It was a nice day as Chrissy was hanging out with the Louds and Kira, but Luke was impatient, wanting to go on an adventure to see Chalice, but the others were resting up.
"Luke, we just went through the Multiverse. We'll see this Chalice some other time. Besides, isn't the next show coming up?" Lynn says.
Chrissy sighed. "Well, catch you later." She said.
Luke sighed and went upstairs. Luna was still struggling due to her injuries. Luke sits with her and keeps her company.
"How are you doing?" Luke asked.
"Okay." she says.
Angry Luigi was walking to Luna's room. He sees Luke sitting with her.
"Mama Luna…" he says.
"B-Bran-dy…" Luna says, smiling.
"Can Luna perform?" Lola asked.
Luna tried reaching for her guitar and grabbed it. She played a few notes on it and smiled.
Later, they were watching tv as Alem tuber crossed his arms, bored.
Luke was practicing for the show.
"Okay, let's go fight crime." Alem tuber says.
"You need to chill out!" Lori says.
Alem tuber speeds off, looking for crime, but he can't seem to find anything.
"Ugh, I need adventure! Excitement! Epic battles!" Alem tuber says and speeds home.
"Lisa, we need to go to a different world, because Earth is boring at the moment." Alem tuber says.
Luke hissed as he kept messing up. This was the quarterfinals show. One of the biggest ANH shows. And he kept messing up his finish on "Proud Mary", where he was supposed to do a one-handed handstand at the very end of the song.
"I mean let's go for some big adventure." Alem tuber says, doing a cartwheel into a one-handed handstand and spun and did some mid-air kicks and stuff like that.
"You mean the Inkwell Isles dimension?" Lisa asked.
"That will do. Just give me that device and I'll be back in a month." Alem tuber says
"No way, let's not die." Angry Luigi says as Alem tuber crosses his arms.
Luna was still practicing
Luke was stressed only because he kept messing up.
"You're thinking about that Chalice girl, aren't you?" Lincoln says.
"How do you even know that?!" Luke asked, annoyed.
"You utter her name every once in a while. Ever since yesterday." Lucy explained.
"See? We have to go." Alem tuber says.
"No way, dude's kinda trying to practice." Luna says as Alem tuber rolled his eyes and took Lisa's device and grabbed his twin.
"You have fun at your show and we'll take Chalice and Luke on some cool adventure." Alem tuber says.
"I can't miss the show!" Luke cried.
"Then I'll bring Chalice to you. It seems the only way for you to win is if you actually meet the girl." Alem tuber says.
"Oh, maybe leave me behind." Angry Luigi says but Alem tuber kicked him in the portal.
"Later." Alem tuber says and jumps in as the portal closes.
Lucy gets Luke some water.
"Thanks, Luce." Luke says. "I just can't get my one-handed handstand down. I have a feeling that I'm doing something wrong here."
Lynn does a demonstration.
Meanwhile, the twins landed in the Inkwell isles.
"Our big adventure begins now." Alem tuber says and rushed off as Angry Luigi looked annoyed as he tries to keep tuber rushed around seeing dancing flowers and lady tomatoes.
"What a weird world, but nothing exciting yet." Alem tuber says as he looks around and heads to the glasses store. He sees Cuphead and Mugman getting a lady to fix Elder Kettle's glasses.
"Ugh, nothing exciting is happening on this adventure." Alem tuber says as Chalice soon comes in, singing as she charmed the lady into getting free glasses and leaves.
"That's got to be her. Time to get her." Alem tuber says and speeds towards her, but Angry Luigi slipped into him as they both fell into a puddle.
Meanwhile, Luke tries to do what Lynn did. Luke was still a little wobbly on his presentation.
"It takes lots of practice." Lynn says, then thinks. "I hope Randy is okay." She says.
Luke falls on his face and cries. "I'll never get it down in time for the show!" He sobbed.
"Ugh, not with that attitude! You gotta be more positive!" Lynn says to Luke.
"Kids, we should be getting ready soon." Lynn Sr. says, holding Lily.
Luke gets frustrated and walks off. He was getting upsett.
"Are you okay?" Lucy asked Luke. Luke sniffed.
Luna came down, but tripped on the stairs. Luan helped her up.
Luna glared at Luan and walked off, allowing Lincoln to help her to the van as Lynn carried her guitar.
"You went way overboard, Luan." Kira says.
As they head to the next show, Luke felt very scared.
Meanwhile, Alem tuber watched Chalice ditch the boys as the bees came.
"Okay, now!" Alem tuber says and speeds after Chalice, but she turned into a ghost as Angry Luigi faints.
With Luna, she was nervous as Sam reassured her.
But Luke was very nervous. He felt scared that he would lose.
"You won't lose." Lucy says.
"My one-handed handstand isn't perfect…" Luke sniffed. "If I fall flat on my face, everyone will laugh at me!"
"They won't." Kira says.
"How do you know that?" Luke says.
"Because you'll do great." Kira says.
At the show venue, Luke was practicing his routine, but he was still wobbly on his presentation when it came to the one-handed handstand, and he fell on his face.
Lynn helped him up. The show was going to start in 10 minutes.
