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[Royal Woods: Loud Residence]
Morning came faster than expected and soon every member of the Loud family was awake.
Lori and Leni were the first to wake up as they were the ones that spent most of the time in the bathroom putting on their makeup and making sure they didn't have any pimples or blemishes on their faces.
They also had to make sure that their hair did not have any cowlicks and was just the right volume and style that fit their respective tastes.
"Lori I have a massive zit on my nose!"exclaimed Leni who was freaking out as any zits on her face was extremely stressful for Leni"I'm a hideous monster!"
"Leni that's just a piece of candy that got stuck on your nose."said Lori as she pulled off the piece of candy off of Leni's nose.
Leni was extremely grateful so she gave her big sister a big hug thanking her for getting rid of the sick even though Lori just said it was a piece of candy not even a minute earlier.
Meanwhile in their bedroom Luna and Luan were getting ready to head off to the retirement home to speak with her grandfather about Lincoln's whereabouts as he seem to be the only individual in the immediate family that knew exactly where Lincoln was.
Luna was mentally preparing herself as she had a feeling that things weren't exactly going to go her family's way upon meeting their grandfather.
Meanwhile Luan wasn't as concerned as Luna as she's never known her grandfather to get mad at them and when he has it is only been a mild scolding.
'Im sure Pop-pop well tell us calmly where Lincoln is and hopefully we can go get him before the situation really gets out of hand.' thought Luan as she was carefully tying her signature ponytail.
Just a room down Lynn and Lucy we're getting ready to head down and get some breakfast before they like the rest of their family would go to the retirement home to ask their grandfather where Lincoln is.
Lynn was busy smelling her socks to see which pair was the least smelly as she was not one to wash her socks as she believed watching lucky socks was a bad idea and caused nothing but bad luck for her team and sports games.
'Mmm...no...okay that really needs a wash!...Hmmm... I guess these will have to do since they're the ones that least smell.' thought Lynn as she placed the least stinky socks on her feet.
Meanwhile Lucy was mentally preparing herself for what was surely to be an awkward conversation with her grandfather as she knew that he and Lincoln were particularly close.
Now there just barely finding out that their grandfather is the only one who knows where Lincoln is so they needed answers as Lucy couldn't help but worry has Lincoln has been there for her many times.
Taking the fall for the toilet clogging incident because she couldn't handle the ridicule from her sisters is one such example as although she projects a strong appearance she is really quite fragile on the inside.
As for the twins they we're doing entirely different routines when it came to changing.
Lana was diving into her pile of clothes to see which ones Lee smell as she knew if she smelled too much her parents would force her to take a bath so she was looking for the pair of clothes that least gave off any foul sent.
"Luckily I always have a clean pair of overalls for just an occasion."said Lana who couldn't wait to mess up these overalls through the next several days.
As for Lola she was carefully straightening her hair and removing her face mask and cucumber she placed on her eyes last night to make sure that her face was as pristine and beautiful as the day before.
"Got to look my best since you never know when the paparazzi will be around to take an embarrassing photo of me."said Lola who always kept up her guard and made sure she looked as pristine and beautiful as she believed herself to be.
As for Lisa and Lily they were having different reactions to the morning as Lily had gotten up without any issue as she slept just fine even though she was curious as to where her brother was.
As for Lisa she spent most of the night trying to figure out how someone could have hacked and successfully deleted every file she had pertaining to the day Lincoln disappeared as it would have taken a technical genius on her caliber or more to do that or someone had to be made of literal energy similar to electricity.
'How in Einstein's theory of relativity that this happened!' thought Lisa as she took a sip of her hot cocoa to energize herself as she was extremely tired from the long night she pulled.
Meanwhile the Loud parents were each preparing different activities.
Lynn Sr was busy in the kitchen preparing breakfast or his family and although he usually enjoyed the activity to the fullest as he loved cooking today he was a little distracted because of the vague message his father-in-law left them yesterday.
As for Rita she was in their bedroom putting on her lipstick although her mind was elsewhere as she had a feeling that their conversation with her father was not exactly going to be a pleasant one as she knew her father and even though he only said his words through a text she could tell from the text message alone that something was wrong.
'I have a feeling by the end of this day Dad is really going to let us have it for something we did I'm just not sure what...' thought Rita as she finished putting on her makeup and walked out of the bedroom.
Around the same time the Loud sisters headed downstairs and quickly made their way to the respective seats in the dining room. Once Rita and her daughters were set down did Lynn Sr walk into the dining room with breakfast and placed bacon and eggs on each one of his daughters plates finally ending with his wife.
