Chapter 32: Loud Dreams
It's nighttime. Lincoln is getting ready for bed. "Time for bed Charles."
Lincoln took off his socks and tossed them on the floor. Charles sniffed them.
"Charles, you know what they say: curiosity killed the dog."
"Woof." Said Charles.
"Ok, it was the cat but you know what I mean. Goodnight Charles." Lincoln went to bed and fell asleep.
He started dreaming. In his dream, everything in town was all Ace Savvy themed with giant cards as buildings and an Ace Savvy signal in the sky. Lincoln as Ace Savvy burst through one of the buildings and flew off into the sky.
"Hey, I can fly!" Lincoln said. "I must be the real Ace Savvy."
Just then, Clyde as One Eyed Jack flew next to him. "Hey buddy, isn't this great? We can both fly and were superheroes!"
"Yeah, I must be dreaming." Lincoln said.
Then they both heard a loud growling
noise.
"What was that?" Clyde wondered.
Then they heard a long bark sound which sent the two boys tumbling down.
Lincoln woke up and looked down. He saw Charles growling and barking in his sleep.
Dang it Charles, you woke me during my Ace Savvy dream." Lincoln complained. "I need a midnight snack anyway."
Lincoln left his room. As he was about to head downstairs, he saw something glowing in Lisa and Lily's room. Curious, he went to take a look inside. Inside he saw something glowing on Lisa's desk. It was one of her inventions: a metallic night cap.
"Hey, it's Lisa's newest invention." Lincoln said. "What does this thing do again?"
He puts it on his head and turns the switch on. He now sees Lily and Lisa's dream bubbles.
"Hey, I can see Lily and Lisa's dreams." Lincoln said." I'm gonna take a closer look. First, let's see Lisa's dream."
He jumps into her bubble.
Lincoln finds himself surrounded by a bunch of books.
"Wow. Look at all these books. I must be in a library. I wonder where Lisa is."
He calls out for her. "Lisa!"
He sees a tall girl who has her back towards him and is wearing Lisa's clothes.
Excuse me ma'am, but have you seen-"
The tall girl turned around to reveal she was Lisa. She gasps. "Lincoln?"
"Lisa?" Lincoln said surprised.
"How dare you invade the sanctity of my dreams?"
"Lisa, you're tall."
Lisa sighed. "In dreams, one is not tethered by earthly limitations."
Lincoln looked confused.
"I'm saying anything can happen in a dream." Lisa explained. "Come with me."
Lisa and Lincoln walk past science exhibits.
"So you own a science museum and a librarium?" Lincoln asked.
"Yes, though I prefer to call it the Sci-brarium." Lisa confirmed. "For ages, dreams have been thought of as windows to another realm." Lisa picks a book from a shelf and reads it. "Let me not mar that perfect dream, by an Auroral stain, but so adjust my daily night that it will come again." She looked at Lincoln. "Emily Dickinson wrote that."
"Who?"
Lisa turned to another page. "Here's one you might know." She reads. "There once was a man from Peru who dreamed of eating his shoe. He woke up with a fright in the middle of the night to find his dream had come true."
Lincoln chuckles. "Wow Lisa. You sure are smart."
Tell me something I don't know." "Well, thanks for the info sis. I'll be leaving now." Lincoln heads out.
"Beware of your wandering eye, you white haired specimen." Lisa waved bye.
Lincoln gets out of Lisa's dream bubble. He sees his infant sister. "Now let's see Lily's dream."
Lincoln goes into her bubble.
Lincoln is now floating on a cloud with a happy face on it. The cloud brings him to the ground. Lincoln sees that everything is all colorful and lively. He sees a bunch of stuffed animals and Lily. A stuffed bear was tossing her up and down as Lily giggled.
"Hey Lily!" Lincoln called.
The stuffed animals and Lily see Lincoln.
"Hi Linky!" Lily said. Lily and the animals all hug Lincoln. Lincoln tries to breathe.
"I see you've made some new friends." Lincoln said. The animals stopped hugging. Lincoln noticed a bunny that looked like his stuffed rabbit Bun Bun. "Bun Bun?"
"Lincoln?" The rabbit said.
"It is you!" They both said in unison. They shake hands.
"Are you here to join Lily's play date?"
