Five weeks later…

"Kids!" Mrs. Loud called from the kitchen "Breakfast is ready! Hurry up!

Luna woke up with a major groan and wiped her eyes. The morning sunlight stung her eyes and she felt very fatigue. The moment she awoke she noticed she didn't feel wasn't just that she wasn't a morning type but on this morning she felt very terrible. Her stomach was growling but not in hunger but of pain while her head throbbed as if her brain and heart switched places. She also noticed her breasts felt sore as if she had just bench pressed a thousand pounds the night before. The kicker though was that this wasn't the first time she felt this way in the morning. The past week she'd been feeling a little funny and while she couldn't quite understand why but she had this really haunting sensation that something was going on. Today however, was very worse compared to the past days.

"Erhg…." Luna groaned as she struggled to climb down from the top bunk she and Luan shared. Luan had already gotten up and was probably in the bathroom fighting with her siblings over the bathroom

Once she got on the ground that was when she truly felt woozy. Her stomach hurt, her head hurt, her eyes her, just, everything seemed to hurt.

"Aw man…" she croaked out "Am I coming down with something?"

She placed her hand to her head; strange, her temperature felt normal. Was it her dad's goulash? As much as an amazing cook Mr. Loud was, he goulash was much left to be desired. She shook her head and tried to get ahold of herself.

"C'mon Lunes you've felt worse." she sighed to herself and limped out the door to the bathroom.

The bathroom was just as Luna had expected it to be, chaotic.

"I had it first!" her little sister Lola screamed as she and her twin Lana battled over a tube of toothpaste.

"No I had it first Lola! Give it!" Lana screamed back as she tried to tug the tube to her chest only to be met with another tug by Lola.

Her other sisters were huddled around the mirror either brushing their teeth, applying makeup, or in her younger sister Lisa's case, swabbing the sink for DNA samples; don't ask.

"Hey Luna," She heard her little brother Lincoln announce behind her waking her from her trance-like state.

"Huh what? Oh hey bro." She answered with a very weak smile.

Lincoln frowned almost immediately at the appearance of Luna. She looked horrible! Her skin was pale, her eyes had deep circles, and despite her faux smile, Lincoln could tell she seemed to be in a lot of pain.

"Uh Luna?" He asked with great concern as he scratched his white hair. "Are you okay? You don't look too good."

Luna squeaked a little but just smiled, "Oh I'm alright bro. Just, you know how mornings are for me."

Lincoln tapped his foot and folded his arms. He wasn't buying Luna's answer.

"Are you sure?" He responded. "I know you aren't a morning person but today you look like a zombie!"

Luna just patted his head and giggled a little.

"I'll be fine Link! Just need to get my face cream on and a cup of coffee and I'll be alright!"

Although to be honest, the thought of drinking coffee actually upset her stomach more. Lincoln had a semi look of worry on his face.

"Look I'll be fine Lincoln" She said as she took his hand and they entered the bathroom. "C'mon let's get ready for school together."

Luna wasn't feeling any better even after her shower. Her headache had ceased but her stomach was still doing flip flops. For some very peculiar reason, she had an urge to pee even though she had just went a few moments ago. Now she was at the table barely touching anything. She was sipping her coffee at a very slow pace and was hardly even eating anything. It appeared the rest of her family was catching up on her odd mannerisms today.

"Sweetie are you alright?" She heard her mother ask.

"Oh I'm alright mom." Luna managed to squeak out as she poked her breakfast with her fork.

Her mom got out of her chair and walked up to Luna.

"Are you sure dear? You don't look so hot." She said with worry as she placed her hand on Luna's forehead.

Luna groaned in embarrassment, "Mom I'm fine. Just a little queasy is all. I'm sure it's nothing."

Her siblings all looked at her with concern and worry.

"Are you sure Luna?" Her eldest sister Lori asked.

"You look paler than Edwin when Griselda left him for the Duke of Transylvania." Her little sister Lucy said in her creepy monotone voice.

"Shall I implement emergency quarantine procedure alpha six?" Lisa inquired in a scientific method.

"Guys I'm fine!" Luna shouted. "I'm alright. Probably just something I ate last night or maybe it's my time of the month. I don't know!"

