"Rockin' round the warm golden bells! Graceful life for all to tells! It's Christmas time and what way to go! We'll celebrate the season with a nice quick bow!"
"You and me, we've no where to go so let's stay under the tree!" Linka cheerfully sings as she carefully skins the carrots and chops them into small slices. "There's plenty of fun that we can have we're all together!"
Then, the young girl collects the newly diced ingredients and turns to her mother, "Like this mom?"
"Yes honey, those are perfect. Now just add them to the stew and we can move onto the next all right?" Rita carefully slices the strands of beef she had acquired for their meal, "Once you cut the potatoes, I'll be able to make enough beef stew to last us till Christmas and then some!"
"Got it mom!" Then, the young girl grabs her cutting board, cleans it off, and grabs the sac of potatoes left by the door, "Wow Lincoln, this is really fun! Mom rarely asked us to help her cook! Then again, dad usually did all the cooking on his own so…" She shakes her head and pulls the overly heavy sack and attempts to drag it… only for the heavy bag to stay firmly planted.
"Let me get that for you sis." Loki happily declares, as walks over to his struggling sister.
With minimal effort on his part, he quickly lifts the sack and brings it over to Linka's part of the counter.
Linka looks at her brother in shock for a moment, before smiling, "Thanks Loki! You're the best!"
"No probs Linka." He nonchalantly responds.
"By the way, why are you in… well that?" She motions at his semi-formal clothes. He wears a white, long-sleeved button-down shirt and black pants with a white stripe, "I never see you dress up, even for dates with Bebe."
Loki answers, "That's because I'm going to perform at a military wedding today. I actually need to get my berette before I head out." Then he checks his watch, "Though, I have to head out soon since the wedding starts in a couple hours."
"Oh…" Linka goes sadly, "No problem, I understand. I was just looking forward to you teaching me how to spin that gun of yours today…"
"It's not a gun sis, it's a rifle." Loki playfully pats his younger sister's head, causing her already messed up locks to end up ruffled, "And don't worry sis, I'll teach ya later. Plus, I'll be able to get you a Christmas present on the way home!"
Linka smiles, "Ok then Loki, good luck!"
"Thanks sis!" The young man responds, before turning and heading back upstairs.
The young girl then returns to her station and gets back to peeling the potatoes with, "Hey mom, how many potatoes do I need to peel anyways?
"You need to peel forty-two. We need enough stew to last us Christmas after all! With twenty-one family members, the tables are going to be filled to the brim!" Rita's calm, motherly voice is soothing to the young girl's ears.
"Forty-two potatoes, here I go!" She thinks, "yeah, I didn't have to cook this much back home, but hey, it could be way worse. When preparing for Christmas, my bro reminded me that I wasn't expected to get them presents, thank goodness, but I had to make them a great meal!" She carefully peels the skin off the vegetable, before putting it in a bowl of water and moving onto the next. "And since I'm not able to go out that much… Yeah, I'd probably be only able to get Lynn and possibly Loki something."
Her face is overcome by nervousness, "I don't mind Linka's bro's treating me like this… but I feel oddly accepting of everything now. At least mom treats me the same way! It's probably the one of the few reason why I haven't broken down yet!"
"Though… mom really wants to teach me how to cook for some reason, and seems really invested in my learning of home Ec and stuff." She smiles, "I guess having only one daughter made her want to spend time with me more."
"Ok Linka, once you finish peeling those, go take a break. We'll mix them all up when I finish preparing the meat." Rita calmly declares, before she places the strips of cured beef in a glass tray and begins to season them.
"Got it mom!" Linka excitedly goes, as she takes her peeler and continues on.
That's when Luke pops in with a determined smile on his face. "Hey mom, Linka, how long until Lunch is ready?"
"It'll be ready in about an three hours, I just have to boil the meat while Linka finishes the potatoes. Why you ask?" Rita responds, as she carefully places an array of spices on the meat.
"I just wanted to make sure I knew how much work time I've got! I don't wanna miss lunch cause of song writing again after all! Beef stew is my favorite!" The young man responds, before strumming his guitar, "Plus, just for reference, writing a Christmas themed song is hard."
