Spells and Louds
Chapter 139: One Big Thanksgiving!
The sun shines upon a beautiful day onto Royal Woods. Seems a lot of bird Pokemon and some flying bug type are flying into portals, why?
Gyro is on top of the Great gate next to Neil.
"So, they're migrating back into the Pokemon world?" asked Neil.
"Seems so. There aren't any safe places here in this world for them to stay in, so the best option is to fly to warmer climates within the Pokemon universe. Most Pokemon are capable of surviving this world's winter temperature" replied Gyro.
"Well, it's still nice that these Pokemon trust this world. Okay trust Royal Woods and Great Lake City, I still question why" said Neil.
"That is something I'm trying to figure out as well" said Gyro. "So, how goes the whole Thanksgiving thing?"
"Well, mom will be here. She's being picked up by Gwen, Leon and Sergei are cooking all four Turkeys along with Courage in the kitchen helping out, Sunset, Timmy, Poof and Linka are helping set up the decorations, Lincoln is checking if our Loud and Casagrande friends will be coming over and checking if they've got everything, Luna is headed to the Sharps to see if they're ready to come over and Lily is being watched over by the Pokemon" replied Neil.
"And what about your sister?" asked Gyro.
"I'm sure they'll be here soon. Might use a portal" replied Neil.
Then they both spot a Red pick-up truck and a motorbike inbound. The two men jump of the Great Gate and approach the sharps.
"Glad we got you guys here" said Luna.
"Well of course, we're all family" replied Sam.
"So, has Ember showed up yet?" asked Peter. He brought with him three large platter of spicy chicken necks.
But before the Guardian could respond the Great gate activates and coming out is none other than the rock ghost herself, Ember McLain.
"Sup my peeps!" said Ember as she lands down in front of them.
"Good, you're here. Now for this" Gyro sends arcane energy towards her. The energy enters her body.
"Whoa! Whoa! What did you do?!" asked Ember.
"Simple, now you can eat just as humans do" replied Gyro.
Ember was shocked, plus she did feel a bit hungry. But not that hungry. "Just like when I was still living."
She then sees Sam and Peter. She hugs Sam and kisses Peter.
"This is awesome! Now you can enjoy this holiday with us!" said Sam.
"Damn right!" said Peter.
Ember felt glad she could be part of a family.
Sunset comes out and puts a broken leaf decoration into the trash bin. "Hey dad, some of the décor was really old and broken."
"No worries Sunset, also we have a surprise for you" replied Neil.
"What is it?" asked Sunset.
Neil checked his watch. "3 …. 2 ….. 1!" the Great Gate opens and coming out was Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Twilight Sparkle.
"Wha …. Wha … What the heck?!" said Sunset in shock.
"It is so good to see you Sunset" said Princess Celestia.
"My second time here in this human world, doesn't seem anything new has been enacted" replied Princess Luna.
Twilight flies towards Sunset and they hug each other. "Oh Sunset! This is amazing! I'm not even human right now, why am I still an Alicorn?"
"Could be because of me" replied Gyro.
"That make sense, just like last time" said Princess Luna.
"It is an honor to have you here for our holiday Princess Celestia" said Neil.
"Please. The honor is all mine. I know that this holiday is a family matter and myself with Luna and Twilight are like family to her" replied Princess Celestia.
"And there's no need to worry about you guys eating different things than we do, we're used to different cultures and their diets" said Twilight.
Sunset sheds a few tears and rushes to hug Princess Celestia. "It's so good to see you again Princess Celestia."
Celestia smiles and hugs her as well. "I could say the same my former apprentice."
Then something came into Peter's mind. "Wait. So if you guys are here, who's running Equestria?"
"Well, we left both kingdoms under the care of my friends" replied Twilight.
"You think they can handle it?" asked Gyro.
"We trust them in taking care of any complications within Equestria" replied Princess Luna.
"And we will return soon for me to set the sun and for my sister to raise the moon" replied Princess Celestia.
"Sounds good enough" replied Gyro. "Now all of you will have to wait inside."
Luna and Sunset lead Peter, Ember, Sam, Twilight, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna into the house. They also pass by Linka who was headed out.
Linka approaches her dad. "What was that about?"
"Some guests who will be joining us" replied Neil. Then the gate glows again. "Speaking of guests!"
Linka was smiling and rushes to whoever was coming out, she knew who it was. "Loni!"
Loni hugs Linka as well. "Happy Thanksgiving Linka!"