Luna got up and walked to the living room snorting with frustration. The Loud house was concerned by this as she wasn't her cheery musical self today. Normally she'd be singing about just about everything but she seemed very slow today. Actually, they had noticed she seemed sluggish for the past week but thought nothing of it. This morning however Luna was particularly bad.

Mr. Loud turned to his wife and said quietly, "Rita? Should we do something?"

Mrs. Loud gave a smile although her eyebrows were lowered "I'll double check on her. But I'm sure she's alright honey. She's probably experiencing feminine pains is all."

Luna, like her older sisters was budding into a woman of course she was gonna feel like utter garbage some days. It's just what kids do in that fragile gap between childhood and adulthood called teenage years. After breakfast the kids still had a half hour of free time before it was time for school. Immediately nine of the children still at the table got out and ran off in various directions to do whatever it is they wanted to do. The exception being baby Lily who was still in her high chair. Mister and misses Loud got up and started collecting the dishes. As they walked past Lily their nostrils were struck with a very pungent odor that they were all too familiar with.

"Uh oh did my wittle Wiwy make a stinky?" Mrs. Loud booped Lily's nose as she spoke in baby gibberish.

"Poo poo!" Lily babbled as she wiggled in her high chair.

Mrs. Loud turned to her husband and said, "Hey Lynn, why don't you go change Lily while I check on Luna."

"Aw can't I check on Luna while you change Lily?" Mr. Loud groaned as he plugged his nose.

Rita Loud rolled her eyes, "No honey I think Luna's having girl issues and needs a woman's touch. Besides I changed Lily last time so it's your turn!"

"Oh alright." Her husband pouted as he picked up Lily but kept her away from his face as he tried hard not to inhale the foul smell.

Mrs. Loud walked out of the kitchen and saw Luna sitting on the couch groaning in pain.

"Luna honey are you sure you're alright?" She asked as she approached her daughter.

Luna was able to adjust herself and squeak a little but nodded her head. Mrs. Loud didn't take any chances and immediately headed to the upstairs bathroom to grab the thermometer. When she got back down stairs she presented it to Luna.

"Okay honey open your mouth." She addressed Luna in a stern but motherly fashion.

But Luna shifted away from her in protest.

"Mom I told you I'm fine!" Luna spoke with great resistance.

Even though she knew she felt like shit, she didn't wanna miss school today. Today she and her friends were going to hang out at the mall and check out the new music shop that opened. She feared if she called in sick her parents wouldn't let her go.

"Honey please let me check your temperature." Mrs. Loud demanded in a more stern voice this time.

Luna got up and pointed at her mom in defiance, "Mom how many times do I have to tell you? I'm feeling fin… UG!"

Luna was cut off by a sudden belch and she immediately covered her mouth. However this belch wasn't a gas belch though and a strong acidic flavor came from it.

"Luna are you okay!" Mrs. Loud asked with worry as she carefully approached her daughter.

Luna tried to say something but her words were blocked by a series of belches and croaks. Luna covered her mouth and clutched her stomach before keeling over the floor and hacking. Mrs. Loud immediately realized her daughter was throwing up and rushed to the kitchen to grab a garbage bag. It was perfect timing too as just as she got back she put the bag in front of Luna who proceeded to retch into the bag in violent spasms. The other Loud siblings nearby watched and gasped in horror as they witnessed their sister retching and coughing into a garbage bag. It wasn't long before the smell filled the room and caused the Loud children to cough and gag at the foul odor.

"Kids go upstairs and get ready for school I'll deal with Luna." Mrs. Loud told her children as she held Luna close to the bag and patted her back.

Lisa was the first to break the silence, "Alright it appears that quarantine protocol alpha six needs to be initiated!"

"Wow, that sure was a gag I didn't see coming! Hahahaha!" Luan laughed as she told a terrible pun, "But seriously that's gross. I don't wanna get sick."

Mrs. Loud felt Luna's spasms cease and her retching stopped. She gently rubbed her daughter's back. Luna groaned a gave a few sobs as she tried to recover her strength.

"Easy there Luna it's okay." Rita gently said as she helped her daughter up.

Luna looked absolutely terrible. Her skin had turned very very pale and her face was wet with tears and sweat. To add further insult to injury, Luna realized she had wet herself too and began whimpering in embarrassment and pain.

