A/N: Previously on It's The Loud Catscratch Casagrandes Pony, Gordon was hearing two different stories from Ronnie Anne, Waffle was hearing more information from Lincoln, They met up with Gordon and Ronnie Anne, at Kimberly's house, The cats had gotten Kimberly and her husband, Alejandro Cuervo to help the two kids out, a large number of other cats were secretly continuing to spy on the other people in their residences, and Mr. Blik was finally deciding to get to know some of the people who were brought into his universe, so were Pony and Annie. Let's shift the story to these character's points of view for the moment at the beginning. This will be an extremely long chapter. And the plots here will take place at the beginning of every one, in which they all happen at the same time. Don't expect an applicable amount from me here in this chapter.

Note: I do not own any of these properties.

Mr. Blik knocked on the door of the Casagrande apartment, putting his fingers together, as he waited, while Annie knocked on the door of the Loud house. Mr. Blik waited patiently for someone to come. He could see from a distance that Luke Loud opened the door to where Annie and Pony were standing.

"Oh, hiya dudes. You're Annie Bramley, right?" Luke asked.

"That's correct." Annie answered.

"And I'm, Pony!" Pony responded.

"Riiiiight. So, what are you two here for?"

"I was feeling like I wanted to get to know the families here in this universe. I felt like it for hours. Annie was starting to get interested. Mr. Blik had thoughts about getting to know a portion of these people. He told me those thoughts wouldn't go away."

"Do you think we can come in?"

"Oh, absolutely, let me just notify the others. This may take a while. You just wait for us." Luke said, before closing the door.

Mr. Blik had his eyes half closed, as he shook his head in annoyance. He looked at the door. No one had answered it yet. He knocked on the door again.

"Hang on. I'm coming. I'm coming." A male voice said.

5 seconds passed before Carlos Casagrande opened the door. He looked around, before looking down and seeing the cat himself, he became surprised.

"Oh, hi, Mr. Blik."

"Hiya Mr. Casagrande. How are you?"

"I'm okay. How are you?"

"I'm fine."

"What brings you here to our apartment? Well, at least our portion of it?"

"I've had these thoughts about getting to know the people who got brought over to our front yard. These thoughts continued to bother me in the hours that passed and refused to go away. So, I finally decided to come over and do so. However, I only have so much time left on my hands. So, I decided to get to know your families. Can I come in?"

"Hmm." Carlos darted his hands left and right. "Of course, come on in."

Mr. Blik watched as Pony and Annie entered when Luke motioned for them to come into their house.

"Did anyone ever tell you that you sound like my cousin, Lynn 2, from the way you talk?" Luke asked Annie. Pony raised a brow before his eyes shrank.

"Heeeeey, now that I realize it, you do sound like Lynn 2. And Lynn 1? How is that possible? Was her voice cloned into yours" Pony asked, before he and everyone else entered the house, Blik was watching and rolled his eyes, before he entered the apartment with Carlos. "Uh, what's your first name? We haven't heard it from you or your brothers once." Asked Carlos.

Carlos cleared his throat to his wife, Hector, Bobby, Sergio, and Rosa who were in the living room.

"Excuse me, can I have your attention?" Carlos announced. Everyone turned to look at him.

"I announce that Señor Blik has come over to visit. He wants to get to know us in the spare time he has."

"Oooh." Most of them responded.

"Brawk. Keep that cat away." Sergio said, fearfully.

"Ah, go poop on some pedestrians, scaredy bird. I don't like the taste of feathers."

Carlos cleared his throat. "Well, be free to get to know as many people as you can, Blik. I'll just be in my room."

"Mmm, gracias, Señor Casagrande." Mr. Blik became annoyed. "I agree with Gordon. What is it with names like, Casagrande? But my other brother's name is Waffle, so who am I to judge?"

Mr. Blik took a look at Rosa sitting on the sofa and approached her.

"Hiya, Rosa." Mr. Blik gave his hand for a handshake.

"Hola, Mr. Blik." Rosa replied.

"So, what's life been like in el ciudad de Gran Lagos? If you know what I mean." Asked Blik. Only a little bit often he learned the Spanish language from Kimberly and Alejandro over the years. But Gordon and Waffle learned the Spanish language more than him.

"Eh, it's been good. We spend time with each other, we do our own interests and activities. Some of us may cause problems at times, but we love each other and value each other. There was the time I tried teaching mostly everyone about Spanish culture when my grandchildren's great grandmother was coming over. It initially ended up in disaster."

"Hmm, clashing values, huh? I see."

"What's your life like with your brothers, Señor Blik?"

"Let me tell you, Señora Big House, it's actually pretty good. Like you and your families, jo y mis hermanos can cause problems at times. We have different personalities. I'm the learner, Waffle's the dumb one, although he has shown knowledge of history and vocabulary words at times, and Gordon's the Scottish accented, sane one, and he's nice, so is Waffle. Gordon can cook, although at first he used to only cook awful food, he can sing too, awfully though. But let me tell you, he is so selfless that he abandoned his initial intention to wish for a long tail, after defeating a kraken that was 20 times his size, just so mine could be restored when my tail got ripped."

"What?! Were you bleeding? And what's a kraken?"

"Oh no, Señora, no, no." Mr. Blik shook his hands as he assured here, but then he looked down in sadness. "The kraken was a giant cephalod sea monster. If someone could defeat it in a fight, the kraken would grant you one wish. But I had lied to Gordon about the kraken existing. But we learned that it was real after all. I lied, but he still had it in his heart to wish for a new tail, for me. That's one of those days that showed I didn't deserve Gordon as a brother. One of those days that showed I didn't deserve his love, when I thought it about later. That shows how selfless he is."

"My, my." Rosa said. "From listening to your story, is your universe beyond reality, to such a degree?"

"Oh, me and my brothers live in a world, that is far more-" The cat put a hand to his chin "It's far more bizarre than however normal your universe is. I've seen krakens, aliens, woolly mammoths, banshees, a ruthless strong duck, things like that. There was even one time that me and Gordon discovered a hole in one part of our house that leads to another world. We didn't ever go back there again."

"Mio, mio." Rosa sweated nervously. If this was what life was like in Mr. Blik's universe, she didn't want to stay here for long. But at least she was safe, for now. So was her family.

"Mrs. Casagrande, what's your personality like?" Mr. Blik asked.

"Mm, let's see, I'm a hard worker, I'm kind, I love mi familia, although I have gotten jealous before if they loved someone else's cooking, speaking of which, I can cook myself, I'm a great cook, I can cook a lot of food, say, do you want me to cook something for you? You're probably hungry."

"Eh, thanks, but no thanks, Mrs. Casagrande. What else is in your personality?"

"I can get worrisome, especially for my grandchildren. Me and Hector, we've been married for a long time. It's a happy marriage. Sure, Hector can be a cheapskate when it comes to money, and that's something I don't like about him, but I love him anyway, I know that when I have to support my family, I will. Cambiando el sujeto, worried about Lincoln Loud - Lincoln Loud 1, though. I don't know how long he can keep on living with the people he used to consider his family. But back to the main subject, I can go overboard and act irrational, but I mean well for those around me. Another example of me being kind, I was also willing to hide some reptiles one of the families, the Changs had, so they wouldn't be thrown out of the apartment, my boss was coming over for the day, and he didn't like reptiles at first. That's another thing that says I am kind. I am imperfect, but I'm kind."

"That's such interesting information, Mrs. Casagrande. Pardon me, I'm going to get to know someone else. Be seeing you."

"All right. See you, Señor Blik."

Mr. Blik walked in the hallways, walking past Lalo who he just waved at, but the mastiff quickly walked past the cat out of fear, to Blik's annoyance, as he snorted. He knocked on one of the doors. Carlota opened it and looked around, before looking down.

"Hello, Carlota." Blik waved.

"Hi, Mr. Blik."

"Can we have a conversation together?"

"Absolutely." Answered Carlota. Mr. Blik entered the girl's room. He was grabbed and placed on Carlota's bed, next to her on her right side.

"So, Carlota, do you have a job? What are your hobbies? Do you spend free time with your family? Do you get inconvenienced by anyone in this apartment?"

"Mmm, my brothers can cause me trouble at times. You should know this about Carl. He can be manipulative and selfish. If you need him for his assistance, you need to pay him money."

"Hmm. All right, so your brother can be that much of an asshole? Okay that's not the right word, but still, I can understand. I used to be an asshole. Why, there was the time my brothers and I were attempting to become the king of all root beer in a contest at the Burpo's root beer factory, and be part of a parade. I was ahead of the others at first on the scoreboard, but then Waffle was answering correctly a lot at the trivia challenge about root beer. See, I wanted to wear the crown that the king of all root beer would have, Gordon merely wanted the honor of being the king, and Waffle just wanted the root beer. Anyway, I switched Waffle's scorecard with mine, and so I got the reward to participate in the parade. Understandably, Waffle was pretty pissed off, and at first he was caged so he wouldn't interfere, but then he later came anyway, before then, I was inflated up as a parade balloon, Waffle inflated himself to a balloon, and he fought, before I was fighting back. Soon, Gordon tried to stop us from fighting each other after he inflated himself into a balloon, but not enough of a difference was made. So we were fighting each other, and we got popped back to normal by the mascot grizzly bear for the company. And I ended up fired and replaced by the bear. So, in the end, I got my consequences, but Waffle won nothing anyway. That's really a good example of the times I was a jerkass."

"Hmm, from hearing all of that, yeah, you sure were making a dick move."

"But there were times I showed that I cared as a cat. Like that time I once gave my mouse hunt hat to Waffle after he proved he can bring down a mouse, he brought down the most evil mouse with bad cat breath, and the time I was remorseful towards when my neighbor, Kimberly, when at first it seemed we had ruined her party she was having with some friends of hers."

"What happened at the party?" Asked Carlota.

"Uh, let's just say we wanted root beer, but Kimberly somehow bought all of it. We got it anyway, thanks to Kimberly, out of all people. That just shows how kind she is, moreso than I used to be. So, did you make any dick moves in your life?" said Mr. Blik.

"Mmm, for example, there was the time I was trying to get out of doing a complicated dance that my Mom was teaching her, by faking that I was hurt, and I got Ronnie Anne to do it. And then she found out I faked being hurt, so did Mom find out, but the two of us made it up to her."

"Ooh, that's a dick move for you. What's your personality like?"

"I can be a kind person, I show sisterly love towards Ronnie Anne, I'm generally friendly around my family, as well as Lincoln 1, but I get agitated when her brother Carl gets into my cosmetics. I'm charitable too, I donate clothes that I no longer wear. I'm into fashion, fashion designing, I tend to get Ronnie Anne into make-over. I'm good with kids, like for example, I have a good time walking with Carlitos, her youngest brother."

"Interesting. Quite interesting."

"What's your personality, like, Mr. Blik?"

