So I was wrong. There's actually going to be three parts to this story. I've got some big plans for my next story, I'll let you know what it is in the final part of this story. Anyway, hope you like the second part.

Part 2

"You're kidding right? There's no way they would go for it..." Lincoln started.

"We don't have to get all of them to go for it. If more than half of them do, then maybe the others will agree, just so that we can do something."

"But who are we gonna convince?"

"Well we've already got us two. Lisa would love studying the shapes on the field, Leni would love seeing the different outfits for the bands, Lola would love the color guard, and Lynn would love seeing how hard it is to do it. And if all else fails, we can tell them that it's the only public place where we can pretty much be as loud as we want!"

"Wait, we don't even know if there's an event going on today!"

"Actually bro," Luna said, looking at her computer. "I just found one that's happening today only an hour away! And all of the Major corps are performing at it!"

Lincoln rushed over to see what the event was. Indeed there was an event that was happening that day. He would have loved to go, but wasn't sure that anyone else would even go for it. Once they found out it was just marching band, they would surely immediately shoot down the idea. However, he did finally submit to it. "I guess it's worth a shot..."

"I don't see why not. Besides, if it involves complex shapes and math equations, how bad could it possibly be?"

"YES! I love seeing different kinds of fashions! I wonder what they'll look like!"

"Hey, as long as it's on a football field, I'm all for it!"

"EEEEEEEE! I get to see other girls in pretty dresses!"

"Great! Now all I have to do is convince the others to go!"

"Whatever twerp, if you've already, literally, convinced five of your other sisters, then I guess I can't complain either."

"I don't care. As long as I can sit in the darkness wherever we go."

"Wait, why is it going on right now? Shouldn't it be going on in March? Get it?"

"As long as I don't have to take a bath before we go!"

Luna's idea was actually coming to fruition. Lincoln and herself were successfully able to convince all of their other sisters to go. So, they went downstairs and confidently strode into their parents room. After explaining to them what needed to be done, Rita and Lynn Sr looked very impressed.

"You actually got everyone to agree on this?"

"Sure did mom!"

"Well that settles it! Where is it?"

"It's about an hour away, we can guide you with the gps!"

"Wait, it's not gonna break our budget is it?"

"Not with the bonus you guys got. The best tickets are going to be no more than fifty dollars, but I can promise you right now that all of those are sold out already."

"Well I guess that's not too bad. Sounds like a plan to me! What do you say honey?"

"I'm honestly still surprised you got everyone to agree on this, but hey, whatever works!"

"Alright. Get everyone in the car and let's hit the road!"

Lincoln and Luna gave each other a high-five in excitement and ran upstairs to get everyone to Vanzilla. Everyone was in the car after fifteen minutes of fighting over seats and finally, the Louds were on the road. For Lincoln and Luna, the journey was quick and painless; relatively speaking. They couldn't think about anything else, but for the rest of the kids, it seemed to take forever to get there.

"Lana's getting dirt on my dress!"

"Lola won't scooch her butt over!"

"Sorry Bobby, I literally can't hear a word you're saying..."

"...there could be a pothole, causing an eruption of various gasses from any of the tires..."

"...sigh..."

"If we had more bumper stickers, we'd be an Ad-Vans civilization!"

"Wait... I don't get it..."

"Okay gang, we've made it!"

"Finally!" everyone said as they jumped out of the car, one by one. The parking lot was relatively empty, but it wouldn't be for long. It was a good thing that the event didn't start until later in the evening. That gave everyone a chance to roam around the stadium before having to take their seats.

"Are you sure about this?" their parents asked, looking up at the massive stadium in front of them.

"Don't worry pops, every little thing is gonna be alright."

"Yeah dad, If I got hooked on it watching it over the computer, what kind of effect do you think it's going to have on everyone else?"

Their dad sighed. "Okay, I trust you when it comes to music Luna."

Luna and Lincoln immediately zipped to the grand front entrance, admiring how awesome this was going to be. The rest of the family didn't realize it, but they were going to have one of the best times of their lives in this stadium.

"You ready dude?"

"Am I ever! I've been wanting to do this for all of... three hours!"

Luna chuckled at that comment and rubbed her brother's hair, then looked back up, once again admiring the grandiose nature of an event like this.

