Hey guys. I was actually planing to launch a chapter of 'the work of the lifetime', but I simply couldn't stop thinking about the chapter of this story, so I did this before the other fic. You know the drill, review telling if you liked it or not and why, and I hope you enjoy.
Lynn Loud was still in Middle school. It was her last class. She asked the teacher to go to the bathroom. Walking through the empty corridors, filled only with the weak voice of a teacher giving his/her speech, she soon reached her destination.
Inside, she checked all of the cabins, they were empty. She entered the last one and locked the door. She lowered the cover and sitted on it. She didn't needed to use the bathroom. She just wanted some time to be alone.
Things, obviously, weren't going well in the family. After what happened to her two oldest siblings, she was certain something had to do with Lincoln. She probably wasn't the smartest, but she could connect the pieces. Of the four siblings that were helping him before he died, three did unexpected things. Saving themselves, or another sibling, and even sending someone to the hospital.
Lynn was particularly focused on her older sister. Lori was one who didn't saw how bad Lincoln situation was, and it ended bad for her. If Leni was able to do something like that to Lori, imagine what could happen to herself, who began the whole 'bad luck' story.
She could convince herself it wasn't entirely her fault, but she had her doubts when trying to convince others. She remembered Luna, who tackled her the day he killed himself. She was the only one who didn't had any strange behaviour (hanging out late at night was common even before he died). What she could do to her, that was scary.
Then, there was her mother. She knew Rita would be her safe zone for any treat inside the house. The thing is, most of the time she didn't had the pleasure of sharing her presence. That's why, usually, hiding inside her bedroom worked. She could lock the door, and her roommate would just come through the vents.
Speaking of Lucy, that was Lynn's second worry. Lana was small and easy to handle, and Leni was never outside of Lincoln's old room. And while there was a chance of Luna winning a fight against her, by being older and having some experience (not all people in shows were friendly), Lynn still had hope that, if it happened, she would have the better hand.
That wasn't true for Lucy. Firstly, she was silent, nobody noticed her. She could easily take Lynn down by surprise. Second, whatever contacts she has with the spiritual world probably would be at her side, and how would she defend from spirits? Lastly, the fact she is her roommate, and might attempt doing something while she's asleep, was frightening. On weekends, she would just stay awake all night, and when Lucy was gone, she locked the door and prayed she wouldn't come back by the time she was sleeping.
While she was thinking, the bell rang. She waited about ten minutes before returning to class to grab her stuff. She wanted to avoid contact with people. Who knows if her best friend isn't working with one of her siblings. Luckily, the class was unlocked. She took her phone out and saw that a message just arrived from her father, announcing he was going to pick her and her younger siblings at school.
She rushed to the outside, but no sign of her father or the family van. She didn't wanted to be late. It didn't took long before the vehicle arrived. Inside were Lucy and Lisa, since Lana and Lola were at home. After saying hi to everybody, they began a silent trip from school to home.
After a couple minutes, while waiting for the signal to turn green, Lynn sr turned his face to the back of the vehicle. "Girls, I have some news"
...
"How are you," everyone asked to Lori
After Leni, Luna, Lana, Lola, Lily returning from high school, they were shocked by seeing that their oldest sibling was back home. All of them gave a hug on her, and they kept talking about what happened by the time she was out cold, mostly about Lana, Lola and Luan. Eventually, Lynn sr had to leave, since he had to get his other daughters.
Some time before he left, Luna had already made herself absent. She went upstairs and into her and Luan's bedroom, which would be only her's for a while. She closed the door and locked it. taking a good look around, she focused almost exclusively on the lower bed. It had yellow sheets, and under it you could see some of the prank arsenal Luan kept. She never dared exploring. The cameras would have busted her, and you never make Luan mad.
A lonely tear fell from her eye. She didn't fell on tears for a few reasons. One, she was tired of just crying for almost the whole month. Two, she was still somehow shocked, and trying to understand a little more about what happened earlier. Third, she had a task to complete.
