Day 3 – Being Silly ("Crazy On You")

Wild man's world is cryin' in pain
What you gonna do when everybody's insane?

-"Crazy On You" (1975) by Heart

O-O-O

Laughter echoed through the Loud House's living room, but unlike a normal evening, when the laughter would've been generated by all thirteen members of the big, wild family, on this particular night the laughter was coming from just two people: Luna Loud and her girlfriend Sam Sharp. While most of the family was spending the evening at a movie, Luna had opted to stay home, as she and Sam had made plans to have a sleepover. The two were dressed in their pajamas, Luna in purple and Sam in teal, and had just finished watching a Mick Swagger concert film together. Now, they were sitting on the couch, enjoying each other's company and laughing as they discussed everything that had been going on in their lives.

"And Luan was covered in hair gel! I didn't plan for it to get all over her like that, but it was pretty funny seeing her trying to get her hands unstuck from her butt," said Luna, wiping a tear from her eye.

"I bet she was pretty mad, wasn't she?" asked Sam. Though she sounded somewhat concerned, she too couldn't help but laugh as she listened to Luna discuss a recent prank war between her and her younger sister. "I mean, didn't she get you back for that?"

"Not yet, and I'm hopin' she realizes this whole prank war is stupid," said Luna. "I mean, she started it with those bees in my amp, and we've spent the last few weeks ramping things up. It's getting to where we can barely fall asleep in our room anymore! I just wanna be done with it, I'm willin' to call it a draw if she just stops messing with me."

"I dunno," said Sam, her eyes darting back and forth. "Luan's like the queen of pranks, and she never lets these things go. If I were you, I'd be watching my back."

"Awww, it's sweet that you're worried about me, but really, it'll be fine. She's not even here, she's with the rest of the family at the movies, and besides, we already agreed to keep it between the two of us. She won't mess with me while you're here."

"Oh, so I'm a human shield, am I?" asked Sam with a smirk, playfully elbowing Luna in the side. Luna just laughed, and Sam laughed with her. "Well, I wish you luck, but seriously, it might be best to cut your losses with her... you're a really good prankster, but she's on a whole different level."

"Hey, whose side are you on?" asked Luna, smirking back at her girlfriend.

"The side that doesn't want my girlfriend ending up tarred and feathered before our next date," Sam replied.

Luna didn't blame Sam for being worried... and she too was nervous about escalating things with Luan, but her pride was on the line, and she figured that if she put her foot down with Luan now, maybe things would go easier for her in the future. She hoped that this dumb prank war was over soon, but was glad to get a reprieve for at least one night, especially since it was a night she got to spend with her sweet, beautiful girlfriend.

"I'm gonna get us some snacks, maybe you can pick us out another movie to watch?"

"You got it," said Sam, as Luna stepped out of the room to go to the kitchen.

As Luna dug through the fridge, looking for snacks she and Sam might both enjoy, she thought she could hear a quiet 'thwip!' from the living room, but figured it was just coming from the TV.

"Don't start the movie early, Sam!" Luna called back, grabbing some non-dairy ice cream and making her way back to the couch. "All right, I got the ice... SAM!"

Sam was still sitting on the couch, but she now had ropes criss-crossed all over her body, from her shoulders down to her ankles, binding up her arms and legs tightly and leaving her barely able to squirm. She cried out to Luna, calling to her in a muffled voice through a strip of duct tape that had been placed over her lips.

Luna immediately thought the worst. There must be a burglar in the house! She knew it was risky rushing to Sam's side with a possible intruder in their midst, but she didn't think twice, she had to make sure her girlfriend was safe.

"Don't worry, Sam, I'll save ya!" Luna called to her, running to the couch as quickly as she could.

"Nmmm, Lmmmn, wmmmt!" Sam muffled, warning her girlfriend to stay back. She's still in here!

As Luna reached toward Sam, she suddenly found herself blasted back with a powerful force that left her sitting on the floor in a daze... and no longer able to move her limbs. She looked down... and saw that she was secured with ropes as tightly as Sam was, barely able to squirm as she sat on the ground watching a familiar figure walk toward her.

