Only one day away till Lincoln's birthday. Luna was still trying to figure out a good place for Lincoln, her, and the whole family to have fun tomorrow, but she remembered to let him choose since Lincoln is the birthday boy. Still, Lincoln would have a good birthday with his family since they are all going to be with him, along with his best friends and girlfriend, and Pop-pop, among other people that he is good friends with and knows. Meanwhile, Luna was helping the other family wrap up all the birthday presents for Lincoln when he opens them first thing in the morning. So far, the present-wrapping was easy for all of them to handle, and they will do the decorations tomorrow when Luna takes him out for a little outing so the other family members can put them all up before they surprise him when he gets back.

As soon as all the presents were wrapped, all of them were stored away in the parents closet, and for good measure, the parents told Lincoln not to go in there, for there might be more presents in there than he would bargain for.

Lincoln, obviously not wanting to ruin it for himself agreed not to go into the bedroom for the time being, and decided to play some of his video games in the living room. Feeling a little nervous, Luna sat next to him, and asked him "So, do you know where you want to go for your birthday little bro? I don't mind whichever place you want to go, Lincoln."

Her brother had a somewhat troubled look on his face, and he finally replied "I don't know to he honest." And he let out a sigh. "There's just so many fun places to do around here like Dairyland, Gus's Games N' Grub. I just can't decide."

"Aw, it's cool little bro." Luna reassured him. "We don't really have to go anywhere if you don't wanna."

Thinking deep in his head, Lincoln finally said "I don't think that anywhere peculiar would be awesome to hand out at, at least, Not without you and the rest of my family, Luna."

His big sister was very touched to hear those words, and she went "Aww, thanks Lincoln." And she hugged him then gave him a kiss on his left cheek to show her love and affection. "I love you."

"I love you too, Luna" and Lincoln hugged her back to show how grateful and touched he was by her kind words. "Will Sam be at the party?"

"Of course. There ain't no sunshine when she's gone." Luna replied. "She was more than happy to accept the invitation to your own birthday bash! Clyde will be there, Ronnie Anne will he there, even Melissa will be there."

"Good." And Lincoln said to her with a second controller "wanna play?"

"Yeah, Little bro!" Luna said with enthusiasm. She grabbed the second controller. And they both started a new multiplayer game in Call to Arms 3: Zombie Lord together. And they were both having a blast togeteher.

"Uh-oh. Watch my six, Luna." Lincoln said.

"Don't worry, dude. I'll cover you!"

They were both having so much fun together on the controllers and it was like the fun never ended. Perhaps Luna had nothing to worry about when it comes to Lincoln's birthday for the coming day. As the levels progressed, it was getting more and more fun for them, along with more difficult since the zombies were running instead of going slow.

It was all the way up to level sixty-three where they have met their match and it was game over. "Aw, Man!" Lincoln exclaimed. "Just when I was about to get the 'Zombie Stomper 9000!'"

"I know!" Luna agreed. "Nothing like a good challenge. Did Lynn reach up to a higher level then ya, brah?"

"Oh yeah." Lincoln said. "Her highest level was at level ninety-five, but she always keeps trying to break a record by trying to one-up it every day until she is satisfied. I mean, how higher does she have to get before she's satisfied, am I right?"

"Totally, bro! Lynn ain't no quitter. But hey imagine the zombies dancing, and singing 'Hey hey! Do the Zombie Stomp!' or like Michael Jackson."

"I think Zombie Stomp would fit it better in this game, considering the fact at how scary those zombies looked."

"Can't argue with that." And they both decided to try this again, being a little more focused and determined to beat that level they both died on. Through the second game, Luna's phone suddenly went off. "Hold on buddy, gotta take this."

"Alright."

Luna got off the couch and answered the phone by saying: "Yeah, this is Luna Loud, talk to me."

"Luna, it's Slash."

The rocker chick made a gasp and she said "Hey Slash, What are you doing calling me? Not that it's not good to hear from you and everything."

Slash made a chuckle and remarked "It's okay, I know you would be so happy to hear from me and Zakk again."

"Zakk's with you?"

"Yeah! The Berserker is on the other line, Luna!" Said Zakk Wylde through the phone. "Don't tell Lincoln about this, but me and Slash are gonna be there at his birthday party to perform for him and your family and friends."