"I used to be a jerk much, I would inconvenience my brothers in different ways, I was someone you'd feel contempt for. But now, I changed over time. What games do you like to play?"

"I play Loteria with my family."

"What kind of game is that?"

"You have to fill pictures on a board that have Spanish names with coins when the name is announced. If you filled all pictures in, you shout Loteria."

"Interesting."

"What do you like to do for fun, Mr. Blik?"

"Since I am a rich cat, I like to do a number of things. For fun, I enjoy going to the mouse hunt ball, I like to enter contests and car races, I even enjoy spending time with my neighbor, Kimberly and her family. She's an adult now and she's married."

"Interesante. Who's Kimberly?"

"One of our neighbors. Sorry Carlota, but I got to go. There are more people here I should know." Blik jumped off of the bed and waved good-bye to her. "See you later. Nice talking to you, Carlota."

"Nice talking to you too. See you." Carlota waved back, before Blik left the room. Mr. Blik looked around in the hallway, and walked to another door. He knocked on the door.

"Hello?" Asked the cat. There was no response. He waited for a minute. He knocked on the door again. 2 minutes passed and no one answered. He turned around, almost bumping into Carl and CJ, all three of them screamed as soon as they saw each other, with Blik jumping into the air.

"What are you boys doing?! You scared me greatly!" Blik yelled.

"Hey, hey, don't talk to us about scaring someone! We were talking and weren't expecting you!" Carl retorted.

"Really? Maybe you should've looked and then tried to grab my attention! That way I wouldn't have jumped!"

"Oh, don't you blame this on us! We were merely talking to each other. Maybe you should've opened your ears!"

"Oh, you're one to talk, you little-" Blik stopped as he spoke. He spaced out, thinking in his mind.

"Hello? Mr. Blik? Can you talk?" CJ waved his face in front of Blik for a minute. Soon, Mr. Blik shook his head and looked at the boys again.

"What were you thinking?" Carl asked tipping his head over and raising a brow.

Mr. Blik didn't answer shortly, before starting to break into a laugh.

"Little boy, this reminds me of a few fights that I had with my brothers. And I just remembered. You and your brothers can inconvenience your sister. Eh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Hey boys, what interests do you have? Carl, you go first?"

Carl looked shortly confused. "Me? Well, uh, I have interest in money, trains, and my supherro, El Halcon, for example."

"Hmm, that's interesting. CJ, what are your interests?"

"I'm interested in pirates."

Everyone was silent for 3 seconds.

"Pirates? That's it?" Asked Mr. Blik.

"Yeah, that's it."

Mr. Blik thought to himself, rubbing his chin. He should have some fun with these boys. But how? There's got to be something they can do together. Something that they mutually can enjoy, something like mutually. He thought to himself for a short while, as something was sparking in his mind.

"Mr. Blik?" CJ's voice attracted Blik's attention.

"Boys, I got an idea. I want us to bond together. And I've got a great idea how. Let me tell you the following.

Mr. Blik huddled up with Carl and Carlino, whispering what he thought about. Soon, they broke up.

"Awesome." Carl said.

"Sounds great." CJ said.

"I'm glad you think so. Thanks for agreeing. Well, I'm off, boys. I got to do some shopping. You two keep yourselves occupied while I wait. I'll see you later." Mr. Blik said before heading out. He rushed back to the mansion, then came out of the garage driving in the car, Gear.


Later, Mr. Blik and the boys were out in the backyard. They were dressed in pirate costumes, and had wooden swords, in terms of headwear, Mr. Blik and CJ were wearing captain's hats, while Carl wore a bandana.

"Wow. These are so cool." Carl said as he looked at his costume. "It looks so detailed. It looks like there was effort and care put into the work here."

"Thank you so much for these costumes and swords, Mr. Blik. They look so great. You knew which costumes were the best quality ones." CJ said.

"You're welcome. As for the last sentence, thank you, thank you. Now, let's get ready. We are about to engage in some swashbuckling. Pirates gave people a good reason to be scared of them back when TV, computers, cars, movies, and video games didn't exist, when it comes to holding valuables. Pirates are unhesitant to do something worse than harm to people, if it ever came to it. And don't underestimate me in what we're going to do. There's a reason someone made the story about the cat, Puss in Boots. Anyway, here's the goal for the player. The last person who remains standing and isn't incapacitated in any way. There's no rules to this game." Said Mr. Blik. "Are you two ready for the countdown?" The boys distanced themselves from each other in an almost medium sized distance, grabbed their swords and raised them up, and nodded, answering Blik's question.

Mr. Blik raised his fingers. He counted from 10 without speaking at all, his fingers went down slowly, as he put his fingers down, one by one, they went down, then he raised up two fingers again and put them down, given he has 8 fingers overall. Soon, he quickly grabbed his sword and raised it up. The trio of costumed pirates slowly approached each other, their eyes were squinted, they all sported serious faces, their swords were upwards, until they stopped when they were very close with each other. They looked at each other, they still had serious faces, their eyes were still squinted, one of them wanted to win. Nobody said a word at all. 3 minutes passed. Nothing happened in those minutes. Finally, everyone stepped back and swung their swords at each other, but their swords locked. Everyone pushed against each other, struggling, trying to gain the upper hand. Everyone showed their teeth, trying to outwit their opponent. CJ and Mr. Blik, individually managed to push back against their opponents shortly, but both times, the lock was evened out. Everyone struggled for 2 minutes. CJ soon pushed two of them away as they tumbled, spinning their arms around, trying to keep their balance straight. Mr. Blik kept himself straight, then charged CJ. He swung his sword to the right against CJ, but CJ dodged it. Blik swung to the left, but CJ dodged again. Mr. Blik raised his sword above his head then swung at CJ again, but CJ blocked his sword. They struggled to push each other away. Mr. Blik moved his sword away and pushed his opponent's sword out of the way, but CJ firmly gripped it. Mr. Blik swung at CJ left and right, left and right, left and right, all of those times, CJ blocked his sword. Carl soon quickly came rushing over at them. CJ focused on him and just as he swung to the left, Carl blocked his sword. Both were struggling with each other, pushing each other 3 times, only for their swords to remain in the middle. Mr. Blik soon came in, pushing their swords out of the way, with him pushing Carl away, and focusing on CJ again, they swung at their swords at each other 7 times, making contact with each other all those times. They were at another standstill after another attempt at swinging each other's swords which led to their swords locking. Mr. Blik turned his ear and could hear Carl rushing him. This turns out to be a bad move on Carl's part, because as soon as he was almost close enough, Blik pushed up CJ's sword as CJ was distracted, and he got out of the way, just as Carl swung his sword, but he got to close to his brother, and CJ pushed his sword down. Mr. Blik quickly took the opportunity and he pulled down the bandana on Carl's face, and Carl struggled to pull it off. However, Mr. Blik repeatedly spun Carl around to the point he was spinning a lot, and then pushed him away, spinning like a top. Blik quickly grabbed Carl's sword, and slashed them against each other 3 times. He lunged at CJ and was about to strike him as he swung at him, but CJ blocked Mr. Blik once again. CJ swung at him 10 times, Mr. Blik dodged it 7 times and blocked and pushed away the sword three times at different points. Mr. Blik and CJ locked their swords and were at a standstill once again. "Not bad. You're pretty good at this, kid. How often do you do this?" Mr. Blik asked, impressed.

"I do it a lot of times."

"Define 'a lot'. Do you do it 5 years, 7 months, 3 hours?" Mr. Blik suddenly pushed CJ back, jumped at him and swung his swords at him again, but CJ blocked him again. Mr. Blik was thrown back when CJ swung his sword to the right, sending Mr. Blik flying a short distance. Fortunately for Blik, he managed to land on his feet, and he and CJ charged each other. They locked swords again, they swung at and blocked each other again, Mr. Blik swung the sword in his left hand and attempted to strike CJ's left side, only for CJ to push it away. CJ swung at Mr. Blik's right side, but his sword was pushed away by Mr. Blik's other sword. The duo continued swinging at each other, blocking each other, and pushing each other's swords away, this went on and on, neither of them were submitting to loss. This went on for 10 minutes. Throughout those minutes, Mr. Blik and CJ were getting tired. They were distanced from each other by a little bit, they were sweating, their swords were held while they were on the ground, now panting heavily, but neither of them were going to give up. They raised their swords, squinting their eyes, showing their clenched teeth. They looked at each other for 3 minutes silently. CJ lunged at Mr. Blik blocked his sword and pushed it away. He jumped up, and kicked against CJa, pushing CJ away, as the boy stumbled trying to regain his balance. This costs Mr. Blik some energy, as he kneeled down and put a hand on his left knee. He quickly turned and saw CJ rushing towards him. Mr. Blik showed his teeth and raised his sword again, awaiting his opponent. He blocked CJ's sword again, and they swung and locked at each other 10 more times. Finally, another standstill happened. Both were locked in place, They swung at each other one more time, only CJ's sword broke, to their shock! Mr. Blik was frozen in shock, CJ quickly noticed this and attempted to grab the cat from behind, but Blik was quick to react and ran out of the way. CJ's sword was gone, and now he was at threat from Mr. Blik. Mr. Blik swung his sword left and right, left and right, left and right, left and right, left and right at the boy, but CJ kept dodging the sword as he was being backed down by the cat, Mr. Blik was feeling confident. CJ let tiredness ultimately get the best of him, and he placed his hands on his knees, panting again. Mr. Blik took his chance and jumped on CJ's back, pulling his hat onto his head, blocking his face. However, he fell off of CJ when the latter raised himself trying to get the hat off, and Mr. Blik dropped his sword and tumbled, tumbled, tumbled, tumbled, and tumbled 7 feet away. He groaned as he was lifting himself up, only to be met by CJ pointing Blik's sword at him, and CJ was smiling triumphantly at him. At this point now, Blik was too tired to fight back.

"You win, boy. You were the best fighter today." Said Blik. There was no sign of a grudge in his dialogue or tone at all. "You were pretty fortunate. I didn't practice in three months." CJ pulled Mr. Blik in helping him get up.

"How were you so good at sword fighting?"

"Well, let me let you know, CJ. From 2010 to 2015, I've been taking fencing classes, and self-defense classes. And let me tell you, it paid off. From time to time, in the years following, I still practice fencing, and self-defense, to keep it fresh. But I haven't practiced, exactly, fencing, in three months."

"You put up quite a challenge. You were a worthy opponent."

"Thank you. You too. Not bad."

Suddenly, Pony came running over, but Mr. Blik didn't expect it and he ended up being stepped on and flattened by Pony's right hoof, and CJ ended up shocked.

"Excuse me, can I join in and play?" Pony asked delightedly.

"Get your hoof off of me, you hay munching steed!" Mr. Blik shouted, although his voice was muffled, but Pony could hear the voice. He looked down, removed his foot, and was shocked to see it was Mr. Blik.