"Okay eat up cuz we're heading to the retirement home as soon as we finish."said Lynn Sr as he took a seat after serving a bit of bacon and eggs on his plate.
About ten minutes later everyone finish their breakfast and quickly made their way to Vanzilla.
"Okay girls I want you to be on your best behavior."said Rita as her husband started up the van and drove out of the driveway after letting Vanzilla warm up for a few minutes.
[Royal Woods Retirement Community]
Meanwhile Around the same time Albert woke up from his slumber and got ready. After changing into his usual attire did he went over to a nearby drawer.
After opening the drawer Albert pulled out an old photo frame with a photo inside of it. The photo was of a younger version of him along with a younger version of Professor Magnolia along with two other individuals in the photo.
The first individual look like a man who look like he was on the pic version of physical shape with unique eyebrows and a particularly weird hat.
The second individual was a woman wearing... and unusual pink and purple outfit who was noticeably extremely tall and skinny.
All four of them were extremely close in the photo and by all appearances they look like they were the best of friends.
"Magnolia, Opal, Mustard... how many years has it been since I last saw you guys...I don't know why but I have a feeling my grandson is going to meet each and every one of you on his journey to become a Pokemon Master."said Albert himself as he plays the photo down to look at the time as he knew any minute now his family would be arriving.
[Twenty minutes later]
About twenty minutes later the Loud family arrived at the Royal Woods Retirement Community and quickly made their way inside after signing in at the front desk.
As they made their way to their grandfather/father / father-in-law's room they couldn't help but feel tension in the air as each one of the seniors at the retirement community were giving them strange and uneasy looks.
They all knew that Albert what sort of the de facto leader of the retirement community as he was the strongest among the senior citizens simply because even though he is old he can take on Navy SEAL's in a paintball game and win.
Even though Albert wasn't on the board he was highly respected among the Retirement community and because of that rarely anyone went against him including the nurses.
The Loud's soon arrived at his room and after knocking the door they waited for a response.
"Come in."said Albert and soon enough his family made his way inside into his room.
"Okay Dad we're here so can you please tell us where Lincoln is?"asked Rita before noticing that her father had a scowl on his face which was unusual.
"Before I tell you we're Lincoln is I like to talk to you all about some things I was informed of from Lincoln via my friend Professor Magnolia."said Albert who took a deep breath before continuing.
"I like to know why something called the sister fight protocol exists and why it's completely unfair to my grandson as well as several other things that have recently come to my attention."
As soon as he finished speaking did Albert notice that his family started sweating like crazy as it was clear as day on their faces that they never expected him to find out about some of the stuff they had done.
"How did you?"
"I'm asking the questions Rita and I want answers now!"said Albert in a serious voice.
"Well sometimes when we have a disagreement there is a protocol that's put into place that allows us to settle our issues peacefully and without violence."answered Lori who mustered up the courage to speak.
"But why is it completely unfair to Lincoln?"
"Well because he medals in our business and just makes it worse."responded Lynn.
"Lynn... he is not allowed to turn on the TV or go to the kitchen to eat so how is that fair?!"
"Well...for the sisters involved they need to be separated and the kitchen and living room are usually the best places and the last thing they need is any unnecessary noise to upset them..."said Luna.
"But that is completely ridiculous! I understand that diplomacy is good but none of you should fight over something as stupid as a dress as who cares if you have the same dress as even though they look the same they're different in their own way as they belong to their respective person!"
No one had an answer for that.
"And another thing I want to know why you guys tormented Lincoln after he bought some special headphones that allowed him to cancel noise?!"
"Well because we're his family and he shouldn't ignore us..."said Luan nervously.
"Girls everyone needs alone time every now and again so what's wrong with Lincoln buying something that allows him to get some peace and quiet every now and again?"
None of the Loud sister's headed answer for that or at least an answer that made reasonable sense.
"I am honestly surprised by the number of things that is going on in your household and I'm especially disappointed in you Rita as I don't remember me or your mother raising you to be that careless with parenting!"
"But Dad-..."
"No buts! I understand free range parenting and that children need to learn from their mistakes but at times parents need to step in when their kids clearly cross the line and this is clearly happening on more than one occasion in your home!"Yelled Albert scaring his family little as they flinched and backed away a little.
"Now that I said my piece I will tell you where Lincoln is."said Albert as he took a minute or two to breathe before he finally calmed down enough to speak with reasonable application of voice.
