Grim appears from a supernatural green fire in the void.
"Lucy's taking a break this time...what does she do here, again?"
Spring Break
Grim descended from the attic and made his way to Lincoln's bedroom. Opening the door, Grim found Lincoln reading "Princess Pony Collection 1" and Lucy reading "Vivi's Strange Journey Part 4: Uncrushable Jewel."
"...you know, for a comic that's geared towards young girls and meant to sell toys, this isn't too bad." Lincoln commented.
Lucy nodded, "Yeah, but it stops being good at the end of Collection 2, then by the Fifth one you can tell they stopped caring."
The fifth season of any show is usually when the rot sets in.
Grim approached them, "Uh...you two still in bed?"
Lincoln looked up from the comic, "Yeah Grim. Aren't you tired from all that junk from yesterday?"
Grim leaned back and proudly poised himself, "Child, you keep forgetting that I am the Grim Reaper! I am literally built different from mortals."
Lucy nodded, "That's nice. Lincoln and I are still worn out from the whole vampire episode, so we're just going to rest our meek mortal flesh and bond."
Lincoln smiled, "Thankfully it's Spring Break for us. Want to hang out too Grim? We got comics, games, junk food..."
Grim rubbed his jaw, "Sounds like a gas but I happen to be very busy. Humans tend to get reckless during this time so I gotta be ready to reap."
"Reap 'em good, Grim." Lucy told him.
Grim turned and left the room. He headed downstairs to the front door, and went outside, he had a huge smile, "Sweet! A day all to meself! No Lincoln, no Lucy, just me, me, and-"
"GET HIM, CHARLES!" Lana cheered.
Charles made a beeline for Grim who yelped and ran down the road with Charles and Lana both on all fours in hot pursuit.
...
At Sunset Canyon, a police officer approached Nurse Sue with a tablet, "Hello, Nurse Sue...is that your first name or last name?"
Nurse Sue sighed, "It doesn't matter, you said you found my car?"
The officer nodded, "Well, yes, we found it completely destroyed alongside a road outside of town next to an empty lot."
"What, what, what? Destroyed how?"
The officer looked at the tablet, "This is a long shot but it our best estimate is that the damages were caused by several zombie-like creatures slamming into the doors and frame while the roof collapsed from the weight of a giant bipedal bat-like creature. Both possibly supernatural in nature."
"Are you KIDDING ME? My insurance doesn't cover supernatural stuff!"
"We also found your car keys in the wreckage. Unfortunately there were no prints to recover, did you lend your car to anyone recently?"
"No!"
Dracula had wandered into the area but decided that he'd rather split before being accused of anything.
...
Stella looked disappointingly at her phone and looked up to Liam, Rusty, and Zach. "Looks like Lincoln and Clyde are both staying home today." she told them.
Rusty shrugged, "Eh, that's not too bad. We can all enjoy the County Fair without 'em! Maybe even win them something!"
The four of them were currently at the County Fair, walking around and trying to decide what to do.
"Don't any of you think it's weird we only noticed Clyde wasn't around for months until today?" Zach asked.
Liam shook his head, "Not really. I mean, I like Clyde and all but I don't think I've really hung out with him much other than when he's around Lincoln."
"Yeah, same. Clyde's a good guy and all, but me and him don't really...click y'know?" Rusty added.
Stella looked down, "I uh...I kind of feel bad, actually. I hope he wasn't sick or hurt. He told me there was just an emergency and that he hoped he didn't worry us."
Zach suddenly jumped and got in front of the others, "It's probably worse than that, I know exactly what happened to Clyde!"
"What?" asked the rest of the group.
"It's simple! Clyde was abducted and the rest of us were brainwashed to believe he never existed!"
Rusty raised an eyebrow, "Uh...cool theory man, but who or what would abduct Clyde?"
"It was probably clowns from outer space! SEE! THERE'S ONE NOW, WATCHING US!"
Zach pointed at a thin frowning clown handing out balloons with a rainbow wig and a blue round nose wearing a yellow striped shirt, massive polkadot pants with jumbo green suspenders, and giant red shoes.
