The Loud Ark: Chapter 12 - Preparations and Starlight Nights
In the Royal Village, everything was peaceful, the people were doing their everyday activities and businesses. Adults working on their jobs, teens hanging out, and kids playing in the playgrounds. But suddenly something usurpingly happened, they stopped to hear the sound of a shofar horn, followed by the sounds of animals, and the ground rumbling coming down from Adelaide blowing a shofar horn.
Coming up from a hill was Lincoln leading the way, with Tinkerbell, Lori, Ronnie Anne, Bobby, Luna, Lisa, Lily, Fawn, Vidia, and Iridessa with them, Masai Lions, Frill-necked Lizard, Bengal Tigers, Leghorn Chickens, Western Lowland Gorillas, African Bush Elephants, Bonteboks, Northwestern Wolves, Thylacines, Ring-tailed Lemurs, Eastern Black Rhinoceros, Reticulated Giraffes, Red-billed Oxpeckers, Yellow-billed Oxpeckers, Ruppell's Vultures, Nile Hippopotamuses, Southern Meerkats, Snowshoe Hares, and Western Cattle Egrets.
On the left side Leni, Sid, CJ, Carlitos, Clyde, Rusty, Lola, and Lana with Southern Ostriches, Chimpanzees, Addaxes, Sytan's Red Pandas, Aldabra Giant Tortoises, Red Squirrels, Mandrills, Ellipsen Waterbucks, Huacaya Alpacas, Bactrian Camels, and Przewalksi's Wild Horses.
On the Right Side, Lynn, Adelaide, Carlotta, Carl, Liam, Stella, Zach, and Lucy with Indian Elephants, Masai Giraffes, Southeast African Cheetahs, Japanese Raccoon Dogs, Red Kangaroos, African Penguins, Grevy's Zebras, Cape Buffaloes, Koalas, Grizzly Bear, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Thorold's Deer, Great White Pelicans, Nile Crocodiles, German Shepherds, Scarlet Macaws, and American Bison.
They walked through the streets of the town, everyone stopped what they were doing and they were speechless and shocked. Vehicles and Carts stopped as Policemen shouted at everyone to make a path. "Move! Clear the way! Come on! Clear the way!"
Then the Louds and their friends were marching down the streets with a parade of animals behind them. The people were scared, puzzled, and amazed to see all those birds and animals coming, some they had never seen before and the dangerous ones had not attacked them. Was this what Lincoln had been telling them about?
"What the?!" exclaimed Sam as she and the Moon Goat Band Members, Mazzy, and Sully saw Luna with her sisters, brother, fairy friends, and the animals. They saw Sumatran Elephants, North African Ostriches, Llamas, Texas Longhorns, and Malayan Tigers passing by them.
Lori, Leni, and Luan's Friends Fiona, Miguel, Mandee, Jackie, Benjamin "Benny" Stein, Mazzy, Sam Sharp, Sully, Dana, Carol Pingrey, Becky, Whitney, and Teri hanging out were shocked at the see Animals, the Louds, and their Friends passing by.
"Whoa, that is one big group!" said Benny.
"That is a lot of animals!" Added Carol.
"Wait is that Leni in there?" asked Fiona.
Lynn's friends Margo Roberts and Paula Price walking down the path stopped to see two Eastern gray Kangaroos hopping by followed by West African Lions, Japanese Macaques, Domestic Yak, Javan Rhinoceroses, Nile Monitors, and Aldabra Giant Tortoises. Scarlet Macaws, Eastern Red-tailed hawks, Northern Bald eagles, Wandering Albatrosses, and Eurasian Eagle Owls flew above.
"Whoa did you see that?" exclaimed Paula.
Lucy's Friends of the Mortican Club Bertrand, Boris, Dante, Haiku, Morpheus, and Persephone were surprised. They saw California Condors, King Vultures, Northern Ravens, and American Crows flying above.
"This is unbelievable there must be some kind of Dark magic here?!" Boris exclaimed.
"There must be something in the spellbook," replied Haiku looking through the Books.
The kids at the Playground saw them pass by Girl Jordan, Mollie, Maddie, Meli Ramos, Darcy, Cricket, Chloe, Casey, Laird, Nikki, and Sameer.
"Look a Deer! Wait there's Two of them!" exclaimed Maddie.
