The day of the big trip was finally here. The Louds and Casagrandes had packed their bags, eager to reach their destinations. Waiting in the passenger car, everyone sat comfortably while Lincoln and Ronnie Anne operated the controls.
"This is so cool, a magic train," cheered Carl.
Suddenly, everyone heard Lincoln and Ronnie Anne calling from the intercom.
"Okay, everyone, we're heading off to Funland first; I'll be leading the group there," called Lincoln.
"I'll be leading everyone else to Gameland," said Ronnie Anne. "Also, Mary advised us not to power up unless we have to; finding out the council is back may be a little too much,"
Everyone agrees, and the train begins to take off.
"Next stop, Funland,"
Using his powers, Lincoln activated the train, and it began moving. Traveling into the dark tunnel seemed pitch black until lights began swirling around them like the Aurora Borealis. The scene looked as if it were pulled right out of Willy Wonka in the Chocolate Factory, as it was terrifying and amazing. Suddenly, Ronnie Anne, and Lincoln noticed a light at the end of the tunnel.
"Well, either that's our destination, or we're all going to the Pearly Gates,"
"Don't make jokes like that!" Said, Ronnie Anne.
Suddenly, the bright light flashed as they approached it, blinding everyone as the train slowly stopped at the train station.
When the ringing in their heads stopped, everyone looked out the window to see a world that was a cross between a fairytale land and the sickest amusement park they'd ever seen.
"Woah, this place looks nuts," said Lynn Jr.
"It's like if DisneyWorld and Six Flags had a baby together that grew up to become a country," said Luna.
"Check out all the rides," said Carl.
Rides were everywhere; some were familiar with new twists, and some looked like they'd never legally pass a safety inspection. While everyone looked in amazement, they quickly realized their arrival did not go unnoticed. A small crowd formed outside the window, and to everyone's shock, it was only children.
"Why are there only bébés?" Questioned Rosa.
"Hey, the place is called Funland, so obviously, it's ruled by kids because kids know how to have fun," said Carl
"Are you implying that we adults don't know how to have fun?" said Carlos.
"I'll have you know Albert and I went skydiving last month," said Myrtle.
Before anyone could see anything else, the sound of horns blazing caught everyone's attention; slowly, the crowd parted, allowing a large carriage pulled by three horses to approach. As it opened up, a boy about CJ's age stepped out. He had jet-black hair and was dressed in a suit with a crown on his head, signifying that he was the leader. The boy approached the train as everyone exited the train.
"Greetings, visitors, my name is Kid King,"
"Hello, my name is Lincoln Loud,"
"My name is Ronnie Anne Santiago,"
"We're here visiting with our families," continued Lincoln.
"I have to say it's been centuries since we've had visitors from other worlds. Does this mean travel between worlds has been reinstated?"
Lincoln and Ronnie Anne nodded, and this caused the kid king to smile brightly.
"That's fantastic, I always wanted to visit a world called Gameland,"
"Well, actually, some of us are actually heading there," informed Ronnie Anne.
"Well, in that case, I don't want to keep you waiting; those of you who are staying, please follow me to my castle,"
The Louds and Bobby all followed the king to his carriage. As they entered, he smiled warmly at Lynn Jr., causing her to blush. As Lana entered, she noticed a sadness in the three horses' eyes as if they were crying out for her. However, an unnoticed glare from the Kid King causes them to straighten up, confusing Lana.
The trip to the castle wasn't long, taking down something akin to a theme park's main street. The street was crowded with kids either looking for the next thing to keep them entertained or watching the new arrivals in awe. The Louds and Casagrandes saw things like parade float balloons, funhouses, a building shaped like a giant clown's head, and what they could only assume was a variant of Chuck E. Cheese.
"I'm amazed that there's so little garbage around here," Rita said, observing the lack of litter or overstuffed garbage cans. This amount of kids, indeed, had to create a big mess somewhere.
"I just hope they don't eat nothing but junk food in this place. I mean, I haven't seen a single thing that wasn't more than half sugar." Lynn Sr added.
"C'mon Lynn live a little," joked Albert.
"I assure you both, while our food does look unhealthy to outsiders, it's actually very healthy,"
"Really? I'd love to see your recipes,"
"I believe you will have an ample opportunity to learn how it's made," said Kid King with a grin. Lynn Jr didn't like the look of that grin; it reminded her too much of Luan.
