This is where we change up the story and the episode "White Hare" and "Be Stella my Heart" does not exist. Time for them to meet Stella Gonzales! Who. Will. Win?! Enjoy reading this folks.
Family of two.
Chapter 19: Game on Stella
(Gus' Games n' Grub.)
Luna and Lincoln have arrived to the arcade, Lincoln looks to the place and is a bit excited and also nervous. Luna looks to her son and is worried. "You okay kiddo? You sure you wanna face this gal and settle this gaming score between the two of you?"
Lincoln then looks to his watch. "Yes, yes I do. She called me out into playing against her, so I wanna see which one of us is better at the arcade. I've been making high scores here since I was 9 and sure as heck I am not putting my top scores down for the count. Yet."
Luna snickers as she recalls something. "Didn't Jordan beat you at a game in there during your little hang out time?" She can see the nervous and shy look from her son.
"Well, yeah. She did beat me. But that was out of respect and she was pretty better than me, so I guess id di let one game get outranked and removing my name from the top 1, but I'm okay with it" replied Lincoln. "Besides, this one's different. I wanna see if this Stella person can earn my respect and maybe my trust and friendship. She sounds like a new kid on the block."
"Well, from what I heard from Sgt. Tristen, the family that moved here months ago is called the Gonzales family and they're from Asia, don't know what country though" replied Luna. They both get out of the car and then they see someone else arrive.
"Hey Jordan" replied Lincoln and Luna. Jordan has arrived on her bike.
"Hey guys, looks like we all came right on time" replied Jordan as she parks her bike onto the bike rack and chains it. "I didn't wanna miss out on the new girl in town and I wanna see if she can beat this white haired bravado and his gaming scores." Lincoln chuckles and blushes at what she said and Luna snickers seeing how adorable it was for Jordan to call her son that.
"Alright, so let's go and see this kid and if she can beat Lincoln" said Luna. All three of them head into the arcade and they enter through the doors and see their friends.
Clyde, Liam, Tabby, Zach, Rusty and Flat Tire, they seem kinda nervous. They all approach them. "Hey guys" greeted Lincoln. "So, where is Stella?"
"You guys feeling okay?" asked Jordan. Then he sees all of them moving their pupils back and forth. From Lincoln, Luna and Jordan to the right side of where they're sitting. Lincoln then turns and sees a girl coming out from the back of the Pack Rat game.
"You must be Linc?" replied the Asian girl. Yup, this is Stella. A tall slender girl with tan skin, freckles, black hair that curls at the back end with two strands of hair standing out, two pairs of eye lashes and noticeably slanted eyes.
Her attire consists of a short-sleeved white sweater, with a red star in the middle, a red collar and red sleeve edges, a knee-long black skirt, white knee high socks with a red and blue stripe at the top, and green sneakers. She's also wearing a wristwatch on her right hand and a red hair clip on the back of her head.
Lincoln was kinda surprised by this girl and the way she looks. 'Wow, for someone who's tall and supposed to be my new gaming rival, she's kinda pretty. But I already have someone cute on my mind.'
"Yes, I am Linc. But my name is Lincoln, Lincoln Loud" replied Lincoln. "And you must be Stella."
"Stella Gonzales, my family moved here last month and we've been trying our hardest to get used to the place" replied Stella. She then looks to the guys and Tabby. "And your friends were here when I arrived, they knew I was Stella and remained quiet to make the whole place seem ominous and suspenseful."
"Well, it sure worked and the way you were behind the game was kinda cool" replied Jordan. "Like a super spy thing when they wait for the person to arrive."
Stella chuckles. "Thanks, and are you Linc's girlfriend or something?"
This makes Lincoln and Jordan blush and look nervous and then speak at the same time. "Well …. There is …. Umm, well …. Dated twice … But …. What?" The others found this kinda funny and sweet and also kinda awkward.
Luna snickers. "Well, one thing's for sure. My kid here and this gal are both smitten like two lovey dovey kittens wearing mittens." This makes the others chuckle at the rhyming words she made.
Stella then gets confused and looks to Luna. "Kid? What are you talking about?"
"Lincoln's my son" replied Luna, she was confused as to how Stella doesn't know this. The others were also kinda confused.
Stella then goes wide eyed and looks to Lincoln and Luna. "Oh my gosh! Oh wow!" She then looks to Luna. "I am so sorry you had to endure that and have him."
Luna was confused by what she meant, then Luna's eyes go wide. "Oh! Oh no, it's not like that Stella. Lincoln's adopted! I swear I did not carry him!" This makes Lincoln turn red and feel very, very awkward.
Stella then calms down. "Oh, okay. For a minute there I thought ….. You know what never mind. So, why did you adopt him? You look like a 15 year old and not even close to adulthood to even adopt a kid."
