So here is the first part of a Halloween story with Lucy. I gotta be honest, I am not sure with this one. It had gone through more rewrites then I care to admit. I wanted to try a few different things with this story, you will see what I mean in part 2. Apologizes for any spelling or grammar mistakes.

I am posting a time line of when my stories take place so you can see the order in which to read them.

I don't own The Loud House, and should probably be kept far away from the characters. With that being said, please enjoy.

Part 1: The Plan

It was October in Michigan and the crisp autumn air had a snap that could send a chill right through your very bones. The leaves had started to change their colors and fall from the limbs of the trees that now began to look like a skeleton of their former lush selves. They littered the lawns and sidewalks of the various neighborhoods, decorating them to look like a patch work quilt of yellows, oranges, and browns that mother nature had pulled over the land. The scene was no different at 1216 Franklin Avenue in Royal Woods. The grass had stopped growing, and was now sharing in that same blanket of fall colors.

Inside the house little Lucy Loud sat on her bed in her room, one she shared with a very active and lively older sister who took to sports they way a duck takes to water. Lucy sat and stared at the calendar clutched in her hands, her mind lost in a vast field of day dreams, fantasies, and wishes. The calendar that captured her attention was one of specific importance to her. It had been a gift she had received from her brother earlier in the year, just after the New Year to be exact. It was a calendar that displayed pictures of various ghosts, vampires, and werewolves, and one mock photo of Lucy in the loving embrace of her undead soul mate Edwin. The mock photo was taped to the October page, that month being one of special importance to Lucy. It marked the coming of her favorite time of year, Halloween. The holiday that represented all that she loved and cherished in this world, other than her family of course. Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls would roam the streets at night in search of treats to satisfy their sweet tooth. After which they would perform tricks if those treats were not received, or perhaps even if they were. It was after all a devilish holiday of mischief.

Halloween was to Lucy what April's Fools was to her sister Luan. It was a sacred day that out weighed even the likes of Christmas, though the presents made it a close call. Lucy enjoyed trick or treating enough, what little kid did not enjoy the sweet taste of candy. And of course, the Loud girls were all serious chocoholics, a trait they picked up from their mother. What really made Halloween so important to Lucy was that it was the only time of the year when she really felt that her family enjoyed spending time with her. The little goth girl felt like an outcast to the rest of the world, and that feeling was only slightly dulled when near her family. Still, even among her own blood Lucy felt an emotional distance, no matter how close she was to them. Yet this time of year, on that particular day, all of her dark and disturbing hobbies became common place, even enjoyable to those who would later look at them as odd. Her dark poems, the gruesome and depressing movies, her seances to communicate with the dead, all were excepted. Making her feel excepted. Lucy enjoyed that the past few years her family had liked to join her, letting her lead them in the festivities, like a hostess of horror. This year she had some delightfully dark ideas she hoped the family would all enjoy.

Lucy put the calendar on her nightstand and pulled a sheet of paper out of the drawer. On it was a written out schedule she had made up with various activities for the whole family to enjoy on Halloween. She hoped they would be as excited as her, or close enough at least, for the things she had planned.

Lucy left her room, walking out into the hall. She decided to start with her older sisters Luna and Luan, who both shared a room which was right next door. She found the door was wide open and walked in, seeing Luna sunken into her bean bag chair, the big red object trying to swallow the teen rocker whole. Luna held her favorite guitar, it was a purple guitar she picked up at a thrift shop not long after she began her love affair with music. She strummed a few chords, while humming a tune as she mentally worked through the melody of a new song she was developing. The tone seemed lighter and more up beat than the hard and loud stuff she normally played or had blaring out of her speakers. Lucy assumed it was another ballad for Sam, she had written quite a few ballads for her since they started dating. Lucy, liked the rest of the family, was happy that Luna had met someone who made her seem so happy.

On the other side of the room was Luan, who was hunched over her desk with a pencil in one hand and a stress relief ball shaped like a clown in the other. On her desk was a notebook, no doubt containing various new jokes and ideas for acts to entertain those who hired her to perform at birthday parties. Luan had developed a nice little business for herself, working as an entertainer at local birthday parties. She had made a pretty decent amount of money, even getting her family to chip and help from time to time. Lincoln often helped out the most, as he was always the first to offer any kind of assistance to his sisters. Perhaps the best part of Luan's business was the left overs. It started out as one piece of cake, then quickly turned to her bring home large platters of left overs. And it was not always just cake, one time she brought home a whole pizza and half a box of chicken wings. Her father had stated that he was never more proud of her than in that moment, then began to shovel wing after wing into his mouth.

