guardian of the segment appears before him, "Surprising really, I thought he'd do more to stop us."

"What are you talkin' about?" Lincoln turns to the feminine figure… only the for the three other guardians to appear by her side.

Segment shrugs, "Ethioth was one of the guardians that sealed us away. I guess I'm just surprised that he let us go so easily this time."

Filament chuckles, "Heh, well maybe the old guy is so burned out from his job that he's finally decided to let an unaccompanied eleven-year-old use a device of infinite power.

Component just shakes her head, "Well whatever his plan is, it all has to do with the person he gave us to."

Material simply turns to the young man holding their artifacts, "So Lincoln, we're at your service, and from the looks of it, you can do whatever you want with us!"

Lincoln nods, "All right then." And so, he pulls the device in closer and concentrates, causing the Macguffin to glow.

Instantly, Lincoln finds himself floating amongst countless stars, "I guess I'm back where I started… the inter-dimension." Around him float thousands of glowing orbs; each with a scene playing within. "Give myself the ending I deserve?" He glances around for a moment, before grabbing one of the nearby orbs. Inside, a scene plays showing what could happen if he decides to go home, "I left them and I stayed with them…" He clutches it for a moment, "But I don't want to abandon the boys…"

Slowly, he looks around once more, and grabs another orb- this one playing what could happen if he decides to go back to dimension sixty-three- "I decided to leave them behind and live in my new home… and abandon the girls…" He holds them close for a moment, "Ugh why is this so frustrating?! What should I do?!"

"This is an easy answer to come up with mate." Filament appears at his side, with the other three following soon after, "Sometimes you gotta pick a third option."

"I mean, you do have infinite power." Component turns around, "It's not like you couldn't just… you know… rework the world to make it so it fits your wishes."

"But wouldn't that be me doing exactly what I stopped William from trying?!" Lincoln shouts, confusion entering his voice.

Segment shakes her head, "William wanted to erase all worlds to create his utopia. You on the other hand can use us just to make a few tweaks in the whirlpool of reality."

Lincoln looks down at the device, running it along his hand as he does so. "But… what if I go overboard?"

"Besides, no matter what you do, we'll follow." Material nonchalantly shrugs, "It's not like we have much of a say in the matter."

"Dangit Material! You're always like this!" Segment flares her arms in annoyance.

"Whatever." Material counters.

"I don't wanna abandon my sisters and I don't wanna leave my brothers behind…" He closes his eyes, allowing the countless memories to overwhelm him once more; of the times that they had shared and their dreams of the future. "The only way I could go on without abandoning the other is…" Suddenly an idea comes to him, allowing him to declare, "I know what to do!"

Component smiles, "All right then, do it!"

Lincoln nods, before taking hold of the Macguffin and raising it up, "Fragments that which control power over all of reality, lend me your strength."

The device engulfs Lincoln in its light with that, before everything goes dark.

*Yawn* Loki slowly opens his weary eyes, allowing his gaze to fall upon the young boy resting across from him, "Wow, I guess Linka…" Yet, before he can finish the thought, his eyes go wide, "Wait, Linka! I have to get back to the Trapezohedron of Tricks! She's in-"

"Ugh." Loni groans, "Loki? What's goin' on with ya?" He tiredly sits up and rubs the back of his head.

"Wrong with me?!" Loki flares his arms, "What's wrong with you?! You're sleeping and Linka's in trouble!"

"Linka's not in trouble?" Loni tilts his head, "We tucked her in last night, remember?"

Loki doesn't calm down, "But the Traps, the games, William?!"

"Who's William?" Loni asks, before immediately snapping his fingers, "Oh I know! He's that guy from Gravity Falls!"

"No Loni." Loki shakes his head and turns around, "No… that was too weird… it couldn't have been a dream could it?"

Loni then turns and hops to his feet, "You feelin' ok Loki?"

The older man considers lashing out for a moment, and trying desperately to get Loni to tell him that this is all some elaborate joke and that Justin Ker-prank is going to pop out of the nearby wall any second.

"Yeah… yeah… I'm fine." Loki pushes his younger brother off.

"Yo bro, you look like something is bugging ya." Loni grabs his shoulder, "You wanna talk about it or somethin'?"

"No." Loki flatly responds, before turning and looking down at the floor in front of them, "That couldn't have been a dream, could it? No… it was just too real…"

"All right Loki, if you don't mind, I'll be headed to the showers." Loni then turns and grabs his toiletries, "I'm glad Linka taught us how to properly wash up!"

Loki shrugs, "All right Loni, I'll join ya as well." And with that, he turns and grabs his gear as well.

A few moments pass with that, before the young boys step out of their room... only to immediately come face-to-face with a now massive hallway shaped as a square and the staircase downstairs on one end, with two bathrooms on the other.

"Uhh… Loki, have we always lived in a double-sized hallway?" Loni nervously turns towards his older brother.