The others were now stunned and confused. "Wait, so you don't know what's been happening around town involving Lincoln and his mom Luna?" asked Clyde.
"No, why?" asked Stella, she looks to all of them confused. "What the heck is going on? What did I miss?" They all look to each other concerned and Luna is a little bit expressionless from this kid not knowing. 'Dude, what the heck is going on?'
Lincoln then goes over to Stella. "Stella, we can talk about that later. Right now we should both begin what we came here for, and that is to see who is better at the new game Pack Rat. We'll tell you all that happened to me and my former sister later, deal?"
Stella was unsure about this, then she heard what Lincoln said. 'Former sister?!' Stella then recalls why she is here and she'll get all the answers later. "Deal! Let's do this thing!"
Lincoln and Stella head to the pack rat arcade game with the others following behind. Lincoln starts off first and aces the high score. Stella comes in next and beats his high score. This goes on and on and on and on and on and pretty much they keep going till either one runs out of tokens! (Does anyone here watch Regular Show? If so then recall the episode where Mordecai and Rigby play broken bones.)
Luna and the others watch as Lincoln and Stella do whatever they can to beat each other's high scores, this was getting kinda intense and also competitive, but both were playing fair and try not to mess with each other.
(30 Minutes later.)
Stella puts her hands away and sighs, she lost her last life and that was her last token. Lincoln already used up his last token and now Stella looks towards him. "Okay, looks like you beat me. Good game Linc. Good game." Stella shakes hands with Lincoln and they both look to the score board of Pack Rat.
Linc: 950,500,050.
Stella: 950,500,000.
"Man! And by 50 points missing too!" said Rusty.
"You nailed the win Lincoln. The there was awesome!" said Liam.
"Looks like you still got the win in this arcade and all the games" replied Zach.
Jordan chuckles. "Not all of them." They then recall what Lincoln told the once about Jordan beating him at racing and that he was okay with it.
"That's my son right there" chuckled Luna as she ruffles Lincoln's hair making him chuckle as well.
Their friends cheer for Lincoln and his victory over the girl who tried to beat him, Lincoln shakes her hand. "Good game Stella, and you gave it your all. You earned my respect."
Stella chuckles. "Thanks, and as a way to say you did awesome back there. Let me buy you guys some lunch, I got a large sum of allowance from my granny after helping her with some things she needs."
They all smile and accepted this. "Just as long as you let me pay for the drinks" said Luna. "It would be kinda rude to let a kid like you just pay for all the food for lunch." Stella smiled hearing this and they all find a booth and they place their order for a large pepperoni pizza with cheese and bacon.
"So, before I ask you guys about what happened here in town. Do you guys got any questions about me being the new kid in town?" asked Stella.
They all wanted to know more about her and try and be her friend. "Well, one thing I wanna know is what country in Asia you and your family are from?"
"Philippines" replied Stella.
"Is that somewhere near China?" asked Rusty. They all look to him confused. "What?"
"Well, my home country is below the Chinese sea territory. But from what history shows is that the Philippines was the shield of Asia that held it's line for the Americans and their forces so they can take down Japan in World War 2, led by legendary general Douglas MacArthur." replied Stella. "My granny told me that one, she was alive during that time."
They were kinda impressed by Stella and her knowledge on her own home country.
"What are the things you like?" asked Zach.
"Well, I like to tinker with gadgets" replied Stella. "Let it be robotics or anything that has some gears, parts and other mechanical parts, I like to tinker. I helped my granny fix up one of her broken music boxes once."
"I'm also a slight fan to my countries movies, mostly horror movies and trust me you guys do not wanna watch them, I also like dancing games, and laser tag." They really wanted her to come with them to laser maze next time to see what she can do, and if she can beat them all!
"Wow, okay so do you speak your native language or is there other languages you can speak?" asked Jordan.
"I can speak 3 different languages, one which is Basic English, some Spanish and of course the language of my home country, Filipino. But I reside in Manila so we call it Tagalog, in other regions of my country we have different kinds of Filipino language to speak" replied Stella.
This got them all interested with the things she seems to know. "Do you live with your parents here? Or just your grandma?" asked Tabby.
"I have my mom and dad and my granny" replied Stella. "My dad works for Rosato Shipments and my mom is the woman in charge of a book club. My granny came with us after she lost her house to a storm."
"Oh, I'm so sorry for you Stella" replied Clyde with worry, the others also felt bad that happened.
"No worries guys, the good thing is that my granny is alright and she can spend all the time she has with her granddaughter" replied Stella. "I'm really close with my granny when it comes to the things we have in common and we have a lot in common."
