After a long day spending time with her two friends, the young Linka Loud steps through the Loud House door with, "Man, that was one heckofa day."
She closes the door her and leans back against it, "Who could've known the Claudia has a crush on me in this dimension. Heh, I wonder if Clyde has a crush on me back home." Then she shakes her head dismissively, "Nah, I doubt it. This place doesn't seem to be a complete… anything for that matter."
Then, she stands up straight, secures her bag and declares, "I'm home!"
Immediately, a slightly older boy with brown hair slides down the staircase railing and lands in front of the girl. "Welcome home Linka!" He excitedly greets, "How was it?"
"It was fine Lynn, though with Claudia and…" Linka blushes, "Ron Andy around, it's hard not to have a good time."
"Sounds fun…" Lynn then awkwardly rubs the back of his head, "Linka…"
Linka adjusts her purse before responding, "Yeah Lynn?"
"I wanted to know if you're free tomorrow…" Lynn's voice nervously trails off.
"Yeah," Linka answers, "Why?"
Lynn looks away shamefully, "Because I wanted to know if you would mind hanging out tomorrow. We never do it and I could show you my moves with sports and junk."
"Weird… I wonder why he's so nervous about it." Link thinks, before nodding, "Sure Lynn, we can hang out tomorrow."
"Thanks Linka!" Lynn happily shouts, before hugging his sister gleefully, and running back up the stairs.
"Huh…" Linka whispers in confusion, "I wonder what that was about." Before she strolls over and drops down on the couch.
"Hey Linka." Luke greets, before sitting on the couch next to her, "How are ya feelin'?"
"I'm good, I just had a crazy day with Claudia and Ron." Linka's voice gains an uncharacteristic nervousness. "It was fun though."
Luke looks at Linka skeptically, before playing his guitar, "Heh, sounds like you had a fun day."
"Yeah…" Linka sits back against the armrest.
"Ya know sis, if there's anything you want to talk about, you can always trust me to keep a secret." Luke sincerely declares, before strumming away at his guitar.
"Thanks Luke." Linka nervously responds. "That's good to know."
The rocker then turns and stands up, "Anyways, I'm gonna hit the hay. Goodnight sis."
Linka tilts her head in confusion, "What the? But you just got here?"
"I was in the kitchen fixing my guitar." *Yawn* "And boy am I tired." And with that, he walks away, only for Lane to step into the room carrying Mrs. Coconuts.
"Oh, hey Linka!" He nervously greets, before awkwardly throwing the dummy behind his back and stepping over to the stairs. "Don't mind me. Just going to my room."
"Huh, I wonder what's up him." Linka whispers, before twisting and turning to her feet and walking upstairs… only to find the hallway almost completely quiet, "Where is everyone?"
She then takes a quick look around, and finds the brothers standing around in Loki's room. "Hey guys?" Linka greets, before entering the room. "Whatcha talking about?"
Loki puts on a sheepish smile and answers, "We were just planning on where to go in a few days! Ya know, for a guy's night out and stuff."
Linka tilts her head in confusion, before shrugging and walking over to her room.
"Ok, coast's clear." Lexx declares while sticking his head out the door, making sure that Linka had really walked away." Then he turns to his brothers and pulls out his phone, "Ok, this is what I called you all in for."
"Your phone?" Leif asks in annoyance, "What about our damaged stuff? I need a new wrench ya know!"
Lexx sighs, before walking back to his room. A few moments pass by and he returns with a sack full of the replacement belongings, "Here they are guys, the replacements for your stuff paid for with my acting money, just as ordered."
Luke nods, "Ok bro, now what did you need to show us?"
The younger boy responds by unlocking his phone and flipping to two photos, the first of Linka kissing Claudia and the second of her kissing Chandler. "Guys, I think Levi was right."
"Of course I was right." Levi declares with a proud tone, "But that is not important currently. Before this point, we just touched upon what we had to do. With this new revelation, we must plan." Levi adjusts his glasses, "Hopefully, she will tell us before we find another way."