"...Luan?!"

"That's right, sis!"

Luan emerged, a menacing look on her face. She was holding a cannon-like device in her hand, and as Luna continued to struggle, she set the device down on a nearby table and walked over to help her sister up into a standing position.

"What's going on? Untie me right now... and let Sam go!"

As Luan began to drag Luna over to the couch to join her girlfriend, Luna kept struggling, digging her socked heels into the carpet to try and keep herself from being pulled along, but it was no use... and she still had lots of questions for her captor!

"Aren't you supposed to be at the movies?"

"I decided to stay in, I couldn't resist the perfect chance for revenge!"

As Luan laughed and tossed Luna down onto the couch, Sam shot her a worried look... and Luna shot Luan a fierce glare.

"And I thought we agreed to leave everyone else outta this!"

"Only everyone outside the house, but you know the rules, everyone inside is fair game!"

"This isn't April Fool's Day! Let Sam go, or I'll kick your a- mmmmph!"

Luna suddenly found herself silenced with a strip of duct tape, and now she was completely helpless to stop Luan from pranking her and her girlfriend silly. She looked over at Sam again, who just shrugged her shoulders helplessly.

Aw man, Sam! I'm sorry for gettin' ya caught up in all this! Luan, if you mess with Sam, I'm gonna kick your ass!

Luna continued to struggle, letting out several loud, muffled shouts as Sam sat next to her, beginning to struggle as well. As strong as the two girls were, the ropes Luan had blasted around them were far too tight, and they had no chance of getting free... they were completely at the prankster's mercy, and Luan was relishing in the moment, sliding onto the couch and sitting between the girlfriends, even putting her arm around them both.

"Oh, don't worry, Luna... I know Sam's our guest, so I won't be too mean to her..." said Luan, smirking at Sam and rubbing their cheeks playfully together. "And I promise not to separate the two of you either, so it's not like I'm ruining your date or anything... you get to have a nice fun evening together, getting pranked by me!"

"Dmmn't ymm DRRR prmmnk Smm!" shouted Luna, pushing her face into Luan's while trying to pull her body away from her sister's embrace. "Grmmph... MMMMPH! MMMM!"

Where'd you even get that cannon thing anyway? muffled Sam, gesturing to the rope cannon that Luan had left nearby.

"Oh, that thing? I modified some of Lisa's tech! ...actually, I may have asked her to make it for me in exchange for a month of prank immunity... it was totally worth it, since it's given me a chance to spend the evening with my favorite sister and her sweet girlfriend! C'mon, it'll be fun! You two get to spend the whole night bonding with me! Get it?"

Luna just glared fiercely at Luan, who stood up from the couch and clapped her hands together excitedly.

"Now you guys just get comfortable, I'm gonna go get some of my favorite pranking stuff so I can try it out on you... and you can tell me how funny it is! Oh, wait, I guess you can't, huh?"

Luan reached over and poked her fingers against the tape covering Luna and Sam's mouths, letting out a giggle.

"Well, you can still laugh, right? And laughter is the universal language!"

With another laugh, Luan ran out of the room, leaving Luna and Sam tied up on the couch. The moment Luan was gone, Luna began to struggle as hard as she could, desperately tugging her arms and kicking her legs to escape the ropes. Sam began to struggle as well, though with somewhat less energy, pulling against the ropes in a more deliberate manner and trying to get herself free. Both of them had their hands pinned against their sides, unable to move them at all due to multiple lengths of rope above their wrists, though that didn't stop Sam from trying to slip her hands free.

Come on... oh man, come on! muffled Luna, shouting and swearing under the tape as she angrily flopped around on the couch. Failing that, she rolled onto the floor and began to struggle, kicking the couch several times in her efforts. Luan, I'm gonna kill you!

