Chapter 4: Eleanor Rigby
"Eleanor Rigby~ Died in the church and was buried along with her name~ Nobody came~"
"Still nothing?" Stella asked
[Nothing] Chandler said over the phone [Cops said there weren't any fingerprints, no hairs, nothing, whoever did this to Luan made sure they left nothing that could trace back to them]
Stella sighed, "Thanks for letting me know Chandler," Stella said
[No problem, still, I feel terrible I couldn't give you more] Chander said
"It's not your fault, Chandler," Stell told him with a sigh " still thanks for letting me know, I'll see you tomorrow," He said
[Yeah, see you tomarrow] Chandler told her [Stay safe] He said
"Yeah, same to you," Stella said
With that, the call ended and she sighed as she sat on her bed and let out a heavy sigh. No one still had any idea who had beat Luan half to death, and it was even a bigger blow when Lincoln and she had heard the news that Luan was pregnant. Stella couldn't imagine how Luan must be feeling, losing a baby had to be hard, and they still couldn't ask who had beat her, due to her being in and out of consciousness.
"Heard anything?"
She turned her head to their bedroom doorway and saw her husband standing there with a concerned look on his face.
"Yeah, but it's all just bad news," Stella told him sadly
"How bad?" Lincoln asked
Stell looked at him and then looked back to the ground, "The cops found no physical evidence of anyone being there, which is of course, impossible" Stella said "Still, LAPD is investigating it, hoping that something comes up"
Lincoln looked to the grounds with a sad look on his face as he walked over to the bed and sat next to his wife. Stella looked at him and put her arm on his back and he looked at her. Both share a sad look with the other.
"I can't believe this happened to her..." Lincoln said
Stella nodded in agreement, "I know... But we'll be there for her like she was for us" Stella told him
Lincoln sniffled a little and nodded, "Yeah" Lincoln said
"How are the others doing?" Stella asked
"Lola and Lana are doing ok so far, they just need time to process it all," Lincoln told her, "Lisa's trying to distract herself with her work as she use to and Lily's doing better than the others but I don't think the reality has hit her fully yet, she's hiding her emotions, I'm sure," Lincoln told her
Stella nodded, "And you?" She asked, "How are you doing?" Stella asked
Lincoln didn't answer, instead, tears began to flow and he began to cry into his hands, Stella leaned on him and rubbed his back, as tears fell from her eyes as well
"It'll be ok..." Stella whispered in his ear, "Everything is going to be ok"
Lincoln slowly stopped crying, but she could tell he wanted to cry more, but he had to be strong. Still, she couldn't blame him, even she wanted to cry more, but they couldn't, not with the others downstairs.
Both of them owe Luan a great deal, after all, she had helped them a lot after the... Luna Incident. She was there for both of them, and now it was their turn to be there for her.
Stella got up and looked at him, "I'm going to go for a run... I need to clear my head" Stella said
Lincoln nodded, "yeah," He said "I-I'm gonna go clear my head too and check in on the others," He told her
Stella nodded and went to get into her running clothes and Lincoln left the room and went to check on his younger siblings like he said and do whatever it was to clear his mind. Stella sighed as she changed, first someone was stalking them and then Luan gets beaten half to death...
'Why is this happening to us?' Stella asked herself
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It was the weekend and Lyra walked aimlessly around Royal Woods in order to clear her head. She just didn't know what was going on with her anymore. She agreed to do this, her mother and her planned this, yet, why now, of all times, did she feel conflicted, why did she begin to second guess the plan?
Lyra didn't sleep the night before, so she had been feeling tired. Not only was she feeling disgusted with herself for last night, she still felt the disgusting feeling even now. She blamed her mom for feeling like this. Her mother was the one that put all these sinful thoughts within her head. She shouldn't like the thought of her own father doing her like some whore, but she did, and it was because of her mother.
When Lyra was old enough, her mother began... touching her. Her mother touched places no mother should ever touch their daughter, all while whispering that everything would feel great, that everything she was doing was preparing her for her dad. Saying that her dad would like this, would like her to be his little slut, and more horrendous things in her ears. Lyra of course tried to push such thoughts to the back of her mind, but the more her mother touched her and whispered sinful things, the more she had begun to enjoy it.
Still, even then, she felt sick for feeling such things for her dad, sometimes she would act like she did last night. She would try and clean her body, hoping that the shameful and disgusting feeling would wash away.
She walked until she had arrived at the park's entrance, however, her legs felt tired and sore, so she sat at a bench near the front of the entrance of the park and she sat down. However, as she sat down, she heard her mothers voice,
{you know that you're just like me!}
Lyra grabbed the sides of her head and she looked to the ground, trying to not listen to her mother's voice that was stuck in her head, grabbing a fist full of her hair, hoping her mind would focus on the pain she was causing herself and not the haunting voice of her mother.
