The next morning arrives, and Lincoln drably goes to the dining room for breakfast. He then sees Lynn preparing her jogging gear but facing behind.

"Lynn, listen. I know you are upset that I betray you as your jogging buddy. But I admit I have a good time training with you. But I…I…have to turn you down," Lincoln admits.

"Turn me down? Turn down for what?" Lynn answers, though with a different tone. She turns to Lincoln, to reveal that it is actually Luan in Lynn's clothes. "In sports, there's no such thing as turning down."

"Wait, Luan? What the…?" Lincoln gets confused at this sighting. "Why are you like this?"

"What do you mean, you klutz?" Luan doing Lynn answers back, "Do you need a Dutch oven to wake you up?"

As a result, Lincoln gets scared and flees at the outcome he comes across. "Is this a punishment for what I've done? I'm really sorry!"

However, as he flees, he gets hit by a pie. It turns out to come from Lynn, dressed up as Luan. "You might wanna not use one pie to watch where you going. Hehehe. Get it?"

"Lynn, why are you dressed up like Luan?" Lincoln asks in panic.

"What you talking about Lincoln? I am Luan," Lynn doing Luan answers, "You might 'water' wake up now."

"What are you talking…?" Lincoln responds but gets instantly squirted by Lynn's flower squirter. "At least I cleaned your face. Hehehe," Lynn laughs at this maniacally. Luan as Lynn punches his shoulder from behind and pesters him more. "What's the matter, Lincoln? Can't handle wakeup calls?"

Lincoln grows annoyed at this and attempts to box at the Lynn-laced Luan. However, she is able to dodge all of them. She then stops with a flick on Lincoln's nose and pushes him with it. As he slips, Lynn says, "Oh sorry Linc. Have we become too nosy? Hehehe. Get it?"

The 11-year-old gets fed up with this, but he only grows in fear as he realizes his sisters are not themselves. Soon, both sisters corner him."Let's say we go to the heat of the moment, Lincoln," Luan grins.

"It ain't oven till it's oven. Hahaha," Lynn Lincoln pleads, "Please! I'm sorry for what I've done! I'm sorry for breaking your promise! I'm sorry for having said 'yes' in the first place! And I'm sorry for not being a good buddy to you! I just want to help you guys but I grew you apart. I'm sorry!"

However, in shocking turn of events, as Luan as Lynn prepares a sheet and a stink bomb for Lincoln to be covered, she instead covers this to Lynn's face, causing Lynn to stifle from it. But, in same effect, Luan slips from a wrapper of the stink bomb and falls onto Lynn. Instead, they go laughing.

"Wait, what's going on?" Lincoln wonders but he gets a pie throw from them as a response that sends them laughing.

"Relax Linc," Lynn says, "We forgive you."

"We're just playing," Luan clarifies, "You should have seen the look on his face. Just shocked. Hehehe."

"Can't believe you pranked me that way," Lincoln comments.

"Oh come on!" Lynn braggingly implies, "What else can you expect from a team-up with me and Luan?"

"Wait, team-up?"

"Well, Lynn and I realized we're not that different as sisters…" Luan elaborates with Lynn adding, "We actually like beef jerky subs."

Then Luan continues, "We decided that we get to be each other's buddy."

Her statement stuns Lincoln. "What?"

"Uh-huh, we reflected that we had been jerks when we pressure you to do us favors, and we pushed you too far," Lynn expands the whole scenario.

"Though technically it's your fault on accepting them, it's kind of our fault mostly," Luan expounds further in the sincerest manner possible, "We're sorry Lincoln, for everything."

And being a loving brother, Lincoln accepts their apology wholeheartedly, as signified by instantly hugging them, "Thanks Luan, Lynn! I forgive you too."

Both Lynn and Luan decide to seize the moment tenderly on their intimate hug. Minutes go by, and both sisters plan to go back to committing to preparing for Saturday's marathon and talent show.

"Well, we better go practicing," Lynn says.

"Hey, is there anything I can help on?" Lincoln offers his help extensively.

"Lincoln, we told you. We can handle this now," Luan assures.

"Ohh, just assuring if you need help," Lincoln insists.

"Well…" Lynn thinks it for the moment.

Then Saturday arrives. The Royal Woods' Annual Champs' Marathon is being held first, since it takes in the morning. All the participants, including an always ready Lynn and a freshly pumped Luan, gather at the starting line. Lincoln, on the other hand, is designated at the supporters' mound…as a cheerleader to lead his sisters (consisting of Leni, Luna, Lola and Lana) to cheer.

"Give me an 'L'!" Lincoln shouts in exhilaration.

"L!" the sisters respond with Luna holding a placard of the letter L.

"Give me a 'Y'!"

"Y!" Lola raises a placard of the letter Y.

"Give me an 'N'!"

"N!" Lana lifts the placard of the letter N.

"Give me another 'N'!"

"N!" Leni hoists the same placard in inverse.

"Who do we want?!"

