It was early in the morning when Ronnie Anne woke up to the smell of her Abuela Rosa's chilaquilas; it was the last day of the three-day weekend, and she was gonna make the most of it. Going to the bathroom, Ronnie Anne cleaned up quickly before getting dressed. As she headed to the table, she saw most of her family were already there eating. Her Abuelo Hector, her cousins Carlota, Carlos Jr. (CJ), Carlino (Carl) and Carlitos and her aunt, Frida and uncle, Carlos Sr.

"Morning, everyone."

"morning." Replied the family

Sitting down to eat, Ronnie Anne noticed Bobby wasn't at the table, and neither was her mother, Maria.

"Hey, where are mom and Bobby?"

"Roberto is still asleep, and Maria has to work extra hours to help the people from that plane incident." Informed Rosa.

After Lincoln and Ronnie Anne saved the plane yesterday, some passengers were transferred to the great lake city hospital.

"I still can't believe that there are superheroes in royal woods; why do they get the cool stuff?" complained Carl.

"son, there are no such things." Replied Carlos.

"Really, son, what do you call a guy who can fly and lift a plane?" replied Hector.

"I don't know, dad, but definitely not superheroes."

"well, I think it's cool, plus I love the name Shazam; maybe that's their marriage name," said Carlota.

Ronnie Anne nearly choked on her food upon hearing her prima imply that she and Lincoln were married.

"a superhero couple, how romantic!" cried Frida.

Carlos became a little annoyed that everyone was still calling them superheroes. But then, suddenly, everyone was alerted to Bobby walking out yawning.

"Morning, everyone."

"Roberto, you should be in bed; you had a traumatic experience yesterday." Said Rosa

"I'm fine, Abuela. besides, I need to open up the Mercado."

"First, Eat…. Eat." Replied Rosa as she fixed him a plate."

As the family ate, Sergio flew in, sitting on the couch as he turned on the TV to watch the news.

"Sergio, come eat with your familia," said Rosa

"in a minute, they're talking about that plane."

As Ronnie Anne ate, she listened to the news on how she and Lincoln saved the plane from crashing. But then she heard that the owner of the company airline "Sivana Air," Dr. Thaddeus Sivana was unavailable for a statement. However, a representative has stated that the company will be launching an investigation into the matter on his behalf. As he and his family were on an archaeological dig in Asia.

"I didn't know Dr. Sivana owned his own airline." Said Carlos

"you know him, Tio Carlos?" asked Ronnie Anne.

"I met him once or twice, back when Carlota was a baby, he's a scientist and a famous inventor, but his real passion is ancient history. He told stories of an ancient city called kahndaq and how they once had a magic guardian."

"Sounds like you two should be pals," said Carl.

"not really; that guy is a jerk!" Replied Carlos.

"Really, dad?" asked CJ.

"he used to brag about being the smartest man in the room," complained Carlos.

After everyone was done eating, Ronnie Anne went back to her room. Grabbing her phone, she called Lincoln, who was flying around as Shazam.

"Hey, Ronnie Anne."

"well, you got an early start."

"yeah, well, I really needed to get away from my sisters."

"what are they doing now?"

"just pretending I don't exist, except for Lola; she thinks it's my fault she lost that pageant."

"do they blame you for everything?"

"pretty much."

"by the way, are you sure it's okay to tell my family."

"I've read enough comics to know the hero keeping secrets from loved ones trope is stupid. I mean, I was going to tell my parents eventually. I didn't expect Lily to figure it out so soon."

"Hey, she's a smart toddler."

"smarter than my other sisters for sure… but if you're still unsure, why not tell Sid, Bobby, and your parents before moving on to the rest of your family."

"well, dad went to Peru to help fix the clinic after being hit by that storm, so he won't be back for another week. But I guess I can talk to mom later."

"good; oh, I spoke to Mary; after you left and my sisters went to bed."

"Really, what'd she say?"

"turns out we can access our powers without transforming."

"really?"

"yeah, we just have to say each power like Strength Of Hercules.""

"that's so cool."

"yeah, the only hitches are we can only use each power one at a time, and they've scaled back to the point our mortal bodies can handle them, so they are not as powerful." Informed Lincoln.

"still pretty cool."

"Mary also told me to tell you to write these runes into your door and knock three times."

"what for?"

"she said you'll be able to access the rock of eternity that way. Better than making up some lie to my parents about why you're suddenly at my house when you live three hours away."

"fair point, alright, lame-o send me the symbols, and I'll talk to you later."

"later, Ronnie."

