A week has passed since the final debate. The school staff had spent an entire week counting all votes each candidate received to determine the winner of the election. The number of votes had reached Mrs. Wright who was about to tell her class the winner of the election.

"Alright class," the instructor began as she set down the ballot boxes, "I have received the number of votes each of your favorite candidates earned from the school staff. Remember, the one who received the most votes is the winner of the election and becomes second-grade class president!"

The class cheers, excited to know who won the election. Lola, Lana, and Greg, on the other hand, remain silent as they nervously wait for Mrs. Wright to tell them how many votes they've earned.

After the students went silent, Mrs. Wright began announcing the numbers. "With that said, the one who got the most votes is…" she peeks at the number that was written on the back of the Balance ballot box, "Greg Miller with 115 votes!"

The children immediately begin crying with cheer and joy as some boys start popping confetti into the air. Greg makes a small but warm smile, internally proud of his victory. Lola and Lana, however, remain quiet, both a bit sad about not winning, but they are happy that Greg won the election fair and square.

"Well, congratulations, Greg," said Lana. "You've won."

"Normally, I would've been crying fraud after hearing that you won and I didn't, but after what I've done throughout the election I don't deserve to even accuse you of election fraud, so I'm giving you a pass," Lola told Greg.

"Thanks. You both also did great," Greg told the twins, "before the propaganda and violence of course."

As the short-lived celebration ended, Mrs. Wright resumed, "Let's see how many votes our other two candidates earned." She peeks at the numbers written on the backs of the Princess and Reptilian ballots boxes. "Lola Loud has earned 10 votes, and Lana Loud has earned 5 votes."

The twins just shrug. By this point, the number of votes they received did not matter to them.

Suddenly, the school bell rings, signifying that it is now recess.

"Alright kids, have fun at the playground!" Mrs. Wright dismisses her students.

In no time, the children stand up from their seats and run out the door, leaving behind the Loud twins. As Lola and Lana stood up, Mrs. Wright suddenly went, "Nah ah ah! You two are not going anywhere yet! Remain seated!"

Confused, the princess and tomboy sit back down and face their teacher.

"It took me a while," Mrs. Wright began, "but I've just come to the realization that you both broke the rules of the election! You've spread lies about each other to gain voters, and you've done absolutely nothing to stop the fighting between your supporters! Spreading lies is defamation which goes against school election rules! And not doing anything to control your voters is also against the rules! Because of that, Principal Huggins had to hand out detention to many children! What do you both have to say for yourselves?!"

Both twins remain silent, feeling guilty of breaking the rules to gain more voters.

"Congrats, Lola and Lana Loud! You both earned yourselves a punishment! For this entire mouth, you will be spending recess taking down your propaganda and after school in detention with Principal Huggins! You will also disband your parties and take down anything related to the election in your clubrooms! Am I clear?!"

"Yes, Mrs. Wright." The twins look down in guilt.

Later in the hallways, the twins are taking down their propaganda posters and putting them inside huge plastic garbage bags they are carrying. Lola rips down one anti-Reptilian poster and puts it inside her garbage bag.

"Normally, I would be complaining about cleaning after messes, but I deserve this punishment after breaking the election rules," said Lola.

"Speaking of rules, didn't you speak about punishing those who break them?" asked Lana.

Lola grew silent at her sister's question.

"Awkward," uttered the tomboy.

"Let's just continue cleaning." As Lola rips one poster off, she notices a piece of gum on the wall and is immediately grossed out by it. "Ewww! Who puts gum on the wall?!"

"Ooh! Gum!" Lana picks the gum and throws it into her mouth. "Mmmm!" she saids as she munches on the gum.

Lola watches her sister eat the gum in disgust before fainting.

THE END