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Chapter 4. New Beginning's.

A few days after the trial, in downtown Royal Woods. A small minivan driven by a British born Roddy named Chester Monk was heading to the apartment complex where he lives. Sitting up front in the seat right next to him was a fifteen year old musician with short brown hair wearing purple clothes. None other than Luna Loud.

After both her parents were found guilty and were sentence to life in prison. Chester Monk or Chunk as he's known became Luna's legal guardian. After gathering all her belongings from the house and is now moving in with Chunks apparent.

As the van pulled into the parking lot of the apartment complex were Chunk lives, He said. "Okay Love, were here."

Luna was quiet which was very unusual since she was known back at her old home as the Loudest Loud. Really because the evidence that was shown at the trial, what she and the rest of her family did to Lincoln it hit her like a punch to the stomach. Luna always saw herself as the closest to Lincoln out of all her siblings. But after the trial and realizing what she and her family have done, she couldn't be any further apart from him.

Chunk noticed Luna's unusually quiet mood and position. "Are you alright love?" he asked

"Yah, Fine." Luna said in a low monotone voice.

As Chunk helped Luna carry all her belonging up to her new home. The apartment were Chunk lived, he knew Luna was not fine as she said. He knew the effects of the trial were still fresh in her mind.

As Chunk got all of Luna's instruments, Speakers, and all her other belonging. Luna carried in her song books that she used to play from. As she carried one of the song books into her new room two ticket stubs fell out. They were ticket stubs from one of the many concerts she's been to. She picked up the tickets and took one good long look. She saw the name of the band preforming, (SMOOCH) the location of the concert. (The Royal Woods Mall) then finally the date. She gave out a heavy sigh and she dropped her head in despair. These weren't just any Smooch Ticket Stubs, These were the ticket stubs from Lincoln's first Smooch Concert. The memory of that whole event played back in her head. From her saving him a spot in line. From him shouting at her with him explaining how the rest of his sisters warned him about her and how she ruined their concerts. From receiving the phone call from Lincoln in the mall holding cell. How she dressed up like thier mother in order to get him and Clyde out of the mall holding cell. How after explaining her first concert to him and how it changed her. How the Mall security Guard let them go and gave their tickets back after being moved by her story. And how she made the rest of that event unforgettable for her little bro.

As Chunk carried Luna's instruments into the apartment Luna turned to him and asked. "Chunk, Am I a horrible person?"

"Is this about the whole trial involving your brother?" Chunk asked

Luna took a deep breath and said. "Yes! I feel it all my fault."

Chunk felt a great swell of pity for Luna. "You know Love, Just because you've made a bad choice does not make you a bad person. Believe me I've made more than my share of mistakes." He said

"Mistakes are one thing! But kicking your own sibling out and forcing him to sleep outside in the yard? Isn't that a little too much Dude?!" Luna said worryingly

"Look, Luna I know people and families can be crazy, I've known quite a few, But I'm sure your brother will forgive you in time. I mean It's not like you've tried to kill him are anything like that?" Chunk said

Tears began to roll down Lunas face. "I should have spoken up for him, I shouldn't have just looked the other way." Luna said as she broke down crying.

Chunk filled with concern and worry for his friend and new resident whom he was assigned as her legal guardian comforted her. "It's going to be alright love, IT's going to be alright!" he said

"No Its Not! I've failed him as both a sister and as a legal guardian." Luna bawled as she continued crying.

"Legal Guardian!? How Old Are You Luna?!" Chunk asked with both Surprise and suspicion.

"Fifteen." Luna wept.

"Fifteen, Your Only Fifteen Years old! Isn't that a little young to be appointed as someone's Legal Guardian!?" Chunk asked with surprise

"Believe Me Chunk…Because of the size of our family… Our parents appointed us older siblings the legal guardians of our younger siblings… Lori and Leni… were Lola and Lily's legal guardian… Luan is Lucy's legal guardian…even Lynn is Lana's legal guardian. Our Parents entrusted me with his case the day he was born and what did I do…" Luna tried to explain her best while sobbing until she finally broke down. She was now sobbing at full blast and could not even say a word. She blamed herself for all the pain that Lincoln and the rest of the family is suffering right now. This will be a guilt that will cause more serious problems later on in her life.