"And the same to you Loni!" replied Linka.
Neil liked seeing her so happy like this. "Come on you two. There might still be some help needed inside."
Linka and Loni both head into the large house.
Timmy comes out and fist bumps Loni on the way. "So, you wanted to see me dad?"
"Yeah" replied Neil. He then looks to the Guardian who nods in response.
Gyro looks to the gate. "Now!"
Coming out of the gate were two peacekeepers, but they look like prison class peacekeepers. Timmy swore he saw them from somewhere.
Then coming out, wearing a purple short sleeve top, black long sleeve fur jacket, white knee high pants with a white belt and white heeled shoes was none other than the woman Timmy once called. "Mom?"
But through some stuff I've been looking at her real name is "Sasha Vladislapov (Not Turner!)"
Sasha smiles with a tear in her eye and rushes to Timmy and they both hug each other. "I'm so glad to be here Timmy!"
Timmy continues to shed some tears as he hugs her. "Me too! But I thought you were still serving time."
They then look to Neil. "I'll let this one slide for today, but once it's all over you go back to serving your sentence."
Sasha smiles. "Okay, thank you Mr. Spellman."
Neil smirks. "Just trying to make this Thanksgiving all about family and you are Timmy's only family he can truly trust and forgive."
Timmy the guides her into the large house. She is shocked to know this is where he lives now.
Then Neil hears a van horn sound. Lincoln rushes out of the house and sees it was the Rosato van.
Rick, Jesse and Jordan come out carrying platters of Cannoli's.
Lincoln and Jordan share a small kiss before leading them into the house and of course Jesse Rosato is asking if they need help with the cooking.
Another car sound is heard and this one was Gwen's Mustang and coming out of the vehicle was Gwen and Diana Spellman.
"Mom! You made it!" said Neil as he hugs her. Diana hugs her son in return.
Gyro and Gwen thought it was sweet that Neil is closely bonded with his mom.
"Of course sweetie, I wouldn't want to miss this for anything. Plus they said I can have a break from all of the digging we've done. I guess I'll be staying here for a week" replied Diana.
Neil felt happy to hear that. "Mom, you take as much time as you need."
"Come on Diana, the rest of the guys are waiting" said Gwen.
"Now hang on there Gwen, I wanna wait for Sabrina. You think you can get Leon and Sergei?" replied Diana.
"Gwen chuckles. "Sure thing. Be right back."
"It's still good to see you again mom" said Neil.
"You two Neil" replied Diana.
Then a portal opens, but it wasn't the Great Gate it was right next to Neil. "Huh, that's new."
Coming out was Sabrina, Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda.
"See, told ya the spell worked" said Zelda.
Then they see Neil and. "Mom!" Sabrina hugs her.
Diana returns the hug to her sixteen year old daughter. "Oh my goodness Sabrina! I've missed you!"
"I missed you so much mom!" said Sabrina. Neil also joins in the hug.
Then Leon and Sergei come out and have smiles. "Mom! Sis!"
They rush in to hug them. Leon hugs Neil, Sabrina and Diana, then Sergei hugs all of them and lifts them up.
"Wow! You're Powers are improving Sergei" said Sabrina.
Sergei then puts them all down. "Thanks."
Diana looks to Leon. "I heard from Neil that you found a girl you can be with. Is she here?"
"Well no. She's spending her Thanksgiving with her grandparents, I'm totally okay with it. Her name is Dana Crowley and she is just … Beautiful" replied Neil.
Diana felt happy for her youngest adopted son. "Oh Leon, I sure wish I could meet her. I am staying for a week so maybe I can."
"I sure wish I could see her too. But after this my aunt sand I have to get back to the bakery to make sure nothing bad happens" replied Sabrina.
"A shame we couldn't bring Salem, he came down with something horrible" said Hilda.
"So we left him at the kennel. I'm sure he'll be enjoying the Thanksgiving meals they serve there" said Zelda.
Neil was happy that the whole family was there. He felt bad his dad wasn't there, even though he hated him when he divorced, but his passing was the hardest to face. But Neil had to move on, with the new family with him.
"Well, I gotta wait here for our other guests to come" said Neil.
Leon and Sergei lead the rest of the family into the house, they told Hilda and Zelda to not use any magic.
Then the portal opens and Pyrrha comes out. "Hello Neil and Hello master."
"Pyrrha, what took you so long?" asked Gyro.