Sam stayed on the couch as she tried to work herself free, pulling her arms up in an effort to extricate them, while also working her legs inside the many strands of rope criss-crossed around them, securing her thighs, knees, calves, and ankles together. Her legs bent and kicked, and she even tried slipping the socks from her feet, but they were pinned down by her ankle bonds, leaving her helpless to slip them off, same as Luna. She looked down at Luna with concern in her eyes, and Luna looked back up at her with an apologetic expression, still furious with herself for getting Sam caught up in all this. Her struggles ceased, and Sam's did as well, and Luna worked herself back up onto the couch and tried to muffle an apology.

Sam, I'm sorry, I never should've had you over here.

Sam couldn't understand Luna, but she knew exactly what her girlfriend was trying to say, and leaned up into her, nuzzling against her neck and smiling warmly under the tape.

Hey, it's okay... I'm not mad at you. Actually... I'm not even all that mad at Luan.

Compared to the furious, angry Luna, Sam was relatively calm. As wild as Luan could be, Sam knew she wasn't in any real danger from Luna's little sister... and though she knew it might be humiliating to be pranked, there wasn't anyone around to see it, save for Luna and Luan. Deep down, she even thought it might be fun... it was definitely a change from their normal dates.

Still, Sam didn't want Luna to stress out, and she figured that if Luna was trying to get free, she should do so as well. She resumed her struggles, and Luna looked over, watching as Sam twisted back and forth in her efforts.

Sam, I know you're a bit more flexible than me, so if anybody's gonna get free, it'll be you. That's good... and maybe if you get out you should just go... leave me with Luan, I'm the one who pranked her after all...

As Sam continued to squirm, Luan walked back into the room, holding a large cardboard box that she plopped down in front of the two trapped girls.

"Awww, come on, no 'what's in the box?!'" Luan said, snickering as Luna growled at her taunt. "Let's see here... Sam, you know Luna as a cool rocker girl, right? Well, except for that time she showed up at one of your concerts playing the accordion..."

Luan, I know that was a body double you hired to prank Luna, muffled Sam, looking over at Luna and giving her a knowing smile. I'd know the real Luna Loud anywhere, I even knew it was you when you were dolled up as Lulu on America's Next Hitmaker.

Luna shrunk away in embarrassment, still glaring at Luan. Sam glared as well, watching as Luan pulled out some old pictures of Luna back before she first saw Mick Swagger at a concert, back when she was just an ordinary little girl with long brown hair and no real affinity for music.

"Here's Luna when she was just a little kid! This is her playing with dollies, and this is her at a tea party with Leni..."

Luan then showed the pictures to Sam, pictures which Luna had stashed away, as she found them incredibly embarrassing! Luna's eyes went wide as she saw what Luan was doing, and she tried to kick the pictures away from Luan, who just slid over onto the couch next to Sam and plopped them in her lap.

"MMMMPH!" Luna shouted, pressing her socked feet in Sam's lap to try and hide the pictures.

"Mmmm, Lmmm!" Sam shouted back at her as Luna's feet slammed against her thighs. Ow, that kinda hurt!

Sorry... Luna muffled sheepishly. She pulled back her feet, which gave Sam enough time to get a good look at the pictures. I just don't want you seein' those, they're super embarrassing!

But it was too late, Sam was already looking the pictures over... as Luan watched with a naughty smirk.

"And here's Luna politely serving a cup of tea to one of Leni's stuffed animals."

"MMMMMPH!" Luna shouted again, shaking her head rapidly. Luan, I swear, when I get outta this...

Sam giggled softly, looking over at Luna and smirking under the tape.

Guess you always did have an affinity for all things British, even before you discovered Mick, thought Sam. These are cute, Luna!

Aw man, Sam, I never wanted ya to see those, I looked like a total dork back then!

As Luna continued to look at Sam with a bright blush on her face, Luan collected the photos and pulled something else out of her bag. It was one of Luna's old rock 'n roll t-shirts, from a couple years back.

"Remember this?" said Luan, holding up the shirt, which had a Mick Swagger concert logo on it. "This is the shirt you were wearing when you had front row tickets to Mick Swagger two years ago! It was the best night of your life, and you said you're never washing it again... boy, it sure smells bad!"