"I've never seen such animals before!" said Nikki.
They saw Dromedary Camels, Burchell's Zebras, Alaskan Moose, Amur Leopards, Fox Squirrels, Guinea Pigs, Rothschild's Giraffes, Vulturine Guineafowls, Shetland Ponies, and Red Junglefowl coming through.
Katherine Mulligan was on the street doing her news report. "Today's Another Day here at the Royal Village and-"
Then she hears Roars and trumpets and turns to see the animals coming as she resumes talking, "And it looks like we have a strange parade of animals led by Lincoln and his group, could this be what Lincoln is talking about of the Great Flood?"
Soon the Group and mass of animals left the village and walked up many hillsides before they saw the ark coming in front of them in the distance Fawn looked back and spoke to the animals. "Here we are! There's the Ark that will protect you!"
The kids brought the animals to a field in front of the ark where they will stay for now. The Kids went into the Loud House to find their parents with worried faces, they saw them and saw they were safe and sound as they hugged them.
"Are you okay Lincoln?" asked Rita.
"I'm Okay Mom and Dad along with everyone else," replied Lincoln turning to his sisters and friends.
"So what was that note about?" his father asked.
"Mom! Dad!" Shouted Lana. "You're gonna love what we brought back! Come on!"
The humans left the house and onto the field and stopped to look in awe and bewilderment. Right in front of them, They saw Animals gathered around the field and what was left of the forest while Birds and Bats perched high filling the trees. From all over the World Two of Every Kind of Animal have been brought by God to the Ark.
"This is amazing!" Exclaimed Becca. "Look at all the Animals!"
"Es asombroso!" Said Carlos.
"I have never seen so many in one place!" added Rita.
"Kids, you have seriously impressed us," said Lynn Sr. proudly with a smile.
"Technically God brought them here, we helped guide them once they came," replied Lana.
"They must be all hungry from such a long trip, I'm gonna have some good meals for them to eat," said Rosa.
"Ooh, I'll even help!" Hector exclaimed volunteering.
The family enters the field amazed at the animals Aslan has brought to them. Carl, CJ, Carlitos, Carlotta, Rosa, Hector, Frida, Carlos, Bobby, Lisa, and Lori walked around and petted some of the animals like the Southern Ostriches, Wild Bactrian Camels, Zebra Duikers, Alpine Ibex, Red Lechwe, and Lowland Bongos.
" I hope we have room for all these animals!" asked Bobby.
"Not to mention big enough for all these animals!" added Carl.
"From what I've seen inside, I'd so we do," replied Carlos.
"It's true, we made it that way," added Lisa.
They saw that they were calm and peaceful with no harm what's done ever. Atlantic Canaries and House Mice with Tabby Cats lying down with Golden Retrievers, American Red foxes next to the Leghorn Chickens and Eastern Cottontail Rabbits, Mearn's Coyotes with Greater Roadrunners, Grizzly Bears with Northwestern Wolves, Alaskan Moose, Northern Bald Eagles, Northern White-tailed Deer, Eastern Striped Skunks, Eastern Cottontails, Eastern Great-horned Owls, and Woolly Mammoths, Spotted Hyenas side by side with the Masai Lions, Grant's Zebras, Blue Wildebeest, Southern Meerkats, Mandrills, Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbills, and Southern Warthogs, Dingos with the Red Kangaroos, Red-necked Wallabies, and Emus, Bengal Tigers laying alongside the Sloth Bears, Indian Elephants, Melanistic Indian Leopards, Western Lowland Gorillas, African Leopards, Olive Baboons, African Forest Elephants, Reticulated Pythons, Northern Plains Langur, and Bornean Orangutans. Animals that are dangerous to humans like Cobras, Wolves, Crocodiles, Cougars, Jaguars, Alligators, and such have become peaceful, and even the Snakes, Wasps, Bats, and Hawks mostly the enemies of fairies have become peaceful with them.
