The water below her, once clear, was now flowing with red, almost like Luan had snuck in and thrown kool-aid coloring while Lynn was shampooing. Maybe it was that, for the door had creaked open, and some steam had been cleared up when Lynn took a look through the shower curtain.
"LUAN!" Lynn yelled, being disturbed by the reddish water splashing around. The shower was spoiled, and Lynn got out, fuming.
Lori was reading a teen magazine, when a knocking came at her door.
"Leni?" She called out, but the calm of the silence was maintained. "Ugh, who's there?" She peered out, and saw a brown bag on fire. "HEY, WHAT-"
It occurred to her that she's seen this before. This was one of Luan's pranks, it had to be. "Nice try, Luan!" She grabbed a towel, rather than stomping on it, and put out the fire. Lori heard Luan's insane laughing from downstairs.
"Ugh!" Lori moved the towel away, and gasped when she saw something horrifying; the brown bag was burnt to pieces, and Lori's make-up kit was broken inside, the various colors made a mess all around. "LUAN!" She tried to pick up the mess, attempting to save her good looks for Bobby.
Lucy was reading her poems in the kitchen alone, when something rolled on the floor. It was a can of chili, and Lucy watched it go past her, hitting the wall. "Huh?" She looked behind her, but there was nobody there. She heard a faint tapping close by. Lucy, being a fearless creature of the dark, went on to investigate.
"Hello?" Something made that tapping, which went silent after she approached. She found herself staring around the kitchen sink, and then to the backdoor. "Hmmmm..."
She sighed, returning to her seat. Once Lucy sat down, there was a sticky splash that activated upon sitting down. She got up, and felt a liquid drip to her legs. Pink paint made a tiny messy puddle on the floor. "Luan!"
Lucy hissed in anger, and made her way out of the kitchen, spotting Lola covered in mud, throwing a fit on the carpet. "Why, that Luan!" She screamed as she beat the ground with her fists.
Lynn and Lori found Luna tied to her guitar, hanging by her feet on the top bed. The guitar served as the anchor. "Help me, dudes!"
"Luan pranked you too?"
"It's not even April Fools. What's going on?" Luna struggled about.
"You're gonna hurt yourself. Don't move, we'll get you down."
"Oh, okay! I'll not move, no, not at all!" The sarcasm combined with anger.
Lucy helped Lola up, carrying her to the bathroom, but noticed the mess of assorted colors. "What the-" A thump sounded off in Luna's room, and Lucy was drawn towards it.
"You too?"
"She got the three of us, did she-"
"Yeah, she got both of us. That leaves Lisa, Lana, Lily, Lincoln, and Leni. She won't prank us again, let's go find and stop giggle fit."
Lana was in the garage in search of a toolbox. Charles' doghouse had a small hole on its roof, and responsible pet owner and best friend Lana Loud was off to fix away. Of course, this was all Luan's game. Lana found the toolbox, and lifted it enough to activate the trap; the toolbox was rigged to a spring, with a pie placed over it. Lana was kissed by it, tripping over herself. It was then that she knew the pie was a special one. "LUAN!"
Lily's teddy bear was hanging on the ceiling fan. She waved her arms as high as she could, and cried for her best friend. Leni wandered in. "Hi, Lily. What's wrong?"
"Buh-Buh," Lily explained, pointing upwards.
"Oh, how did that get there?" Leni removed the bear from its high place, and returned it to its owner. "Here you go."
Lily giggled and hugged the teddy bear.
"Awww, you look totes adorable!"
Then, the egg fell on her head, cracking over her sunglasses. She screamed and ran from the room.
The five were out into the hall when Leni raced past them, visibly in distraught.
"She got Leni", they all uttered curtly.
"And me!" Lana was wiping her face, heading back to her room.
"She's just as fast today. But its not even April. What's going on, dudes?"
"Find Lincoln. I'll look for-" Lynn needed not to finish her sentence, for Lisa was already pranked, with a mess of her chemicals all over the place. "Dang it."
Lisa was on the floor, looking like she didn't want to bother trying to clean up the mess. "Curses, Luan. Curses."
"We're failing! Protect Lily!"
The baby was crawling her way towards them, while dragging her precious stuffed teddy bear. Leni, dripping from her nearly dried hair, came out still disgusted by the prank. "Is it April Fool's already?" She gasped. "Did I cinnamon?!"
