"Ahhh!" screamed Lincoln. He woke up from his dream. The last thing he remembered was sinking into the darkness. He saw that he was on the beach close to the water.

"That was a weird dream." he said, laying back down. When he was flat on his back, he was met with a face of his girlfriend Ronnie Anne...And a bucket full of water.

"Morning lame-o. Hope you slept well." She said trying hard not to laugh too much at the prank she pulled. The once relaxed Lincoln was now dripping wet but didn't get up from where he was.

"Oh, come on Ronnie give me a break."

"You really are as lazy as your sisters say you are. Why were you sleeping out here anyways?"

"Between playing with the twins, chicken fights with Lynn, and doing my own stuff with Clyde, I needed a break and was too tired to go back to the hotel were staying in." Lincoln and his family, along with Clyde, Ronnie and Bobby, all voted to go to the beach for summer vacation. Lincoln was so busy spending time with everyone he got exhausted and fell asleep at a quiet part of the beach. That was just this morning too. He didn't know how long he was asleep, but it looked like early afternoon.

"I had a really weird dream too. This huge black thing tried to swallow me up and I couldn't breathe...I couldn't-ow!" He said, feeling a sudden pain on his head. He looked at Ronnie who had a smirk on her face.

"Are you still dreaming lame-o?" She asked giggling.

"It wasn't a dream!" He defended but then looked confused. "Or was it? I don't know." He said sighing. Still speaking out loud but to himself said. "What was that place? It was so bizarre."

"Whatever man." Ronnie replied looking out to the sea.

Sitting up Lincoln realized that he couldn't get up. He looked down and saw that his legs knee down was buried under sand. "Really? The bucket of water wasn't enough?"

Ronnie turned around and saw what he was talking about. "Wow. For someone so observant you really don't pay attention to things. And I didn't do that. The twins did." She said finding his situation funny.

"Then help me out. They made it so deep I can't move my legs." Ronnie went over and started to pull him out but even she was having trouble pulling him out. Feeling this would take a while, Lincoln decided to continue the conversation.

"Say-Ronnie. Do you ever miss living in Royal Woods?" He asked in between grunts.

"To be honest, I kinda do miss being in Royal Woods."

"You do?"

"Yup. I mean like it is where I grew up with my mom and Brother... And when I first met you."

"Do you ever want to come back?"

"Well- I am happy there."

"Really?" Lincoln asked.

"Of course. I think I would miss the zoo and hanging out with Sid. But mostly my extended familia."

"Hey what about me. I am your secret boyfriend that lives 3 hours away after all." Lincoln said in a mock sad voice.

"Don't worry your second place in terms of missing things from Royal Woods." She said with a grin. She looked at his face and saw the obviously fake sad face. "I'm only kidding lame-o."

"I know. But speaking of hometowns. Are you still wanting to find where you grew up?" Lincoln asked

"I would like to see it. But it's hard to find a place you have no memory of."

"Well, if you do ever find it, I want to see it too. Who knows, we may end up traveling the world. I want to do it all.

"I would like to see it too. Along with any other place out in the world. I want to see it all."

"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's-." But she didn't finish as Lincoln finally came out causing both 11-year-olds to roll backwards with Lincoln ending up on top of Ronnie...And both are in their swimsuits. Both were blushing red as tomatoes.

"This is awkward." Said Lincoln not knowing what else to say.

"Hey Lincoln, Ronnie Anne! Where are you?!" Said a new voice. Suddenly Lincoln's sporty sister that is older by two years walked up. "Hey everyone, is wondering where you guys-." But stopped when she noticed the predicament, they were in. "Sorry, should I come back later? She asked teasingly with a smirk.

"It's not what you think Lynn." Lincoln said quickly getting up and then helping Ronnie Anne up. Both were somehow blushing even harder.

"He-hey. I was just getting Lincoln out of a pile of sand and tripped." Ronnie replied just as fast.

"Sure." Said Lynn. "The rest of our sisters are going to flip out when they hear about this." Little did the two know Lynn wasn't just talking about them falling on top of each other. She may have heard them talking a little too before she found them. She wasn't spying on them...at first that is. She decided to come out when she saw Lincoln and Ronnie fall and tease them a little.

"You will do no such thing Lynn." Said Ronnie looking like she was going to attack Lynn at any moment.

"Well, who is going to stop me?" She said with a cocky smirk.

"ME." Suddenly Ronnie and Lynn were in a fight cloud with no sign of it stopping. Lincoln tried to calm them but only got dragged in himself.

"Ow. Guys calm down! You're hitting me more than each other!" They both stopped and realized what Lincoln said was true. He had a few red marks that would be bruises later.

"Sorry Lincoln." Both said at the same time.

"Thank you. Now I think I know what to do. Lynn, I need to speak with Ronnie real quick." He said, grabbing Ronnie Ann's hand to tell her his plan. "Okay Ronnie, I think I know how we can get Lynn to stay quiet."

"I'm listening."

"We will challenge Lynn to something. Knowing her she won't be able to resist because it's against her nature to say no to a challenge."

"But what will we do? We can't do anything athletic because that is basically handing it out to her."

"Agreed." They thought for a minute before Lincoln thought of something. "I know. I just remembered that I promised Lana, I would help her build a raft, I don't know why she wants to build one. For fun maybe. Point his we will challenge her to build one better than us. And with us having Lana on our side we could win."

"As crazy as it sounds that may actually work lame-o. You came up with a possible working plan for once."

"Thanks." Realizes what she said. "Hey, what do you mean for once?"

"Calm down Fido. You need to stop taking things so seriously."