That's when Lars appears, startling the kids, while Rita just stands by, "You think that's hard Luke? Try writing a Christmas-themed story when you have no ideas for one. I'm trying to either write a story about a boy with a ton of messed up siblings trying to enjoy the holiday or one with a girl and a boy visiting Santa and having to fight a demon."
The three family members just stare at Lars with concern for a moment, before their mother speaks, "Well then Luke, I need you to take Leon for a bit, maybe he could help you with your music block."
Luke shrugs, "Ok mom, where is he?"
"Poo-poo!" Leon shouts.
"Well, that answers that question, ok mom, you can count on me!" Luke declares, before securing his guitar on his back, grabbing his youngest brother and running upstairs to his room as well.
"Sigh, if you need me I'll-" Lars starts, only for Rita to cut him off with, "Hmm, Lars, I need you and Lexx to go get the Christmas tree. Your dad is at a business meeting and he won't be home till later."
"What mom?!" Lexx rushes into the kitchen in surprise, "Why do I have to go get the tree?!"
Rita smiles and rubs her six-year-old son's head, "Because you have an eye for detail Lexx, and I can't send Loni or else he'll come home with one painted gold, again… Plus, you accidentally used the Christmas tree to unclog the toilet last year, remember?"
"Oh… right…" Lexx rubs the back of his, the images of the messed up tree surfacing in his mind, "But then why is Lars coming with me?!"
"Because, Lars needs inspiration for his Christmas story and what better why than to actually go and get Christmas stuff?"
"Sigh, fine, I'll go with him." Lars begrudgingly declares, before grabbing Lexx and pulling him away, much to the younger boy's disdain.
"Good luck you two!" Linka cheerfully responds, as she watches her two brothers walk out of the house.
A few moments pass, with the mother and daughter working diligently to get the stew done. After all, Christmas dinner has more than just beef stew made for it!
"Hey mom, why are you and dad so well… watchful of me?" Linka nervously asks, her voice filled with fear at her mother's retribution.
Yeah, Rita simply smiles in response, "Because Linka, we worry for you. You're our only daughter and we don't know what we'd do if something were to happen to you." The woman looks away, as if trying to hold back tears, "We want to protect you, and your brothers want to protect you too."
"I wonder why though…" Linka thinks, while she asks, "Mom, why are you crying?" She then finishes peeling potato number forty-two with that.
The woman wipes the tears that had formed and responds, "It's nothing, now, go check up on your brothers, they're sure to be having fun and would probably love to have their sister involved."
"But I haven't finished peeling yet?"
"Yes you have."
Immediately, Linka looks to her side, only to find the empty sac of potatoes labeled, "Jump-jump industries."
"Huh, well ok then. Whatever you say mom." Linka's voice is filled with curiosity as she steps out of the kitchen and walks over to the back door. Then, she grabs her jacket and steps out, only to find Levi and Leif spending time together… how odd.
"Hey guys!" Linka cheerfully greets, before trudging through the snow and approaching her younger brothers. "Whatcha' doin'?"
Leif looks up and stops tapping at his duel disk, "I was just about to use the ARC system to move the snow around a bit and make some huge hills! After all, dad wants us clean the backyard so that our Christmas party has room!"
"Huh, ok then." The young girl turns to her second-youngest brother with, "Uhh, Levi, what are you doing?"
Levi then tries… and fails to throw a snowball at Linka. He quickly recomposes himself and answers, "I was just testing the consistency of the snow so I can create a fully-auto-atomic machination that can help me in our family snowball fights."
"English Levi." Leif goes in annoyance, to which the scientist responds, "I'm building a snowball fighting robot because my four-year-old muscles are unable to throw a snowball well enough to do any damage."
Linka chuckles, "Haha! Lisa can cream Levi in a snowball fight then! I miss her…"
"Wanna join in sis?" Leif asks, "I'm always up for a duel you know. Plus, we can use the monsters we summon to clean up the snow and mess we'll make!"
Immediately, Linka's body tenses up, as if urging her against the idea of playing such a masculine game.