The rest of the family finally got organized and hustled to the front entrance to meet up with Luna and Lincoln. Lynn Sr got in line to buy tickets while the rest of them waited behind the front gate. While their dad got the tickets, they all talked about what it was going to be like. A lot of them were starting to wonder if it was going to be worth it or not, just to see a few marching bands.

"Based on previous marching bands I have seen, I believe I can safely deduce that this will by no means provide me with any intellectual stimulation purely based on shapes and how quickly they shift."

"I don't see any flag twirlers!" Lola commented.

"Yeah, like, where are all of the cool uniforms?" Leni asked.

"We have to get inside and then the bands have to start if you want to see all of that stuff," Lincoln replied.

"When do they even start?"

"Umm... Five?"

"Wait, have we even had lunch yet?"

Before long, they were all starting to argue with Lincoln and Luna, wondering why they allowed themselves to be dragged out here. Their dad had not even gotten back from buying the tickets yet and the line was only five minutes long.

"Hey! You guys all agreed to come here, so this is what we're going to do, okay?" Their mother finally quipped.

A sigh echoed throughout the group. Luna and Lincoln started regretting ever even mentioning it. With the way everyone else was reacting, maybe it would have been better if they did stay home.

Finally, Lynn Sr got back from buying the tickets and gave one to each of the kids. They all reluctantly walked towards the entrance plaza and presented their tickets. What they expected to see was just another football stadium, except really big. However, once they got in, they started walking around to the side to find stands that had been set up for all the different corps that were performing. This slightly stunned everyone but Luna. Even Lincoln was surprised to find all this merchandise being sold. Leni was instantly pulled in by it, looking at all of the different shirt and hat designs and also examining the different little trinkets each of the stands were offering. Naturally though, she was attracted to the flashiest ones.

"One Down..." Luna thought to herself.

"Leni..." their dad tried to call out.

"Let her go dad, when it comes closer to showtime, this place is gonna be packed with people wanting to buy souvenirs and she won't be able to get this out of her system."

"Fine, you know what, all of you go ahead and look at whatever you want. And be back right here at Four-Fifteen!"

"All of the younger ones have to have someone else with them though!"

Lucy went with Lynn, Lisa went with Lori, Luan caught up with Leni and then told her what was going on, Lola and Lana stayed with their parents, and Lincoln stayed with Luna. Luna walked around, introducing Lincoln to all of the different drum corps that were performing.

"You've already seen one of Carolina Crown's shows."

"Wow... This is so cool! They have so much stuff!"

"Fans of the sport generally just call them crown." Lincoln wasn't listening. He was too engrossed in looking at all of the different things they were selling.

"I didn't know they sold stuff at their concerts. And it's more than just T-Shirts too!"

"I'm telling you dude. There's a lot more to drum corps than you think. Let's go onto the next one!"

Lincoln didn't want to leave, but he ended up following his sister to another stand. There were two huge, vertical, blue banners on either side of it. Luna introduced them as the Blue Devils. Once again, Lincoln browsed the stand, scanning all over it to see if he could find any cool stuff. There were some pretty cool looking T-Shirts, but other than that, it was pretty much the same as the last one.

"These guys have won more DCI world championship titles than any other corps!"

"Really, how many have they won?"

"Seventeen little bro. They also hold the record for the highest scored show ever!"

"Huh? Score?"

"Right, I haven't told you about that yet... Basically, every band is scored on a scale from zero to one hundred. The higher the score, the better the corps."

"The higher the score, the better the corps..." Lincoln chuckled at the accidental rhyme his sister made.

"Come on bro. Lemme show you some more!"

Luna and Lincoln browsed the various different corps stands. One thing that he noticed was that there were a lot of corps that started with the word blue: there was the Bluecoats, Blue Stars, Blue Knights, and the Blue Devils which Lincoln had been introduced to earlier. Could none of them come up with original names?

