A/N: If you've read The Missing Loud, you know that among the OCs that were created for that story, one of them was a principal for Royal Woods High, who was needed to reprimand and punish the trio of mean girls whose cruel and mean-spirited prank against Luan was a contributing factor in her disappearing. I wrote Principal Jones very much as an authoritarian figure: somebody who is no-nonsense, puts her foot down, and makes sure her students are properly disciplined; likewise, she was also affectionately referred to as "Mother Jones" by many students, because her overall demeanor was a 'fair-but-firm' motherly type.

Of course, The Missing Loud was written and published well before the episode "Deep Cuts" aired, which has since introduced us to Royal Woods High's canon principal: a spacey, scatter-brained, indecisive push-over named Principal Rivers, who looks more like a gypsy for some reason. In addition to her, the episode also introduced us to a canon Principal's Assistant named Oliver (whom I would describe as a hybrid of Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Clyde), who actually has to remind Principal Rivers that she IS the principal, she HAS to make decisions, and HAS stand her ground on them... which she is absolutely terrible at.

At the risk of sounding biased, I honestly believe I created a far better OC with Mother Jones, as opposed to the now-canon Madame Rivers... I also believe that Principal Jones handled the situation regarding the mean girls who pranked and bullied Luan (as well as the older Loud sisters' ensuring brawl with them) in such a manner I would hope any sensible, level-headed, and respectable high school principal would... but, I have to admit, curiosity has gotten to me. If "Deep Cuts" had aired much sooner - or if we already had been introduced to a canon Royal Woods High principal long before now - obviously, Principal Rivers and Oliver are who I would have written into the story, rather than creating an OC stand-in for the role. What you're about to read is Principal Jones's key scene from The Missing Loud, which took place in Chapter 6: "Brawl in the Hall," but re-written with Principal Rivers and Oliver handling the situation. In my personal opinion, I feel the scene turned out far more humorous than serious, and I'm glad this is not how it played out in the actual story (which itself was more dramatic and suspenseful)... but, I still wanted to see how it might have played out with the now-canon characters.

(And it was actually me who got Principal Rivers and Oliver added to the character list for this category, even though I doubt anyone else will be writing them into their fanfiction - NOBODY likes them.)

Bright and early the next morning, the oldest Loud sisters entered the halls of Royal Woods High, and they were not at all happy. They stormed the halls until they spotted the three girls they were looking for, huddled together by their lockers, with a phone in hand. By the colorful bracelets dangling from her wrist, Lori's suspicion was confirmed that the ring-leader of this trio was notorious mean girl, Bonnie; Bonnie was tall and thin, with really long, black hair sporting neon green highlights, while also wearing oversized, ill-fitting, dark-colored clothing. The bright blue polish on the second girl's fingers also confirmed to Leni that she was her Language Arts classmate, Sierra; Sierra was a little shorter, with a slightly more feminine appearance, with long, wavy blonde hair, and a knee-length, purple dress. The third girl was the one who took the picture, and while the Loud sisters did recognize her, none of them knew her well enough to know her name. Her name was Daniella, and she was far shorter than her two accomplices, with an incredibly short pixie cut dyed in a pale pink color, with large, bright yellow glasses, freckles, a nose ring, a red flannel shirt, and skinny jeans. They were still having a laugh over the prank they had pulled on Luan, as they read even more new comments that were being posted on social media over the image they shared.

The Loud sisters confronted them at their lockers, prompting them to look up from their phone. "Oh, hey, Leni!" Sierra greeted her classmate.

"Don't, 'Hey, Leni!' me, Sierra!" Leni barked.

"Whoo! Is it somebody's time of the month?" Bonnie asked, sarcastically.

"Cut the crap, Bonnie," said Lori. "You're the ones who posted that meme of Luan, aren't you?"

"Who?" Bonnie asked. "Clown Butt?"

The three girls busted out laughing, much to the anger of the Loud sisters.

"Hey! She happens to be our Clown Butt sister!" Leni said.

"And you've publicly humiliated her!" Lori added.

The three mean girls faked shocked expressions, "You mean Clown Butt can dish it out, but she can't take it?" Bonnie asked, prompting a few more chuckles among the three of them.