"Luna." Lucy said, making her older sister jump.

"Whoa little dude." Luna said. "I totally thought I was gonna have a heart attack."

"Sorry."

"No worries." Luna said, picking her guitar up off the floor. "So, what's goin on?"

Lucy handed her sister the piece of paper, trying hard not to smile. She did that a lot, only really giving in to the temptation when her family would do something nice for her. Most times it was Lincoln, he was really good at doing lots of things for his sisters, and took pride in being able to make Lucy smile, something she both loved and hated at the same time.

"What's this?" Luna asked.

"I made up a schedule of this years Halloween activities." Lucy gave in to temptation when the words escaped her lips. Thankfully it went unnoticed by her sister.

"Oohh, sorry dude I forgot to tell ya that I've got a gig that night." Luna said, unaware that her words had pierced the little girls' heart. "Sam and I are playing at the pub. First gig together."

"Oh." Lucy's monotone voice covered the hint of sadness that accompanied the word. She doubted her sister would notice the disappointment she was feeling. None of them seemed to notice that often anyways.

"What else should I be, all apologies."

Lucy was blind to the musical reference. Even if her heart was not slowly sinking, she doubted she would understand. Music was not her thing yet, though some death metal had peaked her interest, as well as a few sad songs from a band Luna called The Remedy, an eighties' goth band. No, darkness and horror were where her heart lay, that and among an abundant amount of sadness.

She tried to shake the melancholy off and walked over to Luan, this time trying not scare her sister.

"Oh hey Lucy." Luan said after seeing her. "What can I Boo for you?." Luan laughed. "Get it?"

"I have a schedule for Halloween next week." Lucy said, ignoring the terrible joke.

"Sorry Lucy, I wish I could hang out with you then but I'm booked for a party." Luan told her. "Some emo kids are doing a thing for Halloween this year, and they really liked my mime act for one of their friends birthday parties. I am trying to Scare up a new one for them." Luan laughed again." Get it?"

"Oh, I see." The knife slid deeper into Lucy's heart. "Sigh." Two down.

Lucy left the room, sure that her sisters had not even noticed that she was gone. Her hopes for the horror holiday were quickly being sucked dry. She decided to try with Lori and Leni. Hoping for a bit of luck with her oldest siblings. Lucy knocked on the door, knowing it was never safe to just enter the room of Lori Loud. The seventeen-year old had a temper that could frighten even a raging bull. That temper had only increased after Bobby had moved away.

Knock Knock

"Come in." Lori said from beyond the door.

Lucy entered, she stood in the middle of the room, between both Lori and Leni's beds. The two girls were sprawled out atop their beds enjoying a lazy day. Lori was of course on the phone to her boo boo bear Bobby, the phone was almost always attached to her before he left, now the whole family could have sworn that she had the dang thing sewn to her hand. Leni was on her back, her legs dangling straight up in the air as she studied her feet. A far too familiar look of bewilderment fell upon the young ditzy blondes faces.

"Lori I think something is wrong with my toes. My nails are green." Leni said.

"Leni I already told you we had them painted literally a day ago." Lori said with sigh.

Lisa had been working with Leni to increase her intelligence and it had been working for a little while. She helped Leni stop from walking into the wall so much, and was even about to help her be able to focus enough to get her drivers license. Still, Leni had moments where she appeared to be getting smarter, but would then revert back to the ditzy blonde they were used to. Today appeared to be a blonde day.

"What's up Lucy?" Lori said.

"I wanted to go over my Halloween schedule with you both." Lucy was pretty sure she knew where this conversation was going to head.

"Can't do Halloween this year Lucy. Bobby is coming back for the night and he and I are going to a party. We are going to dress as peanut butter and jelly, because we're so good together."

"But what if someone tries to eat you?" Leni said. "Don't do it Lori, I can't survive without you telling me what to do." Leni panicked.

Lori looked to Leni and shook her head.

"What about you Leni?" Lucy asked.

"Sorry Lucy, I like can't do Halloween. Scary things scare me. And the streets are filled with scary things like ghosts and monsters."

"Those are literally just costumes Leni, there are kids inside them."

"You mean those ghosts and monster ate the kids?"

Lucy left before the conversation began to give her a headache. She was glad that she did not have to room with Leni. When she was experiencing one of be blonde moments she could be very difficult to deal with. Lucy assumed that Leni could even drive the dark lord Cthulhu to lose his mind.