"Oh, Mr. Blik! I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there. I saw you, CJ, and Carl dressed as pirates earlier, and you three were heading out, I thought you were playing for a long time, and I wanted to join." Pony backed up and let CJ pull up Mr. Blik who popped back into his normal shape. The cat grumbled and brushed himself off.

"It's okay. But don't do that again. Otherwise, Pony, you're sleeping outside. And, hey, you're a pony, not a goldfish." Said Mr. Blik. At this point, Annie came running up to them, and Carl was walking up to them, holding his sword, groaning, recovering from his dizziness. He shook his head, although he was still feeling uneasy.

"Pony, what are you doing? You don't just go off running away in the middle of a poem." Annie scolded.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Annie, but I saw Mr. Blik and the boys out the window, they were walking, they were dressed in pirate costumes, and I thought they were playing as pirates. I wanted to play." Pony pleaded innocently.

"Pony, you literally promised Lars Loud you'd listen to one of his poems. And how do you expect to play pirates with the others? You don't have hands or fingers." Annie said in annoyance, folding her arms.

"Elephants and octopuses don't have hands or fingers. Look what they can do. Elephants can use their noses as a substitute for arms, hands, and fingers, and octopuses can grab and hold onto things without needing hands."

"Uh, listen Pony, I'd love for you to join us, but the game's over, and CJ won. Plus, we've both gotten tired." While everyone was talking, Carl had fully recovered from dizziness.

"What?!" Pony and Carl shouted simultaneously, causing Blik to cover his ears. He glared at both of them with his eyes half-lidded.

"Sorry." Pony and Carl responded.

"Well, how about this Mr. Blik? I can play with Carl. I can use my mouth to fight." Everyone cringed in disgust from what Pony said.

"Mmm, I guess we can settle with that." Carl said reluctantly.

"Well fine, but don't you get anything nasty on the boy. Also, Carl's sword broke off. Just use mine." Mr. Blik said.

"You got it, Mr. Blik." Pony said as he saluted. But he quickly turned over to Annie, still looking annoyed.

"Annie, please. I really want to have some fun here. This looks so, beyond interesting. It really looks like fun. I want to try new things in life."

Everyone was silent for two minutes. Annie thought to herself. Finally, she sighed.

"Okay, fine. You can go have fun playing as a pirate, Pony. But you promised, Lars. And the first thing I'm going to do, as soon as you get back to the Loud house, where the Loud boys live, is I'm going to remind you about continuing to listen to Lars' poem. Don't think that I won't forget about it."

"Thanks, Annie. Just you see, I will live up to that promise." Pony replied as he hugged Annie.

"Well, be seeing you, Pony." Annie said as she waved while leaving.

"Bye, Annie." Pony replied. "Now all I need to get is a pirates' hat." Pony said, right before Mr. Blik offered his. Pony lowered his head and Mr. Blik placed it there. "Thanks, Mr. Blik. I feel like a real pirate now!"

"Well, we're going to go back to the apartment. Be seeing you two." Mr. Blik said, waving.

"Good-bye." CJ said, waving, as he and Blik left.

"Good-bye." Pony said. He turned over to Carl.

"Well, Carl, looks like it's just you and me."

"Yes, yes. But don't you get any saliva on me."

"I promise nothing. But I understand."

"Hey, uh, after you listen to Lars Loud, can you probably give me a pony ride-for five minutes?"

"Absolutely."

"Really? Thanks, Pony."

"That'll be $50."

"What?! $50?!" Carl asked in surprise.

"Mhm. $50. I should get a job. Hovis, the cat's butler said I should charge for pony rides. He said kids love pony rides." Pony said innocently.

Carl just frowned in displeasure. "Don't even think about it. I don't have $50." He said in disappointment.

"So, Carl. What interests do you have? Is money one of them?" Pony asked.


Mr. Blik and CJ walked back to the apartment, praising each other on their combatting each other on the way back, when they got back inside, CJ split ways with Blik and went back to his room, while Mr. Blik went to the living room. Mr. Blik saw Hector, Rosa, and Bobby were present. He saw Bobby listening to some music, with earphones tapping his fingers on his leg. Mr. Blik thought he should get to know Bobby next. He walked up to Bobby, who noticed him and looked down at him, taking off his earphones.

"Hello, Mr. Blik."

"Hiya, Bobby."

"So, how was playing pirates with CJ and Carl?"

"It was stimulating. We were sword fighting for a long time. CJ put up quite a challenge, how unexpected. But Carl didn't stand a chance, he was the first one who lost. He made a mistake and he got dizzy for it. But CJ didn't give up. No matter the trouble I gave him when it counted. Even when we both got tired, he was less tired than me by a portion. And at the end, I made a false move when I initially covered his face with his hat, but I didn't hold on, and I got thrown off. In spite of that turn of events, CJ and I were worthy opponents for each other. I'll have you know I took fencing classes for example before. I just wasn't practicing for 3 months."

"How interesting."

"Listen, I want to get to know you. Are you available? If so, where can we talk?"

Bobby put a finger to his chin, as he thought shortly.

"Yeah, we can talk. Let's head to my room." Bobby said. He motioned for Mr. Blik to follow him, as they headed to his room. Bobby opened the door to his room, he grabbed Mr. Blik and placed him on his bed, before closing the door, and sitting on the bed himself.

"So, who should speak first?" Bobby asked.

"I think you should." Mr. Blik answered.

"Very well. Listen, Mr. Blik have you always been nice?"

"Eh, not really. I used to be a jerk. Treating my brothers and my butler like crap when it counted, insulting Waffle when it counted, for example, there was even one time I was using a robot to do my chore with the bathroom when really, I should've done it myself (although, I was rather being lazy on that one), I wasn't expecting the big consequences that would come with using a robot as a worker, and this was when Hovis was on vacation, when before, we didn't have any staff outside of him. I wasn't even very supportive Gordon when at first, he was upset about not having a long tail. Before, he was made fun of for it, by two friends of our neighbor, Kimberly. There was also the time I tricked Waffle into thinking he was evil, when he was shedding. I didn't tell him the truth at first."

"Oh wow."

"Yeah. I was an asshole at times." Said Mr. Blik. "Hey, Bobby, are you a nice guy, or often a jerk? What's your personality like?"

"Well, I'm actually a nice guy. I'm selfless, both of which most of the time. I can care about my family too. I love them. I care about my sister, Ronalda. In fact, I call her 'Nie Nie' for another name. I won't take it well if she's emotionally hurt. I'm a hard worker too. I'm not as smart as a dolphin or an ape, but I can be useful. I work at the family bodega, doing my part to do different tasks at the store, like mopping the floor, or shooting tags on products. I'm even willing to help others like the Chang family. There was this instance where I got involved in helping find a camouflaging snake and hide it. Even though I was scared of snakes."

"Wow, that sounds selfless."

"Yeah, it is. I'm also someone who can think up lots of ideas for business. Although mi Abuelo wouldn't accept changes to how his store was run at first. What nice things did you do for your brothers and Hovis?"

"Hmm, Gordon and I let Waffle join us on our mouse hunt ball, I even gave Waffle my hat, but he wanted the helicopter hat. Another instance is when I allowed Waffle to be in the driver's seat, to drive us back home after he helped us win a car race. I also decided to give some clapping to Hovis when he was reunited with an old band he used to be part of and a song they were playing didn't please the audience, of course he admitted his band wasn't good later."

"Well, at least you supported your butler, there."

"I know. He deserves better. And over time, he'd get a better life. What was your relationship like with Lori?"

"Mmm, it was something you could question in your case. I was a nice guy, she was a bossy girl. But we loved each other. We would talk to each other on our phones a lot. We would be dating each other. Lori was also a person of social media. Although, something I didn't learn about Lori at first, she was a jerk, a pretty big jerk, to her brother, in more ways than one."

"Like what?" Blik asked curiously. Bobby however felt uncomfortable of the instance of having to talk about this.

"I shouldn't talk about this. It's not necessary."

"Come on, Bobby. I asked you about your relationship with Lori? I want to know some things. What was Lori like, negatively speaking? She couldn't have been as much as a jerk as I used to be. Right?"

Bobby was silent for a short while. He tapped his left hand fingers on the bed. He had a solemn face.

"One of her flaws is that she can be a hothead. Another one of her flaws was that she was jealous of another girl named Carol Pingrey until she ended that. And I learned for myself the hard way, that Lori, for a long time, was one of the worst sisters to Lincoln Loud, who I'm proud to call my figurative brother. He's the little brother I've never had. That is mutual. I became the big brother he never had."

"That's cool. That you two consider yourselves brothers."

"Mhm. Thanks for that. It started ever since Lori refused to join me for a monster truck rally I bought tickets for the two of us, but she had Lincoln join me instead. That turned out to be worth it. We had a great time there, and we came up with a handshake for each other. Lincoln came over to the times I spent with Lori. We've had fun with each other. We were compatible with each other in having fun. Using bread as swords, playing video games, having fun at the beach. Of course, one day, Lincoln could see when we were at the fair that Lori was feeling sad without me. He made the tough choice of giving up spending time with me, so I'd spend more time with Lori but at least he and I would spend time with each other once in a while. But he spends more time with Ronnie Anne than me. And it seems to me, a guy like me, that they realized that they're in love with each other, it seems they realized that a few nights ago. I didn't ask her, though. But I got to get back to the subject. So, I've learned, doesn't matter how, more of how she was a jerk, a jerk in more ways than one. But most of her sisters were mistreating towards Lincoln too, in their own rights. Of course, Lincoln is not an angel either. He knows that too. Anyway, one of the ways I learned Lori mistreated Lincoln is threatening him whenever he's in her room, yet she doesn't have a problem bursting into his room, her other sisters burst into his room too."

"Oh my. That's crazy." Blik said.

Bobby wanted to change the subject, however. He figured he could just tell Mr. Blik three more things. "The first part gets worse. She threatened more than once to turn him into a human pretzel if he came into her room, accidentally, or not, not counting when he was called into her room. I would never do that to Ronnie Anne. I haven't ever done it to her. Here are three more things I've learned that she's done. She'd gang up on her brother with her sisters when it counted, she and the other girls initially stole Lincoln and Clyde's chance to be in an Ace Savvy movie, when the latter two cared more about Ace Savvy than the girls, the two got to be part of the movie, but it turned out to be terrible, and I learned, alongside her sisters and their dad, gushed at Lincoln's math tutor, Hugh, when Lincoln had a math tutor initially, at least the sisters gushed, and they were chasing him. I didn't know about it at first for years. Now I know. Lori was literally chasing Hugh. If it wasn't for Lincoln interfering, she would've cheated on me, who knows how? After learning that, I really broke up with her this time."

"Really? That's crazy. Wait. This time? Is this the second or past the second time you broke up with her?"

