It was a beautiful day in the small town of Royal Woods, Michigan, summer had just started. Rita and Lynn Loud Sr. had made arrangements to take their younger children to Dairyland in New Orleans, while the four oldest daughters were packing up Vanzilla for their summer get away. Lori had convinced their parents to let them bring a few of their friends with them to Camp Scratchy Bottoms, due to the fact that they would have been supervised every second they were there with no funny business. Lori had invited Bobby, Luna invited Sam, Luan invited Maggie, and Leni invited Chaz.

Just as they had finished filling their suitcases, Luna and Luan made their way into Lori's room for their scheduled sister meeting. "Knock knock!" Luna chimed.

"Who's there?" Luan chuckled.

"Luan…" the teen rocker groaned.

"Luan who?" another groan. "Hey, c'mon, sis! You know you a-door my puns! Ha ha ha! Get it?"

"Shut up, you two." Lori hissed. "We, literally, have no time to waste. Are we prepared for Operation: Bait-and-Switch?"

"Hell yeah, dude!" Luna whispered, just in case their parents were listening in. "Sam managed to get the Mary Jane, just like she promised! She texted me a picture of it!" She took out her phone and showed it to the two of them. "All we need is to get some zigzags at a gas station on the way, and then we just Let the Good Times Roll!"

"And Bobby's got the fake I.D.'s we'll need to get the beer." Lori smiled. Secretly, the trio had consulted with their significant others to make other arrangements. Instead of Camp Scratchy Bottoms, Luan had discovered an old, abandoned lakeside camp that was currently under renovations. By pooling their allowances together, they'd saved up enough money to rent a cabin for a full week.

Just then, Lori remembered something. "Oh, God, please tell me you guys made sure-"

"Yes, Lori, relax." Luna soothed. "We kept Chaz in the loop without telling-"

"OH! EM! GOSH, YOU GUYS!" A voice boomed from downstairs, quickly followed by footsteps coming from the hallway.

"...Leni." They all sighed in unison.

The second-born Loud child had been kept in the dark about their ploy for a good reason; she was stupid. It wasn't that everyone in the Loud House didn't love Leni; she was the kindest girl that had ever been put on the Earth. Unfortunately, she was also ditzy, flakey, and naive. Even her own parents often got aggravated with her absent-mindedness. To ensure that she wouldn't accidentally give away their real destination, the group decided to wait until they were on the road to fill her in on the change of plans.

Leni barged into the room with a panicked expression. "Where are they?! We can't leave without them!"

"Hey, Soul Sister!" Luna tried to calm her down. "What're ya lookin' for?"

"My sunglasses! Have you guys seen them?!" The three sisters rubbed their temples and rolled their eyes in frustration before pointing to the top of their heads. Leni's eyes rolled up and her fingers gingerly felt her sunglasses resting on top of her head, where they always were. "Ooh! Thanks, guys!" She flashed her trademark smile.

"Hey, kids." Rita Loud walked into the doorway, holding the youngest Loud in her arms. "Bad news, girls… Pop-pop lost Lily's ticket and now she has to stay behind. I'm going to need one of you to take her to Aunt Ruth's house and look after her."

"What?!" Lori shrieked. "No, mom, can't Aunt Ruth just watch her by herself?"

"You know she doesn't trust Lily to be alone with her cats." Luan reminded.

"Hey, wait!" Leni lifted her finger into the air. "We can just take her with us!" She took her baby sister into her hands and began to playfully wag her finger in front of her, much to Lily's amusement.

"Oh, I don't know, Leni, sweetie…" Rita rubbed her arm in discomfort. "I don't know if I'm comfortable letting Lily go into the woods without your father or myself."

"Don't worry, mom! I'll take good care of her, I promise!"

"Yeah, mom!" Lori pitched in, trying not to sound too eager. "The four of us can keep a baby safe in the woods for, literally, just one week. Especially with four guests to help."

"Well… alright." She conceited. "But…! But, I want you to call us as soon as you get there! And make sure you pay attention to when she needs to be fed and changed!"

"I will!" Leni promised as Lily gave her cute little kisses.

"Alright, your father and I are leaving with the kids in one hour. So… be ready to say goodbye to us." With that, she left the eldest sisters and their baby sister alone again.

Later, when Pop-pop showed up to take everyone to the airport, the remaining Louds continued to prepare for their trip. Soon enough, Bobby Santiago, Lori's longtime boyfriend, arrived.

"Hey, babe!" He called before they came together in a passionate kiss.

"Did you get the stuff?" She asked, coyly. Bobby pulled out a bag from his truck, it was filled with condoms and birth-control pills. "You are the best, Bobby Boo-Boo Bear!" Lori was eager to get into bed with him, but she didn't want her family to get any bigger.

Not long after, Sam, Chaz, and Maggie showed up. At last, they piled into Vanzilla and set off onto the road. Luna leaned her seat back as far as it would go as she caressed her beloved electric guitar. The broken radio was only one of the old vehicle's flaws, so Luna and her girlfriend were more than happy to provide the roadtrip's entertainment.

"I'm on the Highway to Hell!" Sam sang, beautifully, as Luna strummed the appropriate chords. Leni had placed her hands over Lily's ears to protect them from the loud music, but she soon noticed something that made her feel uneasy.