The older man on the other hand holds in his confusion for a moment…. Only to eventually shout, "What the heck is going on here?!"

"What's up Loki?!" The Luke bursts out of his room, almost as if ready to execute any command his brother could have… and when he catches a glimpse of what the upstairs hallway looks like, he can't help but stand by awestruck for a moment, only to follow it up with, "What the heck is this?!"

And when that rings out, the rest of the boys burst out of their rooms, all muttering similar worry, only for expressions of surprise to overtake them the moment they catch sight of their home.

"I know we have to compensate for stuff, but this is ridiculous!" Lane shouts, though he doesn't break out in laughter, no doubt from the shock.

Meanwhile, across the hall, Lori and Leni tiredly step out of their rooms as well... "So like… I thought, why not throw a party for Lincoln, I'm sure he'd…"

"Leni, while I agree we don't treat Lincoln better than anyone else, I literally think that that's the…" She looks up from her phone, no doubt she had stayed up all night talking to Bobby, "What the heck?!"

Immediately, Loki points at Lori, "What are you doin' in our home?!"

"What are we doin in your home?!" Lori counters the attack with her own, "What are you doing in our home?!"

"From the looks of it, we're about to have double the trouble!" Luan puns, though her siblings readying themselves for a fight just tells about how amusing that joke really is.

"Boys, it looks like that cats wanna take on the dogs!" Loki adjusts his stance.

"But like, aren't we not allowed to hit girls?" Loni raises an eyebrow in confusion.

"I believe that in cases of self-defense, the use of sufficient force is allowed." Levi cuts in, "Though I believe we should try to understand what is going on before we attempt any physical confrontation."

"I concur." Lisa steps forward, "Remember, we have just come from the end of a massive chess match in which our male-turned-female sibling fought against a literal god."

Levi then steps into the center of the wall, with Lisa doing the same, "And when we stop suspending consciousness, we find ourselves in the same home as the counterparts that we had come to know."

"Lisa, you literally have to get to the point." Lori raises her fists, no doubt ready for the fight preparing to break out, "Because in a few seconds, we're gonna fight to see who gets to stay and who gets to leave."

"Simply put." Levi turns to the young woman, "There is reason to believe that Lincoln is the one behind this turn of events."

"So you mean to tell me that the reason why we now have an even louder home is because Lincoln decided to put us together?" Lars appears at the scientist's side.

"G'ahh!" Levi shouts before he quickly regains his composure, "Affirmative."

"I believe it would be in our best interest to-" Lisa attempts to start, only for a certain scream to echo through the home.

"Ahh!"

"Dad!" The twenty Loud Children shout in unison, before rushing out of their rooms and down the stairs. Within seconds they stand at the bottom of the stairs, all crowding around desperately trying to understand the sight.

"Uhh... dads?" Girl Lynn tilts her head in confusion.

63 Lynn Sr. Turns to face the group of children for a moment, before muttering, "What's goin' on here?!"

"What did you kids do?!" C-137 Rita adds, fury filling her expression, while he counterpart adds, "And why are there two of us?!"

"We don't know either!" Boy Lynn flares his arms up, "We just woke up and everything was oversized!"

"Not everything!" Lane laughs, "My D-"

"Not the time Lane." Loki pinches the bridge of his nose, "Ok, we really need to-

*Ding* *Dong* The door goes.

Everyone stops for a second, as if the sudden sound has caused them all to freeze up.

*Ding* *Dong* The door goes again.

Loki wordlessly nudges his second-in-command, silently ordering him to answer.

Luke nods in response, and walks over to the door.

*Ding* *Dong* It goes again, though this time, Luke simply opens the door, revealing five familiar Anomaly Hunters.

"Oh, hey guys, what's up?" Luke tilts his head in confusion.

Nyla responds by throwing her arms around the boy, "What? Can't a girl come visit her boyfriend after a multiverse reset?"

"She can." Luke nuzzles her lovingly.

*Ahem* Lyle holds her hand up to her face and coughs, "If you don't mind, we're here on business." She looks passed the fifteen-year-olds and stares directly at the Lynn Sr.'s and Rita's, "May we come in?"

"All right." 63 Lynn Sr. answers, "But you have to tell us what's going on."

"Like, that's easy!" Nell walks into the home, with the twin hunters following, "Lincoln was able to pull a deus ex reset!"

Lisa is the first to respond, "A deus ex what?"

Aeif steps forward to answer, "Simply put, when he was given power over the entire multiverse, he used it to set everything back to what it was…" she looks around the now double-sized home, "Well… from the looks of it, mostly."

"We're here because we've been sent to deal with a class three anomaly!" Alex cuts in, "According to our Holo-Gear, it's in this house!"

"That tears it!" C-137 Lynn Sr. shouts, much to everyone's surprise, "Will someone stop and explain what's going on before anything else happens?!

"I think I can help with that." A feminine voice calls out. Everyone then turns towards the source: a young, white-haired girl in an orange blouse and blue skirt.