"Christmas, Leni. And, not its not April. Luan's pranking us for some reason we don't know. Only Lincoln and Lily haven't been pranked."
"Oh, well, I found Lily's bear hanging from a fan. Would that be the prank?"
The prank victims then gave each other looks.
Elsewhere
Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were at the arcade. Pac-Man was the game, and Lincoln moved the joystick all over.
"Come on, Lame-O! This is child's play, you got this!" She ate a Snickers bar, sticking to his right side. She watched as Lincoln was aiming for the keys, which had begun to replace the various fruit at the bottom of the ghost spawn point, and the bigger pellets in the maze.
"I'm gonna... Win!" The two had pockets worth of tokens, collected slowly for weeks by them both for a day like this. A day especially for this beautiful, interracial couple, but one that was about to be intervened, when-
Suddenly, the entire electricity had gone out on them. Angry cries and groaning came from all over. "What the?! Are you kidding me?!" Lincoln was trying to shake the game kiosk. "Fifteen tokens!"
Ronnie Anne looked outside. "Is this a blackout?" She disappeared through the crying kids, and checked around the streets. Everything else seemed to have power, but not in the arcade.
"Aghhhh", he hissed. Most of the other kids decided to abandon the place. Ronnie Anne returned to him.
"This place must have faulty wiring. No use waiting for repairs. We should probably go."
Lincoln wondered if Lana would be up for the challenge, but did not want to wait around. "Burpin' Burger's?"
Luan held out her phone, watching them from its reflection on the corner. That's right, lovebirds. Plans are ruined. She snickered to herself, and knew it was cue to leave when they moved to leave.
Back Home
All of the sisters were gathered in Lori and Leni's room. "Okay, so I texted Lincoln. I know he's out with Ronnie Anne, but there's no telling if Luan will prank-" Lori was interrupted.
"This is Luan we're speaking of. She wouldn't hesitate to prank mom and dad. Of course she's that insane about pranks. We should get to Lincoln beforehand. No telling what she could do."
"But, like, it's not really serious."
"But it's not okay, for God's sakes."
"So, what do we do? Only Lincoln left, and we don't know where he could be."
Lynn spoke up. "I think he said something about the arcade... Guys?"
Lori grabbed the keys of Vanzilla, and put on her shoes. "What are you waiting for? We're going after them!"
A conundrum of sounds happened, and everyone, even Lily, was dressed up to help rescue Lincoln.
He, on his end of town, felt the vibrating wave of incoming texts from whoever it could've been. He wished he turned off his phone, but how could he have known about this? How could he have known that Luan Loud was on her way to fuck shit up?
The two were gobbling away at their burgers. Ronnie Anne, being Ronnie Anne; let out a very manly burp, making Lincoln move his head back to avoid the stench. It only took a few minutes for everything to go down. She hurried to the bathroom, not excusing herself. Lincoln simply shrugged it off.
She took the vacant stall of two in the girls bathroom, and was mildly withering due to the upset stomach. "Huuuurk." Maybe she also felt like vomiting as well. And she definitely did, after the occupied stall creaked open, and a water balloon filled with what was probably piss came flying down from the top of the stall.
Luan tried to hold it in while she made sure Ronnie Anne let her barf fly out.
"QUE CARAJO?!"
Luan tried not to throw a giggle fit, sprinting out in her amusement.
Lincoln finally decided to see what the spamming was about. The various texts from most of his sisters sent him in a state of shock and fear.
Dude, Luan's lost her bloody mind. She done pranked us all. Be careful, love.
Oh, my god. Luan literally destroyed my makeup- By making me destroy it. Where are you? We're going to get you.
A human of humor is coming to spoil today's treasures.
Thought I was on my... Nvm, Luan's being insane again, though. We'll try to beat her to you.
Didn't know it was April Fool's day. They said it isn't. Come home, Lincy.
Luan pranking today? What the-
He turned around, and spotted Luan, who had smeared, red lipstick and black eyeliner on her face, waving her fingers at him in a flirty manner. He jumped out of his seat, frightened by the sight of her.
"You're next, buddy boy!" She put a hand on her nose amd squeezed. "Beep beep, Lincoln!"