"You can do it, Luke. We believe in you." Leni says.
Luke just sat at his dressing table, sighing.
"Luke, you can do it." Rita says. "We know you can."
"They're gonna laugh at me if I fail my handstand!" Luke cried.
"Look, you won't fail, okay? Believe in yourself. The more you doubt yourself, the more you're prone for failure. Besides, you've got this." Lynn says.
Luke smiled. "I know." He says.
The show began as Luke looked nervous.
Meanwhile, Alem tuber had flown and freed the cups from prison. "Where is Chalice?" He asked. "It's important."
"We don't know where she is!" Mugman cries as Alem tuber flies fast, tying them to a tree.
"You'll stay there until I get answers or she comes to fight me." Alem tuber says.
At the show, Luke was about to go on. The siblings were there with their parents.
Luke sighed and stepped on stage. Girls screamed for him as he started his "Proud Mary" performance.
The crowd loved it.
The moment of truth arrived at the end of the song approached.
A portal opened as a bag fell next to Luke as the portal closed.
Chalice's head popped out.
Fans were confused as Chalice looked nervous. She was just stuffed in a sack.
Luke was wobbling as he did his handstand.
Fans cheered for him. He then fell.
They still clapped for his performance.
Luna went next.
Luke was crying backstage. He sniffed and left the show venue as Luna performed. Lucy followed him.
Luke walked further away.
Lucy ran after him. "Luke, please come back…" Lucy says.
"No! Cheer for Luna! Cheer for LUNA!" Luke just runs further away.
"Luke, stop…we love you both the same." Lucy says.
"At least she pulled off a flawless performance, injury and all. I fell flat on my face!" Luke cried.
Lucy holds him.
Meanwhile
"And that's how my epic adventure went." Alem tuber says.
"Where is my wristband?" Lisa asked as the cup trio left via a portal as it closed.
Alem tuber looked pretty annoyed and then grinned mischievously.
Alem tuber ran off.
"RANDY! KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY STUFF! NO ADVENTURES! YOU HEAR ME?!" Lisa screamed.
"Never!" Alem tuber says.
"You did great, Luke. No one is perfect and that won't change the fact that you're my favorite." Lucy says. Luke still felt broken, sad, and embarrassed.
He just walked home.
Alem tuber speeds into Lisa's room
"Randy! Randy! Randy!" Lisa screamed
"Sorry, it's adventure time! Going to the Inkwell Isles, possibly to fight a mermaid." Alem tuber says as Angry Luigi and Chrissy speed in.
"Okay, cool it." Chrissy says as the portal opens.
"Hey, Luke is desperate for a girlfriend. I'm just doing him a favor, which he'll thank me for." Alem tuber said and jumped in.
Angry Luigi groaned.
Luke was emptying his trophy case, the tears falling from his face. He was sure Luna would win the whole thing. He knew he would lose.
He grabbed another trophy and put it in the box next to him.
"He's broken because he feels embarrassed about what he did on stage." Lynn says. "Poor guy…Luna did nothing to him."
Lucy glared at Luna a bit.
"Lucy, let it go." Lori says. She then pitied Luke.
Alem tuber was thrown out of the portal. "I'm kicking her ass!" Alem tuber says and kicks Lisa in the portal as it closes.
"Who wants pizza?" Leni asked.
"Luke's favorite…" Lucy says
"Done what a day" Alem tuber says
"Well, I'm heading out." Kira says.
Luke doesn't come to eat. He doesn't want to face anyone right now.
"Where's Lisa?" Rita asked.
"On a trip." Leni says.
"Luke, come and eat." Lynn Sr. says.
"Why? Because if I don't, you'll punish me? Go ahead. I can't show my face to anyone, anyway. I know they're laughing at me!" Luke sobbed.
"Luke, no one is laughing at you." Rita says.
"I'M TOO EMBARRASSED!" Luke sobbed.
Lisa soon comes back.
"Did you get Luke's girlfriend?" Lori asked.
"No!" Lisa says holding her broken portal device, annoyed.
Luke overheard and he was broken even further.
"Luke, listen, you never even met her. just because another version of you got with her doesn't mean your Chalice is for you." Lisa tries to tell Luke.
"Just. Leave. Me. ALONE!" Luke shouted In anger.
"I won't. You need me." Lucy says.
"I forfeit the show. I'll never appear again." Luke says as he looks at the siblings. "And as for my half birthday? I won't be around for it. In fact…I won't be around for any of the sibling birthdays. EVER AGAIN." Luke says coldly as he leaves the house.
Lucy appeared in front of him and hugged him. "Please don't leave us…" Lucy sniffed.
"Blame LITTLE MISS NERDY for crushing my hopes, my dreams, and my heart!" Luke sobbed as he started walking.
Lucy wanted to kill Lisa, but the parents were quick to stop that as they then went after Luke.
"Adventure time!" Alem tuber says as Angry Luigi cries.
"Why are we going after her, anyway? let's just focus on living." Angry Luigi sobbed.
"Weak." Alem tuber says, kicking him into a portal.
He rushed after Luke and also kicked him into a portal. "This was the only way." Alem tuber says and leaped in as it closed.
End of chapter