Luna made an even bigger gasp and she was more excited than ever. "Really? That's really cool!"

"Oh. Don't tell Lincoln about it. We want Lincoln to be so surprised to see us again." Slash instructed. "There's nothing we like more than giving special surprises for fans like him."

"Don't you worry, you guys." Said Luna. "You can count on me to keep it quiet from him until the next day. I think Lincoln will be so happy that you guys will do this for him when he sees ya at the party."

"So can we, Luna." Said Zakk humbly. "We were also wondering if you guys would perform with us."

"That's even more better!" Luna shouted

"Shh. Keep it down." Said Slash with a chuckle. "I know you wouldn't turn down that offer. We'll be sure to come over to your house tomorrow, but you might wanna give us the address to your house again just in case."

"Sure thing. See you guys tomorrow. And have a safe flight back here in Michigan." Luna said

"See ya Luna." Said Zakk

"See you tomorrow, Luna. Keep on rocking."

"Always." Then she hung up on her cellphone. She went back to the living room and resumed playing with Lincoln on the zombie horror game. "Sorry, Linc. I'm ready now."

"It's cool. Who was that on the phone?"

Luna gave herself a rather nervous look. She made a strict promise to Slash and Zakk that he wouldn't spill the beans about them coming over to surprise Lincoln on his birthday, so she lied to him by saying. "just some stupid solicitor on there. I keep telling him not to call me back, but he kept on yapping and yapping on about lotion that makes you look fifteen years younger."

"Ugh, I hate it when solicitors try to call you for no apparent reason. Nothing but scam artits on their trying to swindle your money away from you."

"I know, it's bogus how many cheapskates and tightwads there are trying to suck ya in dry. But enough of that, let's rock those zombies to the core."

"Way ahead of you, Luna." As both of them continued with their game l they were still having so much fun together and still hoped the fun wouldn't never end, then Lincoln suddenly made a sneeze out of nowhere, and accidentally hit one to the buttons that shot Luna's character by mistake. "Oops, my bad."

"It's fine. It was only one hit." Luna reassured him. "Uh-oh, hellhounds coming up."

"Oh boy, here comes one of the most difficult parts of this game."

"Fetch me their souls!" Said the demonic voice on their, and the game started when the demonic dogs appeared out of lightning.

"Lincoln?" Said Leni from next to them. "Can I have a word with you?"

"I would love to but now's not a good time. I need to kill these hellhounds and keep my score on check. I don't wanna lose all my progress."

"I don't wanna stop, either." Said Luna. "All my life i'm Going over the top, I don't know what i'm Doing, all I know is I don't wanna stop."

"But this will only be for a second." Leni reassured.

Finally giving in, Lincoln asked "So what's so important. Leni?"

"I wanted to give you one of my presents to early before your birthday soooo... here you go!" She handed him a small boxed present that felt really light from the touch. Lincoln promptly opened it and it was a green and orange sweater that spelled out: "Best Brother in the World" on the back of it in red. Lincoln was very touched and tried it on himself. "I made it myself. Well, the other guys helped me with it."

"Guilty as charged." said Luna.

"Aww, thanks guys. I love this present. I think it suits me."

"It will keep you warm during fall or winter." Leni remarked.

"Come here you guys." Lincoln said, opening his arms wide for his two sisters to embrace him. Both Luna and Leni promptly hugged Lincoln with Luna on his right, and Leni on his left.

"We love ya, bro."

"I love you guys, too." Lincoln replied.

The Next Day

Lincoln's birthday has finally come at last, and he was out with Luna and Sam at the zoo again. This time, they were looking at the Barbary Lion exhibit. It had one male with a dark mane named Fireball, and a female one named Raani. The whole idea of this was to keep Lincoln out of the house for a while until everyone back there was done setting up the decorations for the party, along with the small stage for any performances.

Luna and her girlfriend were the perfect candidates to help Lincoln not know about his special surprise. Rita said she would give Luna a call if everything is all ready for Lincoln so he can come back home.