"Uh...pardon us, sir, his ex was a clown." Liam told the clown.
The clown just walked away with his balloons.
Stella groaned, "Zach, it wasn't clowns. It's never been clowns, it never will be clowns!"
"None of you understand! Clowns are pure evil and come from the darkest pits of space! They want to become the dominant species and will destroy us all to make it happen!"
Rusty dragged him along, "Sure man, let's go play some games..."
The clown from before walked around a corner, took off one of his giant red shoes, and opened up the bottom to reveal it hid a giant radiophone, "This is Fartypants to Ringmaster, I told you these Earth kids were onto us!"
"Ringmaster to Fartypants, keep your nose on and report back to the Big Top when your shift is over."
...
Leni was smiling as she led her friends through the mall, "I'm so happy you all want to meet my son!" Leni cheered.
"We're all surprised you had a child in the first place!" Fiona told her.
Mandee nodded, "Yeah, I thought Jackee would be the first one of us to have one!"
Jackee slightly pinched Mandee's arm, "Hey, don't say stuff like that!"
"You have got to tell us who the father is, Leni!" Miguel told her.
"Oh, he doesn't have one." Leni told him.
Leni's friends all gave one another an uncomfortable look. Fiona then approached, "Uh...Leni, if you're a single mother, who's watching your son?"
Leni beamed proudly, "Jeff is big enough to watch himself!"
That made Leni's friends start to panic a bit, "Leni! You can't just leave your son all alone in a mall!" Mandee told her.
"Yes I can. In fact, he drove here all by himself!" Leni told her.
Fiona had heard enough, "Okay Leni, this is getting a bit too ridiculous, what-"
"There he is! Jeff! Over here!" Leni waved to Jeff the spider who waved back.
"Hi mama! Hi mama's friends! I'm so happy to meet you all!" Jeff greeted as he approached the bewildered group.
Jackee pointed at Jeff, "...uh, Leni, that's a giant-"
"Cutie!" Mandee cheered as she approached Jeff, "Hi Jeff! I'm Mandee! You can call me Auntie Mandee!"
Jeff chuckled, "Alright Auntie Mandee!"
Miguel approached with a smile, "Ooh! I dig the au naturale look, Jeff!"
"Why, thank you! I design clothes myself, but I just feel most comfortable as is."
Jackee approached a bit awkwardly, "Uh...so, do you live with Leni and her family?"
"I used to live in New York but now I got a little place on the other side of town!"
Leni smiled at Fiona, "Isn't my little Jeffrey popular?"
Fiona sighed, "Your family just gets stranger and stranger..."
...
On the freeway, Benny was driving a gold colored sedan with Luan riding shotgun with a map and Maggie in the back.
"Are we there yet?" Maggie asked.
Benny gripped the wheel, "No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No!"
"Are we there yet?"
Benny pulled over on the side of the road and parked the car, he turned around, "Maggie, we haven't even decided where we want to go!"
"Where are we going then?" Maggie asked.
Benny put his face in his hands and sighed, "Luan, once again, don't you think this is too crazy? Even for you?"
Luan looked up from the map, "Hmm? Nah, I don't think so. What do you think, Mr. Coconuts?"
Luan took out the doll himself, Mr. Coconuts patted Benny on the back,"Ey, lighten up my guy! You're only young once! What's your problem?"
Benny looked at Mr. Coconuts, "Well first of all, I don't exactly have a valid driver's license and yet we got fake ones. Second, do I even want to know how you got this rental car? Third, we don't have a plan, location, or even a clue what we're doing on the road."
Luan giggled, "Yet here we are! Road trip! Relax Benny you're driving great! You do have your learner's permit."
Benny nodded, "Yes, I know."
"Can I drive next?" Maggie asked.
Benny looked back at her, "Maggie, have you driven a car before?"
"I did in a game once."
"With a regular controller or one of those wheel controllers?"
"There are wheel controllers?"
"Then no."
Luan smiled a not-so-innocent smile, "As for the car...well, let's just say I know a guy who knows a guy who told me to do whatever with this and leave it at that."