"Actually, I'm just visiting Lily's dream. Nice place you've here. You having fun Lily?"
"Poo poo." Lily said.
"Well, you guys enjoy yourselves. I'm gonna head out now." Lincoln said and headed out.
"Bye Lincoln!" Bun Bun and Lily waved. Lincoln waved back.
Lincoln got out of Lily's dream bubble. "Wow. This is great. I can visit people's dreams. And why stop now? Let's see my other sister's dreams."
Lincoln left Lisa and Lily's room and went to Lucy and Lynn's room. He saw their dream bubbles. He decided to go into Lucy's dream first.
"This should be interesting." Lincoln said. He jumped into her dream. Lincoln was falling down. He saw lava below him and panicked but luckily he landed in a ferry boat which had a soft inflatable raft. He was then sent onto land and slid down a slide. He looked around. He saw fire, lava, skeletons, demons. He figured he must be in some kind of underworld. Just then, a skeleton came up to him.
"Hey sir, would you like to buy an organ? Only one dollar." The skeleton held a jar of body organs in front of the white haired boy. Lincoln freaked out and ran away. He ran into a cave but the cave was full of bats. He screamed and ran out. He then bumped into someone. It was someone wearing a black hoodie but the face couldn't be seen. The person also had a scythe.
"Ahh! It's the Grim Reaper!" Lincoln yelled.
The person pulled down their hood. It was Lucy. "I'm the Goth Reaper actually."
"Wait, Lucy?"
"Lincoln, I wasn't expecting to see you here. I guess you're immortal now."
"No, I'm not."
The demons all heard this and glared. Lincoln looked nervous.
"Sorry Lincoln, but we have a rule against mortals being in the underworld." The Goth Reaper said. "I'm immortal myself. You're my brother and all but I gotta send you back from where you came."
She used her scythe powers to levitate Lincoln. He was blasted back up into the air.
Lincoln flies out of Lucy's dream and into Lynn's. He landed on the back of a motorcycle. Lynn was in front and was wearing her motorcycle outfit. Lynn noticed him.
"Hey little bro, you here to perform a stunt with me?" She asked.
"Stunts?"
Lincoln then noticed he was on a ramp with Lynn. Lynn rode her motorcycle down and off the ramp. They both flew off the motorcycle and into the air. The motorcycle fell and exploded.
"Lynn, what's going on?" Lincoln asked.
"Well, I'm performing a daredevil stunt where the both of us will land on that little target down below."
A target is seen below them.
"This is crazy and dangerous!" Lincoln yelled.
"It's fine as long as you've got a big ol parachute!" Lynn replied.
"Oh, ok!" Lincoln grew shoes on his feet and they inflated.
"Not a pair of shoes, Lincoln! Parachute!"
Lincoln pulled out a parakeet.
"Not a parakeet! Para-"
Lynn fell and created a hole in the target. "-Medic."
Lincoln landed beside her and made another hole. Lincoln fell out of Lynn's dream. Lincoln dashed out the room before Lucy and Lynn could notice him.
"Ok, I'm never going in their dreams again." Lincoln said. "Maybe Lana's dream will be better."
He went inside the twins room and saw their dream bubbles. He hopped inside Lana's bubble. Lincoln was now in a desert. Then he heard rumbling. He looked behind him and saw a bunch of huge frogs hopping towards him. Lincoln screamed and moved out of the way. He hid behind a cactus. He took a peek and saw his sister riding a giant frog, Hops.
"Yee Haw! Get along little froggy!"
"Hey Lana!" Lincoln yelled trying to get her attention.
Lana saw him. "Lincoln?" She stopped her frog by pulling on his long tongue. "Howdy big bro."
"What's happening?"
"Me and Hops are going after a fly." Lana explained. "Come and join us."
Hops grabbed Lincoln with his tongue and set him on next to Lana on his head.
"So these flies must be pretty big I'm guessing."
"You bet. And this is not your regular fly. It's a fruit fly. Look!"
Lana pointed to a big orange with wings.
"Hops, get closer!"
Hops went forward.
"Get ready to capture and...now!"
Hops used his tongue to capture the fruit fly. The fly was a bit strong however as he dragged Hops along with him.
"Man, this thing is putting up a fight." Lana said. "Pull Hops, Pull."