"Um... you guys?" She sounded concerned. "This isn't the way to Camp Scratchy Bottoms…"

"We're not going to Camp Scratchy Bottoms, Leni." Chaz, who was sitting next to her, explained. "We wanted to surprise you. We found a better place to spend our first week of summer."

"But, we promised mom and dad!"

"That we'd go to camp, Leni." Luan soothed. "We never said which camp. It'll be fine."

"But, won't they be mad when they find out we lied to them?"

"You mean; 'if they find out we lied to them.'" Maggie corrected. "Now, our lips are sealed. How about yours?"

Leni stressed her mind as she tried to think of what to do. She never felt comfortable lying to anyone, let alone her parents. But looking at her friends and family, she didn't want to ruin the vacation for them. She sighed heavily, supposing that if they just obeyed the rules, they'd be okay. "So, what camp are we going to, then?"

"It's called Camp Crystal Lake!" Luna exclaimed.

"Oooo! That sound's pretty!"

"Great!" Luan cheered. "It's good to know that our plan is crystal clear! Ha ha ha! Get it?"

Everyone groaned again.

A few miles later, the group stopped for gas. While Lori filled up the gas tank, everyone else went inside for supplies. As she watched the meter, she saw a familiar red sports car parked right next to her. "Oh, no…" She grumbled.

"Lori!" Carol Pingrey chuckled. "It's so good to see you. How've you been?"

"Oh, just fine and dandy, Carol." Lori sneered. The two prima-donnas had held a serious resentment for each other ever since Kindergarten, with Carol always bragging about how much better she was than Lori. "Where are you heading?"

"Oh, my daddy just bought a fabulous luxury cabin just down the road." She said, smugly. "What about you?"

"My friends and I are going to our own cabin at Camp Crystal Lake. You do know what friends are, right."

"Hmm. Cute." Carol laughed.

"Hey, babe!" Bobby snuck up behind Lori and pecked her cheek. "Am I great at getting fake I.D.'s or what?! We got Coors, Budweiser, and Blue Moon!"

"Faking I.D.'s, Lori..?" Carol's smug smile grew wider. "You better watch your back."

"Really?" Lori had had enough. "Because, maybe you should, literally, stop spending so much time on yours!"

"Oh, burn!" Bobby whooped, giving his girlfriend a proud high-five as Carol stormed off in disgust.

The others were just finishing up inside. Chaz, Luan, and Maggie had grabbed plenty of snacks and guidebooks of nearby restaurants, Leni was coming out of the restroom after changing Lily, and Luna and Sam were trying to figure out how to get zigzags without raising suspicion.

"Ugh, Lily!" Leni finally caught her breath and made her way outside. "How can such a tiny baby make such a big mess?"

"Poo-poo!" Lily giggled.

"We can't just stand here staring at them, luv." Luna consulted with Sam. "We have to think of something now!"

"Okay! I've got an idea!" The girl with a blue streak in her hair snapped her fingers and casually walked up to the cash register. "Hello, sir. We'd like these snacks, these brochures, the receipt for pump two, some zigzags, a copy of this magazine and directions to Camp Crystal Lake…"

"Yes, ma'am…" the middle-aged clerk responded, placing the items in the bag. "But, uh… I wouldn't go to that Camp if I were you…"

"Why not?" Luan asked.

"Because of the curse."

"What curse?" Maggie sounded interested.

"Well, supposedly, the reason it closed down in the first place is because some lady went crazy after her son drowned in the lake. She went on a rampage and killed a lot of kids she blamed for the accident. Some say that her son's ghost still haunts the campgrounds."

"Is that so…?" Luan smiled smugly and whispered her plan into Maggie's ear. They were going to have some fun around the bon fire tonight.

Carol Pingrey drove, angrily, to her father's cabin. The first thing she was going to do was call the police and report the falsified identification. Then, she would go down to whatever jail they'd be thrown in and rub it in Lori's face. "I'll teach her to use that tone with me!" She said through gritted teeth.

Unfortunately, she wasn't paying attention to the road and she nearly hit a passing car. She swerved out of the way just in time, but she ran off the road and into a ditch. She screamed at the top of her lungs in anger and got out of the car. She spent twenty minutes trying to push the car free, but it was no use. She decided to walk through the woods and find some help.

She walked for an hour, yelling out for help. As the sun started to go down, she grew worried. Soon it would be dark, and she may never get to the cabin. But then, she saw someone running through the trees.

"Hey! Hey, you!" She chased after him with haste. "I need your help!" She ran in his general direction until she came upon a delapidated shack. Her curiosity spiked. Cautiously, she made her way into the rotted shack, ignoring the rancid smell. She was going to find the man and get help. Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from one room, concealed by a curtain. She steeled her nerves, made her way over to the room, and pulled the curtain back.

What she sawalmost made her gag in disgust. So caught up in the horrible sight, was she,that she didn't notie the man sneaking up behind her. The pain came swiftly, without warning. The claw from the hammer dug deep into her skull, piercing her brain and killing her in an instant.

The man didn't care who she was. All he cared about was keeping her from trespassing on his property again. And she couldn't do that if she were dead.

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The Loud Thirteenth