"The second time? Please don't ask. Although, I will say after the first time I broke up with Lori, on account of Lincoln insulting Ronnie Anne, at school, when he was being made fun of by his classmates and wasn't expecting her, before Lincoln and I became brothers, at the end of that day, Lincoln helped fuel something he had with Ronnie Anne that was positive before then."

"Well, that's good."

"Anyway, I learned so many dark secrets about Lori, and so I ended things with her. We haven't spoken to each other ever since. And from what Lincoln said about him being believed to be bad luck by his family (and now he's disowned most of them), being rejected to extreme measures is one thing, but Lori gushing over Hugh and chasing him-" Bobby raised his hands and turned towards his face, but he was at a loss for words as his eyes darted back and forth.

"-you know,-it's either worse or less worse. I can't tell right now."

"I see. So, exactly what did Lincoln's family do to him?"

Bobby felt too uncomfortable to reveal this.

"I can't say. It's a secret between all of us. Besides, we should get to know about each other. That's what you wanted, right?"

Mr. Blik darted his eyes left and right once. He started to feel he was insensitive with asking Bobby about the bad luck event. But what did happen during that time? He felt regretful.

"You're right, Roberto. I'm sorry I asked that. You want to keep it secret, I won't ask further. So be it. Let's get to know more about each other. What do you like to do for fun?"

"I like to play video games, I'm content to go out for swimming, I'm willing to play with my younger cousins, I enjoy watching movies. Those are some things that I do for fun. Did you know that when I was living in Royal Woods, I worked so many jobs?"

"Really? You did? Like what?"

"For example, I worked as a mall security guard, a grocery store employee, a lifeguard, and I was also involved in helping the Louds with the security on their house. Those aren't the only things I worked as though."

"Wow. If you have a lot more, like a truckload of them, then I'd really call that, multi-tasking. How did so many people find you reliable?"

As Mr. Blik and Bobby conversed with each other, getting to know each other, Bobby was internally relieved that Mr. Blik didn't pressure him into revealing what happened that ill-fated day in 2017. Who knows how Mr. Blik would react? He'd likely call the police on them. But Lincoln didn't want that. For all the faults of most of the people he disowned as his family, Lincoln refused to call the police on them. It wasn't easy for him and his grandpa to convince him and his family to call them either. There were 2 times that Bobby was tempted to call the police. But his consideration of Lincoln as his brother managed to refrain him. Although, now, he'd bet Gordon made Ronnie Anne reveal what happened on March 2017. He could only hope Gordon wouldn't call the police, and if not, he'd likely tell Mr. Blik about this, and if so, he'd only hope Mr. Blik would be convinced not to have most of the Loud arrested. Lincoln was willing to forgive them, once they've earned it. He calls him strong and smart for that, for his age. Anyway, alongside him talking about the jobs he'd work as and about his work at the bodega ever since he moved to Great Lakes City. Speaking of work, Blik would also talk about a few things about he and his brother's root beer business, including how it wasn't easy to get some rather spokespeople from different companies to sponsor their company at different times, and they had to double check everything every time befor the day an inspection was coming up at one of their factories. After Mr. Blik was done talking to him, he went on to interact with Hector, Maria, Carl (after he was done playing with Pony) and Frida, he finds her the best for last, since he asked he to paint him in a blank canvas sheet, with him lying down on his right side, holding his head, giving a thumbs up, his eyes were half lidded, and he was smiling. Thankfully, that part didn't take long, although he has to wait for the paint to dry. Mr. Blik didn't bother on getting to know Sergio or Lalo. Although he did learn from Bobby that Sergio was a troll. That was something that made Mr. Blik dislike the parrot. After that, he left the apartment and headed out, joined by Pony and Annie.


Earlier

"Did anyone ever tell you that you sound like my cousin, Lynn 2, from the way you talk?" Luke asked Annie. Pony raised a brow before his eyes shrank.

"Heeeeey, now that I realize it, you do sound like Lynn 2. And Lynn 1? How is that possible? Was her voice cloned into yours" Pony asked, before he and everyone else entered the house.

"No, Pony. We just sound alike. That's all. It's something that some people share, some people sound like others." Annie said.

"Interesting. I wonder if there's someone who talks like me in my universe, or this one." Pony could now see that the entire Loud family was gathered in the living room.

"Hello, Louds 2's." Pony joyfully announced. "I am Pony and this is my best friend, Annie."

"Hello, Pony. We know who you two are." Lynn Sr. 2 replied. "We heard about what brought you here."

"I speak for us, when we ask we want to get to know you people, starting with the parents here first, then we get to know most of the rest of the Loud boys, from oldest to youngest."

"That's fine, dear." Rita 2 said.

"We hope you'll have a fun time getting to know us." Lincoln 2 said.

"I'm sure we will, Lincoln 2." Annie answered.

"I'm ready, already." Pony said.

"Good. Follow us. Kids, you just go back to whatever you were doing." Lynn Sr. 2 said, as he and Rita 2 led Annie and Pony into their bedroom. The married couple sat on their beds.

"So, Pony, Annie, let's start with you two. What are you two like?" Rita 2 asked.

"Well, for starters, Pony is a nice pony. He can get us into problems at times, but he means well. Most of the time. He's selfless and willing to help others. I'm also a nice girl, myself. I am willing to help Pony and others as well. I also want to succeed in life too. We work on a farm, in our apartment, in a city, call it weird or strange as you may."

The parents only reacted with a straight line in their mouths, but they were surprised.

"I do want to have fun and be positive in my life, Mr and Mrs. Loud 2. I'm willing to put in effort too. I can be nice, willing, supportive, although I don't always view Pony's actions positively."

"Interesting." Lynn Sr. 2 replied.

"So what are you two like? What are your personalities? How do you run your family? Do you run them like you run a treadmill?" Pony joyfully asked. Everyone just looked at him strangly for saying that.

"No, no, no, Pony. It's not like that." Lynn Sr. 2 answered. "It's really like this. We've had one son one after another. Now, my wife and I have raised our boys for years. They're not angels, but we've put lots of effort into making them good-hearted, kind, humble, selfless people. At least they can be that in their own right, but it's a large amount of everything, regardless. Why, whenever there's a conflict going on, we step in and support the victim, depending on who it is, in other conflicts, we step in and put our foot down. No matter the situation, we manage to set our boys straight. As for my personality, I'm a nice person." The loud patriarch then rubbed his neck. "However, in spite of me not being afraid of my kids, I can get scared easily. Not to mention, I can act like a woman rather than a man. And I'm not reasonable enough when it counts. But I can cook great. It took me a long time, but now I'm the owner of my own restaurant, before then, I used to work as an I.T.. Another one of my talents is that I can play the cowbell."

"You own a restaurant? That's awesome, Mr. Loud." Pony said.

"Most of what my husband said, I couldn't have said so better myself. In fact, there was one time when Lincoln 2 was going on strike because he didn't want to have the chore of taking out the trash, and when his brothers were not complying and were going on strike, we stepped in at the firt minute and we gave some scolding to our sons on not allowing there to be changes to who gets what cleaning roles. We also raised our boys well enough for them to not get into pretty severe fights. We disciplined them each for years, until we knew they mostly knew better. There was this one time we scolded Loki and Loni on fighting over wearing the same shirt, we managed to talk them into just letting them both wear the same shirt, before things escalated. Good thing we managed to prevent anything worse from happening there, let me tell you. And our son, Lincoln 2, he has such a great amount of intelligence for planning, like you wouldn't believe, although he should check all details so they don't go downhil. I believe he could become a businessman. Or not, whatever job makes him happy. He's got other talents as well, like art, and baking cookies with his best friend. But when he's using his thinking for the wrong things, before they're put into effect, we manage to talk him out of making foolish choices, or we do it when we discover his variable plans that have gone downhill. We've put our effort into making sure our boys don't threaten each other, especially Loki, Lexx, and Lynn 3, teaching them to always love and value each other, and to do the same with their friends, relatives, and people like those. We want our children to be enjoyed by enough people as they grow. We don't want too many people to hate them. As for me, I can be more reasonable than my husband. I'm nice and selfless too. I'm even more committed to setting my children straight. I want absolutely none of them to go astray, nor for any of them to be bad influences on each other, nor get influenced by anyone outside of this family who is exactly what I said. I used to be working as a dentist, now my new job is handling the parenting advice column." Said Rita.

"Sounds quite interesting, Mrs. Loud. You must be a wonderful family in Royal Woods." Pony replied.

"Oh, I wouldn't say wonderful, but we are accepted amongst most of our peers. At least, in our universe as far as I know. None of us take it well if our sons do anything wrong, depending. As for Lincoln 2, even before he was born, we've taught our other sons born before and after to take him seriously, to respect him well. We all love our sons equally, we treat them equally. We want no one to feel like an outcast."

"But Lars is in an emo pose." Annie said.

"Hey, she actually has a point." Pony said.

"Right, right. He's an emo, and so is Lucy Regular. The Regulars are, in fact, the same state as ours. Of course, Lars and Lucy, are-they're being worked on, but they're not such a puzzle. I'm sure they'll move on from it. We did take them to see a therapist before, though." Said Rita. "Lynn and I have worked hard at making our family be very close to each other. There'll be disagreements between variable members in our family at times, but make no mistake, we all love each other and support each other. As a whole, we don't make such mistakes such as just siding with the majority of people over whatever smaller number in whatever situation without hearing both sides of the story, and we can take care of things in our terms. Although, in our family, we have trouble handling such necessities, such as repairs to the house. But our boys have been raised well enough, that they'll give some of their money to help us out on things like that. They're lovable people you could wish to have for children. For all of their faults, I wouldnt trade them for any other children." Rita said.

Lynn Sr. 2 looked at his watch.

"Ooh, our time is up. Pony, Annie, you're moving on to your next person. Let me guide you there. I'll guide you to every correct room.

"It was nice knowing you, Mr and Mrs. Loud 2." said Annie, waving as she and Pony left.

"See you, Mrs. Loud." Pony said.

Lynn Sr. 2 led the duo up the stairs, across the hallway, and finally to Loki and Loni's room.

"Pony, Annie, these are my first two oldest sons, Loki and Loni." Lynn Sr. said as he showed them.

"Hiya." The two blonde brothers said.

"I'll just sit down and listen."

"Mhm, Dad." Loki said.

Loni sat down on his bed as Annie and Pony sat down next to him.

Lynn Sr. cleared his throat, as he sat down next to Loki. "Uh, son. Here are some things, I should tell you about Annie and Pony."

"It's okay, Dad. Remember, our house has hollow walls, we would've heard the things you and Mom heard about Annie and Pony. That's the sad truth. Although, Lincoln wouldn't have heard as well as us. His room has the better walls."

"Well, at least we can hear about some things about you. Loki, what's your personality? Did your parents read Norse mythology and so they named you Loki?"

"Huh?" Loki and Loni asked.

"You do have the name of someone named Loki. He's been involved with some non-existent god named Odin. He was also involved with supheroes in a movie. I can't remember the name, though."