The brothers nod in agreement, before chatting away randomly.
Later that night…
Linka walks out of her bedroom and quietly strolls down to the kitchen, where she finds Loni standing in front of the sink, working with some random materials.
"Hey Loni." She quietly whispers, "You mind helping me with something?"
"Huh?" He goes in confusion, before turning around to face the girl, "Oh! Sure Linka!" He cheerfully answers, "If it's about boys and girls, feel free to ask!"
Linka just looks at him in confusion, before answering, "Uhh, no Loni, I'm having problems with sleep."
"Ok!" Loni goes excitedly, "I can help with that!" He then rushes over to the coffee maker and quickly pours a mug full of the bitter liquid, "Just drink some of this and your sleep problems will go all away!"
Linka just facepalms in annoyance, "Loni, I meant I want to go to sleep, not stay awake."
"Oh…" Loni goes sadly, before perking up again, "Ok then! How about you talk to me about your problems and stuff! That's sure to put you to sleep!"
The girl sighs, "Ok Loni… well, I have this friend and she really feels like she likes this boy, but she can't help but this girl the same way! She ran away from home and is currently living with an adoptive family too, so she's not sure how they'll react." Then she looks at him with begging eyes, "What do you think Loni?"
"Well, she should just be honest with herself and the people around her." Loni answers with a fatherly tone.
Linka hesitates for a moment and smiles, "Thanks Loni, I'll tell her that later."
"Awesome." Loni goes, "Now come on, how about we go to sleep?"
His sister nods in agreement, "Ok Loni!"
And with that, Linka gets up and heads back up to her room, with Loni walking into his own.
"Hey guys, Linka's just gone to bed." He greets his brothers.
"Did she tell you anything Loni?" Loki curiously asks.
Loni shakes his head, "All she did was tell me that she has a friend that like a boy and a girl the same way and that she had run away from home or something."
"Interesting." Levi goes, "The second phrase most likely holds no meaning, but the first is what we have to look at." He hesitates, "Unless… she's planning to…"
"Hey Einstein, rather than try to decipher what Linka was meaning when she talked to Loni, how about we just find Claudia and… whoever that other girl was, and ask them about it?" Luke turns the scientist to face them.
"Good idea Luke." Loki declares, "Lynn, you've got her tomorrow, right?"
The younger boy nods, "Yeah, she is completely ok with hanging out tomorrow."
"Did you remember to ask mom and dad?" Lane cuts in, "After all, like mother like daughter am I right?"
Lynn remains quiet for a moment, before whispering, "Damnit." Then he looks up at his brothers, "Don't worry, I'll ask them tomorrow morning. Though Linka's going to need to do her best to help me convince them."
"Ok, understood." Loki declares, "Ok guys, I think it's about time we head off to bed, remember to watch out for Linka, and whatever you do, don't mention any of this stuff to her, got it?"
The boys nod in agreement, before leaving the room for the night.
The next morning…
*Yawn* Linka goes, "Good morning." Before she sits up in her bed.
"Morning Linka." Lars greets, causing Linka to jump out of her bed in surprise.
"G'ahh!" She shouts, "Lars! What the heck are you doing in my room?!"
Lars remains silent for a moment, before pulling out a clipboard; "I wanted to tell you about this new story I'm writing. Would you like to hear about it? It's about a girl who has to pay off a debt to mob boss who happens to be a female to male transgender person."
Linka takes a moment to absorb exactly what he had said, before shaking her head and answering, "No thanks Lars, I think I'm ok with the weird writing for now, ok?"
"Sigh." Lars goes in defeat, "I'll just go find someone else then." And with that, the boy disappears just as abruptly as he arrived.
"Phew." Linka breathes a tense sigh in relief, "I wonder what that was about." Then she drops from the light-switch string and stretches, before taking a good look at herself in the mirror. "Ugh, I'm such a mess. My hair's all screwed up, my hands are all dirty, and I still have Claudia's lipstick from yesterday… Did I even shower last night?"