Ronnie Anne stepped out of the bathroom minutes later. Lincoln was still paralyzed, tightly gripping his phone like there was no tomorrow for him. "Lame-O? Lincoln?" She coughed, still sniffing the atrocious piss aroma back there.
"I think we should go", he suggested.
"Well, I'm done here anyway. Yeah, too many pranksters here."
"Wait, what?"
"Someone dumped a smelly water balloon back there. Disgusting, I don't wanna be here..."
Lincoln moved his eyes back to his phone, and sent Luan a text;
Whatever you're doing, seriously knock it off. April's past already.
Despite doing this, he was scared that Luan would be challenged or driven further for a more bigger prank. Then, he remembered that Lori and the others were coming for him.
Lori's phone buzzed, while she drove around. "Is that him?! What did he say?! Luna, read it!"
The rocker grabbed the phone placed in the cupholder right by the gear shift, in between both front seats. "It says he's in BB's! And Luan pranked Ronnie Anne!"
"Why, that little..." Lori looked in the mirror. Lana and Lola were staring back. "Uh, dum-dum! She's gonna get in so much trouble!"
"Geez, I mean, if no one is hurt too much..." Luna placed the phone back. "I've been wondering, why is she even doing this? This isn't like Luan."
"Well figure it out later. What matters now is to stop her, save him."
There they were, barely coming out of the restaurant. Lori honked the horn. "Twerp and girlfriend, get in, now! Uber has arrived!"
"Hi, Lori. Are you my ride home?" Ronnie Anne didn't admit it, but she liked Lori, for Lori made her nrother happy, despite those icky lovey dovey moments that would make her somewhat sick.
"Of course. Did you both have a good time?"
"Mostly, actually. Arcade had some power outage. Ugh, not the greatest, but hey..." She gently punched Lincoln's arm. "We did so together, Lame-O."
Everyone let out a girly "Awwww!" while the couple blushed in the clear awkwardness being everything but alone.
"Muhhh..." The ride back to her house wasn't too long, but long enough to notice the silence. He hugged her goodbye, to which she actually returned it. "See you at school, Lame-O."
"Talk, what's up with Luan?" Not even a block away, and Lincoln was infuriated once allowed to be. "She could've ruined it!"
"Whatever she did, it'll be the last one, I'll see to that. Anyplace she could have gone?"
"I don't know, maybe-" Luna then moved her attention to Lisa. "Say, you're smart. Maybe you can track her phone?"
"What do you think I've been doing? She's back home, apparently. Homeward bound, Lori Loud!"
"She won't prank us again, there's nothing to worry about."
"Actually, she never got me. Not yet at least."
"Stay here twerp. Okay, Lisa, where is she?"
Lisa held her phone, installed with M-grade apps. "Upstairs, likely in her room. Lynn, Luna, cover. Go loud!"
The two escorted the genius while the others stayed on the bottom. "I can't help but wonder, why didn't Luan get you? You said it yourself, she got Ronnie Anne, but not you. Why is that?"
"Maybe she had something special for me? I don't know, but I don't wanna find out."
"Well, I think its funny that you haven't been harmed yet."
The three entered Luna and Luan's room. "Okay, hmmm. Its saying she's here but-" Lisa opened a drawer of the dresser. She grabbed a phone from inside. "We've been bamboozled."
The dresser then fell on Lisa, pinning her down.
"Lisa!" Lynn moved the dresser back to its place with her superhuman strength. "Are you okay?"
"But, I've been pranked. What the-" Lisa placed the phone in her pocket. "We're out of leads, maybe we need to-"
Luan's insane laughter rang through the halls, taking everyone by surprise. Lynn rushed to the source. "LUAN!" It appeared to had come from Lori and Leni's room. "LUAN!"
Luna and Lisa were considering following her when-
"LUAN? NO!" A huge snapping sound emitted from the room. Luna and Lori raced over to Lynn, who was crying around over broken sports equipment. A bat, a hockey stick, and a few balls had been punctured. Luan's head was almost gone, save for her top half still visible, while she climbed down from the window.
"My precious... My babies..." Lynn squeezed the stabbed soccer balls tightly. Lori moved quickly to catch the comedienne.
