Back at the Loud house, Lily, as well as the rest of her siblings, sat on the couch while looking at the letter Stella had given them. Even with the years, the couch was still somehow able to withstand the size and weight of the 11 Loud children without breaking down.

Now if only their ability to process information was just as good...

"No matter where I look at it, this smells like a trap," Lily remarked.

Lana snatched the letter and sniffed it. "Are you sure? It smells more like paper to me."

"Come on, Lana, you know what Lily's talking about!" Lisa stated as she took the letter. "A letter handed to us to an old friend of Lincoln, who tried to beat up Lily, caught Leni, knows about the Lux Auras, and Even knows about the creature who can fix the Twilight cracks?"

"Yeah, when you say it like that, I don't know what I was thinking," Lana turned to Lori. "What do you suggest we do?"

"If we go, then It's very likely we'll fall into whatever trap Stella could've planned for us, but if we don't go, there's a chance Leni will remain in her current state forever..." Lori sighed and folded her arms. "Neither option really sounds good to me."

"Nor us!" Lynn exclaimed. "Leni's in trouble! We have to go help her!"

"We can't just rush in either, we need a plan," Lucy pointed out. "And we can't do that either until we find out anything about the island or whatever Stella invited us to."

"Speaking of Stella," Lily turned to Lincoln. "You seem to have met her before, Lincoln. What can you tell us about her?"

"She used to be part of my circle of friends before Lisa and I vanished, but she disappeared a couple weeks before the fact," the energy guy sighed. "I never heard from her again, and no matter how much I looked, I couldn't find her anywhere."

Then, the guy realized something. "What about you, Lily? From your reaction, it seems you've met her before."

"Kind of? I mean, I'm pretty sure she was the girl That was messing with me earlier at school today, but that's it," Lily scratched her chin. "And even if she's the same person, how does that make sense? She was part of your class from what I can tell, how could she suddenly be part of my Class now?"

"Well, whatever the case, we won't get anywhere just sitting here," Luna remarked as she got off the couch. "I'm sure we all agree that there's only one thing to do."

"Sit down and hope for things to get better?" Lisa suggested. "Or just focus on finding the Twilight Fox she mentioned to take care of the cracks."

Luna shot a look of disapproval, though with a hint of understanding where the energy girl was coming from. She shook her head, and stated:

"No, we have to go to whatever Stella's planning. We have no reason to believe the cracks will worsen on their own, just as we don't know if Leni will be truly safe as long as she's under Stella's control. We have to break her out of it as soon as we can."

"And ignore the Twilight cracks?" Lisa pointed out, folding her arms. "Do you know how many Lux Auras, Umbra Auras, and other kinds of magical girls were created ten years ago?! If we leave those things alone, it won't take long before an ex-Aura finds them and freaks out! We need to find the Twilight fox and close them as soon as possible!"

"You both have a point."

Luna and Lisa turned around to see Lily jump off the couch, snd stand between them, arms held in front of them.

"So, since we have two mutually exclusive goals to attend to, I have an idea: we'll split in groups. One group comes with me to the Stella's flying home to try free Leni and see what's Stella's deal, and the other group will stay here in Royal Woods and search for the Twilight fox. Does that sound good?"

The siblings nodded, and got off the couch, some heading to Luna's side while other went to Lisa's.

"Okay, so Luna, Lucy, Lincoln, and Lynn are coming with me, while Luan, Lana, and Lori are staying with Lisa to deal with the cracks. Any questions?"

*DING DONG*

"I'll go get it."

Lily walked to the door, and opened it to the surprising visit of Darcy Homandollar, and Clyde.

"Oh hey, I had completely forgotten about you two, sorry," Lily scratched the back of her head. "We were just deciding who was going to go to Stella's place and who was going to stay."

Clyde frowned. "So, you're planning to go to that obvious trap?"

Lily lowered her head. "We all agreed that we need to help Leni before Stella hurts her... or worse. And besides, not all of us are going, some are going to stay behind and look for the fox."

"Including me!" Darcy chirped. "I told you I was going to help find that critter, and I'm not planning to go back on my word!"

"Well, what about you, Clyde?" Lily smiled. "Are you going to join the search for the Twilight fox, too?"

Clyde nodded snd turned to his furry companion. "Yup. I get the feeling my friend here would be much more useful for hunting the Twilight fox anyway."

With that said, Clyde walked inside to greet everyone, while Lily lowered her head once more, taking a sad breath as Darcy noticed. "What's wrong?"

"I'm just a little upset that an old friend of mine won't be able to help," Lily saved her hands on her pockets. "She's got work, and I don't think she wants anything to do with the auras anymore..."

Darcy raised an eyebrow. "And what's the name of this friend?"

Girl Jordan sat on a trunk as Mrs. Johnson drew a large circle on the ground, followed by a series of strange symbols inside it.

"Shouldn't we call Lily and ask her if she wants to come with us?"

Mrs. Johnson stopped and turned to Girl Jordan. "No, she must have enough on her plate as is. We'll just have to deal with this on our own."

Girl Jordan stood up. "Now that you mention it, what are you doing, exactly?"

Mrs. Johnson smiled at her drawing, and stepped back as it began glowing with monochromatic colors.

"You'll see soon. Just step on it, and you'll get your answer."

"Why me?!" Girl Jordan snapped. "Why not you?!"

"Fair point."

Mrs. Johnson stepped into the circle, and got engulfed in a pillar of light as a result. The pillar only remained for a couple seconds before it dissipated, but once it did, Girl Jordan was shocked by what she saw.

Mrs. Johnson wearing the same armor she wore as an Aura.