All three of them were impressed to see the mane of this peculiar lion, for he looked far bigger than an average African lion would look like. Yes, this big cat looked truly magnificent, especially with that dark mane surrounding his head and upper body. It reminded Lincoln of Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia a little, except he couldn't talk like Aslan would.

The gigantic, majestic lion looked at Lincoln and went up to him. Even though he was in a large enclosure with plenty of room with his mate, young Lincoln still looked quite scared at how big he looked, and stopped right in front of the glass where Lincoln was standing behind.

"Ooh, look at that, Linc." said Luna. "He's looking at you."

"Yeah, I wonder if he likes you."

"I think he just sees me as his perfect lunch is all." Lincoln modestly said. "Just look at me, I would be easy prey for him if I was in there." And then Fireball licked the glass to where Lincoln's nose was. "Yeah, I think he is thinking of me as his perfect lunch."

"That's stupid." Sam doubted. "I think he likes you. Just look at how he's licking the glass."

Looking deeper into the lions eyes, Lincoln thought that maybe he was being a little too skeptical about this, and he said. "Yeah, i mean, if he was trying to eat me, he would be going crazy in front of me trying to get out like in those videos when those lions would try and pounce on those kids."

"Right." said Luna.

Lincoln suddenly had an idea, and he decided. "Pretend we're not looking at him and see what happens when our backs our turned."

"Good Idea." Sam remarked. All three of them turned their backs behind the gigantic lion, and waited to see if the beast would go crazy and try to break through the glass and try to eat them all at once.

So far, the Lion was still the way as he was before, and he was rather calm. It sniffed the glass, trying to actually sniff his white hair, and continued licking at the glass, then put a big, meaty paw on the glass while he was sniffing again. Waiting, and waiting, it turns out the lion wasn't going very crazy at all, and perhaps it did take a peculiar liking to Lincoln after all. It was just then Raani came up next to her mate, and began Sniffing the glass where Lincoln's head was, too.

"Oh, looks like we got the lady liking you, too, Lincoln." said Luna.

Lincoln couldn't help but put his hand on the glass where Fireball's left pas was, and it looked like they were touching, then Raani put her right paw which looked a little smaller than Fireball's and it was next to her mates. This was a rather amazing experience for Lincoln, especially since it was his birthday today.

"You're one lucky birthday boy, Lincoln." said Sam. They all said bye to the lions and moved on to the eland exhibit. These antelopes were really giant, and were as big as a gigantic cow or an ox. It's horns looked so long and so pointy with the color of black on them, and the bull's dewlap was dangling from his neck. In the pen, there was a number ranging from thirty to forty to to fifty in the herd within the gigantic pasture-like pen.

There was a number of at least ten bulls in there, and the largest bull took notice of Lincoln, and he walked over to him. This eland bull was so huge and it weighed over a ton, and easily towered over the three looking at him as he was so close to the fence. It bent it's neck and licked Lincoln's face with it's long slippery tongue

"Oh, that's precious." said Luna. "The eland likes you too. I mean, that's what this guy is called, right?" she couldn't help but look over to the sign on the right wanting to know if she got this peculiar animal right. "Yep, it's an eland." and she went back to the group.

"That's Dusty." said a nearby employee. "He's quite a gentle giant, and he simply loves the adoring public."

"Heh, I can see that." said Lincoln enjoying more face-licking from the giant eland. "Hello, Dusty." he said to the largest antelope in the world. The beast even had the pleasure of gently nuzzling his head next to Lincoln. "You are one big antelope, aren't you?"

"That's why he's the leader of the herd over there. Quite a beautiful animal isn't he?"

"Yeah, right next to the lions, and those three rhinos we saw a little while ago." Sam said.

Then Lincoln continued letting Dusty the eland lick his face a little more, and after a while, the leader of the herd went back to his family and Lincoln went to the bathroom to wash his face from all the eland saliva. Not because he didn't like him, but he just didn't want his face to be extremely sticky. It was just then Luna got a call from her mother and promptly answered the phone.

A smile came on Luna's face, and she knew it was time. After all, they were all done with the zoo anyway. "Alright Luna, I think I am ready to go home now."

"Perfect!" Luna exclaimed with excitement. "Sam, you'll accompany us, right?"

"Of course, my fair Luna." They all went back home from another fine day at the zoo, and when they got back home, Lincoln flicked the light on when it was all dark in the living room.

