(Author's Note: Hello there everybody. TigerVolcano5000 here and welcome to the next chapter of Lena Loud! This episode was requested by JujuGamer1995, the same writer who asked me to write this story. Hope you enjoy:)

Chapter Four: Mishap

I was in my own dome of silence, perfect for what I needed. My ballet instructor was teaching us new moves and I needed to practice.

Just before I could start, however, I flinched and fell to the ground when I heard that sound of rock music. No doubt courtesy of Luna. Her music was accompanied by a barrage of other distractions, like Lynn cheering for herself as she practiced sports, Lana and Lola's arguing (how they're twins is beyond me), and Lori talking loudly on her phone. I gave a small glare at the door before I tried to refocus. I really wished that they could be quieter when I'm trying to practice. Ah well, at least I was able to get the twins to give me the room while I practiced.

I tried to focus on my moves, but the noises from outside were making it more and more difficult. I could already feel my steps getting sloppier and farther from what they were supposed to be. Before I could stop and start over however, I felt myself beginning to lose my balance. Despite my best efforts to steady myself, I lost my footing and fell on my leg before a world of pain shot through me. I screamed as I hit the floor and held my leg.

"Guys, what was that?" I heard Lori's voice from the other side of the door.

"It sounded like Lena," Lincoln replied. I heard what some might have confused for a stampede and all eleven of my siblings suddenly burst through the door.

"LENA!"

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"Alright, careful honey."

"Mom, I'm okay."

"We just want to make sure that you're alright."

"Dad, I really am." Mom, dad, and I had just gotten back from the emergency room. I was using two small crutches and had a cast around my leg. My leg was broken and the doctor had said that it would take nearly six weeks for my leg to heal, which was really upsetting because that meant I'd have to temporarily withdraw from ballet. I hated this! And that was really saying something because I don't hate anything.

As soon as the three of us walked through the door, we were bombarded with questions from my siblings.

"KIDS!" Dad always could get us quiet when he really wanted to, "That's enough. Let's give your sister some room. The doctor said that she'll be fine, it's just gonna take a few weeks for her leg to heal. Now scoot, we're gonna get her to bed so she can rest."

They moved out of the way as mom and dad walked with me up the stairs, "I really am fine you know."

"Better safe than sorry," Mom replied. I sighed, knowing that I wasn't going to change their minds, and just walked into my room. They helped me into bed and mom gave me a kiss on the forehead, "Just rest up for right now, sweetheart."

"Okay."

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(3rd person P.O.V)

The rest of the loud siblings were all sitting in the living room, worried for their sister. Sure, this wasn't the first time something like this has happened. In a family of twelve children, there are bound to be a few trips to the emergency room along the way. Especially when one of them is a sports fanatic. But, something like this has never happened to Lena. They supposed that her taking ballet made it a possibility, but they never really considered it. Their concern was only amplified because Lena was the sibling that all others worried about, even her younger ones at times. This was mainly due to her shy/quiet personality. After about twenty seconds, their parents came walking back down the stairs. The kids practically tackled each other to get to them but Lana was the first there, "Is Lena gonna be okay?"

Lyn Sr. placed a hand on his daughter's head, "Don't worry sweetheart, she's gonna be fine. The doctor said that she just needs to get plenty of rest."

"Okay now kids," Rita clapped, getting her children's attention, "Your father and I need to step out for a while to get a quick check up for Vanzilla and we're trusting you all to be able to look out for your sister."

"Oh yeah. Don't worry mom and dad we can, like, totally that care of Lena," Leni said in her usual carefree voice.

"I hope so," their father's voice becoming quite stern for a moment. Because Lena is their only child that they would classify as "shy", they tended to be a tad more protective of her. Of course they love all of their children equally, it's just that, excluding Lily, Lena is the child who they feel would need just a little extra care. "If we come back her and anything is messed up or broken, or if Lena is in even worse shape, everyone is gonna be grounded for two months. Clear?"

"Clear!"

"Alright then. We're heading off. Behave yourselves!"

"We will!" With that, their parents left the house and drove off in Vanzilla.

Once they were gone, Lori turned to her younger siblings, "Alright everybody, listen up. Mom and dad are trusting us to look after Lena and we can NOT let them down. We need to make sure that, when they get back, that everything is perfect and that Lena has been well taken care over. Alright?!"

"YEAH!"