Rita noticed her daughter's state and turned to her other children.

"Okay kids show's over! Get ready for school now!"

Immediately the kids ran up the stairs and soon she heard them fighting over who could use the shower first followed by the sound of disinfectant spray. She turned to her daughter again whose color was returning a little and she wiped her mouth with her arm.

"Mom… I'm sorry. I just…" she began to weakly speak but Mrs. Loud shushed her.

"You're staying home today little Miss." Rita told her daughter.

"But mom I was gonna hang out with Mikhail and Sam today after school!" Luna weakly coughed out and tried to stand up.

But her mother shushed her and helped her stand.

"You're not going anywhere like this missy." she responded as she pointed a finger at her daughter. "Listen I'll help you clean up after your siblings are ready and afterwards you are heading straight to bed. You got that?"

Luna tried to protest once again but she was too exhausted to fight. She didn't want to admit defeat but her mom was right. She was too sick and tired to fight anymore. Mrs. Loud escorted her daughter upstairs to the bathroom and took off her soiled clothes and put them in a hamper.

"Now you take a hot shower and go straight to bed Luna. I'll call the school and tell them you won't be coming alright?"

Luna weakly nodded, "Alright mom."

Luna stepped in the shower and to be honest it felt very great. The warm water and soap relaxed her tensed up body and watched the smell of sweat and sick off of her. Come to think of it, she felt much better too actually. Her stomach was calmed down and while she was still woozy and exhausted her headache had lightened up. She could hear her mother also cleaning herself up with disinfectant and instructing the kids to line up and get ready for school. Luna turned off the shower and dried up before putting on her evening robe before finally exiting the bathroom and heading to her room. She climbed up the bunk bed and snuggled underneath the covers exhausted. A few minutes later her mom and dad came up with a clean bucket, two tablets of tylenol, and a bottle filled with ice water.

"Okay sweetie me and your father have to work so take these tablets of tylenol and get some sleep okay?" her mother said in a nurturing tone.

Luna nodded and took the pills gulping them down with a swig of ice cold water. The water felt so refreshing though as her mouth was dried up and still had the aftertaste of bile.

"And if anything's wrong call us immediately!" her father instructed.

Luna nodded weakly and laid down staring up at her ceiling.

"If you start feeling a little bit better and get hungry there's chicken soup and crackers in the pantry." Luna heard her mom explain.

"I get it 'Rents!" Luna exclaimed as she raised her hands to show them her acknowledgement. "Right now I really wanna sleep."

Her parents immediately smiled awkwardly and said "Oh yeah forgot!"

They turned off the light and closed the door wishing her goodbye. Luna was left alone in the room with only a sliver of sunlight peeking through the curtains as a light source. Five minutes later she heard the sound of Vanzilla being revved up and the engine running. Luna felt her eyes drooping and a loud yawn escaped her mouth. With nothing to do she plugged in some earphones into her smartphone and turned on some rock music. She laid there in a daze, slowly falling asleep. Eventually her eyelids fell shut and she drifted off into a deep slumber.

By the time Luna had awoken from her dazey sleep it was half past noon. She sat up in bed and moaned in weakness as she rubbed her eyes. It appeared that last bit of sleep worked wonders, other than feeling a little drowsy, she was feeling much better. She grabbed the water bottle and took a few more sips. The ice had mostly melted but she didn't care, gulbing it greedily as she was very parched. Her stomach soon vibrated and gave a low growl. However, to her relief it wasn't a sign of sickness but hunger. That's when she noticed that she was very very hungry. Guess that wasn't too unexpected as she barely ate anything and the few small mouthfuls she did eat her body kicked out earlier. Come to think of it, she felt completely normal now.

"Mmm I guess I was right," she said to herself. "Probably just ate something last night that disagreed with me."

She carefully climbed out of bed and stretched her arms and legs and did a few jumping jacks. Yeah she definitely felt much better.

"Well might as well make the most of my day off then." she smiled as she walked out of her room.

Her first incentive was to find something to eat. Her dad said they left her some chicken soup but to be honest that didn't sound feeling. She headed over to the kitchen and opened up the fridge. She browsed around the shelves as if they were products displayed at the shopping mall.

"Lets see," she examined with a hum and put her free hand on her chin as she thought about her decision.