"Right. In that case let's start 'operation: challenge Lynn to see who can build a better raft so we can save ourselves from embarrassment and keep our secret relationship a secret, and think of a shorter name for this operation, into action." Catches his breath. "That was all one breath."

"You really need to get better at that."

The two went back to Lynn who looked bored out of her mind. "Took you two long enough. What were you doing kissing?" Both Lincoln and Ronnie looked at each other before gagging. They may have kissed before, but it was still something they didn't talk about our do. Plus, both were started with Lincoln kissing Ronnie.

"Jokes aside. We have a way to keep you from telling our sisters anything."

"I doubt it." Lynn said with a smirk.

"Lynn, we challenge you to a competition." Said Lincoln.

'Dang it. My one weakness.' Thought Lynn. "What kind of competition?"

"We challenge you to form a team and you and that team will try to build a better raft than us. You can have a team with as many as you want. We already agreed to have Lana as our third. The rest of the siblings are free. Except for Lily since she is only a baby and is with mom and dad.

"Why a raft?"

"Because I promised Lana, I would help her build one and we can't do anything athletic with a chance of winning."

"Fair enough. I am that awesome." She bragged.

"So, what do you say, deal?" Lincoln asked, holding out his hand.

Lynn hesitated before finally deciding. "Deal." She said shaking his hand. She wished she could have Lana on her team but that was only a minor setback. Maybe if she could get Lisa...

"When do we start?"

"Let's form our teams and start them today. We can finish tomorrow."

"Alright." With that the three went their own ways to form their teams.

with Lincoln and Ronnie.

"You know, I was thinking maybe we can use this raft to find the place you lived at Ronnie." Lincoln said a little jokingly.

"Really? A raft to travel the oceans? What's next, you're going to say we'll use it to travel to other worlds?" She shot back.

"Of course not." He said in a defending tone before going back to the joking one. "We would build a spaceship for that."

"You really are a dork." She said teasingly.

"Yeah. But I'm your dork." He said before flinching, not sure what Ronnie's reaction would be.

"True." Ronnie said not seeing him flinch. Lincoln then decided to get to the task at hand.

"Okay. We will get Lana first and then go from there." Said Lincoln.

"Alright let's find her." The two started looking around for the tomboy twin of the family all over the beach. They looked at the concession stands, the dumpsters, and even the hotel. They were about to give up and find her later when Ronnie noticed something.

"Hey Linc, I think I see her." She spoke. He turned to where she was pointing and sure enough there was Lana. Her and her twin sister Lola were building a sandcastle and were surprisingly getting along for once.

"How did we miss her? She is literally right in the middle of the beach." Said Lincoln.

"Who now's? Let's just get her so we can form the rest of the team." The two walked over to the two six-year old's. Neither seemed to notice them until they were right next to them.

"Hey guys." Lincoln said scaring both and almost causing Lola to fall on top of it while adding the flag.

"Lincoln! Be careful. You almost made me destroy our sandcastle! And ruin my beach dress." The spoiled princess said.

"Sorry Lola. I need to borrow Lana for a sec." Lincoln said.

"Why?" Said girl asked. She didn't want to leave. She and Lola were having a lot of fun and weren't fighting for once.

"Lincoln and I need your help to build something." Ronnie said knowing it would get the girl's attention.

"What is it?!" She asked excitedly doing her puppy act. Ronnie may not have been into cute stuff but even she couldn't help but think it was and chuckled.

"Come with us and you'll see." Lincoln replied.

"Alright. Be back in a little bit Lola."

"Alright. I'll keep working on the castle." She said. She had other plans though.

Once the three got to a quieter space Lincoln told Lana why they needed her. "Alright Lana, you remember that promise we made to build a raft? "The tomboy nodded her head excitement knowing where this was going.

"Well, me and Ronnie made a bet with Lynn to see who could build a better one. And before you ask why...let's just say we are keeping that secret. Which is why we made the bet in the first place." Lana was curious as to what the two were hiding but decided to not worry about right now. "Lynn is making her own team. You will be in charge since you know more about building. So, what do you say? Want to join?"

"Totally!" The girl said without hesitation. "Who else should we have on our team?"

"How about Luna?" Ronnie suggested.

"And don't forget Clyde." Lincoln said.

"Can Lola join too?" asked Lana.

Lincoln wanted to say yes but realized that there could be a few problems with that. "Sorry Lana, but I don't think so. Lola mostly would try to boss everyone around and not do any work herself, and I feel a little bad saying this but with how often you two get in fights, I'm worried it will only slow us down. Plus, I doubt she would willingly join anyways." Lincoln said hoping not to hurt her feelings. Lana was a little offended but knew what Lincoln said was true.

"I guess you have a point." She said a little sad. "I'll go tell her I am going to help you guys and I'll play with her later." Little did all three know that Lola herself was watching from a nearby trash can, she would rather be somewhere else to hide but it was the only place close enough to where she could hear, spying on them. At first, she was thinking about what Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were hiding but then heard what Lincoln said about her. She was of course furious about what he said. She admits that she would have most likely said no. But he crossed the line when he said she was controlling.

"I should go over there and demand that he takes that back." She said not noticing the irony in what she said. The only reason she didn't was because she didn't want to give herself away. "I'll show you Lincoln Loud." She wanted to prove to Lincoln that he was wrong, but how? She then saw Lynn in the distance which gave her an idea.

'I'll show you what I can do.' She thought walking over to Lynn.

with Lynn

Lynn was looking around the beach looking for her sisters. So far, she was only able to find Leni. She wasn't hard to convince, which was not surprising, but she was going to need more. Right now, she was looking for Lisa and hoped to somehow get her genius sister to help her. She kept walking when a familiar voice called out to her.