She takes a quick sniff of herself, before cringing, "Yep, I have got to shower right now." Then, she grabs her loofa as well as a set of underwear, before opening the door… only to reveal her brothers waiting for her.
"Uhh… hey guys?" she nervously greets.
The brothers put on overtly awkward smiles in response.
"Mornin' Linka!" Loni responds, the only one of his brothers to not to be nervously standing by.
Linka then nervously steps through them, careful not to break eye contact with her brothers. A few seconds after that, she steps into the bathroom and begins washing herself off.
"I think we were a bit… too supportive with her." Loki quips.
"Yeah," Luke adds, "I think we'll need to tone it down a bit."
Levi thinks for a moment, "How about this my brothers, we behave normally, while allowing Linka to join us in our activities, if she so wishes."
The brothers look at each other for a few moments before turning to the scientist and nodding in agreement. After that, the Loud Brothers went downstairs for breakfast, leaving Linka upstairs alone to shower.
A few minutes later, she emerges from the bathroom in nothing but a towel covering the lower half of her body. Looks like she forgot about the upper half.
"Ahh that felt wonderful." She contentedly states, before making her way across the hallway… only to run in to Lynn.
"Hey Linka Break-" He starts, only to catch a glimpse of her half-naked body. "W-W-Why is your upper body exposed?!"
"It's not supposed to?" Linka inquires, tilting her head.
Lynn's nose begins to bleed, before he grabs it, turns and rushes down stairs.
"Huh… I wonder what that was about." She thinks in confusion, "Oh right…" The realization hits her, hard, "I'm a girl here… That means I have to cover more…"
With her face going red in embarrassment, she steps into her room, changes into her typical orange blouse, blue skirt and orange hair bow. "You look good enough for the boys Linka!" She declares, before slapping her mouth shut.
"What the heck is going on with you Lincoln?!" She then shakes her head, before joining her siblings downstairs.
"Mornin'!" she greets, before taking her seat at the grown-up table.
"Good morning Linka." Lynn Sr. greets with a tone of slight annoyance. "It seems you had fun at the mall yesterday."
Linka nods, "Yeah dad." Before tilting her head in confusion, "Did I do something wrong?"
"Now dear, you know you're supposed to tell us before you go out!" Rita responds, her voice filled with worry, "You never know what could happen when you're on your own!"
Linka looks away in embarrassment, "I should've known. Why didn't I tell them?"
"I'm sorry…" She meekly responds, "Claudia just wanted to meet with me and I forgot to tell you guys. The young girl makes sure to add a pouty face along with that, just for good measure.
"It's all right dear." Lynn answers, "But please, you have to remember that we care for you and want to make sure that you're safe!"
Linka nods, before Lynn speaks up, "Mom, dad, would it be ok if Linka hangs out with me today? "
"Absolutely not!" Lynn Sr. responds, "You know Linka's not like you Lynn, she couldn't possibly enjoy getting her and covered in mud." Then he turns to his only daughter, "But if she wants to, I'll allow it."
"Aww but dad…"
"I would love to join you!" Linka speaks up eagerly, eliciting a glare from Lynn Sr. though she doesn't notice.
"Fine by me, what do you think?" Rita turns to her husband. The man sighs, before answering in his usual, albeit slightly nervous, tone. "I'm fine with it."
"Awesome!" Both Lynn and Linka shout in agreement, before jumping up.
"But make sure Linka doesn't get hurt!" Lynn Sr. orders. The two children nod in agreement, before running away from the table and rushing up the Loud house stairs.
A few minutes later, and the two kids are calmly walking along the street, with Lynn carrying a small bag of supplies.
"So Lynn, where are we going?" Linka curiously asks, while adjusting her orange handbag, "Man, I really have got to get used to carrying this thing around. It's so weird!"