Even the Lion slept down with the lamb as a young Cheviot Sheep lays down next to a Male Barbary Lion resting on the field, a pair of Holland Lop Rabbits bounded across the grass passing a Pair of Asiatic Cheetahs. A pair of Cape Buffaloes had Yellow-billed Oxpeckers, Western Cattle Egrets, White-headed Buffalo Weavers, Western Yellow Wagtails, Golden-Breasted Starlings, American Redstarts, Blue-Bellied Rollers, Zebra Finches, Common Snipes, Eastern Screech Owls, Thick-Billed Ravens, Monk Parakeets, and Eurasian Golden Orioles on its back and horns. Lincoln and the others were checking on the animals. Lola, Lana, Adelaide, Liam, Stella, and Zach got some hay bales and pole sticks for the small animals to rest on so they wouldn't get stepped on. Same with the bugs were provided with flowerboxes with plants as Fawn, Silvermist, and Rosetta guided them to the spots.
"Let's See, Siberian Tigers." Shouted Sid. A Pair of Siberian Tigers growled nearby as Sid was making a list of the animals and making sure they were there. "Western White-bearded Wildebeests!"
Several Western White-bearded Wildebeests walked by Sid. Ronnie Anne, Bobby, and Maria walked among the animals as they heard a humming sound turning to see a pair of Huacaya Alpacas causing Ronnie Anne to gasp. "Alpacas!"
The three came to pet them as Sid passed by them. "Huacaya Alpacas! Be careful they can spit!" Exclaimed Sid. "Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches!"
"Down here!" Shouted Fawn who was with them. Leni was still freaked out by the bugs, especially spiders.
"It's okay Leni they will not harm you for harm is not in them," Stella said kindly to Leni as she held two Greenbottle Blue Tarantulas as she approached them for a closer look
"Let's See Okay, Greenbottle Blue Tarantulas, Now Wild Yaks!" Shouted Sid as a herd of Wild Yaks appeared in front of Lincoln and Sid. "Grevy's Zebras!"
They yelped as a pair of Grevy's Zebras nuzzled their heads in the kids as they petted them in response.
"Don't worry God will protect us all!" Said Lincoln. "And I think we have some help loading the rest of the supplies and valuables."
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Some of the animals assisted in loading the supplies into the ark Sid and Adelaide were riding on Indian Elephants while Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were riding on African Bush Elephants, as they carried the loads with their trunks and tusks, Liam, Hector, Stanley, and Lynn Sr. got carts full of supplies pulled by Texas Longhorn, Highland Cattle, Shire Horse, and Provence Donkeys. The Casagrandes and Changs loaded the supplies on the backs of the Dromedary and Bactrian Camels, Llamas, and Huacaya Alpacas. The Louds carried some of the supplies with their hands with the help of some Apes and Monkeys.
The large and dangerous animals like the Crocodiles, Alligators, Leopards, Lions, Tigers, Bears, Wolves, and Hyenas guarded the site against mockers and trespassers as a few Bullies approached them next to a sign "No Trespassers"
"Hello kitty kitty kitty Awe!" taunted a Bully. The Male Masai Lion roared at the bullies as they screamed and ran away.
The Lead Bully shrieked as he ran away "Run! Run! He tried to eat me!"
"Time to wash off kids!" Shouted Lynn Sr. The Kids were getting a water rinse break as the Elephants and Mammoths sprayed them with their trunks. Soon the supplies and food were loaded, and Lincoln was relaxing with a comic book as a Hamadryas Baboon brought him a lemon.
"Thanks," Said Lincoln after drinking some. "You can have some too." Offering the baboon to drink. Later, Lincoln, Tinkerbell, the Baboon, and his mate were drinking lemonade.
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It was now nighttime as the parents inside their homes called their kids that it was time to sleep
"Kids time for bed?! Kids?! Where are they?!" Said Lynn Sr.
"They're outside with the animals," replied Rita.
"Are you sure they'll be okay out there?!" Maria asked.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine, The animals would keep them company, and god would shield and protect them," replied Becca in a calm tone.
