The siblings and Chalice were getting Luke's birthday breakfast ready the next morning. It was the start of Luke's birthday week. They knew the menu as they saw it on the kitchen wall.

Luke wakes up and gets a shower, then dresses in a nice outfit before heading down to breakfast. He soon comes down as confetti falls on him.

"Happy 25th Birthday, Luke!" Everyone says.

"Oh, my goodness!" Luke says. "It all looks great!"

He looked happy as he made himself a bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast burrito and got some fruit salad and yogurt. He then began to eat.

Soon, he finished. He then gets up from the table and leaves for a solo video shoot. The siblings go to get things ready for his day once he's gone.

They used decorations that he requested for this day.


With Luke, he met up with the cups at the Breakfast & Breakloose diner for the video shoot. They were part of the backup group for his video. Luke smiled as he put on the leather jacket that had his name on it on the back in iridescent diamond rhinestones.

"Looking good, Luke!" Cuphead says.

"Thank you. I am looking and feeling good today!" Luke says as he combs his hair.

"How does it feel to finally be 25?" Mugman asked Luke.

"Great!" Luke says.

"Are we ready to start this video?" River asked. He smiled at the group and had agreed to film this video.

Luke and the cups nodded. They got in position as the shoot soon began.

Luke sang "I Won't Stand In Your Way" as he smiled.

People loved it as they watched it. Chalice was smiling at her husband the whole time.

He soon finished and embraced Chalice.

"Lukey, that was wonderful! And you ding-dongs weren't bad, either." Chalice says to Luke and the cup brothers with a smile.

"Thank you." Cuphead says.

The four of them soon go off to have a little fun before Luke's celebration.


With the siblings, they were setting up for the party at Dave & Buster's.

"So, when is the next ANH show?" Lincoln asked as he was opening some gaming-themed party plates.

"I was wondering the same thing." Luna says as she hangs up the "Luke Reached Level 25!" picture banners behind the dessert table and in the photo booth area.

"I think Gemma said that the next show is supposed to be tomorrow, but I could be wrong." Luan says as she was arranging customized gaming-themed birthday cookies on game controller-shaped platters.

"Luke doesn't want to do a show on his birthweek, though." Leni says.

"That isn't what he told me." Luna says. "He said it would be good this year, because the ice rink he has in mind is in Baltimore. And the hibachi grill he wants to go to is there as well. So, he's excited to perform, ice skate, and have the hibachi grill experience all in one day!"

"Oh, okay." Luan says with a smile. "Benny says he's picking up the cupcakes and the cake. He'll be here in 15 minutes."

"What about my cake that I made?" Lucy asked.

"Why don't you go give it to him, Luce-Change? He actually asked if you wanted to join him and the cup trio for lunch. You can bring that cake to him there if you want to." Luna says with a smile. Lucy smiled back.

"Good idea." Lucy says and leaves with her cake as she goes to meet up with Luke and the cup trio.


Lucy soon meets up with Luke and the cup trio as they sit down to lunch at Twisted Toppings, a new pizza restaurant that Cuphead and Mugman had heard about online and wanted to take Luke to. Luke was smiling as he sat at the table with the cup trio, but he smiled even more when he saw Lucy with the cake she made for him.

It said "Happy Birthday To Luke!" in Arctic blue icing against the pure snow-white vanilla frosting. Luke smiled at this.

"Is this for me, Luce-Luce?" Luke asked as Lucy placed it before him.

She nodded and lit the #25-shaped candle on it. Luke smiled as the cup trio and Lucy sang "Happy Birthday" to him in four-part harmony.

"Make a wish! Make a wish!" Cuphead and Mugman chanted to Luke.

He thinks and wishes that his week was perfect. He then blew out the candle and smiled.

He then cuts five slices out of the cake, giving himself the first piece before giving the cup trio and Lucy their pieces.

"Who's ready for tomorrow's show?" Chalice asked, eating a bite of her cake.

Cuphead, who is eating his cake face-first, raises his hand.

Lucy smiled at Luke. "Is the cake good?" She asks him. Luke nods and smiles.


With the Cosmic buddies, their adventure continues. They walk around a desert.

"Remind me why we're in the desert?" Alem tuber says.

"We gotta help Jason get back at those guys." Savannah says.

Emila was heading home.

"Guys, I need your help. This is personal." Jason says says.

"What can we do?" Savannah asked.

"All we gotta do is find the golden egg." Jason says

Emila teleports to the siblings, not wanting any part of this. "Don't you wanna be there for Luke?" Savannah asked.

"Not today. My mom is going to be executed. All because I disowned her." Jason says.