Luna and Sam both winced. They could smell the t-shirt even across the couch. Luan then snickered and pushed the shirt up in front of Sam's face.

"Maybe Sam wants to smell just how sweaty and gross you got at that concert, huh, Luna?"

Sam, forced to breathe through her nose due to the tape covering her lips, had no choice but to take a massive whiff from the t-shirt... and she audibly groaned as the aroma hit her nostrils. Luna screamed out again, lunging at Luan from across the couch, but Luan just laughed and draped the t-shirt over Sam's head before slinking away, causing Luna to plant herself into Sam and both of them to tumble into the side of the couch, Sam's face still covered by the stinky old shirt. Luna apologized again, and Sam managed to shake the shirt off her face, letting out a sigh as Luna looked up at her.

So you're a little gross... that's okay too, thought Sam, giving Luna a comforting look before glaring harshly at Luan. Trying to humiliate my girlfriend in front of me? It's not gonna work!

Luan was undeterred by Sam's resistance to her pranks, climbing back onto the couch and putting the t-shirt back into the box. Luna lunged at her again, using her body weight to pin Luan to the couch.

"Lmmt mms gmmm!" Luna shouted furiously, driving her bound knees into Luan's legs to keep her pinned down. Luan just laughed, managing to squirm one arm free and reaching into the box yet again.

"You might be mad, but I'm crazy!" Luan cackled, before shoving a pie directly into her sister's face. Luna screamed, flopping back onto the couch and freeing Luan, who rolled off the couch and knelt down by the box to watch her sister's reaction. "Oh yeah, that pie might be a little bit ripe..."

As a new unpleasant smell hit her nose, Luna screamed again, rubbing her face into the couch to try and get the pie chunks off her face. Luan laughed, throwing up her hands and shrugging.

"Sorry, but since Sam had to smell something stinky, it's only fair that you do too," said Luan. "Besides, I could've fished some of your socks out of our dirty clothes pile, I bet Sam would've really hated that!"

Sam looked over at Luna to check if she was okay, then turned toward Luan, muffling a protest under her gag.

Okay, I get this whole prank war thing, but now you're going too far! This isn't funny at all, except for maybe you, but who gets a laugh causing so much trouble for their sister and her friends, huh?

"Aww, Sam, I know you must have a lot to say to Luna right now, it's so frustrating when you just can't get out the words! ...get it?"

"Mmmmph!" Sam squealed, rocking forward but not bothering to try lunging at Luan, who was still fishing around in the box for more things to prank them with. She knew escape at the moment was a useless endeavor, and she was more concerned about Luna, who she could tell was starting to get increasingly upset about all of this. Luna, don't worry, we'll get out of this sooner or later!

Luna sat up, groaning and grimacing, still shooting a death glare at Luan. As Sam nuzzled against her, Luna just shifted away... she was too frustrated and upset to even cuddle with Sam, whose shoulders slumped as she realized that it was getting to be increasingly impossible to calm her girlfriend down.

"Okay, I've got it, I've got just the thing!"

As Luan pulled two more objects out of the box, Luna screamed in frustration... and was immediately hit with a burst of shaving cream, while Sam found herself blasted with an equal amount from the can in Luan's other hand. Luna fell back onto the couch, crying out as she was soon covered in thick foam, and Sam struggled and squealed as she was given the same treatment. Luan cackled triumphantly, spraying them both with the entire contents of both cans, leaving them and the couch covered, and prompting Luna to try and hop off the couch and tackle her sister, only to trip on her bound feet and fall onto her face, where she was promptly sprayed again, this time across her back. Luan emptied both cans onto the girls, laughing the entire time, and by the time she was done, the two were an absolute mess, there was shaving cream everywhere, and Luna was trembling with rage, while Sam was sighing sadly, humiliated and upset that Luan had managed to break Luna's spirit in such a short amount of time.

"And that's only the beginning," said Luan, picking up the box and carrying it out of the room. "I'll be back for even more fun, so don't go anywhere! Oh... wait... hahahahahaha!"