Unfortunately there wasn't much in the fridge to eat as it was a little difficult to hold onto leftovers in a big family. Her siblings once tried to figure out a way to divide the fridge space evenly for each of them but that ended in disaster. She examined what options she did have and looked at them each. Sliced American cheese? Nah that stuff clogged her up and besides, there wasn't any cold cuts to go with it. There was a chocolate pudding cup but that was off limits as Lola called dibs on it first. She looked at a container of bread pudding that had been there for a few days and opened it. At first she thought about heating it up as a little snack but the dusty smell and white/green splotches on it told her otherwise.

"Ugh is there anything good to eat around here?" she groaned as she tossed the moldy bread pudding in the garbage.

Soon however, her eyes came across a sandwich on a plate that was wrapped in plastic foil. Luna picked it up and looked closely at it. It was one of Lincoln's sauerkraut and peanut butter sandwiches. Luna had known about Lincoln's weird tastes in food and to her knowledge this sandwich was so bizarre and gross even Lana wouldn't eat it. However, for some very strange reason, Luna took a small piece off and popped it in her mouth.

"Whoa!" she gasped after realizing what she had done. Her brain and taste buds were telling her to spit out the sandwich but her stomach was telling her to keep eating.

Granted sauerkraut and peanut butter don't go together but it wasn't too bad. The texture was far left to be desired but taste wise it wasn't too bad. Hey it tasted better than her dad's goulash!

"Yeah I can dig this." she cheered to herself as she took the sandwich and put it on a plate. Granted Lincoln would scold her but he could always make another. It's a sandwich after all.

Still she felt something was missing on it but she couldn't put her finger on it. She opened up the fridge again and almost impulsively she began applying other weird things on the sandwich; regular butter, pickles, some black olives, and even some microwavable bacon! While this may have sounded like a sandwich so vile it would make a billy goat puke, she ate it like it was an everyday pb&j packed in a school lunch box.

Full and much better Luna decided to go to the living room and watch tv. Normally in a big family tv time had to be rationed to debated on, since she was home sick she had it all to her own! She grabbed the remote and turned it on skimming through the channels. The problem with day time television is that there's nothing good on until three. It was mostly just game shows, political news, and reruns of other shows. She decided to just watch a rerun of Jeopardy to pass the time for now. Who knows, maybe if she was feeling better she might be allowed to hang out with her friends tonight. Towards the end of this particular episode her phone began ringing and she picked it up. The caller ID said it was Mikhail and she smiled as she answered the call.

"Hey Mikky what's hangin'?" she asked in a giddy school girl voice.

She heard Mikhail giggling on the other end before saying, "I came across Lori at the community college today. She told me you were sick this morning."

Luna nodded even though she was physically alone.

"Yeah I don't know what happened. I just woke up with an upset stomach and next thing I know I'm in puke city!" she explained.

"Eck!" Mikhail gagged on the other line "Sounds gross. You doing okay now?"

"Uh hah!" Luna nodded. "Much better actually. My mom called me in sick but I'm feeling much better now. I was able to eat something and keep it down."

"Huh? Really, what are you doing now?"

"Ah just relaxing and watching some tv to pass the time. Mom said I couldn't go anywhere today but if I'm still feeling better maybe she'll let me out." Luna said with a tone of excitement in her voice.

"Nice!" Mikhail exclaimed on the other line. "However as much as I love you until I know for sure don't expect any hugs and kisses from me tonight."

Luna laughed out, "Ah Mikky I'm not sick like that. I don't have a fever or anything. I probably just ate something that disagreed with me last night. Probably my dad's goulash."

"Uh huh. Well okay then. Well babe my thirty minute break is almost over and I have to get back to my computer programming class. Talk to you later babe?"

Luna smiled and blushed a little "Sure thing stud. Call me anytime!"

"Hehehe, alright. Get some rest now though you here?" he said back.

"Sure thing Mikky!"

"I love you babe."

"Love you too!"

The other end beeped and the call ended. Luna went back to her shows and just laid back and relaxed. Other than this morning today was going alright.

"Yeah probably just dad's goulash." she said to herself although if a bit of worry in a deep undertone.

I mean she felt fine now. It had to have just been something she ate. Right….?