Jordan then realizes. "Rosato Shipment?! My name is Jordan Rosato! My dad is the boss of the place!"
Stella goes stunned and her pupils shrink. "Wow, this is awkward and also weird. Is this awkward? I honestly don't know anymore."
"Maybe I'll tell my dad about your dad and you can tell your dad about mine" replied Jordan. "Seems like the two of us have some common ground as good friends."
"Now that sounds like a friendly plan there Jordan." Stella and Jordan shake hands and fist bump. Lincoln was already seeing a spark of friendship growing within Stella and his friends.
"Is there farming in your home country?" asked Liam.
"Yes, yes there is" replied Stella. "Ride, coconuts, Crocodiles, fishes, oysters, wheat, corn, sugar canes, chickens of course, cows, apples and other kinds of fruits, veggies and livestock."
Tabby was confused by one thing. "Crocodile farming?" The others look to Stella confused.
"Dude, what the heck?" said Luna.
Stella was also confused by that as well. "Yeah, my granny just told me about it once and even I had no clue how does that count as farming. But I think Crocodiles in my country are endangered, so maybe it's a different kind of Crocodile farming."
"Okay then, do you guys do sports in your country?" asked Flat Tire.
"We have the traditional soccer, basketball, extreme cycling, but we do some traditional sports that date back to our old times when Spaniards conquered our lands, we also have so many national heroes and most have become great presidents."
"Wow, your home makes it sound like history class, but way better" said Flat Tire. "This is kinda awesome."
"You're home country is suddenly sounding like an interesting place to go to" replied Luna, the other also agreed and were getting interested.
"What about the food?" asked Clyde. "How good is it?"
"Clyde, we have lots of pastries, so many that you would have a stroke seeing it all" replied Stella. "We got tons of bakeries and food vendors with different kinds of native and traditional foods, we mostly have lots of bread which all have unique flavors."
Clyde goes wide eyed and is feeling hungry. "Wow, you think you can show us some of the baked goods from your home country?"
"Well, I do know how to bake as well" replied Stella. "My granny and I love making Pandesal, it's the one bread that our country likes to eat for breakfast, small, compact, light and can go well with any food. I can also make cheese bread and cake." Now, Clyde is starting to like this girl.
"Do you got any guys on your mind?" asked Rusty. "Are you thinking of dating anyone?" They look to Rusty with annoyed looks. "What? I wanna know and she said we can ask her anything."
Zach, Flat Tire and Clyde also wanna know if Stella is interested in anyone. "Sorry guys, but I'm not looking for a boyfriend yet. I'm just not ready for that step, but until then I am looking forward to making friends and that's it. Having to date someone who is a friend of yours seems kinda awkward and will make things difficult to go by." This kinda hurt Rusty, Zach, Clyde and Flat Tire. But they understand.
Stella then looks to Lincoln and Jordan. "But I can tell you two are dating and have known each other for a long while. Let me guess, met since preschool?"
"Kindergarten when we were 4" replied Lincoln and Jordan. "We became the very first friends towards each other and I guess the spark of the crush started there and grew into something more" replied Lincoln, Jordan scooches closer to him.
"Something we both wanna see through and how it'll all work out" replied Jordan. Lincoln slowly places his arm around her.
Stella chuckles seeing this. "Wow, you two are like those vintage hot shot movies about the guy and the girl at a drive in movie." The others laugh at this and so does Lincoln and Jordan. Stella then looks to Liam and Tabby. "And you two look like your dating."
"We sure are, we haven't made it official yet but we both like to hang out and talk some of the music we like" replied Liam.
"And I owe it all to Lincoln and Luna" replied Tabby. "Luna told me about Lincoln having no one to go with to the Sadie Hawkins Dance and even though Lincoln was pretty nice, I found true common ground with Linc's pal right here. My farm boy Liam." Tabby kisses Liam's cheek, this makes Liam turn red and chuckle.
"I guess Lincoln is pretty awesome when it comes to helping friends" replied Stella.
Then Lincoln asks Stella. "Have you made any friends in town yet?"
Stella sighs. "Sadly when I came to this town and started walking around, others would see me as freakishly tall. But I'm 11 and some kids in my country are tall at times and we have kids who do a lot of insults and name callings. I was glad to leave behind the home I was from and get over the names they mocked onto me, but now that I'm here I can start a new, but the name calling still goes on. But I know I can make some friends who can accept me for who I am and not judge me from my looks."
Lincoln then has an idea. "We can be your friends." Stella looks to all of them. "Seems like we all accept who you are and you pretty much just told us all the cool things you can do, even though most people and kids might see you taller than the normal 11 year old. We don't mind one bit, we're okay with who you are and what you can do."