After Luan left, Luna continued to yell out through her gag, flopping around on the floor in frustration and rage. She had been completely humiliated by her sister, in front of her girlfriend, who'd had to suffer through nearly everything she'd been subjected to. Her face was bright red, and she was upset to the point of tears... she'd been made a complete fool of, and she knew Sam was watching her temper tantrum, but she didn't care... Sam was right, she should've found a way to settle all this before it got out of hand... and now their night together had been ruined, and Sam probably blamed her.

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! MMM MM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPH! MMMMMM!"

Luna kicked the couch repeatedly, screaming, nearly sobbing under her gag. She knew she'd get free eventually, and when she did, she'd probably just haul off and sock Luan in the face, not caring how upset her parents or anyone else got.

I hate her, I hate her, I HATE HER!

Luna screamed loudly under her gag that she hated her sister... and Sam just watched the whole time, wondering what she could possibly do to calm her girlfriend down.

Luna... I'm sorry...

Sam sighed, starting to blame herself for all of this mess. After all, she thought it'd be fun at first... she hadn't realized just how personal Luna would take everything. She hadn't minded any of it... but she did mind seeing Luna upset, and now she wasn't sure what she'd do.

She looked down at Luna, who was sitting against the bottom of the couch and fuming. Luna's eyes met hers, and quickly looked away. Sam thought for a moment, wondering what she could possibly do to cheer Luna up besides bursting out of those ropes.

"Hmmm..."

Luna continued to sit against the couch, occasionally trying to work her hands free, and crying out angrily when she couldn't. She was about to let out another loud scream when she felt something pushing against the side of her face.

"Mmm...mmmph!"

She soon realized it was the fabric of Sam's black socks, pushing up against her cheek. She looked over and saw Sam sitting next to her, smiling and giggling and pushing her feet against Luna's face.

"Mmph!" Luna shouted at her. Quit it!

Sam just giggled and kept doing it, then squirmed over to Luna and nuzzled their faces together, giggling some more.

"Mmph, mmmph!" Luna muffled in frustration. She nudged gently against Sam, gesturing that she wasn't in the mood. Sam just nudged her right back, slightly harder, and muffled back some nonsense to her. "Mmmph!"

Sam then turned and brushed her feet up against Luna's t-shirt, trying to lift it up enough to tickle Luna's ribs with her feet. Failing that, she just pushed her feet up against Luna's sides until she forced a snicker from her. Squealing in frustration, Luna twisted herself away, and Sam scooted up to her again.

"Lmmmmnnmm..." Sam muffled playfully, before leaning in and brushing the tip of her nose against Luna's face. "Lmmmnnmm..."

Sam kept saying Luna's name under the tape, in all sorts of different ways, altering the pitch of her voice, humming it, saying it fast, then saying it slow... until she got another laugh out of her girlfriend's taped mouth.

She then slid up and sat next to Luna, bumping their sides together and brushing her toes against the side of Luna's foot. Then, she leaned up and nuzzled her face gently against Luna's cheek, muffling her name again.

When Luna turned toward Sam, she was crossing her eyes and wrinkling her nose and moving her lips under the tape. Luna burst out laughing. Sam kept doing it, faster and faster, contorting her face in all sorts of ways and making random noises. Luna continued to laugh, and Sam then turned and pushed their faces together, their noses squishing as Sam looked into Luna's eyes with her own crossed ones.

"Mmmm-hmmmmm..." Sam called out in a sing-song tone, humming and muffling silly sounds as she continued to push her face against Luna's. "Mmmmmm...!"

"Mmmmm!" Luna squealed back. She pushed Sam again, but not angrily... she pushed her back playfully, and made a silly face of her own. "Smmmm, mmmmmph!"

The two girls shared a laugh, then began playfully kicking at each other, trying to push their feet against various parts of each other's bodies while using their legs to block the other's attempts. As they did this, they kept making silly faces and silly noises, until Sam ended up on top of Luna, giggling wildly. Luna twisted away from her, climbing on top of Sam and pinning her down with their noses touching.

"Smmm, mm mmm..."

