Spells and Louds.
Chapter 427: Rita Loud.
(September 14, the Loud House.)
Rita awakens from the sound of her alarm clock and she looks around. "What the? Where the heck is Lynn?" she looks around and doesn't see her husband anywhere.
Rita then gets up and she heads to the bathroom in the room and she gets herself ready for the day, she fails to see her calendar and sees what day it was and what the occasion is.
Rita then comes out after a nice shower and she gets herself ready for work, she still fails to see the calendar and what it says. She then comes out of the room and looks around. "Huh, I'd usually hear the kids wake up."
She then sees some breakfast setup for her on the dining room table and it's still warm and there's also a note. "Huh, what the heck is this and where is everyone?" She takes the note and reads it,
"Hey there Rita, good morning and we all had to head off to work and school early. We'll see you later in the day and we hope you have a great day and we're all gonna be enjoying an awesome day, all of us as a family – Lynn."
Rita smiles and she eats her breakfast meal and sees a breakfast sandwich is packed for her so she can enjoy it for lunch, then she recalls. "What's so important about today anyway?" Rita then checks her phone and sees the date. "Huh, September 14, okay then." she puts her phone down and goes back to eating her food and drinking her coffee.
Then she stops and swallows and then looks to her phone. "Wait what?!" She looks to the date on her phone. "This…. It's my birthday today? Huh, I almost forgot and I know they'll all have a surprise party for me today."
She then smiles knowing her family will be there for her birthday, her…. Her family. She then recalls four kids who aren't louds. Leni, Luna, Lincoln and Lily, her once four children who made the loud house as it was and now they're no longer louds.
She feels like crying, recalling the day she lost custody of them and the family being split up from all of the chaos that has happened, then she stays strong. 'No, stay strong and just let it be. We may not be a big family anymore, but we're all still together and I have to at least accept the family I still have now, and the others are still family to us, well family friends.'
Rita then finishes eating and she brings her plate, utensils and mug into the sink. She then stops and looks to the fridge and she sees the photos that were placed there, the photos of her kids from back then as they all grew up.
Rita smiles recalling all the good memories she had from them, the good, the bad and the best. Rita sighs and then she heads out of the kitchen. She then grabs her bag and then heads out the door. "Time to get through to this day and see how it'll turn up for me."
"Morning Rita and also happy birthday." She looks to see her neighbor Mr. Grouse waving to her.
"Thank you Mr. Grouse, and I can only assume my family told you" said Rita.
"They did and I think they have something big for ya when you come back home after work" replied Mr. Grouse. "But I ain't spoiling nothin'. So, I think its best you get ready for what happens later when you get back."
Rita chuckles. "Okay then, see you later neighbor." Rita hops into Vanzilla and drives off to her work, Lynn already took off in Veronica for his work.
Mr. Grouse waves and watches as Rita drives off and then he pulls out a small communicator. "Okay guys, she's already off to work and now I think it's time to set everything up now."
"Roger Grouse, we're on our way with everything for the party. Thank you for being part of this."
He then sees some dropships flying in and they're carrying some of the things they need for the birthday party. Mr. Grouse chuckles. "I got a good feeling about this, let's see wha else is new around here and I hope the others can keep Rita occupied." He then goes over to the loud house to give some help as well.
(Hours later, Dr. Finestein's dentist office.)
Rita comes out after a nice day at work and she heads out for lunch, but she'll be back later for any more appointments, and she was told she was given the chance to go home early since she has something waiting for her at home, which Dr. Finestein is also a part of.
As Rita walks out of the building she sees someone waving at her, it was Gwen with Lily, Jesse Rosato and Loona with her pups Fenrir and Felicia. Rita smiles and she goes towards them. "Hey guys, what are you all doing here?"
"We came by to spend some lunch with you and also to greet you a happy birthday" said Jesse.
"We're all mothers and friends, well family friends and we thought it would be nice to have this moment with you, even with our little ones with us" said Gwen. Lily giggles and looks to Rita. "Hello."
Rita smiles and she waves back. "So, everyone else has something planned for me when I get back home?"
Gwen chuckles. "You seem to know pretty well the whole surprise party thing your kids and family wants to setup, so yeah something is setup for you back at your house, and soon the others will be there to help make it happen after their classes."
"This has happened before, so I think I know how it's gonna go down" said Rita. "It's nice to see you gals here to spend some time with me, but we are gonna be at the party later."
"We know Rita, we just thought this would be better" said Loona. "Also, I think I forgot how old you're gonna be now, I don't really keep track of everyone's age from time to time except for Sergei and most of the people I know." Her pups bark at this.
Jesse sighs. "Loona, you do know that knowing the age of another woman is kinda rude."
Rita chuckles. "It's okay, some time's even I have a hard time knowing my own age, truth be told I'm gonna be 40 today and I'm okay with the age I'm going to be. All part of growing up."
"Well, glad you're taking things calm and steady, now come on, we can enjoy some lunch we also brought with us at the park nearby" said Gwen, they all head to the park. Gwen, Jesse and Loona brought with them some sandwiches and some soda for drinks.
