"Ronnie Anne…I CAN'T FIND LUNA!
Lincoln was panicking as he flew around searching for a pod they had missed, but no, each pod was freed from the nightmare king's spell.
"Damn it, he has to have her somewhere, but where?"
"I don't know, we freed every pod we could find,' replied Ronnie Anne.
"Why Luna? Why hide her somewhere else?" Lincoln asked.
"Maybe she was randomly picked when he realized we were freeing other people?" Ronnie Anne suggested.
Suddenly they both started hearing cackling coming from The Nightmare King.
"You fools may have delayed my conquest, freed my subjects, and set my invasion back a few days, but I'm in no shape or form beaten. I still have a card left to play,"
The nightmare king then revealed the dream stone still implanted in his chest, revealing a pod within it.
"My now freed subjects were nothing more than a snack, but this girl is the main course. Her suffering is so delicious I had to store it till I needed it. It would have been a shame to consume it right away." mocked Nightmare. "You want your sister back, champion? Then come and take her,"
Enraged, Lincoln flew to the dream stone, ready to phase through. As he tried, the stone reacted and blasted him back, the energy flowing through his body causing great pain.
"Ahhh! How did that happen?!" Said Lincoln trying to shake off the pain.
"There you are!"
"Huh?"
Lincoln looked up to see a large hand coming at him, but he quickly dodged the attack. It was then Lincoln realized that the nightmare king could see him.
"But how…? The stone, it must have sent me back into the physical plain," he thought.
"Once I've ended you and the girl, no one will be able to stop me. Then I will reclaim my subjects and start my invasion all over again! Without you there to stop me!"
"We won't let that happen,"
"What makes you think you could stop me?"
The Nightmare King then threw a straight punch, but Lincoln countered with his own; as the two fists clashed, Nightmare recoiled in pain.
"Curse that Morpheus and his accursed Royal scepter,"
"I still have the scepter's magic inside me; I can hurt him!"
Feeling confident, Lincoln generated a lightning cloak around himself and flew at the nightmare king again. This time he wasn't bothering to hide; just went for max power in one hit. The nightmare king howled in pain as Lincoln's power surged through him
"You're going to pay for that boy!"
The nightmare king began spinning fast like a tornado. When he stopped, he had transformed into a giant dragon.
"I'm going to fry you alive and eat you,"
The nightmare king then tried biting Lincoln, but he dodged before flying up and crashing through the ceiling.
"You're not getting away that easy, boy!"
The nightmare king took flight as he chased after Lincoln. The two exchange blows as their dogfight becomes more intense, with Nightmare hitting Lincoln with his black fire and Lincoln retaliating with his lightning. The nightmare king then transformed into a giant spider as he began trying to step on Lincoln, but he countered by electrifying his hands and chopping away at Nightmare's leg.
Ronnie Anne was at a loss; she had no idea how to help and was afraid that if she tried to phase through the stone too, she might get sent back to the physical plane like Lincoln. And if that happened, then they might lose their only chance to free Luna and defeat Nightmare once and for all.
"There's got to be a way to reach her. He must be subjecting her to a nightmare worse than everything else he did to anyone else," thought Ronnie Anne, concerned.
She approached the stone, seeing the pod inside it. Luna was visible, and despite being unconscious, she looked miserable.
"There has to be a way through,"
Suddenly Nightmare transformed into a tentacle monster with the dream stone on his forehead as he tried grabbing Lincoln, who dodged each attempt. Lincoln then tried flying straight into the dream stone, but before he could hit it, he was grabbed by a tentacle that began squeezing him.
As Lincoln tried breaking free, the nightmare king began mocking him.
"Give it up, boy, your sister is mine, and pretty soon, the rest of your family will be mine again,"
SHAZAM!
Lincoln calls down the lightning-hitting nightmare hard, forcing him to let go of him. The blast seemingly damaged the dream stone as it was cracked; however, it was starting to repair itself. Ronnie Anne saw this and realized this might be her chance as she flew her fastest. Ronnie Anne, to her relief, made it through as she flew into Luna's Pod; Nightmare growled as he sensed someone had entered Luna's Dream.