Seconds later, Ronnie Anne got the runes; using a piece of chalk, she wrote them down and knocked three times as Lincoln instructed. Causing the symbols to glow and then disappear. Opening the door, she didn't see her hallway; she saw the entrance to the rock of eternity's throne room.

"cool." She said, closing the door."

Suddenly Ronnie Anne heard a knock at the door; upon opening it, she was greeted by Rosa.

" Hey, Abuela."

"Ronalda, Sid is waiting for you on the roof."

"Oh, thank you, Abuela," said Ronnie Anne kissing her grandmother on the cheek.

Ronnie Anne left her apartment to head to the roof to find Sid waiting for her.

"hi, Sid."

"Hey, Ronnie Anne."

"So, did I miss anything yesterday?"

"Nothing really; I spent the day with Adelaide since our friends are still on vacation and you couldn't come back yet."

"Oh, cool."

"so, how are things with Lincoln?"

"Everyone still thinks that picture is real."

"you know I can get breakfast bot too."

"Thanks, Sid, but Lincoln already said he wants to solve this alone."

"We could at least find who posted it, though I'm sure it will take some time."

"I narrowed it down to his former friends."

"you really think so?"

"Yeah, but let's focus on making the most of today."

For the morning and into the afternoon, Sid and Ronnie Anne spent the day hanging out, packing in as much as they could into the day. While they hung out, Sid noticed Ronnie Anne was distracted, unaware that she was trying to find the right time to tell her about her new powers. By the time it was the late afternoon, they were back on the roof, relaxing; Sid felt now was the best time to ask Ronnie Anne about what's been on her mind.

"Hey, Ronnie, is something bothering you? You seem a little distracted today."

"well, let's just say I'm just thinking about what happened yesterday and how to tell everyone."

"Did something happen between you and Lincoln? Did you two kiss? Are you dating him now?"

"what? No, nothing like that!"

"tell me, please tell me!" said an excited Sid.

"Okay, you know those superheroes that showed up."

"yeah, Shazam and Lady Shazam, they're so cool."

"well, one of them is…."

Suddenly Adelaide and Carl appeared along with CJ; all three were excited as they came running up the stairs.

"Sid… Sid!" called Adelaide.

"what's up, Sass bucket."

"you know that mama liger at the zoo?"

"yeah?"

"your mom called and said she's about to have the baby." Said, Carl.

"really?"

"Abuelo is taking us to see the baby." Said CJ.

"I'm gonna name him Carl Jr."

"I'm gonna name HER Adelaide Jr."

Adelaide and Carl gave each other a hard stare as they were about to argue about the liger cub's gender and who gets to name it. Slowly Hector came up the stairs to get everyone ready.

"niños de prisa, if you want to see the bebés." Called Hector.

Everyone rushed except for Ronnie Anne, confusing Sid wondering why she stayed there.

"Ronnie, don't you want to see the baby?"

"Nah, I'm good I actually got to finish the rest of my homework."

"Okay, I'll take some pictures and send them to you later."

"Thanks, Sid."

"Oh, Ronnie Anne, since you're staying, do you mind cleaning up the roof? Sergio and his friends had a party last night."

Ronnie Anne groaned and protested, but Hector and the others were already gone, along with everyone else. Ronnie Anne sighed, knowing that this would take at least an hour, but then realized.

"duh, I have powers."

Gathering up all her cleaning materials, Ronnie Anne mixed her mop bucket solution; she got ready with her mop once she was done.

"Okay, just like Lincoln said, Speed Of Mercury."

Suddenly everything around Ronnie Anne began to slow down as she started moving around the rooftop, cleaning the mess Sergio's pigeon friends had left behind. Moping up the area and scrubbing at super speed. Ronnie Anne felt a little winded from moving so fast as she took a few breaths. In a few seconds, the roof was clean, and her power's effects wore off.

'guess that's what happens when you don't have the Stamina Of Atlas'

After cleaning the roof, Ronnie Anne decided to clean up herself and take a bath. Ronnie Anne was about to head to the bathroom, but suddenly a thought ran through her mind.

Shazam!

She was Lady Shazam again; moving a top speed, she made her way to the bathroom, stopping at her bedroom before grabbing a few things. Once in the bathroom, Ronnie Anne closed the door and started her bath before stripping off her costume and seeing her naked adult body. Ronnie Anne felt pride and embarrassment as she strutted, despite her mind maturing like her body in her shazam form. Ronnie Anne still was curious about her adult body. She was playfully swaying her boobs, taking notice of her dark nipples and wiggling her booty for the mirror. Ronnie Anne didn't know why she enjoyed this, but she did.