"She doesn't 'dish it out' to be cruel and mean-spirited, and she would never go out of her way to publicly embarrass or humiliate anyone!" Luna said.

"And thanks to your cruel and mean-spirited dishing out, she's gone missing, and we can't find her!" Lori said.

"Clown Butt's run away from home?!" Bonnie asked, as she and her accomplices broke into an even bigger and louder fit of laughter, "O! M! G! How freakin' old is she?!"

Lori finally snapped, "YOU BITCH!"

She lunged forward and slammed Bonnie into the lockers behind her. Their anger and adrenaline racing, Leni and Luna jumped in behind Lori and also began attacking Bonnie, while Sierra and Daniella swooped in to try and pull the angry Loud sisters off of their ring leader. Other students in the hall witnessed what was unfolding, some even beginning to chant: "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" The scuffle was quickly escalating into a typical high school catfight, as Lori grabbed Bonnie by her hair, yanking her to the floor, and throwing herself on top of her; Bonnie began kicking and clawing at Lori, while Sierra and Daniella grabbed her to pull her off of Bonnie, though Leni and Luna tag-teamed the two of them to pull them off of Lori. At that moment, Principal Rivers and her assistant, Oliver, were making their way down the corridor, when they witnessed the catfight that was happening.

"Oh my goodness!" Principal Rivers exclaimed in horror. "Um, girls, would you please stop this fighting?"

The principal's weak words were having absolutely no affect on the fighting girls, as they continued brawling amongst themselves.

"Girls, PLEASE stop this fighting..." Principal Rivers pleaded again.

Still, the girls continued with their brawl, which, by this time, was evolving into a full-blown fisticuff, with Lori and Bonnie throwing punches at each other, while Leni and Sierra were scratching and clawing at each other with their fingernails, and Luna and Daniella were attempting to pull each other's facial piercings out.

Principal Rivers turned to her assistant with an uneasy look on her face, "What are we going to do? They won't stop fighting..."

Oliver rolled his eyes before screaming at the top of his lungs, "EVERYBODY FREEZE!"

That finally did it; the girls literally froze in place as they looked up to see the administrative pair confronting them.

"Principal Rivers wants to see you ladies in her office, this instant!" Oliver commanded.

The six of them were escorted up to the principal's office, where Rita was already sitting and waiting, off to the side. After being instructed to take their seats, Principal Rivers returned to her desk, where she turned her laptop around to show them the meme that Rita had brought to her attention, of Luan's clowns with balloons-printed underwear being exposed in the corridor.

"Mrs. Loud has shown me this meme that was posted of Luan on social media, and as I understand it, the three of you are responsible for this..." said Principal Rivers, addressing the three mean girls.

The mean girls, however, tried to downplay the situation, as if it was nowhere as big of a deal that it was being made out to be. "It was just a harmless little prank," insisted Bonnie.

Principal Rivers turned her attention to Rita, lowering her voice under her breath, "Mrs. Loud, are you sure Luan isn't actually in on this?"

"Principal Rivers, really?" Rita responded in agitation.

Principal Rivers shrugged, "Well, I know she has a bit of a reputation for being a prankster as well, just wanted to make sure..." The principal returned her attention to the three mean girls. "Well, prank or not, this clearly was anything but harmless... Mrs. Loud informs me that this has been very harmful to Luan, so much so that she's gone missing, and her family can't find her anywhere. I mean, this kinda goes beyond just being a prank, this is pretty much bullying, and this school does not tolerate bullying in any way or form... so, what do you three have to say for yourselves?"

The mean girls merely exchanged quizzical looks with each other, none of them really having anything to say; as far as they were concerned, they saw their actions as nothing more than giving the school clown a taste of her own medicine - just for kicks.

Principal Rivers resumed her attempt at reprimanding the bullies, "I'm afraid I'm going to have to punish the three of you for this... the only thing is, I'm just not very good at this sort of thing when it comes to dishing out retribution... so, I'll leave it up to you... wh-what's a suitable punishment?"

