Lincoln was glad to have gotten out of that squabble with Blitzo and his ex-girlfriend. Still, he got a decent amount of money from Verosika as a reward for pulling off this prank. Now he just needed to find a way to use it. Was he going to use it for his college fund? It was he going to use it for his favorite vacation spot? It was up to him, and the right was in his hands.

"You ok?" Asked Loona

"Just glad to still be alive. I was so worried Blitzo would have blown my head off with a gun or stab me to death out of anger"

"I told you, Blitzo wouldn't kill you. He knows it was her fault that it happened."

"Right." Said Lincoln. "I felt like I was being used."

"It makes sense since we're all inhabitants from hell, Lincoln. No use trying to convince everyone."

the boy looked at his wad of five-hundred dollars and wondered what he can do with it. "Loona, I'm sorry about this. I know Blitzo is your adopted dad and-"

"no, don't worry about it." Loona shrugged off, "come on, I don't give a fuck about Blitzo in the first place. To me, you did one of the greatest things I have ever seen."

"I see. At least I got Snappy back to Liam."

"Right. So what do you plan to do with that wad of money?"

"Well I don't know." The white-haired boy admitted. "I might put it in my college fund, or use it to go on vacations or spend it on something really cool."

"Ah. Well it's your money, so I'm not gonna make you spend it on anything." Said Loona. "Your money, your choice."

"Thanks. Probably should save it in case something comes up."

"good idea. So wanna get some grub?"

"Well my dad is making some meatballs with roux and noodles tonight. I don't wanna ruin my appetite tonight."

"Ah, that's right, your dad is the best chef in the house."

Lincoln's eyes widened as he suddenly remembered something. "I need to pick up some more bird feed from the pet store. If I don't get the food back in time, Walt will get very cranky."

He rushed to the pet store with his wallet in his pocket and ran as fast as he could. Turning into her human disguise, Loona went out the house to catch up with a minute!" She said. "Let me help you with that." She picked him up with her brute strength and placed him on her shoulders. "Hold on."

She began running in a very fast kind of speed and she was at the pet store within a few seconds. "Wow, thanks Loona." Lincoln got off her

"Don't mention it."

Entering it, the owner of the store recognized him. "Ah, Lincoln. Here to pick up for Walt?"

"Yeah Doug."

"Let me get that for you."

Looking around, Lincoln noticed something a little odd. In one of the bird islands where the parrots would hang out together. There was a large group of Indian ringneck parakeets, and they are flock birds, but he noticed one of them was alone and looking bored and sad. Noticing it, he walked up to the island to see.

This ringneck looked rather different. It had a plum colored beak instead of a rose colored one. That and it was more like green than the other ones in the island, and it's ring looked more thick and robust around the neck.

While the other rose-ringed parakeets were just minding their own businesses, this plum-beaked parakeet looked at Lincoln with some interest and, and walked over to him on a rail.

It made a nice melodic chirp from himself and got on Lincoln's right hand. "Well, looks like you made a new friend." Loona smirked.

"Ah, I see that Watermelon has taken a liking to you, Lincoln." Said the owner of the store.

"Watermelon? What's the deal with him? The others don't seem to like him so much."

"The answer is simple." Said the shopkeeper. "Those ones are Indian Ringneck parakeets. Watermelon is an African ringneck parakeet?"

"African ringneck?" Asked the boy

"Yep. They are more friendly, docile and playful than their more famous Indian cousins. Watermelon here isn't just very well-liked by the rest since he is a different subspecies than this group."

Lincoln felt pity for this poor bird and gently scratched his neck, which he seemed to like very much. Making more whistles, the parrot was, indeed, taking a liking to Lincoln. "I guess it would be nice for Walt to have a friend to perch with. And I don't want this little guy to be sad for the rest of his life." Then he looked at the store owner. "How much is he?"

"Four-hundred dollars."

"Huh. Not a problem." He pulled out the wad of cash Verosika gave him before and decided the ninety percent of the dough to the keeper. "Here Doug, this should cover it." Looking at the parrot, Lincoln asked: "wanna get a new home. Watermelon?"

The parakeet made a gasp and chirped beautifully in response, showing how happy he was. This birds' luck was finally turning around for him now. Now he was going to have a good home to live in and be happy in it.

"What about your parents?" Asked Loona.

"Well they always talked about Walt having a roommate so maybe now is a good time."

"Ah."

Lincoln gladly paid for the small bird and saw that he had only one hundred dollars leftover from this purchase. "Fair warning, Lincoln," said Doug. "They can live up to twenty or thirty years. Are you sure you wanna have him?"

"Yep. I'm sure. Besides, I have a big family that can help take care of him."

"Very well."

Lincoln and Loona walked out of the pet store with Watermelon on Lincoln's left shoulder and the disguised female hellhound was carrying the bird feed. "So you sure Blitzo won't kill me?"

"Don't worry." Said Loona. "He's been pranked many times in his life. Hurtful or harmless."