"Lyyyyyynn!" Lola called. Running over to her.

"What do you need Lola? And can it wait I'm in a hurry." Lynn said. She didn't really care what Lola wanted right now but she didn't want to be rude.

"Too much of a hurry to have a member for your team?" She asked with a devilish smile.

"How did you know about that?" Lynn asked, shocked.

"Word travels fast. So, I hear Lana is joining Lincoln and Ronnie Anne. So, I thought I would join you. What do you say?"

"Why do you want to help?" Lynn asked with a look that said she didn't trust her.

"What, I can't help my sister out of the kindness of my heart?" She asked sounding as innocent as possible.

Lynn just has a look that said she still didn't believe and waited for the truth. "Fine. I heard Lincoln basically said I couldn't help build a raft and I want to prove him wrong. And beat Lana of course."

"I don't know Lola. Why should I let you join?" Lynn asked. Sure, Leni was the first person she asked but she was desperate to have at least one partner and Leni knew how to design and build a little, which she found out from the time she made Lori a new bed. Lola may not be that bad, but she didn't know anything about building or designing.

"Because if you don't, I will tell everyone you secretly like reading Lincoln's comic books." She responded knowing she had won.

"How did yo-I mean, I don't know what you're talking about." Lynn tried to lie. Key word, tried. Lola was right though. Ever since Lincoln made that comic with all of the siblings on it, she secretly grew a liking to it and would sometimes read his comics when he was gone.

"Lynn your lucky nobody else knows. I didn't even know until that incident about beating you in board games. When you beat Lincoln at the Ace Savey game, I was surprised you actually knew the answers. Sure, the one about One-Eyed Jack we all knew but you even got questions the rest of us would have never known. So, if you want to keep it secret, I suggest you let me join." Lynn was sweating bullets now knowing that Lola cornered her.

"Fine. You can join, but you better actually help." Lynn said defeated. The two then shook hands and then went to form the rest of the team.

"Who else do you have so far?" Lola asked.

"Right now. Just you and Leni. I am hoping to get Lisa to join. I got Leni to join saying I needed her to make a sail and told her that she would be a valuable member. She said yes without a second thought."

"Not a bad start." We'll find Lisa later. Right now, I know how to get two more to join."

"Who?"

"Follow me." The two went to the other side of the beach where Lori and Bobby were having a picnic.

"Lori and Bobby?" Lynn asked in disbelief. "Why them? Also how do you plan on getting Lori to join? That is about as possible as you getting in mud."

"Lynn, you need to just watch and learn from the master." Lola said dragging Lynn with her to the couple. When they were about three feet away the two teens noticed them.

"Hey Lori, Bobby, we have a question for you." Said Lola.

"What do you literally want you two? Can't you see we're in the middle of a date?" She said a little annoyed. Although she should've known one of siblings would find them.

"Babe, be nice. There are your sisters after all." Said Bobby.

"Okay Boo Bear." Lori said her attitude changing automatically. "So, what do you want?"

"I need to make a team to help me build a raft to beat Lincoln in a bet we made. Want to join?"

"Uhhh, no. You won't be seeing me anywhere near there. I literally won't waste any time I could be with my beloved Bobby." Lynn looked at Lola with an I told you so look. Lola ignored it and looked at Bobby.

"Hey Bobby, you want to join?" She asked in a sweat voice.

"Sure, little loud. That sounds fun. You sure you don't want to join babe?"

"Of course, I'll join Bobby." Lori said automatically before realizing what happened. She then looked at Lola who was doing a victory dance. "I see what you did there. Your good. Very good." Lori said knowing she wasn't getting out of it now. They started to walk to get more members when Lori remembered something.

"Wait. We need to pick up the picnic first." She said. They all went back and started to pick up the picnic.

With Lincoln, Ronnie, and Lana.

After talking with Lincoln and Ronnie, Lana went to tell Lola but couldn't find her. She found it strange but figured Lola went to do her own thing and would find her later. Until then she was going to help Lincoln and Ronnie.

The three were looking around for any of the other sisters to help them. So far, they haven't found anyone. They looked all over until Lana noticed a huge crowd around a stage. She and the other two with her also heard familiar music. Rock music. The crowd was so thick that they couldn't see who was on stage, but they knew that music was anywhere.

"I think we found Luna." Lincoln said.

"Okay. But how are we going to get to her? There is no way we can get through that crowd." Ronnie pointed out. "And knowing Luna, this could be a while."

"I might be able to crawl through." Lana said. A little unsure.

Lincoln, however, knew what he had to do. "You guys wait here. I know what to do." He then jumped in yelling "Crowd surfing!" and was surfing in the audience to the front of the group.

"Okay. One, since when can Lincoln jump that high and two, where did he learn crowd surfing?" Ronnie asked.

"To the first one I don't know but the second I'm sure he learned from Luna when they went to the SMOOCH concert." Lana replied.

"That makes since." While they waited Lincoln got to the front and climbed up the stage. Luna, however, was so into the song that she didn't even acknowledge that he was there, if she even noticed. He called her several times, but she apparently couldn't hear him. He was trying to think of what to do when he got an idea. He didn't want to do it and he knew Luna wouldn't like it, but he had to do it. He went backstage and unplugged the speakers. The moment the speakers went off Luna stopped wondering what happened.

"Dang it. Did I make them short out again?" She said to herself. The moment it stopped all the people left leaving Ronnie and Lana who both figured out what happened pretty fast. They were supersized Lincoln would do that but knew it was probably the only way.

"No wait dudes. I can fix it." She yelled. Sadly, they all left.