Both Rita and Oliver glared at the inept principal with looks that would have otherwise said, 'Are you kidding me?!' Knowing what an indecisive push-over their principal is, the mean girls decided to use it to their advantage and bail themselves out of their jam:

"You're absolutely right, Principal Rivers," Bonnie began sucking up, "we all did a very terrible thing to Luan..."

"Oh, yeah, we certainly have learned our lesson," agreed Sierra.

"And we promise we'll never do anything like this ever again," added Daniella.

"Cross our hearts, and hope to die," the three said in unison, while crossing their hearts with their fingers.

The Loud ladies and Oliver were completely stupidified, not only by the mean girls' callous indifference for their actions against Luan, but also the blatant disregard for Principal Rivers and disrespect for her authority (or lack thereof). The principal herself seemed satisfied enough, however. "Well then, that's all settled!" Principal Rivers sighed in relief.

"It most certainly is not!" Oliver argued. "Principal Rivers, these ladies have committed a henious act of total disregard for another student's personal space and privacy, they have also publicly humiliated her across social media, as a result, she has gone missing, possibly suffering from an emotional collapse, and you're just going to let them off the hook for it?! If you ask me, this is an offense punishable with expelling them for the rest of the school year!"

"Oh, that's a little extreme, don't you think?" Principal Rivers asked. "I mean, it's only November, and then they would have to repeat their respective grades again next fall..."

"Principal Rivers, you have GOT to put your foot down, and stand firm!" Oliver insisted. "These three need to be expelled for what they've done to Luan, AND you need to contact their parents as well to aprise them of the situation."

Principal Rivers's face twisted with dread, "Ohh, I hate parental confrontations like this..."

"Hold your ground, Principal Rivers!" Oliver insisted once more. "This is what needs to be done!"

The three mean girls slumped lower into their seats, regretting that they were unable to weasel their way out of the trouble they had gotten into, thanks mainly to Oliver's competence. Principal Rivers then turned her attention to the three Loud sisters. "Well then, I suppose given that the three of you were also throwing punches in the hall, I'll have to expel you as well."

"WHAT?!" The Loud ladies shrieked.

"Now-now-now, Principal Rivers," objected Oliver. "Their anger was justifiable, but not their actions, this is true. And, in accordance with our school's code of conduct when it comes to physically assaulting other students, such an infraction of school policy would merit a two-week's suspension."

"Oh? Well then, I guess you three are only suspended for two weeks," Principal Rivers told the sisters, as each of the them began grumbling.

"However," continued Oliver, as he adjusted his spectacles, "given their extenuating circumstances, and the fact that they behaved rather irrationally and impulsively, I believe they could be allowed for a little leniency, and given a fair, but firm warning, just this once."

"Now that makes a lot of sense," agreed Principal Rivers with a sense of relief. "Okay, you three are being let off the hook with a warning this time, but we better not catch you doing anything like this ever again, because then it really WILL be a suspension. Do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal," the sisters said in unison.

"Okay, I believe we're done here!" Principal Rivers exclaimed, as she dismissed everyone from her office.

"Thank you very much for your time, Principal Rivers," said Rita, with a sense of befuddlement, as she gathered her oldest daughters, and proceeded to exit the office with them.

"I sincerely hope Luan can be found sooner than later, Mrs. Loud. In fact... yes... I believe... I believe I'm getting a vision..." The principal brought the tips of her fingers to her temples, and began massaging them in circular motions, while squinting her eyes nearly shut. "She is out there... somewhere... and she appears to be in the company of somebody... somebody whose intentions may not be on the level..."

"Yes, you've been enough help, Principal Rivers," grumbled Rita, as she and her daughters stepped out of the office.

"I'm not kidding!" Principal Rivers insisted as she called out to Rita stepping out into the corridor.

"We're done here, Principal Rivers," said Oliver, as he resisted rolling his eyes.

The principal sat back down, studying the meme on her laptop screen once more, "Whatever happened to the days of just running somebody's underwear up the flag pole? And... clowns with balloons? Really? I would have gone with a floral design..."

Oliver squeezed the bridge of his nose in exasperation from having to deal with his superior's spaciness.