"Lincoln is currently with a friend of mine named Magnolia who is a Professor of the flora and fauna of the Galar region."said Albert confusing his family as none of them have ever heard of such a region before.
"What's Galar? I've never heard of such a place before is it some town or something?"
"It is an Island located near your favorite country Lynn as it is exactly a hundred miles away from the United Kingdom."said Albert surprising Lynn Sr as he never heard of such an island being near England before.
"But how on Earth did Lincoln get to some Island near England in the first place?!"asked Rita who never thought in a million years that Lincoln would be so far away from home.
"My friend sent him a special ticket that allowed him to get to the island nation by helicopter with no questions asked."responded her Father which did not make her feel better.
"Well how do we get a ticket so we can go get him back?!"
"...I am afraid that will not be possible because of two reasons..."
"And what would the reasons be grandfather?!"asked Lisa.
"For one in order to get a ticket to Galar one must know an individual who is a member of the Pokemon League and two... as of yesterday Lincoln has been legally emancipated..."said Albert and as soon as those words escape this mouth his daughter nearly passed out from the shock.
"Rita!"exclaimed Lynn Sr as he held his wife.
"I cannot believe this little bro has been emancipated!"
"But how I wonder if is this possible!"
"This is beyond my comprehension!"
"Lily don't understand."
"Wait...what does eman...eman... what does that really big word mean?"Leni couldn't help but ask.
Lisa decided she was the one who needed to answer but before she did she decided to dumb it down a little as if she tried to explain it with her normal tone of voice Leni wouldn't understand.
"Basically Leni it means that Lincoln has been recognized as an adult and that our parents no longer have any legal rights over him meaning he can stay in this Galar and there's nothing they could legally do about it."answered Lisa and as soon as she finished explaining did Leni nearly pass out from shock as well.
"But how is this literally possible! What is so special about this Galar place that they would allow an Eleven year old to be legally emancipated!"Lori asked to which her grandfather pulled out another photo from his drawer to reveal a younger version of him next to several known species of Pokemon.
"What are these animals Pop-pop?"Asked Lana as she knew almost every species of animal that lived on the planet and she has never seen animals like this before.
"Those are Pocket monsters or more specifically known as Pokemon. You know every story about monsters that has been told for thousands of years they're all basically true and each one of them in one way or another is a Pokemon."answered Albert causing Lisa to scoff at the motion.
"Oh please grandfather as if that was true as this photo is compelling it could have been easily photoshopped as there's no way creatures of such nature wouldn't have been discovered or revealed up until now!"said Lisa who refused to accept anything her grandfather was saying.
Albert didn't say anything as instead he went back to the drawer and pulled out a Pokeball. This confused as family as they didn't know what he was holding until he tossed it in the air releasing the Pokemon that was inside.
The Pokemon in question look like it was made out of liquid metal with its head looking like some kind of lug nut. It was extremely big it look like it could destroy a building with its lug nut like hands.
"What in Einstein's theory of relativity...?"Lisa couldn't help but say as she barely avoided passing out.
"This is my partner Pokemon Melmetal...he and I have been together for many years ever since I first arrived in Galar all those years ago. I at one time wanted to be a Pokemon Master with Melmetal by My side but I gave up that dream when your mother became pregnant with you Rita."said Albert as Rita, who had recovered from the initial shock looked at Melmetal with interest.
"I always thought you were a figment of my imagination if you're that creature that saved me all those years ago from that rabid dog."said Rita.
"I'm sorry I kept Melmetal a secret but the Pokemon League was very strict on me keeping my partner a secret from the world for fear that they would take him away from me. But he is more than enough proof that Pokémon are real and that Lincoln is currently in Galar training Pokemon."
"Dad... I know we screwed up badly with Lincoln and you're right I have been bad parent lately since we have been letting the girls get away with too many things but still..."
"Not a word young lady as the top everything off you forgot Lincoln's 12th birthday which I know for a fact that he's been looking forward to for a long time as I recall correctly his friends remembered while all of you seem to conveniently forgot and went to do your own respective activities. I can only imagine how devastated Lincoln was when he got home and saw none of you were there."
No when it had anything to say in their defense as what Albert said was the cold hard truth. They did forget Lincoln's birthday and they have done terrible things to him in the past that might have pushed them over the edge that caused them to take such drastic actions like going to some Island filled with creatures they never heard of before to become this Pokemon Master thing or whatever.