Silence overtakes the room with that, with no one knowing just how to break the ice; forcing the young girl to do so, "Hey guys… what's up.

Though, once the initial shock wears off, it's Loki that answers her, "Hey there…" He holds his fists at his sides, ready to lash out in case something happens.

"Heh, what kind of question is that?" The girl can't help but chuckle. "It's-a me, Lincoln in Linka's body again."

Immediately, everyone present starts to talk amongst themselves, with no one knowing how to follow the revelation up… forcing the young woman to break them out of it again, "Guys! It's really me!"

Lori then motions for everyone to quiet down, "Guys! Shut it!" Followed by the Louds taking her order. With the room once again brought into silence, the young woman takes a deep breathe, "All right, prove it." She points at her, "Prove it."

"Lynn loves ballet. And dad's middle name is Bertram." The girl smiles, "Plus, I spent the past six months spending time with the boys, so I know a ton about them!"

Loki raises an eyebrow and crosses his arms, "Oh? Like what?"

"Well, I know that Lars is writing a story about an orphan boy who just lost his twin sister." She chuckles, "And that's not even mentioning what Lexx and Leif-"

"That's enough. Please." Loni motions for her to stop, "We don't need anymore secrets getting out."

"Heh all right." The girl awkwardly rubs her head, "But yeah, it's me, Lincoln… or should I say Linka."

"Who cares?!" Lana jumps out from the crowd and rushes for the young woman, "You're back!" And on cue, everyone else breaks and rushes up the stairs to embrace the young girl

"We're glad to have you back." Luna whispers, pulling the girl in close, "Though… what will we call ya now, bro?"

"Sis, I'm your sister now." Linka chuckles, moving into the group hug as she does so, "I've been a sister for close to seven months now, and it still feels weird being called that, ya know…"

Lola then cuts in, "I know I sometimes said I wished you were a girl sometimes. But I think I'll miss having a brother around."

Linka smiles. "Why? You've got ten of them."

"Well, this reunion is nice and all, but we're still here ya know." Lyle shouts, her voice filling with the heat of an understanding leader.

The group of Louds breaks up, revealing the lone, white-haired girl. "What's up?

"First, I think you should explain what just happened, and why you're a girl now." Lyle steps over and takes a knee in front of her, "Then I'll start asking about the thing I came here to do."

Linka nods, "All right…" She takes a deep breathe, "After I beat William and got the Macguffin, I was taken to meet the Guardian of Fate, Ethioth."

The five hunter's eyes go wide in shock, "You got to meet the guardian of fate?!" Alex flares his arms.

"Yeah." She smiles, "He's a pretty nice guy."

"So like, what'd he do with ya?" Nell cheerfully asks, her curiosity now peaked.

"Well… he gave me the Macguffin and told me to give myself the ending I thought I deserved…" Linka holds up a small device, "And so I thought about what I could do…" She glances at the boys, "I thought, maybe I could go home and rebuild dimension sixty-three…. But I thought that wouldn't be fair to you guys." Then she looks at the girls, "And I thought of moving to live in dimension sixty-three… but I realized that I would be abandoning you guys to do so…"

Then she turns to face forward, "And I would never be able to forgive myself if I did that…"

"So You decided to rebuild the world?" Aeif tilts her head in both confusion and curiosity.

"Yeah…" She looks away, "I realized that while a perfect world is impossible to create, you can make a world that is worth making perfect… so I decided to use the Macguffin's power to combine our two dimensions."

"So you basically took a third option, huh?" Lars appears at her side, a soft smile forming, "Heh, that's the sister I've come to love."

"Heh yeah." Linka smiles, before turning around and looking at all of her siblings, "So, I used its power to rebuild our worlds, things are shifted a bit… but it's mostly the same."

"But why are you a girl again?" Lucy appears opposite her counterpart, "Didn't you wanna come home and be our brother again?"

Linka nods, "Yeah, I did…" She grabs her arm, "But when I was rebuilding the world, I realized that well… a cake feels best when everyone can share it, and if I came back as a boy, well…" She looks at her brothers, "My brothers wouldn't be able to enjoy the cake as much…"

A moment of silence passes with that.

Loki Then speaks up, "So... we're all in the same reality now?"

"Yep, and I'm still a girl now." Linka responds.

"Well… I don't know how to respond to this…." Girl Lynn simply stares for a moment, while her male counterpart shrugs, "To be honest… I think I've gotten used to all of this…What about you guys?"

Luna looks turns towards Luke and Nyla, still hugging after reuniting, "Yeah, I don't know how to take this either…"

The two comedians look at each other for a moment, with Luan going, "Well this is gonna be pun."

Immediately, Lane throws his head back, "Haha!"

Leif's eyes go wide in shock, "Oh no, there's two of them!"

Lane follows up the fear with, "And only eleven months till April Fool's!"

The entire family goes pale with that.