"Uh-"

"Pony, please disregard all that. I'm so sorry about that. He doesn't understand things at times. Two more things you should know about Pony is he's optimistic and enthusiastic." Said Annie.

"Well, okay." Loki said. "Anyway, you two, I am a nice man. I can act like a jerk a little bit often, for example, I push around my siblings (but my parents don't let me off the hook for that), but I am mostly a nice man. I often am on my phone, and I'm a person of social media. I also have a talent in golfing. So is my cousin, Lori 2. I'm one of the best golf players. Although my brother and cousin, Lynn 2 and 3 deride that, but at least they don't do it a lot and they don't make fun of me for that so severely. I'm willing to go out of my way to make her happy, but I'm also willing to let her make her own choices. We give each other face calls once a week, and even less so, text each other. Same with Lori 2 and her boyfriend, Bobby Santiago. I'm also willing to support my siblings, same with the others, and our cousins. I was willing to cooperate with Lincoln 2, so were my other brothers, such as one time, when he wanted to make a new picture for my parent's anniversary. We all cooperated, I managed to talk some of my siblings into staying in a few attempts, and I also managed to talk Lincoln into avoiding going overboard. I also rather just Lincoln politely to leave my room if he's really in there unnecessarily, when it counts.

"Wow." Said Pony. "You must be a reliable older brother. Maybe a role model."

"I think Lincoln sees me as someone to look up to, for all my faults." Loki replied. "He doesn't hold anything negative against me. And he finds me awesome."

"Nice. So, Loni, what's your personality like?" Asked Annie.

"You could call me the nicest of all of the brothers. Could." Loni answered. "I am one of the closer brothers to Lincoln 2. I'm not one of the smartest, for my age, I didn't even know that king penguins or emperor penguins don't even have kingdoms. Yet, I am useful in working at one of the stores at the mall. I'm really good at recommending people what clothes to wear. Also, I'm really good at designing fashion. I can think, and be creative with my imagination, and make some great fashion. Hey Annie, I'm willing to try to make some clothing for you if you're willing to try."

"Can you make hats? If so, can you make me a hat?" Pony asked.

"Pony." Annie chided. "Thanks, Loni, but no thanks. We're just here to get to know a good amount of people here." What's your relationship with your family like?"

"Well, you'll hear this from absolutely anyone, but we are a great family unit. We may argue at times, and we don't always get along with each other in general, but we love each other, and we aren't afraid to admit it to each other. We're dogs of a fur. We will be treating each other like true family. And we also accept each other's opinions of variable things and talents, difficult as it is for the former when it counts as life goes on. I'm willing to join Lincoln 2 at times whenever he goes to the arcade, smart as I'm not as him. I also find it heartwarming how I'm relied on to be taking care of my baby brother, Leon. Lexx and I are pretty compatible, especially when I'm making pretty great clothes for him. He absolutely loves them. I will go out of my way to help my friends whenever they're in trouble, same for my siblings, depending on the situation and the person."

"Wow." Annie and Pony said simultaneously.

As Annie and Pony would listen on to Loni, and then get to know Luke, Lane, and then Lynn 3 (they were going to come back to his room later, it was also Lars' room too), Pony saw through one of the windows that Mr. Blik, Carl, and CJ were walking past the house, wearing pirates costumes, and Pony was turned around by Annie, because he was being distracted, but the thought that the trio was playing as pirates, he's been trying to listen, and sometimes he was able to, but the thought of the trio playing as pirates was overtaking his mind. His desperation to join in was growing. For now, they were in Lincoln 2's room, they came in with his dad, as he was reading an Ace Savvy comic book.

"Hiya, Lincoln."

"Hey, Dad. I see it's my turn for me, Annie, and Pony for us to get to know each other?"

"Yes it is, son."

"Hiya, Lincoln 2." Annie said.

"Hiya, Annie. Hiya, Pony."

Lincoln sat in his own chair, while the trio would sit on his bed.

"So, Lincoln 2. What are your interests. How nice are you?"

"In terms of that, Pony, I'm nice and selfless, very often. But in case I'm the opposite of that, either one or my of my brothers or one or more of my parents will either talk me out of something, or talk me down, or I end up learning a lesson the hard way. Thankfully, I learn it the hard way only a few times. Why there was one time that I was almost talked into abandoning my brothers when I said they could join me in a limousine ride, by a rich man, but I ignored him. I gave my word for them, and I lived it out. And thus, who knows, I averted facing hardship to learn my lesson there. There was also a time I was having a parent-teacher meeting, but I thought Ms. Johnson would reveal something that I would find embarrassing or something I didn't want to be said to my parents. But, thanks to being talked out of it and being comforted by my friends and most of my brothers, I planned nothing, did nothing to prevent it, I just let things play normally, nothing I wanted to be told was said, and everything went swimmingly well. I could go on with the list of problematic or irrational choices that I could've done but were prevented. I will say this, though. Mom and Dad got Lynn 3 to get therapy years ago and he got straightened out, when he used to be superstitious, he stopped being absolutely superstitious after that. Superstitions aren't the way. Anyway, aside from the two things part of my personality I mentioned earlier, I can recognize my own faults. I am close to my brothers and cousins, moreso to some like Lana, Lars, Loni, Luke, and Luna, especially the last two. In terms of our families, the Louds, and the Regulars, we are dedicated to having each other's backs, no matter our faults. For my interests, I have ones in things like art, Ace Savvy, video games, and ARRGH, it's a ghost hunting show. Three of my talents are drawing, painting, and making cookies. I also have a great mind, that I can think of complex plans, however, I have to analyze my plans and check for any single detail that must be accounted for, so they don't fall apart, as long as they're moral, selfless plans and anything applicable like that. I've also taken up learning to skateboard several weeks ago. I'm happy for my siblings, and they're happy for me. We all love each other a lot. My brothers showed me their gratefulness when I gave them advice on how to get money from their parents, and when I couldn't get money after they got it from them, they repaid my kindness with their own made concert, and got a band I love called Smooch to come over. And you know what they called me? The best dang brother anywhere around. It's a title I don't want to squander through any big choices. But then again, there's bound to someone out there, more worthy of it than me.I hadn't ever forgotten about that awesome, heartwarming night. But, I may be kind and selfless, and a pacifist, but I am not afraid of standing up for myself against anyone, even my brothers. My family has taught me that. I'm not afraid to not say no in case I don't want to join any of my siblings for things like their events. In spite of that, my siblings can understand. In a family as big as mine, it's hard to get free time. And we respect each other's privacy."

"Man. Well, it's probably a good thing I'm an only child. I'd go crazy if I was living with 10 siblings. I don't even think Pony could sleep in the apartment." Annie said.

"Hmm. So be it. But if you did live with a few siblings, don't take them for granted. Heck, I'd miss them if I was away for a long time, or vice versa. Family in general is important. It's important for all of us." Replied Lincoln 2.

"I wish I had a pony sibling." Said Pony.

Lynn Sr. 2 looked at his watch.

"Well Lincoln. Our time is up. We have to get going."

"Ooh, one more thing, guys." Lincoln said to the duo that came to visit.

"Even though you're only visiting us, the girls in the Regular family share the same personalities, interests, and talents as us. Most of them, at least. Lola is interested and talented in pageantry, while Lexx is interested in becoming an actor in Hollywood and talented in acting, while Linka is interested and talented in art and baking, and chess, though those aren't the only talents she has (the third one's another one of those talents I have)."

"That's cool. See you later, Lincoln 2." Pony replied.

Pony now felt desperate. His legs were shaking, and his teeth were shown. He listened to a good amount of what Lincoln 2 was saying, but the thought of the trio he saw playing pirates just hadn't been ignored. This became noticed by Annie. Although, she didn't take it seriously right now. Whatever he was thinking was probably nothing important.

"Hiya, Lars Loud." Annie casually said.

"Hello, Annie and Pony." Lars replied.

"So, I hear you're nice as everyone else. Of course, you're all nice in your own rights. What are your interests?"

"I have the talent of writing poetry. In case I get writer's block, I go and ask Lincoln for help on how I can get out of it. For all of our differences, he is very helpful in providing me words in my poems. We are close to each other. And I can work in providing speeches for deceased pets. I'm also interested in things like bats, vampires, and ghosts."

"You say you have the talent of writing poetry, huh? Well, Lars, why don't you read us one of your poems? Pony, you think you can listen to Lars' poem?"

Pony felt conflicted in how to answer that. He nervously darted his eyes left and right one time.

"I promise, Lars. I'll listen to your poem." Pony said.

"Sounds good. Let me find my poem book." Lars said.

As Lars looked around, Lynn Sr. and Jr. helping him out, Pony immediately facepalmed himself, internally. Why did he make a promise? The thought of those individuals he saw playing as pirates was still fresh in his mind. Okay, he shouldn't be worrying here. The poem Lars would read could actually only be one minute. By now, Lynn Sr. found Lars' poem book, and Lars looked around in his book. He looked for 2 minutes until he found one that he thought was the perfect choice. He started reading and Annie and Pony would listen. It was some sort of poem about death and the afterlife. Pony found it to be partly disturbing, but he only showed his discomfort a little bit, so did Annie. 7 minutes had passed and while Pony managed to listen for a good amount, his patience was getting thinner, it was overshadowing his discomfort. How long was the pirate playing going on, and what if it was over already?

"Sorry, Lars, you have some sort of potential to be a poet, but there's something that grabbed my interest. I got to go! I'll come back to you! Good-bye!" Pony quickly rushed off.

"Pony! Get back here!" Annie cried out. She ran off after him. Lynn Sr. 2 came over to his son.

"I'm sorry, son. I should've had you pick a different poem at the first minute. I'm sure Pony didn't mean to upset you." The Loud patriarch said as he comforted his emo son.

Pony ran down the stairs. He really wanted join in. He saw that Rita was opening the front door. This was his chance. Good thing too, he didn't realize at first he can't open doors with doorknobs.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Loud, please move over!" He shouted, Rita heard that and got out of the way, and Pony ran out the door. Pony turned around and ran to the left (from his point of view), across the residences and ran across the grass, turning his head left and right, as he looked for the trio. He passed the mansion, and was galloping so fast that he passed a dizzy Carlino on his left side, although he turned his head around at that moment, so he didn't see him. He ran off further into the backyard and made another right turn and turned his head left and right. He turned left again and saw Mr. Blik and CJ together. Hope was igniting in him. He could probably have some time to play as a pirate. He galloped as quickly as he could, that he accidentally stepped on Mr. Blik and shocking CJ!

"Excuse me, can I join in and play?" Pony asked delightedly.

And thus, this leads to everything else that happened afterwards. Now we're left to seeing Carl and Pony together.

"So, Carl. What interests do you have? Is money one of them?" Pony asked.

Carl changed his expression.