Sam giggled, then leaned forward and smooched Luna's taped lips with her own. Luna squealed, then laughed, then gave Sam a very sly look before attempting to flirt with her through the tape.

Oooh, that wasn't a very good smooch, luv! I could barely feel it for some reason! You got really cute eyes though...

Luna's awkward improvised flirting, complete with an attempt at a British accent which the tape covering her lips made completely useless, sent Sam into waves of hysterics, laughing so loudly that Luna genuinely thought her girlfriend was in pain before seeing her calm down and catch her breath. The two then lay next to each other on the floor, playfully rolling into each other and continuing a strange conversation that neither of them understood.

They kept at this for quite some time, squirming all around the room, making funny faces and funny noises, and having as much fun as their bound limbs would allow... which, considering how amusing they both found the whole situation, was actually quite a lot. By the time Luna realized she wasn't so upset anymore, she found herself just laying next to Sam on the floor and nuzzling their faces together, not caring that the tape rendered kissing impossible.

Luna, this isn't so bad, you know?

Sam... you really know how to make the most of a bad situation...

Luna was still quite upset with Luan, but she wasn't made enough to hit her anymore, and as the two continued to lay there, still covered in shaving cream (which was now also all over the room), she couldn't help but find the situation as amusing as Sam did... though she still wanted to get the two of them free before Luan returned.

She didn't have a clue about how to do that, but she knew where she might be able to find some scissors... they were up in the room she shared with Luan, and if she had those, she might be able to cut Sam free.

She gestured toward the stairs, muffling through her taped mouth that she had a plan. Sam nodded and followed her, and the two girls began to scoot themselves up the stairs, one step at a time, making sure to stick closely together as they did so.

This gave them plenty of time to look at each other, and despite their current situation, Luna couldn't help but think that Sam looked quite cute in her pajamas with bits of shaving cream dripping from her hair.

She also looked quite funny, and Luna laughed several times as they scooted up the stairs together.

Sam looked Luna up and down... before their fun little play session downstairs, Luna had worked herself into quite the frenzy, and still had beads of sweat trickling from her forehead.

I gotta say, you look nice all worked up like that... thought Sam, though she too couldn't help but laugh at Luna's pie and shaving cream covered face. Almost there...

The two girls arrived at Luna's room, and seeing the doorknob several feet above them, Luna let out a sigh.

This won't be easy... assuming it's even unlocked.

But Sam was up to the challenge, laying on the ground while extending her legs all the way up to the doorknob and using her socked feet to turn and open it. Luna marveled at Sam's long legs stretched all the way out, admiring her girlfriend's dexterity and quick thinking. Sam looked over at Luna and gave her a wink, and Luna blushed, her heart practically melting in her chest.

My girlfriend's awesome...

The door swung open, and Luna and Sam looked inside... only to see, to their great despair, that Luan had been waiting for them. She was seated in her jester's throne with a smirk on her face and Mr. Coconuts in her lap, and as Luna and Sam's eyes went wide, Luan rose to her feet and walked over to them.

"Well, well... what do we have here? I told you to sit tight and wait, but noooo, you just had to ruin the fun... and made your way up to my lair."

It's my room too! Luna muffled, as Luan pulled both her and her girlfriend to their feet. "MMMMPH!"

"Now now, I'm glad that you've both come crawling back... it saves me the trouble of having to grab you from downstairs!"

Luan dragged Luna and Sam both over to the bunkbed, sitting them down before running over to her closet to retrieve her pranking tools. As she did, Luna could see the scissors laying over on Luan's desk, and gestured to Sam to get her attention. Sam noticed the scissors as well, nodding and watching as Luan turned back around with a pair of clown wigs in hand.

"But first, let's get you both ready for your photo shoot... I want to make some instant memories!"

As Luan moved to put one of the wigs on Luna's head, Luna began to struggle again, using her superior strength to keep Luan away. She kicked, not so hard as to hurt her sister, but hard enough to knock her back, giving Sam time to slide off the bed and begin squirming along the floor.