'I think Carlota was right; I do want to flaunt it.' She joked, slapping her butt, making it jiggle.

Ronnie Anne returned to checking out her breasts; her thoughts then switched to Lincoln, imagining him seeing her naked and getting a nosebleed. Like the ones Clyde used to get whenever he was near Lori. Imagining how the Loud boy would react made Ronnie Anne laugh as she did multiple poses. Wondering which would shock him the most, however, her imagination soon switched to Lincoln as Shazam, and his reaction was different. He smiled seductively back at her, making Ronnie Anne blush as she bashfully used one arm to cover her boobs and the other to hide her front. As she imagined him naked from the waist up, flexing his toned body at her. Ronnie Anne quickly developed hearts in her eyes as Lincoln continued flexing his muscles. He smiled seductively at her, causing her knees to shake and make Bobby's same goofy expression when around Lori. Waking up from her fantasy, Ronnie Anne realized three things: she was drooling, two, she had a nosebleed, and three, her nipples were as hard as pebbles. Embarrassed, Ronnie Anne cleaned her mess before attempting to climb into her bath but noticed that someone was coming in. Realizing she didn't lock the door, she panicked a little before quietly yelling.

Shazam!

In a flash, Ronnie Anne was back to normal, hiding neck-deep in her bubble bath just as her mother Maria walked in.

"oh, hey, mom." Said Ronnie Anne.

"Sorry, sweetie, I didn't know you were taking a bath."

"Yeah, I cleaned the roof for Abuelo, so I decided to get cleaned up." Said Ronnie Anne.

"Okay, sweetie, enjoy. I'll use the bathroom in your Tio Carlos's apartment." She said, leaving.

Before Maria could turn to leave, she noticed something in the ceiling that caught her eye.

"where did that hole come from?"

Ronnie Anne realized, to her horror, there was a hole right where the lightning came down to change her back.

"uh, no idea, I just noticed it."

Maria wanted to ask more but felt the urge to go again and decided to talk to Rosa after she finished.

"I'll make sure no one bothers you, and your Abuelo doesn't either when he returns home."

"he's not staying?"

"Mrs. Chang said she'd bring them home; enjoy your bath." Said Maria leaving.

With her mom gone, Ronnie Anne started feeling ashamed for how she started imagining Lincoln in such a dirty and perverted way.

"oh god, I'm turning into a perv like my brother."

Unknown to everyone except Ronnie Anne, Bobby and Lori started having sex; she discovered this when Lori visited Bobby from Fairway university one day when everyone was out. Going to the bodega, she found no one there; she heard noises coming from the basement; investigating, she saw them both naked doing it on the floor. Shocked and disgusted, it took weeks before Ronnie Anne could look at Bobby ordinary again. Whenever she becomes Lady Shazam, she gets similar feelings to Lincoln as Shazam. As if her feelings for him keep developing faster than she can handle.

"what's wrong with me."

Great Lake City Zoo

After being dropped off by Hector, the group was greeted by Becca Chang, who led them to where the new mother Mae-Mae was resting with her new liger twin cubs, one male, and one female. Mae-Mae relaxed in a unique room/habitat she was brought into before giving birth. While the group watched from a separate room as she nursed her babies.

"look at them; they're so cute," Adelaide said, with Carl and CJ agreeing.

"I want to name the boy Carl Jr."

"I want to name the girl Adelaide Jr."

"Sorry, kids, but we're having a contest to name the cubs this weekend to name the babies you want to name them; you'll have to win. Informed Becca.

Both Carl and Adelaide groan upon hearing about the competition; they would have to face others to name the cubs. After a while, the group left the area and made their way to leave the zoo.

"Hey, mom, I wanted to ask you why Mae-Mae is kept in that room?" asked Sid.

"The zoo decided to keep her isolated from the rest of the public to keep too many people from finding out that she was pregnant. We need to be extra careful now that she's a mother."

"what about Jon-Jon?" asked CJ.

CJ was referring to Mae-Mae's mate, who was sleeping in the Liger habitat, seemingly exhausted.

"don't worry, we'll bring daddy in to meet his babies tomorrow. Then after the naming contest, we're moving the family to a preserve." Becca informed.

"you're moving them, mom?"

"oh, well, ligers are extraordinary creatures. Many bad people want them for different things once the cubs are big enough. they're being moved to a safer place. "

"C'mon, they're safe in a zoo in the middle of the city. What fool would try and take them here?" scoffed Carl.