"So, Lincoln and Linka looking forward to their one week stay at Sleeping Bear Dunes Lakeshore campground?" asked Rita.
"It's not really a one week stay, it's more like five days" replied Gwen. "They'll be heading off on Monday and then they'll be back home at Saturday, I think. But they're set and ready for it."
"Same goes for Jordan, and from what I heard from Ember Simon and Aggie are also looking forward to their one week stay at the place" replied Jesse. "Ember said she couldn't be here because she's helping with something else for today."
"But before they can make their way to this campground place, there's this big audition for the Royal Woods Middle School talent show on Wednesday and then the actual talent show on spetember25" replied Loona. "And we know we're all gonna be there to watch them perform."
Rita smiles. "Glad to know they're taking up some clubs and seeing they're true talent within. How are Lincoln and the others doing? I rarely talk to them when we have free time to hang out as a big group."
"Well, Leni is doing quite well with herself at work and also with her date Loni, they're both quite the lovers when they come close to each other" replied Gwen. "Linka hasn't found anyone on her mind and I think she's over Ronaldo from the gender bent world, she might be focusing on her future instead, which we all support and are okay with it, it's her choice after all."
"Sunset is looking forward to taking up on the offer from Princess Twilight to be the new teacher for the school of friendship, Duchess and Sabrina are both enjoying they're time in Ever After High and we'll be seeing them soon when school breaks are coming in." then Gwen looks to Lily. "This little girl just learned to read her first story book on her own."
Lily giggles. "Twee beaws! Twee beaws sow fwunny!"
They all chuckle hearing this. "She rarely speaks outside of the house, I am planning to send her to daycare school or some pre-schooling or nursery system to help her interact with other kids her age, soon or next year after her 4th birthday."
They then enter the park and sit onto the picnic benches and eat their lunch. "And what about Lincoln and Luna?" asked Rita.
"They're handling well" replied Gwen. "Lincoln still looks up to Luna, but barely as a sister at times and mostly like his other mom, which I'm okay with it. Luna really does treat Lincoln above the others since they're bond has grown into some kind of sweet sibling or mom and son kind of thing."
"They still share the same room and at times they're okay sharing the same bathroom and dealing with heart breaking memories that haunt them by being close to each other and holding close with tears and comfort, at times Lincoln still has some nightmares and we're still trying to figure out what the heck are they about and the only person who knows is Luna, and also Jordan and Linka."
"So, Lincoln and Jordan are trying they're hardest to deal with past memories and near death experiences, but they're holding on and making their bond stronger, with Sam and Jordan along for the ride."
Rita sighs. "Tough and painful memories of the past, I get the same feeling too. I guess Lincoln is still haunted with the day we all fell apart, and I can't blame him and I'm surprised he doesn't hate us for life because of what we did."
Gwen can tell this is turning a bit hard for Rita. "Rita, Lincoln is not the kind of person to hold a grudge for long and he tries his best to see redemption for others, like towards Michelle Lewis and the rest of the kids and family you have. Don't push yourself too hard, and just try and hold things strong with everything that's happened."
Rita smiles. "Thanks, I needed that and I needed to hear what was happening to the others. I know they still see the rest of us as family and also forgive us and we'll all still be strong even if we're not related. You and Neil are doing a great job raising your kids, thanks."
Gwen smiles. "No prob Rita, I gotta do my best to be there for all of them, just as you did for them long ago. We're both the same and I treat you like a sister, sorta."
They all chuckle at this and then continue to chat, they even talk about Loona and Sergei's pups now learning how to hunt, they recently learned to sneak up on Sergei and ambush his face, which he's okay with it. They learn fast.
(After work hours.)
Rita comes out of her work place and she drives back home, but she does notice something odd, this strange creature talking to Officer Schoffner and to a Faunus officer and handing them a tablet with a report about some things happening around the town.
This creature looks alien in nature, grey in color, has no mouth, clad in gold plated armor and has some kind of energy shield. 'Huh, I guess some change is coming and some kind of new race is here in town as well? Strange.'
Rita then continues to drive and sees some odd aircraft flying around, and not the kind of aircraft she usually sees in the sky. 'Yup, strange new change is coming and I think this might have something to do with that talk with Mayor Davis and some alien from the news.'
(The Loud House.)
Rita makes it to the driveway and she gets out of Vanzilla and she sees a sign on the mailbox and chuckles, she goes over and sees that this sign has some balloons and streamers on it and says:
"Come to the back, we have an awesome surprise for ya!" Rita sees some colored hand prints on it, but it's odd that they're 11 hand prints and the colors are something she has seen once before.
She then goes over to the back and is shocked to see what was waiting for her. "SURPRISE!"
Rita sees all of her friends and her family are there. Her husband Lynn Sr, her father Albert and his sweet heart Myrtle and her kids: Luan, Lynn Jr, Lucy, Lana, Lola and Lisa, and even Lori came by from college to be there.