"Sorry Luna." Lincoln said to her.

"That's okay bro. It's not like you made the speakers stop or anything. "she said completely missing Lincoln's guilty look on his face. "Uh right. Totally not my fault." He said a little too quickly with a nervous smile. Lana and Ronnie were groaning on the inside on how obvious he was hiding something. "Anyway, since it seems you're done. I have a favor to ask you." This of course caught the rock star's attention wondering what her little bro wanted. It also would help her get her mind off what just happened.

"What do you need bro?"

"Ronnie, Lana, and I are in a bet with Lynn to see who can build a better raft and we are forming our team. Would you like to join us?" Hoping she wouldn't ask why they mad-

"Why did you make the bet?" She asked.

'Dang it.' He thought. "Uhhhh, that is classified information." He said with another nervous smile. Luna just looked at him with a raised eyebrow and a 'are you Serious' look.

"Well, I would like to join but you either tell me why you made the bet, because you got me really curious right now, or convince me somehow." She said thinking she outsmarted him.

"Hmmmmm." He thought. "Well, there will be the satisfaction that if we win, which is very likely with Lana being on our team, we beat Lynn and whoever else is on her team. Which is the other sisters and Clyde." He said hoping it would be enough to convince her. The look on her face said she was considering it. The thought of beating Lynn at something did sound tempting.

"Sure, bro I'll join. Anything for my sibs and future sister-in-law." She said teasingly. Lincoln, and Ronnie who heard that last part after coming up to the stage blushed.

"For the last time Luna, she is not my girlfriend. She is just a girl that is a friend."

"Sure, she is bro."

"Also keep in mind about what you said about helping us because I have something else to tell you." He said a little hesitantly.

"What's that?"

"I may have been the one that turned off your speakers." He squeaked. It was barely audible but when you're someone that plays the guitar enough to cause a power outage in an entire town, you tend to be able to hear things pretty well. (I don't know if that is true but to me it seems like Luna would have better hearing since she is the loudest sibling at times and is always playing instruments very loud but can still hear at least as good as the others because she is more used to it.) Luna gave him a glare that could rival Lori's and let's just say Lincoln didn't like having sand in his pants. Luna decided to still help them but in return Lincoln had to help her with getting ready for shows and practice at home when they got back. Which Lincoln complied to without hesitation finding it fair. The group of now four then went off to go find anyone else that would like to join them.

"Who should we go get next? Lori, Bobby, Leni, Luan, Lucy, Lola, who will probably say no, Lucy, Lisa, and Clyde are still left as to my knowledge. Although I suspect at least two of them are with Lynn by now. Maybe three." Lincoln said trying to form a plan.

"I say we just look around until we find one of them instead of looking for someone specific." Lana suggested.

"That sounds like a good idea dudette."

"I'm for it. What do you think lame-o? You do seem to be the leader by default." Lincoln was confused by what Ronnie said but realized that was probably her way of saying that he was in charge.

"I think that is a good idea." Lincoln said to his little sister.

"Or." A new voice spoke, making them all jump and land on their buts. Lincoln knew who it was instantly. "They could come to you." The voice finished. They turned around and saw it was Lucy. The eight-year-old goth had a smirk on her face since she did that scare on purpose.

"You guys need to put a bell on her before she gives me a heart attack." Ronnie said, catching her breath.

"That's what I always say." Lincoln said.

"Anyways, I would like to help you guys with the bet." Lucy said.

"How did you know about it?" Luna asked.

"I was there when they made the bet." She replied in her monotone voice. This made the two eleven-year old's start sweating bullets figuring out she probably saw why they made the bet too. In all honesty it wasn't that embarrassing...okay maybe it was, but they were also doing this to keep their secret relationship secret. Which they figured Lucy knew about as well. Seeing the looks on their faces Lucy calmed them done. 'Don't worry I won't tell anyone unless you're okay with it."

"So why are you joining us?" Lana asked.

"Well considering the rules of the bet, it would be pointless for me to join Lynn's team. I also think this is a good way to repay Lincoln for getting me and Rocky together." She said. Lincoln looked relieved while Ronnie was wondering what Lucy was talking about but figured that would be a story for later.

"Alright Lucy, you're on board. I have one question though. What were you doing over where Ronnie, Lynn, and I were?"

"It was a good place to watch a shark attack, but it hasn't happened yet, and I was getting bored. That was around the time I saw Lincoln falling asleep and then the twins burying him from the knees down."

"Oh yeah thanks for the reminder." Lincoln said looking at Lana who had an innocent smile on her face. "Don't think you are getting away with that easily by the way." He said. He still had to think of a way to get both twins back. Not right now of course but later. They started to walk around when Lincoln so Lynn and who was with her. "Dang it." He said. Lynn has as many members as us now." The rest looked where he was and saw it was true. Lynn had Lori, Bobby (which upset Ronnie since she was hoping to get him on their team), Leni, (Who finally came back to the rest of the group after getting materials for a sail), and Lola. Which surprised Lincoln and Lana the most.

"We got to hurry and find who's left. If I'm correct, Luan, Clyde, and Lisa are left." Lincoln said.

"Hey bro. I know this is kinda the opposite of what we said earlier, but shouldn't we get Lisa before Lynn does?" Luna asked. The others voiced similar agreements.

"If we happen to find her before Lynn then I guess. We already have Lana though so I feel that Lynn getting Lisa would be somewhat fair. I know we're making a bet and want to win but I still want to be fair and have a little fun with it." He explained.

"Sometimes you're too nice for your own good lame-o." Ronnie said "I agree but this better not backfire." She said. They kept walking around when Lucy noticed a familiar face up ahead.

