Lincoln was Currently laying down in a small bed in dark room. He started to stir from his sleep and sit upward. He let out a yawn and then rubbed his eyes. Lincoln then looked around the unfamiliar room which had a boiler in the corner 'Wait how'd I get here?' He thought. He then noticed that Connie and Steven were next to where he was also in sleeping bags. 'Oh, right I'm in the basement…or rather my room in my new house, I almost forgot.' He remembered.
After who knows how long of sitting on the roof and looking at the stars Lincoln and Connie went back down and went back into the warehouse. When they got back they found that a lot of the people have left, the only ones still at the party were the Louds, Maheswarans, Steven, Greg and the gems were in the warehouse. Currently all of them were at the stage having making conversation (except for Lana and Amethyst who were having a sissy fight over a half-eaten donut they found in the trash.) The two made there way over to everyone.
"Hey guys what's up?" Connie asked the group who all turned their head to the two kids. "Oh just having a conversation, Connie where did you and Lincoln go?" Priyanka asked. "Oh we just went up on the roof and hung out." Lincoln answered.
"Well everyone I think we should head out. It late and the moving truck will be here tomorrow morning, so we should go check the new place." Lynn Sr told his family. Upon hearing this Lana (who was still fighting with Amethyst) got an idea "Hey Amethyst look, a moldy Torta." Lana lied. "What, where!?" Amethyst asked as she turned her head around. However, she loosened her grip on the donut and Lana was able to steal it and ran to her dad. "What the, why you little!" Amethyst said as she shook her fist at Lana.
"Well Steven, Greg thanks so much for throwing this party for us, this place is gonna feel like home instantly I just know it." Lynn Sr thanked the universe's. "Hey, no problem it's awesome to see you again, I'm usually by the car wash to just stop if you wanna hang and maybe bust out the cowbell." Greg told Lynn Sr who proceeded to chuckle "You know it buddy. Well Guys lets go."
When the louds started to leave the warehouse. As Steven watched the family leave he began to look back and forth between the gems and the Louds. After a few seconds Steven ran up to the family "Wait guys, do you think maybe I could spend the night?" Steven asked as the Louds who then turned to the young gem. "I know you guys are still moving in and all but I really wanna get to know you all more, plus maybe I can help you with your things?" Steven added.
Rita and Lynn Sr looked at Steven and thought about his request until the former spoke up "Well if its ok with you dad and the gems I don't see why not." Rita told Steven. Steven then had stars in his eyes and ran to his dad and guardians. "Can I stay with the Louds tonight please, please, please." Steven asked
Greg and the gems chuckled at seeing Stevens usual enthusiasm. "Sure, Shtoo ball I don't see why not." Greg spoke up. "Of course." Garnet added. "Just behave yourself." Pearl told steven. "See ya little Ste-man." Amethyst joked.
Upon seeing Steven ran up the Louds to join them Connie turn toward her parents. "Can I go to if Mr and agree please." Connie asked her parents. Priyanka scratched her chin while Doug spoke "Of course you can how can we say no after you finally got your old friend back." Priyanka was about to scold Doug for answering without her side of things but then realized she couldn't argue with the logic. "Just be on your best behavior...and stay at least ten feet away from Lisa at all times." Priyanka told her daughter.
Connie then walked over to the Louds and Steven. "So Mr and may I-"Connie was asking as she was interrupted. "Say no more Connie of course you can come." Lynn Sr spoke up. Connie then got stars in her eyes as she ran up to Lincoln and pulled him into a hug which he quickly returned. "Well you'll see you all later and don't worry you all we'll take good care of them." Lynn Sr reassured as everyone headed out to there respective homes (or van in Gregs case.)
When the Louds, Steven and Connie parked in the driveway of the new loud house they all proceeded to get out. Rita then walked over to the Amethyst shaped hole in the driveway and sighed. "Don't worry Mrs. Loud Pearl said she'd come by tomorrow and patch it up." Steven reassured Rita as she looked down at Steven with a small smile. "Alright gang lets check out the new house." Lynn Sr told everyone as he held up a pair of house keys.