"And this year it's gonna be, It'll really 'double the pleasure'. Haha!" Lane can't help but laugh even harder with that.

Luan pauses, turns to her counterpart, and slaps him hard enough knock his face the other way, leaving a red welt across his face.

"Sorry. I deserved that." Lane rubs his cheek. "No dirty puns while the girls are around…"

"So what now, Lincoln?" 63 Lynn Sr. turns to the white-haired girl. "I mean, There's still plenty-"

"Next, we get down to business." Lyle declares, raising her Holo-Gear as she does so.

Linka looks up to the young woman, "Business?"

"First thing's first." She taps away, causing a Holo-Gear to materialize before her, "The AEU thanks you for testing the prototype version of the new form of Holo-Gear, as such, the commander has decided to award you your own, personal version of it."

The device falls into the young girl's hands, "Huh, neat!" She smiles, "I guess I did get something for all my troubles."

"Next, we need you to give us Trevor's card and Holo-Gear." Lyle motions towards the new Holo-Gear after all, you will not need to use that anymore."

Linka nods, turns and rushes up the stairs with that, before rushing back down, the stolen device in hand, "Here it is!"

Lye takes and absorbs it into her Holo-Gear without a word, "Finally, we have come to deal with a class three anomaly."

"Where is it?" The girl tilts her head.

"It is coming from your room." The young woman steps passed her, "If you don't mind, I'll go and bring it down."

The younger girl nods, "All-"

"Hey!" C-137 Rita puts her hands on her hips, "What makes you think you can just barge into our home and start looking around without our consent?!"

C-137 Lynn adds, "Yeah! We're still very confused by what's going on and we don't want some random strangers-"

"Mom, dad…" The young girl cuts them off, "That's what Lily's gonna grow up to be like."

Immediately, the two parent's eyes go wide in shock, "Wait… that's Lily?!"

"I'm a version of her to be exact." Lyle smiles softly, "Now, I'll go get the anomaly." Then, she heads upstairs. A few minutes of silence pass, before she comes down once more, this time with a young boy flailing in her arms.

"Hey! Let go of me!" He shouts, frustration filling his body.

"Aeif, Alex, grab his arms!" Lyle commands, prompting the twin hunters to rush to the boy's sides and grab his arms, allowing Lyle to pull back and grab his legs. "All right, Nell, cuff him!"

The Leni counterpart nods, before walking over and placing a black collar around the boy's neck, much to his dismay, "Hey! What's going on, who are you?!"

"Uhh… what's that?" 63 Lynn Sr. asks.

"Simply put, it's a shock collar." Lyle lets go of the boy, causing him to fall to the floor, "If he does anything to endanger the fabric of reality again, he will be auto-carded."

"So you mean…" Linka starts, causing Lyle to nod, "Yeah, the AEU has decided to stop just carding anomalies and will now try and reform those that cause issues."

"Wow, what caused that?" Linka tilts her head in curiosity, "If I remember… you guys tried to kill me last time I visited your base."

Nyla breaks her embrace with Luke in order to answer, "You did." She places a hand on her shoulder, "You showed that an anomaly was capable of more than just wrecking the dimension they are in."

"But won't they still ruin dimensions?" Linka tilts her head in confusion.

Lyle shrugs, "I'll let the higher ups figure that one out."

"Hey!" The white-haired boy shouts, "What's going on?! Why did you shove this collar on me?!"

"Enough!" 63 Lynn Sr. shouts, before both he and his wife step forward.

"Hello Linka." Rita stares at the young boy.

"What are you talking about?! I'm Lincoln!" He goes, before pointing at the young girl nearby, "She's Linka!"

Yet, the young, white-haired girl steps forward, "Shut it Linka, we both know the truth."

For a moment, the boy stands awestruck, before hardening his gaze, "You again?!"

Linka nods, "You know it, and it's just about time you pay for everything you did."

The young boy grits his teeth, "Whatever, I'll just-"

"You'll just nothing." 63 Lynn Sr. declares, "Linka, your mother and I have decided to finally be the parents we haven't been for a long time, and we'll start by grounding you for life!"

The boy's eyes go wide in shock, "What?! You can't do this to me!"

Yet, his mother shakes her head, "We can, and we just did."

"Loki." The man then turns to his eldest son.

"Yeah dad?"

"Still got those contacts at your old military school?" He continues, no doubt they both had an idea of what he was talking about.

"I'll make some calls." Loki smiles, "No doubt they'll be happy to hear from their top student." Pride fills his voice.

Lincoln's eyes go even wider, "No! You can't!" Desperation then fills his voice.

"We will. You are going to military school for what you've done!" Rita counters, "Maybe they'll be able to whip you into shape there."

"And if you do anything to get out of your place, you'll be turned into a card." Linka stands over the now-fear-filled boy, "This is what you get for trying to steal my life."

Without another word, Lincoln turns, jumps to his feet and scampers up the stairs, no doubt to hide in his room.