Meanwhile at the "Royal Woods Adoption Agency" five of Luna's sisters. Leni, Luan, Lucy, Lola, and Lana were waiting in the waiting room. Since both their parents a now serving life sentience's in prison all the Loud siblings were sent to Child Services and had Case's filled out about each of the Loud children. 'Minus Lynn who was doing time at juvie and had a very different case file for her.' After Child Services filled a case for each of the Loud siblings they were sent to the Adoptions Agency were families can adopt them.

As for Lori, Well Lori was seventeen and only one year away from becoming a legal adult. However dew to the situation with her family as well as her relationship with siblings. (Well how the media covered her relationship with her sibligns.) The State of Michigan decided to emancipate her as a legal adult. Which meant even though she was still a senior in high school she'll be moving to her own place and living an independent life. She will soon learn that being independent isn't as great as it sounds.

As Luan and Lucy were in the waiting room a woman secretary came up to the two and said. "Luan, Lucy We've found a family for you."

The two sisters were lead to counselors office. Next to her desk was a man with dark brown tan skin and long dark brown hair, he was wearing a white polo shirt with tan shorts and a blue sweater over his shoulders. There was also a woman with blond hair who was taller than the man, she had blond hair a white blows, tan shorts and wore a pink sweater over her shoulders.

"Hey Kids!" The man greeted them in with a smile.

"Are you our new parents?" Lucy asked

"I'm Bumper Yates, and this is my wife Jancey. We're your new parents!" The man said with excitement.

"We can't wait to introduce you to your new family!" Jancey said

"Here's hoping our new family aren't as cracked up as our old family?" Luan said

" 'Sigh' You'll need to forgive my sister, she thinks she's funny but some would say otherwise." Lucy explained

"Don't worry, We're well aware of your family's history." Bumper said

"It was all over the news after all." Jancey said

"So, Your alright with adopting us?" Lucy asked

"Of course, After living with us for a few day you two will be completely different girls." Bumper explained.

Both Luan and Lucy feared the worst. Will Luan still be funny? Will Lucy become more cheery and joyful? All these questions plagued the two Loud sisters minds until they've reached their new home. It was a huge mansion that looked expensive.

"Wow! These people must be lauded?" Luan thought to herself.

Soon after arriving the two girls were introduced to their new siblings.

Their older brother Bumper Yates Jr., their sisters Bella and Beatrix, and finally their little brother Beau. At first the two Loud sisters were reluctant to meet their new family. Soon after Lucy walked into the Yates family library it was a huge library with many different books. She soon found "The Inferno" written by 'Dante' after reading into it Lucy thought to herself "You know I think I'm going to enjoy my stay here."

Luan though likewise after getting to know her new family.

Back at the Royal Woods Adoption Agency Lana was tending to her pets. Her pet snake El Diablo, Her Frog Hops, Her lizard Izzy, and her rat Biety. At that moment the secretary went into the room were Lana was weighting with her pets.

"Lana Loud come with us." She said

As Lana was lead to the case workers office she was accompanied by her pets. At the case workers office was a woman in green cargo shorts and a green button shirt wearing hiking boots. She had long blond hair that went down to her shoulders and blue eyes.

"Lana?" The woman asked

"Yes." Lana answered.

"I'm Becca Chang I'm your new mother." The woman said

Lana then called her pets in. Becca took a good long look at each of her pets then she noticed El Diablo.

"I say, Is that an Amazon Boa constrictor?" Becca asked

Lana was surprised that Becca knew what El Diablo was. "You know about snakes?" she asked

"I know a lot about all sorts of animals, In fact I work at the Great Lakes City Zoo." Becca said

Lana was intrigued by Becca knowledge of animals. And she was more than excited to meet her new family.

After a three hour drive to Great Lakes City Becca Introduced Lana to her new family. Her new father Stanley Chang, Her older sister Sid, and finally her other sister Adelaide. Sid and Adelaide were more than happy to meet the new sister their parents were adopting. And soon Lana found out how much she had in common with Adelaide.

Adelaide notice Lana with her Pet Frog Hops. "Hey you have a frog?" she asked

"Yep, his name is hops." Lana said

Adelaide quickly ran into her room and got her pet frog. "His name is Froggy." Adelaide said

At that moment a dog barked.

Lana looked around and saw a poodle.

"And that's Mr. Woodford." Adelaide said

Lana quickly gotten well-adjusted and well acquainted with her new family the Chang's.

Back at the Adoption center Leni and Lola were in the waiting room. At that moment a woman in a short, strapless, yellow dress with dark brown curly hair wearing a designer leather jacket, and Knee high leather boots walked up to the two. She also has shade on her head much like Leni's

"Hello Girls." The woman sais as she pulled out a piece of paper.