Rita asked Luna to pack clothes and whatever she liked, so they could take it to her the next day. Luna was already with her eyes shining, having to go through all of her sister's stuff The closet was the easy part. Pieces of cloth weren't exactly touching, especially since everyone mostly used the same clothes everyday, but that didn't stopped Luna's sobbings. Under the bed, though, thing were a little more deep.
The first thing she packed was Luan dummy, Mr. Coconuts. She wasn't exactly sure Luan would be in the mood for jokes, but having 'company' couldn't hurt. Next, a few of her joke books. Luna was actually surprised by going through the pages and finding jokes she never heard (for good reason, since some were worse then Luan's usual arsenal). She was making sure tears wouldn't drop in her things
After going through most boxes under the bed, she came through a strange box. It wasn't a simple cardboard box, but one made of wood. It wasn't bigger then Luan's books, and it was painted white painted. It had a small padlock in the front. Luna took out her earing and used what she learned from Leni to pry open the lock. It took a few moments for her to open the thing.
Inside, there appears to be nothing but photos. There was one of Luan with each and every sibling, and also the parents. After removing the pictures, there was a small writing on the bottom of the box. It was written "The most important people in my life". That's when Luna left a few more tears drop in the floor. She closed the box with the pictures inside, and packed them as well.
There wasn't anything else that seems Luan would miss, except for the family, obviously. Luna looked at the room again. She could feel it empty already. She left the bag near the door and grabbed the guitar Lincoln left her. She seated in a chair near a window, and simply began playing with the cords. She wasn't playing anything specific. For once, she simply striked the cords playing random notes and chords. she cried for a bit, but she still didn't bursted totally into tears.
After fifteen minutes of staring out the window, Luna got tired, and still sad, she decided to just take a nap. She got up in her bed and took a quick look at the place. A feeling of something missing. Since now Luna had no reason to do so, she simply stopped trying to hold back the crying. She fell on a pillow, so no one would hear her, and after almost flooding the pillow she fell asleep
...
Lynn, both sr and jr, Lisa and Lucy arrived home with the news about Lori. While the three latter went to talk to her, the former had some business to attend with Rita. They both entered their bedroom, in order to have some privacy
"What happened with Luan?" Lynn asked
"I don't know, she simply began threatening the class. Where did she even get the gun?" Rita asked
Lynn sr seated in the bed, and placed both his hands in his head. "This is all my fault," he said
Rita sat by his side, a little confused. "Why are you saying that? Is there anything you haven't told me?" she asked
Lynn pulled a little piece of paper out of his pocket, and gave it to Rita. "The doctor gave me the day Lana and Lola were attacked. He didn't forced me, but suggested send the girls to do therapy, due to their violent behavior," he explained
"And you only telling me now?" Rita asked, angry. "Why haven't you told me earlier?"
"*sigh* honestly, I don't know, it just didn't feel right for me at the time," Lynn tried to explain
"Well, congratulations, now one of our daughters is in the insanatorium," Rita said, standing up and raising her voice and clapping her hands.
"Rita," Lynn began. "I know I've made a mistake, I understand it now, but I only ask you, let's solve this argument later. We already have enough problems to deal with," he said, in sad face. "First, we have to tell them about Luan, and if they want to do therapy," he said
Rita calmed down a little bit. "Fine, but don't think I'll forget this," she said. She headed towards the door and, when she opened, most of her daughters fell on the floor in front of her. The exceptions were Luan (obviously), Luna, who was still upstairs, and Lori, due to her broken leg.
"Well, guess it will be easier to tell them then I thought," Lynn said, looking at the pile of kids and teenagers in front of his bed.
...
Lincoln and Dennis were in a weird place. It was almost like a were trees, rivers, mountains, animals and flowers. Strangely, all of them appeared to have images or words in them. But, in actuality, it was Luna's brain. Or at least that was what Dennis told Lincoln.
"This doesn't look like the brains we have been before," Lincoln said. He was following Dennis, and he was going towards the mountains.