"SURPRIIIIISSE!" said a bunch of voices in enthusiasm. The other sisters, the parents, Clyde, Ronnie Anne, Bobby, Maria Santiago, a bunch of Lincoln's other friends, Harold and Howard, Miss Dimartino, Miss Johnson, Pop Pop, Zakk Wylde, Slash, and many more friends Lincoln knows were all there to surprise Lincoln on his birthday. Lincoln was so happy and touched to see how all these decorations were put up, and the balloons were all around them. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LINCOLN!" everyone exclaimed in the wildest excitement.

"Wow, you guys did all this for me?"

"Of course, silly." said Lola. "It is your birthday after all."

"And we are determined to make you as happy as possible." said Luan. "It's what I call 'Icing on the cake!'" and everyone laughed with her.

"And we're glad to be here, Linc." said Slash, with him and Zakk walking up to him proudly. "Luna gave us a call telling us about your birthday happening, and me and Zakk thought we couldn't miss is for our good friend."

"That's you, Lincoln." said Zakk, giving him a gentle pat on the back with his hand. "Here to perform for ya, and you're more than welcome perform with us, including your sister."

"Thanks Slash, Zakk."

"No problem."

"And we got ya a very good cake for ya to munch on, sport." said Albert. Lori and Lana pulled a wagon that was hauling a cake that looked as large as a wedding cake would have. It looked vanilla, and had tons of sprinkle on it with twelve unlit candles at the very top of it. There was green frosting on it that spelled out "Happy Birthday, Lincoln."

"Ta-da!" said Lily adorably.

"Wow, that cake looks good."

"It's vanilla on the outside, but chocolate and vanilla mixed together on the inside." said Clyde.

"Why not have both flavors of cake instead of just having one of the other two?" said Miss Johnson.

"It works both ways." said miss Dimartino.

"That's good thinking." Lincoln remarked.

"Well let's get the party started." said Luna.

And the party officially commenced in the backyard, and everyone that Lincoln knew began to mingle with one another. Lincoln was having a hamburger hot from the grill Lynn Sr was grilling on. The father was also cooking hot dogs, and steak on the grill since there are a lot of people attending the party and celebrating Lincoln's birthday.

The food Lynn Sr was cooking was so delicious and mouth-watering to everyone's mouths, along with the sour pickles used as a side-dish, the best kind of pickle there is.

"So buddy, what do you think of the party?" Asked Luna curiously while bouncing her eyebrows and drinking root beer. "Pretty cool, huh?"

"Yeah, I mean, all my friends and many family here to celebrate my birthday." Lincoln admitted. "I can't believe you all did this for me."

"For you Lincoln, anything." Luna winked at him. "We did this all for you. Today, it's all about you, little bro." and she wrapped her arm around her brother's shoulders. "A votre sante." she remarked in French. "To Lincoln!"

"To Lincoln!" everyone else said in reply with their drinks up, proposing a toast.

"Hi Lincoln." Said Melissa. Walking up to him with a grilled hot dog in her right hand. "Happy birthday." Then she gave him a kiss on his lips. "This is one cool party."

"Thanks Melissa." Lincoln Said. He then gave her a small kiss on the lips in reply to what she had given him. 9i hope you are enjoying the party here."

"I am. So, what were you doing before you came home?"

"I was at the zoo with Luna and Sam, and it was fun." And Lincoln took a bite of his patty. "You should have seen the lions trying to interact with me."

"That just have been a little cool, Lame-O." Ronnie Anne simply stated, walking up to the small group. "This is such a great party."

"I'm glad you're enjoying it too, Ronnie Anne."

"You kidding me?" Said his female best friend. "I wouldn't have missed a birthday party for the better when it's about you." And she took a sip of spritzer water from her cup. Lincoln turned his back away from her for a second, and then felt something rather painful to his left arm. Turns out, Ronnie Anne punched him in the left arm, and it wouldn't surprise Lincoln, for he has suffered this from her countless times before.

"And guess who's gonna perform on the stage?" Said Luna in sing-song. "It's me and those two great guitarists over there."