"Luna, get after her!" She called out, already disappearing from view. Lincoln stood by Lynn's side, planting a gentle hand on her.
"I'm sorry, Lynn", he comforted.
Lori ran to the side of fan house. Any second, Luan was going to apear, and run only to be caught. She readied herself, but then stomped on her foot once seeing Luna running instead.
"You didn't see her? She ran this direction!"
"Ugh, maybe I missed her! Dang it, what now?!" The two had no other move, and stood there thinking.
Lisa still had Luan's phone, and decided to actually go through it. Maybe there's something here that can- The answer came to her in the form of a text thread.
Lynn let go of her damaged goods, motivated. "Where is Luan?" She grabbed Lincoln by his shirt, dragging him with her. "We have a sister to catch."
Luan swung the door open in the garage. "Catch me if you can!" She teased. This was both Lori's and Luna's cue. Luan closed the door, locking herself in.
"Open this door! Open this door right now!" Lori banged and tried to turn the knob, but to no avail. "LUAN!"
Luna followed Luan's movements inside. "Dude, she's holed up in there. We have her now."
Luan pulled a rope from the inside.
"Wait, she's doing something, she's-" Luna was cut off by falling red paint that caught her by surprise. The empty can rolled off from the roof as well. "DUDE, WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!" She began to wipe however much she was able to. "I don't even like red, dude!"
"I'll get some towels! Keep an eye on her!"
Luna turned away as Lori went to help clean her up. This was all the distraction Luan needed. She quietly exited out while Luna had her back to her. She had duct tape in one hand, and a large pot in another. She crept up behind the rocker in red, and taped her mouth up while sending her down.
"MMMMMM!" Luna's muffled cries did not help her in this perfect Luan moment. She laughed like crazy, placing the pot over her head and knocked on it with her knuckles. "How does it feel?" How does it feel?!"
She pulled Luna to the side of the house, slamming her protected head against the wall. Lori had circled around, coming through from the fromt. The second she saw Luan, she dropped the white towels she had and came to Luna's aid. "LUAN, THIS STOPS NOW!"
Luna removed the pot and tape, coughing loudly. "Blimey, that hurt."
"Luna, help me with this!" Lori was struggling to keep her lock on Luan. Luna grabbed her by the feet, and forced them in between her armpits.
"Take her inside, my room!"
"Let me go, I still have pranks to pull! I'll get you all as much as I can get!"
Lynn bumped right into them, sending Luna down. Luan broke free momentarily, but Lynn punched her right in the face.
"Damn it, hold her back!" Lori shoved the angry Lynn right into Luna's arms.
"Whoa there, Lynn. Calm, girl."
Lynn growled fiercely, holding her arms out just for Luan.
She bled a little, but was laughing a bit. "How does it feel, Lynn? I took something you love, destroyed it. Does it make you angry?"
"You're dang right does! Luna, let go!"
"Luan, what the hell has gotten into you today? Why are you behaving like this today?"
She bit Lori's arm, and swung back her head to hit her face. Lori let go, and Luan was free again, until Lisa stood feet in front of her. She held Luan's phone open to the thread. The color from her face automatically turned white. She raised a hand to Lisa, and she trembled while doing so. "You, what are you doing with my phone? Give that to me..."
"Lisa, what's all this about? Did you find something?"
She lowered the phone, and walked over to Luan. "Is this why you're pranking today? Is it truly... Painful? Maggie, come on out!"
A goth girl emerged from inside, and Luan was stunned to see this. Lisa went over to Lori, showing her the text. "What's going on? Who is that?"
"Take a read, and put them together."
Maggie: Its not that I don't like you, its just, people aren't going to support this. My mom might not even. I don't known if a relationship is a good call here.
Luan: You said you wanted to be with me. We went out on a date not long ago. Why? :'(
Maggie: I know, I'm sorry. I just don't wanna be... What's the word here?
Luan: I thought you didn't care about what people think. I don't, and I really want this, I really like you. Please don't do this.
Maggie: I'm sorry, Lu-Lu...
Luan: :'((
Maggie touched the prankster's face, and soothed it gently. "Glasses says you're hurting your siblings. Is this because of me?"
Luan cried, shutting her eyes. "No, no, no..."
"Luan, you're not just hurting them. Please stop. For me?"