Yet, Linka's body doesn't win this time! And she responds, "Ok Leif, let's do it!" before putting her own on.
A few minutes later…
Linka and Leif both crash into the snow, their short match ending in a draw.
"Haha! That was fun Linka!" Leif excitedly declares, "You're getting better at this!"
"Yeah," She responds, as she pulls herself from the snow, "But I've still got a lot to learn." while she thinks, "I was still holding back, I think. I felt like my body was constantly telling me to stop for some reason…"
Then she stretches, "Anyways guys, I'm heading back inside, k?"
"No prob sis, see you later!" Leif responds, while Levi continues working. And with that, Linka walks back inside.
"Eureka!" Levi declares as his newly completed robot springs to life. "I'm done! My snowball robot is finally ready!"
His creation is about Loki's height, with golden, triangular body that ends with a silver tip at its end. On its back are small, box-like engines and a golden winding key. On its sides are its long, pincer-like purple arms, connected to random gears. Its head is mechanical, similar to what one would see from a robot-fighting anime.
After the gears spin to life, its eyes begin to glow a sinister scarlet.
"Uhh, is it supposed to have glowing red-eyes?" Leif raises his duel disk fearfully.
"Haha!" Levi goes, before pulling out a set of controls, "I will win the snowball war!"
"Crud…" Leif goes, before his duel disk jolts to life, "Well then, I guess I draw!"
Levi just stares at him in confusion, "We're not dueling!"
Meanwhile…
Linka quietly heads up the Loud House stairs, only to run into Loni carrying an overly large sack.
"Hey Loni." She greets, "What's are you doing to prepare for Christmas?"
"I'm decorating! Since I'm so good at it, mom and dad decided that it would be a great idea to let me do all the decorating so they could do what they needed to!" Loni speaks with an ecstatic voice, as if he had been waiting for this opportunity for months.
"Huh, well what's in the bag?"
"Just my supplies!" Loni then throws the bag in front of his kid sister and opens it, revealing all of the sibling's spare clothing.
Linka looks at the bag in shock for a moment, before looking up at Loni, "Uhh, Loni, you know that you can't use our clothes for decorations right?"
Loni stares at her obliviously for a moment, before shaking his head, "No, I didn't." Then he perks up and continues, "Oh well then! I'll just go and use something else then!" Then he turns, and drags the sack back into his room.
"Huh, that was strange…" Linka quips, before turning and walking into Lynn and Lars' room… only to find Lynn and Lane preparing to head out.
"Hey guys, whatcha' doin?"
"Oh hey Linka, we were just about to head to an eggnog drinkin' contest! The prize is uhh…" He looks at Lane with a nervous gaze. Immediately, clown boy springs to action and places a hand over Lynn's mouth, "It's money! The prize is money!"
The girl tilts her head in confusion, before shrugging, "Ok then, good luck I guess."
"Oh don't worry Linka, we'll be fine!" Lynn jumps up and hugs his sister, "Plus, we'll be able to buy the family's presents today!" Then he playfully punches her arm, "You're lucky you don't have to get us stuff."
"Why is that though?"
Lynn shrugs, "I think dad just wants to make sure us boys have some practice getting a girl presents before we start trying to date them."
"Huh, I see." Linka nervously quips, "So I guess this contest will give you more than enough to prepare?"
"Yeah!" Lynn excitedly responds, "Drinkin' eggnog to get some cash!"
"Huh, ok then." Then she turns to Lane, "Wait, why are you going with him Lane?"
"Cause unlike the milk you can't make yet, I love eggnog!"
Linka's face goes red in embarrassment, before she stands up straight, turns around and quickly walks out of the room.
"Dangit Lane." Lynn shouts, before hitting Lane in the back of the head, why the heck did you try to joke like that?! You know how Linka feels about that topic! You probably reminded her of her… 'problem'."
"What! I meant no harm!" Lane quickly responds.
"Still, you have to remember Lane!" Lynn simply glares at him in response, before walking out of his room, "Now come on, the contest is in a half hour. We need to be there now."
Lane nods and follows his younger brother.