"I-I don't want to be like you!" Lyra cried softly as she pulled her hair a little
{But you're already like me sweety~!}
Tears began to form in Lyra's eyes as she kept staring down on the pavement, trying not to focus on her mother's voice.
"This i-isn't real!" Lyra cried softly as the tears began to slowly fall from her eyes, "This isn't real! This isn't real! This isn't real! This isn't real! This isn't real!" She kept muttering to herself softly
"Are you ok?"
Lyra stopped muttering to herself and she slowly looked up only to see Stella, who appeared to be in what Lyra assumed was jogging attire. This was really a surprise for Lyra. The young girl quickly wiped her tears and nodded
"Yeah, I-I'm fine" Lyra replied,
Stella looked at the young girl and knew she wasn't telling the truth, anyone could see that, and Stella didn't know what compelled her to sit next to the teen and look at the young girl.
"what's your name?" Stella asked
"Lyra Violet" Lincon replied
"nice to meet you Lyra, I'm Stella Loud," Stella told the girl
'I know who you are' Lyra said to herself, "You related to Lily?" Lyra asked, still hiding the knowledge that she knew who she was
Stella nodded with a toothy smile, "Yeah, I'm her sister-in-law, I'm married to her brother" Stella said
'You mean my dad' Lyra thought to herself, "Oh, so your Mr. Louds wife? I'm the new neighbor" Lyra said
Stella nodded, "Again, it's nice to meet you Lyra"
"Likewise," Lyra said
"So, what's got you down Lyra?" Stella asked her
Lyra didn't respond, trying to think of a story to tell, "My Mom and I ad a fight" Lyra told Stella
"About what?" Stell asked
"I guess just about who I am," Lyra said "My mom, she really wants me to be like her, but... I hate being like her, I don't want to be like her, I just want to be myself but I don't even know what I want to be" Lyra said
Stella softly smiled, "I think all parents are like that" Stella said "They all want us to be like how they were"
"Yeah, but mine's worse," Lyra said
"What about your dad?" Stella asked
Lyra looked at her just sighed heavily, "My dad? My dad doesn't even know I exist!" Lyra said, her tone slightly becoming angry "And even if he did, I don't even think he'd care! I'm a freak!" Lyra cried
"Hey, Hey, Hey, Don't talk like that, I'm sure that's not true," Stella said
"But it is!" Lyra cried this time her tone began to sound sad "... He couldn't love me"
Stella didn't know what to say. Seeing such a young girl go through all of this, was painful to see because Lyra was struggling with herself and her home life. "I'm sorry that you think that Lyra," Stella said "But I don't see that, I don't think you're a freak"
"If you only knew..." Lyra said
Stella was now confused, "What?" Stella asked, "What do you mean, Lyra?" Stella asked
"IF ONLY YOU KNEW WHO I WAS!" Lyra cried, before quickly shutting her mouth, realizing what she had just said
It was hearing this that Stella's cop instincts were kicking in, now very curious as to what she meant, "Lyra, what do you mean "If you only knew who I was"? Have you done something?" Stella asked
Lyra shook her head
"Lyra... if somethings wrong, you know you can tell me" Stella said
"I can't!" Lyra said
"Lyra," Stella began "Please if something is wrong or if you did something you can tell me, I promise you I won't be mad"
Lyra shook her head furiously, "No you don't understand, I can't tell you or she'll hurt you too!" Lyra pleaded
"Who's "She" Lyra?"
Suddenly, like a flash of light, small warm droplets hit her face, and she looked in horror as she slowly touched her face only to see the tips of her fingers red.
Blood.
Lyra looked in horror as she saw the unconscious and bleeding body of Stella on the sidewalk. She couldn't tell it the older woman was still alive, but that was fleeting that as slowly, her horrified eyes moved up and forward, and standing there was a woman. She was quite tall, and she had short brown hair, a freckled face, and wore a black choker around her neck, she wore a purple longsleeved shirt with a skull on it, a pair of black jeans with holes in the knees, and a pair of black boots, In her hands was a metal pipe, the tip being a bit stained on blood.
The Woman looked to Lyra with a smile that may seem soft and kind, but Lyra knew that it held a sinister intent, and Lyra's heart almost stopped as the woman looked at her.
"M-MOM!" Lyra cried
Yes, This woman was non-other than the Luna Loud. "Lyra, sweety~," Luna asked, as she looked to her daughter "What were you talking about with her?"
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It's been a while since I wrote for this story, but how was the chapter?
Is the next chapter everything you expected? I bet none of you thought Luna would appear so soon, huh? Anyway, thanks for reading, and let me know if the chapter was good or not and if it lives up to the last chapters.
Anyway, I got another Loud house horror-est story in the works (Again, in the works, I'm planning it out but I ain't going to post it yet, so for those complaining, I always make new stories without updating the old one's, hold your horses) while I'm also going to be updating "My Hellbound Heart"