"Damn that girl,"
"Looks like Ronnie Anne made it through; only a matter of time before she frees Luna from whatever nightmare you're torturing her with,"
"Foolish boy, I never said I was torturing her."
"What?"
"And what makes you think she wants to be freed?"
"What are you talking about?" Asked Lincoln. "What have you done!?"
"Oh, she'll find out,"
Luna's Dream
Luna was being restrained, tied to a harness with a mask covering her, much like Hannibal Lector, while Luan, dressed as a bailiff, pushed her down a hall.
"It's showtime Bitch Jagger. Hope you're willing to sing like a canary."
Luna didn't respond. She was brought to a set of doors with Lola and Lana there, frowning at her before they opened them. On the other side was a courtroom, seats filled with friends and family looking at Luna as if she was responsible for 9/11. She was wheeled up to the judge, who happened to be Rita, and before a jury filled with twelve Sams, each wearing a different color shirt. At one table there was another Sam dressed as a prosecutor, and at another, there was another Luna with yellow eyes dressed as a defense attorney.
"Court is in session. The prosecution may now list the charges."
"Gladly, Your Honor." Prosecutor Sam said, stepping up with a list that looked as long as a shopping list for a holiday at the Loud house. "Betrayal, co-conspiracy, defamation of character, slander, food poisoning, destruction of property, attempt to prevent someone from entering their own residence, refusal to apologize, expressing the desire for someone to be unalive, and being a bad kisser."
"How does the defendant plead?"
"Not guilty." Yellow-eyed Luna declared.
The people sitting in the rows booed and threw things at her. The real Luna meanwhile protested and tried to get attention but everyone ignored her.
"You're all just haters!" Yellow-eyed Luna shouted back at them.
"What are you doing? I am guilty!"
"C'mon you know this is all Sam and Lincoln's fault,"
Rita then slammed her gavel down, demanding order as she called for order.
"Order… order… order in the court…the people vs Luna Loud will now come to order, prosecution and defense begin your opening statements,"
"I'll start your honor," said the yellow-eyed Luna. "People of the court, I'm sure The prosecution has compiled series of lies that would suggest this whole ordeal is the fault of my client, but I need to prove once and for all, this whole mess is the fault of my client's shitty little brother and her bitch Ex,"
Luna said nothing horrified at what her yellow eyed doppelganger had just said.
Prosecutor Sam then had her turn. "I'm sure that the accused would have us all believe that she's the real victim here. That she 'didn't know any better' at the time and was acting under the pretense of false information. What she is ignoring, and I intend to prove, is that no one made her take the actions she chose while under that pretense. No one made her torment her brother and no one made her take it to extreme measures. The accused did not and still does not regret what she did, only that she's no longer a hero for doing it."
"She's a hero if you ask me." Yellow-eyed Luna remarked.
"Enough." Rita warned. "Prosecution, you may call your first witness."
"I call the victim, Lincoln Loud, to the stand." Prosecutor Sam stated.
A door opened and in walked Lincoln, or rather he rolled in on a wheelchair. He was bandaged up and even had an IV hooked up to him. If Luna didn't know any better she'd swear someone had hit him with a car, possibly more than once. He got up to the stand and was sworn in.
"Did Luna hurt you with malicious intent?" Prosecutor Sam asked.
"Yes."
"Objection! My client may have done all sorts of things but she never hit him!" Yellow-eyed Luna shouted.
"So you admit your client is guilty of hurting Lincoln." Prosecutor Sam countered.
"That little shit had it coming!"
"Objection your honor, the victim did nothing wrong. He tried reconciliation with the defendant but she refused to see logic." Prosecutor Sam protested.
"None of this would be happening if he hadn't stuck his nose in my client's business!" Argued yellow-eyed Luna
"The only reason the victim was involved in the defendant's affairs was the defendant asked for his help," prosecutor Sam argued back.
"Order!" Judge Rita called. "Does the defense have any questions for the witness?"