"Hey guys I see Luan." She spoke. Sure enough, Luan was over at the docks in her mime outfit doing some acts. She had a few people watching but nowhere near what Luna had. Most just walked by some glancing for a few seconds. She was doing the box act that the two did at that emo girl's birthday party...Maggie was it? Lincoln got an idea of what to do.

"Okay guys I know how to get Luan." he said, looking at Lucy. "I'm going to need your help, Lucy."

"Why me?" Said goth asked.

"Just follow my lead and you'll find out." He spoke. The two walked over to Luan but Lincoln stopped a few feet away confusing Lucy. Lincoln made a knocking motion as if knocking on a door. Luan, how hadn't noticed them, turned around as if she actually heard a knock. She opened the 'door' to let him and Lucy in. Lucy caught on quick but still didn't know what she was to do. Lincoln then pointed at himself and then over to Ronnie and then to Luan saying they needed her. He then walked over to Lucy and put her hair in the same style as Lynn's. (AN: before the episode "Future Tense" I would have never thought that Lucy of all the sisters could have her hair like Lynn's. I always thought it was too short. makes me wonder how long Lynn's hair is.) Lucy, who finally understood what to do, began to run in place with Lincoln doing the same but looking like he was in the lead. Him and Lucy then shook hands to signal that it was a bet. Luan shrugged her shoulders with a questioning look.

"What does that mean?" Lucy asked Lincoln, who seemed to know more about this.

"I think she's asking what the bet is about." Lincoln said to both Luan and Lucy. Luan nodded her head. Lincoln then got on the ground acting like he had a hammer and was nailing something together. Him and Lucy then acted like they were in a boat by "rowing" in the sand. Both looked at Luan to see what she would say. Luan thought for a moment before nodding her head yes. The three then walked to the rest of the team who were more or less confused. The only certain thing was that Luan was now on the team.

"Wouldn't it have been easier to just ask?" Ronnie asked stating the obvious.

"Usually yes. But when Luan is in her mime mode, it's better to play along." Lincoln said thinking about the many times he tried to have a conversation with Luan when she was doing her mime acts. Most of them just got annoying.

"Alright. We just need one more person at most and the team will be ready." Luna said.

"Let's go then." Lana said.

With Lynn's team.

Lynn and the rest of her team were trying to look for Lisa now since they just saw Luan join Lincoln so that left her and Clyde. With most of their friends or siblings found and with a team, it was getting harder to find who was left.

"Come on guys we got to find Lisa." Lynn said now in a hurry. She saw that Lincoln had one more than them so getting one more would make them even if they didn't get one of the last two before them.

"Like, shouldn't we get Lana on our team? She is the one that builds stuff. Or is that, Lola?" Leni said confused. Leni wasn't the smartest of the bunch and it was common for her to get the twins confused despite their obvious differences.

"Leni, I'm Lola. Remember?" Lola said. She loved her second eldest sibling, but she could be a handful. But she guessed she couldn't complain a lot since she still couldn't read very well. Lincoln had been teaching her and he had been a big help. She didn't know why but she only trusted Lincoln to teach her. She didn't even let Lisa teach her. She didn't know why either. Maybe it was because he helped read her first book or because he was usually just so trustworthy. After all, most of the sisters told him a secret or two when they had to talk to someone.

"Oh. So how do we build a raft then?" Leni asked.

"That's Lana!" She said starting to get annoyed.

"Right." She said with her same ditzy smile.

"Hey, Lynnster. I think I see Lisa over there. Looks like she is playing with another little girl her age." Bobby said.

"What? Lisa playing with another-ohhhhh" Lynn said before being reminded that the girl has come over twice. The other sisters were hit by flashbacks of Lisa playing with her friend from school. She turned around and sure enough there was Lisa building a sandcastle with another girl that looked to be her age. She was a little taller than Lisa with brown hair and in a green swimsuit. And here I thought she was doing one of her crazy experiments." Lynn thought out loud. They all walked over and could hear them talking.

"Thanks for playing with me Lisa." Darcy said.

"No problem, Darcy. I'm glad we happened to walk into each other." The young scientist replied.

"I know. What are the odds that we would be at the same beach on the same day?"

"Very low. I can tell you that." She said trying to think of the math in her head.

"After this do you want to go watch Blarney with me?" Her friend asked hopefully.

"Maybe. I will have to ask my parents." She spoke. Lisa would never admit it to her siblings, but she actually liked Blarney. She may have the mind of a genius, but she was still a four-year-old. The only one that seemed to understand that was Lincoln who has seen the rare times she shows other emotions. The only exceptions were her parents (who still barely see them) and Darcy every now and then. She actually felt more like a kid when she and Darcy played. She always thought she should just show just her genius side ever since she found out herself. Little did she know about half of her sisters were behind her and heard the conversation. Some of them were a little shocked that she willingly agreed to watch a kid show and others were trying not to laugh.

"Hey Lisa." Lynn said, scaring her young sibling.

"L-Lynn? W-what are you doing here?!" she asked, not thinking about what she was saying.

"Umm. We came here together, it's our family vacation, we're at a beach. Pick one."

"Hey Lisa, you never told me you had a best friend." Bobby stated. "What's her name?"

"Ohh...ummm, this is...umm." She said a little nervous. It wasn't that she was embarrassed to be around Darcy, she just didn't know what Bobby would think. Plus, Darcy is her first friend outside of the family and she is still getting used to it.

"My name is Darcy and I'm Lisa's best friend!" She said hugging Lisa. This caused Lisa to blush a little in embarrassment. In their minds the siblings and Bobby were freaking out at how cute the two were.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Darcy." Bobby said.

