Spells and Louds
Chapter 64: After Nowhere
(Spellman Estate)
A beautiful Sunday morning is set upon the house of the Spellman's. Courage awakens as the sun light beams onto his eyes. The pink beagle yawns and stretches.
He gets up scratches the back of his ear and then notices a sleeping white-haired girl. It was Linka, Courage's new owner and sleeping on the other bed across the room is her gender bent version Lincoln, with Absol sleeping at the feet of his bed.
Courage gets up and heads to the bathroom where he brushes his teeth (shocking that he had his toothbrush with him the entire time). He then cleans his ears and smiles at the mirror with his signature laugh.
Courage heads out of the bathroom and the bedroom and heads downstairs.
Courage notices that no one is there. "Guess they're all sleeping in this Sunday" said Courage.
He then gets an idea what he can do for his new family. Courage puts on a chef hat and apron and gets to work.
A few minutes later, all of the Spellman's wake up and get out of their rooms. "Who's cooking?" asked Gwen.
"Whatever it is smells good" said Sunset. "Someone's in the kitchen dudes" said Luna. "It's probably Sergei and Leon. I have got to stop giving them replicas of the house keys" said Neil.
"Does anyone know where Courage is?" asked Linka. They all had clueless looks. Then they all decided to head into the kitchen to find out whats going on.
When they all arrive, they are shocked to see Courage by the stove, wearing a cooks hat and apron and cooking breakfast for them.
Courage sees them and waves. They all wave back with shocked looks. "Did you know he can cook?" asked Neil. "No I did not dad" said Linka.
After Courage places the last batch of bacon onto the plate he motions them to come and eat. They all follow him and enjoy the breakfast.
Surprisingly, Courage is not a bad cook. Even Neil was impressed. But they still had no clue how did this dog learn how to cook?
Hours later after changing clothes and taking a bath. They all enjoy their Sunday in the backyard or anywhere around the house. Though Neil was called to do something at a lake by McKenzie.
Courage enters Sunset's room and sees her playing a video game. The game was Company of Heroes 2, and she was not live streaming. Sunset sees Courage and takes off her headset.
"You wanna watch me Courage?" asked Sunset. Courage smiles and joins her. She even places a headset on his ears so he can hear the game. "Just a little warning, this could get intense" said Sunset.
Courage responds by crossing his arms and looking at her with a face that says "I can take it".
Though Courage was a bit startled by the appearance of the action in the game, but he also learned how strategic it was and how many mistakes can be made and fixed.
After watching Sunset play two games, Courage then goes to see what Timmy was up to. Timmy and Poof are in the living room watching a rerun of Star Wars 1. "You wanna watch with us Courage?" asked Timmy. "It's pretty much a sci-fi film" said Poof.
Courage smiles and joins them. He was a bit scared to see the light saber battles though, but he decided to just shrug it off. "This movie is still kinda cool" said Timmy.
Lunch time soon arrives and they all decide to go out and eat. This was going to be Courage's first time into the town of Royal Woods.
They all hop into the three vehicles. Leni and Gwen's car and Lincoln's Vulture Bike with Linka and Courage in the side car.
For Courage he loved the fast air hitting his face. "I wonder why dogs keep doing that?" asked Lincoln.
They even let the Pokémon (Gabite is with Neil) tag along for lunch.
(Royal Woods. Greenwich Pizza restaurant)
Gwen with Leni and Sunset return to the others with their waiting number. "Our food will be out soon" said Gwen.
While they're all waiting, they all share some gossip about what they did during Friday before they met Courage.
Courage listens in to the things they've all done for the past school week. Lincoln, Linka and Timmy's group of friends as well as Lincoln's girlfriend which he already met. Leni and Sunset with they're mall times. Luna's next gig with her girlfriend Sam and Gwen making progress with Lily, who now knows how to write the alphabet from A to H.
They even discuss the things they've done at their Pokémon battles in the park.
They're food finally arrives. Including a large Pizza.
Soon after eating lunch, they all head to the park for some one-on-one Pokémon battling.