In no time, they arrived at the castle. It looked like a scaled-down version of Cinderella's Castle from Disneyworld, except colored as if made from candy canes and bubblegum. All around it were houses, possibly the places where the kids in this kingdom slept when they were done having fun, and surrounding all of them was a moat with a rainbow bridge going over.
The carriage stopped at the castle, allowing everyone to step out. They immediately headed to the throne room. Kid King sat on the largest throne meant for the king, but everyone wondered.
"Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude by asking this, but where are the parents?" asked Rita.
"They disappeared."
"Huh?" asked Albert.
"A few weeks ago, my parents, the king and queen, left, which wasn't uncommon since they had a lot of duties, but then other adults, from 18 and up, started to go missing too," he calmed.
"You seem pretty chill about that," said Lynn Jr.
"Chill?" Kid King repeated, confused.
"As if you don't really care." Lynn Jr explained.
"It's not that. My big brother has the situation under control; when the adults disappeared, he left me in charge while he went to investigate the cause."
"And you're not worried?" asked Myrtle.
"My brother has it under control, I'm sure; the best I can do is keep everyone here calm. Tell me, did any of the kids you saw out there look worried or unhappy?"
"Son, your parents are missing. Despite that smile you show us, I am positive that deep down you are not as happy as you tell us you are." Rita claimed.
Kid King looked a little annoyed and tried to hide it. "You all look thirsty. Would you care to try our world's special brand of root beer?"
Magically, several mugs of root beer appeared, which he offered. As everyone took one, he began to speak again.
"I know the circumstances seem strange, but I have faith my brother has the situation under control; the best I can do is keep everyone here safe and happy, so I ask you to just play along for the kids. I don't want my subjects to start feeling bad or abandoned; I'm just trying to keep them happy,"
Everyone could hear the sincerity in his voice and decided to play along; however, Lori couldn't help but feel that something was still off. "What makes you happy?"
"Pardon?" Kid King asked, caught off guard.
"I'm the oldest in my family. I know what it means to play along for the kids to keep them happy. If my parents disappeared, I would probably be like you and make sure my siblings don't panic and do worse, but at the same time, I would be struggling on the inside and in need of some happiness of my own. So tell me, while you keep the kids here happy, what keeps you happy?"
"Well, the root beer sure helps. Have some and see for yourself." Kid King insisted.
Lori was immediately suspicious; he seemed eager to avoid this topic and have them drink this beverage. 'What Shazam power could help me figure out if this stuff is poisoned or not? I need to be sure, and fast, before anyone else has a taste.'
She, however wasn't fast enough to keep some of them from sampling or chugging the root beer, forcing her to watch in fear, ready to act up if anything happened now.
"Whoa, that is good," Bobby claimed, licking his lips.
"I wish I could add this to the restaurant back home." Lynn Sr added.
Lori looked confused. Was she just overreacting? Maybe Kid King didn't have an ulterior motive and really was just that chill. Lori slowly down her root beer, instantly amazed by the taste.
"Wow, this is literally delicious,"
"Thank you, and now, my friends, please enjoy everything Funland has to offer,"
Everyone nodded before leaving, ready to have some fun. Once everyone was gone, Kid King's expression turned serious as he looked towards a person hiding in the shadows.
"Keep an eye on them and be ready when it starts. We can't have them discovering my secret,"
Everyone was amazed at so many rides to choose from; the residents were happily running around.
"Well, they do seem happy," said Lynn Jr.
"Hey, they got their own milk shaker; let's try that one," said Lincoln.
Seeing no reason not to, everyone got in line. While the lines were short, they were still there, and all the kids couldn't help but look at the adults and teens in the group. To them, it was like looking at an exotic animal allowed to roam around the zoo outside a cage.
"Hey, are you a mommy?" A little girl about Lisa's age asked Rita after coming up to her.
"Yes, yes I am," answered Rita.
"Do you know where my mommy is?" asked the little girl.
"No, sorry, I don't. Where did you last see her?" Asked Rita, as it felt like the right thing to ask. Kid King might not know anything about where the missing adults went, but indeed, these kids had to know something about what made them go away in the first place.
