Chapter 1 - The Son Of Snow

There are few bonds in this world that are as close as the one that is shared between siblings. Their bond is a bond of blood, a bond of friendship, and a bond of familiarity. One can put more trust in their sibling than even their own parents. It's a special bond that is not to be underestimated by anyone. However, that isn't always the case.

Siblings are infamous for fights. It is second nature for a two or more to love each other one second, and hate each other the next. It all leads to the over exposure one has to their sibling. It is a far different than any other form of exposure. You're with your sibling almost 24/7. And that makes things….difficult, to put it lightly. Still, when push comes to shove, you wouldn't trade them for the world.

Such was the case in the Loud household. A family of eleven children, all of different ages and interest. It was a home filled with chaos, mayhem, and at the end of the day, love. In many ways, it could be considered an ideal family life. And it was here that we find one of the younger family members, Lola Loud, sitting in her room having a tea party with her stuffed animals.

If you had to describe her in one word, cute would probably come to mind. Beauty pageants were her passion, and like most girls her age, she liked all things princess related and pink. Indeed on appearances alone, it would be hard not to fall for her charms. Of course she had her inner demons, we all do, but for the most part, she meant well.

"More tea Mr. Bear?" She said merrily and she poured tea into a small plastic cup. Despite being mainly alone while doing this, tea parties were among her favorite activities. They were soothing to her. It was a chance for her to escape into her own world of class and prestige. She did occasionally wish that one of her sisters would want to join in, but they all had their own activities. Besides, they'd probably sip the tea incorrectly.

"Oh, I'm out of cookies." Lola said as she looked at her empty plate. "Excuse me guests, I'll be back with more shortly."

She stood up, patted her dress and carried the plate out of the room. She had just exited her door when she heard a sound coming out of the room next to hers, which belonged to her older brother Lincoln.

"It's just like Ricky the wrong baby!" Lincoln said enthusiastically.

"Hm, what are those nerds going on about?." Lola thought as she stood by the open door.

"Ricky's so called parents wanted a boy so badly they paid a doctor to switch babies." Lincoln continued. "My parents already had five girls, it makes total sense!"

"It would explain the white hair." His friend Clyde chimed in.

"Switched babies?"

"Come on Clyde, we have to get to the bottom of this!" Lincoln said before dashing off, Clyde quickly following behind. The two ran down the hall and to the stairs so quickly that they didn't even notice Lola standing there.

Could Lincoln really be a switched baby? It was true that he didn't look much like the other members of the family. He was the only boy besides their father, and his white hair made him stand out from the blondes and brunettes that filled out the rest of them. But their sister Lisa always explained that as the result of something called recessive genes and a lack of pigment, whatever that meant. So there was no way he wasn't her brother, right?.

Lola kept thinking about this as she started down the stairs.

She saw the two run out the front door as she reached the bottom of the stairs. She wasn't sure what they were up to, but it definitely involved Lincoln potentially not being her brother. She had never thought of that before, and the idea scared her for reasons she didn't know why.

When she got to the kitchen, she found her sister Lynn sitting on the counter eating a protein bar. Judging by her sweat, she probably just came back from a run. Admittedly, she wasn't the best source, but she was the only sister in the house currently who was alive before Lincoln was born.

"Hey Lynn, can I ask something?"

"You just did." She replied with a laugh.

Lola gave her a blank look. Clearly she had made the wrong choice in coming to Lynn of all people. "I would have made a Luan reference, but even she wouldn't have made a joke that lame."

"Ouch, that's pretty harsh Lola." Lynn said. "Alright, what's your question?"

Lola was hesitant to trust Lynn again, but she was the only person around who could feasibly answer her inquiry. "Is it possible that Lincoln got swapped with another baby when he was born?"

Lynn stayed silent for a while, which only made Lola more nervous about the whole thing. Clearly this was a stupid thing to ask.

"Oh, you finally figured that one out huh?" Lynn said with a shrug. "I gotta admit, I didn't expect you to catch on so soon. Lucy and I had a bet going too, now I owe her $5."

"What do you mean?" Lola asked, now more confused than before.

"Lincoln was adopted as a baby. DId you honestly "thing that anyone like him could possibly be a Loud? I love the guy and all, but he's definitely not one of us." Lynn said.

Lola's eyes grew wide at that statement. "You mean it?"

"Absolutely."

"Why didn't anyone tell me or Lola about this?"

"Simple, we aren't allowed to. Even Lincoln isn't supposed to talk about it. I'm nice though, so I figure it's time you knew." Lynn said with a pound to her chest. "Just keep this between the two of us, otherwise we'll both get in trouble."

"But, what about his real parents?"

"Oh those old nobodies? They've been looking for him for ten years and haven't tracked him down yet." Lynn said with a smirk. "They've almost caught on a few times, which is usually why we have to visit Aunt Ruth to throw them off."