Courage observes the fights between Absol, Loudred, Eevee and Roselia. Though he does get a bit scared seeing how intense it was, mostly when Absol uses mean look and shadow ball.
After a good Pokémon battle they all make they're next stop to the Royal Woods Mall, where they run into Leni's work friends and Sam.
Courage didn't expect Sam to be a girl. He didn't quite listen carefully about Luna's relationship, in fact he has a hard time trusting Luna. Even though she's Lincoln's guardian, she did possess a demonic crown and showed her true powers when she killed the Queen of the Black Puddle.
Luna notices this, she knows that Courage is not the bravest dog, sometimes. But he means well and she wants to try and make him feel comfortable around her.
After a good time shopping in the Royal Woods Mall. They then notice Leni going through her phone many times.
"Leni are you okay?" asked Gwen. "Yeah, you've been checking your phone multiple times" said Lincoln.
"Sorry guys, it's just I haven't picked up a single message or post from Lori and she hasn't even responded to my messages" said Leni.
"Maybe her phone fell into the lake and got wet" said Sunset. "That could be what happened, her phone isn't water proof" said Luna.
"I just hope nothing bad happened to them on their watery cruise in Lake Eddy" said Leni with concern.
Courage then hops into Leni's arms. She's surprised by this, but she settles down and rubs his back. "Thanks Courage, I needed this" said Leni.
Then Leni remembered something and got one of her shopping bags. "I got this for you once winter comes" said Leni.
She holds out red earmuffs, red and pink snow mitts and a red and pink scarf. "I can't wait to see you in this" said Leni.
Courage smiles and licks Leni's face. "Aww, good boy" replied Leni as she hugs Courage.
They all smile at how Courage is being nice and head back to their vehicles and head back home.
(Spellman Estate)
It's now past 3 pm and their all in their rooms doing their own thing.
Courage enters Lincoln and Linka's room and sees Lincoln going through his school bag and pulls out his history book. At the same time a small box falls out of the bag and is about to hit the ground.
Courage sees this and grabs it before it drops. Courage gets up and gives it back to Lincoln.
"Thanks Courage, for a minute there this thing would've ended up rolling under the bed and I would flip out if I didn't know where it was" said Lincoln. He then pets Courage and puts the box someplace else.
Lincoln notices the curious look on Courage and smiles. "Inside of this box is my gift to Luna for her birthday coming soon, she's gonna be sixteen and I hope she'll love this" replied Lincoln.
Courage smiles and then has an idea. He looks into the closet and finds a small purple ribbon and hands it to Lincoln.
"Oh, I get the idea. You want me to wrap this box in a purple ribbon so I won't lose track of it" said Lincoln. He takes the ribbon and proceeds to wrap the box in it and make it into a bow. Lincoln then grabs a small skull sticker and puts it in the middle of the bow.
Lincoln then puts the box in his drawers. He then walks towards Courage and rubs his belly. This is the one thing that makes Courage feel happy.
An hour later and Courage is now helping Gwen change Lily's diaper, though Courage passes out from the smell. Which was kinda funny for Gwen and Lily, afterwards Courage volunteers to watch over Lily so Gwen can relax in the living room.
Another hour later Roselia dismisses Courage so he can head downstairs to the kitchen.
Courage then spots Gwen and Leni making dinner. So Courage puts on a chef's hat and helps out.
Still shocking to them that he can cook. They make friend chicken and mashed potatoes with some chocolate brownies for dessert.
Just then they hear the doors open. "Guys, I'm home" yelled Neil. He heads to the living room where he's greeted by them.
Neil spots Leni. "Leni, have you had any messages from Lori, or did you try and send messages to her?" asked Neil.
"No I haven't received any messages from Lori and yes I have been sending her some messages" replied Leni.
"The reason why is because the boat that Lynn Sr rented from some guy was an engine bust. They got sucked into a whirlpool and they got deserted on an island in Lake Eddy" replied Neil.
They all gasp in shock from this news. "So that's what happened to Lori's phone" said Sunset.
