The alarm went off, and Ben let out a groan of displeasure. He reached over and turned off his clock before trying to drift back off to sleep. Then he gasped as he suddenly felt something heavy drop on top of his chest. Brutus was standing on top of him, panting excitedly. Ben sighed before turning over on his side. "Let me sleep Brutus…"

Brutus barked before licking his face. "Blah!" He tried to push him away, but the animal didn't even budge. "Ah! Brutus, knock it off! I'm trying to sleep!" Brutus reached down and grabbed his pants leg in his teeth before dragging him out of bed and towards the door. "Okay! Alright dang it! I'm up! God!"

After managing to pull himself free he reluctantly got up and made his way downstairs. His aunt and Bruce were already standing in front of the stove working on breakfast. "I see Brutus got you up," she said not even having to turn around to know it was him.

"You know, you could feed him in the morning. That way he wouldn't be dragging me out of bed every freaking day," Ben said as he walked over and grabbed the bag of dog food. He poured some into Brutus' bowl and the dog quickly began devouring his meal.

Berta shrugged. "He likes you to feed him. Besides, it's like your own personal alarm clock."

"I already have an alarm clock, and I hate that one. I don't need this big lug jumping on me too," he said as he walked over and grabbed the first place form Bruce before starting to set the table. This was a pretty normal routine. Brutus drags him out of bed, he feeds Brutus, and he starts helping his aunt and brother with breakfast. "Thanks." Bruce just nodded.

"So, plans for today?" Berta asked.

Ben stopped for a second, hesitant. "None," he answered casually.

Berta sighed. "You know, when I heard you were actually making friends I hoped you would actually hang out with them. I don't want you turning into a shut-in like you were back home."

He grunted. "I wouldn't classify two girls I've known for a few days as friends. They're acquaintances, at best." It had been a few days since their trip to the mall, and while he hadn't seen Luna in person, they'd texted back and forth a little. Mostly about their favorites bands and songs.

"Well if you bothered to hang out more maybe they could be friends. Seriously kid, you need to be more sociable. It's not good to be so closed off to everyone." Ben sighed. Here it was. His aunt's famous speech about how he needed to make more friends and open up. It wasn't like he didn't want to make friends, he just… wasn't very good at it.

He and Bruce were never the most sociable of the Brittle brothers. But whereas Bruce usually just hung out with Bruno and his friends, Ben tended spend a lot of time by himself.

It was part of the reason he was so bummed about the move. It was bad enough losing the few friends he had, and he wasn't sure he would be able to make new ones. "Look, I'll try to get out more okay? Can we drop this now?" His aunt opened her mouth to speak again, but suddenly they heard footsteps.

"Breakfast!"

"Man that smells good!"

"Food! Thanks Bruce!"

The rest of the Brittle brothers suddenly made their way into the kitchen. Ben scoffed. The minute his brothers smelled food they came running. Scavengers.

Once the table was set and everyone was seated, the normal morning chaos ensued. The twins start flinging food at each other. Bruno tried in vain to stop them. Beck encouraged them, getting a kick out of the scene. Bruce and Ben did their best to stay out of it, blocking any incoming food thrown their way. Berta just calmly ate her meal, as if she didn't even notice. If things got too out of hand she knew she could stop them with a word.

After things died down a little the brothers started to chat. "Hey guys, what kind of card trick should I open up with during the opening? I'm thinking the Biddle trick? That'd be cool right?"

"I don't know man. Does it matter? As long as you woo them who cares?" Billy asked confused.

"Of course it matters. I want to make a really good impression. We're gonna be serving the people in this town for who knows how long," Beck said as he suddenly pulled a deck out of thin air. "Plus if Luan shows up I want to impress her."

"Beck, no cards at the table," Berta said.

"You really have a thing for this Luan girl huh? You haven't stopped talking about her. Is she really that good looking?" Bruno asked.

Beck sighed. "Oh yeah. And she's funny too. I almost busted a gut. You could say she's a real Joker," he said smirking. His brothers groaned. Beck had always had a thing for card puns, but he'd been into overdrive since meeting Luan. "Oh come on, that was funny!"