A few away, Linka quietly enters her room and closes the door behind her, "I just realized that this is my first Christmas away from home…" she slides down her door and curls up against it, "I wonder how my sisters are doing? I haven't thought about them much since Christmas started and William gave me that mission."
With that, the young girl stands up and opens her drawers, "Let's see, weird device, the matter key watch, ah ha!" Her heart races in excitement, as she pulls out a familiar set of goggles.
"Let's see what's happening back home shall we? They should be preparing for Christmas too!" Linka whispers, as she sets up the goggles and attempts to boot the device up… only for GLaDOS to declare:
"Warning: Liquid Divinium Reserves empty."
"Wow." Linka quips, "I really have been using these a lot…"
"You know Lincoln, maybe it would be a good idea to look for the first MacGuffin fragment? After all, you've nothing better to do." William suddenly appears, and tips his top hat at her.
Linka jumps up in shock, "Don't do that man!"
"My apologies, I forgot that your current body is starting to change you in more ways than you expect."
"You're not going to explain why are you?"
"Of course not. If I did, then things wouldn't be interesting."
Linka sighs, "I would look for it, but I don't know what you meant by, 'The first piece is in a room of secrets'."
"Heh, you children today are so naïve. To find the first part, you must your instinct. You want to go home don't you?"
"Of course I do William!" Linka angrily responds, "But you're not helping much!"
"Haha! Well for now, that will be the case!" Then, he pulls out a vial of blue liquid, "Here, it seems you need some more liquid Divinium to power those dimensional goggles! Be careful with them, the more you use them, the more likely the Anomaly Elimination Unit is going to follow your trail and try to seal you away again! As well as more anomalies will start to pop up!"
Linka takes the vial in hand. "Thanks I guess…"
"Don't worry, I'm doing my best to keep both at bay while you search, but even I know I will not be able to hold them back forever."
"Got it, I'll get back to looking soon!"
William nods, "Good girl," Then he tips his top hat at her, "Merry Christmas, I wish you good luck in your quest. Oh, and something's coming around New Year's." And with that, the guardian disappears.
"Merry Christmas to you too."
"Strange…" Linka thinks, as she uncaps the vial and connects the vial to her goggles, "Well, let's see how Linka's doing back home." And with that, she locks in and begins viewing reality C-137 once again.
Back with Loki...
The young man brushes off his black-paint drill rifle with white strands of tape holding the worn parts together. He was used to the hustle and bustle of a performance, after all, he was the drill team captain of his unit until his graduation just a few short years ago!
This was the first time he had been asked to perform at a formal event, not as a team member, but as the entertainment. A sense of dread overtook the young man when he accepted this job. Yet, he was determined, his team's victory in the nation competition proved that. And by the grace of whoever guides people, he was not going to mess this up.
"Ok Loki, game time, let's get to work." He checks the shine on his shoes as well as the brass on his belt once more, before he walks over to the venue's entrance. He peers out for a moment, and nods at the MC, who proceeds to call, "Party guests! The entertainment is ready to perform! Please remain silent as we watch National Drill Soloist, and finalist at the world drill competition, Loki Loud, perform today!"
Immediately a hush falls upon the room, it's modern design illuminated the space that he was given to perform. "Remember Loki, no pain, no regret, no remorse, no shame." With his motto spoken, he secures his barrette, raises his weapon, and clears his mind.
Two stomps: the signal that he was beginning to perform. He spins with his slap, before spinning the weapon in the air with an effortless grace, before he stops in front of the head table, and holds his rifle sling-side facing the newly wed couple.
With a strong, commanding voice he declares, "Mr. and Mrs. Diaz! My name is Loki Loud and I have come to perform. I respectfully request to utilize your drill deck, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz!"
The newly wed man gives a simple salute in response, while his wife says, "Permission granted, please proceed!"
And with that, Loki shouts, "Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz!" Then, he begins his routine.
Meanwhile…
"Ugh!" Lexx groans as he trudges through the Royal Woods snow, "Where the heck re we going to find a tree on December 23rd?!"
"I don't know Lexx, but whatever we find should be more than enough to inspire me to write another story. I've only been able to put about a day's work into this and I'm currently stuck… Though I have decided to write the fanfiction about the boy and a magical princess from another dimension."