"Maggie?" She saw her, and through her broken voice and weepy eyes, did she hug the goth tightly. The ensuing chaos of angry siblings had died down completely.
"She's..." Lori didn't need to say it, for she had already known.
"What? What is it, dude?"
Lori showed Luna the messages. "Let Lynn go."
"Alright", she replied, letting go of Lynn.
"You, no funny business. We'll be having a chat later with Luan."
"What about my-"
"We'll deal with it. Let them have their moment. Back inside, all of you."
Later
"This is about a girl? And she... well, this?"
Luan stared down at her hands, not wanting to talk.
"Luan, please say something. We know you're hurt-"
"What? What could you possibly know? You have a happy ending all set. Even Lincoln has one in the works, even Lynn has a crush. Why not me? Why can't I have this?!"
Luna nodded at Lori, the secret signal. "Can we talk? Just the two of us, love."
"Lori doesn't want to deal with me? Whatever."
"You like a girl, that I get. She's afraid, can't blame her. The world isn't the nicest place we believed it was. It got to her, but not you."
"How could you possibly-" Luna's finger went up to hers, instantly shutting her down.
"Shhh, I'd like you to see something." Luna showed her a photo from her phone. It was of her and a blonde girl with a blue streak of hair sharing a kiss. "This, dude, is my girlfriend. We've had similar problems the first time, but it took awhile to push past all of the, well, you know, the whispers and talk about us. We weren't subtle one bit."
"How was this overcome?"
She sat Luan down, knowing they would likely be here for awhile. "That's it, Luan. That's the thing. We tried alot of things, talking, persuasion. Nothing worked, so we didn't think it would go further."
"Then, how-"
"Time, Luan. Time was what was needed, and we talked again, and here we are. She was the one who was scared, so I backed up for her, and it really did hurt. But it worked out. Just like its gonna work out for you two. Be patient, and she'll gain over her fear and become confident. Is this what set off your pranks today?"
She nodded slowly, displaying a look of guilt and regret. "I'm sorry..."
"But you're okay now, right? No more hurting them- Is that why you pranked Ronnie Anne? Did you try to sabotage them out of jealously? And Lori's makeup is gone. Yeah, you were jealous that you didn't have that. You used our favorite things against us. Yes, that's gotta be it."
"I didn't realize, now that you've put it like that. I'm really sorry."
"Its not just me who needs an apology, dude. Come on in!"
Luan's heart raced faster now.
"These guys here are who need it."
(Insert Piano Melody from the show here)
"I'm sorry, you guys. I was... I don't know, I guess angry and hurt, so I took it out on you."
"Luan, you know we're literally all here for you. You can't, and shouldn't try to hide things or keep them to yourself. You should know blood always comes first."
"So, like, what was troubling her?" Leni scratched her head.
"I'll tell you tonight, maybe."
"What about my stuff?"
"I'll use the money from Funny Business to pay you back."
"Alright then", Lynn spit in her hand and held it out. "Put her there!"
"Nasty," Luna retorted.
"What? Its how I do it!"
"So, is the air all good here?" Lori looked around, seeing if there were probable objections. None at all, and only Luna and Luan stayed.
"So, you guys, how long have you had eyes for each other?"
"Like, two months. Met her through Funny Business, and we've somehow... Found a way to each other."
"This isn't anything to be ashamed of, you know? Love is love, no matter who says what. Anyways, I'm crashing for a nap. I'll see you back, Lu-Lu."
"Hey, now!"
Luna snickered out.
"Luan, you really are okay, right?"
"I am, Lori."
"Dismissed. Just don't forget, we're us, not other people. I accepted Luna, and we'll accept you too. Mom and dad know about her. You have nothing to worry about." She hugged Luan. "Okay, now dismissed."
Luna was back to her usual rock jamming. Luan had a hard day, running and climbing all over. She never even told Lincoln she cut the wiring from the circuit box at the arcade, courtesy of Lana's knowledge. Maybe it was time to tell him. Using her phone, she decided to do so with a text. She then went to her bed and called it a night. Not ten seconds later did the reply come. The thin walls weren't always a bad thing.
"LUAN, WHAT THE FU-"
AN: ._. FIN. Dis the end, and hopefully (Not likely) something like this happens in that new Luan-centered episode. Alrighty then.