"No! No it wasn't! And if you make one more card pun I'm gonna stab you!" Ben threatened.

"Really? But my puns are so Egg-cellent," he said holding up a forkful of eggs. Ben started to get up but Beck raised his hands. "Ah! You said card puns! That was a breakfast pun!"

Bruno smacked him in the back of the head. "No more puns! Period!" Ben gave his elder brother a thankful look, then felt his phone vibrate. He pulled it out and glanced the text message on the screen.

Luna: Yo dude, I know you're short on musical gear, so I wanted to let you know I got a few amps lying around that my dad says I need to get rid of. They're still working and stuff, I just have too many. You should swing by a pick some up. Free of charge bro. :)

He hummed. She was literally just giving away free stuff. Well, he couldn't turn that down. "Oh, someone got a text!" Before he knew it Ben's phone was snatched from his hand.

"Hey!"

Beck looked over the text and smiled. "Oh-ho-ho! Looks at this! An invite to the house! You haven't even been on the first date and she wants you to meet the folks!"

Ben growled. "Beck, give me my phone back!" He reached over to take it, but Beck threw it over to the twins. Brady caught it and he and his twin read over it.

"She even put a smiley face at the end! That's so romantic!" he teased.

"Dang it, give me that back!"

They threw it over to Bruno who smiled as he read over it himself. "Way to go little brother! I'd have figured you'd be the last one to get a girlfriend here!"

Bruno tossed it again, but instead of going to Beck as he intended, Bruce raised his long arm out and snatched it from midair. He reached across the table and handed it back to Ben. "Thanks…" he said taking the phone back. Bruce nodded. Ben glared at the others. "That's why he's the favorite brother, you jerkwads."

"Oh come on. We're just teasing you bro," Bruno said. "Look, we'll tag along and help you carry the stuff back. And we won't tease or make jokes or anything."

"We will," Brady and Billy said in sync.

"No. You're not going anywhere near that house. I only need two amps, and they don't need to be that big. I can carry them by myself," he said bitterly.

"Well, I'm coming. I want to see Luan-"

"I'll sick Brutus on you if you try," he said dangerously. Brutus stuck his head up from his food bowl, looking eager to pounce on someone. "You're the last person I want going near there. You're going to try and stay and put on a freaking card show. I just need to get the amps and get out. That's it."

Beck looked offended. "Why I would never… okay, yeah, I totally would," he admitted.

"Alright then. If you want to go by yourself that's fine. But if you need any help just let us know," Bruno offered.

"I'll keep that in mind," he said glancing back down at his phone.

Ben: Sweet, I'll swing by to pick them up later. C ya.

Ben glanced down at the address he was sent from Luna. 1216 Franklin Avenue, Royal Woods. Yep, this was the right place. The Loud house. He looked up at the house and was… how could he put it nicely? He didn't expect such a large family to live in such a dump. The place looked like it was going to fall over from a light breeze.

Before he could make his way towards the door however, something dashed towards him from the side. It was a small little pit bull puppy. Ben raised an eyebrow as the dog approached him, a suspicious look in its eyes. It started walking around him and sniffing him. He knew the animal was just checking out a new face. Brutus did it all the time with strangers.

Ben knelt down and he dog quickly looked up and growled at him. "Yeah, okay tough guy," he said before he began scratching him behind the ears. The dog looked like it was going to bite at him, but as soon as he started scratching it practically melted. It rolled over onto its side and one of its legs began shaking. "Uh-huh. Brutus likes being scratched behind the ears too."

"Hey, what're you doing to Charles?"

He looked up and then saw a small blonde pigtailed girl wearing a red cap and overalls. She was covered in mud and holding a frog in her hands. He stood back up, and the dog got back up and started jumping on his leg, as if demanding more scratching. Figures, he went from the suspicious stranger to best friend with a few scratches behind the ear.

"I wasn't doing anything to him. He ran up to sniff me so I scratched him behind the ears. He didn't seem to mind," he explained.