Outside the field, The animals were asleep except for the nocturnal ones who were active. The kids decided to sleep outside with the animals in their pajamas and Nightwear, Examples: Lori wearing a a light blue tank top and retains her checkered pajama shorts, Leni wearing a nightgown, which resembles her regular outfit, only longer and sleeveless with white trimming on the collar alongside a magenta sleep mask with a picture of closed eyes on it, Luna wearing a nightshirt styled like her usual t-shirt and slippers that match, Luan wearing a yellow plaid long-sleeved pajamas and white bunny slippers, Lynn wearing a white and red sports shirt with a number 5 on it, red shorts and ankle socks, Lincoln wearing standard orange pajamas, Lucy wearing a white T-shirt and striped pants similar to her arm sleeves and knee socks, Lana wearing a long green Night T-shirt and keeps her hat on, Lola wearing a pink nightgown which resembles her normal dress and a pink, frilly sleeping mask similar to Leni's, Lisa wearing green pajamas with a buttoned top and bottoms that go down to her feet, Lily wearing lavender footsie pajamas, Bobby wearing a white sleeveless shirt, green shorts, with a yellow stripe, and socks. Ronnie Anne wearing a lavender t-shirt, dark purple pants, and white & gray socks, Carl wearing a white button-down shirt with red pants, CJ wearing a yellow long-sleeve shirt and blue pants for sleep attire, and Carlitos wearing a blue onesie, Carlota wearing a night attire with her hair tied in a bun, wearing a light pink band on her head, light pink T-shirt, dark pink shorts with white vertical stripes, white socks with dark pink horizontal stripes and yellow slippers, Sid wearing a blue sweater, no headband, long blue pants with a white grid pattern, and white-and-gray socks, Adelaide wearing purple footie pajamas with pink cuffs and a pink heart on the front, Clyde's wearing navy blue pajamas and white slippers, Zach wearing a black pajama shirt with an alien head on it and blue shorts, and Stella wearing magenta pajamas.
Lori and Bobby were asleep with Hercules Beetles, American Alligators, Jackson's Chameleons, Central African Rock Pythons, Greater Kudus, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Holstein Cattle, Sugar Gliders, Indian Crested Porcupines, Wood Ducks, Western Capercaillies, Senegal Bushbabies, Northern White-cheeked Gibbons, Chacma Baboons, African Leopards, Saharan Sand Cats, Mexican Wolves, Himalayan Brown Bears, Fanalokas, Screaming Hairy Armadillos, North Atlantic Grey Seals, Steller's Sea Eagles, Tawny Frogmouths, and Australian Pelicans.
CJ, Carl, Carlotta, and Carlitos lay their heads on the belly of one of the African Bush Elephants lying down with its mate alongside Monarch Butterflies, Great Crested Newts, Aldabra Giant Tortoises, Komodo Dragons, Kapuas Mud Snakes, Common Beisa Oryxes, Roosevelt Elk, Chinese Goral, Desert Warthogs, Eastern Barred Bandicoots, Domestic Guinea Pigs, Black and Rufous Sengi, Galápagos Penguins, Ocellated Turkeys, Bald-headed Uakaris, Sunda Clouded Leopards, Grey Foxes, Aardwolves, Eastern Raccoons, Western Long-Beaked Echidnas, California Condors, Chestnut-Fronted Macaws, Swainson's Toucans, Steller's Jays, Purple Martins, Belted Kingfishers, Chilean Flamingos, and Waved Albatrosses.
Luna, Leni, Luan, and Lily slept peacefully with the Jaguars, Reticulated Giraffes, Giant Pandas, Spotted Hyenas, Black Wildebeests, African Wild Dogs, Giant Anteaters, Grey-crowned Cranes, King Quails, Border Collies, and Mountain Reindeer huddled alongside Koalas, Green Iguanas, African Grey Parrots, Black-Chested Snake Eagles, Border Collie, Common Genets, Guianan Squirrel Monkeys, Australian King Parrots, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Iberian Rabbits, Laughing Kookaburras, Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombats, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Garden Dormice, Indian Grey Mongoose, Lion-Tailed Macaques, Horned Parakeets, British Stoats, Frilled Lizards, Guinea Turacos, American Goldfinches, Evening Grosbeaks, Barnacle Geese, Masked Lapwings, Hooded Vultures, and Green Tree Pythons
Lisa, Lynn, and Lucy snored with the Common Toads, Nile Crocodiles, Eastern Box Turtles, Tokay Geckos, Eastern Garter Snakes, Speke's Gazelles, Reeves' Muntjac, Barbary Sheep, Indian Gaur, Llamas, Yorkshire Pigs, Black-Bellied Hamsters, Greater Rheas, Brown Long-Eared Bats, Plymouth Rock Chicken, Aye-Ayes, Silvery Lutungs, Florida Panthers, Bombay Cats, New Guinea Singing Dogs, Formosan Black Bears, Kinkajous, Tawny Owls, Monk Parakeets, King-of Saxony Bird-of-Paradise, Common Ravens, Song Sparrows, Painted Buntings, Eurasian Hoopoes, Great Spotted Cuckoos, Painted Storks, and Ring-billed Gulls. The Noises of the animals helped drown out the snores.