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(Lena's P.O.V)

I let out a breath as I lied down in my bed. Mom and dad wanted me to get some rest, despite my constant insistences that I was fine. I may not be as used to broken bones as say Lynn, but I like to think that I'm handling myself pretty well. And that's saying something, considering that it's me.

…I'm not sure, but I think that I might have insulted myself. Oh well, I might as well try and get some sleep seeing as how I'm already in bed. Just as I had gotten myself comfortable under the covers and my eyes were beginning to close, my door suddenly shot open and I leaped up before falling out of my bed. "Ow," I quietly spoke.

"Hey there Lena"! I looked up to see Lynn standing there, a tennis ball in her hand and a big smile on her face.

"Hey Lynn," my voice was even quieter than usual.

"I was thinking that you and I could throw around the tennis ball while you heal."

"Um," well, it's not that late and I guess that I can sleep later, "Sure."

"Cool." So we threw the ball around for a few seconds, "Alright Lena, nice job. What say we pick it up shall we?"

"Um, wait Lynn-," I wasn't quick enough and the tennis ball ended up hitting me in the chest.

"Ohhhhh. Sorry," she meekly replies as I held my chest in pain.

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(3rd person P.O.V)

The remaining loud siblings were currently waiting outside of the door to see how Lynn had done. Suddenly, they heard the door open, "Yeah, I'll go get you some ice. Don't worry, it'll go away in no time," Lynn gave a nervous chuckle before she gently closed the door.

"Well?" Lori asked, the others leaned in.

"I may, or may not, have ACCIDENTLY…hit her with my tennis ball," Lynn said quietly, trying to hide the ball behind her back.

"Great," Lori muttered and rubbed her temples.

"Let me go!" Luan volunteered, "I'll have her laughing at a break ness pace," she laughed at her joke, but then noticed that her siblings were giving her disapproving stares. Even Lily, "Too soon?"

"Yeah, a little bit," Lori said through gritted teeth.

"Alright, BUT that doesn't change the fact that I should go. After all you know what they say, laughter is the best medicine."

"I can come up with at LEAST sixty-three reasons as to why that's false," Lisa muttered under her breath.

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(Lena's P.O.V)

Ow! Why does Lynn have to throw so hard? Why did she even want to throw around a tennis ball in the first place? Tennis isn't exactly her go-to sport and, if she were going to play it, she'd have Lincoln help her like she always does. Weird.

Well, since there isn't a way that I'm going to sleep NOW, I decided that I should find something to occupy my time. Walking over to the bookshelf (one that Dad had built for me exclusively since Lana and Lola aren't the ones to do much reading), I picked myself up a book and sat down on the bed.

Just as I opened the book, my door burst open again. I let out a yelp and dropped my book. Looking to the dpoe, I saw Luan walking in with a bright smile on her face.

"Hey Luan," I greeted, picking my book up off of the floor. "What can I do for you?"

"I just wanted to check up on my sister. Make sure that you're feeling hospitally well," she laughed at her own joke while I just gave a small smile.

"Funny."

"Thanks," she reached behind her and pulled out...a ventriloquist dummy. It had oramge hair, a yellow hat, a blue suit, and a red tie. This was Mr. Coconuts, her ventriloquist dummy.

"Hey there Lena!"

I smiled meekly, "Hi, Mr. Coconuts."

Luan turned Mr. Coconuts's head to herself, "So Luan, how do you make an egg roll?"

"I don't know Mr. Coconuts, how do you make an egg roll?"

"You push it!"

"Good one Mr. Coconuts, but i feel that your delivery was a little wooden," she laughed before gaining an odd look on her face when she made Mr. Coconuts squint at her

"Um, Luan? If it's alright, I think that I just want to relax and read a book for right now."

"Ah come on Lena," Mr. Coconuts...said, "Your sister is just trying to cheer you up. Here, I got one that you'll REALLY love. How do stop a rhinoceros from charging?"

"I don't know, Mr. Coconuts. How DO you stop a rhinoceros from charging?"

I sigjed, "You take away its credit card."

"You take away its-," Mr. Coconuts stoppee talking and they both looked at me, "Guess we already told her that one."

"You're right, we need some new material. Hold on Lena, we'll be right back." With that they left the room. I couldn't help but let out a breath of relief, I love my siblings but they can sometimes be a little too much. Which is REALLY saying something coming from me.