The girl eyed him closely. "Yeah well, I'm watching you buddy," she said warningly. He had to chock back a laugh. A little girl half his size was trying to threaten him. That was adorable. "Who are you anyway mister?"

"Name's Ben. I'm here to see Luna. She's giving me some stuff I need to pick up," he said. "Are you one of her sisters?"

She nodded. "Yeah, I'm Lana."

"Well, it's nice to meet you Lana. Would you mind letting your big sis know I'm here."

The blonde gave him one last curious look before turning towards house. She ran inside, going in through the dog door. Ben raised an eyebrow. She was definitely a weird one. Not that he was one to talk. He felt something press against his leg and looked back down at Charles. "Alright little guy, fine." He bent down and continued scratching him behind the ear.

A few minutes later the door opened and Luna stepped out. "Sorry dude, I was jamming out in my room. Didn't hear the doorbell."

"Didn't ring it. Your little guard dog here cut me off before I could even get to the porch," he said rubbing Charles' belly. "Took a bribe real easy though. Might want some better security."

"Man, we are the security."

Ben chuckled, and then noticed Lana staring at him from behind Luna's leg. "Am I scaring you pipsqueak?" he asked slightly amused.

Lana pouted. "I'm not a pipsqueak! And I'm not scared! I just… don't know you."

"Well you're not gonna get to know me all the way over there now are you?" he asked as he made his way towards the door. Lana grew wide eyed before turning around and running back into the house. Ben watched her run, and then looked at Luna confused. "Did I… do something wrong?"

Luna looked at him amused. "Nah, I think she likes you actually," she said confusing him even further. "C'mon, the amps are upstairs… did you bring a something to wheel them back or…"

"I can carry them. I just need two."

Luna gave him a looked that he'd swear he'd seen from his aunt before. "If you say so bro." She led him into the house, and it was surprisingly silent. "My sisters are all doing their own thing in their rooms right now. But I gotta warn you, they're super energetic man. You better brace yourself to face the crazy."

"I don't think they can be any worse than my brothers," Ben said.

Luna smirked. "Wanna put twenty bucks on it?"

He smirked back, but before he could answer someone shouted out, "Heads up!"

Ben ducked right before a football flew by his head. He looked up at the top of the stairs and saw a brown haired girl looking down at them. "Lynn!" Luna said glaring at the girl. "You almost took his head off!"

The girl laughed nervously. "Hey, I said heads up. Nice reaction time by the way," she said giving him a thumbs up. "So… who are you?"

Luna sighed. "This is my friend and fellow rocker Ben. Ben, this is my little sis Lynn."

"Oh, cool. Nice to meet you," Lynn said before jumping down the stairs. She walked up to him and stared at his arms. "Whoa, sick tattoos. Where'd you get them? I thought the tattoo place didn't serve anyone under eighteen without a parent."

Ignoring why someone who couldn't be older than thirteen would even know that, Ben explained. "I didn't go to a shop. My aunt put these on me. It's a cultural thing," he said running his hands over his arm. "I'm Samoan, and when we turn fourteen we can get them as a part of our tradition. It's like a mark of maturity."

"Cool…" Lynn said. "Could your aunt give me some?"

Ben scratched his head. "Uh… I'm not sure. I mean I guess she wouldn't mind if your parents were cool with it, but it's really painful. They're not like regular tattoos. They're chiseled in your skin with a sea shell. It hurts a lot and it takes days, weeks sometimes."

"Hardcore! I definitely want some now!"

Oh crap, he'd just encouraged a kid to get tattoos. This was not going well. "Like he said, gotta clear it with mom and dad first little sis," Luna said ruffling her younger sister's hair. Lynn pouted. "Now we gotta go grab some stuff. Try not to take anyone's head off Lynnster."

Luna made her way up the stairs and Ben gave Lynn a wave before following her up. They headed straight towards her room, and he noticed Lana peeking out of one of the rooms and staring at him. When he made his way inside he saw Luan sitting on her bed and scribbling something down in a notebook.