"I bet it will be great." Said Melissa. "Any Of you want a carrot stick?" She pulled out a small bag of mini carrots to share with everyone. Lincoln, Sam, Ronnie Anne, and Clyde all took one carrot stick from her and thanked her for this treat.

"Hey Lincoln, listen, I was gonna get you a nice guitar frommthe Gibson company, but it was waaaaay too steep for me. It costed ten-thousand dollars." Then she showed him the picture on her phone about the guitar she was referring to. It was a golden, double SG model with two necks instead of one."

"Wow, you were trying to get me that?"

"I was, but it was too expensive. Sorry, bro."

Lincoln couldn't help but smile in gratitude for that. "Oh Luna," he said. "I thank you for caring abu me like that, but it's okay. Besides, I already have a guitar; the one you already given to me before."

"Thanks, bro. I knew you would say that." Then they hugged again.

"You know, I can see how special your bond is with Luna, buddy." Said Clyde. "You two seem so close. Just as close as you ad me."

"Yeah, the camping trip with the Michigan Dogman, the trip to Dairyland, not to mention Lake Huron." Said Lynn.

"Don't forget about the haunted theatre." Lucy reminded.

"Or the Comic Con contest." Lisa reminded. 'Especially the way we rubbed it in that conniving Chandler's face at his defeat."

"Yeah, no one tried to mess with our family like that." Said Lana. "That Chandler got exactly what was coming to him."

"I remember it like it was yesterday." Said Leni.

Miss Dimartino was walking up to Lincoln now, along with Miss Johnson. "Pardon the interruption." Said Miss Dimartino. "But we just wanted to wish you a happy birthday, Lincoln. How does it feel to be twelve now?"

"Yeah, how does it feel?" Asked Lori. "You literally feel more like a teenager?"

"No, not really. I haven't really changed a bit. Should I feel any changes through puberty?"

"No, not at the moment." Said Miss Johnson. "Maybe when you turn thirteen or fourteen is when you will feel the hormones."

"Thanks for the tip." Then he took another bite of his burger. "Oh this is good. Dad sure knows how to make a good burger."

"You ain't exaggerating 'bout that." Said Sam. "These hamburgers are so delicious. Why doen't your dad have your own restaurant, Lincoln?"

"Oh ho, he's getting there, Sam." Lincoln noted. "But he's just starting out small first before he can even fulfil that dream of opening a restaurant."

"True." Said Ronnie Anne. "If your dad were to ever own a restaurant, it would have so many customers begging him to get their money."

They all had good laughs with one another, and the party was getting more good. Lori and Bobby were having a little romantic dinner together with spaghetti and meatballs over a small table.

For the stage, it was ready for Slash and Zakk to perform on it, and maybe Lincoln and Luna as well. Slash and Zakk went up to Lincoln and Zakk Said "Alright Lincoln, we're gonna perform for ya, birthday boy."

"Yep, prepare to be dazzled. Luna will be singing a song for ya." Slash added.

"Oh boy, I can't wait." Lincoln remarked while clapping his hands in excitement. Everyone gathered around the stage and Luna readied her guitar before going on stage on the center with Slas on her left, and Zakk on her right.

"Hello Loud House! Before we perform, let's give Lincoln another happy birthday!" Luna cheered

Everyone yelled in the wildest excitement in enthusiasm, all for Lincoln on his birthday. The boy flushed and flustered while pressing his right shoe on the ground.

"You all ready to rock?" And the crowd began cheering louder than before. "Alright! Here we go, mates!" She, Slash, and Zakk began to play and it was the exact same song before when Luna was cheering him up about the Melissa affair, except it sounded more rocky, and It had more feeling to it.

Lincoln couldn't help but decided to go on stage too, and performed on his guitar, making everyone even more happy. Lincoln was shredding on his guitar with Luna and the two guitarists performing with them both. The bass was provided with Todd, one of Luna's friends, and the drums were provided by Tyler, another one of her friends.

singing along to the beautiful lyrics Luna wrote, Lincoln felt like shedding a tear of happiness down his eye. A few people on the crowd felt like shedding tears of joy from their eyes as well from this beautiful performance, even Lori was catching this on video with her phone. This was certainly something she and the intent fwmiky members will never forget about.