"And I thought Luke's family was toxic. The Waterlashes are toxic enough." Chrissy says as Alem tuber punches Chrissy, then Delta dove and punched Alem tuber in the face as Emma was stunned.

"Hey, enough!" Jason says as Alex leaped towards Delta, who kicked him as Jack used a water blaster, sending Delta into a hissy fit. She hated water.


With Luke, he had come back home from lunch and was just spending time alone. He looked forward to time by himself, and he soon picked up a book and read it for a while.

He thought about who would come to his party today. And felt bad for those that couldn't.

Chalice soon comes to see him. Luke was dressed in his new birthday outfit that he got with Garrett just for his Dave & Buster's party. Chalice could see the half-happy and half-sad expression on Luke's face as she walked up to him.

"Lukey, are you okay?" Chalice asked with concern.

He nods, wanting his party.

"Lukey, tell me why you look sad." Chalice says.

He explained.

She leads him to Dave & Buster's. They look around as confetti falls. Luke just has that look on his face.

There were gaming-themed decorations everywhere.

"Surprise!" The siblings say to Luke. Luke looked around.

There were gifts and food that Luke liked. Luke managed a little smile.

"Thank you." He says.

"No problem." Luna says.


As the party begins, Luke wanders into the arcade on his own. He tunes out the atmosphere around him as he plays skee-ball. He was concentrating hard.

He was good at this game and he was a pro at this.

Lucy smiled.

Luke then ventured off to play more games, his thoughts racing. He thinks of his gifts first, then he thinks of his friends, who ditched him. He looked down.


Meanwhile, there were explosions in the desert.

"There will be an execution." Asyuard says knocking Angry Luigi up and then down.

"I knew splitting up would be a bad idea. Damn you, Jason!" Angry Luigi says as dust shot up.


Luke picked up Garrett's gift. Luke then puts it down.

"I don't want this right now!" Luke shouted as he walked off.

"Those who ditched me will be executed!" Luke says.


Meanwhile, in the desert…

"Goldie, make sure you find the bodies. I'm not letting Luke execute Insanity. I need to finish that thing." Asyuard says.


Meanwhile in some weird forest…

Delta was dodging bouncers as she took out energy knives and started slashing them.

"I know what I'm getting Alem tuber. dead bodies!" Delta says.


Meanwhile, Lucy tries to comfort Luke.

"My birthday is ruined!" Luke screamed, throwing a hissy fit tantrum like a baby would.

"No, sweetie, it isn't ruined…" Charity was trying to reassure her son.

"It wasn't perfect, which means it's ruined!" Luke screamed.

"Sweetie, please calm down…" Charity says, finally getting Luke to a calm state. Luke sniffed.

Lucy reads him a poem, which makes him smile a little. Then Luan began to juggle for him. That made him smile more.

Then he danced with Chalice. But Chalice could read his face like the cover of her favorite book.

"Poor Luke…" Chalice says. "He really does hate his friends, except for Garrett…"

Sal feels bad for Luke, who's wiping at his tear-filled eyes. Jason arrived and patted Luke's back, offering a gift.

"Oooh…" Luke says as he takes the gift and opens it.

It was fresh milk and cheese. He smiled and hugged Jason. He then stared at the floor.


With the others, there were explosions.

As Alex landed, the Golden Shooter used his insta laser as Alex used his swords, reflecting them to kill the Golden Shooter as he blew up.

Emma spat acid donuts at Asyuard, who dodged as Insanity kicked Asyuard

"Oh, this is going to end with us crashing into Luke's party." Asyuard says.

"No way! That cake is mine and to ensure that, we're going to space." Insanity says, kicking Asyuard up to the moon. Asyuard punched Insanity down to Las Vegas.

Soon, they were seen gambling.

"Yeah this gambling game isn't for kids." Delta says, breaking the 4th wall. "Back to Luke already."


Luke hissed and cried. Lucy holds him.

"Lukey, please don't be upset…" Chalice says.

Luke threw a picture of his other friends at a party room wall and hissed.

Lucy holds him as he feels a little betrayed. After forgiving them last month, and even though they were adventuring, it wouldn't have hurt them to at least remember his birthday.

They did leave gifts for him, which remained unopened. He opened Savannah's gift, which was a shirt that glittered. Luke smiled at it.

Bill got him rocket shoes. Luke was a little surprised by those.


Meanwhile, Savannah was rushing away from Begmax before Bill hacked his suit as Savannah leaped and kicked him down.

Emila used a magic lasso on Mr. and Mrs. Clusterfield, swinging them and slamming them into Big Owl.