"Hey Lisa, is that your brother?" she asked, looking at Bobby.

"No that is my eldest sister's soul mate a.k.a Lori's boyfriend Bobby." Lisa said.

"Yeah, nice to see you hanging out with Darcy, but we need your help, Lisa." Lola said, cutting to the chase.

"And what is so important that I can't spend time with my friend?" She asked.

"Well...I made a bet with Lincoln to see who could make a better raft and we kinda of need your help because we don't know how to build one." Lynn confessed.

"Why would you make a bet you knew you couldn't win?" Lisa asked, a little surprised, Lynn would do that. She didn't show it off course.

"Lincoln and Ronnie made the bet knowing I can't back down from a challenge and I agreed because I heard part of a little conversation, they had but I can't tell anyone until I win." She said knowing she caught the attention of the others as well.

"Why did you not mention that earlier?" Lori asked.

"I was trying to not mention it until we won. I may want to win but I'm still going to be a good sport. And play by the rules. The deal was I couldn't tell anyone until I win the bet." Lynn said a little defensively.

"So why did you not get the Look-a-like of the princesses over here?" Lisa asked, pointing to Lola.

"The look-a-who...what?" Leni asked, confused. The others took a second but knew what she meant but Leni was confused by her little sister's big words.

"Where is Lana?" Lisa groaned.

"Oh. She is on Lincoln's team. I think that is why we need you on our team...please?" Leni asked sweetly.

"As much as I would love to help you,' Lisa said sarcastically, 'I would like to spend some time with my friend." She said going back to the sandcastle Darcy was trying to build.

"Oh, come on Lisa. What do I have to do to get you to join? I'll let you do experiments on me without complaining, as long as they're safe and not too dangerous, help you with what you need, have Leni make you chocolate cookies!" She said she would try whatever she could think of to get Lisa to join.

"While the cookies sound tempting, I still say no."

"Ah come on! There is to be something I can do?" Lisa was getting annoyed now and came up with an idea.

"Alright Lynn I will join-"

"Great! Let's go." Lynn said, interrupting Lisa.

"If,' she continued, 'you can answer this question." She said, waiting for her response.

"Alright. I can do that." Lynn said hoping this would be easy.

"This should be an easy one. How does a boat float in water?"

"That's easy. It's...ummm...it's-" Lynn stopped not sure what the answer was and lost her confidence. "Umm. Give me a minute...I don't know." she finally said. The rest just groaned knowing they lost.

"So how are you going to build a raft if you don't even know what buoyant force, pressure, and Archimedes's principl-" But Lisa didn't finish as she saw everyone minus Darcy fall asleep.

"What do those mean Lisa?" Darcy asked curiously. That was the other thing she liked about Darcy. She actually seemed interested in what she talked about. True, it may just be her four-year old curiosity, but she'll take it.

"I'll tell you later. Right now, you may want to cover your ears." She warned as she pulled out an air horn she kept for these instances. Darcy covered her ears and Lisa pressed the button. Immediately the siblings and Bobby woke up as well as scaring a few people nearby.

"What just happened?" Bobby asked.

"We all fell asleep while Lisa was giving us a lecture. Happens all the time." Lori said.

"And before you ask, no I will not join." Lisa said. The rest grumbled and started to walk away. Lisa turned back to Darcy who had a frown on her face. "What?" She asked.

"Lisa, I don't think that was very nice." Darcy said.

"How come? They asked me and I said no because I wanted to spend time with you."

"There are still you sisters. I think you're lucky to have a big family like that." Lisa did not know what to say as she was not expecting this.

"I-I'm sorry Darcy. I just wanted to relax and finish this sandcastle." She said trying to convince her to keep playing. Suddenly Darcy had a smirk on her face which just made Lisa confused.

"You said you wanted to play with me, right?" She asked.

"Yes." Lisa said hesitantly, not sure where she was going with this.

"So, if I said I wanted to go watch you sisters make a ra-ra-."

"Raft?" Lisa said.

"That. Then would you come with me?" she asked with her innocent smile.

"Of course, I-" Lisa said before she realized what happened.

"Great!" Hey Lisa's sisters, wait for me!" She said as She ran off.

"Dang it. I can't believe I fell for that." Lisa said actually shocked she got outsmarted by a four-year-old. "Darcy is smarter than I give her credit for." She said as she went to catch up with her friend.

When the two caught up and Lisa said she would join, Darcy would watch the rest cheer and they went back to where Lynn and Lincoln made the bet thinking they had enough members to start now. When they got there Lincoln, and his team were there as well waiting to start.

"You ready to lose Lincoln?"

"In your dreams Lynn." Ronnie responded for Lincoln.

"What she said. So, it looks like we're all tied. Actually, I'm surprised you don't have Clyde yet." Lincoln said.

"More like I'm surprised you guys don't have Clyde yet either." Lynn said not seeing her brother's best friend.

"We haven't seen him since this morning." Ronnie said.

"Yeah, where is Clysdale?" Luna asked.

"Right here." Said a voice. They all turned to see Clyde and tried to keep themselves from laughing. Except for Lincoln and Ronnie who were used to this and knew his friend was sensitive about this. Clyde was wearing at least two life jackets, a snorkel, goggles, and so much sun lotion you could still see the cream in a few spots.

"Sorry I was gone for so long. When I mentioned that I was going to go swimming in the afternoon at my dad's they went all protective mode and got me suited properly. They don't want me to drown or get sun burns."

"It's okay bud. We understand." Lincoln said.

"Hey Clude." Leni said.

"It's Clyde."