Stella smiles hearing this and seeing all of them all in for the idea. "Wow, thanks guys. This is kinda nice of all of you, I guess I did make friends after all."
"That's my kiddo" said Luna as she pulls Lincoln closer to her. "He knows how to make good friends and make others feel loved and appreciated." Lincoln chuckles and this and hugs her.
Stella then asks. "So, what happened with the two of you? Why are you a mom and adopted your own brother?"
This was it, they were going to tell Stella about how it all went down and how wrong it turned into. "Brace yourself Stella, things are about to get intense" said Jordan.
They then tell her the bad luck incident and the shattering of the loud family, the punishment and Luna being given the mother role and adopting Lincoln as he son and both of them being the only ones in the house and to have full custody of the last name, Loud.
Stella is at a loss for words, never in her life has she ever heard of this and now she's wondering how she hasn't heard of this and now she has to ask her parents and granny if they know about this. They have never had this in the Philippines.
"Wow! That must've been so horrible! You almost died!" said Stella with concern.
Lincoln sighs all while Luna places a hand on his shoulder. "At least things are different know and mom and I are trying our best to pull through with this new life we have and I wouldn't have it any other way, and with some friends and loved ones along for the ride. Though we are planning to lighten their sentence, we can't hate them forever and I wanna know what they have to say after all that has happened to the family we once had."
Stella sheds a lone tear hearing this. "You have got to be the toughest kid alive. You survived imminent death, you stood tall and put your family into court and you're brave enough to try and get over harsh and painful memories. A normal kid would take a year or nine months to recover, you are something else Lincoln Loud."
"Thanks Stella, and it seems you might have also gotten caught in the middle of this as well" replied Lincoln. "Are you okay with it?"
Stella looks to the others and she knows they're all okay with this Lincoln and his new life and that they will also back him up. "You were friendly enough to trust me and respect who I am and also listen to the things I have to say, so heck I am in on it! We're all friends here and we stick together and have each other's backs! All the way!"
They all cheer for this. "Yeah!" Lincoln was glad he had another friend who would understand him and he was glad he could help Stella make some new friends and find some joy being in Royal Woods and not let herself be alone.
Then Luna forgot to tell her. "Oh right, the Ghost of our Great Grandma lives with us too." Luna drinks her soda.
Stella looks to her in shock. "What?"
"It's true" they all reply. "We've all seen her." Now Stella was getting interested in the loud house and the ghost.
(Skip, Royal Woods Mall.)
Lincoln and Luna are now walking around the mall doing some window shopping. They decided to go here after hanging out with Lincoln and his friends and their new pal Stella, Stella decided to go and visit Jordan at her place and the others went off to do their own thing.
Lincoln looks to all the shops and the stuff they had through the windows, then Lincoln stops at a pawnshop and he sees something. "Hey mom, can we go in?"
Luna looks to the place and then to Lincoln. "Sure, why not." They both head inside and they look around.
Luna is going through some instruments, but then her eyes were caught into looking at some books and old timey stuff. Then she sees Lincoln talking to the shop owner. 'What the heck is Lincoln up to?'
She then sees the pawnshop owner bring out a small box from the glass case near the window. It was two necklaces, they both are made of silver with some gold, and they both combine to turn the two lockets into a heart and can store a small picture. Luna smiles she knows what this meant. 'So my baby is going to make his move onto his special lady, I'm glad I too the picture from yesterday.'
Lincoln then pays the man with the wad of cash he has been saving since the bad luck incident and he takes the small box and goes over to Luna. "Okay, let's go."
Luna and Lincoln both walk out of the pawnshop and Lincoln puts the box into his jacket. Luna pulls her son closer to her as they walk.
"So, where are you going to give Jordan that?"
Lincoln chuckles. "I knew you'd know. I think tomorrow, but I need a picture to put in it and to symbolize our relationship."
Luna then smiles. "Luckily for you, I got a picture that could work." Lincoln smiles hearing this and they both continue to explore the mall for the rest of the day.
Lincoln had tomorrow to look forward too, and he didn't mind if his mom would follow them. She cares deeply for Lincoln and Jordan and the relationship their sparking within their hearts.
A/N: Stella is now their friend and she has shared to them the things she knows and loves, I had to do some slight research on my own country and what are the things we have. I know some stuff about my own home, the Philippines. Sorry to all my Pinoy's and Pinay's out there, but I was home schooled in front of the TV before I went to school, let's just say I'm a Filipino who barely speaks English. American TV got to me when I was a baby.
Coming next chapter is a Jordacoln thing and I know some of you will not like me for making it because they're too young or something, but who cares! Jordacoln is awesome and one day it will be legit! Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Also, if anyone has any ideas for future chapters, they PM me an idea and the concept.
Date made: 5/28/20 – 5/29/20.