The portals glitch, becoming unstable.
"I need to shut it off." Lisa says as Gwen came in as the portal was really unstable and started sucking them in.
They were soon in a time void.
"Woah!" Gwen says as they fall through.
They arrive in a pirate world, seeing pirate versions of the Louds.
"Time to run!" Lisa says and opens a portal. They arrive in a ghost dimension which makes Lisa and Gwen uncomfortable.
They soon arrive in a dimension where Luke was Lola's butler.
"Ouch…" Lisa says.
"I feel bad." Gwen says.
They soon arrive back and shut it off. The two decide to not talk about that anymore or ever again, for that matter.
The next day, Gwen was ready to win the music competition.
Gwen walks to the school and sees Luke with his friend Garrett. And thanks to what the Louds attempted to do to him, the only Loud allowed around Luke was Lucy.
Lucy just sat by herself.
Later, Gwen was getting ready as this was her moment. The competition was soon starting as Gwen was nervous.
Soon, Gwen had her turn as she began to sing on stage.
Fans loved her as she was a natural. Luke walks out of the auditorium.
Lucy noticed and sat next to him.
"Luke, you can win this. Just like I know you can win ANH." Lucy says.
"I think she's a better singer than me." Luke says.
"I underestimated Gwen." Lucy says.
"Why try to compete with her? She's always going to outdo me." Luke says.
Lucy hugged Luke.
"I'm better off just not going back in there." Luke says as he gathers his things and walks away as Lucy watches.
She feels mad at Gwen, but still underestimates her.
In the auditorium, everyone gathered around Gwen, complimenting her on her singing.
Gwen was overwhelmed by all the attention.
She was announced as the winner, which made it a lot worse.
When Luke heard that, he just wanted to quit singing altogether.
Gwen feels bad for Luke. She knew Luke didn't get a chance to sing before the judges announced her as the winner.
She convinced the judges to let Luke sing. Luke came on stage, smiling.
He began to sing "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams.
The kids liked it, and soon, Luke dejectedly walked offstage.
The judges think about who won. It looked pretty close between Luke and Gwen. Tabby was good, too.
Luke looked away. He knew Gwen won, so he turned his back on everyone.
"Luke, I'm sorry that you lost…" Gwen says and goes to punish herself.
Luke just went home, looking disappointed. Charity sees this.
"Honey?" She asked Luke. Luke was still looking down, shedding tears.
"She was better than me…" Luke sniffed.
"I'm so sorry, sweetie." Charity says.
"SHE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE BETTER THAN ME!" Luke sobbed. "WHY NOT JUST LET HER WIN ANH, TOO?! THAT WAY I CAN LOSE MORE!"
"She's not even in it." Charity says.
"JUST LET HER WIN IT ALL! I CLEARLY DESERVE NOTHING!" Luke shouted.
Charity tries to calm Luke down b. She eventually takes him home.
At the manor, Luke cried in his room for hours. He then stared at the trophies he had.
"I don't deserve any of these." Luke says coldly. "I'm not a winner."
Gwen arrived home. The house was quiet.
"Hello?" Gwen asked. "Anyone home?"
She looks around, wondering if anyone was there. All she saw were decorations in the dining room. Nothing else. She then read the banner that hung on the dining room wall.
It said "Congratulations, Gwen!" in glittery purple letters.
Just then the family came up. "Congratulations, Gwen!" They say. Gwen was shocked.
"What is this?" She says.
Luke decides to give up singing as he goes to put all of his performance stuff in a box and shoves it under his bed, never to be seen again.
Luke then lays on his bed and cries.
Meanwhile
"We are so proud of you!" Rita says to Gwen, who smiled.
"Thanks, Mom!" Gwen said and opened her gift to see a new dress.
Lucy had gone to see Luke. She had no intention of being at that party.
What she saw shocked her.
"Luke?" Lucy asked.
"IT'S NOT FAIR! I SHOULD BE CELEBRATING A VICTORY! BUT NOOOO! IT JUST HAD TO GO TO HER!" Luke sobbed.
"My sister will pay…" Lucy says.
"Luke won't have any victories…." Luke sobbed. "Gwen wins it all. Luke loses it all!"
Lucy holds him.
"It's okay, you'll win in ANH." Lucy says.
"I HATE HER!" Luke screamed. "I HATE HER!"
"You're not going to hurt her are you?" Lucy asked.
"I wanted that victory! But now I'll never have one! She even stole 'Student Of The Month' from me!" Luke shouted.
"Gwen was Lisa smart. She did help us with chores and laundry." Lucy says.
Luke is steamed at this point.
"Luke, you can win ANH. That's more important." Lucy says.
"No. Because I QUIT!" Luke sobbed. "She'll find a way to win that, too!"
"Luke, she's not in it." Lucy says. Luke was too broken to say anything.
"Luke loses. Luke always loses. Gwen is better than Luke, and Luke knows it…" he says.
"Luke…that's not true…" Lucy says. Part of her wanted to kill Gwen. Part of her wanted Gwen safe; she wasn't sure who to choose. Luke or Gwen?
Meanwhile, Gwen was eating and feeling bad. She goes to her room attempting to punish herself.
"Gwen, what's wrong?" Leni asked and noticed Gwen packing.
"I'm leaving. Ever since I joined your family, you all have suffered, so I'll go." Gwen says.
"Gwen, please don't…" Luna says worriedly. Gwen sniffed.
"We're siblings, we'll figure this out." Leni says.
"Yeah." Lynn says.
Luke is shattered as he rants and stomps around.
Charity tries to calm him down.
"Luke always loses! Luke always gets looked over! Luke sings terribly! Gwen sings like an angel!" Luke hissed.
"That's not true, honey…you are a wonderful singer! Those judges are just biased. They don't know an angel until they hear you, my darling treasure..." Charity says.
End of chapter