"I don't remember. I think I went on a ride, and when I got off, she was just gone."
"When did this happen?" asked Rita.
The little girl looked confused as if she didn't understand the question.
"Did it happen yesterday? Last week? Last month? When?" Rita asked.
"What's a week or month?" The little girl asked back.
"Haven't you ever seen a calendar?"
"What's a calendar?"
Before Rita could explain, it was her family's turn to get on the right. She joined them, but now she had an uneasy feeling.
The Loud family went on several rides, and after a while, they got hungry, so they went looking for someplace to eat an actual meal instead of snacks. With the help of a few kids, they found their way to a circular building the size of a school. They went in and saw many tables with kids seated and having various meals. What stood out the most were a few things that were the height of adults, but they looked more like costumed mascots, and they appeared to be taking orders.
"Wait, there are adults here?" Lynn Sr asked.
"Maybe they're robots?" Leni suggested.
"Excuse me." Lynn Sr said, going up to the nearest mascot and getting their attention. Up close, this person, if you could call it that, almost looked like something out of Beetlejuice. It was like a clown but even more exaggerated than usual. The lips were stretched, the skin was baby blue, the hair was green and looked like a three-year-old used scissors on a Barbie, and the clothes were orange and purple but looked like pajamas made out of play-doh. But it was clearly a costume instead of an animatronic, its motions were too organic to be otherwise.
"I was told there are no adults in this place. Is that not true?"
Instead of speaking, the clown just made a long whistle sound followed by a horn noise. He then handed Lynn Sr a few menus and walked away.
Confused, Lynn Sr joined his family at a booth and everyone looked over.
"I'm starving. I hope they have cheeseburgers here." Lynn Jr commented.
"I don't know, I'm actually feeling a little unhungry now." Lori noted, rubbing her stomach feeling a bit of an ache. Not exactly queasy or gassy, just not normal.
"Same here babe," Bobby agreed, holding in the sudden urge to gag.
"Yeah, me too. Maybe I'll just have some water." Rita added.
"Us three," said Myrtle and Albert.
"Mom, Dad, Lori, Bobby, are you guys okay?" Leni asked, seeing the three of them look like they were running out of energy now.
"We'll be fine, we just need a minute to relax." Lynn Sr assured his daughter.
"I feel fine." Luna claimed. All the younger siblings agreed.
They looked over the menus and eventually ordered and ate, though the four oldest there were slowly looking uncomfortable. Even Leni was starting to feel just a little bit off but not enough to complain about. After they were done eating, another clown waiter came and gave them glasses of water along with napkins and then quickly left before anyone could say anything,
"Rude, I was about to order some ice cream." Lola commented.
"I'm just hoping the check isn't too much." Lincoln said.
"It can't be. I mean, how do the rest of these kids pay for this?" Luan asked.
Having a bad taste in his mouth, Lynn Sr drank his water. He did so messily with some of it getting all over his chin. After putting the glass down he went for his napkin to wipe his face, but stopped when he saw writing on it.
'You're in danger. Run. Leave this place.'
Lynn Sr felt himself begin to sweat a little. Was this legit?
"You okay, dear?" Rita asked, and her husband slowly passed the napkin over for her to read.
Rita's eyes widened, knowing that something was very wrong, as passed the note to her father and stepmom, she looked up to tell the others; however, everyone else had already left. Rita, Lynn Sr, Albert, and Myrtle had fallen behind and needed to catch up. As they were about to leave a cloaked figure appeared before them.
"You've seen too much,"
As the rest of the Louds kept moving, Lisa noticed the parents were gone.
"Where are mother, father, Pop-pop, Gran-gran?" asked Lana.
"That's weird; they were literally right behind me,"
"They might still be at that restaurant," said Lincoln.
"Okay, I'll go back and get them; Leni take Lily," said Lori, handing Lily to Leni. "c'mon, Bobby,"
"Right behind you, babe,"
The two walked off with Lincoln calling out to meet by the Ferris wheel; returning to the restaurant, they saw no sign of the parents or grandparents., causing Lori to worry.
"Maybe they left to find us?" asked Bobby,
But we haven't gone that far; they couldn't have missed us that quickly."
"Maybe you should use your powers to find them," Bobby suggested.