"Looks like my job here is done then." Lyle turns and then walks over to the group of hunters

A few feet away, Nyla stands before Luke. The young man pulls her into another warm hug, "So, does this mean you're goin'?"

Nyla smiles, "No."

"Really?!" Luke breaks their embrace, while the other ex-hunters come to their side.

"Yeah." Lyle speaks up, "Nyla, Nell, Alex and Aeif have all been released from their oaths as hunters. They're free to live here from now on."

Luke smiles, before pulling Nyla into a soft, passionate kiss; one that she happily returns.

Meanwhile, Luna just raises her hand, before turning around and walking away, "Nope! Too weird!"

The Louds can't help but laugh at that.

"Haha!" Lori wipes a tear from her eye, before turning to her brother-turned-sister, "So Lincoln, what'll we do now?"

Linka simply smiles, "I guess just keep goin' on."

Girl Lynn stares directly at the floor, her face beet red while her counterpart stretches his body, showing off the muscles that he had gained from his hobby. Though, that isn't the reason why she's blushing.

Nor was the fact that her former brother is doing the same thing, albeit showing more of her feminine curves.

No, it was none of those things. She blushes because of they had managed to convince her to wear.

"You know… When I said I wanted to learn how Lincoln was able to pull off those sweet moves again Lyle, I expected something less… girly." Girl Lynn does her best to hide the embarrassment growing on her face, "Ya know… something like martial arts or maybe even that battle dance stuff I've heard about! Yeah, I knew boy-me did ballet, but I didn't expect him to get his skills from it!" She glances at her brother-turned sister, "Or that Lincoln would like this stuff…"

Linka walks up to her, the white-haired girl now wearing her ballet dress, "You ready Lynn?"

Girl Lynn stammers, "I, uh...y-yeah I..."

Boy Lynn finishes his warm-ups and turns towards his counterpart, "Ya sure you wanna do this Lynn?"

"Well…" Girl Lynn's voice trails off, while she awkwardly rubs the back of her head, "I didn't expect this to be where you go all those sick moves.

Linka tilts her head, "So you're quitting?"

Immediately, the young woman stares at her sister, "Lynn Loud never quits! Go ahead, hit me with your best shot!"

Linka then turns to boy Lynn and smiles, "All right then, you know what to do Lynn!"

Boy Lynn crosses his arms and nods at his sister, before turning to face the young woman, "Ok tough girl. But first we have to make sure you're plenty stretched."

Girl Lynn waves him off, "I already did my daily workout and karate practice."

"Then you've limbered up about 'half' the muscles already. Now come on, leg on the bar."

Lynn follows and with that, they get to practicing.

Linka rests upon her bed, no doubt exhausted from trying to live with two big families all at the same time. While she rests though, two young children sleep upon her stomach, holding each other close as they use their sister as a pillow.

And of course, her siblings can't help but notice her current situation.

"Guys, come quick!" Lori motions for the rest of her siblings to come over, "This is literally the most adorable thing I've ever seen!" And so, with the frantic rush to see the sight before the young girl wakes up, all ten of the Loud Girls come to the door.

Leni can't help be squeal, "Eeeee! I'm so totes jelly!"

Luna smiles, "Heh, if that were anymore adorable I'd need to brush my teeth."

"How come Lily never did that with us?" Lana flares her arms in annoyance.

Lisa pulls out her notepad and answers, "According to Levi. Lincoln was charged with the care of his youngest male sibling more frequently in their universe more than any of us have taken care of Lily without aid from other siblings. And as for Lily's behavior with them, well 'Monkey see, monkey do'."

"Isn't that kinda sexist?" Girl Lynn raises an eyebrow.

"They were raising their daughter to become a homemaker out of a fear for her safety brought about by a cripplingly traumatic event that led to her becoming the horrible psychopath she was. Casual sexism is the least of their offenses." Lisa shoves her papers away, "Though, most of it is understandable."

"Ugh…" Linka stirs from her slumber, and immediately catches sight of her sisters, "Oh hey girls, what's up?"

"Nothing much, we were just watchin' ya sleep!" Luan holds her arms up at her sides.

"Heh, just like always…" The girl can't help but think, while she watches the rest of her family come over.

"You're awfully close to those two, Linka." C-137 Lynn Sr. goes, "It's almost like you're preparing to become a mother or something."

"Yeah!" C-137 Rita adds, "You weren't this close to them before…"

"Heh, well things have changed, ya know…" Linka then turns to them, "To be honest... I really like the idea of being a mother someday."

"That is literally hard to hear a bit." Lori rubs the back of her head, "You were our brother just a few months ago.."

The white-haired girl continues, "Course I don't want to be a Hannah homemaker any more than Linka did, but... I like boys now. I'm a girl who likes boys, and would like to have a family of my own one day… admittedly with fewer kids than what we've grown up with." Linka looks at the two babies.

"Oh yeah." Loki nods in agreement,

Lane just adds, "Yup."