"Yeah, if my client and her sisters were so terrible to you and you truly believed you didn't deserve to suffer, then why did you stay and put up with them?"
"Where else was I supposed to go?" Lincoln asked back.
Yellow-eyed Luna just shrugged apathetically.
The trial went on like that, with several witnesses being called and questioned. Luan recounted her theory about Luna wanting to be a victim to bolster her own image, Lynn Jr had to remind everyone of the luck incident, thus establishing a pattern of hostility towards Lincoln, Stella admitting her own callous disregard of Lincoln and using the fallout to improve her popularity, and of course, Lori informing the court of Luna's miscarriage comment to her brother.
All the while, yellow-eyed Luna barely did anything more than insult the witness or try to paint Lincoln as deserving of what he got. But watching her was like Lola pretending to be a lawyer; only Lola would pull off a better act.
"Miss Loud, you said you were going to prove the victim deserved what he got, but you have yet to actually provide evidence while the prosecution has proved that the photo that instigated this was a fake. What proof do you have that Lincoln is not innocent?" Judge Rita asked.
"Just take my word for it."
"Is that it? Just take your word for it. That's your evidence?" Judge Rita asked.
"Hey, I will be a world-famous rocker someday and make the Loud name famous! That boy's just a mistake we're all in a hurry to forget! Why do you think it's so easy for his family and friends to turn against him? Would an innocent person have so many people hate him with so little evidence? My word was good enough for you all before; it should still be good enough for you now!"
Luna felt sick to her stomach hearing these words, so much so that she barely heard the boos from the courtroom.
"Enough!" Judge Rita shouted, banging her gavel repeatedly until the room went silent. "I've heard enough. I find Luna Loud guilty on all charges and sentence her to the endless void, to be consumed by her hatred until nothing is left to save it."
Rita banged her gavel again, resulting in a sound like a cathedral bell ringing and a flash of darkness like a negative firework going off. The darkness engulfed the entire room like someone turned the lights off, and Luna could see no one. However, she felt her bindings and restraints disappear, allowing her to move again, but she didn't want to.
The darkness faded though it still looked like night, and Luna felt uneasy on her feet. She knelt down, feeling cold metal under her. Looking around, she saw herself in a steel cage, like the kind divers used to get close to sharks, and the cage was floating over an ocean, waves crashing below.
"What is this?"
Luna looked up, seeing the top of her cage connected to a crane holding her over the ocean. Her family, Sam, her former bandmates, and Chunk, stood at the base of the crank.
"Luna Loud, I sentence you to death by drowning for crimes against your family and friends," said Rita.
"Do what you gotta do; I deserve it,"
"Do it, Chunk!" said Lincoln.
Chunk slowly turned the crank to the crane, her to the ocean. Luna closed her eyes, silently accepting her fate as a single tear fell from her eye.
SHAZAM
A lightning bolt struck the crane, snapping the chain and releasing the cage. It landed on the ocean surface but did not sink, merely floated. However, water began pouring in through the bars, soaking Luna's feet. She could tell the cage would not float for long. Meanwhile, the crane vaporized, and everyone with it seemed to burst like fireworks.
The cage sank more, slowly but surely, the water now up to Luna's knees. The top of the cage was ripped off, and Ronnie Anne showed up in her Lady Shazam form.
"So far, your nightmare hasn't been the worst. Which is surprising but not unwelcome." Ronnie Anne said, reaching down to help Luna out. What was a surprise was Luna not accepting it. "Take my hand."
"Just leave me," Luna said, sitting down in the rising water.
"Do you really think I'm going to do that?" Ronnie Anne said, coming down into the cage. A part of her noticed that the water felt a little off, but her focus was on Luna. She grabbed the rocker girl and tried to lift her up, but to her shock, Luna did not budge. It was like she weighed a ton.
"What the heck?" Ronnie Anne asked, trying again and using super strength this time. Once again, Luna did not move; she didn't even acknowledge the super-heroine's efforts; she just sat there in a fetal position as the water reached her shoulders. The water, meanwhile, was becoming darker. Suddenly the cage was pulled from Ronnie Anne's grasp, sinking into the water with Luna going down too.