Lexx turns to his brother in surprise, "I didn't know you watched those kinds of shows."
"I don't. One of my friends begged me to do it for them, and said he'd pay me twenty bucks and give me a deck of duel monsters cards if I did so."
"Ahh, so that's why you need inspiration."
Lars nods, "Yeah, now come on, we're almost at the Christmas tree store."
And a few moments later, they reach the store, and find two familiar girls buying a tree as well.
"Hey Nala!" Lexx greets the smaller girl. The young girl has blonde hair and wears light-pink overalls.
In response, she turns and cheerfully responds, "Hey Lexx! What brings you here?"
"I just came to get a tree with my bro here." Then he motions at Lars, "He's a bit of a downer though, but don't let that put you off!"
"Oh really?" Nala goes in surprise; "I came to get a tree with my sister as well! How about we let our siblings meet while we have some private times together?"
Lexx blushes, "Sure Nala." Before he turns and grabs Lars, while Nala grabs her own sister.
"Lars, this is Nala and here sister."
Nala responds by motioning at an equally gloomy girl, "This is Culy!"
"So this is that girl you were trying to impress with that play."
"And this is the boy who got you to watch that well-written play."
The two youngsters respond, "Yep!"
The two gloomy kids then look at each other for a short moment, before looking away and blushing. "Wanna go do some, I don't know, writing Culy?" Lars suggests, and Culy responds, "Sure… I think I might like that."
And with that, they walk away.
"Haha!" Lexx laughs, before Nala grabs his hand, "Now let's have some fun too!"
And with that, she drags him away. Who knows what those six-year-olds will do?
Back at the house...
Luke stands before his baby brother, desperately trying to pull out the right instrument to use to write his Christmas song.
"Leon, what do you think? Hard rock guitar or heavy metal guitar?" He weighs both, as tries to decide which to use, "Though, I was considering using my Lancaster, though I'm worried I'm going to scratch it."
The baby shakes his head in response, "Poo-poo."
"What do you mean, that none of those will work?!"
Leon flails his arms in response, "Poo-poo! Poo-poo-poo!" Before he speaks random baby gibberish.
"You want me to try and make a simple Christmas song that doesn't explode the roof off the house?" Luke repeats, probably because his baby-ese wasn't the best.
"Poo-poo!" The baby responds, before motioning at his acoustic guitar, dusty from lack of use.
"And you want me to try it on acoustic?"
The baby nods.
Luke rubs the back of his head nervously, "I'm not sure bro… I haven't played acoustic in years. It was harder to make it more energetic and stuff."
Yet, Leon just stares at him in disappointment, "Poo-poo." Then he points, "Poo-poo!"
"Oh?! You think I can't do it huh?! You think I'm too unskilled to play an acoustic? Well that's where you're wrong bro! I can play any instrument I want!" Then he angrily grabs the guitar off and holds it.
Its light compared to what he was used to using, its soft wood is pleasant to the touch, while its strings were still in tune.
"This feels strange…" He thinks, before strumming, "Well then, I hope you're right Leon, I'm going to have to perform this tomorrow!"
Meanwhile, outside...
Just a few feet away from the oddly soothing, yet random array of sounds, Leif rides on a hard-light robot bird as he tries to escape the snowball robot.
"Levi! You've gone insane!" He shouts, "Blaze Falcon, fly faster, you have to dodge its attacks!"
Yet, the young scientist responds, "Never! I won't relent until you come crashing down! I will win the snowball war if it's the last thing I do!"
"You're crazy Levi!"
"No, I'm determined to win!" Levi shouts, before pointing at the bird, "Zenmaines, destroy that bird!"
Then the robot grabs two pincer-fulls of snow and hurls them at Leif, covering Blaze falcon in snow.
Immediately, the bird begins to fall, taking Leif along with it.
Yet, the six-year-old is unfazed as he shouts, "Dangit! I play Rank-Up-Magic Raptor's Force!" He shoves his card in his disk again, causing the snow-covered falcon to engulf in flames as he shouts, "Fiercest falcon! Set your wings ablaze and lock your gaze on our ill-fated foes! Now make it so! Rank-up Xyz evolution! Emerge, RaidRaptor Revolution Falcon!"