"Now I must ask all of you to go as I need some time to... try to... understand the situation. I forgive you for your actions as there is no way I can hate you guys but still I need time so please be on your way."said Albert as he recalled Melmetal back to its Pokeball.
No when argue with him as they all left his room and headed back to the parking lot with none of them saying a word to one another the whole time as they got into Vanzilla.
Lisa although quiet had her interest peaked as she had just seen a creature that she had never seen before and wanted to know everything about it.
Not just that she wanted to know everything about Pokemon as something new and undiscovered has just been shown right to her face and now she wanted to know everything about it.
Lana couldn't help but be jealous as she was the one that loved animals. Now she's learning that Lincoln is on some Island near the United Kingdom meeting basically super powered animals she had never seen before or heard of before.
Lucy was relieved to see that Lincoln was all right and she had a feeling that this was something that Lincoln would want to do and she couldn't help but feel proud of him.
Leni although worried was relieved to hear that Lincoln was all right and hope to get into contact with him soon to apologize for being such a bad sister.
Luna was basically feeling the same thing as Leni as she was still mentally beating herself up for forgetting Lincoln's birthday as she usually prided herself with being the closest to Lincoln out of all the Loud sisters.
Lily meanwhile was just in her own world thinking about the metal giant she just met.
Meanwhile the others were upset for a variety of reasons like Lincoln being legally emancipated and that there was no legal way they could punish him as there was no way they could get to Galar as the only person they know who could help them get there was not in a talkative mood and there was no way they could get their grandfather to cooperate.
It also didn't help that besides a name they didn't know anything about Professor Magnolia.
Lynn Sr was mentally beating himself up for being a bad father as he promised himself he would never play favorites as his father did that to him as a child and he basically did that to his only son.
Rita was feeling just as guilty as basically she allowed her baby boy to go through a lot as now that you really think about it she really did put them through a lot like signing him up for football to get him some exercise when she really should have signed him up for a safer sport since Lincoln had no prior training in the first place.
As the van drove out of the retirement community parking lot they failed to notice that during the whole conversation there was a certain set of ears that was listening the whole time.
This individual was Gayle McBride, the grandmother of Lincoln's best friend Clyde McBride.
Unknown to everyone she had heard most of the conversation on where Lincoln was before backing away after some seniors came by and she didn't want them to see her eavesdropping so she really didn't hear the part about Pokemon.
"So that's where young Lincoln has been my little client has been so worried where his best friend was lately I can't wait to tell him that he's okay and hopefully Albert can help reunite them as Clyde is a mess without his best friend."said Gayle to herself and she headed back to her room with the intention of calling her son Harold and son-in-law Howard.
She plan to inform them of what she knew about Lincoln's location and hopefully this will ease Clyde's pain as she knew Clyde has been a mess ever since they got back as he has tried contacting Lincoln multiple times but got no answer.
He tried to go to the house directly but after seeing all the police he feared the worst and headed back to his house where he locked himself in his room after nearly having a panic attack.
Hopefully this news would put Clyde's mind at ease.
Lincoln's Team.
Scorbunny [Male]
Moves: tackle, double kick, ember, quick attack.
Chewtle [Male] [Shiny]
Moves: tackle, water gun, bite, protect.
Rookidee [Male]
Moves: peck, leer, power trip, hone claws.
Hey guys PrimusPilus here to give his two cents. Really surprised you there with the information that Albert had a Pokemon and that it turned out to be Melmetal.
I thought long and hard about giving him a Pokémon so I decided to give a Pokemon that had long longevity and that was extremely cool and powerful and the first Pokemon that came to mine was Melmetal.
Anyway I decided to separate the chapters every now and again for while one thing is going on in Royal Woods another chapter will explain what exactly is going on in Galar or Great lake City around the same time.
Next chapter Lincoln will officially begin his journey into the wild area on his way to Monostoke stadium. What will he encounter in the wild area and will he capture any new Pokemon?
You people will just have to read the next chapter to find out.
Until then this is PrimusPilus signing out and hoping to see all of you next time!
[PS]
I am super excited for the upcoming Pokemon games Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl.
In fact the first Pokemon game I ever played was Pokemon diamond and Pearl and to this day I regret not catching Dialga when I had the chance...
I am also excited about Pokemon Legends Arceus as I want to know more about the game including its plot.
I may make a Pokémon diamond and Pearl story involving Lincoln and if you have any suggestions for the story I am all ears so please PM me or leave a comment as I truly value your opinions.
If I do make a Pokemon Diamond and Pearl story what do you think I should add?