"Not yet; the situation isn't that bad." Lori protested, moving through the crowd. There were fewer kids out now, probably getting hungry or tired from all the activity, but there were still many kids out crowding the streets.
"Excuse me," Bobby said, coming up to a boy. "Have you seen any grown-ups around here other than us?"
"Yeah, I think some of the funny men were showing them something."
"Where was this something?" Lori asked.
"By the house of mirrors."
Lori and Bobby headed towards the house of mirrors, and as expected, they didn't see the Loud parents outside or any mascots. Without another word, the two ventured inside. As they walked, they passed a sign that read.
Warning: Magic Funhouse Mirrors' effects are temporary.
"I wonder what that means," thought Bobby.
Lori didn't pay attention as she made her way through the mirrored hallways. However, as she passed one particular mirror Lori took a moment to stare before saying.
"Not bad,"
"Uh babe," said Bobby in a surprised tone.
"What's wrong Boo-boo Bear?*
"Your boobs and butt just became huge,"
"Say…,"
Lori didn't didn't get a chance to finish her sentence before she noticed something was off about her. Her chest and buttocks felt heavier. Looking down Lori realized her chest was bigger: checking herself in the mirror Lori saw she looked like she had two beach balls stuffed up her shirt and two basketballs stuffed in her shorts. Like something you might see on Deviantart rather than real life.
"What the heck happened to me?"
"Oh, so that's what the sign meant,"
"Sign?" asked Lori.
"There's a sign at the beginning that said these effects are temporary," Bobby explained, stepping back to avoid that particular mirror himself.
"Well how long is temporary? I mean look at me, I have a dump truck for an ass," complained Lori showing her rear.
"I'd say that's more of a badonkadonk and a nice one too,"
"Bobby!"
"Sorry,"
Bobby averted his eyes but they landed on a mirror, this one made him look like a teddy bear. Before Bobby knew what happened he had turned into a cute little teddy bear.
"Oh on, wait, is that my voice?" He asked in a chipmunk voice.
"Oh Bobby, now you really are my Boo-boo Bear," said Lori, hypnotized by Bobby's cuteness.
Lori was so enamored she forgot about her own embarrassing situation as she lifted up her teddy bear boyfriend and hugs him, squishing him against her exaggerated chest.
"Wait babe, your massive boobies are smothering me,"
"Oh sorry,"
"Never thought I'd say this, but apparently there is such a thing as too big." Bobby said.
"C'mon, we need to find my parents and grandparents."
The two went through, with some trouble walking, Lori due to her massive shift in balance and Bobby having legs shorter than Lily. Fortunately the current mirrors were normal, at least by funhouse standards, and the hallways kept branching off into a maze. It was quite easy to get lost in here.
"I'm sure one of my powers comes with super senses. That could help track someone in this place." Lori thought out loud.
"Why not just transform completely and have all of them?" Bobby asked.
"Are you kidding? If I do that here, the lightning would make all these mirrors explode. And you're not exactly invulnerable, Bobby."
"Good point. So what are you going to do? Try them all one by one until you find the right one?" Bobby asked.
"I may have to," Lori said, looking around and accidentally seeing another mirror. She gasped upon seeing her altered reflection and immediately felt her body change. When it finished, she looked like a blonde rabbit.
"Well, at least you don't have a big butt anymore." Bobby consulted her.
"But I still got these," complained Lori showing she still had her beach ball boobs.
Not wanting to waste any more time, the two made their way, passing through many mirrors and turning them into many things. Lori was grateful Luan wasn't here because there'd be an endless stream of puns. As they approached the end, they passed another mirror; this one turned Lori into a Milf and Bobby into a Dilf.
"I look just like my mom, and my butt looks like two volleyballs,"
"Not bad. I should really go back to the gym,"
"If I find the little pervert who made this freaking place I'm going to do to him what his mother should have done a long time ago." Lori rued, clenching her fists.
"At least we're almost out, and we should be back to normal. And maybe your folks are waiting for us." Bobby told her.
The two walked towards the exit, trying to avoid any last mirrors that might surprise them, and as a result they were caught completely by surprise when the floor dropped underneath them, making them fall into a dark chamber.
…Elsewhere…
Lincoln and the others were starting to worry, first their parents were gone and now there was no sign of Lori and Bobby.