Luna smiles, "Totally."

Loni then cuts in, "I'm actually going to stop having more after I have at least one of each."

C-137 Rita glares at her daughters, "And I'm planning on killing any of you who try to have more than three."

63 Rita chuckles. "Really? I decided on four. Four if they have three the same gender and want one more try for something different."

"That's fair." C-137 Rita responds with a shrug, "Still family reunions are gonna be killer.

And with that, the family turns around and walks away, leaving the young girl alone in her room.

"Heh." Linka smiles, before nestling herself with her infant siblings once more and returning to her slumber.

Lars reads over the notes that Linka had made for him, all detailing her adventures in dimension sixty-three., "So... I wonder if this will make a good story."

Lucy stands off to the side, reading along as well, "After everything that's happened, I'd make a poem out of it."

"Heh, well, whatever you decide, those are all the notes you'll need." Linka lovingly runs her hands through her siblings' jet-black hair, "Do you guys need anything else?"

"I doubt it." Lars responds, before turning towards his pen and paper.

"Same." Lucy counters as she does the same."

"Heh, all right then." Linka turns and walks out of the room, "Call me if you need anything!"

And with that, Lars and Lucy try to work on their own versions of Lincolns 'adventure'.

"Heh, this is amusing." Lars chuckles, a soft smile forming on his face.

"What is?" Lucy raises an eyebrow.

"I'll be at this paper for a while since I'm writing a story, but you're gonna done soon, after all, you're only writing a poem." A hint of annoyance and amusement entire the young Goth's voice.

"Well…" Lucy turns towards her counterpart, "Short work prevents bloated pages."

"Heh, whatever, I'm sure you wouldn't be able to write a poem story even if your life depended on it." Lars chuckles.

"And I'm sure you wouldn't be able to tell a story within a thousand words." Lucy counters, her voice filling with annoyance.

"Is that a challenge?" the boy smiles, "I love a challenge."

Lucy smiles as well, "Then how about a writing challenge?

"You're on!" Lars shouts, and with that, the duo gets to work trying to out-write the other.

The Next Day…

"Ugh…" Lucy tiredly pulls herself up from her notepad, "What happened?" She glances around the room for a moment, only for her eyes to fall upon the sleeping Lars. The boy now slumped over his notebook… with a pillow held under him.

"Where did that pillow come from?" Lucy thinks, before looking down, only to find a pillow resting under her as well.

"Heh." She smiles, "Lincoln must've come in to make sure we wouldn't be too sore in the morning." And with that, she lies down upon the pillow once more, and lets sleep take her in again.

"So like, what's it like living with Bobby?" Lori cheerfully asks, taking a bite out of her sandwich as she does so.

"Oh, it's nothing." Bebe waves her off, "I mean, I just gotta deal with a workaholic, you probably gotta deal with so much since you live with such a huge family!"

Lori waves her off, "Nah, thanks to Linka, it's no big deal."

"Speaking of Linka, Where is she anyways?" Bebe rubs her chin.

Lori shrugs, "She said she wanted to go talk to Ronnie Anne and Ron Andy about something, I'm sure they'll be back soon."

"Heh ok." Bebe smiles, "By the way, do you ever would what her children's hair-color would be?"

"I literally always do!" Lori breaks out in smile and begins to rant, "Like, I always wonder…"

Meanwhile…

"So… why'd you bring us here for Lame-O?" Ronnie Anne shoves her hands in her pockets.

"Yeah, you usually tell me when you're about to do something behind the tree." Ron Andy adds, though his voice holds considerably less annoyance behind it.

Quietly, Linka checks to make sure the coast is clear, before she turns to face her two partners, "Hey guys, what's up?"

"The sky." Ron Andy sarcastically responds.

"Haha." Linka puts on a pained smile, while the two across from her simply look on in confusion.

"Uhh… what's up?" Ronnie Anne tilts her head in confusion, "You look like something's buggin' ya."

"There's no hiding this…" Linka takes a deep breath, "Guys… I love you both…"

"Well yeah… we know." Ron Andy shrugs, "I mean, it'd be pretty awkward if we were dating you and you didn't really like us back, now would it?"

"Yeah… I know…" Linka takes a deep breath, "But… I'm only one person… so I wanted to know what to do about our relationship now that I'm, well… like this now…"

"There's a lot we can do." Ronnie Anne responds with a nonchalant voice, "We can stay friends since it'd be awkward to have a big relationship the way we're now."

Linka rubs the back of her head, "Well… actually… I was wondering if we could try to have a relationship like this… and well, ya know… see where it goes."

The two counterparts look at each other for a moment, before turning back to the girl.

"Look, Linka, we both like you back, but I don't think that would be a great idea." Ron Andy rubs the back of his head.

"I agree Lame-O, something's gonna break if we try that out." Ronnie Anne then turns and leans back against the tree branch.