Clyde, Liam, Zach, Stella, and Rusty sleep alongside the Dromedary Camels, Mountain Gorillas, Gemsbok, Southern Ostriches, Side-striped Jackals, Jentink's Duikers, Lesser Malay Chevrotain, and Polar Bears while European Badgers, Eurasian Lynxes, Long-Tailed Chinchillas, Fishing Cats, Eastern Chipmunks, Matschie's Tree Kangaroos, Red-Eared Sliders, Philippine Sailfin Lizards, Maned Rats, Golden Lion Tamarins, Hoffmann's Two-Toed Sloths, Philippine Tarsiers, Venezuelan Red Howlers, Trumpeter Swan, European Badgers, Chinese Pangolins, Western Grebes, Philippine Eagles, Crimson Rosellas, Black-faced Spoonbills, Rock Doves, Blue-Footed Boobies, and White-throated Toucans slept huddling with the kids and large animals.
Sid and Adelaide fell asleep with Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, Tiger Salamanders, Green Iguanas, Indian Peafowl, Zebra Finches, Fallow Deer, Eastern Grey Squirrels, Desert Hedgehogs, Egyptian Cobras, Nile Hippopotamuses, Saolas, Père David's Deer, Lowland Anoa, Pygmy Hogs, Plateau Pikas, Southern Brown Kiwi, Chukar Partridge, Ring-tailed Lemurs, Sumatran Orangutans, Patas Monkeys, Asiatic Cheetahs, Tayras, Tiger Quolls, Silky Anteaters, South American Sea Lions, Prairie Falcons, Anna's Hummingbirds, Common Magpies, Sociable Weavers, Pileated Woodpeckers, Scarlet Ibis, and White-Breasted Cormorants by their side.
The same went with Lola and Lana slept with Southern White Rhinoceroses, American Bullfrogs, Emerald Green Skinks, Green Anacondas, Arabian Horses, Plains Pronghorns, Southern Pudús, European Mouflon, Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Eurasian Beavers, Rock Hyrax, Lady Amherst's Pheasants, Verreaux's Sifakas, Angolan Colobus, Short-eared Dogs, Oriental Small-Clawed Otters, American Hog-nosed Skunks, Eurasian Kestrels, Yellow-Headed Amazons, Rhinoceros Hornbills, Red-backed Thrushes, European Bee-eaters, Blue-bellied Rollers, American Great Egrets, and Great Bustards.
Ronnie Anne and Lincoln lay down resting their heads on the back of a Bull Eastern Moose with his mate, the fairies resting on the antlers sleeping alongside them Siberian Tigers, Masai Lions, Pacific Walruses, Mongolian Saigas, Mountain Tapirs, Huacaya Alpacas, Alpine Ibex, Tufted Deer, Least Weasels, Ankole Watusi, Chacoan Peccaries, Boa Constrictors, Green Anoles, Eastern Red-Tailed Hawks, Saltwater Crocodiles, Reichow's Guineafowls, Grant's Zebras, Red-eyed Tree Frogs, European Moles, Panamanian White-Headed Capuchins, Dutch Rabbits, Atlantic Puffins, Western Chimpanzees, Ocelots, Resplendent Quetzals, Virginia Opossums, Alpine Marmots, Grey Herons, Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos, Indian Flying Foxes, Blue-Billed Curassows, Chinese Crested Dogs, Red-Crested Cardinals, European Robins, Eurasian Golden Orioles, Common Blackbirds, Great Tit, Eastern Bluebirds, Common Reed Warblers, Spotted Towhees, Red-winged Starlings, Summer Tanagers, Yellow-billed Oxpeckers, and Barbary Doves.
They now have two days left before the flood comes with the last of the supplies being loaded up. Soon it will be time to Load all the Animals onto the Ark. This will be a big task to do as long as Limvoln has trust and faith in God. The Entire village will be here to check in for the boat, and a last chance for the City of Enoch to turn back from their sins.
Trivia:
-Plenty of Evan Almighty References
-The Animal Entrance scene is based on the Noah's Ark mural by Haruko Takino.