As I picked up my book and got prepared to read, my door suddenly flung open again and I dropped my book...again. I couldn't help but think, What now?

"Hey there Lena," I looked up to see Leni walking into my room, a big smile on her face and a bowl in her hands.

"Hi Leni," I tried to sound nice, but I was starting to get annoyed.

"I heard you weren't feeling so good so I made you so soup~," she said in a sing-song voice.

"Uh, thanks. Even though I have a broken leg, not a cold," I muttered the last part under my breath.

"Okay," she didn't seem to hear, "Here comes the airplane~." As she walked foward, she ended up tripping over the book that I dropped and the bowl flew out of her hands. Fortunately, the bowl didn't break. Unfortunately, its contents ended uo spilling on my good leg. I had to cover my mouth with both hands to keep myself from yelling out due to the hot soup on my leg.

"Oh, sorry,"

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(3rd person P.O.V)

With an embarrassed smile on her face, Leni walked out of Lena's room to be greeted by her brother and sisters. Upon seeing the look on her face, they groaned.

"Well, this isn't working at all," Lynn voiced, saying what they were all thinking.

"Well, it's not lile you did any better of a job," Lola reminded the jock.

"Guys! That's enough," Lori got the attention of her siblings, "Our first few attempts might not have suceeded, but that doesn't mean we can give up. We need to make sure that Lena is taken care of and everything is alright when mom and dad get home."

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(Lena's P.O.V)

Okay, that was it. I couldn't do this anymore. Takimg up my book and my crutches, I slowly pushed open my door and, upon seeing that the coast was clear, snuck into the hallway.

After Lynn, Luan, and Leni, all of my siblings came into my room to try and make me feel better. Lana showed me a trick she taught our pets, Lola put on a small performance, Luna played me a song, Lisa tried to use a machine to heal my broken leg, Lucy read to me from her poems, Lori told me some stuff that's happening in her school, Lincoln read me some comic books, and even Lily tried to put on a little dance.

I understood that they meant well, but i just couldn't take this anymore. I just want a little peace and quiet, I really don't think that is too much to ask for. I heard voices coming from Lori and Leni's room and realized that was whete they all must be.

Not making a single sound (my quiet nature was really coming in handy), I slowly but hastily made my way downstairs. I want to at least read the first chapter of this book without interruption.

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(3rd person P.O.V)

"Alright everybody," Lori slammed one of her shoes on her desk so all eyes were on her, "I will be the first to admit that we have not been doing the best we can at this, and we need to buckle down."

"Um guys," Lincoln spoke up, " Dad said that Lena needs to relax, and I really don't think that us bothering her every two minutes is very relaxing."

"We are not bothering her, Lincoln," Lori snapped, "We're helping her."

"I think that you and I have different definitions of helping," Lincoln shot back

"Excuse ne?!" The remaining sisters watched the oldest child and the middle child going back and forth, like a tennis match.

"Dad said that Lena needsto relax, and she no doubt wants to after BREAKING HER LEG!"

"We are HELPING Lena by showing her love and care from her family. AND DON'T YOU YELL AT ME!"

"WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT HELPING!"

"WELL THEN, WHY DON'T WE ASK LENA?!"

"MAYBE WE SHOULD!"

"FINE!"

"FINE!"

"FINE!"

"FINE!"

With their screaming match over, Lori and Lincoln marched to Lena's room with their remaining sisters following them. For the fourteenth time that day, the door to the twins and Lena's room was burst open...only this time, it had no occupant.

"(Gasps), Lena's invisible!"

"She is not invisible Leni'" Lisa said, "It seems as though our young female sibling has left the premises."

"We can see that Lisa," Lori said through gritted teeth, "But where did she go?"

"Perhaps she was claimed by a supernatural force to lead an army from another dimension," Lucy said.

"You really are a freaky little girl dude," Luna said after a few seconds of silence.

"Okay, okay," Lincoln tried to calm down his sisters, "Let's just go find her."

So, the eleven of them went searching for their five-year old sister. They expected to find her in the living room or the kitchen, but were a little surprised to not find her there. So they checked her closest and the dining room, but didn't find her there either. They began to get a little worried.

They continued looking around the house, tearing apart anything in their way, but still couldn't find her.

Lori gathered her siblings together, "Anyone have any luck?" What she got in return was a collectiom of "No's".