"Had to help with some unstable magical creatures threatening to attack Karazhan, luckily they were only Kobolds and nothing more" replied Pyrrha.
"Wow! You really are living up to the role of being a great protector" said Neil.
Gyro and Pyrrha head into the house to see if anyone needed help.
Then Neil spots Vanzilla and the Casagrande Mercado delivery van with the Chang's as well.
Both families come out and are happy to see each other.
"Glad you call could make it and I see you all brought your Pokemon as well" said Neil.
Lola and Smoochum, Lana and Toxicroak, Lori and Larvesta, Luan and Mime junior, Lucy and Crobat, Sid and Kabuto, Ronnie Anne and Doduo and Hector with Herdier.
"I even brought my guitar in case for some soothing music" said Hector.
"I made a Turgoosey!" said Lynn Sr.
"I brought with me my world famous Tamales" said Rosa.
"I brought some decorations" said Rita.
"So did I and I intend to make an amazing painting out of all this" said Frida.
"We're also collecting some canned foods for the Mercado. Do you have any sir?" asked CJ.
Neil chuckles. "Sorry CJ, but all of the cans have been sued up this week. I should buy some more next time."
"It's good to see ya Neil" said Albert.
"Same and I see you brought with you you're sweet heart Myrtle" replied Neil.
"This is my first Thanksgiving with a very big family, I just didn't expect this family to be bigger than before" said Myrtle.
"Well, some of us are family friends but they do count as family" replied Neil.
"Guess what! Guess What! Guess what!" said Sid.
Neil felt a bit startled by her hyped self. "What?"
Sid then stepped aside and Adelaide showed Neil that she has a Pokemon. Poliwag.
"Amazing, you have yourself a Poliwag. Chances once it becomes Poliwhirl, you have a choice of Poliwrath or Politoed" said Lisa.
"He came to me when I was playing at the park with Sid. He was so cute when he came up to me!" said Adelaide.
Neil thought it was sweet for her to find this little Pokemon. "Come on guys, let's get that food to the backyard."
They follow Neil to the backyard and are amazed at what they all see. A very long table that takes up half the backyard, a lot of decorations on the leafless trees and with the ambience of the orange forest from the other side of the wall, it all looked beautiful.
"Well, go place the food on the table. Leon and Sergei are currently dealing with two other Turkey's" said Neil.
Lynn Sr and Rosa spot two large pots boiling with a long stick above them. Leon and Sergei then lift the stick up and dangling from ropes are two very large Turkey's, they look like they were being boiled in some kind of herb soup.
The two Spellman brothers hoist the two turkeys carefully and place them on two large trays. Neil puts out the fires from the pits and picks up both pots without the need of oven mitts. Thank you Deathwing!
Leon and Sergei then bring the two large Turkey's inside to be roasted into the oven.
Inside Courage and Jesse Rosato remove two large Turkey's from the oven, those two are done which means the other two can be put inside.
Rita with some help adds more decorative flare to the area.
Then they all feel the ground shake a bit.
Neil hears another knock on the back gate and goes to it and once again he is greeted by a hairy truck from a Wooly Mammoth.
"You gotta be kidding me?" said Neil.
From the top of the Mammoth is Martin. "Hey man. Got any room for more?"
Neil steps aside for the Mammoth to come in. Martin, Victor, Penny, Jack Cyber and Tadashi come down.
"What are you guys doing here? I thought you guys had your own Thanksgiving" said Neil.
"Well, I had to let a lot of my employees go so they can celebrate their own Thanksgiving with their families and friends" said Martin.
"Also spending Thanksgiving with just five people doesn't feel quite right" said Victor.
"It was pretty awkward at first" said Penny.
"We did bring some of the food we made" said Jack Cyber.
"Deep fried Pork Dumplings, Jack Cyber made them with my help" said Tadashi as the mammoth brings the large tray down.
"Wow! Those smell nice!" said Neil. "Welcome to the Feast my friends."
"Awesome. So how is Hollow doing with his Thanksgiving dinner?" said Martin.
"Hollow is celebrating it on the earth of the Winx, alongside Bloom and Musa with her dad are also tagging along for the whole thing. The rest of the Winx are also joining, I just hope they can find a way to make it work out. It's a lot of guests and chances they might bring their families with them" replied Neil.
"Geez! He's not gonna have an easy time with that" said Penny.
Neil then shows them the rest of the guests.