"Ok. I just don't want him to come in the middle of the night and suffocating me until I stop breathing."

"That's a worse case scenario." Loona doubted. "I said he likes you, didn't I? You have nothing to worry about."

"OK."

At home, the other loud siblings were infatuated with the new parakeet and they thought of how adorable he was. "Who's your new friend, little bro?"

"Meet Watermelon." Said the boy. "Our newest addition to the family. Walt always wanted a roommate and now he got one."

"Ooh. Finally." Said Rita

"How much did he cost, sport?" Asked Lynn Sr

"Four hundred bucks."

"How did you literally have the money?"

"Well, Verosika asked me to do a little job and she paid me a lot of money, that's all."

"Being a rich pop star, that would not surprise me on how much dollars she has." Said Lisa.

It was a wonderful thing that a new parrot had been inducted to the Loud family and Lincoln was glad to have bought him. It was almost midnight and the boy was sleeping in his bed. Little did he know that someone was in his room again.

The visitor was Verosika again. "Thank you so much again, sweetie." She whispered to him before giving him a gentle kiss on the forehead and pulling the covers over his body. "Goodnight, Lincoln."

She was relieved that Lincoln didn't wake up for she didn't want to be compromised in the house or wake him up from his slumber. Transporting back to Hell, Verosika was hoping that her shitty ex-boyfriend wouldn't hurt this child, because Lincoln was truly a sweetheart.

The Next Morning

Lincoln was awake and when he got downstairs, he was surprised to see the female hellhound sitting on the couch and wagging her tail in a slow matter. "Oh, morning Loona." he yawned. "Were you expecting me?"

"Yep." she smiled. "Was wondering if you wanna grab some grub with me. I know a good place we can get some food."

"Ooh, sure. Where is it?"

"Blood Burger. It's not too far from my apartment."

"Blood Burger?" Lincoln sounded uncomfortable. "Please tell me that not all the burgers have blood in it. I'm not a vampire."

"Relax." said Loona. "Of course not. There are burgers without blood. Don't worry."

"Phew, good." Lincoln sounded relieved. "How's Blitzo?"

"His ass has seen better days, but it will heal. He, and the dipshit couple I work with are meeting us there."

"Do we really have to go through this again?" said Rita, sounding annoyed with the Hellhound's cussing. "please, watch your language!"

"Sorry." Loona said.

"I know our kids have said bad words, but the last thing we want is for Lily to become the biggest potty mouth of the family."

Loona couldn't help but smirk. "That would be kinda funny." she admitted. All it did was give Rita an annoyed and stern look."

"OK, mother, i'll watch my language more often, i promise."

"Thank you." said Rita before walking away to get herself some coffee.

"Thank Satan she's not my mom." Loona remarked, making Rita come back to the room with her eyes narrowed at her.

"What was that?" she asked.

"Nothing, nothing!" The female hellhound pretended to be innocent as Rita went back into the kitchen.

"So, ready when you are." said Lincoln.

"Cool."

In Hell, they were in the join and it looked a little messy, but not too messy. Many demons were seen of all kinds in the restaurant. Imps, Hellhounds, shark-like demons, reptilian kinds, one can name so many. "Ah, here he is." said Moxxie. "Morning Lincoln."

"Doing ok, honeybunch?" asked Millie

"Still waking up more."

"Heh, fuck i know that feeling too fucking well." said Blitzo.

"So Blitzo, uh..." Lincoln looked uncomfortable. "I'm very sorry about Snappy yesterday. i mean, five-hundred-"

"It's ok." Blitzo said. "I've been pranked many times before, some way worse than that stunt, and I understand. Can't resist the promise of the almighty dollar." he gave the boy a pat on the back. "Besides, i'm glad that the turtle didn't rip the testicles out of my scrotum."

His cohorts looked at him in shocked and disgust. "Don't get too detailed!" said Lincoln. "You're going to make me scream and throw up at the same time."

"Yes sir, try and be more appropriate." said Moxxie in agreement.

"What the fuck is wrong with you, Blitzo?" asked Loona in disgust.

"Everything."

While looking at the menus, Lincoln felt the soft touch of Loona's tails brush against his right thigh. She didn't even notice for she was too occupied with that kind of food she wanted to order, but her tail felt so soft. Lincoln couldn't help but slowly touch her tail very gently and slowly began cuddling it like his own stuffed animal, even better than Bun-Bun. So soft, so furry, so comforting and cozy, almost like a blanket.

Loona perked her head as she was feeling her tail being fondled like this. Narrowing her eyes, she paused for ten seconds as she was watching Lincoln do this to her. "Uhhh, Lincoln?" she said. Seeing that she was unamused by this, Lincoln immediately let her tail go. "Having fun there, cuddle muffin?"

"I'm so sorry." The boy said. "It looked so comfortable and fluffy, and-"

"Nah, Blitzo did that to me many times." said Loona. "You're lucky that I don't gouge your eyes out for invading my personal space like this."

Lincoln then made a gulp. "Won't happen again." he flatly said.