Immediately, the metal behemoth with thin, metal wings and a triangular body and a bird-like head, breaks through the ice and catches Leif on its back. "Well Levi, let's see how you fair when I turn up the heat!"
Levi adjusts his glasses and simply responds, "I knew that you'd try to fight using duel monsters, so I made sure to add an upgraded form to my snowball-bot!" he taps away at he controls, causing the ARC System to engulf it in flames as well, "Come forth Ultimate Warrior! So that I may use your strength to defeat my siblings! Emerge from fire, Arsenal Zenmaioh!"
"Uh-oh." Leif responds, "I'm not giving up yet!"
On The Other Side of Royal Woods...
"Welcome one and all! To the forty-second annual Royal Woods Eggnog drinking contest!"The announcer declares, before motioning at the group of thirty competitors, "We're gathered today to watch our competitors fight for the title of biggest drinker! And win…"
The curtains part upon a glass case, with a single, royal blue stuffed bear with a pink ascot and golden wings, "The one-of-a-kind Royal Fluffal Bear!"
The two boys turn to each other, determination filling their eyes.
"Remember Lane, for Linka all right?" Lynn confirms.
"Yeah Lynn, for Linka!" He responds, "This is going to be an egg-cellent match!"
"Competitors, on your mark, get set, go!" And with that, the two brothers as well as their twenty-eight opponents jump into action.
"Chug, throw, grab, chug, repeat!" The two boys think as they rush through their glasses and the counters begin to count the glasses they drink.
It only takes a minute before the first competitor falls, and another for the next. One-by-one the wheat is sorted from the chaff.
And soon enough, Lynn and Lane remained, their vision starting to blur from the excess nutmeg they were ingesting. Yet, they wouldn't give in to defeat. They had to get that stuffed animal, or else their father's fury would be upon them for not getting Linka a gift!
"And that's time!" The announcer shouts in excitement, causing the remaining four competitors to stop in their tracks.
"We did it!" Lane cheerfully shouts, as they turn to face their final opponents.
"Hey, I'm Lynn." The male athlete greets.
"I'm Nyln." The girl responds, her red shirt with orange sleeves and a white "1" nearly glows in the noon sun.
Her sister goes, "And I'm Auln!" And she wears a yellow blouse and white skirt, with a blue flower attached.
"And I'm Lane. It looks like you're-" He starts, only for Lynn to slap his mouth shut. "Don't mind him girls, good luck next round!"
"Good luck to you too." Nyln calmly responds, "We will win that toy!"
Loki spins his weapon as if it were an extension of his arm. He moves with a precision known only to those whom have trained for years. "Left, right, left, right. Keep the beat." He thinks as he moves forward and prepares to perform his show-stopping trick.
With a single and strong turn, he slams the weapon to the ground and gives a closed fist salute, "Mr. and Mrs. Diaz! This completes my presentation, I hope you enjoyed the show and I wish you the best in your marriage! I now respectfully wish to leave your drill deck, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz!"
Just like before, the man returns the salute while the woman responds, "Thank you! Permission granted."
Then, with a final kick, he sends the weapon over his shoulder, before taking hold of it and forcing it up.
Then, he turns around and takes a knee, with his right hand in hand salute and left behind his back.
It lands with a loud *slap* and pain shoots through the young man's arm, Loki does not budge.
The venue erupts in applause as Loki throws the rifle back around and marches out of the room.
"Awesome!" Loki thinks as he wipes the sweat from his brow, and a blonde girl approaches him with, "Hi, I'm Roli."
"Hey, I'm Loki." The boy responds, before packing up his rifle.
"That was pretty awesome!"
"Yeah, it was."
Then, the girl hands him a number, "Call me!" before she runs off.
"Huh… weird." He quips, "Bebe is going to get so jealous!"
"Perfect!" Lexx declares as both he and Nala grab trees from the line.
"Not as perfect as you Lexx." Nala affectionately goes, "How'd you enjoy our little make-out session?"