"This is getting weird guys, maybe we should go look for them," said Leni.
Everyone agreed and were about to leave until a kid bumped into Lola. Just as she was about to tell him off, Lola noticed his eyes looked glassy and his expression looked like he was on the verge of tears.
"Mommy, Daddy," said the boy as he walked off in a trance-like state.
The boy continued walking until he walked to a machine giving out cotton candy. Taking one the boy instantly perks up after eating some, and starts skipping away happily and giggling leaving everyone very disturbed.
"Dudes, I'm not the only one who's freaked out right?" Asked Luna.
"Talk about a happy snack, hahaha, get it?" Asked Luan. "But seriously, that was disturbing,"
"But it does explain why everyone is so happy," Lisa added.
"Wait, haven't we been eating this stuff all day?" Asked Lana.
"So why aren't we happy zombies?" Asked Lola.
"Poo-Poo?" Said Lily.
"Our powers. Whatever is in the food, our powers must be protecting us,"
"But what about Mom, Dad, and Bobby? They don't have powers,"
"I think it's time we pay Mr. Kid King another visit and find out what's really going on," said Lynn.
Everyone agreed and walked off; while still worried about their parents, they figured Lori had it under control.
Back with Lori and Bobby, they were starting to collect themselves as they found themselves in a crystallized cavern. Getting to her feet Lori noticed in the reflective walls that she had returned mostly to normal, although her chest and butt were still big.
"Dang it,"
Lori then noticed Bobby and became confused by his appearance.
"Bobby, did you pass by a mirror that made you look like a clown?"
"No, why?
"Because you look like a clown!"
Bobby checked himself; the skins on his face looked like white makeup, his lips were red, and his hair was turning red,
"Babe, what's happening to me?" He asked, showing his hands looked like cartoon gloves.
"You're becoming what belongs here." A young voice said, and they couldn't see. Kid King then emerged from the shadows, looking rather unhappy.
"What did you do to him?" Lori asked, getting angry.
"There is no place for old people like you in my kingdom; they all must leave, one way or the other. You'll either submit to being my silent masked servants or be put to death."
"You're insane!" Bobby said, his voice starting to sound quieter. Like he was losing the ability to speak.
Lori was about to lunge at Kid King when something grabbed Bobby and her from behind. It turned out to be a soldier made of candy cane.
"Okay, that's it, Sha…" Lori said before she was gagged, preventing her from powering up.
"Take them away; they can work in the mines with the rest until the transformation is finished,"
Lori and Bobby were dragged away, with Lori trying to remove her gag but was unable to.
Funland Castle
The rest of the Loud siblings had snuck back into the castle and began investigating but found nothing until Lana suggested talking to the horses. On reflex, a few of them wanted to tell her to be serious, but they quickly remembered that they had magic after all.
"Hey, can you tell us where the older people we came here with have gone to?" Lana asked the first horse she saw at the castle stable.
The horse began making noise to remove its muzzle; the moment Lana did that it began to speak.
"Please, you have to stop him, he's gone crazy," said the horse in a male voice.
"Who?" Lana asked.
"The rotten brat who calls himself king here."
"Are you saying he's not really king?" Lincoln asked, hearing an implication.
"No, because I am the true king of Funland,"
"What?" replied everyone.
"Yes, my youngest son cursed me and the rest of our family and dethroned me using us now to pull his carriage."
"Why the heck would he do that?" asked Lynn.
"Long ago, he was the Candy Prince, it was his job to create new and wonderful treats for the people of Funland, but he became tired of his position and wanted more; he wanted me to step down and declare him the next king. When I denied him, i thought he accepted his position until he asked his mother, brother, and I to test a new drink,"
"I think I see where this is going," said Lisa.
"It was a curse that turned us into this,"
"Dude, that is messed up,"
"He then used his army to take over the town and take the adults hostage,"
"How come the children don't remember, and why did he muzzle you?" asked Luan.
"He put something in the food that made them forget and muzzled me because I could still talk, but you have to listen; he began transforming the adults with a potion he laced the root beer with,"
"Root beer? Wait, we drank it," said Lola.
"It only affects people 18 and older, and the effects are temporary. You need to find the rest of your family and leave before he makes it permanent for those he wants to capture," warned the king.