"Of course, I'm interested in money. It's so enticing. Plus, I can use it to buy my own stuff."

"So was playing pirates for me. Let me go find a sword." Pony went off, looking around, it was only a short amount of time, before he found a wooden sword lying on the ground. He attempted to push up the sword with his sword. He made 7 attempts to push it up, before he could finally push it straight up, and then grabbed the sword's handle. He walked over to Carl, raising his brows 3 times. Carlino just deadpanned at him, while internally, he dreaded the thought of getting saliva on him from Pony.

Carl distanced himself from Pony by 5 meters. 3 minutes passed, as Carl looked at him seriously, while Pony just looked casual. Finally, Carl rushed him and swung his sword at Pony. Pony raised his head up, turned, and swung at Carl, but the boy blocked the sword. They refrained and swung swords at each other, locking them, refrained, swung at, and locked their swords again, Pony swung back and swung at Carl, only for him to block his sword. Pony put in effort to hold Carl into place, as they were at a standstill. Pony thought up something. He raised a hoof at Carl and drove his hoof toward him, however, the boy quickly noticed and jumped out of the way. He slid shortly across the ground, and Pony lunged at him from above once again, but Carl leapt out of the way again. Pony lunged again, but this time, Carl blocked his sword again. They swung their swords at each other, then swung them again, and again, and again. Unfortunately, with Pony playing as a pirate, this was becoming less fun for his opponent, what with him always having to turn, and this can be an inconvenience, so was Pony always holding his sword in his mouth, which can only be held on one side.. Pony swung his sword at Carl repeatedly, but Carl dodged every single one of them. Pony half-lightly pushed Carl down, and swung at him again, but Carl pushed Pony's sword out of the way, got up, and leapt out of the way. They locked their swords with each other again, but Carl thought of something. He quickly climbed up Pony's face, then slid down on Pony's neck and held on. Pony was rocking around, making Carl drop his sword, and he was bucking and rocking around, trying to get Carl off of him, all while Carl tightly held on for his life. Pony kept trying to shake him off for a while, not paying attention, and he tripped over a sprinkler he was too close to. Carl got launched off of him, but managed to turn over and landed on his back, and skidded for a little bit, while Pony fell off.

Pony sighed in despair. "I guess I'm just not meant to play as a pirate. I always had to turn around, and it's not practical for me to hold my sword in my mouth. That's a disadvantage in sword fighting. I got some sense knocked into me too. I'm sorry, Carl. I'm sorry that I could've hurt you with the rocking around and that I didn't realize it at first. What were you thinking with climbing on me anyway?"

"I thought I could tire you out. And, looks like I got a pony ride after all."

"Almost at the cost of your legs, arms, or anything." Pony said as he got up. He walked next to Carl, lied down, moved his head around, pointing at his back. Carl didn't understand. Pony pointed at his back again, raising his brows 3 times. Finally, Carl got it. He got onto Pony, who got up himself, and gave Carl a ride back to his apartment. From afar, two cats were ominously watching them with binoculars. And fortunately for Carl, Pony told him when they got him that he decided not to charge him. Smiling, Carl shortly hugged Pony, and waved good-bye to him as he got back inside. Pony went back to the Loud boy's house and was quickly reminded of listening to Lars' poem by Annie. While he was gone, Annie listened to the rest of the poem, and watched as Lynn 3 was working out. With Pony back, he went on to listen to the rest of Lars' poem, in spite of Lynn Sr. insisting, initially, that he should listen to a different poem.

Annie and Pony went on to get to know the twins and Levi (who took a break from working with the two Lisa's) later on. At the end of it all, the Louds that they went to visit felt like enjoyable, wonderful, great people that they could hang out with. They wished they could get to know everyone else they were brought into this dimension with. They headed back to the Cramdilly mansion. Levi joined them, to rejoin the two Lisa counterparts in working on the machine. Which was almost done.

"Hi Lisa 1 and 2." Pony said, as he passed them by. "See you, Levi."

"Hello, Pony." The two girls said.

"So long, Pony and Annie." Levi said. He turned to the two girls. "Those two are such nice, delighftul individuals. I wish you two could get to know them." He looked at the ray machine. "Too bad that's not meant to be. But at least we're going home sooner than anyone thinks." The way he said it, the tone was bittersweet.


Meanwhile, earlier, at the start of all of these events

Lincoln was learning wrestling from Alejandro.

"While you're learning to wrestle, I can teach you some things on how to confess your feelings, while helping Ronnie Anne get attracted to you."

"Okay." Lincoln said, partly nervously.

Lincoln and Alejandro circled around each other for 3 minutes, looking at each other silently, putting up serious faces.

Lincoln charged, only to be grabbed and placed over Alejandro's neck, held by the neck and the legs. Fortunately, Lincoln wasn't held extremely tightly, while he kicked his legs.

"Here's a lesson you must learn. Don't be too eager to rush your opponent." Alejandro soon placed the boy down. "Don't worry. I'll go easy on you."

Lincoln and Alejandro stared at each other as they circled each other once again. Alejandro rushed him, and attempted to grab him, but Lincoln dodged out of the way. Alejandro attempted to grab him, but Lincoln dodged again.

"Here's what you should do before you confess your feelings for a girl. Always give them a good impression. Speaking of impressions, try to get of your comfort zone, and be at a higher level that you can be compatible with. Try to give them flowers or candy they really love, as long as you know which. Or, save money for a restaurant or a movie you want to take them to. Make sure it's a movie worthwhile for the two of you, or that either one of you will find it worthwhile in the end."

Lincoln dodged out of another charge, then charged Alejandro from the side and attempted to blow a punch, but he was grabbed by the leg, twirled around, fell, and then he was put in a camel clutch. However, Alejandro made sure to not make things painful for Lincoln here with moves like this.

"Pay attention, Lincoln. I'm going to be going back and forth with giving advice in wrestling and romance. Beginner-level wrestlers don't stand a chance against expert-level wrestlers."

"Got it." Lincoln said casually.

Lincoln was released and the two of them looked at each other, raising their fists. Lincoln zig-zagged left and right, then shortly waited until Alejandro charged him, but Lincoln dodged, Alejandro tripped, landing on his hands, and Lincoln ran to him and gave him a back fist punch 7 times. Then he rushed for the neck, and made an cross chop on it once. This impact was just a little bit hard. But that was how Lincoln meant it. Unfortunately, Lincoln got grabbed and was put in a double chicken wing hold.

"Not bad, kid. Not bad, you keep up your training and show yourself in public, people will learn not to mess with you. But here's a tip. Don't get so absorbed in it and abuse the power of it."

Lincoln was released and they stared at each other once again. Lincoln rushed at the man, and he was almost captured but he quickly backed off. Lincoln threw some punches at the man's abdomen left and right 12 times, only for him to get grabbed, his hand twisted over, but it was only a little bit painful. Soon, Lincoln was turned around, and put into a front facelock. Lincoln put his hands around his teacher's arm, trying to pry it off. 5 minutes passed with him still trapped in it. He quickly thought up something. He dropped his arms momentarily, and he was released, and then he suddenly grabbed Alejandro's arm, putting it in a chicken wing hold. He held on, as Alejandro attempted to get him off, lifting him off the ground as he got up. He tried to grab Lincoln, but the latter let go and punched him in the side 5 times, only to get grabbed and put into a front chinlock. Lincoln reacted and made a chop on Alejandro's neck twice. Lincoln punched Alejandro 5 times in the chest, but he got grabbed one last time and flipped over, but he ended up hitting his head against Alejandro's back. Apparently, Alejandro was quick enough to grab both of his legs and chuckled at the end.

"Find something that you and Ronnie Anne can manage to bond over, compatible with it or not for one or both of you. Let's take a break. You're doing good, sonny boy." Alejandro kneeled down and let Lincoln off.

"Thanks for much of the advice you're giving me, Mr. Cuervo."

"De nada. Here are 4 more pieces of advice. Always be one step ahead of your opponent. And when you have the chance to impact your opponent depending where, take that chance. When you finally confess your feelings to confess to Ronnie Anne, just go with your heart. And in spite of the changes you make, in the world of romance and love, when you're with your significant other, just be yourself."

Alejandro and Lincoln sat down on a box.

"So, Mr. Cuervo, what do you work as? Do you work as a wrestling teacher?"

"No, not really. I loved the topic of wrestling. I worked out and practiced wrestling for years of my life. I was also one of the smartest people, I managed to do really great at math. But that all changed the day I met Kimberly. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever met. I was attracted. I fell in love with her. We first met in elementary school. She was so beautiful. But for all of my skill in wrestling at the time, I didn't know if she'd return my feelings. She was the flower to my hummingbird. I took some advice from my own parents, and I simply let Kimberly and I bond first. We looked for different things to bond over. We were trying out different things: playing baseball, playing basketball, playing table hockey, playing soccer. Most of those first four things didn't quite work out at first, but playing soccer had planted the seeds in the right direction, during all of that, we got to know each other for our personalities. I was nice, but she was even more nice, she always managed to see the good in a person, even me. At another point, there was a dance party going on at our school. Kimberly was looking for someone to ask to the dance, but a lot of boys weren't interested in joining her. I glady offered to join her. Of course, my dancing was goofy, but Kimberly didn't hold it against me. She thought it was sweet that I tried dancing, even though I was pretty inexperienced. In that month and the few months to come, Kimberly would teach me a few types of dancing, and I would also be teaching her how to wrestle, those happened back and forth, we were bonding throughout all of that, we were also learning how to bake cookies and pastries. I even took up learning how to cook beyond baking myself, although I had to suffer going through trial and error for that one." Alejandro chuckled embarrassingly. "Almost at the end of high school, I asked if she could become my girlfriend, nervous as I was. She delightfully accepted. She said that she had fallen in love with me at some previous point, but she wasn't sure if it was mutual. Later on, whenever I had the chance, I saved money to buy tickets for some movies as the years passed. I even took the next step and managed to offer flowers to Kimberly when I asked her out. Her heart was very warmed up the first few times. Of course, our relationship didn't go unnoticed when her cat friend, Gordon was jealous of us. I noticed it, but I didn't prod him into anger. I merely hoped he would get over it. I even went as far as to act nice to him, the few times I visited him in his brother's home."

"Really? That's new?"

"Indeed. We stayed a couple for all of the years to come, in middle school, and high school. Even though she was well taught on how to defend herself from bullies, I would be there to help her out when I had the chance. We were one of the averagely popular couples, but that didn't matter to us. In fact, Kimberly, ever since elementary school, taught me to be humble with fame in general. No one in middle school, high school, or college would try to mess with us. I would go out of my way to impress, make happy, or comfort Kimberly whenever she was sad. When we were in college, I loved wrestling, but I loved Ronnie Anne more. So, while I would still practice wrestling at applicable times, I went into learning and, a lot later, I became a real estate agent. It pays well too. After we were married, we've faced problems, but we managed to work them out, we were happily married in spite of anything. Kimberly meanwhile, she became a chef. She expanded herself in cooking."