"Hey Luan."

She looked up and smiled at him. "Hey Ben, how you doing? Are you-?"

"Please, please no more puns. Beck has been doing nothing but spitting out puns. I don't think I can handle another one. I'm begging you," he pleaded.

Luan pouted. "Aw, you're no fun," she said going back to writing down some new jokes.

Luna laughed before turning towards two amps she had sitting next to her bed. "These are it dude. Already tested them to make sure they're working. You sure you don't need any help with them?" she asked.

He shook his head. "Nah, I got this." Luna just shrugged as he walked over and grabbed both the amps. He heaved them up, one under each arm. Okay, so they were a little heavier than he expected. But he could still do this. He took a step and stumbled to the side. Luna quickly moved forward and helped him balance himself. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Uh… thanks…"

"You need help dude. You can't walk home like this," she said simply.

"I don't live that far-"

Luna held her hand up cutting him off. "Look, you can stop the whole macho guy thing. I'll just ask my big sis to give us a ride. C'mon."

He sighed. He got the feeling that he wasn't going to convince her otherwise. "Alright." He reluctantly followed after her, Luan giggling as the two left. They walked down the hall and Ben once against noticed Lana staring at him. This time however there was a very identical girl with a tiara next to her. They were whispering to each other. "Uh, should I be worried?"

The girl wearing the tiara stepped out of the room and walked towards them. "What's up Lola?" Luna asked looking down at the girl.

The blonde ignored her and stared at Ben. She circled around him, looking him up and down. "Hmm… I guess she could do worst."

Ben looked at Luna in utter confusion. She just smirked and shrugged, apparently amused by this whole situation. She turned around and headed back to her room, closing the door behind her. "So this is the house guest Lynn mentioned." Ben and Luna jumped in shock and then turned to see another girl standing near them.

She was dressed in all black and her bangs were covering her eyes. Ben could only describe this girl as dark. "Lucy! Don't do that!"

"I didn't do anything," the girl pointed out. "I was here the whole time." Luna sighed and ran a hand through her hair while Ben looked confused. Had she really been here the entire time? How had he not noticed her? "I'm Lucy. It's nice to meet you," she deadpanned.

"Uh… hey Lucy, I'm Ben. It's nice to meet you too," he said shaking her hand. She pulled his arm forward and looked over his tattoos. "Okay, so the Loud sisters dig tattoos apparently," he muttered.

"I like these designs. Do these represent the never ending chains of modern society holding down our generation's hopes and dreams?" she asked.

He stared at the girl for a few moments. "…no. They're spears. They represent courage and fight," he explained.

"Oh… well, it's still a nice design."

He was about to thank her when suddenly another door burst opened. A brown haired girl with glasses came out carrying a box. Ben couldn't tell what was in it, but whatever it was clearly was trying to get out. He could hear scratching and growling coming from it. "Back! Everybody back! I need to get to the basement and dispose of this immediately!" she shouted as she made her way towards the stairs.

Ben looked slightly concerned, but the rest of the sister's didn't seemed worried. "Hey Lisa, this is my new friend Ben," Luna said casually. "This is my sister Lisa. She's kind of a genius."

The girl stopped for a moment, adjusting her glasses before turning to him. "Salutations Benjamin. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. And just for the record, I am not 'kind of' a genius. I have an IQ well over 200. I'd like to think I'm a certified genius."

Ben hummed. "Not gonna argue with you there. And you can just call me Ben by the way," he said trying not to let how confused he was by all this going around him show on his face. "So, and I'm really afraid I'm going to regret asking this, what's in the box?"

"Nothing that concerns you I assure. I just advise you stay out of the basement for the remainder of your visit. In the event that there is a breach I will sound the alarm and Luna can show you the nearest evacuation route."

"Evacuation routes?"

"Poo poo!"

Ben looked down and saw a baby smiling up at him. "Well hey there little dudette," Luna said picking her up. "This is Lily… ugh, she needs to be changed."

"Poo poo!" Lily cheered.