Benny turned towards her with a nervous look, "What? Why?"
Luan held Mr. Coconuts up, "Less you know the better, kiddo."
Benny shrugged, "Okay. Do you got any idea what we should do?"
Luan rubbed her chin, "We could set up pranks all over Michigan and set them to go off on April Fool's Day! It'd be a better way to celebrate the holiday than targeting my family..." Luan then looked dead serious at the 4th wall, "...or something REALLY FRIGGIN STUPID like copy the plot of an old movie that no Gen-Z or Gen-Alpha kid ever friggin watched!"
Silence of the Luans is hands down the dumbest episode in the show. I cannot understand how anyone could like it.
"Uh, Luan? You're scaring me." Benny told her.
"Yeah Luan, this is scarier than when you barged into my house and demanded I be the commanding officer for you army of crazy fans." Maggie added.
Luan shook her head out of the serious funk and got her smile back, "What I'm saying is to think big, Benny! What have you always wanted to do? You got a full week with two cute girls on the road!"
Benny tapped his chin a few times, "Well...I want to pilot a giant robot."
Luan frowned, "...that sounds-"
"Awesome!" Maggie cheered.
Benny smiled at Maggie, "You think so?"
"Really?" Luan asked.
Maggie shrugged, "Chicks dig giant robots."
...
Eris stood behind the counter at Flip's Food and Fuel with the haunted, soulless, given-up-all-hope-in-humanity look that every gas station clerk has. Upon hearing the entrance open, she greeted in monotone, "Welcome to Flip's Food and Fuel, home of the Flippy, my name is-"
"Hi Eris!" greeted a cheerful elephant demon.
Eris put on a smile as she looked down, "Fred? Is that you? It's been years!"
Fred Fredburger nodded, "Yeah! Yeah! You seem different! Did you get your hair done?"
Eris covered herself a little in embarrassment, "Uh...no, I uh, I got split in two again."
Fred nodded, "Ah, gotcha! So, you work here now?"
Eris shrugged, "Eh, parole officer says I gotta have menial employment for rehabilitation plus I gotta pay my bondsman-"
Flip suddenly walked out of the manager's office, "Hey! I ain't payin' you to talk!"
Eris turned towards her boss, "You aren't paying me at all Mr. Flip."
Flip nodded, "Exactly! As long as you owe me, I ain't payin' nothing!"
Eris sighed, "Fine, fine, did you need something, Fred?"
Fred pointed at the nacho cheese machine, "Do you guys have nachos?"
"Yes, we do."
Fred jumped for joy, "Woo! Do you guys have frozen yogurt?"
Flip shook his head, "No way! That junk is fool's gold! We got Flippies! Much better!"
Eris shrugged, "It's basically frozen yogurt as a drink."
"What kind do you got?" Fred asked.
Eris looked over the flavors, "Well, right now the flavors are cherry, blue raspberry, green, black-"
"I want one that tastes like nachos!"
Flip groaned, "Is this elephant man for real?"
Now that's a sentence.
Eris pulled out one of her apples, "Now Flip, the customer is always right!" Eris used her Apple of Discord to turn a flippy Nacho flavored. She got some for Fred and set it on the counter.
Fred handed over money and drank it.
Flip's head went red seeing this, "This is insane! You're gonna ruin my business doing-"
Fred then set down a huge wad of money on the counter, "This stuff tastes like nightmares! I'm gonna need a few gallons of this!"
Flip's eyes then turned into dollar signs and he grabbed the huge wad of money. "Right! Fix our customer up, Lincoln's galpal! I'm gonna uh, put this away!"
Eris shook her head as Flip ran back into the manager's office with the money, "I have a name you know."
"Oh, you know Lincoln too? He's a funny guy!"
"He certainly is."
...
Lori and Bobby were spending their Spring Break on a beach in Hawaii.
Lori leaned back in her chair and smiled, "It's so nice to get away from all the craziness back at home and be somewhere normal for once."
Bobby nodded, "Yeah babe. I needed a vacation after Ronnie Anne roped me into a plot about saving the world from an apocalypse caused by a pre-teen demigod."