"Hey! What gives, I thought you were having fun!"

"Mmmmph!"

Luna continued to push against Luan, using her legs to knock her down onto the bed and causing her to drop both wigs to the floor. At the same time, Sam managed to knock the scissors off the desk, securing them in her hands before squirming back toward Luna.

I can't free myself, I have to get close to Luna again!

Meanwhile, Luan was still struggling with Luna. The fact that Luan was free gave her plenty of leverage, but Luna was still the bigger and stronger of the two, and the girls were having quite the wrestling match as Luan tried to get the wig onto her sister's head.

"Do you know how long it took me to get my hands unstuck from my butt?" Luan shouted, using her free arms to pin her sister down. "While I was left stuck like that, Lana and Lola came along and gave me a makeover! ...well, Lola gave me the makeover, Lana just fed me worms! It was awful!"

Yeah, well before that, you replaced all my guitar picks with prank picks that made fart noises!

As the two sisters continued to wrestle and shout, rattling off all the pranks they'd pulled on each other, Sam tried to get Luna's attention, and failing that, tried to squirm back onto the bed. Finally, Luna managed to force Luan off the bed with a hard bump from her butt, giving Sam the time to climb back up and show Luna the scissors. A second later, Luan dived back onto the bed and tackled Sam, grabbing her from behind and shoving the clown wig over her head. Sam let out a squeal, and Luna lunged at Luan, only for Luan to spin around and get out of the way, still holding Sam in her arms.

"If you let me have my fun with you and Sam, this prank war is over!" said Luan, pointing at Luna. "I'll even let you call it a draw! And whatever happens in here stays in here... I'll just take a few pictures, with my Polaroid, not my phone, for posterity, and then you can both go and I won't say anything else about tonight, got it?"

Luna glared fiercely at Sam, who quietly slid her the scissors, out of Luan's sight. Luan, who didn't notice the gesture, smirked at her sister.

"Orrrrr... I could start pranking your whole band... including Sam, until you agree that you lost the prank war! So, sis, what's it gonna be? Take the deal, or I make you squeal!"

Luan began to laugh, and Luna, gripping the scissors tightly, gave her answer.

"Fmmmnn," Luna muffled, bowing her head.

"Great!" chirped Luan, patting her sister on the head. "Aren't things easier when you just agree to play nice?"

Luan then smiled at Sam, patting her on the head as well.

"You two are gonna look so silly when I'm done with you!"

Sam, despite herself, smiled under the tape, and Luan just giggled before looking over at Luna.

"See? She's being a good sport about all this, why can't you?"

Luan then turned away from the bed to fetch all of her pranking supplies... she was going to give Luna and Sam the comedy makeover of a lifetime... and she had plenty of other fun pranks to pull on them in the process!

This is gonna be the best night ever!

Luan then turned back to face them... only to see a pile of cut up ropes and two discarded strips of duct tape where her two captives had been.

"...huh?"

She turned back around... and saw Luna and Sam behind her, holding two rolls of duct tape and bearing wicked smirks on their faces.

"Uh... um... April Fools?" Luan stammered nervously.

"It's July, bra," Luna replied.

O-O-O

"Awww, c'mon, no need to tape this so seriously... get it?"

Luan was seated on the living room couch, wrapped up tightly in duct tape from her shoulders to her ankles, with nary a spot between left uncovered. Luna and Sam were seated on either side of her, greatly enjoying Luan's distress, though not feeling too malicious after everything that had happened... as angry as Luna had been before during her lowest point, even she had to concede that Luan's stunt had brought her and her girlfriend closer than ever... and that at the end of it all, she'd had fun.

"Yeah, here's how it's gonna go," said Luna, her hand on her little sister's shoulder. "Prank war's over. I won. You mess with me or Sam again, I hide all your favorite stuff until you leave for college."

"Oh, c'mon, I got you guys good, can we call it a draw?"

"And in addition to that," said Sam, handing the tape back to Luna, "we start getting Benny involved. He's in my AP Bio class, so I know exactly when and where to get him."