"OH right. We're building a boat thingy together. Do you want to join?"

"One it is called a raft. Two we are building two, each team is doing one. And three, our teams are already even so there is little point in him joining either one." Lisa said.

"Wait a sec you lost me. What all happened while I was gone? Clyde asked. Lincoln then got Clyde up to speed on the bet and everything was going on. Unlike the sisters Clyde knew why Lincoln made the bet seeing as he is the only one who knows about his relationship with Ronnie. "This sounds like fun. Can I join?" He asked.

"Sure bud. You can join our group." Lincoln said. Luan, who is still acting like a mime, did fist pumps in the air.

"Alright!" Clyde said.

"Hey wait a sec. Why does he get to join your team? You guys have Lana already. We should get him." Lynn said. The sisters, on her team of course, and Bobby voiced similar agreements.

"Hmmm" She does have a point, Lincoln. Maybe I should join them." Clyde suggested.

"No way. You're with us dude." Luna said. "Besides they have Lisa on their team."

"So does it really even matter since both teams have an advantage of one member?" He asked.

"Yes!" All of them yelled. All of them then started to give reasons for Clyde to join them. The pressure was too much for him and he started to have trouble breathing. That and Lori was there so it was hard for him to think straight.

"Guys give him space!" Lincoln said noticing his friend's predicament. "Breath Clyde breath." he told his friend calming him down.

"Thanks Lincoln." He said breathing in a paper bag. "I have an idea. How about you and Lynn guess a number between one and ten. Whoever is closest to the one I am thinking gets me on their team." He was secretly hoping Lynn would win since Lori is on her team. He wouldn't tell Lincoln that though.

"Alright. I think that is a good idea. Lynn?"

"Sounds fair."

Clyde then thought of a number, which was eight, and then waited to see what Lincoln and Lynn would guess.

"I'm going with lucky number seven." Lynn said.

"I'll go with 5. I like to pick the middle. there's usually a fifty-fifty chance of winning." Lincoln said. Clyde was a little disappointed that Lincoln didn't win but at the same time...he was on the team with Lori now.

"Sorry to tell you this bro. But the number was eight. Lynn won." Clyde said as sincerely as possible. He then whispered to Lincoln, "On the plus side for me. I get to be at the same time as Lori." He said happily. Lincoln just nodded his head but was groaning on the inside.

"Good for you bud. Just don't get any blood on her feet." Lincoln warned that when he sees Lori, he'll sometimes nosebleed. It happens less and less now but it is still a problem.

"I won't." He said smiling while giving Lincoln a salute.

"Clyde come on! Lisa said we need to start gathering the materials for the raft! Lynn called. He turned around and saw that Lynn and the rest of the team were already getting started.

"Sorry Linc. I got to go. Wait for me!" He yelled, running off. Lincoln was a little disappointed that Clyde wasn't going to be on their team but knew he couldn't worry about it now.

"Come on lame-o. We need to get started collecting stuff too,' Ronnie said, 'it's starting to get late as well. We may not get much past that tonight." She spoke. Lincoln realized that she was right. It was well past noon, and the sun was lower. It was still bright and not too late, but he knew they wouldn't be working for much longer.

"You're right. Let's get started." He said with a smile, which Ronnie could tell was forced. She shrugged it off for now thinking she could cheer him up later. The two walked over to where Lana was. She was telling Lucy something before the goth walked off somewhere. They didn't see anyone else though.

"Oh, good you're here." Lana said.

"Where is everyone?" Lincoln asked.

"I sent them off to find the things we need. Luna and Luan are looking for cloth to make a good sail, Lucy is looking for some rope, and we are going to find the logs we need."

"Why the three of us?" Ronnie asked.

"Because I know what type of logs we need...and I can't carry them myself." She admitted sheepishly.

"Fair enough." The three then went off to find what they needed.

With Lyn's team

Once Clyde caught up with the rest of the group and introduced to Darcy, who he thought was cute with Lisa, Lisa told everyone what they had to do. "Leni, use the materials you have to build a sail, Lori you and Bobby go find the logs, they need to be several feet long and very thick, Lynn, you will join them to make sure they don't get distracted and to help carry them, Lola, you are going to find the rope we need to tie it together." Lisa assigned.

"What about me?" Clyde asked noticing he wasn't assigned anything yet.

"You Clyde can join Lola. She may need a little help finding the rope."

"Yeah!" Lola yelled.

"Oh...Okay." Clyde said a little disappointed he wouldn't work with Lori. Although it made since because everyone knew he would eventually faint at some point. They were all surprised he hadn't fainted yet.

'I guess those lessons with Leni really did help.' Clyde thought in his head. "Wait, what are you doing Lisa?" He asked.

"I'm staying here with Darcy to watch Leni and make sure she doesn't run off anywhere." She replied.

"Alright." Lynn said. The team then split up to find all these things they needed.

Time skip around one hour later

It has been around an hour now and both teams have found most of what they needed. The only ones left on both teams were the ones getting the logs. Lincoln, Ronnie, and Lana had found some and were heading back to where they were going to make more trips.

Lori, Bobby, and Lynn, however, could not find any and it was getting late. "We're not getting anywhere. At this point everyone else has found they were looking for." Lynn said.

"I'm sure we will find something soon." Bobby said.

"We better. I'm starting to regret joining." Lori said. No sooner had she said that she tripped over something falling face first. Bobby automatically went to help her up while Lynn laughed her head off.

"Are you okay babe?" Bobby asked concerned.

"I'm fine Boo-Boo-Bear. I just tripped over a log. Come on let's keep loo-." But she stopped when she realized what she just said. She looked back and saw there was a bunch of logs that could be used for a raft.