No seriously, that's more or less the plot of the Casagrandes movie. It kinda makes this crossover relatively tame in comparison.
Lori sighed, "I'm just glad to be here in Hawaii where nothing weird happens."
"Aside from the multicolored space aliens, a Japanese man running around with a baseball bat, and a zombie surfing." Bobby pointed out.
"Lots of Japanese tourists come here for vacation, I don't see anything weird with it."
"Ah, guess there's nothing weird about the other stuff either."
...
Luna sat in her room practicing on her guitar when Lisa walked in, "Glad you're here, musically gifted sibling, I need-"
"Sorry dude, I'm all booked for the week." Luna quickly told her.
"I didn't even say what I needed from you yet."
Luna shrugged, "So I'm telling ya right now that I'm busy all week. I gotta practice now, gotta meet up with Sam later, gotta pick an avenue for the Moon Goats to play off a list Lincoln got for me, gotta practice with the band-"
Lisa grumbled, "It's fine, I get it. Not even the writer of this crossover has time to give to me."
I just can't really think of a plot for Lisa right now, or a way to get her involved in one.
"Eh, I haven't been getting a lot of attention either, but hey, at least we're not in Canada like Lynn."
...
Lola, Lily, and Grim were having a tea party with Grim in a dress again, "Lola, do I really have to-"
Lola cut him off, "It's MISS Lola to you. And a deal's a deal, Grim. I got Lana and Charles to dig you out of the ground, you have to be our guest for afternoon tea."
Grim sighed, "I get that Lo- er MISS Lola, but do I really have to wear this dress? It's a bit unflattering for me figure."
Lola nodded, "Yes, you do, your robe was way too dirty to be in the same room as me, Miss Lily, and my expensive tea set."
"Mhm!" Lily agreed.
"Now don't you start, you've done far more disgusting things..." Grim muttered.
...
Lincoln and Lucy were unsurprisingly asleep after being up all night.
In Lincoln's head, he was dreaming he was riding a pony while wielding a magic sword. Most likely to fight unspeakable evil.
In Lucy's head, she was in oblivion. Wandering around in darkness until she came across a near-perfect reflection of herself, but with ivory white hair instead of her raven black.
"Who are you?" Lucy asked.
"I am the Wraith." answered the apparition.
Lucy looked around, "...is this a dream?"
"It is a premonition. Take a seat."
Lucy took a seat on a red velvet chair that somehow appeared out of nowhere. In front of her was a round table made with a blue velvet fabric.
The Wraith sat across from her and held up a card, "This is your card."
Lucy saw a tarot card which featured her as The Magician. It was placed in front of her, face up and to the right.
"This is your brother's card."
Placed a bit left to The Magician was The Fool tarot, portrayed by Lincoln. There was an empty space between them.
"And this is Grim's card."
Set in between the two was Death's tarot, which unsurprisingly featured Grim.
"You may have already realized this, but the winds of change have begun to blow."
Lucy shrugged, "Well, yeah, they started to blow way back when Grim started living with us."
The Wraith laid out eighteen cards face down above the three, "Gather them all, and the World's Door opens."
A massive door suddenly appeared behind the Wraith. Lucy wasn't sure what to make of it. The cards suddenly vanished from the table and in their place was a crystal ball that the Wraith looked into.
"Now, several trials approach. I will illuminate three..."
The crystal ball showed a mass of darkness.
"First: The Calamity from the Sky which brought terror to the Earth crawls back to the surface from the core."
The crystal ball showed thirteen pairs of glowing red eyes.
"Second: The Children of the Night will return to hunt after the Longest Day."
The crystal ball showed a whirlwind of snow.
"Third: The King of the North will require aid to keep Peace on Earth."
Lucy poked at the crystal ball and it vanished. She then looked to the Wraith, "So...will everything work out in the end?"
"There is no end." the Wraith told her.
Lucy woke up in Lincoln's bed, shivering a little. She found Lincoln sleeping soundly and decided to hug him for warmth. Soon enough she was lulled back to a more peaceful sleep.