"No!"
Under the surface, Luna's body relaxed, and she slowly descended. Oddly, she felt calm about the whole thing.
"This is for the best. I can never make up for what I did, so at least I can avoid making things worse." She thought, letting herself smile just a little while she closed her eyes, awaiting a final embrace.
Ronnie Anne had other ideas and tried to dive in after her, but the moment she hit the water, it turned into nightmare slime, preventing her.
"Oh no, you don't."
"You're not stopping me now, Nightmare King." Ronnie Anne declared.
"Heh heh heh, stupid girl, who said I was the Nightmare King?"
The nightmare slime spread out, and Ronnie Anne could see a face in it that stared at her with a sadistic glee to it. Ronnie Anne got out of the slime and flew up, letting her get a better look at the face. She gasped; it was the face of Luna herself, but with yellow eyes.
"This girl doesn't need some demon spirit to give her nightmares and tell her how much she sucks. She does that plenty already on her own." Yellow-eyed Luna said, rising from the surface, forming something like a slime pillar while more still spread over the ocean's surface. The yellow-eyed rose up, taking the form of a towering monster; in her chest was a cage where Luna was still lying in.
"This girl once thought so highly of herself. The greatest thing to happen to music since Elvis. All she needed was a hook to make herself get noticed sooner. Garage band? Please, teenagers, do those all the time. Winning contests? No endorsements yet, so no real prize. Lesbian lover? Big whoop, those aren't uncommon anymore. But a homophobic little brother who tries to destroy her love and career by trying to seduce her girlfriend? Now THAT will get people talking."
Ronnie Anne flew in, hoping to pry the cage out of this creature's chest. She got to it before Yellow-eyed Luna could stop her, but like before, the cage was too heavy even for her to budge. Then Yellow-eyed Luna grabbed her and tossed her aside.
"You don't get it, do you? All that pride this girl once felt it's turned into self-loathing! Into me! You can't save her from me because I am her! I am what she really thinks, and this is what she wants! You can't save someone who doesn't want to live!"
"Oh, but I can, because I already have." Ronnie Anne countered before she flew to the cage to speak to Luna. "Luna, you have to listen,"
"Leave me alone, dude; this is where I belong," whispered Luna
"Listen, I'm not going to lie and say you don't deserve to feel bad for how you treated Lincoln, but this is not the way to deal with it,"
"Why not? This is what I deserve,"
"If you don't snap out of it, the nightmare king will win!"
"You're lying. Lincoln can handle that guy,"
"He's feeding off your suffering, getting stronger,"
"She's lying; Lincoln is doing just fine; he doesn't need help from a shit sister like you," said Nightmare Luna.
Hearing those words caused Luna to sink deeper into depression, causing nightmare Luna and the nightmare king to become stronger. Lincoln had been fighting Nightmare for hours despite being able to hurt him due to feeding off of Luna's nightmare; he keeps healing; Lincoln had sustained a lot of damage, so much that the upper half of his costume was gone, despite having the stamina of Atlas there were still limits.
"Looks like your partner's sister is sinking deeper in despair, which means more power for me,"
"C'mon, Ronnie Anne, get through to her," Ronnie Anne told herself.
Back in Luna's Dream, the nightmare Luna began attacking Ronnie Anne while she still tried reaching Luna.
"Luna, snap out of it," Ronnie Said, this time trying Charmspeak to see if that would work.
"I said leave me alone," Luna repeated.
"No, I'm not, and you want to know why? Because you're taking the easy way out. Yes you made a colossal mistake, but what have you done since then? You didn't apologize or learn anything; all you did was throw yourself a pity party. After all the abuse you put him through, you still want to believe you are the real victim. You're not here because you think you deserve it; you're here because you'd rather fade away into nothingness over being judged. Over being hated."
"Well, who wants to be hated?" Luna argued.
"Did you think Lincoln wanted to be hated when you turned against him? And when you did, did he disappear so he didn't have to live with it? No, he fought back and did what he could to make things better. He showed great strength and character at a time when he shouldn't have had to. For all your attempts to tear him down, you couldn't."