*Sigh* "It was worth a shot." Linka turns and does the same, "So what do you guys think we should do?"

Ron Andy sits next to Linka on the side opposite Ronnie Anne, "How about you date both of us and make a choice? I mean, that won't be too awkward now would it?"

The two girls debate the idea for a moment, and yet wordlessly shrug in response.

"It can work." Ronnie smiles, "I get her on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays…"

"And I'll get her on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays." Ron Andy finishes.

"Then I choose one of you to keep going out with?" Linka raises an eyebrow.

"I think that's fair." The counterparts look at each other for a moment, before Ron Andy continues, "Ya know, I'm doin' this cause I like her, not you."

"Same kid, same." Ronnie Anne chuckles, and with that the trio simply sit under the shade of the tree.

With Bobby and Loki…

Bobby runs along in exhaustion, "Why isn't my kid brother doing this?"

Loki flatly responds, "Because the last time we tried forcing the kid to be the ultimate boyfriend, it almost ended with him in a pine box without air holes, and the mother of all groundings for us. We're steering clear of him until he's too deep in with my sister to think about leaving her again."

Bobby looks on in confusion, "Care to explain?"

Loki awkwardly rubs his head, "We tried to make sure he was ready for Lincoln... we pushed him so hard that he ended up breaking up with her... and then we almost buried him."

"Seriously?"

"When your life revolves around making one girl happy, you get used to it."

"Presenting, Me, Myself, And I! With guest singer, Linka Loud!" The announcer's voice echoes through the venue, stirring up crowds for the oncoming band.

"You ready for this Linka?" Luke nervously holds his sister's shoulder, "This is the first time you're gonna be singin' with us."

"Yeah, I'll be fine Luke." Linka cheerfully holds the wireless microphone the venue had given her to work with, "I'll be ready when you are."

Luna walks passed the duo with that, "K guys, we're on now! Come on!"

Linka smiles, "Comin' Luna!"

"Heh, we're waitin' for ya love." Luna then steps out onto the stage, with Linka following immediately after.

"Ready for this Luke?" Nyla walks up to her boyfriend, and throws her arm around him.

Luke nods, "I always am Nyla." He gently nuzzles her forehead, much to her enjoyment.

"Still feelin' weird to be datin' your counterpart from another dimension?" Nyla chuckles, "I mean, we're practically related!"

"Haha!" Luke laughs, "Yeah, but we're not, and I like ya Love."

Nyla smiles, "Heh all right then." She then turns and steps towards the stage, "Come on, we don't wanna keep our fans waiting!"

The young man nods, and the duo then walks on stage as well.

"You ready to rock?!" Linka shouts, causing the crowd to cheer in excitement.

Luke hits his drumsticks together three times to start the beat, while Luna and Nyla begin to strum their guitars.

And with that, Linka begins to sing, "Crashing through the crowded halls, dodging sibs like ping-pong balls, just to reach the bathroom on time!" She glances around the crowd for a moment, catching sight of a certain family watching in excitement as she does so, "Leapin' over laundry piles, diapers you can smell for miles, girl's gotta do what she can, to survive!"

Then together, the band sings, "In the Loud House, in the Loud House!"

"Duck, dodge, push and shove!" Linka sings, followed by the band singing, "It's how we show our Love!"

"In the Loud House, in the Loud house! Ten boys, eleven girls!" And together they sing, "Wouldn't trade it for the world!"

The crowd cheers even louder, their excitement peaking faster than expected.

"Heh, well this is gonna be a fun night!" Linka thinks, before she glances back at her family and nods, signaling the next song to be played.

Lisa watches with a bored expression as two of her elder sisters and elder brother fusses over her gender-inverted doppelganger as they worked on his costume, having already finished Linka's, "I still find it odd to think of Lincoln in such a manner."

She shakes her head, and climbs up on her bed, "Ugh, why are they interested in comic books?! Why would someone as brilliant as herself be interested in irrelevant fiction, when there where still plenty of real mysteries to uncover?!"

"You ok Lisa?" Linka looks at her younger sister, "You look bored out of your mind."

"Yes, my status is all right." She drops her back and lies down on her bed, "I am just curious as to why you are so interested in such a worthless endeavor? I mean, none of it is real!"

"Of course Lisa." Levi turns to face his counterpart, "But that is what makes going to comic-book conventions so worthwhile." He holds his hand over his heart for a moment, "The ideas, the imagination, everything, just waiting for the right mind to make it real!"

"Plus, when it comes to children your age, some imagination can help a lot." Linka then walks over and places a soft, comforting hand on his sister's shoulder, "After all, haven't you ever wanted to stop being Doctor Loud and just be Lisa, just for a while?"

Lisa hesitates for a moment, an unsure feeling rushing through her body, "Maybe… just maybe it couldn't hurt…" She turns and waves him off, "I am quite content with what I am there is no need for some tomfoolery and I will not be a part of it."

"Oh well, suit yourself." Linka turns around and continues to work on Levi's costume with Leni working as well.