"Are you Leni Loud, and Lola Loud?" she asked

"Yes we are." Leni said

"I'm Teresa, I'll be adopting you." The woman said.

As she bent down to greet the two a card fell from one of the pockets on her jacket. Lola picked up the card looked at it and said. "Your card says Thicc Q.T. on it."

"Oh yah that's my business name." Teresa said.

"Business name!? What business do you do!?" Leni asked

"I'll show you." Teresa said

After that the two Loud sisters got into Teresa's car and road down town Royal Woods. It was a Down Town neighborhood the two have never seen before. There was a lot of graffiti on the buildings, and most of the builds looked abandoned or deserted. When they came to what the two girls assumed to be a motel. The motel window had three big neon letter X's on it. As Teresa and the two sisters got out she shown them inside. It looked just like any other run down motel except that there were red lights.

"Oh are those red lights like for Christmas or something?" Leni asked

"No! Those Red Lights go on when I'm ready for business!" Teresa said

"Business what kind of Business?" Lola asked

"Lets just say all my client's know me by that one name." Teresa relied as she shown her business card that Lola picked up.

"Thicc Q.T.?" Leni asked

"Oh one more thing!" She said as she went over to the far room in her apartment opened the door with the two beds a two dressers. "Whenever I have business over you two stay in this room alright." Teresa explained. Soon Lola and even Leni will understand what their new mother does for business. The woman whom they know as Teresa but whom the underside of Royal Woods knows as Thicc Q.T.

Out of all the Loud siblings who are up for adoption. One in particular was offered a new opportunity. Lisa Loud may only be four years old but her high I.Q. and her Ph.D. and Noble Prize got her a new life with above all places CERN. Europe's Atomic Research Facility. At that moment Lisa was on a plan heading for Switzerland. Lisa Loud will go down in history as the youngest person ever to operate the Hedron Collider.

Miles away from CERN and Switzerland. Back in Royal Woods Clyde was walking home when he received a message on his cell phone. It was from his dads.

(Son, We've adopted five of the Loud's Kiddos. Their all settled in at home.)

Clyde was over excited! He thought Lincoln was going to be his new brother. Not only that but he was getting four sisters in addition to Lincoln. He could only assume it was his younger sister. He quickly rushed back home as fast as he could. When he got there he saw his dads waiting for him. Harold and Howard looked over joyed and happy.

"Dad's Is It True!?" Clyde asked overjoyed with excitement.

"Come on in son!" Howard said with a huge smile of joy.

As Clyde went in excited and overjoyed he overheard his two cats meowing more excessively.

"Dad is Cleo…" before Clyde can finish his sentence Howard explained. "Cleopatra and Nepherteri are getting acquainted with your new brother."

Thinking it was Lincoln Clyde ran over to the Cats Room but was stopped by what he saw. It wasn't Lincoln. In addition to his two cats, there was a third cat which did look familiar to Clyde.

"Dad who's cat is that?" Clyde asked

Harold walked up and explained. "That's Cleopatra's and Nepherteri's new brother Cliff. We've adopted him form the Loud's."

At that moment barking can be heard from behind as a Boston terrier ran up behind Clyde.

"ARF ARF" he barked

He jumped in Clyde's arms and began to lick Clyde's face.

"And that's Charles we've adopted him from the Louds also." Howard explained

Soon afterword's Harold and Howard opened a door and inside was a hamster cage, with a habit trail and hamster wheel. There was also a bird cage with a canary.

"The Canary is Walt, and the Hamster is Geo." Howard explained.

Clyde was a little down. "So you've adopted the Loud's pets! But what about Lincoln?"

Both Harold and Howard looked at each other with worried and concerned faces.

"I think we should have a little talk alone." Howard said.

After planting Clyde in the sitting room alone where the three could talk Harold said. "Clyde, Lincoln was the victim of Child Abuse! We've read this article once about the link between serial killers and child abuse victims."

"The Article explained how about 50% of all serial killers suffered some sort of abuse as at a young age, and how 35% of serial killers were known to be the victims of child abuse." Howard continued

Clyde was puzzled. He knew Lincoln personally his whole life and he never thought of him as someone who would become a serial killer down the line.

"So are you saying that if we adopt Lincoln he might kill us?" Clyde asked worryingly

"We can't take any chances son. There is a good chance that because of what his family did to him he might snap and go on a killing spree." Howard explained.

