The Loud House:
A Band of Campers
A Fanfiction Story by Yaakov Lubin
Disclaimer: I am not the writer for The Loud House. All rights belong to Nickelodeon.
Chapter 1
On a camping ground next door to Camp Mastodon, located on Michigan's western coast. Luna Loud and her band, the Moon-Goats, are setting up camp for their first-weekend getaway. With Shane Loud, Luna's cousin, joining along for the ride.
"Are you sure that your cuz doesn't snore, Lunes? We'll be bunking in the same tent together after all." Sully asked as he was hammering one of the stakes for his tent.
"I'm sure…Knowing old Shaney, he'll probably just whistle a little tune in his sleep." Luna answers with a smile.
As Luna is setting a box down on the ground, Sam sneaks up behind her, right before playfully covering her girlfriend's eyes with her hands. And sings: "Guess who…"
"Hey! No Fair! You caught me off guard that time." Luna giggles in response.
Speaking of Shane, here he comes now, driven by his Dad, Lance Loud, in his pick-up truck. After parking a few feet from the campsite, the two get out to say their goodbyes. Well…
"Now, are you sure you have everything? Bug spray, bear repellent, your memory foam sleeping bag…" Lance asks his son before Shane interrupts, "Dad! You have already asked me on the way here. And before we left the house…twice!"
After taking a deep breath, Lane puts a hand on his son's shoulder with a little smile on his face. "Sorry, son…I just want to make sure you have everything you need."
"Are you sure, Dad? Ever since you and Uncle Lynn reconnected back at Christmas time, you have been more...emotionally attached to us kids. You were literally crying your eyes out when Shelby and Shiloh told you and Mom that they wanted to join an after-school program." Shane explained with concern.
"What?! Can't a dad just be proud of his kids for wanting to spend more time with their friends...and not with their old man..." As Lance goes on, tears start to form in his eyes. "And before I know it, my little Shelby will be off to middle school. Or when my little daredevil Shiloh will be joining the football team in high school."
With a comforting smile, Shane wraps his arms around his father, hugging him. "Dad...no matter how old we get…Or where we'll end up in the future… You are always going to be our dad. And we are never going to abandon you. Just like you'll never abandon us…"
Lance hugs his son back while giving a shaky smile. "Because you'll always be my kids."
They soon break up the hug. Allowing Shane to gather his stuff from the back of the truck. This also gives Lance the chance to take a deep breath and wipe the tears from his eyes with his sweatshirt sleeve. "Okay…It's time for you to gain some independence."
"And it's not like I'm camping alone. I'll be with Luna and her band. And Gramps is stationed up the hill at Camp Mastodon. So, we can just give him a call if we need anything." Shane explained.
Just then, Luna called from the campsite, signaling with her hands for her cousin to come over. Without any hesitation, Shane makes his way down. All while waving goodbye to his father.
However, after getting back into the truck and starting to drive off, an idea pops into Lance's mind. With one hand on the wheel, he turns the truck in the direction of Camp Mastodon while using his other hand to scratch his chin with a smirk on his face.
After parking the car, Lance looks around the camp. But before he can call out for his father, a rustling sound can be heard. Lance soon finds where the sound is coming from, as he is now approaching a bush right beside one of the cabins.
However, it's not Leonard Loud, Lance's father, who is crawling around in the bush. But a cute, medium-sized, gray dog, probably only a year or two old, bearing a purple collar. She jumps out of the bush and runs up to a very surprised Lance, trying to give him kisses, all while her tail is wagging happily.
"Hey there, girl!" Lance says with a smile, as he bends down on one knee to give the dog head pets. "Did my dad adopt you? It makes sense, it can get pretty lonely for someone to live in a big empty camp like this one just by themselves. Well…" Much to the dog's sadness, Lance gets up from the ground and makes his way into one of the cabins. "I guess I'll just have to see Dad later. I have a mission to start."
But as soon as the word mission reached the pup's ears. She put her nose near the ground and started to track. Back with Lance in the cabin, we see him guiding his hands across the wall, looking for something.
"It should still be …" Lance said before finding a teeny hole in the wall. "It is!" After inserting his pinky figure in the hole, Lance raises it. And with the sound of a click, the way starts to open. Showing that part of the wall is a secret door and once it's fully open a secret room is revealed.
"Lynn?!" Lance said, shocked to see his brother, Lynn Loud Sr. looking through a telescope that was sticking out of an open window.
"Lance?!" said Lynn Sr. as he turned around to see his brother standing in the doorway.
"What are you doing here?!" The two brothers said in sync as they collided with each other for a hug.
End of Chapter 1