"LYNN!"

Then Lincoln leads a chant that four other sisters follow, "Ooooohhh! Lynn! Lynn! That's your name! Show those runners who's insane!"

Meanwhile, the rest of the sisters (Lori, Lucy, Lisa and Lily), along with Clyde, look at this with slight aghast. Though, the sisters are accepting it.

"Well, at least he gets to resolve everything," Clyde comments to Lori.

"Let's see if he can last this long," Lori replies as Clyde tries to hold his twitching awkwardness with Lori.

Lincoln keeps on leading the chanting as the race is about to begin, "Go! Go! Go Luan! Show them what you never can!" In addition, he also serves as their water boy.

The race then starts with Lynn getting the better head start and Luan falling behind. Though, she is able to catch up by just recalling routines that involves wacky chases. The marathon ends with them on third place. But despite that, the sisters hail their semi-victory. And Lincoln caps the celebration with pouring them with ice cold water from a jug, but it instead falls on him, making the sisters laugh along with him.

Then night arrives, and it is time for the Royal Woods Performers' Cup. Initially, Luan and Lincoln were to do a Charlie Chaplin's Tramp act. In this one, Luan and Lynn do a mime act by paying homage to an iconic Marx Brothers act of the mirror clash, only with both girls on Tramp-like suits (complete with bowler hat, cane, messy hair and mustache).

Though Lincoln was told not to perform, he is persuaded by Luan and Lynn to step onstage on a busboy costume and to recite this line: "Excuse me, can someone direct me to Niagara Falls?"

At Lincoln's line, the girls snap into dialogue, "Niagara Falls? Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch…" Before they jump into the next line, both Luan and Lynn comically smack Lincoln in the face and the chest (of course it is not real). "And I smack him, and kick him, and I throw him to the side for taking me for someone else!"

Lincoln does not of their routine. So, he improvises, "What you talking about? What's the deal about such a wonderful tourist site?"

"It is where we met," Luan responds.

"It is where our hearts connect," Lynn cheekily adds.

"It is where we also we break apart," Luan throws in more.

"But it is where I also see him with someone else," Lynn goes along.

Then Lincoln responds, "Yeah, but what's the deal about Niagara Falls?"

And at Lincoln's mention, the girls start their routine again, "Niagara Falls? Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch…And I smack him, and kick him, and I throw him to the side for taking me for someone else!"

The audience goes laughing at their hysterical, farcical performance. Lincoln's sisters are a little mixed bag. Or only Lori seems critical.

"Man, Lincoln has the guts to pull off as the bait in their act. Truly noble of him," Clyde comments in correspondence to Lori's sort-of nonchalance.

However, Lori exposits, "Well, what can you expect? It is Lincoln being Lincoln."

Their performance ends. However, they only end up in fourth place. But still, they all celebrate.

"Woah, Lynn! Never thought you would have funny bones in you," Luan praises her performance.

"Well, I am not all muscle, you know. Hahaha. Get it?" Lynn replies, making them laugh. "You too, Luan. Never thought you can actually pace on my level that quick."

"It's all on comedic timing, buddy. Hahaha," Luan reacts.

"Yeah, buddy!" Lynn replies as they do a secret handshake.

Lincoln catches up with them. "Man, Luan! Lynn! You're great onstage!"

Suddenly, both of them go after him and embrace him.

"Thank you Lincoln!" Luan expresses her gratitude, "We would never have done it without you."

"Yeah Lincoln," Lynn adds, "We're grateful, even we didn't win."

After a few minutes of embrace, something strikes on Lynn's mind. "Wait, I suddenly remembered something." Lynn then pulls out a coupon for Gus' Games & Grub that is actually a consolation prize from the marathon.

"First one to Gus' will get one whole pizza!" Lynn initiates a dare, prompting her to rush.

"I don't think so!" Luan follows with speeding up her unicycle.

As they rush to the pizza place, Lincoln closes to the audience, "Well, that ends the fight. A note to self: you don't need to prove anything to show your love to your loved ones. You just show them love in any way you can. Or else you will end up in situations like this. And, if you one to devote to one, devote to that one and never turn back. You cannot serve two masters. Take it from me."

Then Lincoln joins in Lynn's challenge and rushes to them, "Wait up guys!"

The End


Hope you enjoyed this story! There are more story followups to come from me, like the story about Lincoln's brothers, Luan's date and the horror story in the Loud House. And there are more stories to start. For that, I am open to suggestions for the next stories.


Eventually, after a heavy dinner at Gus' Games & Grub (which turns out to be an eat-all-you-can), Lincoln, Lynn and Luan rest from having their stomachs entirely full. "Never thought there would be an eat-all-you-can special, but here we are," Lincoln comments.

The rest of the sisters and Clyde look on them in another aghast.

"Mind if I ask if this is really a thing?" Clyde, dumbfounded, asks.

Then, one by one, the three Loud siblings burp.

"All I can say: yes," Lori answers.