Ben sniffed for a moment before gasping and covering his nose. What did this little kid eat? She smelled like nuclear… he glanced towards Lisa. "I can already tell what you're thinking with that look, and I assure you you're wrong… mostly," the genius answered as she continued to make her way down the stairs.

Another door opened and this time it was a white haired boy that came out. He was in his underwear and had a comic in his hand. "Come on! Can't a guy get some peace and quiet around here!" he shouted angrily. He glared around at his sisters before finally seeing Ben. His eyes widened.

"That's Lincoln," Luna said pointing to him. "He likes reading comics in his underwear."

"Luna! You didn't say we had people over! Give a guy a warning!" Lincoln shouted before hiding himself behind the door.

Ben kept staring before slowly reaching into his pocket and pulling out twenty dollars. He handed it to Luna. "You sure dude, you haven't even met the rest of my sisters yet?" she said smirking.

"Just take it."

She laughed before leading him towards the last door. "Alright dude, brace yourself. This is Lori and Leni's room. Leni is cool, but Lori can be a little… you'll see." She knocked on the door. "Yo sis, open up. I need a favor."

A few seconds passed before the door suddenly opened. There were two blondes before him. The first, the one who had opened the door, had short hair and a blue tank top. The other, who was sitting on her bed sewing something, had long hair and wore a pair of white sunglasses. "What do you want?" the short haired one asked sighing.

"I need a ride," Luna said simply.

"I'm busy."

"Doing what?"

"Texting Bobby."

Luna frowned. "Aw, c'mon Lori! I seriously need a ride. Look, I'll do the laundry for this week. That's a fair trade right?"

Lori was about answer before she noticed Ben standing behind her. "Oh, you've got a guy with you huh? Well why didn't you say so?" she said smirking. "So where am I dropping you two off? The movies? Dinner?"

Luna looked annoyed while Ben turned red. The other blonde girl looked up at him curiously. "Wow, he's cute. Nice catch Luna," she said smiling at him.

The rocker groaned. "It's not like that Leni. He's just picking up some gear and we can't carry it all the way back to his house. So give me a break already."

Lori rolled her eyes. "Ugh, okay fine. Since your little boyfriend needs help I'll give you a lift. But you owe me one."

"Uh, not her boyfriend. Just pointing that out," Ben stated.

"You sound a little offended by that. You saying there's something wrong with being my sister's boyfriend?" Lori asked raising an eyebrow at him.

Ben panicked and was about to speak, but Luna covered his mouth with her hand. "She's just trying to mess with you dude. Don't fall for it."

Lori laughed as he made her way out of the room, texting all the while. "Aw, you are literally no fun. Well, c'mon. The sooner I'm done getting you out of here the sooner I can get back to focusing on my Bobby boo-boo bear."

Ben looked after her. "Who bear?"

"It's so much easier if you don't ask dude," Luna said pulling him along.

"I feel like I owe you another twenty dollars…"

A/N: Alright! Chapter three is done. I wanted this one to focus on introducing the rest of the Loud Siblings. I had a really hard time thinking about how I was going to get this done. At first I thought about having all the Loud and Brittle siblings meet at once, but that would've just been too chaotic. So I just had Ben meet them for the time being, and the others will be casually introduced later.

I also kept the descriptions of the Loud siblings short and sweet. I mean, if you're reading this you already know them, so I didn't want to bore you with descriptions that you already knew. Just one or two things Ben could easily identify and separate them by.

Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! Don't forget to leave a review! Now time for Reviewer Responses.

Rsizzle34: Thanks! I've always been a big fan of using OC's. It's always fun to incorporate created characters into a well known world. I hope I'm going a good job making them seem real. I think I'm pretty experience at writing OC's by now, but I don't want to end up making any Gary sues.

gasdft: Oh yes, it's going to be really complicated with Luna and Sam. At this point Luna hasn't told any of her family about her crush on Sam, but that drama will be saved for later. For now I'm going to focus on Luna and Ben's friendship, this it'll move on to something more as the story goes on.

See ya!