Lexx blushes, "I thought I wouldn't like messy, but you've made me change my mind." Then he comes closer to her, as if preparing to give another kiss… Only for Lars and Culy to appear and greet, "Hey you two, we've managed to get passed our writer's blocks for once."
Predictably, the two 6-year-olds jump back in shock.
"Lars!"
"Culy!"
Then together they shout, "Don't do that!"
"Sorry." Lars responds, "I'm just excited because I've finally been able to do something I was struggling to do properly."
"And I have finally been able to write that weird poem about winter and stuff."
"Good job then you two." Lars responds, while Nala grabs hold of her chosen tree.
"Anyways you guys, we've got our trees, let's get out of here ok?"
The boys nod in agreement and the girls respond, "Keep in touch you two!"
And with that, Lexx and Lars grab hold of their tree and head home as well, their Christmas mission now complete.
"Ok Leon, I just need a few more lyrics and I'll have the whole song!" Luke declares, his voice filling with excitement, "I never knew you could be so helpful when songwriting bro!"
"Poo-poo!" Leon responds, before adding a random array of baby gibberish to the mix, as well as flailing his arms around in excitement.
With an excited voice, Luke responds, "I completely understand little bro." Then he raises his acoustic guitar once more and steels his nerves, "You ready for this Leon? I'm going to go through the whole song in one go and I need to make sure you're good."
The baby nods, "Poo-poo."
"You got it!" Then he begins to strum, "It's winter time and here to stay! It's Christmas time and we're here to play! Who needs one-hundred and four days of summer vacation and school to come along and end it, when you've got a month-long break, to sit down relax enjoy the hot mo-shakes!"
Leon looks at Luke in annoyance, "Poo-poo!"
"What is it Leon?'
"Poo-poo!" Then he adds more random baby gibberish.
"Ahh, I see." Then he writes in the suggested changes and rereads the script, "You sure this'll make sense? I mean I'm not sure about it and stuff."
Leon simply gives an annoyed expression in response.
"Ok, ok, fine you're right, I should just shut up and try it, what's the worst that could happen anyways?"
He then gears up and strums more, "Christmas isn't about the gifts, it's about the love that you give. It's not about the tree; it's about the life you bring. It's more than just a simple event; it's a way of life! And when you live it together with me, you'll never know what it'll bring."
Then, Luke grabs his electric guitar and strums harder, "It's Christmas time and we're ready to rock! With ten boys and one girl the Louds are here to play! We'll fight for one another and we'll get the best too! We're the Louds and Christmas time!" He finishes with a final, more powerful strum.
"Poo-poo!" Leon claps in joy, and his older brother takes him in arm, "You liked that huh?"
Leon nods.
"Good, now how about we get some grub?"
"Poo-poo." Leon goes and with that, the two brothers leave the room.
"Stellar Cannon Bombardment!" Leif raises his disk against the metal behemoth, "Go Satellite Cannon Falcon! Use your power and destroy Levi's snowball robot!"
Immediately, the massive metal bird flies up and boosts its way into the stratosphere, before firing a laser from orbit in an attempt to destroy Levi's creation. Yet, the scientist simple responds, ", defend!"
And the robot responds by raising a hardlight shield, which absorbs the stellar attack.
The robot falcon returns to Leif with that.
"Now my robot, drown them in snowballs!" And immediately, the mechanical monster fires a flurry of its ammo, overwhelming the bird, causing it to crash once again.
Yet, Leif doesn't give up and he declares, "Ok then! I play Rank-Up-Magic Soul Shave Force! Revive Satellite Cannon Falcon!"
Immediately, the once destroyed cyborg bird returns to the field, before flying into a new black hole.
"Falcon of Ultimate creation! Carry on the wishes of your fallen allies and soar into victorious skies! Rank-up Xyz evolution! Emerge, RaidRaptor Ultimate Falcon!"
From a field of darkness, a massive bird appears, its six, metal, golden wings outstretched as its golden tail opens up and its archetype insignia glows with power.