Lynn awkwardly rubs the back of his head, "We're going to where I like to play games and sports and stuff!"
"Oh, like football and stuff?"
The boy responds, "Yeah! Stuff like that!" before hastening his step, "Come on, We're almost there! I can't wait to show you what I do in my free time!" his voice becomes more nervous, as if he's trying to tell himself that what he is doing is for the best.
"You ok Lynn?" Linka asks, "You seem more tense than usual."
"Huh?" He quickly responds, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Is there something you aren't telling me?" Linka adds.
"Nope!"
Linka just stares at him with a skeptical gaze.
Finally, Lynn gives a defeated sigh. "Linka, what sports do you think I do in my free time?" he slows his step, as if he were a man broken by the woman of his dreams.
"Football, basketball, you know." Linka immediately answers, "Tough, manly sports and all that jazz!" she then flexes her muscles for emphasis.
"Have you ever seen one of my games?"
For a moment, Linka thinks, before shaking her head, "No I haven't."
And as luck would have it, Lynn continues, "Have you ever wondered why that is?"
"Well…" Linka hesitates, "I've heard you say you're on all these crazy sports and have a lot of fun, but I've never seen you do anything of the sort for real. But no, not until now that is."
"That's because I don't do those sports." Lynn finally responds, "I do some… other things in my free time."
"Heh," Linka responds, "Like what? Read Pony Princess or My Small Horsie?"
He shakes his head, "No." And within seconds the duo comes to stop in front of a rather plain building with a glass storefront and the words, "Dance School" Above the door in rather bright colors.
"I well…" Lynn's face goes red in embarrassment, before he rubs the back of his head; "I do ballet in my free time."
"Ok, that's it, dimension 63 apostrophe backslash is definitely not a perfect gender swap of C-137." Linka immediately thinks, "There's no way that Lynn ever do something like ballet! She'd say it was too girly for her!"
"Well…" Linka responds, unsure of what to say, "I guess you can show me what you do then. Come on." She then motions for him to follow her inside the rather plainly decorated building.
"Huh, so ballet huh?" Linka awkwardly says.
"Yeah, I like doing it." Lynn nervously responds, "Come on, I'll show you what I can do. It'll be fun for the both of us!"
Linka sighs, "Sure, why the heck not, but I don't have any ballet clothes."
"Don't worry." Lynn immediately responds, "I packed some just for you!" Then, he goes into the bag he had brought along and hands her a simple pink dress, "The changing rooms are over there, let's get changed and start doing some!"
For a moment, Linka hesitates, "This feels so strange… it's like my mind is saying no, don't do it, while my body says: yes! Do it!"
Lynn grabs his sister and shakes her a bit, "Earth to Linka, wanna join me or not?!"
"Huh." She stammers, "Huh, oh yeah, sure, let's do some ballet together!"
Lynn smiles, "Awesome, thanks for this Linka!"
"No problem bro, I don't mind!" she responds, before taking the ballet dress in hand and walking over to the changing rooms.
After a few moments, the duo emerges wearing their ballet gear.
"So how does it feel Linka?" Lynn asks as he watches his sister feel her body. The boy's face goes red; most likely from the fat that Linka's ballet dress hugs her body and accentuates certain… parts of it. "Wow, you look beautiful…"
"Huh?" Linka looks up at her brother, "What?"
Immediately, the boy goes red, "Nothing Linka!"
So she shrugs and continues feeling the dress. "This feels weird, like someone's just added a plastic cover to my body, and that I can move around like it's nothing!"
"That's the point." Lynn responds, "Now come on, I'll show you some cool moves I learned!"
"Huh…ok then Lynn, let's see what you've got!" Linka declares. "Why do I get the feeling I'll regret this?"
Immediately the boy jumps up and scissor kicks… before promptly landing with his legs straight apart. Lynn grimaces in pain for a moment, but Linka does the same and lands next to him.
"Huh, I guess not having anything like that holding my legs together, I can do things that I could before." Linka chuckles, "This is pretty cool."