"Wow. Very interesting." Said Lincoln.

"Mhm." Alejandro looked to his right. "Let's get back to training. In the time we have left. I'll give you some more tips in confessing your feelings. But before we do, be brutally honest about your feelings when you confess them, if you want to do it without embarrassment, do it somewhere entirely, mostly, or relatively private. And, do not be afraid to confess your feelings when you get the chance. "


Meanwhile, earlier

At the start of Alejandro teaching Lincoln to wrestle and give tips to him. Kimberly was with Ronnie Anne and Waffle in her bedroom, telling the 11 year old Latina the entire story that Alejandro would later tell him. She was also telling her the same pieces of advice that Alejandro told Lincoln. Ronnie Anne was quite impressed.

"Wow. I wish I was as brave as Alejandro."

"And you can, Ronnie Anne. Just go with your heart. Go with your gut too." Waffle laughed, covering it, at Kimberly's statement.

"And hey, remember, you can make food for him. That's one of the ways to gain a man's feelings."

"Okay. Got it."

Kimberly would take Ronnie Anne to the kitchen and took out a recipe book, showing her different recipes for different types of food. She even suggested she could probaby introduce Lincoln to food from a different country, like Ethiopian food or Korean food. She also suggested things she and Lincoln take trips to applicable places, like the zoo. Kimberly found it interesting when she learned that Lincoln was learning self-defense from Ronnie Anne. Kimberly and Ronnie Anne worked together on filling in a gift basket, arranging what snacks and candies would be best for Lincoln. During this, Kimberly felt weirded out when Ronnie Anne told her Lincoln liked sauerkraut, but not Waffle. After they were done with the gift basket, Kimberly let Ronnie Anne go off, to go introduce this to Lincoln.

After this, Kimberly took Waffle back to her room.

"Waffle, what's this deal with Lincoln once being viewed as bad luck?"

"What's it to you? It was just a one time thing." Waffle said innocently.

"Waffle, Gordon was very bent on keeping this event hidden. What happened?" Kimberly asked mostly seriously.

"I'm sorry, Kimberly. I cannot tell you. That is classified information. Top secret. It's only for mouths that are zipper mouths."

"Waffle, come on." The woman asked, in a pleading, but soft tone.

"I refuse to say so. Loose lips sink ships. It's too big to tell."

"Pleeease." Kimberly pleaded. She quickly set up her sad face. Waffle tried to leave, but the woman quickly picked him up, moving her hands up to his face, trying to keep him looking at him. Waffle couldn't bear the look. Even as an adult, she managed to keep that sad face she made when she got an F on her science project, during the day Gordon turned the world into a fairy tale world. She only made that face for harmless causes. Waffle struggled to not succumb. But ultimately, he couldn't take it.

"All right! I'll tell you. But you must promise me that you'll keep this a secret."

"I promise, Waffle. You're one of my best friends."

"Awww." So, Waffle told her the whole story, while Ronnie Anne watched as Lincoln was continuing learning to wrestle from Alejandro, learning some new moves, and Lincoln did have a few victories over Alejandro. To say that Kimberly was angry would be an understatement. She had mixed feelings about this. Like any person who heard this would, she was very tempted to call the police. But Waffle managed to talk her out of this, even bringing up how she hadn't ever held a grudge against Mr. Blik, in spite of his bad choices. She told him as far she knows, the Loud family that Lincoln 1 were probably even worse than Mr. Blik. Waffle pleaded with her futher into not having the Louds arrested. Reluctantly, she complied. Afterwards, Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, Gordon, and Waffle headed home. Ronnie Anne and Lincoln shortly looked at each other, before smiling. Lincoln was thankful earlier towards Ronnie Anne, to the point he hugged her. But both sides were appreciative regardless.

"Lincoln 1, in your home life, I wish you the best." Kimberly said, her tone was mixed with comfort and worry. She hoped Lincoln wouldn't still be corrupted by Martin Thomson, even though the future was changed in his universe. And she hoped he and his former family would be able to patch up things.

"Thanks, Mrs. Cuervo." Lincoln waved back, and he and everyone else went on their way.

"Oh my goodness!" Waffle cupped his face. "I forgot about my newts for who knows how long. Who knows where they are now?!"

Gordon calmed down his brother. "Waffle, calm down. Your newts are fine. Me and Mr. Blik saw that they were alive for ourselves. They were part of the rubble that your giant ray fell into. They were taken in by me and Blik. Surprisingly, they were still in one piece. They've been put back in your tank. Hovis was assigned to take care of them for today as part of his duties."

"Oh." Waffle blew in relief. "That's good. Thanks for that, Gordon."

As they went on their way, Lincoln whispered. "Do you know that Kimberly Cuervo sounds like Leni, only her voice is a third deeper than Leni's."

"No. Really?"


The cat brothers reunited with Annie and Pony, as they went back to their mansion,

By now, Lisa 1 & 2 and Levi had finally finished reconstructing the giant ray that Waffle had made.

"Well, people. I must say, all the hard work really paid off."

"Indeed Lisa, 1. Now, all we need to do is enter the numbers in and find our right universe."

"No kidding, Lisa 2. Although, we need to get a device that can determine which universe are the right ones for all of us. And frankly, we don't have the resources to make one. But at least we made some modifications, like how the machine can slowly move the residence objects, while holding it. And from the looks of it, at least the boiler rooms weren't taken with our houses. But when we get the resources for a determination device, the sooner we can get away from Lisa 1's family, the better."

"I couldn't agree more Levi." Lisa 2 said before she and Levi scowled at Lisa 1, who just looked away shamefully for the moment, holding her arm.

"For now, we'll have to make the announcement to our families, and the Santiagos and Casagrandes. But now, let's test it." Levi said, before he jumped on, and entered the number, 22,105, then pressed the red button. The ray gun adjusted itself pointing straight, fired a purple laser beam, and a purple portal appeared, before opening itself, revealing a desert area.

"This doesn't feel like the proper universe. But I don't know about you two, but I'm going to check it out." Levi said, as he walked into the portal, shortly joined by the two girls. They walked through the portal, approaching the other dimension. They looked at their hands and at each other. They looked like they were in some sort of anime-influenced art style.

"Wooooow. Strange." Lisa 2 said.

The kids looked around at their surroundings for a while. It was sandy, with rocks, and was quiet. Levi then pulled out a chocolate bar he had in his pocket hours ago, how it hadn't melted yet, that's anyone's guess, only for him and the others to suddenly come face to face, with 5 giant arachnid creatures with crocodilian like heads to come out from behind large rocks from a medium distance, they looked hungry and started to charge towards them, causing the kid's eyes to shrink and their jaws to drop.

"Let's get out of here!" Levi shouted as he and the others turned around and ran. They went through the portal, and the boy desperately pushed one of the buttons, just as the monsters chasing them were just in front of the portal, but it closed just in time! The girls were panting in relief.

"Okay, I'm glad that's over. We need to label these buttons. We'll also use it tomorrow. It's been a long day. The three of us need to get some rest. Let's go tell our families and get some markers to label the buttons." Said Levi, and he and the others went off. From afar, 3 cats, a white Persian cat, a Bicolor tuxedo cat, and an Sphynx cat were watching this event with binoculars, they were astounded by this. They soon thought they could use this machine to their advantage.


Meanwhile, with the cats, Annie and Pony went back to Waffle's room. Speaking of them, before they went, they had learned about the brother's personalities from the cats and vice versa once they got back to the mansion. Anyway, with the duo gone, the cats told each other about their interactions and the time they had with their own shares of mostly people they had spent time with. Mr. Blik said he asked Bobby about what happened to Lincoln 1 in 2017, but Bobby wouldn't say, so then he asked Gordon if Ronnie Anne told him anything about this. Gordon wouldn't say, but he quickly knew in his mind, Mr. Blik would be determined to know something when he wanted to. So, he simply spilled the truth and Mr. Blik had the same reactions his brothers had to this revelation. However, as difficult as it was, his brothers managed to convince him to just let the Louds in Lincoln 1's former family work things out on their end, though he was doubtful that Lincoln 1 should ever associate with them ever again, not to mention the parents obviously did something illegal in locking him out of the house, alongside all of the other misfortunes he's suffered in his life. After that, they were in the living room with Hovis, Annie, and Pony, and Mr. Blik was thinking something.

"Hey guys, do you remember when we were passing those 3 scientist children on the way back home from a distance?"

"Yes/yeah." His brothers said.

"They said the machine has been completed."

"Woo-hoo!"

"*Gasp* Did you hear that, Annie? We're going to go home." Pony proclaimed.

"That's great!" Annie said.

"Ooh, I'm afraid you'll all have to wait." Hovis responded.

"Huh?" Everyone asked.

"I was going to go ask those children something, but I heard from a short distance that they needed to label the buttons, not to mention, earlier, it was said that they needed a device that can determine the right universe for each of them. And the boy in the trio said they needed to get some rest. They also went on their way to inform the others."

Everyone looked blankly at him. They all just shrugged.

"So be it. At least it won't be any time late." Mr. Blik momentarily thought of something. They should spend one momentous occasion with these families that were brought here.

"Fellas, I've got an idea. Let's have a dinner feast, tonight. We've gotten to know different people, of course, I've gotten to know more people than any of you. But we should have a memorable, lovely or wonderful night having to eat and drink together, end tonight on really good terms with each other, speaking positive things. And maybe, this can help Ronnie Anne and Lincoln get closer. Hee hee. We should invite my wife, Katilda too. We should also take Lincoln 1, Bobby, and Pony for some shopping."

"Blik, sounds like you're onto something. And it feels cool." Gordon said.

"I'm all for it. Let's do it." Said Waffle.

"Count me in!" Pony said.

"Perfect! Let's do this, fellas!" Blik proclaimed.


Waffle was outside of the residences, dressed in troubadour clothing, playing a catchy tune on a long horn for a while, Gordon and Mr. Blik were on two different sides of him individually, attracting the attention of every family from their residences.

"Hello. Did anyone tell you that the machine has been finished being repaired?" Asked Waffle. The families nodded with smiles.

"From the scientists themselves." Answered Lincoln 2. "Although, we have to wait until tomorrow that we can go home."

"Well, we're here to announce that you're all gladly invited to our house for a dinner feast tonight." Mr. Blik announced as he tossed over invitations that simply said every family names meant for each one, were invited over to the house.

The families became surprised.

"That's right, laddies, we're having a dinner feast for a memorable night if not. We should spent one last occasion with all of you. Trust me, it'll be worth your while, for all of your faults. And there's no need to dress fancy for tonight. Just come as you are dressed. As long as your clothes aren't torn." Gordon said.

"I'll say, concerning faults. I prefer being with most families here." Levi said, solemnly.