When everyone got in the house they were all amazed by how big the first room was. It was completely empty and had blue carpeting and was about ¼'s bigger then the living room in the original loud house. The door way in the north part of the room was another empty room with gray carpeting, Lynn Sr told the kids this would be the dining room, the last room on the first floor was a tiled kitchen which had many cabinets, a fridge-freezer combo and an oven stove combo.
When they made it to the second floor the Louds saw it was almost identical to second floor of the original house. Lynn Sr showed all the girls their room which all had black carpeting and 2 bed frames each inside however the rooms were a little bigger then the ones the kids had back home. On both ends the of the hallway was a door however, one door lead to a bathroom and the second door much to the Loud kids surprise was a room with a washer and dryer.
As Lincoln saw the laundry room he grew a little concerned. "Hey mom, dad where's my room?" Lincoln asked with Steven and Connie next to him. "Oh right, about that sport. Follow us." Lynn Sr told his son as he led Lincoln, Steven and Connie downstairs. Lynn Sr then open the door to the basement and led the three kids down the stairs (Luckily the light switch was right next to the door.) "Well here it is sport your new room, um…ignore the boiler in the corner." Lynn Sr pointed out to the kids.
Lincoln then looked around the basement, it was about as big as the basement in the original loud house, it was uncarpeted with a gray floor and had a bed on the western most part of the room. "So, I'm living in the basement?" He asked while looking around. "Yeah sorry sport after we looked over the plans we realized we forgot your room, so we arranged for your bed to be put down here, sorry." Lynn Sr said as he scratched the back of his head in guilt. Lincoln took another look around the basement and smiled. "Its fine dad I mean look at all the space I have." Lincoln told his dad. "Yeah think of the cool stuff you could put down here!" Steven added. "Yeah plus it makes it easier to have friends over." Connie also added as she nudged Lincoln with her elbow.
Lynn Sr sighed in relief. "Well I'm glad your happy son." Lynn Sr said in relief. "Alright Connie and Steven we got some sleeping bags for you to borrow so why don't you guys wait down here while I go get them."
Lincoln chuckled as he looked at his two sleeping friends. However, his attention was soon diverted to the middle of the room. In the middle was a sleeping lion with a star shaped mane…and pink. Lincoln nearly jump upon seeing the creature before realizing what it was. 'Oh I almost forgot he's here as well.'
Lincoln, his sisters, Steven and Connie were all sitting down in Lincolns room with the PJ's on asSteven was telling them some of the adventures he had with the gems. "And that's the time when I helped Pearl and Amethyst fuse by getting eaten by a bird." Steven finished his story.
All of the Louds were speechless at Stevens story until Lynn broke the silence "Wow Steven that's awesome!" She claimed while standing up.
"Although I must say the science of this fusion seems pretty farfetched at this point I'm pretty much doubting my scientific view on life." Lisa deadpanned. The Louds then told Steven about some of the misadventures they had including trying to get Lisa into snowdays, them putting a bet on not doing their usual habits and the time Luna came with Lincoln to his first concert. They all enjoyed sharing stories until they heard a noise from outside.
SCRATCH, SCRATCH, SCRATCH
"Hey what's that scratching noise?" Lori asked. Everyone then went upstairs and heard the scratching coming from outside the front door. Lori then went up to the door and opened it. "Hello who's the-AAAAAAAH" She screamed as she fell to the floor.
In the doorway stood a fully grown pink lion with a star shaped mane. The Louds looked at the pink creature wide eyed and some even had fear in them. However, Connie was chuckling at Lori's reaction to the lion while Steven had stars in his eyes. "LION!" Steven yelled as he ran up the creature and hugged it. "Aw did you miss me?" Steven asked as Lion breathed in his face.
"Wait Steven you know that thing?" Lincoln asked. Steven looked back at the Louds and chuckled a bit. "Yep Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lincoln, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, Lily this is Lion he's a lion." Steven introduced.
The Louds continued to look at Steven and Lion with wide eyes until Lola and Lana broke the silence. "He's so…so…so…CUTE." The twins said in unison as they jumped up and hugged the pink lion who didn't seem to mind the attention.
As Lola and Lana swam through and petted his mane they all went up Lion and Steven who informed them that he wouldn't hurt them at all and was just a big sweetheart. Most of the Louds began to carefully pet Lions body, however Lucy and Lisa were still standing away from Lion. "Sorry Steven but im not a fan of his color." Lucy said as Lion shot her a glare a grunted.