Hops pulled as hard as he could. He squeezed the fly and it stopped moving.
Lana cheered.
Good job Hops!" Lincoln said. However he leaned too close and fell off Hops head and fell on his tongue. This cause the frog to release the fruit fly and it quickly flew away.
"Oops." Lincoln said nervously.
Hops and Lana glared at him. Hops used his tongue to grab Lincoln and throw him out of the dream.
He flew into Lola's dream.
He landed on the ground. "Ow." He looked around. "Where am I now?"
He saw posters, statues, and a blimp with Lola on them. "I'm in Lola's dream. I'm gonna regret coming in here."
Just then, he saw a shadowy figure. He looked up and saw the giant pageant girl. Lola was now bigger than anyone. She was wearing a crown and had a longer dress.
"I'm queen of the universe! Bow down to me!" Lola bellowed. A bunch of people ran to Lola and started bowing down to her.
"All hail Lola Loud! All hail Lola Loud!"
"That's more like it!" Lola pointed at artist. "You! Make a painting of me!" She then pointed at baker. "And you! Get me some desserts!"
The baker immediately ran into his bakery and got out a tray of muffins. He showed them to Lola.
"Those tiny things won't satisfy my hunger!" She yelled. She picked up the bakery which was shaped like a muffin and ate it. She then let out a loud belch. "Yummy!"
"This isn't a dream. It's a nightmare!" Lincoln said.
He made a run for it but Lola noticed him. "Oh Linky! Come back here! You're gonna be my new playmate!"
She chased after him. Lincoln ran as fast as he could. She was about to grab him but she tripped on a power line.
"Oh dang it!"
She fell forward and knocked down some buildings. She laid down on the ground and groaned.
"Lola?" Lincoln said concerned. "I hope she's ok. Looks like she was too big, just like her ego."
The other citizens gathered around to see this. After a moment of silence, they cheered.
"The wrath of Lola is no more!"
"Well, I better get out of here now." Lincoln ran out of a dream exit. In reality, Lincoln got out of Lola's dream. Lola started tossing and turning in her sleep. Lincoln left. "Ok, maybe I should stop messing with people's dreams."
Then he looked toward Luan and Luna's room. "But I can't resist. Luan's and Luna's dreams should be entertaining."
He went into their rooms. He saw their dream bubbles. Luan was giggling in her sleep. Lincoln jumped into her dream.
Lincoln started walking but he slipped on a banana peel. Luan dressed as a clown rode next to him on a unicycle. "Hey Lincoln, you literally fell for that prank. (laughs)"
"Luan, where are we?"
"We're in the circus, of course. I'm performing with other clowns."
Lincoln looked around and saw the place was full of clowns. There was also a ringmaster. Giggles walked up to Lincoln
. "Hey Lincoln."
"Hey Giggles."
She shook his hand but shocked him with a joy buzzer and laughed.
"Man, I fell for that again."
Just then, an announcer spoke. "And now ladies and gentlemen, it's time for our next act: The tower of clowns."
The crowd cheered.
"Oh boy! You gotta watch this Lincoln!" Luan started to perform. She rode on her unicycle. A clown jumped on her shoulders and then the other clowns went on top of each each with Giggles at the top. Together, the clowns formed a pyramid like tower. The crowd applauded and Lincoln was impressed.
"Impressive. Maybe I can assist them."
Luan continued riding her unicycle as she balanced the clowns on top of her. Just then, Lincoln was seen swinging on a trapeze. "Hey Luan!"
"Lincoln, no!" Luan yelled.
Too late. Lincoln flew off the trapeze and collides with the clowns, making them all fall to the ground. Lincoln falls too. Luan and the clowns groan. The audience however bursts out laughing.
"Now that's funny!" A guy said.
Lincoln gets out of the pile of clowns. " I better get out of here." He runs but slips on another peel.
Lincoln falls out of Luan's bubble.
"Ow!" He noticed Luna's dream bubble. "I bet Luan's dream will be less painful."
He climbed up the bunk bed and jumped into her dream. The first thing Lincoln heard was loud music. He then noticed he was on stage. He saw Luna performing with her idol Mick Swagger.
"Just as I expected." Lincoln said. "Hey Luna!
Luna saw him." Bruh, what are you doing here? Did you come to see me perform?"
"You could say that."