'Is that why he's worthy of being a superhero?' Luna asked herself.
"Whatever you may think of your brother now, Lincoln is out there fighting to save you because even though you were a monster to him, he's not going to let you die as one. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, you should be trying to make things right because if you don't wake up, any hope of reconciling with Lincoln will die alone with him, so stop wallowing in your pity because your little brother needs you; right NOW!"
"Lincoln might die!?"
"Shut up!" Roared nightmare Luna as she swatted Ronnie Anne into the slime.
"Damn it, let go of Me!"
"There's nothing you or she can do now!"
The nightmare Luna began laughing until the cage in her chest cracked.
"Huh!?" Said nightmare Luna as she began cracking.
"I said and did things I can never take back!"
"What!?"
"Drove away 2 important people because I only saw the worst in them, when I should have only seen the best,"
"Wait!"
"Caused a rift in my family that may never completely heal!"
"No!"
"And despite everything I know I'm responsible for, I'm still sitting here feeling sorry for myself and playing the victim!"
"Please!"
"No more, I'm Luna Loud, and I'm done playing the victim,"
"Don't do this; you need me!"
"The only thing I need is… to make things RIGHT!"
Luna then manifested her trademark guitar and strummed her guitar, creating a shockwave, shattering her nightmare doppelganger and her nightmare. On the outside, the nightmare king had turned into a giant snake trapping Lincoln in its coils.
"It's over, boy. I'll be sure to tell your family how you fought valiantly for them but ultimately died for nothing,"
The nightmare king began laughing before opening his mouth, ready to eat Lincoln. Suddenly the dream stone began cracking, to his shock.
"What? No!"
Suddenly the dream stone shattered with Ronnie Anne bursting out carrying Luna.
"Well…well, looks like your little advantage just shattered right in front of you,"
Lincoln then electrified himself, blasting Nightmare off of him and forcing him back into his original form.
"Now that the playing field has been leveled, let's see how tough you really are," said Lincoln.
Ronnie Anne landed Luna in a safe spot before turning to see Lincoln go on the attack.
"Save some for me, Linc, Luna a little revenge music if you don't mind,"
"You got it!" Replied Luna strumming her guitar. "Any requests?"
"Master of Puppets by Metallica,"
"Coming up," said Luna, playing her guitar.
Pumped up by the music, Ronnie Anne flew in to join her partner in pounding the living daylights out of Nightmare. Nightmare tried to fight them both, but he found it difficult to focus on both of them at the same time. He tried to attack Lincoln and was open to Ronnie Anne's attack, and the same for the other way.
"That's the problem with nightmares; they only have power if you let them," Lincoln remarked.
Lincoln came flying in like a missile as he cracked Nightmare across the left side of his face. Ronnie Anne followed up with an uppercut launching him in the air. Before they both slammed into him, crashing him back to the ground.
"No! I've come too far to be denied now!" roared Nightmare, trying to get back up and change into a more powerful form.
Lincoln and Ronnie Anne punched him in the eyes simultaneously, stunning him.
"If Nemo can jump in and help us finish this off, that would be swell," Lincoln commented.
Suddenly The Rainbow Cloud appeared in the sky; as it opened up, it revealed Nemo standing on a balcony Aiming the Royal scepter at Nightmare. The Nightmare King at first did not recognize Nemo but quickly realized who he was.
"NEMO!"
Enraged, Nightmare flew as fast as he could, ready to kill, but Nemo only readied the Scepter, making it glow. Lincoln and Ronnie Anne felt the power suddenly get stronger in them too.
"No, you will not stop me again!"
"No, he won't…we all WILL!" roared Lincoln as he and Ronnie Anne poured all the power given to them by the scepter into one final blast.
Bazama Pajama, Pajama Gazama.
Kimera-kazam, kimera-kazam.
Impera kazam Hulda pancha tzanzam Shazama, pajama, pajamaaaaa!
SHAZAM!
