With the last year over, we're bound for more stuff to come and a whole lot more other adventures ready to make one heck of a scene. Battle, crossovers, conflicts and episode based chapters are inbound and everyone will have to look forward to all of that stuff, oh and an unexpected guest within Hollow's domain which the others will need to be informed about soon. Enjoy reading this everyone.

Spells and Louds.
Chapter 867: What might be new?

(January 2. The Loud House.)

A nice and calm day, and right now Lori Loud is sitting on the roof of her house, and then she looks around the neighborhood and how peaceful things are. 'Sure is nice for the good times to roll, a new year and everything is still looking like change is making a dang good progress.'

Then Lori recalls some stuff she has to be ready for. 'We're still undergoing changes, and possible future crossovers with whatever the Infinite Corridor has for us, I wonder what else is new, besides myself going back to college when tomorrow comes, glad we had the twins birthday last month too.'

Lori then looks to her phone and she sees the wallpaper of herself and Bobby. 'I love my family, but I have to soon face facts that I wanna have a future of my own and my own problems to handle, but that doesn't mean I won't come by often and check on the folks whom I know and love.'

Lori then sees her Volcarona flying towards her and she scooches aside to let her sit next to her, and she rubs the back of her Pokémon. 'We have been through so much stuff, and have endured the moments of change which are hard to handle. I wonder what else are we gonna have to handle when the rest of our future comes to be.'

Lori then sees the backyard has the rest of her siblings having a fun snowball fight time, and she dodges a misfired snowball from the twins, as they make a fort and attack the others, and Lynn is throwing snowballs as Lucy is making them, while Luan and Lisa are making snowmen snow forts and fighting back the others.

Just them, Lori's phone goes off and she sees who it is. "Wait what? Hollow." She sees the text message from the Sith Lord Supreme Leader of his own empire and world. AS she reads the message she is awe and shocked. "Wait, what?!"

(Mar Sara, Koprulu Sector.)

Right now, the battle here is all over and everyone is happy that they're communities haven't been ruined by the very enemy they all hate, the Hybrid Aliens, and a lot of Siege Tanks are driving down the road and headed to the Hercules Transports, to head back to their main base on the Aegis Battlecruiser.

Lincoln is standing on top of a Siege Breaker Class Siege Tank and he looks to the forces making a recall back to base and he looks to the sky and sees the aerial forces also headed back to base. Then Linka stands next to her cousin. "Everything has been secured and no other Hybrid have been see, Mar Sara is secured and okay."

Then Jordan arrives on her Indoraptor Dominic. "Luna, Sam and Leni are off to patrol for anything else that might have went bad, they're gonna be careful. Also, things are..." She then sees the concerned and upset look on Lincoln. "Linc, are you alright?"

Linka also notices this. Lincoln sighs and so he tells the two girls. "Where are we?"

Linka then replies. "We're on Mar Sara, in the Koprulu Sector. Why?"

Lincoln then admits something else. "Guys, who disappeared here long ago and was never heard from again?"

Jordan and Linka now see what he means, and then Jordan gets off from her Indoraptor and she sits next to Lincoln. "Linc, I get it. The guy who stopped the corrupted Dominion is gone, and we all don't know where he is anymore, but we shouldn't be too upset over this."

Linka then speaks as well. "Jordan has a point. Heck, it hurts to know that James Raynor went missing, and was never heard from again and that all that was left was his sheriff's badge, and I know he is the statue icon within the Aegis, and why we all look up to him... As the man who led his forces to end the tyranny of Arcturus Mengsk."

"Kinda feels like sad moments and good times being here" replied Lincoln. "I mean, the one thing I kinda like about this place is that it all started here, the whole conflict James Eugene Raynor had when he prepped to fight off everything, and all led to where we are now."

"We all owe it to him, he's the man who started all of this to save Kerrigan, find the Keystone pieces, and end the dreaded Arcturus Mengsk Dominion, and also change the fate of many others, and then leading to where we are now, even if Hybrid are still roaming and seeking to destroy."

Jordan then holds his hand. "At least things are looking pretty good for some folks, and we haven't had any other ordeals with Hybrid, and this whole fight we had marks the first one this year. Also, even if James Raynor is gone, the memory of what he did lives on, within those who have come to know him."

Linka then places down the names of folks who know Jim Raynor well. "Matt Horner, Dr. Hansen, and the Raynor's Raiders Crew, the Magistrate of Mar Sara, Rory Swann, Egon Stetman... Sorta, Artanis, Talandar, I think and then we have Salendis. A lot of folks who have come to know Raynor well, always remember him and what he did."

Lincoln smirks and he thinks about this. "Yeah, I guess you girls are right. I was just concerned about how things might've been if Raynor was around and fighting the good fight. He would've been an awesome figure to look upon and talk to... He's been through so much."

Lincoln then hears his cellphone ringtone go off. "What in the heck?" Jordan hears her phone go off as well, and even Linka, and they thought they put their phones to silent, but apparently they forgot.