"Why don't you perform with me and Mick over here?"
Yeah mate!" Mick said.
"Well, i don't want to mess anything up." Lincoln said. "Plus, I don't have a guitar."
"I got you covered dude." Luna summoned another guitar and passed it to her bro.
"Sweet! Let's jam!" Lincoln played his guitar along with his sister and Mick Swagger. Luna and Mick Swagger had musical note fireworks coming out of their guitars. They blasted into the air and the crowd cheered.
"Wow. How did you do that?" Lincoln asked.
"There are different modes on the guitar. See for yourself." Luna said.
Lincoln looked at the different modes. There was a fireworks mode, a rocket blast mode, and a freeze mode, a fire mode, and a mode to summon guitars.
"Ooh! Let me try this rocket mode." Lincoln played his guitar but it was aimed at Mick Swagger. The guitar wave blasted him into the air.
"My bad."
"Not cool bro." Luna said. She blasted Lincoln into the air.
Lincoln flew out of Luna's dream and landed in the ground but Luan and Luna were still asleep.
"My sisters sure are heavy sleepers." Lincoln said and left the room. "Alright, i should go back to bed now."
He was about to head to his room but noticed Leni and Lori's room. "But first, let me check out Leni's dream."
He went into his oldest sister's room and went into Leni's dream bubble.
He was in a mall. He saw Leni buying some clothes at the clothes section. She saw Lincoln.
"Hey Linky!"
Lincoln walked up to her. "Leni, this is a dream you know. You can do anything you want. Watch. I can change my hair color."
He changed his hair to the colors of a rainbow. "Pretty great huh?"
"Yep." Leni said as she continued shopping.
"I can turn into-" He turns into Ace Savvy." -a superhero!"
He flew around the mall. "Wasn't that cool?"
"Sure Lincoln." Leni continued looking for clothes.
Lincoln turned back to normal, back to wearing his PJs and Lisa's nightcap has invention. "Ok, I'm outta here."
Lincoln leaves.
"Bye Linky." Leni looks in her wallet and sees no money. "Aw man, I'm all out of money."
Leni just stood there, not sure what to do next.
Lincoln came out of Leni's dream and saw Loris dream bubble. "Might as well check out Loris dream too."
He went in. In Lori's fantasy world, she is seen in a tropical paradise. She is in her swimsuit. Bobby is more muscular and is in his swim trunks. He is carrying Lori in his arms as Lori hugs him. He sets her down in a pool.
"Would you like a drink babe?"
"How about a coconut smoothie for the both of us?"
"You got it!" Bobby snapped his fingers and a coconut with straws appeared. He and Lori shared it.
"This is so romantic!" Lori said.
"Yeah babe." Bobby said.
They were about to kiss when Lincoln fell into the pool, soaking Lori and Bobby.
"Oh, hey guys."
Lincoln, you twerp! Get outta my fantasy dream!" Lori yelled.
"I was just leaving." Lincoln ran away. After Lincoln left, Ronnie Anne suddenly appeared out of the pool. She had a mermaid tail.
"Was that Lame-o?"
"Yep." Bobby replied.
"Wait, why are you a mermaid?" Lori asked.
"I don't know. It's your dream." Ronnie Anne said.
Lincoln got out of Lori's dream bubble. He squirted water of his ear. "I'm going to bed now."
Lincoln returned Lisa's invention to her room and went back to his room to sleep. "Now back to my dream." He fell asleep but then he saw his sisters heads floating around his room. They all yelled Lincoln's name. Lincoln was terrified.
"What do you want? Leave me alone!"
In reality, it turned out Lincoln was just dreaming. His sisters, except for Leni, were standing in his room trying to wake him up. He woke up with a scream. "Guys? What's going on? Are we having a slumber party?"
"No. We're not having a slumber party." Lori said.
"Do us all a favor Lincoln and stay out of our dreams." Lynn scolded.
The others agreed.
"Take a hike!" Lola said.
"Don't we get enough of you during the day?" Lori said.
"Yeah!" Luna said.
"Wait, did I really use Lisa's nightcap invention to travel into you guys dreams?" Lincoln questioned.
"What are you talking about? I never invented anything like that." Lisa said.
Just then, Leni entered the room. "Like, does anyone have a couple of bucks?"
Everyone stared at her.