"Haha! I'll just take that out too!" Levi whole-heartedly declares, "Go, evolution change!" immediately, the giant fighting robot comes together and transforms. "Robot, focus your power into a weapon capable of defeating all! Become, my Super Dreadnaught Rail Cannon: Superior Dora!"
And from the robot, a massive cannon comes forth and aims at Leif and his bird.
"Yet, Leif doesn't back down."
"Go! Final Glorious Pride!" He commands, and the majestic cyborg bird charges up a single ball of energy, outlined like a mini galaxy.
Then he fires.
"Deflect it!" Levi orders, and the robot fires its own cannon in an attempt to stop and counter the attack, but to no avail, the robot isn't strong enough and the ball of energy breaks passed it, and crashes destroying Levi's creation.
"Good game Levi, but it's not a good idea to mess with the king of snowball fights!" Then, he looks around the backyard, "Plus, we finished plowing the yard!"
"I will get you one day!" Levi angrily declares, before turning, "That was fun, how about we duel for real later?"
"You're not going to try and kill me again?"
"Nope! Now come on, lets head off into the house."
Leif shrugs, "Ok then."
And with that, the two boys return to the home.
After close to one hundred glasses of eggnog, both Lynn and Nyln sit back in exhaustion.
*Groan* "This is the first time I've struggled to beat someone." Lynn declares.
Nyln responds, "Same here."
Both Lane and Auln lie on the ground unconscious, no doubt from the excess nutmeg.
"Now we just have to wait and see who passes out first." Lynn declares and Nyln responds, "I won't give out eas-" And with that, the girl falls to the ground in defeat.
"And the winner is, Lynn Loud Jr.!" The announcer excitedly declares, before bringing the bear over to the young boy.
"Awesome." He quips, before leaning back in exhaustion.
A few minutes later, Nyln, Lane and Auln get up from their nutmeg-induced comas. That when Nyln says, "Nice job mate, here's our numbers, call us sometime."
Then, Auln hands the boys some pieces of paper, before the two girls walk away.
"Bro, I think we just got ourselves some girlfriends!" Lynn declares, his heart racing, though he wasn't sure if it was from the eggnog or the news that someone didn't find him too crazy.
Lane's jaws simply drop in shock.
"Now come on, we have to tell someone!" And with that, the duo rushes back home as well.
Later…
"Mmm!" Lynn Sr. goes as he takes a mouthful of the beef stew his wife and daughter had made. "Great job you two! You've really outdone yourselves this time." Then he looks at his sons, "So while your mother and sister were busy preparing this meal, what were you boys doing?"
After a day filled with randomness, it helps to have a nice dinner made by your mom and sister to much on. The Loud bros knew this fact well. The tree Lexx and Lars acquired stands tall in the living room, its branches decorated by Loni's random design choices. Loki's drill rifle rests under it, still packed up with that random girl's number inside. The bros sit around the table simply talking, eating, and having a good time, before the Chaos of Christmas Eve came out. Yet, despite the laughs, Linka sits by, her mind still processing what she had seen from her latest viewing of home.
Loki smiles at his father, "Today was a weird day."
"Yeah." Lynn responds.
Loni shrugs, "It was pretty uneventful for me."
"Well, I expect you most of you to speak, so how about I start with you Loki?"
The eldest responds, "The performance went on without a hitch, and some random girl gave me her number."
"I see, and Loni?"
"I've finished decorating the house!" The young man ecstatically responds.
Lynn nods, "Good job son, Luke?"
The rock star responds, "Finished the song for the party tomorrow night!"
"Good. Lane and Lynn?"
Lynn speaks, "We got our presents ready!"
Lynn Sr. smiles, "Good, Linka?"
Immediately, Linka snaps back to reality, "Oh, uhh, mom and I finished the food for the Christmas Eve family dinner!"
Luke looks at his sister in confusion, "I wonder what's up with her..."
The man smiles, "Good," Then he turns to Rita, "Great work girls!"
"Yes honey." Rita affectionately responds, "Everything's set for tomorrow night!"
And with that, the Louds get to eating!
While Linka thinks, "Ahh, at least holidays in the Loud House haven't changed. I was starting to miss the chaos my sisters brought with them! Though… I wonder what'll come during New Years…"