Luna kept getting Lincoln acquainted to all the various major corps. Some of them piqued his interest more than others did, but they all had the same basic things about them, a banner with a name, shirts and posters, and then the various little trinkets that they sold. While she was showing him around, Lincoln noticed something about the corps that was different from any rock bands he knew about. He couldn't tell what it was, but there was something about drum corps that was different. Upon thinking about it more, he realized that it was the names. They weren't random names chosen for weird reasons. They sounded like sports teams as opposed to band names, with the exception of one. Luna once again introduced the corps just like she always did as Lincoln browsed their items. They had a really cool logo and an awesome name. The name of this corps, at least, in Lincoln's mind, had a name that was different from all of the other corps, but at the same time, showed that they were here to play and they meant business.

"Phantom Regiment. Now that's a cool name!" Lincoln thought to himself. "Hey Luna!"

"Yeah bro?"

"Do you have some headphones on you?"

"Always little dude, whatcha need?"

"What's Phantom Regiment's best show?"

"Easy one. In 2008 they performed a show called 'Spartacus' which got first place. You wanna see it?"

"Can I?!"

"No problem bro, lemme find it real quick."

Luna took out her phone and started looking for the show. Meanwhile, Lincoln looked more at some of the stuff they were selling. Based on their logo, Lincoln thought that they might have been associated with the military, but upon seeing the name again, knew that it wasn't.

"Found it!" Luna exclaimed. Lincoln rushed over to where she was and snatched her phone. After getting some lunch and finding a table to sit down at, Lincoln put on the headphones and started the video. Now this was a production. The three drum majors represented roman military officials and the color guard were dressed as slaves, and with the right camera angle, looked like they were being treated as slaves as well. Before the show even started, Lincoln was hooked. By the end, he was a full blown fan. Gathering up the money that he had brought, he rushed over to the Phantom Regiment stand and bought a T-Shirt. It was expensive, but worth it.

Luna showed Lincoln the rest of the bands, but he wasn't interested in any of them anymore. He was ready to see Phantom Regiment perform. So after she finished up, he went back to the stand and started browsing again. Before he knew it, it was past four o' clock and the place was packed. If it weren't for Luna standing right next to him the whole time, he would have no idea where he was.

"Come on bro... we gotta get back..."

"Just one more thing! Please?"

"No! Besides, you don't have any money left." Luna stared at his obsessed little brother with not just his new shirt on, but a new hat, new sunglasses, a new pin, and various other Phantom Regiment items.

"Fine..."

The Loud family met back up and had a head count before going to their seats. Their moods had changed dramatically. None of them were regretting coming here anymore. Even if the main part of the event wasn't as good as they were hoping, it had still been a lot of fun. Their seats were on the right side of the stadium, way back up in the stands. Luna had been in better seats, but was by no means complaining about where they were. It was actually surprising that they were able to find as many seats as close to the middle of the field as they did. Luna was impressed.

By the time they got up there, they were all tired from having walked so far, except for Lynn, who was more than used to it. Luna and Lincoln were still running off of the sheer excitement from just being there, so they didn't hurt too bad either. Finally taking their seats, they started chatting once again. Luna had the seat that was the farthest left and Lincoln was right next to her with Lynn on his other side.

"I know that these are just those Lame-o's that fill in the gap between the two halves in football, but if there's this many people here, then it's gotta be kind of hard to do..." Luna glared at Lynn for making a comment like that.

"What are you talking about?! Of course it's hard!" Lincoln chimed. "Have you even seen a professional marching band? It's nothing like high school!"

"Uh-huh. Sure..."

"Just wait and see..." Lincoln's sister had a gift for being able to tell how hard something is no matter what it was. So he knew that that was all she had to do.

The first corps started coming onto the field and began setting up for their show. Everyone was cheering for the green machine known as the Cavaliers. When cheers erupted from the rest of the stands, it made the Louds wonder why people would be so excited over a marching band. None of them were sure how to react. They thought that band concerts were supposed to be quiet and professional, not like a football game. The announcer made his presence known.

"Please welcome to the field, from Rosemont, Illinois, the Cavaliers!"

Everyone, once again, burst out into cheers and hollering, even Luna had joined in with welcoming the first corps of the day. The rest of the family sat up in their seats, curious as to what was going to happen next.

"Are the judges ready?"

Silence ensued.

"Drum Majors, is your corps ready?"

The drum majors on the field gave a complicated salute, then took their hats off and placed them down on the raised platform they were standing on.

"You may take the field for competition."