"Nice Linka!" Lynn painfully says, before nudging himself back into a comfortable position.
"Got more tricks to show me?"
Lynn nods, "Yeah! Let's do this!"
After an hour of having some ballet fun, the duo finishes off with a final dual trick, causing them to land in each other's arms.
"Heh, that was fun Lynn." Linka declares, before helping her older brother up, "So, got another thing you wanna show me?"
The boy nods, "Yeah, come on, let's go!"
The duo changes out of their ballet gear and heads out of the building, before continuing down the same road from earlier.
After a few minutes of travelling, the duo finds themselves standing before a large white dome in an open field. Lynn motions at the building with a beaming smile, "Well here we are Linka! The Royal Woods Ice Rink!"
"Huh, cool." Linka whispers.
"Come on!" Lynn rushes inside. "Hey wait up!" Linka immediately responds, before following her brother inside. She eventually catches up to the young boy at the check-in counter."
"Here Linka." Lynn says, before handing her a thin coat and ice-skates, "You know how to skate?"
Linka nods, "Yeah, what do you do here?"
"I ice dance."
"Well ok then." Linka flatly responds, before grabbing her brother's arm and pulling him inside and within minutes, the duo is spinning on the ice.
"Haha! This is fun Lynn!" Linka declares, before twirling and speeding towards the boy.
"I know it's fun!" He responds, "I was worried you'd be more, judgmental about my hobbies!" He then spins passed her and twirls, before using the momentum to spin and crash right into her. "Thanks for coming along Linka."
"No problem Lynn." She responds, before pushing him off, "Come on, race ya!"
With that she starts skating towards the opposite end of the rink.
"Oh, you're on!" Lynn immediately responds, before he chases after his hyperactive sister. "I wonder what's gotten into Linka, she's never the excited about anything!" He thinks, "Maybe she really does want to be our brother or something…"
"Earth to Lynn!" Linka frantically responds… only for Lynn to crash into her.
"Oh… sorry Linka." he nervously apologizes, "I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
"It's fine. Come on, maybe you could show me some of the tricks you pull on the ice!"
The boy shrugs, "Ok then." before taking Linka's hand in his own. Then, with a strong tug, he pulls Linka close and begins to guide her skating. He twirls her around, and for a lack of a better term, perform the waltz on ice. Ending with Lynn dropping Linka down, as if preparing to kiss her.
"Haha Lynn, this was fun!" She declares, "Come on! Stop joking around!"
Lynn's face goes blush in embarrassment and he doesn't respond.
"Heh, Lynn, you got the hots for me or something?" Linka jokingly asks, snapping her slightly older brother back to reality.
"Eww! No Linka!" He defensively goes, before dropping his sister.
"Heh, ok then." Linka pulls herself from the ice, "So, got more stuff to do?"
"Huh," Lynn goes with slight confusion, "Oh uhh, sure. I know what we can do next."
*Grumble*
"Lunch?" Linka asks.
"Lunch." Lynn calmly responds.
And so, the duo leaves the ice rink and makes their way towards a familiar place, a small restaurant close to the town center. A few minutes later, and the duo is sitting at a small metal table in front of B&L's famous pizzeria, while eating eleven-inch-long foot long subs.
"These taste great Lynn!" Linka declares, "No wonder my Lynn loves her meatball subs so much!"
"Yeah, I know" The boy responds, "This is where I come whenever I want to get ready for a performance. These things are filled with energy, so when I need a boost, I just come here."
"Wow. Wait… performance?"
Lynn nods, "Yeah, I perform for people every now and then."
Linka tilts her head in confusion, "Then why have we never been invited to your shows and stuff? You're amazing!"
The boy looks away in shame, "Because the other guys would just go and tease me about it. If you haven't noticed, I was the only boy in the ballet school, and one of the very few who likes doing the dancing style of ice skating rather than hockey."