Lisa who was staring at the lion completely wide eyed and slack jaw eventually gained a dead panned looked. "A pink Panthera Leo…a pink lion…that's it I'm going to bed." Lisa said as she went upstairs.
Lynn Sr and Rita came out of there room curious about all the commotion. "Kids what's going on out he-whaaaat the heck is that thing?" Rita asked as she and her husband noticed Lion.
"Hi Mr and this is my pet/good friend Lion. Steven explained as Lion look at the Louds parents.
"Wow we've had some bizarre pets before but this is…wow." Lynn Sr stated as he stared at the pink lion.
"Well I might as well say this ahead of time, if you want him to sleep over go ahead." Rita told Steven as she assumed Steven was going to ask.
Steven then got stars in his eyes "Thanks Mrs. Loud!" Steven thanked as he ran up and hugged Rita's leg. "Come on Lion follow us." Steven told his pink companion. Lion then got up and followed the group downstairs with Lana, Lola and Lily riding on his back.
Lincoln chuckled as he remembered the events of last night. He then got up out of bed of headed to Lion. He then proceeded to pet Lion, who when he felt was being touched slightly open his left eye, he then closed it and allowed the boy to pet him.
After a few minutes of just petting Lion, Lincoln then heard some moans from behind him. He saw Connie start to stir and wake up. When she sat upwards and let out a yawn and was greeted by a familiar voice "Sleep well?" Lincoln asked. Connie then looked over at Lincoln and stretched her arms out "Yep." She answered while yawning. She then looked to where Steven was sleeping and starting to shake the boy. "Steven time to get up." Connie told the half gem as he quickly woke up and sat up.
"Good morning Lincoln, good morning Connie." Steven yawned. He then got up and walked over to where Lincoln and Lion were. "Time to wake up sleepy head." Steven said as he tried to wake up Lion. However, Lion didn't move one bit to Stevens action. "Come on Lion its rude to sleep in at other people's houses, you're a guest." Steven told Lion as he began to push on him. Lion responded to this and rolled over on his back causing Steven to fall. Lincoln and Connie chuckled at Stevens attempts to wake up Lion. "Its fine Steven. Come on guys lets go upstairs." Lincoln told his friends as he headed toward the stairs. Steven sighed at Lion and then followed Connie and Lincoln upstairs. Lion however, upon hearing the three begin to leave, woke up and followed the group upstairs.
When the four got upstairs they saw Lori, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lola and Lana sitting on the floor of the soon to be living room of the new house watching tv (Which was installed ahead of time.) The rest of Louds were still sleeping in their rooms. The mentioned Loud sisters turned their attention to the four coming from downstairs, with Lola and Lana shooting up "LION!" they shouted in unison as they jumped onto the pink creature. Lion still complaining about the attention he got from the twins, proceed to walk to the room and laid down behind the group of girls with Lola and Lana riding on his back petting him.
"Hey dudes, sleep ok?" Luna asked. Lincoln, Steven and Connie gave the Rockstar and nod and looked at the rest of the group. "Hey guys. So how long till the trucks are here?" Lincoln asked. "Dad said about 30 minutes." Lynn answered. "Hey Steven when they get here could you help me with my stuff?" Lynn asked while her siblings looked at her confused wondering why Lynn would ask for help. "Sure, I'd be happy to." Steven answered which gained a light blush from Lynn.
"Ill go wake everyone up." Lori said as she headed upstairs. Steven then looked at the twins petting Lion all over the place as the pink creature simply slept and allowed the two to pet him "Aw Lion did you make some new friends." Steven asked as he walked over to his companion. "He's awesome Steven I still can't believe you have a pet Lion." Lana commented with a muffled voice as her head was inside Lions mane. "Yeah although Lions more of a companion then a pet." Steven pointed out. "I just can't believe his beautiful color. Steven do you think Lion could come to my tea parties and help me with some of my beauty pageants please?" Lola asked while she was petting Lions back. "If its ok with Lion its ok with me." Steven answered.