"So, they're looking for him?"

"Yep. I'm sure one day they'll find him too." Lynn said as she hopped down from the counter and started to walk away. "And when they do, they'll take him away forever and we'll never see him again. So you should enjoy him while you have the chance."

Lola stood there silently as she watched Lynn walk out of the kitchen. She was completely frozen from shock. All she could do is repeat the same thought in her head over and over again in a seemingly never ending loop.

"I'm gonna lose Linky?"

Lynn started chuckling as soon as she got out of Lola's ear range. It was definitely a harsh prank to play, but she was sure that Lola would find it funny eventually. I mean Come on what kind of question was that?! Lynn walked out the front door and took off on her bike. She was sure it would all blow over by the time she got home from soccer practice.

When Lola could finally muster the strength to move, she had all but entirely lost her appetite. She just walked back to her room and laid down. She stared up at the ceiling for several hours before she was called down to dinner. Being a seasoned pageant contestant, she could out on a good face regardless of her inner feelings. So she was able to act normally around her family without giving off any suspicions. As she was at the kids table in the kitchen, she made the typical chaotic bickering with her twin. She had to make sure everything seemed as it should. However, she got distracted when she overheard the conversation in the over room.

"So, what did you do today Lincoln?" Lori asked as she took a bite of salad.

"Clyde and I explored every possible scenario of my birth. It was pretty fun." He said between chews. "A little painful at times though. I definitely don't have super strength."

"Ah ha, and did you figure anything out other than what we already told you?" Lori replied.

Lincoln looked to his parents and saw both of them making a cut throat gesture to him. Indicating that he should definitely not reveal anything.

"Nope, not a clue. My birth remains a mystery to me." He said, pretending to sound disappointed.

Overhearing that made Lola feel even sadder. "Poor Linky, he doesn't even know that his entire life has been a lie." She wanted to bust in and reveal the entire thing to him, but she was worried about the punishment that would befall her if she did. Worse than that though, she was worried about what would happen to Lynn. All she did was give her the honest truth, she didn't deserve to get punished for that simply because she was horrible at keeping secrets. No. Lola decided that if there was one secret she was going to keep, it was going to be this one. She owed it to Lynn. And she definitely owed it to Lincoln. She could barely handle the news herself, it would probably destroy him.

Lola was quickly awoken from her eavesdropping mode before she'd could overhear more.

"Earth to Lola~" Lana said, waving her hand in front of her face.

"Huh, oh what?" Lola replied, unsure of how much time had passed at the table.

"You were spacing out like a zombie. It was an improvement." Lucy chimed in. "But such pleasantries aren't your style it's concerning."

Lola stared blankly at her sister. That was definitely the most morbid way to tell someone you were worried about them. She wasn't quite sure whether to take it as a compliment or an insult.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about this fairytale I read earlier." She replied.

"You're into to fairy tales now?" Lucy asked, using her typical monotone voice.

"I'm trying out some new things. I did just barely get into reading not that long ago after all."

"Well I have some old fairytale books I can lend you after dinner." Lucy said with an uncharacteristic smile. "You should enjoy them."

"...thanks." Lola replied. Lucy didn't smile often. So seeing her smile was usually even creepier than her normal blank face. The only way it would have been a scarier expression is if she had seen her eyes. The very concept of that had Lola was thanking her stars that it wasn't the case.

After dinner, while everyone in the house scattered about to do their own thing, Lola went to wash up. She looked look at herself in the mirror and thought more about Lincoln. She had never thought about him leaving her before. She was always taking him for granted, but could she really live without him? It was all so alien to her. She needed to clear her mind of these thoughts, so she decided to go to the living room to try and watch tv. To her surprise, the room was completely empty, save for one person. Lincoln.

"Hey Lola, what's going on?" He said with a smile as he looked up at her from his seat on the couch.

"Oh not much, just coming to watch some tv. But I see you beat me to it." She said with her typical scoff, though it was mainly for show this time.

"Meh, I can't really find anything to watch, so you can control it." He said, tossing her the remote.

"Are you sure?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'll just watch whatever you pick. It'll probably be better than anything I can find right now."

Lola walked over to the couch and sat next to Lincoln. As she flipped through the channels, she decided to strike up a conversation.

"So, I hear your day was eventful."

"Yeah, I tested every super power in the book. Zero results though."

"Well maybe your superpower is the ability to not have any superpowers."

Both Lincoln and Lola started to laugh at that.

"Hey, I can live with that." Lincoln said as he caught his breath. "Lincoln Loud, with the amazing ability to know his limits!"

"Well if it's any consolation, you're a great brother. And that's a superpower in my book." Lola said as she continued to flip through the channels, not really putting much thought into her words.