Lincoln was practically tearing out his hair, "Where is she?"

"Okay, we need to think," Luan attempted to calm her siblings down, "She has to be somewhere in the house."

"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!

Lana grabbed her twin by her shoulders, "Calm yourself child! WE NEED TO REMAIN CALM!"

At that moment, they all heard a noise that nearly made them leap into the air. The noise of Vanzilla's engine. Mom and dad were home...and they didn't know where Lena was!

"What are we going to do?" Lynn asked, her confidence nearly all gone in that moment.

"Lana and Lola, distract mom and dad. The rest of us will look for Lena," Lincoln said in his, rare, authoritative voice. The twims nodded before racing to the door. They shared a look before beginning to fake fight just as their parents walked through the door.

"What the heck?" (Lynn Sr.)

"Girls! Stop!" (Rita)

As their parents tried to pry the two twins apart, the other ones continued their search for their five year old sister. They were virtually ripping their rooms apart in the hope that she was there.

Peeking their heads out, they saw mom and dad still trying to get Lana and Lola away from each other. Thry began to sneak their way by their parents, their aim being the backyard, when, "Oh, there you kids are." The siblings froze at the sound of their father's voice.

"Oh, h-h-h-hey dad'" Lori's usually calm voice wasn't so calm right now and this made her parents suspicious.

"So kids, everything alright?" Rita said with squinted eyes and crossed arms.

"Oh you know, just hanging out," Lincoln answered with sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.

"Alright," Lynn Sr. said, just as suspicious as his wife. "So, have you guys been taking care of your sister?"

"Yep," Lynn answered a little too quickly, which only added to her parent's suspicion, "Lena is fine, we wouldn't let anything happen to her."

"Well alright then," Rita said calmly, "We should should go check up on her." The two parents shared a look and began making their way up the stairs.

"WAIT!" Leni ran in front of them and they stared at her some weird looks, "So, like, how have your guy's day been?"

"It was fine Leni. Now move," Lynn Sr. said in his authoritative voice. The siblings were all sweating bullets.

"Ah, come on mom and dad," Luna said, throwing her arms around her parents, "We want to hear about your trip. We don't show enough intetest in your lives, and we want to change that."

"Oh really?" Rita stated as she moved her daughter's hand away.

"Yup," despite their best efforts to cover it uo, the kid's nervous looks were as clear as day to their parents. Spending the last seventeen years as parents of multiple children has helped them learn to see tgrough stuff like this.

"Well, we'd love to tell you guys about our trip," Lynn Sr. noticed that their faces seemed to be a combination of joy and relief, "AFTER, we go check on Lena."

The parents began walking up the stairs and the siblings were internally panicking.

"WAIT!" The parents flinched at the sound of their children yelling and were shocked by them suddenly being in front of the door.

"What is up with you kids?" (Lynn Sr.)

"Do you do something?" (Rita)

The eleven of them were visually shaking in their shoes, and they couldn't think of a way out of this. This left only one option: they had to tell the truth. As they got on her knees and clasped their hands together (earning confused stares from their parents), prepared to spill their guts out, they all heard the sound of a door opening.

They all looked to the hallway to see Lena walking out of their parent's room, holding a book and walking on her crutches. She looked up to see her family at the end of the hallway, "Hi?"

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(Lena's P.O.V)

I finished reading the last chapter and closed the book. I felt a little bad sneaking into my parent's bedroom, but it was the only place where I was certain that I'd get a little peace and quiet. I snuck my way up here from downstairs since I knew that they'd come down here when they couldn't find me in my room.

"-I was only going to read a chapter but got kinda caught up," I finished explaining to my parents. I knew that they didn't like us going in their room when they weren't home, but it was the only place in the house that I knew I could go to get some peace and quiet.

"Well," dad started, "You know the rule about our room," I nodded, " BUT, I suppose I could understand your reasoning."

"And the rest of you need to focus on what Lena or anyone else who's injured, enough your intentions were good," mom told the others.

""We understand mon," Lori said.

"We're sorry Lena," the twins said in harmony as they both hugged me.

"We all," Lincoln said and, one by one, they all gave me a hug.

"It's alright you guys." Can my siblings go overboard sometimes? Definitely. But they mean well and I love them for it.

(Author's Note: And another chapter is concluded! Hope it was enjoyable. Review, favorite, follow, and I'll see you guys next time:)