Her work friends and other high school friends are also there, and some of the members of the Royal Defenders and of course, Leni, Luna, Lincoln and Lily are there, but what was odd was that they were dressed in the clothes they once wore when they were once part of the family.
Rita sheds some tears seeing this, it brought back so many memories of good times, times when they were all united as a big family and now they look like they're still a big family.
Then the loud kids and the four Spellman kids speak up.
Lori: Mom, for a long time and more than 17 years, we have been happy to be the ones you call kids and for being the one who helped make us who we are now and also being the one to bring us all into this world.
Leni: We've had some hard times to go through as we grew up for more than 16 years of our lives, and we're glad you were there to help us get through all of it so we can at least accomplish something and feel more good with what we can do for the future.
Luna: You were an inspiration to all of us to be more responsible, because you were responsible enough to hold onto what madness and chaos we had to unleash and you never for once wanted to give up on this big family we have, well once had. Sorry dude, being honest right now.
Luan: Through sadness, depression or whatever issue we had, you always knew how to cheer us up and understood how we felt when we didn't feel happy with a bad day and heck even tolerated the messes we made.
Lynn Jr: You taught us discipline and showing signs of respect and you were always patient when we didn't learn from our mistakes and when we did learn from our mistakes, you would be there to help us learn something else for what we need when we grow up.
Lincoln: Being the one to make us feel like we're not left out or outnumbered, even when we were just trying to make do with what we got. We looked up to you for advice and we did our best to give you the break you needed, we would do you proud at what we can do when we take responsibility, well try to take some responsibility.
Lucy: You loved us, all of us. Even when we were odd and having some strange phases you would still love us and make us truly feel like we have a family who would never wish to see us left out, even at our darkest of times of life.
Lana: You keep us safe, and even though you punished us from our mistakes, we know it's you showing how much you love us and want us to be safe from danger.
Lola: You always know what to do when we would act up like in a bad mood and would do whatever you can to calm us down and see the smiles on our faces and help us out with our work or support us.
Lisa: You saw our talent and even though there have been some tragic incidents that may have broken our trust and bonds with some of our family, you told us to be strong and hold on to each other, telling us that we're all still a family and would show us to adapt and handle this new change in the world we are in now.
Lily: No Watter what happens, we will be famiwy, even if we awre not any mowre. We'll always wuv each other, always!
They all awe hearing Lily. All the louds, the still louds and former louds then speak in unison. "We love you mom, always and always."
Rita sheds tears of joy. "Oh kids!" She goes over and hugs all of them and they hug her too.
Everyone else sees how sweet this is and how much this truly makes Rita happy, seeing her kids come back together as if they were one big family once more.
They then break the hug and Rita looks to everyone who is there and all the decorations which are in her favorite color, violet. She even sees the food being served is from her husband restaurant and her favorite cake flavor, German Chocolate.
They then enjoy this party and greet Rita with a happy birthday, this is one birthday Rita Willard Loud will never ever forget and she looks forward for more to come.
As they all celebrate, Gyro then feels someone else there. "Hierarch, what brings you here?"
The Hierarch of the United Protoss walks towards Gyro and stands next to him. "I came here to see how my people are handling living their lives here in Royal Woods and from what they said from the reports they are doing well and are liking the equality the humans here show, I guess having the Pokemon and Faunus here has changed humanity for the better for the future."
Gyro smirks. "That is true and I hope they can be happy to be here more as tie progresses and perhaps we may even let them reside at Great Lake City and maybe we can advance and have Pokemon live in the rest of the country and possibly the world and then comes the Faunus and then your people."
"We have to start with the basic Templar and Dark Templar staying here, then we can begin letting the citizens of the Purifiers come and reside here this Friday and then if possible the rest of my people" said Artanis.
"That's good and we know there is no way in the realms can the Tal'Darim even work with this equality" said Gyro. "They're ravenous Protoss who see things in their own way of dominance and ruthless aggression."
"That is true, but let us not see things as it is in the past" replied Artanis. "Alarak's people may be a ruthless kind, but there could be a chance that they would wish to live here and be part of this form of equality, between Humans, Faunus, Pokemon and all Protoss. This is the new future for the faith of this world."
Gyro smiles. "Well, if that does happen then we'll be seeing far more species coming to reside here. But in the meantime, I think we should enjoy this day of new age for Rita Loud."
"Ah yes. I too would wish to partake into this human custom of celebrating the day of birth of the woman who was once the maternal parent of the Commander, we Protoss have this same kind of celebration, but we have our own ways to celebrating our rites of creation" replied Artanis.
Gyro chuckles. "We all have our own ways to celebrate things, and soon we will be able to embrace our different lifestyles."
They then go over and join them in celebrating Rita's 40th birthday.
To be continued…..
A/N: Happy Birthday to Rita Loud. Looks like change is also coming, in the form of Protoss in Royal Woods, could this be the start of a new kind of equality within their world? Who knows what will happen next, only time will tell as the chapters continue. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 8/22/20.