Lincoln, Linka and Jordan see the text message from Hollow and they are wide eyed and surprised by this whole thing. "Wait, what?!" But they are not the only ones. Luna, Sam, Leni, Neil, Leon and Sergei are also seeing this and are surprised and shocked.

Boomer on the other hand is confused. "Guys, I don't think I faced that guy before."

(Somewhere in Royal Woods, Michigan.)

We head to the one place where teenagers, kids and young adults go to for some relaxation, food and game time, Gus' Games n' Grub and right now some of the friends from Lincoln, Linka and Jordan are having their own fun.

The ones here: Zach, Liam, Rusty, Simon, Stella, Lance, Trent, Artie, Johnny, Chad, Richie, Hassan, Joy, Cookie, Jenny, Kat, Cristina, Paige, Renee, Emma, Clyde and Chloe, and they are just playing whatever games there are.

Lance then speaks as he is playing skee ball with Trent. "So, whats on the agenda for another game stream this week dude?"

Trent then replies and he is playing some Mortal Kombat against Chad. "I say we play some Back 4 Blood, I wanna see if we can play the whole game in the hardest difficulty, we have managed to unlock a lot of stuff after we got to play the game, right?"

"Now that sounds like a plan." Artie is playing some basketball alongside Mollie. "We can make it something awesome and bloody, also the first one who dies in the game buys lunch the next time we come back here."

Trent and Lance liked that idea. "Deal!"

Then Zach asks. "So, anyone here got other plans this week? Because I have a star gazing thing going on this Wednesday, you guys can tag along." He then aces his score in Hero's Duty. "Nailed it! New High Score! Eat on it, Cy-Bugs!"

Then Chloe speaks next. "You guys still prepped for this big Royal Woods Best Friend contest next week on Sunday?"

"Heck yeah!" said Rusty. "I know Zach very well, and Zach knows me very well. We got this all wrapped up."

"I would go too" said Clyde. "But the whole best buddy thing is not in my agenda anymore, and I gotta wonder... Is Lincoln even gonna participate?"

They all don't have an answer for that, and so they all continue to play some games, but they don't know that someone who has returned to Royal Woods walks into the arcade and she looks around and then goes to the others. "Hey guys, I was wondering where I can find Jordan Rosato."

They all pause what they are doing and look to the girl, and see who she is.

Rachel H. DiCicco.
Rachel is a thin caucascian girl with beauty mark, two pairs of eyelashes and waist-length black hair styled in a hime cut. She wears golden triangular earrings, mint-green sleeveless shirt, grey jeans and white shoes. She also carries pink backpack.

All of them have no idea who the heck is this preteen girl. "Who the heck are you?" asked Cristina.

The girl known as Rachel then replies. "An old friend to Jordan, from our early times of 1st Grade, the time when you guys weren't there in her class, and I wanna see how she's been doing."

They all didn't see this coming, and all of them wanna who she is, though Mollie, Sadie, Cookie, Jenny, Kat and Joy look closely, and then it hits them. "Rachel?!"

(Karazhan.)

The guardian is busy going through the tapestry of wolves on his wall and he is concerned about how it is moving, and looks like the life within that world are advancing and trying to survive, but he doesn't seem pleased to see the ones where the species are being hunted and killed.

'What in the hell is going on in that world? I haven't been there for months, and now this shit is happening. This is insane. The Wolfwalkers are being driven to the point of extinction and I cannot risk that, soon we will have to go there, but this doesn't seem too serious... Yet.'

'I have known the Wolfwalkers for some time and they are the reason why I am able to morph into something else, and they just taught me to unlock the animal spirits within, and not stick to one form and rely on magic too much, because even a beast can be quite dangerous on its own, or when with others.'

Gyro then uses his magic and he covers up the tapestry and he goes through some thoughts about this problem. 'If we are to go to this world and secure on what problem there is, I think the best option for us to handle this is that I need those who can handle aiding me, and I think I know just who the folks can help me.'

Then Gyro hears something ringing, and it is his cellphone. "What the hell? Must be Michelle?" Gyro then checks his phone, and he sees a message from Hollow. "Now what the bloody hell does that guy have to say to me?" He then answers it. "What?"

Hollow. "Guardian, when you have the god damn time, come to Star Killer Base. Someone came to my doorstep during the night of New Year's and he has been telling me some shit on how we can beat Unicron, the newcomer is Megatron!"

Gyro is wide eyed and he remains silent and is surprised, while Hollow is still waiting for a reply. "Gyro? Gyro? Guardian? Hey, Barbarian Archdruid of stupid! You there? Dude? Gyro?"

To be continued.

A/N: So, this is a whole new month and something else is going on, and it's the return of an old friend to Jordan Rosato, and a former Decepticon Leader, and what might come soon this week. I hope at least some of you enjoyed reading this.

Date made: 10/31/21.