Three blasts came shooting at Nightmare, one from above and two from below, the only thing he could do was scream in horror. He fought against the power being unleashed against him, but Nightmare was on the losing side here. Nightmare could only scream as the blasts hit him and his body started disintegrating as Lincoln and Ronnie Anne watched. Moments before nightmare king was completely gone a yellow light emerged from his body. Taking the form of a symbol unknown to them with a figure inside it. The figure began absorbing some of the blast, before Lincoln or Ronnie Anne could react the big explosion of light erupted, whiting out everything. As the flash cleared all traces of Nightmare's castle was gone, his prisoners were freed standing in an open field. As the Louds collected themselves Luna ran up hugging her parents as the rest of her sisters joined in.
"You're freed from the nightmare king's spell," called Lincoln.
"Find your families and return home," continued Ronnie Anne.
"Knowing this nightmare is over and you're free to dream in peace," they announced.
Everyone started gathering up their loved ones, and leaving, Lincoln and Ronnie Anne flew away before returning in their normal forms reuniting with their families.
"Thank you both for saving us," said Rita. "Wait where's Lily?"
"She's somewhere safe we can go and get once everyone is gone,"
After a while the only ones left were the Louds and Ronnie Anne. Ronnie Anne sent her family home via teleportation using logomachy promising to be there as soon as things are wrapped up.
"Wait so Lily is in some place called Slumberland?" Asked Lynn Sr.
"It's where good dreams come from," explains Lincoln.
"So how do we get there?" Asked Rita.
"Leave that to me," called a voice.
Everyone looked up to see a Zeppelin emerging from the rainbow cloud. As it landed Professor Genius stepped out to greet the Louds.
"Good evening, my name is Professor Genius, I am here to escort the Loud family to Slumberland to pick up a miss Lily Loud,"
The Louds were reluctant, but Lincoln and Ronnie Anne assured them it was okay. Suddenly as they were about to board the Zeppelin, the ground began to shake as to Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's shock the nightmare king emerged badly hurt but alive. The Louds ran for cover as Lincoln and Ronnie Anne prepared themselves.
"I will not be denied!"
Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were to power up when the professor stepped forward. Reaching into his hat, he pulled out a silver orb that began floating to Nightmare.
"King Nemo sends his regards monster,"
The began sucking Nightmare into it as he screamed, too weak to break free, before floating back to the professor.
"Well that's that. Come along everyone, we mustn't keep waiting," said the professor as he led the family to the zeppelin.
"Lincoln, when we blasted Nightmare, did you?"
"Notice a weird symbol and someone inside it,"
"Yeah, I think that guy is the reason nightmare survived,"
"Probably but we'll worry about him later, one mystery at a time," Lincoln said as he and Ronnie Anne boarded.
'Still, I can't help but feel like the next supervillain has just shown up.' Ronnie Anne worried.
Everyone boarded the zeppelin and within moments it took off taking everyone to slumberland, everyone was left in awe as they traveled to this kingdom.
"So this is the place where dreams literally come true?" Lori asked, seeing a mountain range with people flying over it.
"Much better than the alternative." Lola noted.
Luna slowly came over towards Lincoln, looking like she was expecting something bad. "Lincoln, I-"
"Luna, everyone, right now I'm kind of worried that Nightmare might have had a Plan B so I'm staying on guard. Whatever you're going to say, how about we all wait until we're home safe?" Lincoln asked.
Feeling a little better, Luna and the others nodded.
The Zeppelin passed through several fantastic landscapes with more and more people appearing through them, as if more and more people were finally getting to sleep and dream happily again. In no time they returned to Morpheus's palace.
Entering, they were greeted by King Nemo and Queen Camille.
"You two did well,"
"Think of your majesty," said Lincoln.
Suddenly a set of train tracks rolled onto the floor; a few seconds later, Morpheus pulled in. The Loud Sisters and Lynn Sr. reacted similarly upon seeing the large man.
"Santa?" They asked with starry eyes.
"Hohoho, that's what little Lily said when she first met me."
"That laugh is not helping Father," commented Camille.
Lily then hopped off the train running to her parents as they hugged each other before the rest of the sisters joined in.
