(OLD) Purity - The Loud House

Chapter Three - Lincoln's Attempt

Lincoln was in his bedroom, taking deep breaths as he prepared himself to talk to Luna. Yesterday, Lynn tried to talk to her but she said it didn't go too well, and since then Lincoln's been preparing for the worst.

He stopped for a second and stared at his wall for a moment before speaking to it. "You're probably really confused about what's going on," Lincoln said, rubbing the back of his head. "Well, it's kind of a long and depressing story so I'm not sure if I should tell you or not."

Lincoln took a few more deep breaths as he prepared himself. "I guess I can tell you guys," he said, opening his door. "So, about a year ago, Luan offed herself and since then, Luna's been extremely depressed."

He headed towards Luna's bedroom door and stood outside it. "So we've decided to try and cheer Luna up by talking to her, but so far it hasn't gone so well." He took one last deep breath before grabbing the doorknob. "Well, wish me luck."

He opened Luna's bedroom door and peeked inside, surprised at the mess. He peek his head in a bit more and saw Luna playing a sad tune on her electronic keyboard, saying things quietly to herself as she played.

He slowly walked toward Luna, but stopped when he heard her speak. "It's funny how I'm the only one that misses you, Luan," she said, laughing. "I mean, I'm apparently the ONLY one in this damn family that cares about you!"

Lincoln placed his hand over his mouth, shocked at what Luna has said. He's never heard her use curse words before, and this was definitely the first time he's ever heard one come out of one of his sisters mouths. He just shook his head and began to speak, although he really didn't want to.

"Luna? Are you alright?" He asked, making Luna quickly turn around.

"Lincoln?!" She asked, aggravated. "First Lynn, now you? Why won't you leave me alone?"

"Because you need our help, Luna, you're making everyone feel bad."

Luna sighed in response, still confused on why her siblings were even bothering her when she wanted to be left alone. "I don't want any help," she said, crossing her legs and arms. "Just leave me alone! Please!"

"We just want you to be happy, we care about you, Luna." Lincoln was started to get annoyed with Luna's behavior, and he sees now why Lynn had so much trouble.

"You clearly don't care about Luan," she said with a bit of laughter. "It shames me to know when someone dies you just let it go."

"Luna, please -"

"What if Lily was in Luan's place? Would you let that go, too? Would you stop caring about Lily?"

"Don't bring Lily into this, Luna! She has nothing to do with this!" Lincoln could feel himself getting angry at Luna, he's never seen her this stubborn before.

"I'm asking if Lily was in Luan's place would you care about her more than Luan?"

"Why does it matter?!?"

"Because I know how you guys are, you just drop the death likes it's nothing."

"Lily's different, Luna! She's a baby! She can't possibly -"

"So if this happened to Lily it would be different because Lily's a baby, huh? Well, Luan was our sister, she was everyone's sister! You guys are shameful!"

"Luna! Enough! I can actually see why Lynn called you a stubborn, immature idiot now!" After realizing what he said, Lincoln quickly covered up his mouth.

Suddenly the room went quiet and Luna stood there, unable to believe what she heard. "What did Lynn call me?" Luna asked again, her body starting to shake.

Lincoln remained silent as Luna kept on asking the same thing over and over again, until he couldn't take it anymore. He quickly dashed out of her room, slamming the door behind him, leaving Luna in sorrow once again.

"Lynn thinks I'm an idiot?" She asked herself, unable to believe Lynn would say that about her. She felt her rage start to devour her. "That little athletic freak thinks I'm an idiot?!"

Luna started to chuckle, but then she started to laugh, and soon, she was laughing while tears streamed down her face. "She thinks I'm stubborn and immature? I'M NOT A MIRROR, LYNN! I NEVER WAS!!"

She laughed and laughed, and soon, her laugh started to change into something she's sworn she heard before, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

It was psychopathic and insane, and it didn't sound like it was coming from her. It sounded like it was coming from a completely different person.

A corrupted person.

(A/N) Well, that sounds promising.

Today I have no school because we had freezing rain last night, and the roads are said to be slick, so school was canceled! Who knows, maybe the weather was only bad enough to cancel school because it's Friday the 13th? xD

Anyway, if you enjoyed this chapter, please vote and comment, and I'll see you in the next chapter! ^_^