Anti-Hybrid tries punching Jack and Reilly as they dodge. Anti-Hybrid fell, too tired

"Whoa, we're doing it, guys! We're winning!" Angry Luigi says as he and Chrissy dodged Asyuard's attacks

"Screw this crossover. After this, I'm out. After all, Perkygoth14 still wants Angry9guy to quit with the Cosmic buddies." Delta says as she spin dashed into Asyuard, who kicked her as Alem tuber turned Ultra Ego and used a purple blast, causing lots of destruction as they charged at each other.

"Team Alien X!" Angry Luigi says as he and Chrissy turn into Alien X and flick Asyuard into a different universe as Alien X timed out.

"We did it!" Chrissy says.

"Yeah, and Perkygoth14 still hates us. At least Luke and his birthdays will live on. If only we started out celebrating Luke's stuff instead of just copying Cherry and Atticus. Maybe we would have teamed up with them, maybe we could have had more reviews, and maybe we wouldn't have to stop. This story is the only thing we have left unless we appear in a crossover. We can't do much without Luke, so let's go do the only thing we're allowed to do…put these guys in Luke's prison cell, then retire and celebrate Luke for the rest of our lives." Delta says as they soon arrive.


Luke throws a gift off the table. All of a sudden, he saw a big box appear. Curious, he walked up to it. He opened it, and got quite the surprise. It was a sculpture.

"Oh, this is nice." Luke says. "Almost too nice…"

"Okay, let's watch your best moments." Chalice says.

Luke sighed and watched.

The Cosmic buddies pop out of the box.

"Happy birthday, Luke!" They say. Luke was surprised.

"We don't know why you want us around, but we came." Chrissy says.

"Look, I admit that you guys can irritate me at times and make me want to lash out. But in the end, you guys are my friends. I can't make that up. There were times where you were actually nice to me, even when we fought to the death sometimes. I know you guys are good. You fight hard, play hard, joke around a lot…the list goes on." Luke says.

"Yeah, well, we took out all of our villains, so we really have nothing left." Alem tuber says.

"You can totally share my villains." Luke says. "They always come out, looking to fight."

"Thanks. We'll think about it. But we're out of energy. For now, anyway." Delta says.


Later, they played some more arcade games before the piñata came out.

It was a game controller pinata. Luke grinned and grabbed a metal bat. He broke it open in two swings, sending candy spilling all over the place.

Everyone smiled as they got their candy. Luke got a little annoyed because he didn't get any. Leni gave hers to Luke, who smiled and thanked her.

Luke then went outside for a bit.


Luke's P.O.V.

I am now outside Dave & Buster's, having a few moments to myself. I love my birthday parties, but sometimes, they can be so overwhelming.

I think about the Cosmic buddies and all they've had to deal with. They went through a lot and I was too blind to see that. But now that things are better between us, I had promised not to be too mean to them and to be a team player whenever we fought any of my villains.

I then think about tomorrow's show in Baltimore. After the party, we will be driving there just to get there before the 5:00 p.m. show time.

Why is the show going to start that early? Because of my ice skating and hibachi grill party afterwards, which I know everyone is excited about. But no one is more excited than me!


"So what's next for us?" Emma asked.

"Not too sure." Angry Luigi says.


Lucy got a piano out.

"What's that for?" Cuphead asked.

"For Luke's entertainment." Lucy says.

"I thought we normally had cake when he came back." Cuphead says.

"Sigh." Lucy says, taking the piano away. But Charity smiled and got an idea.

"Lucy, maybe you should keep the piano where it is." Charity says as she explains the idea to Lucy, who smiled.


Luke soon came back in. He heard the sound of Lucy's piano and followed it.

She played for Luke as he smiled. Just then, she played the birthday song as everyone came out with Luke's cake.

Luke smiled as he saw the cake that looked exactly like a Nintendo Switch with him as an Animal Crossing character, then another picture showed him as a character in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, and another image showed him as a racer in Mario Kart, and the final image showed him with his family. The words below this four-image set read "No matter what level you reach in life, we'll always love you! Happy 25th Birthday, Luke!"

Luke took a picture of the cake before crying tears of joy.

"This cake is just incredible…" Luke says. "Thank you all!"

"Make a wish! Make a wish!" The cup trio chants with a few of the siblings.

Luke smiles as he looks at the 25 Arctic blue candles on the cake base, which were stuck in the cupcakes. He starts thinking of his wish.

He wished to win ANH this season, but smiled at the thought of his daughter also making him proud as he blew out all 25 candles. Everyone cheered for Luke.


After eating cake, cookies, and cupcakes, everyone started claiming their winnings for prizes at the prize corner. After that, everyone got ready to take the trip to Baltimore for the next show.

Luke was sound asleep as the trip to Baltimore began. Today had been somewhat short of perfect, but there were four more days to go. And Luke hoped they would be perfect.