"Wait a minute, Lori has Volcano powers. Didn't she try flying or making a solidified lava path?" said Luna.
"She didn't really have the strength for it and she had no clue how far land was" said Neil. "Thank goodness I was sent to go and check out the lake".
"So that's why you were called there" said Timmy. "Yep. And you guys don't have to worry, they're all doing fine. Luan almost lost herself when she showed me MR. Coconuts made of actual Coconuts" said Neil.
Some of them chuckle a bit from hearing that. "I guess we'll have to see what Lori has to say tomorrow at school" said Sunset.
"By the way, what is that smell?" asked Neil. "That would be dinner. Leni and I along with Courage made fried chicken, mashed potatoes and brownies" said Gwen.
Neil looks at Courage and pets his head. "Good boy, or better yet Good little chef" said Neil.
"Also, where's Leon and Sergei?" asked Linka. "They were in their airship all day fixing up the Tiger tank I never knew they had" said Neil with some annoyance.
"I still can't believe they have that kind of tank" said Sunset. "Did you ask them where they got it?" asked Lincoln.
"I intend to ask them tomorrow" replied Neil with a serious tone.
Afterwards they all enjoy the amazing dinner. Later they all head upstairs to get ready for bed, it was a school night after all.
As Courage heads to the stairs, he gets picked up by Luna who then brings him to her room.
Luna sets Courage onto her bean bag chair and sits next to him. Luna looks at Courage and ruffles his fur.
Courage was still nervous about this, which Luna notices. "Listen, I know you have some nervous stuff going on after I went demonic during the battle. But I just want you to know that I'm not going to be evil. I learned how to control the crown and changed it to good" said Luna.
Luna then proceeds to hug the little pink beagle. "I don't want any issue between us, like you I wanna keep my family safe. I failed Lincoln before and I'm still trying to make up for all the times I wronged him" said Luna. She then told Courage of the No such luck incident.
Courage is stunned to hear about what happened. The louds, the squirrel suit, the court verdict which all led to the adventures and the incidents that made them into the heroes Courage now sees.
'Even though Lincoln has forgiven me, some part of me feels like I don't feel forgiven. I guess you can say, I don't forgive myself. And that's why I try and keep Lincoln safe" said Luna as a lone tear goes down her face.
Courage now sees that she wasn't some teenage rock star with restless powers. She was a devoted sister who wants to make things right.
Courage wipes her tear away and hugs her. Luna returns the hug as well. Courage is the only person or better yet living being who knows what Luna is really feeling and he won't tell anyone about this. Okay no one can actually understand him.
After the heart-to-heart moment between Luna and Courage. The pink dog heads back into the room of Lincoln and Linka. There he sees Linka brushing her hair.
Courage sits on her lap and yawns. Linka smiles and finishes brushing her hair, she then grabs the dog brush she got from the mall and brushes Courage's fur.
"You spent a whole day bonding with each family member, well not Dad yet. But I'm sure you two will have some things in common" said Linka.
Courage smiles and slowly closes his eyes. Linka picks up the dog and sets him onto her bed and she goes under the covers and falls asleep.
Lincoln enters the room and sees that his desk lamp was the only one on. He spots his sleeping sister with Courage and smiles.
Lincoln turns off his lamp and gets to bed, tomorrow they were going to have to tell their friends of the Heroes vs Villains battle they had.
Meanwhile in Neil's office. Neil is busy going through some files that were left to him from FutureTech, some of them were profiles of the dimension of Johnny Test.
There were some reports of meteorite attacks on a small town called Cornbury. Along with monster attacks and four super heroes called the "Super Dudes". This was very unsettling to Neil.
He then places the folder aside and looks at the one folder he is trying to focus on. On the folder it says "Operation Lunar Sweet Sixteen". Neil smiles at the folder. "I'm gonna be very busy with this one" said Neil.
To be continued …..
Courage is now feeling happy to be part of a new family and can't wait ot be part of whatever adventures they will have next and be patient for when it is time for the big birthday of our favorite rock star! Please leave a review.