April Fools Rules
Today was April Fool's Day which happened to be Luan Louds favorite day of the year but one of the worst days for her entire family who were always the main targets of the teenage comedians elaborate pranks each year. The family spent the day in hiding to avoid getting pranked. Lincoln, the only boy decided to set off the pranks to prevent one of his friends (not girlfriend) Ronnie Anne from getting hit by any of them. Both Lincoln and Ronnie Anne had left the house and headed to a popular arcade.
Finally the family emerged from their hiding places to find Leni. She had been tricked by signs with "Kitchen" written on them that led outside. Leni had followed the signs until she disappeared out of sight and hadn't returned home since. As the family shut the van door, a blue liquid exploded inside the van covering everybody with the substance.
"The end of April Fools always leaves me feeling a little…..blue," Luan said in a sad-like tone, then started to laugh at her statement.
Meanwhile, inside the van her other sisters were simmering with rage.
"She's so dead," thirteen year old Lynn raged.
"Luan better be writing her will at this moment because when I get my hands on her, "Lori ranted.
"And I'll finish what's left of her," Luna fumed.
"Now girls let your father and I worry about her," Rita told her irate daughters, but the girls weren't going to listen.
The girls looked around for any sign of Luan when the family departed from Vanzilla.
"Let's go inside and wash this paint off," their mother said.
As they walked towards the house Lisa the four year old brainiac interjected, "Paint doesn't have this type of consistency. It's some kind of substance that Luan must have purchased. It could take a day or two to come off."
"Seriously," Lori ranted.
"I'll have to invent a liquid that will make us look like our normal Caucasian selves again," Lisa said.
Once inside the house, Lisa went upstairs to her bedroom to work. Suddenly the other girls heard whistling coming from the kitchen. They could recognize Luan's whistling anywhere.
They found Luan opening the refrigerator door so they decided to sneak up on her. When Lori tapped her on the shoulder, Luan turned around to see six pairs of eyes glaring at her.
Giving a sheepish look to her sisters, Luan said 'hello' nervously.
"Do you have anything to say before we pulverize you," Lori ranted.
"Yeah. You better say your prayers now," Lynn ranted her fists doubled.
"How can I participate in my next pageant looking like a Smurf," Lola wailed.
"Yeah dude. We can't go to school looking like this," Luna added.
"Is it because you don't want your classmates singing "the blues", Luan said trying to lighten the mood, then laughed nervously.
"Get her," Lori said with a low growl.
Luan managed to flee through the back door with the sisters pursuing her. As they ran down the street, two people saw the commotion and stared at them in amusement.
A few moments later, as Luan was pursued by her irate sisters, she noticed that she was nearing the home of Lincoln's best friend Clyde and saw one of Clyde's fathers about to step inside his house with a bag of groceries.
"Mr. McBride, save me," Luan screamed as she dashed toward Harold McBride. Before he could react, the girl had flown past him and slammed the front door.
"What's going on here girls?" Harold replied, dumbfounded as her sisters ran towards him and then stopped in front of him.
Then Harold noticed their blue skin and clothes.
"On my goodness, why are you all blue?" he gasped.
"Luan did this to us," Luna yelled.
"This is one of her stupid pranks and we'd like to pulverize her right now," Lori said fuming.
"So step aside Mr. McBride so we can beat her to a pulp," Lynn raged.
"Girls please, calm down. I don't want any bloodshed in my home," Harold said. He knew he had to stall for time so that the sister's anger would subside.
"But," Lana protested.
"Girls you cannot threaten or use violence for solving every little thing. Let your parents deal with the matter instead," the man pleaded with them.
Surprisingly, the sisters calmed down. Lori sighed, "All right."
"Good, now stay outside while I get Luan," he told them, 'But promise me you'll leave he alone when she comes out." They agreed.
Once inside, he saw an apprehensive Luan sitting in the living room. "Luan, you don't have to be afraid of your sisters attacking you. I managed to calm them down and they promise to leave you alone,' Harold said.
"Are you sure?" Luan said tentatively.
Yes replied Harold.
She cautiously opened the front door and walked outside. In the distance Lori and the others stood there with their arms folded. As they walked home, Luan stayed a few inches away from her sisters.
Back at the Loud's, the parents were waiting for their children to come home. They had received a call from Leni who found her way to a friend's house.
"We really have to punish Luan this time," Rita told her husband, "We can't let this go. I cannot go to work like this."
Meanwhile at her friend's house, Leni and Kayla were talking.
"It was sheer genius of you to pretend to follow those kitchen signs just to get away from your house," Kayla chuckled
Leni said, "I know, I should get an award for my performance," and the two girls laughed.
Finally, all of the Loud kids returned home. That evening, the parents called Luan into their room and laid out their punishment. She had to clean up the mess caused by her pranks without any assistance.
"But that will take at least a week," Luan protested.
By Sunday afternoon Lisa had invented something that would make the blue disappear from her parents and sisters skin. Lincoln and Leni were the only children who attended school on Monday and Tuesday. By Wednesday morning the other members of the family were back to their normal skin color.