"No, that's no fair, Benny's a sweetheart!" Luan fretted, looking back and forth between the two girls.

"So's Sam," Luna replied, "and you made her sniff my old Mick Swagger shirt."

"Yeah, and I think she liked it," said Luan with a smirk, raising her eyebrows suggestively at Sam, who rolled her eyes in response. "Okay, prank war's over, but I still get to call it a draw."

"You won't be calling anything anything with both me and Sam's socks in your mouth," said Luna, as Sam held both balled-up pairs of them in her hands. "We've been wearing them all day, and after they go in, this tape goes on... about a dozen times around your head. Or I'll just put one strip of tape over your mouth, no socks, and call us even... just say I won the prank war."

Luan began flop-sweating as she continued to look nervously back and forth between her sister and her girlfriend, who leaned in toward her with tape and socks in hand.

"Last chance," said Sam. "3... 2... 1..."

"Okay, okay!" Luan cried out, just as Sam began to thrust Luna's socks toward her mouth. "Prank war's over, Luna wins, now lemme go!"

"Letting you go wasn't part of the deal," said Luna, tearing a strip of tape from the roll. "You're staying like this until we go to bed."

"And we like to stay up late," said Sam with a smirk.

"Can't see how you manage to stay awake, that old music always puts me to- mmmph!" Luan attempted to joke before being interrupted by Luna sealing her lips. "Tmmmph crmmwd!"

"Well, that takes care of one problem," said Luna, before leaning over and wrapping her arm around Sam. "Now where were we?"

Sam returned the favor, then leaned in and gave Luna a quick peck on the lips, as Luan rolled her eyes between them.

"Mmm, I think you shouldn't be so harsh on Luan," said Sam, smiling at the taped up prankster. "I really did have a lot of fun tonight... being pranked wasn't so bad, you know?"

"Really? I dunno, a lot of that stuff really embarrassed me... I'm just glad you were a good sport about all of it..."

"Are you kidding? I love your family, especially Luan," said Sam, prompting Luan to smile under the tape despite her current predicament. "She's so funny and sweet, she always makes me laugh, and I'd love to go out on a double date with you and her and Benny some time."

Sam then leaned in and whispered in Luan's ear.

"And don't worry, Benny's awesome... I promise I'll never mess with him, no matter what pranks you pull on me and Luna."

"Awww, sharin' secrets with my sis? Luan, what'd Sam tell ya?"

"Sorry, but her lips are sealed," said Sam, playfully smirking at Luna while leaning over Luan's shoulder. "...get it?"

Luan and Sam both shared a laugh, and Luna joined in as well. The two girlfriends then cuddled as close as they could while keeping Luan between them, cuddling her as well as they began to watch a movie together. Shortly into the movie, the door opened and the rest of the Loud family returned. Upon seeing the living room still partially trashed, and Luan bound and gagged on the couch between Luna and Sam, Lynn Sr. and Rita just exchanged a look, then sighed at Luan before continuing into the house.

"She definitely deserved it," sighed Rita.

"Oh yeah," Lynn Sr. replied, filing past the couch with the other members of the family.

The Loud family went up to their rooms, leaving the three girls alone in the living room once more. Luna and Sam were smiling sweetly at each other, while Luan, nestled between them, wasn't even trying to struggle free. She might've lost the prank war, but she'd had her fun... and seeing her sister Luna this happy was a nice enough consolation prize.

And as for Luna, she was no longer upset with her sister at all. Sam had seen her at her worst, and only loved her all the more for it... so, in a way, maybe she should be thanking Luan.

Nah, thought Luna, leaning over and kissing Sam on the cheek, then smiling down at her sister. Pranking her's a lot more fun.

And Luan's mind was already scheming... she might've lost this prank war, but there was always a next time, and Luna's threats barely deterred her... especially now that she knew her boyfriend Benny had classes together with Luna's girlfriend.

You might not be up for messing with Benny, thought Luan, her smirk shrouded by the tape, but I'm sure I can get Benny to mess with you!

And if it hadn't been for that tape, Luan would've been cackling maniacally.