"Sire, I hate to interrupt, but there is the matter of him," said the professor holding the orb containing the nightmare king, showing it was starting to crack.
Nemo nodded before asking the Louds to enjoy their time in Slumberland. Knowing what needed to be done immediately, Lincoln and Ronnie Anne powered up and headed off with Nemo and Morpheus. Using a secret passage, the group headed deep underneath the castle.
"After all this time, I never thought I'd be down here again," Nemo said.
"You all should've killed me when you had the chance; once I'm free, I'm going to,"
"Spare us your empty threats, Nightmare; while you deserve to be wiped out of existence, you are still needed. There must always be a balance between good and bad dreams, and you're returning to serve that balance whether you like it or not," said Morpheus.
The group arrived at none other than the forbidden door, still opened from when Nemo had freed the nightmare king as a child.
"No!" Yelled Nightmare.
Nemo tossed the orb inside, "welcome home,"
As the door closed, the sound of the orb can be heard shattering. Nightmare tried to break free, but Lincoln and Ronnie Anne held it closed as Morpheus used the key to reseal it.
"No, let me out, curse you all!" Screamed the Nightmare King before he fell silent.
"This nightmare is finally over,"
"Not just yet," said Lincoln and Ronnie Anne.
Lincoln and Ronnie Anne altered the door and lock mechanism using their powers. A lightning bolt symbol briefly glowed before it disappeared.
"There now only someone with the power of Shazam can open that door,"
"Thank you," said Nemo.
"Now let's return and celebrate all over slumberland," cheered Morpheus.
The Louds and Ronnie Anne enjoyed their time in Slumberland; it was as if they were one big happy family again. But eventually, it was time to go home, but before they left, Nemo and Camille gave Lily their blessing for Lily to visit anytime she wanted to play with Nemo Jr. again.
The next night.
As Clyde sat in his room, thinking over everything that happened, to his surprise, his phone got a text from Lincoln, telling him to meet him in Tall Timber Park. Clyde didn't know what to expect but felt this might be his last chance to make things right. Arriving, he found not just Lincoln but Ronnie Anne too.
"Are you sure about this, Linc?"
"Yeah,"
"Lincoln?"
"Clyde, I'm not going to beat around the bush with you; you turned your back on me. You abandoned me, you didn't stand up for me when I was in need, and even after you realized you were wrong, you still did nothing,"
"I know, and I'm sorry,"
"I know you are because, despite all that, you risked your life to protect Lily; if it hadn't been for what you did, who knows what would have happened to her,"
"I just wanted to make things right,"
"Better late than never." Ronnie Anne couldn't help but comment.
"After what you do for her, I'm willing to start our friendship away. But it may take time for us to get back to where we were, but I'm willing to try,"
"Forgive but not forget, I can live with that. Thank you, Lincoln,"
"Which is why I'm trusting you with this secret,"
"Secret?"
Shazam
Two lightning bolts struck Lincoln and Ronnie Anne in a flash, powering them up. To Clyde's shock, Shazam and Lady Shazam stood where Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were. Clyde's jaw dropped as the two returned to normal.
"I have so many questions," said a stunned Clyde.
"Later right now, the three of us have a task,"
"We do?" Asked Clyde.
"I know who faked that photo, and the evidence is somewhere here,"
Elsewhere
In the halls of Loud castle, Morag was now sitting on a throne, wearing Angus's crown. Above her was a tapestry of the Loud ghosts and Angus all with terrified expressions frozen on their faces. However, this was no ordinary tapestry; it was a prison that the Louds ghosts and Angus were trapped in. Along with the dragon Lila who had been transformed into the throne Morag was sitting on, her children were trapped in their cave.
"Now that the castle is mine, time to take over Lock Loud,"
"You forget, one Loud escaped," said the sins.
"I'm not worried about one little ghost girl. Soon she and the rest of her family will feel my wrath," laughed Morag.
The Loud girl in question, was Lucy Loud's ancestral lookalike, Lucille Loud, having managed to escape during Morag's surprise attack.
"I've got to warn my family; she coming,"
End of Ch. 24.