"Lynn Sr. 1, Lynn Sr. 2, and Rosa Casagrande, we invite you over to our house, you're all in charge of preparing the food, just bring over an applicable amount of food from your respective residences, and you can also use some food we have in the kitchen."

"If you don't mind, I'd like to work while keeping my distance from Mr. Loud 1."

"So, be it, Mrs. Casagrande. We've left Hovis, our butler, to direct you to your stations. Lincoln 1 and Bobby Santiago, we invite you to come with us to the grocery store, and the mall for some shopping, and a chance for fun with us, as friends of rich cats. We are proud to call you friends." Mr. Blik said.

"Shopping? What for?" Lincoln 1 asked.

"Oh, things like clothes for you two and Pony to try out. Things like food, drinks, snacks, and desserts. He's invited with us too. Annie approved it. You can either wear them to the feast, or not. And we're also shopping for some thing for the ray. We got to get a determination machine!"

"Hmm, well, sounds interesting. Sure, I can join." Lincoln 1 said, after some thinking.

"Mhm. Sure. I feel like coming along too." Bobby said.

"Mmm mm, can you excuse me for a minute. I'm not sure I should just let Lincoln come along with you."

"I second that." Maria said.

The cats just deadpanned at that.

"Madam, can I give you some persuasion?" Blik asked as he came over.

"I second that notion, and I second it a second time." Waffle said.

The cats had entered the house with the two mothers, they had spoke some words of persuasion, to let the boys join them. It took almost half long. But the two women were convinced. So, they let the boys join the cats, and they bidded each other farewell, as the cats led them away.

"Ooh, Mr. Blik, can I join you guys?"

"Oh, sorry, Carl, we've only got room for the three of us, these two, and Pony. It won't be comfortable."

Carl just deadpanned, while Lincoln 1 and Bobby wondered nervously what Blik meant by "it won't be comfortable." Sure enough, as everyone was in the car, gear, Lincoln, Gordon, Bobby, and Waffle were sandwiched between Pony and Mr. Blik, Pony had a guilty face, and Mr. Blik did not feel any more comfortable, he had frustration in his face.


*Cue Chali 2na - International*

The cats, Pony, and the boys were at the grocery store, and they split up into 3 pairs.

Gordon went with Pony, Mr. Blik went with Lincoln 1, and Waffle went with Bobby. Gordon and Pony went looking for different foods, the list was of things were made on a piece of paper. These two were at the chips sections. Gordon climbed up Pony and he went on climbing up the shelf, reaching the highest part, and he grabbed 2 packages of Kirkland tortilla strips, before dropping it into the shopping cart, and jumping back on Pony, who went on to push the cart. Then, they went on shopping. They were at the meat aisle, waiting in line, Gordon was waiting in a line of 7 people, took a number, and Pony took a look at a tank of fish swimming around in it, attracting him. Then he took a look at the dead salmon out next to the tank, grabbed one of them, and played with it, kissing it in the lips, but Gordon grabbed it, threw it away, and ended up having to pay for that salmon, Pony felt guilty for that. They got some steak when it was their turn after that. They went into the drinks aisle, where Gordon climbed up Pony and grabbed some 7 Sunkist bottles in the cart, then they went a little bit further back. Gordon, grabbed 7 bottles of Pepsi and put them in the cart. They moved further up, then Gordon grabbed 7 bottles of Sprite, and finally, they went to the where the root beer was. Pony wondered if root beer was made because it came from tree roots or some other roots, raising an eyebrow. Gordon grabbed 6 bottles of root beer, 5 cartons of orange juice, and then he saw Pony grab a root beer bottle with his mouth, smiling in the fact that he perceived he was helping him, but Gordon saw the saliva coming down from his mouth. Mr. Blik and Lincoln were in another aisle. They grabbed two different packages of bread, and after some consideration and thought, Mr. Blik decided to take his package of bread. They went to another aisle, looking for spices, Mr. Blik saw a container of ground black pepper. It was on the list. In fact, it looked like it was the last one. He grinned in excitement. He rushed for it, but the container was taken by a midget man half taller than him, who blew a raspberry. Feeling insulted, Mr. Blik was steaming, but then he inhaled and exhaled. He saw another container of black pepper, and attempted to grab it, only to get kicked in the face, and the same midget man took the ground black pepper, and Mr. Blik was pissed off now. He may have changed a lot for the better, but he wasn't above giving someone a taste of their own medicine for reasons like kicking him in the face. He rushed at the man and clawed around on his face. Mr. Blik managed to grab the black pepper and throw it into the cart. Lincoln panicked, and attempted to pry Blik off, put him in the cart, and pushed the cart away with the man chasing after them, They managed to escape him by hiding in a small group of people after making a left turn and, he ran off, with no clue that they were hiding., but he unknowingly slipped on a sponge that Mr. Blik took out from a janitor's cart and placed it there, and it was wet, leading the man to skid and crash into a shelf of cans. Mr. Blik giggled, but Lincoln glared at him. Then they went to a few different places, putting in whipped cream, and variable numbers of tomato sauce with mushrooms and plain tomato sauce, pasta, ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, BBQ sauce, shredded cheese, and corn tortillas. Bobby and Waffle were supposed to be shopping together, but Waffle disappeared, when Bobby decided they should split up. Roberto later faceplamed at this. So, Bobby did his goal for shopping. He went collecting mostly vegetables and fruit, like lettuce, apples, tomatoes, 2 pumpkins, potatoes, eggplants, orange juice, grapefruit, bananas, a watermelon, a cantaloupe, carrots, grapes, and beans and rice too. He also grabbed 1 long rectangular cake. Everyone made their way to the cash registers, and paid for the things they bought, thankfully for Bobby, he was left in charge of Waffle's wallet. Finally, they got out and caught sight of Waffle to the left, riding on a mechanical horse, having fun. The cat turned around and saw the entire group he went here for glaring at him, due to his absence. Soon, they learned apparently that Waffle was attracted to the mechanical horse and when Bobby said they should split up, Waffle forgot about doing his part in shopping, and went to ride the horse. He had a good amount of quarters with him.

After loading the things they bought into a trailer connected to Gear, the group went to the mall, where they went to a clothing department. They could only be here for a short while though. The individuals from the different universes went through different clothing that Mr. Blik was trying out on them: Leather jackets, with shades, and blue pants and black shoes, hipster clothing, jock clothing, flirt, clothing, moto clothing, adventurer clothing, and dinosaur costumes and rancher clothing, the last two, Waffle picked out by himself, to Mr. Blik's slight annoyance, at least for the costumes. Their guests were given the choice of which clothes they could take, and after that, everyone went back to Cramdilly mansion, but not before, Waffle conviently found an outdoor salesman, a random citizen selling electronic parts that were specifically convenient for his ray machine, and they looked like they were expensive too, but they were sold for an affordable price. After they got home, the cats and Hovis would get help from the group they invited to the stores, Annie, and their appointed cooks in unloading the products from the grocery store. For hours, Rosa, and Lynn Sr. 1 and 2 worked hard at preparing the food, it took quite a long time. After the food was done being made, Gordon called all families over, and they all came to the mansion, where the seating arrangements were made. Unfortunately, Katilda didn't come over, much to Mr. Blik's momentary sadness. It was possible she wasn't home at the moment. At the feast was mostly Mexican food, but there was a minority of Italian and American food. Most of the Loud family 1 was seated with each other, while Lincoln 1 was rather seated between Lincoln 2 and Ronnie Anne, he shortly blushed at being seated next to her. However, before everyone could eat, Waffle shouted in shock that he was in charge of the root beer, and they're not where he was supposed to put them, and the root beer that was already where they were is missing too! In turn, this led to Lincoln 1 and Lincoln 2 taking out their clothes, revealing their Ace Savvy costumes they were wearing, only for them to be surprised by this. Loki smirked at this. Yup, that was his brother. Rather than argue on who helps Waffle, the two boys decided to work together. It was a 15 minute investigation as the two boys helped Waffle search for the missing root beer, as difficult as it was for him to remember, after so much searching, it turned out, that Waffle had left the root beer behind, on of the roofs, when no one was looking. Anyway, the cats, Annie, Pony, and all families had spent their feast, eating, drinking, getting to know each other, well the applicable people who didn't do that all day, during which, Lincoln 2 and his family learned some bad qualities and behaviors from Lincoln 1's ex family, stories about some events involving them too, and they understood even more why the latter hated most of his family (although no one brought up the bad luck incident, in Lincoln 2's universe, that was prevented from happening when his parents stepped in after the softball game and they and he talked Lynn 2 out of it and had her straightened out). Lincoln 1 and Ronnie Anne learned that the latter's counterpart from Lincoln 2's universe was a bully to him at first, but she gave him a hard time in a shorter time than Lincoln 1. Lincoln 2 was brave enough and self-assertive enough to talk her out of her ways of bullying, and after 10 weeks when they first met each other and bonded, they became a couple. Also, in his universe, Ronnie Anne 2 didn't ever move away. Lincoln 2 sincerely wished them the best with each other. Hours passed until the feast ended, and everyone returned home. 2 hours later, when everyone was asleep, 2 RV's parked next to the gate, and a third one parked at Kimberly's house, and the cats who were previously spying on everyone earlier, came out of it, jumping over the wall, and slowly making their way to most of the residences, although in the case of the mansion, the cat brothers, nor Hovis were involved in this, in the minds of these cats. Lincoln 1 sat on his bed, still wearing his Ace Savvy costume, smiling softly, and felt happy. He couldn't sleep these last two hours. This whole day felt like a really good day for him. He was with-animals who had treated him really good, they really had respect for him. And his work in investigating really gave him a good impression with Gordon and Mr. Blik. And Waffle sure was caring and kind towards him throughout the day, in spite of his faults. He looked at himself in the mirror, and felt great at portraying his role model, Ace Savvy. Now, he wished he could stay here. Then his smile dropped. Yes, he could stay here. But why leave Ronnie Anne? Why leave the Louds when he said he'd give them a chance to make things up to him? He went back to lie down on his bed, and slowly fell asleep. 25 minutes passed, things were at peace for the moment. Then, suddenly, Lincoln was muffled by a napkin held by a black Bombay cat and a Himalayan cat, who smiled sinisterly at him, and he was suddenly restrained by four Maine coons, who managed to keep him from breaking free. He tried screaming for help, but nobody was coming. And he didn't know it, but the napkin pushed onto his mouth, was dipped in chloroform. And Lincoln became unconscious.

A/N: That's the end of this chapter. For those who don't know, the universe that Lisa 1,2, and Levi were in, was the universe of The Legend of Korra (not that I saw that show on TV at any point in my life), after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and they had an encounter with canyon crawlers, in the exact same location setting of the Avatar: The Last Airbender episode, "The Great Divide." Anyway, the last chapter will have action involved. But for now, I'm going on hiatus, until January. What did you think of this chapter? Leave reviews, favorites, follows, and private messages.