"uh, those guys!" CJ informed.

Suddenly a group of men dressed in black ops suits surrounded them; before Becca could do anything, guns were drawn on them, freezing everyone in place. Suddenly the men in black parted, allowing another older man to walk in. At first glance, he does not appear healthy. He seems balding, sports a potbelly, and is tall and quite lanky, dressed as an Australian stockman. He wears a brown Akubra hat with white crocodile teeth with its dark brown leather band decorated with a rare golden eagle feather. Around his neck is a dark gray backward-facing bandanna. He wears a brown vest over his cream shirt and drizabone riding jacket. Becca instantly realized who this man was as her fist clenched.

"Percival C. McLeach!?"

"nice to see my reputation reaches all the way out here."

"mom, you know this guy?" asked Sid.

"he's an infamous poacher; that last I heard was dead."

"you heard wrong; not even a fall down Crocodile Falls can stop McLeach." Mocked the man.

"what do you want, you creep?" demanded Adelaide.

"well, you see, little lady, I know this zoo has ligers, and I aim to sell them to the highest bidder."

"you can't," said Becca.

"oh, I can, and I will now hand over your phones. Can't have you calling help or you're gonna lose more animals than those cats." He threatened as all his men cocked their guns.

No other choice, everyone surrendered their phones and was forced to stand in place while they were collected. However, CJ had one trick up his sleeve. His bowtie had an alert button for emergencies installed and a tracker, which he pressed. Back at the Casagrande home, Ronnie Anne was done with her bath and finishing up her homework when an alert went off on her phone. To Ronnie Anne's shock, it was CJ's emergency alert notification. At first, she thought of calling Lincoln so that they could go together but blushed at the thought, deciding to handle it herself. As she stepped out of her room, she saw Hector and Rosa loaded up chancla, rushing out the door. At the same time, Maria stayed back with Bobby and Carlota, holding Carlitos. While they watched Hector, Rosa, Carlos, and a frantic Frida leave.

"wait, I can help."

"Ronnie Anne, no, you need to stay here where it's safe." Said Maria.

"mom, I can help, really!"

"you're just a kid, sweetie."

"Okay, fine, I wanted to tell everyone at once, but I guess I have no choice."

"Sis, what are you talking about."

"all of you follow me to the roof, NOW!

Everyone followed Ronnie Anne to the roof, where she told them to stand back, confusing her mother.

"Ronnie Anne, what's this all about?"

"just watch, and please keep an open mind about what you're about to see."

Shazam!

Everyone watched as a bolt of lightning suddenly struck Ronnie Anne, to their horror. Still, as the dust cleared while Maria ran to her daughter, she didn't see her daughter standing there but an adult woman.

"where's my baby!?"

"it's me, mom, I said, keep an open mind."

"Ronnie Anne?" replied Carlota.

"you're Lady Shazam?" asked Bobby, realizing that his sister saved him and The Louds yesterday. 'wait, does that mean that Lincoln is Shazam?' he thought.

"I'll explain it to everyone later, but I have to help, Mom."

"go, sweetie."

"really? Thank you, mom."

"but this family will have a long discussion about this later."

Ronnie Anne nodded before flying off towards the zoo to help her family. The liger family was already loaded into cages at the zoo while everyone watched helplessly.

"Well, folks, you've been a great audience, but I need to call my ride."

"What makes you think you can just drive out of the city with stolen animals?" Said, Carl.

"who said anything about driving?"

Pulling out a remote, he pressed a button summoning a large helicopter from above; pressing another button brought down a harness he grabbed before hoisting him up to the copter. Once he was safe, he pressed another controller, bringing down multiple harnesses and a hook locked onto the cages. As McLeach's men and the ligers rose up, everyone was devastated as McLeach called out.

"Remember to tell everyone that Percival C. McLeach is back!" he said through his loudspeaker.

Suddenly, a lightning bolt came out of nowhere, severing the cable holding the liger to McLeach and his men's shock. As the cages fell, they headed right towards Becca and the kids, but they were caught by Ronnie Anne.

"is everyone okay?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"we're okay, but don't let them get away." Said Becca.

Ronnie Anne nodded before she flew after the fleeing copter; just as the Casagrandes arrived and Frida rushed out of the car to her sons.

"My babies, you're safe." She cried, hugging them and kissing them,

"Mom, you're embarrassing us in front of the animals." Complain, Carl.

"We were saved by a superhero." Cheered CJ.

"okay fine, anyone who saves my family is a superhero in my book." Said Carlos

As Ronnie Anne chased the helicopter, McLeach had it at max speed, trying to get away, not caring his men were still hanging from their lines.