"Permanent? Dudes, we don't have time to search this place,"
"Wait, if Lori powers up, we'll sense it and be able to find her," Lincoln told them.
"I don't think we can wait that long."
"You don't have to. He has a lab under the Funhouse for adults. That's where he took your parents so he could transform them without anyone seeing or hearing." The king informed them.
"Where is it?"
"Find the house of mirrors, but be careful; the mirrors can also transform you."
"Let's go,"
Back with Lori and Bobby, they were strapped down to a table alongside the grandparents, Rita and Lynn Sr, who looked like clowns. At the same time, Kid King monologues how he achieved his paradise. Above them was a large chamber-like dome about to be lowered on top of them.
"Once I lower my machine and activate it, your transformations will become permanent, although in your case, I might be doing you a favor," mocked Kid King, pointing to Lori.
Lori began shouting back; although her mouth was still muffled, it was safe to say it was profanity.
"Oh, and don't worry about the rest of your family; now that they've eaten my treats, they will probably forget all about you, and I bet they'll be great additions to my kingdom, although the one with the ponytail is pretty cute, perhaps I'll make her my queen,"
Lori and the Loud parents reacted to that statement, although Lori was the only one who could be somewhat vocal since her parents lost their voices.
"Oh, how rude of me," said the child in charge, snapping his fingers. "Are there any final words you'd like to tell your family? Not that they'll remember or care," mocked Kid King as his candy cane soldier removed Lori's gag.
"Finally!"
"Huh?"
Shazam!
Lincoln and the others had just made it outside the funhouse when they saw lightning crashing into it. Followed by Lori crashing through the roof carrying Bobby and her parents. The living lightning had also managed to heal them as they landed.
"I'm me again?" asked Rita, checking out her body and seeing it back to normal, making her sigh in relief.
"Thanks, Lori, I really owe you one for that," said Lynn Sr.
"Same here sweetie," said Albert.
"Lori!" The Loud siblings called out, rushing to their empowered sibling.
"Power up, everyone; there's a little boy here in desperate need of a spanking," Lori told them.
Shazam!
Soon, everyone was powered up, but Luan noticed something.
"Uh, Lori, do you want to address the elephant in the room or more specifically the junk in your trunk?"
"What?"
Lori realized, much to her embarrassment, that her breasts and buttocks were still noticeably bigger than usual, even in her Shazam form. Her clothes had even altered to show off her new cleavage, making her the only one to do so.
"Dang it,"
"I knew we looked hot as adults, but that's a little too much," commented Lana.
"That's much tushy for even me to flaunt," said Lola.
"True, but I wouldn't mind something in the front that I could shake in my regular form," commented Luna.
"Be careful what you wish for; you just might end up like that," said Lisa, pointing to Lori.
"Don't be like that, Lisa; it's not Lori's fault. Her chest looks like two basketballs, and her butt looks like it could stop a train," said Leni.
Lori then stared hard at Leni, closing her to realize she just insulted her.
"Oops, sorry,"
"Can we just focus on the psycho 14-year-old and not my magical boob and butt job?" growled Lori.
"Okay, but whatever you do, just don't fart or clap those cheeks, we don't need earthquakes," joked Luan.
Suddenly, the ground began shaking, and a loud roar could be heard.
"Hey, I thought we had a deal?" Said Luan.
"That wasn't me, Luan!"
Suddenly, the hole where Lori smashed through started to widen as if something was breaking through.
"Mom, Dad, Bobby, Pop-pop, Gran-gran, I think it's time for you guys to run for cover," said Lori.
Seconds later, something huge burst through the ground; a giant gingerbread monster with gum drop buttons, lollipop eyes, claws made of candy cane, and razor-sharp teeth made of candy corn came roaring out of the ground, with Kid King standing on top of it.
"Well, at least he chose something that smells good," Lana noted.
"I won't let you adults ruin my perfect Kingdom!" roared Kid King, waving his staff angrily.
"Okay, Lincoln, any ideas?" Asked Lori.
"I'm thinking, okay, half of us will engage. The other half will focus on crowd control and keep the kids safe,"
"I hope Carl and the Casagrandes are having as much fun as we are," said Lola.
End of Ch. 2