"I just hope your not LION Steven hahaha, get it?" Luan joke which earned a giggle from Steven and a groan from everyone else. Lion however opened his right eye and shot Luan and glare and a low growl which caused the comedian to flinch. "Yeah sorry about that Lion's not a big fan of puns." Steven apologized to Luan.
After about a half hour of conversing and the other Loud sisters coming down from their rooms the moving trucks containing all the Louds belongings came. After Rita and Lynn Sr pried Lana and Lola off Lion, the Louds, Steven and Connie got out of the house and started heading to the trucks.
Currently the kids and parents were bringing up their belongings to their respective rooms, with Steven helping Lynn and Connie helping Lincoln.
Steven was currently caring a box of baseball equipment when he noticed three figures coming up the house. Steven then proceeded to gently put the box down and ran towards the figures who appeared to be the crystal gems. "Hey guys what are you doing here?" Steven asked. "Well first of I still need to fix a hole someone made in the driveway." Pearl answered while she was carrying a box labed "Amethyst fixing supplies." Amethyst then proceed to chuckle, and slightly raise her hand. "And we thought our new neighbors could use some help." Garnet added while adjusting her shades.
Lynn Sr who was trying to carry the couch overhead the gems and walked up to them. "Why thank you Garnet. Since your helping can you help me carry this couch to the living room please?" Lynn Sr asked as he pointed to the couch which was slightly peaking out of the trunk. "I can do you on better." Garnet answered. She then proceeded to walk to the couch and lifted it up effortlessly with one hand and carried it into her house. Lynn Sr stared the gem leader completely shocked as Amethyst spoke up. "She works out." Amethyst joked. "Yeah ill bet." Lynn Sr responded as he scratched the back of his head.
After about an hour the Louds were able to get all their stuff in the house (with major help from Garnet and Amethyst as they effortlessly lifted the heavier object.)
Currently Lincoln and Connie were hanging some of Lincolns poster on the basement wall. "Wow this a lot less time then I thought it would." Connie claimed. "Yeah although we owe a bunch to the gems for doing the really heavy lifting." Lincoln added as he and Connie finished hanging an "Ace Savvy" poster.
"Well one box left let's get it done." Connie stated as she headed towards the last box of Lincolns belongings. Lincoln gave a small smile as Connie headed toward the box which he knew what they contained.
Connie opened the box and was a little confused with what she found. There was only 2 things and they were both binders. One was a brown scrap book which was titled "MY BEST FRIEND" in multi-colored letters. The second item was a green binder which was titled "COINS, International Coinage" Connie then turned to Lincoln while holding the two binders. "Hey Lincoln, what are these?" Connie asked. Lincoln chuckled and jumped on his bed "Open them up and see." Lincoln answered.
Connie opened up both books and was shocked with what she found. The brown binder was full of photos of her and Lincoln in the first grade, including one of Connie kissing Lincoln during Christmas Eve. The second one was full of coins from around the world, and it was quite full having barley any empty space, she also noticed they were labeled by country and denomination. "Lincoln are these what I think they are?" Connie asked. Lincoln jumped off his bed and headed towards Connie. "Yep they are."
Connie was flattered as she looked through the pages of both books "Wow I can't believe you kept all these photos of us." Connie said as she stared at the scrap book. "And I see I really got you hooked on coin collecting." She joked. Lincoln gave a small chuckle. "Yeah I mean you're the one who introduced it to me." Lincoln told his old friend.
After a few minutes of looking over both scrap books and talking they heard two people coming down the stairs. They looked to find Steven and Lynn heading down. "Hey guys were all done up here." Lynn told the two. "Oh cool, looks like were all settled in." Lincoln claimed as he stood up. "Hey Lincoln, wanna walk around Beach City with me, I can show you all the hot spots in town." Steven asked. "Sure, I'd love to Steven. Connie, you wanna come?" Lincoln asked as Connie stood up. "Sure, we still have some catching up to do." Connie answered.
"Hey, can I come with you guys?" Lynn asked. "Really, how come?" Lincoln asked. "Oh well you know…better than just standing around here all day." Lynn answered nervously with sweat coming down her face. "Of course, you can come Lynn the more the merrier." Steven responded. Then all four kids began to climb up the stairs.