Lana looks towards the mammoth and pets his trunk the large creature lets her take a ride with Toxicroak as well.
Meanwhile Lola is fascinated by the three Alicorn Princess's. Though Lola had to behave, they are very powerful.
Princess Luna notices Lucy looking at her nervously. "Is there something wrong human child? You seem unsure of yourself."
"I …. Uh …..Can I ….. Touch your … mane?" said Lucy nervously.
Princess Luna approaches Lucy with her normal strict posture. Lucy feels like she's shrinking in fear.
Princess Celestia and Twilight notice this and aren't sure this is going to go well.
Then Lucy looks up to see Princess Luna looking down to her. Then Princess Luna smiles. "You may touch my mane Lucy Loud."
Lucy is shocked. She just accepted it, so Lucy proceeds to touch the amazing flowing night black mane of Princess Luna.
Celestia and Twilight sigh with relief, for a minuet there they thought something crazy was going to happen.
Twilight was fascinated by the Pokemon they have. "Fluttershy would love to meet these guys, they seem amazing."
Sunset then gets an idea and hands Twilight a Pokemon book. "Here and make sure Fluttershy learns from it as well, also tell Fluttershy she's welcome to visit and interact with the Pokemon as well."
Twilight takes the book and is fascinated by all of its information. We all know Twilight and books.
Sasha was impressed at Timmy and his god parent, Timmy knows he can trust her with the Fairy secret. If Jorgen finds out Gyro will talk to him.
She was glad Timmy was having a heck of a time in this world, she hopes maybe one day, once her sentence is over. She could move into their world once she has custody of Timmy, so he can be close to the Spellman's.
Sabrina was impressed with the house her brother was in and amazed by the massive Airship Leon and Sergei are living in.
Hilda and Zelda know Neil has powers and he doesn't use them for common chores, these two witches had no idea how humans can truly do when they use no special skills.
Ronnie Anne and Sid decided to have a small Pokemon battle against Sunset and Sam.
Doduo and Kabuto vs Eevee and Pichu.
Earlier they told them of the small Pokemon battles they had in the city, mostly practice with the new Pokemon cat gang, they seem to trust Ronnie Anne and Sid to help keep the neighborhood safe. So they train against the Meowth's, Persians and their Purugly leader.
And this is the first time they battle against other people with Pokemon, and the battle soon ends with Ronnie Anne and Sid with the win!
It got a bit awkward when Ronnie Anne and Sid were hugging and spinning around, they soon realized it and looked away and chuckled nervously.
Lincoln felt like something was off between those two, Jordan also felt like it as well.
Pretty soon all of the food was now ready on the table.
Neil and Lincoln were able to figure out everyone's seating arrangement. And there is no kiddie table and no alcohol of any sort, this was a family friendly Thanksgiving.
As they all chat Neil stands up and dings his glass. "Attention please." They all focus upon the sole Spellman middle child.
"I would like to say, I am Thankful for all of this. All of us coming together, let it be from the neighboring town or from other worlds. And to the family that I used to defy, I am truly thankful for all of this. This new life we're all facing, this new adventure were all embarking, this new family we're all getting used to and even though we might not be of blood or bare the last names anymore. We still stand as one big family."
They all clapped at his speech. Neil was right, this was truly amazing for all of them. Timmy would've still been under constant torture, Linka would've never found true family comfort, Sunset would've still been suffering from the memories of the Anon-a-miss incident and mostly, Lincoln wouldn't have ever met his love, his true calling and he would've never been on so many amazing adventures.
Lincoln looks around and sees all of them as they all eat the amazing food, sing some soothing songs, chat amazing stories to each other and share what they all truly care about, each other. This was truly something he wouldn't trade for. Even though he wasn't a Loud, he still felt like they were still his family.
Penny enjoys eating the Tamales, then she looks around and sees Neil talking to his mom, Leon and Sergei speaking to each other to the opportunity to the NXT Tag team titles, Martin tossing some food towards his mammoth, Victor talking to Carl about how he is doing as a teacher and then she sees Gyro.
Something didn't quite add up to Penny though. Neil: 23, Leon: 22, Sergei: 24, Martin: 22, Victor: 23. She remembers how they met and what they all went through, but she couldn't understand, how are they still young? She believes the answer may lie within the Guardian and that will be for another time.
To be continued …..
Happy Thanksgiving to those who have been reading my story! All of the families coming together as one. But the mystery Penny sees will be answered soon. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.