Lincoln's heart was touched. "Thanks. That means a lot."He said. "You're a great sister."

Lola paused for a second. He had never praised her like that before. "You mean it?" She asked.

"Of course." He said without any hesitation. "You're insanely talented, I can always count on you to be honest and speak your mind, you can act selfish at times, but you always put others before you when it matters the most, and you never give up on anything you do. Sure you can be hot headed at times, and you're crazy competitive, but who wants to be around a girl that's all sunshine and rainbows anyway?" Lincoln started to chuckle. "You're the perfect mix of a tough queen and a soft princess."

Lola barely knew how to respond. Those were the nicest words anyone had ever told her. "Well, I only manage what I can because you always help me out." She said softly. She turned her attention from the tv screen and to her brother. "So whatever you do, don't ever stop coming to me when I need you!"

Lincoln smiled at her. "Don't worry. Nothing will ever take me away from you. You're stuck with little old unremarkable me." He said with a laugh.

"Yeah, I can live with that." Lola said with a small smile.

The two continued to talk and watch tv for about an hour before they had to call it a night and go to their rooms to sleep. Lola was hesitant to leave his side, but she was confident that he wouldn't disappear into the night.

When she entered her bedroom, she noticed that Lana was already fast asleep. "She must have played harder than I thought today."

Lola said to herself as she made her way to her bed. On top of her pillow was a small leatherbound book with the name "Hans Christian Andersen" written on it.

"Oh, this must be that fairytale book Lucy told me about." She said as she picked it up. Lola sat on her bed and flipped through a few of the paged before setting on a particular story.

"The Snow Queen huh?" She said as she looked at the title. Lola wasn't particularly tired, and the story seemed short enough, so she decided to read it. She quickly found herself engrossed in the tale.

In the story, the Devil makes a magic mirror that distorts everything to show an exaggeration of the ugliest parts of whatever is shown in front of it. In an attempt to take it up to heaven, the mirror is dropped and shatters into billions of pieces. The pieces end up in the eyes and hearts of humans and they begin to see things as if they were the mirror.

Two characters, a boy named Kai and a girl named Gerda live next door to each other and quickly grow to be such good friends that they are basically devoted siblings. One day they were told of the evil Snow Queen and she appears before Kai, scaring him away. Gerda eventually learns a song that reminds her of her love for Kai, so she starts to sing it to him often.

One day, a piece of the mirror infects Kai and he turns cruel, leaving everyone behind as only the snowflakes are beautiful to him now. There he meets the Snow Queen, who kisses him twice. To make him forget all about Gerda, and she takes him away to her palace. Gerda goes on a long and daring adventure of the course of several years to find him, frozen and forced to spell the words "eternity" out of ice splinters on the throne. She kisses him and manages to make him remember and return to his old self. Together, they manage to escape and return home, both now being adults.

As she read the story, Lola began to cry. She didn't want her brother to change in anyway, and she definitely didn't want some evil snow queen to take him away from her eternity. But she knew it would happen someday. And unlike Gerda, she couldn't go on a grand adventure to rescue him. She would lose him forever, and she would likely be stuck in the sorcerer's house.

"No. I won't allow it." Lola said through her tears. "I won't let them take him away! He's mine. I'll protect him from his real mother, this real life Snow Queen!" Lola put her face into her pillow to mask her voice as she was now fully sobbing.

"I'll keep him good too. No sand will ever get in his eyes. I will make sure of that."

"He may be the son of snow, but I'll keep him warm. He'll never grow cold as long as I can be with him!"

"He will stay with me forever."

Lola kept saying that over and over.

"He'll stay with me forever."

"He'll Stay with me forever."

"He'll...stay...with..me...forever…"

"He'll….stay….with….me….."

"...forever…."

Those were the last words to escape her mouth before she drifted off into a deep sleep. Unsure of what the future would bring, but totally devoted to her brother and keeping him at home with her, where he belonged.

So this wasn't actually supposed to exist, and I definitely don't usually churn things out this fast. But I got a new iPad today along with an Apple Smart Keyboard. I laid out on my bed to test it out and two hours later, this story existed.

Seeing as this was a complete spur of the moment, write as I go story with no planning whatsoever, I have no idea if I will be continuing this. I don't even know how I could continue this. As it stands right now, it could literally fit any genre. I don't know if I want to go a horror route, if I want it to be another drama, if I want it to be a heartwarming tale of two siblings, I have absolutely no ideas for this thing. So I'm just throwing it up here.

As always, I do not read anyone else's work, nor have I ever read anyone else's FFs for this series. So if someone 100% beat me to the punch here, it was entirely coincidental. I highly doubt the concept hasn't been touched since the show itself considered this(I even used a direct quote from that episode.)

But, oh well. Hopefully someone can find some enjoyment of this. If not, I'm sorry for wasting your time.