"Good job Lori. You found what we were looking for. And in the most hilarious way possible too." Lynn chuckled.

"Yeah, yeah it was funny. Come on Lets just them and go.

After both teams got what they needed they agreed to stop for tonight. They all went to the hotel taking the things they didn't want to everyone ate pizza for dinner and just relaxing they went to their rooms. Clyde and his dads got one room, Ronnie Bobby, and their mother got one, and the Louds got two rooms. They split them in half with Lynn Sr. and the five eldest sisters in one room and Rita, Lincoln, and the five youngest in the other. Right now, all the children were in the room the eldest were sharing. Lily is also with them.

"Poopoo!" Lily said.

"Sorry you didn't get to join us, Lily." Luan said acting as a translator. She somehow had the ability to understand baby talk. Nobody knew how. Apparently, she was upset that she didn't get to join her siblings.

"We are so going to win this." Lynn said.

"Careful Lynn. Overconfidence might be your downfall," Ronnie said, causing everyone to laugh, except Lynn who was red with anger. "Oh, come on, Lynn. Don't be such a downer, this is all in good fun."

"Well, we are going to win," Lola said.

"No, we are!" Lana argued. This caused the two to fight for several minutes and causing most of the others, minus Clyde, Lincoln, and Ronnie, to fight too. Deciding she had enough of the chaos for now, Ronnie went out to get some air. Lincoln decided to intervene and then go check on her.

"Alright enough!" Lincoln said, surprising most of the people in the room. "Both of you calm down. Let's just agree to stop fighting about who is going to win and relax tonight." He said trying to make a compromise. The twins just stared at each other with frowns on their faces and not saying a word. Then, as if some silent agreement, the two just turned away from each other and went their separate ways. The rest agreed with what Lincoln said and just talked about what they were going to do for the rest of vacation. Lincoln walked out of the room and started to look for Ronnie. After looking through the halls, Lincoln went to the one place that she could be at.

With Ronnie Anne

After everyone started fighting Ronnie started to get a headache, not used to all the fighting in one small place. She went to the roof not only to get some air, but to see the sunset as well.

"Man, this family is chaotic."

"You don't know half of it." Lincoln said from behind.

It shocked her but not too bad. "Can I join?" he asked with a smile.

"Sure. How did you know I was up here?"

Lucky guess. I would come here to think too. It's a great view of the waves and sunset."

"Yeah, it is."

"Why did you run off?" he asked.

"I was going to ask you the same thing bro?" Lynn said.

"Lynn? What do you want now?" Lincoln asked now, very annoyed. He couldn't go anywhere without one sister being nearby.

"Calm down bro. I just wanted to make sure you and your girlfriend were okay after both of you just basically ran off."

"One, she is not my girlfriend and two, I feel like there is another reason," Lincoln countered.

"Nope. I just wanted to check on you guys. I can be nice, you know. I agree with what you said too. It really is nice up here."

"Wow. Never thought I would hear yo-" Ronnie started.

"It would be good for training too," Lynn interrupted ruining the moment. She then joined Lincoln and Ronnie, who were sitting on top of one of the air conditioners fans, leaning against it enjoying the view.

"Hey Linc," Lynn said trying to start a new conversation.

"Yeah?"

"Do you really want to travel the world? I thought I heard you say something about going to other parts of the world with Ronnie Anne?" Lincoln blushed a little at the end and part of his mind wondered how much of the conversation she heard.

"Yeah, I did. Why?"

"No reason? I just thought it would be cool, too. I wouldn't mind seeing some more sights as well." The way Lynn worded it made Lincoln think of his dream from earlier.

Especially since his father was the one that asked that in it. He just shrugged it off for now as a coincidence.

"That's cool. What about you Ronnie?" Lincoln noticed his secret girlfriend had been quiet.

"Same. I also have been thinking about what you said about other worlds Lame-O. If there are other worlds out there, it would be nice to see them," she said with a thoughtful voice and looking at the distance.

"Maybe that's where you're from Ronnie," Lynn said trying to make a joke. When she realized what she said her eyes widened and she slapped her hands over her mouth.

"What was that?" Ronnie said jumping off the fan and glaring at Lynn. Lincoln, sensing this would be a fight he couldn't stop, just backed away.

"Umm... nothing," Lynn said nervously. She had said too much.

"What did you mean by that!?" Ronnie said taking a step forward.

"I didn't mean anything by it. It was just a joke!" Lynn said.

"Lynn..." Lincoln said catching both girls' attention. "Tell the truth."

Sighing, Lynn gave in and spoke. "Fine. I heard most of your conversation earlier today including that Ronnie is adopted. Which really surprised me. I swear though I wasn't going to tell anyone. Even if I won the bet." Lynn closed her eyes waiting for Ronnie to do something. It never came through. She looked back and saw that Ronnie was just staring at her.

"If you tell anyone, I will personally make sure some of your teeth are knocked right out. But since your Lame-O's sister and I believe you'll keep that promise, I'll let it slide this time."

"Thanks. By the way, I also know you two are secretly dating. I heard that, too." This time both Ronnie and Lincoln glared at her before she realized she shouldn't have said that. 'I really need to keep my mouth shut,' Lynn thought in her head. Before anything else could happen, she bolted for the door knowing it was the only way to save her life right now.

"Lynn!" Both Ronnie and Lincoln yelled chasing her. All three went inside and Lincoln and Ronnie knew they had to win the bet now. Little did any of them know that they were being watched. From the roof of a building slightly taller than the hotel, a figure in a brown robe that completely covered him stood there.

"This world, has been connected."