A/N:What's up everyone! Got another story as requested by Hufflepuff21 on AO3! As requested Michael Collins takes the spotlight in the story, a character who was absent in my first Proud Family story.

A great point was brought up on how Michael transitioned from the original series to Louder and Prouder, the revival/continuation series about how he was to express himself freely and coming out. I've been thinking about ways on how I would write a story to fill that in and whether or not it would feature a crossover. And I think the perfect series to do that with would be the Loud House. I've always kinda wondered what would happen if the Louds and the Prouds met(no pun intended) in the past so this may be the perfect opportunity for that. If not, I could always save it for another story.

As for my other stories and upcoming stories, I may not have been updating those stories as often(Pair of Kings), but I'm still working on them little by little. As for future stories, I never do this unless I'm 100% sure it'll happen, so it's a guarantee. At least one Gravity Falls crossover story is coming, today at the earliest. The show Looped! is a guarantee. Two others that might be done are Dead Rising and Secret Saturdays. I'll post these to my profile as well.

Just to avoid any confusion if you've read my previous story, this is during the Louder and Prouder series, not the original. Without further ado, I hope you enjoy!

It was another typical end of the day at Willie T. Ribbs Middle for Penny and her friends LaCienaga(at times), Dijonay, Zoey, and Michael.

"I asked if he wanted to come over last class to do some studying." Zoey said, referring to Jimmy, a boy from her English class.

"So, what he'd say? Is it a date?" Penny said.

"I never said it was a date! It's strictly studying." Zoey said, crossing her hands doing the "no way" gesture.

"Studying is just geek language for date for someone like you Zoey. I see how you look at him." LaCienaga said.

"Just spill it, girl! Did he say yes or no?" Michael asked.

"He said he had to leave for a bit with his dad once school ended, so he probably wouldn't be back until sometime tonight."

Zoey said. "That sounds like a no. I'm so sorry, Zoey." Michael said, putting a hand on her shoulder for comfort.

"What's there to be mad about? I mean it's not like I was trying to ask him out or anything." Zoey said, shrugging and grinning.

"To be fair, if that really wasn't the case, you wouldn't be bummed out about like you were a few seconds ago." Penny said, ever the observant one, noticing Zoey's expression along with her trying to force out a grin.

Just then, a boy runs past them as if he was in a hurry. He had a light skin tone and was wearing a red t-shirt that said "Homework is For Shoobs!" with a ninja on it, with blue jeans that had holes in both knees.

He almost ran over LaCienaga. "Hey! Watch where you're going!" She said. Penny looked on in concern.

"Who was that?" Dijonay asked, not recognizing the face at all.

"That's Adrian. He transferred here not too long ago from a school in Oklahoma." Zoey observed, beating Penny to it.

"Must be a fan of Russell Westbrook with that speed. Sheesh!" KG said after hearing Zoey's statement, joining them after getting some books out of his locker.

"Hey KG! How you doin'?" Dijonay said, getting closer to KG that what he would like and he stepped back a little.

"I'm really worried about Adrian guys." Penny said, showing a matching face.

"Why? What's up?" Michael asked.

"You're telling me you guys haven't noticed?" Penny asked. Michael, LaCienaga, KG and Dijonay all shook their heads.

"There's something up with him. But when I tried to talk to him, he wasn't really open to sharing anything. I never tried to push it further after that." Zoey said, looking down and rubbing her right arm in guilt.

"You're not the only one Zoey." Penny said, showing a soft smile in an attempt to comfort her. She knew that Zoey felt guilty because she thinks she could have stopped whatever was happening if she would have pressed further. But Penny was proud of Zoey for being the only one to actually make any type of effort in the first place.

"I've tried a few times myself. But every time he keeps pushing me away. He keeps saying he doesn't want to talk about it. When clearly there's something he needs to talk about. And I have an idea of what its about. I've been hearing some of the gossip around the school and on social media. I think he's getting bullied for being gay guys." Penny said.

Michael then had a determined look on his face. "Don't you worry 'bout a thing girl. I got this." Michael said.

"Stevie Wonder?" Zoey asked.

Michael broke that short segment of seriousness he had and gasped. "How'd you know?"

"Bobby." Zoey said.

"As I was saying, I got this. Don't worry about it. Do you have an idea of where he lives? Penny? Zoey?" Michael asked.

Zoey shakes her head. "Sorry."

"From what I've read on social media, he's a turn from LaCienaga's stop and then several blocks down." Penny said.

Smithsville Streets Adrian had ran until he stopped to sit. He looked down and rested his head, clearly depressed.

"Adrian!" Michael said, able to find him. Adrian stopping made it a lot easier for Michael to find him instead of having to take guesses on where he was.

"Who are you?" Adrian asked, revealing his face. His eyes were red from crying.

"Michael Collins. From school." Michael introduced himself, in a friendly manner.

Adrian started to get up and was about to run before Michael called after him. "Wait! Penny told me what's been going on. About the bullying, and why you're being bullied. I know what you're going through." Michael said.

"You don't know. Nobody at this school knows!" Adrian turns to him.

"I mean look at you! You get to walk around and dress however you want. Nobody bats an eye, nobody talks about you on social media like you're some freak." He sniffs trying to hold back tears.

"Hey, hey. It's okay. And... believe it or not, I wasn't always like this. It took a bit before my dad, and some people at my school to accept me for who I was too." "Seriously?" Michael nods. "Sit down, hon. It's story time. And you know how much I love a good story." He said, grinning.

A/N: Since this story will be using several scenes from the original before Louder and Prouder along with original crossover stuff during the original series' time, a mashup theme would be perfect for this story. There's a mashup video on youtube by caleb coleman. It's called "THE PROUD FAMILY THEME SONG (2001 X 2022) | MASHUP BY CALEB". The video is how I'd imagine the theme would sound.

Begin Proud Family Intro

The

Proud

Family

What

You and me will always be tight,

Family every single day and night (Day and Night).

Even when you start acting like a fool, (Fool)

You know I'm loving every single thing you do. (do)

I know that I can always be myself, (myself)

Around you more than anybody else. (anybody else)

And everyday as I'm heading off to school,

You know there's no one I love as much as you.

Family

A Family.

Proud Family!

They'll make you scream!

They'll make you wanna sing!

It's a family thing

A family

Proud, proud family.

Proud Family!

*Oscar opens the door for Penny. Her friends follow, but he closes the door on them. Harold McBride opens the door, but Oscar closes it again. Sugar Mama opens the door, and Oscar closes the door a third time, before she forcefully opens the door, smashing Oscar behind it and into the wall.*

They'll push your buttons!

They'll make you wanna hug 'em!

A Family

A Family

Proud, Proud Family!

*As Oscar takes the picture, he gets bitten by Puff.*

Oscar: Yowww!