"Wow…" Linka responds, unsure of what she could possibly say to him.
"Yeah, surprising isn't it?" Lynn quips, "Your older, tough, sporty brother likes sports and stuff that is mostly dominated by girls." Then he sighs, "That's why I never invite you guys to games and shows, because I know that they'll just laugh at me!"
Then he looks back at Linka, "Heck, dad called me a disappointment when he found out I wanted to do ballet!"
"Dad, calling one of us a disappointment? This really is an alternate dimension!"
"Heh, it's good thing mom was there though. She calmed him down well enough to stop him from disowning me." Lynn takes a bigger bite of his steaming hot sandwich, not fazing him in the slightest.
"Wow…" Linka finally responds, "You brought me along to because you wanted to open up, huh?"
Lynn moves his hand, "Yes and no, you've seemed a bit distant since that weird dream of yours a few weeks ago, so I decided to bring you along to maybe get you to tell me what's been bugging you lately."
Linka sighs, "There's no problem Lynn, I'm fine." What she thinks, "Rats! He knows, or at least suspects something! Linka is going to hate my guts!"
"Are you sure Linka?" Lynn nervously asks, "If you need anything, please, tell me. We're there for you if you need it."
"Thanks Lynn." Linka looks away, "But everything's just fine right now. I don't need help with anything."
Lynn finishes his sandwich with one, final, massive bite and leans back in his chair. "Ok then Linka. How about you finish your sub and we head to the next place?"
Linka nods, her fears still not subsiding, "Sure Lynn! I can't wait to see what you have planned!" and takes a few minutes to finish her sandwich, before the duo stands up and heads away from the restaurant.
About an hour later, the duo is enjoying time at a spa.
"Wow Lynn, this was fun!" She declares, "You're a great brother." Linka lets the nice, calm atmosphere of the stop take her in and calm her down.
"This is the best I've felt in days." She thinks.
"Heh, and you're a great sister Linka." The young boy responds with a smile, while he too lets himself relax.
A few hours after that, they emerge from the spa house.
With the sun beginning to set and their last stop finished for the day, the duo returns to the loud house with their heads help up high. "Thanks for the fun day Lynn."
"No problem Linka, I had fun too." Lynn gives a relieved sigh, "It feels good to finally tell someone else about what I really do in my free time. You promise you won't tell anyone else about this?"
Linka nods, "Of course not, your secret's safe with me."
The older boy smiles, before leading the duo back into the home… only for Luke to greet, "Hey guys, how was your day together?"
"It was great Luke!" Linka declares, "We might hang out again some other time!"
"Heh." Luke goes, "If you had fun with Lynn today, how about we hang out tomorrow? I've got a concert set up."
Linka thinks for a moment, before nodding in agreement, "Sure Luke! I'd love to hang out with you tomorrow!" her voice beams with excitement.
Luke smiles in agreement, "Heh awesome." Then he motions for the duo to head upstairs, "Anyways, it's time for bed. I hope you guys enjoyed your day out together."
Linka smiles. "Yep! I loved it!"
Lynn continues, "And I did too!"
With that, Linka heads upstairs and into her room.
*Sigh* The young girl goes, before taking a seat at her desk and leaning back against the hard-wood chair. "Today really was fun. Who knew he could be so awesome!" she nervously thinks, "Maybe he's even better than my own Lynn."
"My own Lynn…" She whispers meekly.
She then goes into her desk and pulls out a metallic card and device Trevor had left behind, "Who were you? What's going on with the anomalies? Why am I and now my siblings involved in this whole mess?"
Then she takes a deep breath, "I wish I had someone to explain what's going on. I'm really confused!"
"Heh, of course that is the case." A familiar voice responds, causing the girl to flinch upright, "Who's there?! Show yourself!"
The world around Linka begins to fade away, leaving her floating in a dark void, "What the, what's going on?!"
From the shadows, a familiar being appears, "You remember me, don't you? I'm William and only together can we prevent the destruction of your world."