'there's gotta be a way to lose that hero!' he thought.

Suddenly a thought ran through his mind as he pressed a button on the control panel; this released the lines his men were hanging from, sending them falling to the street.

"so long dead weight."

Ronnie Anne quickly broke off the chase to save the men, catching them all using her staff; she brought them back to the zoo. Locking them in the monkey cage before flying after McLeach again. McLeach was celebrating, believing he had gotten away as he was halfway to royal woods. Suddenly, his stabilizing rutter was blasted, sending him out of control as he fell screaming. Before hitting the ground, he was caught in midair by Ronnie Anne, who flew him back to the zoo. Ripped from his copter, McLeach was thrown to the feet of the police who were arresting his men. As he was being hauled away, he swore he'd be back. As the commotion died down, Ronnie Anne moved the ligers back to their habitat, allowing the family to rest easy.

"thank you for saving them." Said Sid.

"no problem Sid."

You know my name. Can you read minds?"

"no… but I'd be a lousy friend if I didn't know my BF's name."

"excuse me, but my BF is. Ronnie Anne?"

Ronnie Anne only smiled, confirming that it really was her, but warned her not to tell anyone. Since she would explain to her and her family later once, everyone was home before flying off.

Later

After returning home, everyone was ready to go to bed, but they were greeted by Maria and the others who stayed behind.

"I'm happy to see you're all okay," Carlota said.

"Yeah, honey, it's been a long night, and I just need some sleep." Yawned Carlos.

"not so fast, Carlos; there is an important matter we need to discuss with Ronnie Anne." Said Maria.

"is it bad?" Rosa asked.

"Is she in trouble?" asked Hector.

"Aye! this is too much excitement for one night." Said Frida.

"she'll explain everything; she's on the roof." Said Bobby.

"Can I come too?" asked Sid.

Becca gave the okay as Sid, the rest of the Casagrandes, Sergio, and Lalo made their way to the roof. Ronnie Anne was waiting for them as everyone came in to see what Ronnie Anne wanted to talk about.

"Hey guys, glad you all made it."

"Ronalda, is there something bad bothering you?" asked Rosa.

"what? No, Abuela, I just didn't want to keep any secrets from you guys, but I warn you, what I'm about to show you will be shocking."

"Ronnie Anne, I've lived in the city for years, seeing it all. I'm sure whatever it is you have to show us, we can handle it." Said Hector.

"Okay, just keep an open mind."

Everyone agreed as Ronnie Anne stepped back a reasonable distance before looking to the sky and saying the word.

Shazam!

End Of Ch'5

Author's Notes

thought I clear up a few things namely why Lincoln didn't have a big role in this chapter is since Ronnie Anne is back home she was planning on establishing herself as Great Lake City's superheroine some chapters might focus on Lincoln or Ronnie Anne or both.

okay, so the reason I set it up for Ronnie Anne's family is that I find the whole superhero keeping secrets from his/her family is stupid & always causes trouble. Like in Danny phantom but his reasons were somewhat justified. though if he had told his parents sooner it would have saved him a lot of trouble. I plan on Lincoln telling Lynn Sr. & Rita, along with Albert(pop-pop) maybe in the next chapter but he does not want his sisters to know feeling they have no right to know anything that's going on in his life anymore.

Ronnie Anne's behavior towards Lincoln is due to her crush developing faster than she can handle every time she transforms not to mention her physical attraction to his Shazam form. the thing between Lincoln & Ronnie Anne is similar to Spider-Man & Silk & Lincoln should feel the same way about Ronnie Anne, but due to lingering hurt over Stella, he's more guarded there for not willing to explore his feelings for Ronnie Anne.

I added that snippet of Bobby & Lori already having sex for two reasons to show that Ronnie Anne isn't completely oblivious to the feeling she dealing with & two c'mon people it's obvious by now they've done it at least once whether the show admits it or not they've done it LOL.

speaking of the Loud Sisters, while they play no important role in this chapter, it should be noted that they've sent off the picture to the people they tasked with proving it's real after Lincoln left. so their rude awakening is coming soon, especially for Luna.

I know some people have asked me where Morag is, right now she's training but the process is taking a while, the liquid silver pool in the rock of eternity's throne room is both a magic detector & works like a viewing globe, like the one from power rangers. if the sins use too much power the rock will lock onto them before sending the information to Lincoln & Ronnie Anne telepathically who will be able to find them & they do want to be found until she's ready

before anyone asks yes I did use a Disney villain