Clyde hung his head low. He after the trial he knew all about the trouble his sisters put him through. Then he thought about the pet's Harold and Howard adopted. Charles, Cliff, Geo, and Walt. The text message said they've adopted five of the Loud's kiddos.

"Hey Dad, I now know you've adopted Walt, Geo, Cliff, and Charles? But what about the fifth person you've adopted?" Clyde asked

"After researching the family from child services, we've found out that one of them did not suffer any abuse at all." Harold said

"Which one?" Clyde asked

At that moment a one year old toddler walked into the room were the MacBride's were sitting.

"Cyde! Cyde! Cyde!" the toddler called out.

"LILY!" Clyde called out with excitement.

"Clyde this is your new baby sister Lily!" Harold explained

Soon afterwards the baby ran up to Clyde as he reached down and gave his new baby sister a hug. Even though Clyde was still a little sad that his father's didn't adopt Lincoln, and he knew that they had their reasons. However With his new baby sister his dog, three cats, a canary, and hamster Clyde couldn't be happier about his family.

While the McBride's might be enjoying their five new additions. Things for one particular emancipated teenager were not going so smoothly. At that moment she's on the phone with her now ex-boyfriend.

"YOUR BREAKING UP WITH ME!" Lori cried

"Lori, people everywhere are saying I'm dating a child abuser. And some of them have some very valid points." Bobby explained

"What do you mean by that?" Lori asked in tears.

"They said If you really cared about your brother you would have stuck up for him and spoke out against your parents for what they did to him." Bobby explained

"My parents said he was bad luck, he even said so himself and…" Before Lori could finish Bobby cut her off.

"It doesn't matter what he said. My friends who've been fallowing the trial were right. Both your parents are in jail now because of something you could have prevented. But you didn't." Bobby explained before hanging up. Lori's breakup with Bobby was only going to be the first of many problems that plague her.

The next morning Lori arrived at the High-School only to be met by a very cold reception from the rest of the students.

"Hey Look! It's The Girl Who Kicked Her Little Brother out of the House!" One student called out

"Ew Gross!" another student would call out

Lori hung her head low as she was walking she came across one of her friends Whitney

"Hey Whitney!" Lori greeted.

"Oh I'm sorry? Do we know each other?" Whitney asked acting like she didn't know Lori.

"Whitney its me Lori!" Lori explained.

"I know who you are! You just didn't strike me as the kind of person who would kick their own little Brother out of their house and force him to survive on the streets. I've met him once Lori he could barely defend himself not less survive on his own." Whitney said

Lori was in a state of shock and disbelief. Her own friends were treating her like they didn't even know her. Soon she came across Carol Pingrey her one rival.

"Carol, Carol can I have a word with you?" Lori asked

"About what? Why you treat your little brother like trash?" Carol asked as she just brushed Lori off

As Lori was walking she came across Becky and Dana. Praying that at least these two would have at least some explanation on why everyone was so cruel to her.

"Becky Dana, Please tell me that…" Lori started to say before she could finish.

"Just one question Lori, What do you mean about turning someone into a Human Pretzel?" Dana asked

"What?" was all Lori can muster.

"I've had a talk with Leni after the trial, She informed me about many times you've threatened to turn your little brother into a Human Pretzel. I can only assume it's the reason you through him out on the curve." Dana explained

"We Don't Want To Be Friends with You! Brother Hater!" Becky said as the two stormed away from Lori.

Before classes started the voice on the intercom came up and said. "Lori Loud, Report to Principal Rivers Office NOW!"

Very hesitant and worried Lori walk up to the principal's office. Inside Principal Rivers and her assistant were waiting for her. Nervous Lori walked in.

"Look Lori, so far over all you're a nice girl, However everyone at school was fallowing the trial that was going on with your brother. Even Mr. Horvak assigned his class to do a report paper on the trial involving your brother." The Principals Assistant said.

"Anyway we feel that…" Before principal Rivers can finisher her sentence. Her phone rang.

The Assistant picked it up and said. "Principal Rivers Office…."

"She's right here should I hand you over to her or….."

"Oh You think I should just tell her in person…"

"Alright I'll let her know." With that the principals assistant hung up.

"Lori Loud. That Was the tuition board from Fairway Golf University. Your application to Fairway has been revoked." The Assistant said

"Lori felt her whole world crashing down on her. First her boyfriend Bobby dumps her, Then all her friends abandon her, Now The one college which she has been looking forward to all her senior year rejects her. For Lori Living single was going to be a hurdle.