"Like, I think we should add a tie!" she suggests.

"Why?" Linka looks up at the young woman.

"I dunno… I think it'll look cute!" She responds.

Lisa then takes a deep breath, "Maybe I do need to take a break… I have been working non-stop to complete my projects…" With that thought, she turns around and awkwardly touches her sister's hand. "Linka…."

"Yeah Lisa?" Linka turns to face the child.

"May I join your trip to the comic book convention."

"Of course Lisa." Linka smiles, "In fact, I've got a costume all set up for ya already!"

Levi adds, "It's of Aleister's partner!"

"What have I just gotten myself into?" Lisa asks, before she is overrun by the costume.

Later…

Linka looks at her sister, "So, did you enjoy?"

"Yes." Lisa nods. "More than I'm willing to admit."

Levi then asks, "Wanna come join us again?"

Lisa immediately answers, "Yes!"

And with that, they cheerfully head home.

*Yawn* "What a day." Linka quips as she turns to enter her newly expanded closet… only for a hand to come from behind and pull the door closed. "What the?!" Before she can react, the same hand turns her around to face the source: her sisters, all dressed in what they wore for that sleepover she had with Clyde so long ago.

"Uhh, hey guys, what's up?" Linka nervously asks.

"And where do you think your going twerp?" Lori goes, a hint of commanding annoyance filling her voice.

"We heard how cozy you got with those guys, and now you think we're just gonna let you go off by yourself the first night back?" Lana flares her arms in excitement, "You've got another thing comin' sis!"

"Well, I just thought I-" Linka starts, though she's cut off before she can finish.

Luna strums her guitar, giving off a soft beat, "We've got a lot of catching up to do love. We wanna to hear about everything."

Lisa doesn't hesitate to add, "And since we wished to spend some time with you, our new counterpart siblings have graciously given us time to reacquaint ourselves and hear of your experiences with interdimensional travel and the relevance of infinity."

Lucy then appears at her side, "You've seen infinite worlds full of infinite possibilities. Which means you most likely gazed into the bleakest, darkest pits of despair beyond imagination. Their descriptions would allow me to create my magnum opus of agony."

"Uhh, ok…" Linka nervously goes, "Heh these girls are as excited as ever!"

Though, of course, Lola waves her off, "Forget that! I wanna hear all about what went on with her and that Ron Andy guy. I heard there was a slow dance! And kissing too!"

Lucy stares on for a moment, before simply shrugging, "I'll admit, that does sound more interesting."

"Yeah! You gotta tell us all the juicy details!" Luan flares her arms, "It's gotta be meaty!"

Lynn jumps over to ask, "Was it different from Ronnie Anne?"

"Like, you gotta tell us!" Leni adds.

And before she can respond, her orange nightgown is shoved into her arms… only for the girls to pull her into the downstairs living room where sleeping bags, candy and pizza wait for them all in a circle. With Linka's bag placed in the middle so the white haired girl can't escape.

Upon seeing this, Linka simply smiles, "Heh, I expected this much, but then again, what else is new?" She then puts on her new clothes, "Heh, all right girls, I'll tell ya everything!"

And the girls respond by squealing in excitement.

Meanwhile…

Luke stands next to Loki, watching the sight from above. "So uhh..."

"Yeah Luke?" Loki turns to his second-in-command.

"We're getting her tomorrow, right?" The young man's voice fills with worry.

Loki nods, "You know it." Before he turns back to the scene, "After all, she's our sister too."

"Heh, of course." Luke smiles, "She's both Linka and Lincoln Loud."

The eldest brother then smiles as well, "And she's our brother and our sister."

The End.

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A/N And that was the third and final ending! I hope you guys enjoyed it! I thank Exotos135, Insane Master Writer Studio, Wolvenstrom and Sunblast-X for their opinions on how this should've gone! Also, i apologize for not updating Unwavering Bonds yesterday, I've hit severe writer's block with that one. Instead, I'll be updating FAL next Saturday.

There are just 2 more epilogue chapters left.

Fun Fact: Here is the original ending for this story! (Made November 25th 2016):

His eyes go wide in shock, "Really?! You're really going to send me home?!"

"Yes. No tricks, no issues, just a simple trip home." I then open two portals, one blue and white one on my right and a pink and white one on my left, "The choice is yours. You can return home to dimension C-137 or return to your new home of 63 apostrophe backslash."

I smile, before walking over and kicking the boy in the crotch. "Someone on A-113's internet asked me to do that before you made your choice."

The young man holds his aching crotch in pain before standing up and walking over to the portal of his choice.

He looks at me for a moment, before stepping in and returning to his life.

A young adult wakes up in a familiar room. They take a quick turn and gaze out into the morning sky from their rounded window, and smile. They then scan the familiar room with hope filling their body and soul.

Familiar voices emanate from the home just outside their door.

They smile once more and whisper,

"I'm home."