"Brains work different when you're sleeping," Dennis said. "Here, we have access to everything, from your sister's memories, to her feelings, to her desires, to her hates. Everything little thing here tells something about your sister,"
They approached a deer that was eating grass, and when it noticed them, he opened its mouth, and a very loud rock song began playing. Both souls covered their ears, until the deer simply entered a forest nearby. "Do you understand now?" Dennis asked
"WHAT?" Lincoln asked, loudly
"You are a soul, you can't get deaf," Dennis said
"Oh, sorry. Yes, I understand," Lincoln said
They continued walking, avoiding any sort of animal they happened to see. Soon, they got in front of the entrance of a cave.
"This," Dennis said, pointing at the entrance. "Is where people keep their most secret desires. You'll probably find a problem you can help your sister with," he explained
They both entered the cave and found three entrances. Two of them had rivers on them. "This probably means these two are making her sad, and might make her cry" Dennis explained. "Which path should we choose?"
"Let's go through the left," Lincoln said. They both followed the river, Dennis in front, and Lincoln right behind. When they saw a light, Dennis rushed on front. He saw certain things, and quickly pulled Lincoln back to the start.
"Hey, what was in there?" Lincoln asked
"Let's say there is a different reason for that cave to be wet, and you're too young to see what's inside," Dennis said, appearing to be a little shocked. "Let's go through the dry one," he said
The path was actually quite short, and in the end there was a stage, with Luna in the center.
"I should have expected that," Lincoln said. "But it seems to hard to do, it would take to much time. Let's see the last option," he said
They both went back and entered the cave on the right. It was very long, but after a while, they found an imagine of Luna hugging Luan.
"So do you have any idea what is this about?" Lincoln asked
"Wait a minute," Dennis said, leaving the cave. Soon, he returned with a bunch of apples in his hands. "I got these from some trees nearby. they have the latest memories of those two together," Dennis said.
Lincoln looked at the apples, and realised they had screens on them. Two in special got Lincoln's attention. The first one was from earlier that day. Luna was in front of Luan, and she was about to pull the trigger. Luna was fast enough to point the gun at the ceiling before Luna fired. Lincoln remembered that.
The next one, Lincoln hasn't seen. Luan had been taken by some police man, and an officer explained that she was taken to a psychiatric hospital, to be threatened, and also not be a treat to anyone else. Lincoln understood what he had to do.
"She wants Luan to be together with her again," Lincoln said
"Great," Dennis said, grabbing Lincoln's hand. "Now let's go,"
They teleported out of the cave, and Lincoln realised he had appeared in a high spot in a mountain, since he could see the whole landscape from there. In front of him, two controls, one for each hand, were waiting for someone to use them. Lincoln grabbed both, and began gaining control of Luna.
"Let's do this," Lincoln said, as his surrounding became similar to the other brains he had been to. "Wait, how will I free Luan?" Lincoln asked, and faced Dennis.
"I thought you were the man with the plan," Dennis said
Lincoln began thinking for a little while. "Yes I am, and I have the perfect plan.
...
It was midnight. Leni was back to her old room with Lori. Nobody actually bothered telling her why her leg was broken, they were more concerned about Luan and Luna, or they simply didn't wanted another conflict between the two oldest. Nobody was able to talk to Luna. She simply remained silent the rest of the day, and everyone gave her a little bit of privacy
Leni, Lucy and Lana were in the basement. Each of them received a note from one another to meet there.
"So, why did you call us, Lana?" Lucy broke the silence
"Me? Leni was the one who called us," Lana said
"Really?" Leni grabbed a paper. "But it has Lucy's name in here,"
"You're all wrong," a fourth voice said.
They all looked towards the stairs, to see Luna slowly walking down, and sitting around the wooden crate they were using as a table.
"So you called us here?" Lana asked
Luna simply nodded in silence
"Well, we are here, why did you called us?" Lucy asked
Luna lifted her right arm, to reveal a mark in the shape of a claw on her wrist. The three face their arms, and revealed similar marks.
"I need your help," Luna said