After the song was over, Lincoln and Luna heard the loudest sound of cheering they could possibly hear in their lives and felt so proud of themselves. Their parents and the other sisters went on stage and hugged them in proudness.

"You guys were so amazing." Said Slash. "You still know how to rock."

"And the way you were both shredding on your guitars." Zakk added.

Right after being congratulated from their family and friends one at a time, Lincoln and Luna went to the table do they cake can be eaten at last. It was a really long table since there were lots of guests sitting.

As everyone made themselves comfortable in their seats, Luna proposed a time to say very good and positive things about her little brother as the guest of honor. One at a time, everyone gave their side of complimenting Lincoln in their own way, and in their own words.

With every praise Lincoln was given, it brought so much happiness and joy to hear how much he was loved and adored by his family and friends.

Finally, Luna was last to give the praise, and she said "Lincoln, you are the greatest little brother ever, and you sure are a cool dude. There's nothing a girl like me, can ever ask for Besides such a great bro like yourself."

Lincoln smiled even wider.

"You are one of my many reasons for living, and you are the heaven in my hell. I'm glad we are siblings, because we have so much fun together, and i'll Love you with every best of my heart. I swear." Then she hugged him lovingly.

Everyone went "Aww" and Lincoln hugged her back. "I love you with every best of my heart too, Luna

"Come on, everyone, let's dig in this cake." Said Rita. And then, everyone started to eat the slices of the delicious cake. This cake was absolutely scrumptious and tasty with all the icing and frosting blended to it.

The presents were absolutely interesting, for there were so many, Lincoln got many things like comic books, Ace Savvy stuff, albums, video games, movies, some cool clothes and shirts, and a French to English dictionary from Miss Dimartino, for she suggested to him that French is a beautiful language and he should use it for Melissa to make it more romantic for her.

Later

It was nighttime, and everyone that didn't live in the Loud House many hours ago, and they all cleaned up after the party, except for Lincoln, for he was the guest of honor and didn't really have to do any chore.

He couldn't have felt more special and happy innall his entire life, especially the song that was his ultimate present from Luna, who he was as very thankful for.

Speaking of Luna, she was just done putting the food scraps away on the garbage outside and sat with Lincoln on the bed with him. "Did you have fun, buddy? That was a great party."

"Of course I did. And I thank you for the song, Luna. It was so sweet of you to do that for me. It was bigger than the last performance you given me on my last birthday."

Luna smiled hearing that and remarked. "good. I did it all for you, Lincoln." Then she gave him another kiss on the forehead. "Just remember all those fun things we did together: Dairyland, the zoo, me giving you the guitar, they were all rockin'!"

"I know. Andnghe time you saved me from those wolves and that mountain lion one time."

"And how I got ya interested in heavy metal and rock music!" Then she raised her hands in the air with the devil horn gesture. "And how you made those two morons sick by watching Agony over and over again until they vomit!" Then they both she a good laugh.

"Luna"

"Hmm?"

"We're pals right."

"Got that Right, buddy,"

"And we'll always be together, right?"

"Yep. You'll be in my heart, now and forever more." Lincoln smiled and they hugged again. "Whenever you need me or a friend, i'll Always be there for you. Even if you think you're not special, you are always special to me."

"Thanks Luna." Then he let out a yawn. "Say Luna, can I sleep with you again for the night?"

Smiling down warmly on him, Luna replied "Anything for you, Lincoln." Then Lincoln took his blanket and Bun-Bun with him to Luna and Luan's room, and the brother was tucked under the covers by Luna very gently, then she laid next to him. "Goodnight Lincoln. I love you."

"I love you too, Luna."

"And remember. I'll always be there for you. Always."

Then it didn't take long for them to fall asleep together with Luna keeping him close to her like s teddy bear, and it would be s good night for them both. These two are inseparable, and always look out for one another. It was what good siblings would do, for it was indeed, a special sibling bond between them.

The End

Author's Note:

Well, that's that for Special Sibling Bond. I hope you all enjoy it, and I promise you all a sequel will be on the way. To make this possible, I have a petition on DeviantArt that will help make this story. Or at least one of these chapters an actual Loud House episode. Please support the petition on , and look for it on my DeviantArt page. Till then, stay tuned, and thank you all.