"Sigh." Four down.

Lucy was beginning to wonder if any of her family would want to spend Halloween with her. She decided to make one last attempt, this time going to Lincolns room. If there was anyone in the house who would want to spend the holiday with her it would be her older brother.

The only male sibling of the house lived at the end of the hallway in a linen closet that had been converted into a bedroom. Their parents felt it was better for Lincoln to have some privacy from his sisters as he got older. They failed to take into account that privacy in the Loud house was a lost art. The room was big enough for Lincoln to fit a twin sized bed and an average sized desk in there. It was a surprise to her that he was still able to fit into such a small room. She knew the day would be coming when the living arrangements of the siblings would have to be rearranged.

Lucy knocked, being one of the few sisters to actually take the time before busting in on him. When she entered she was surprised to find Lincoln and Lynn sitting on the bed together a piece of paper spread out before them. As she got closer she noticed that it appeared to be a crudely drawn map with a title that looked to be one of her brothers long-winded names for his missions.

"Hey guys" Lucy said.

Lynn jumped, grabbing at her heart as if it were about to burst from her chest. Lincoln had been so startled he managed to lose his balance and fall off the bed, landing face first on to the not-so-soft floor below. His arm slowly crept up as he signaled to his siblings he was ok with a thumbs up.

"You didn't hear me did you?" Lucy said.

"Nope." Lincoln said from the floor in a strained voice.

"What are you guys doing?" She asked.

"Nothing Luce." Lincoln said, still lying on the floor. "We were just making plans to go out and hit the really good houses this year for Halloween." Lincoln began to finally making it to his feet, dusting himself off and looking to his sister. "Mom and dad said the twins are old enough we can keep them out longer and take them with us to the really good houses."

"I thought you didn't like to trick or treat anymore." Lucy said, turning to Lynn.

"I'm too old to dress up, but you are never too old to protect you little brother and sisters from getting candynapped." She said. "Besides, nothing wrong with making sure they get a big load of goodies to share this year."

Lynn and Lincoln both smiled. Lucy was pretty sure there was drool to. Yep, definitely drool.

Suddenly the paper in her hand felt like it weighted a ton. It took every once of strength in her body not to drop it to the floor and run from the room in tears. Her body shook as she tried to contain the sadness, burying it deep within her.

Lincoln appeared to notice that something was wrong with Lucy, a skill that he had developed not long after everyone in the house got the flu, Lincoln had made a better effort to get to know his dark little sister. He was not sure if the rest of his siblings were able to pick up on Lucy's subtle little mannerisms, she was very good at hiding her feelings.

"You ok Luce?" Lincoln asked, a hint of concern in his voice.

"Fine." She lied. "I will let you two get back to your planning. Sorry I'm a bother." The last words slipped from her lips. Her parents would call it a Freudian slip of the tongue. Letting your true feelings out by accident. The words did not go unnoticed.

"Luce what's wrong?" Lincoln said, his words silenced by the slamming of the door as his favorite little goth quickly left the room.

"Jeez what's bugging her?" Lynn asked.

"I don't know but I think we hurt her feelings."

"But we didn't do anything."

"That could be the problem Lynn." Lincoln looked at the door, his mind searching for any kind of answer as to why Lucy would have been so upset.

Lucy went downstairs past the living room and through the dining room into the kitchen. She went to the door of the basement and stopped. The schedule she had written up was still in her hands. A grim heavy reminder of the hope she hang clung to earlier. She crumbled it into a little ball and threw it into the trash can. Then she went down into the basement, finding a nice dark corner in which to hide. There she sat, the cold cement floor sending chills throughout her body. She brought her knees to her chest and buried her face in her arms. Lucy Loud did not cry very often, and her family almost never saw it when it did happen. Surly they all assumed that she did from time to time, after all everybody breaks down on occasion. Yet with Lucy it was different. Her tears came from a place far beyond the sadness of a broken toy or lost treasured object. Her tears came from a place where sadness hung in the air like smoke in a nightclub. Her tears stained not only her face, but her soul. Depression was a familiar feeling to Lucy, it towered over her, holding her hand as they strolled the night on the edge of the abyss together singing sad songs. Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again, she would say, and darkness would smile back.

As Lucy continued to cry in the basement, giving into the feelings that overwhelmed her, there would come the patter of little feet in the kitchen above. A tiny hand would reach into the trash can in the kitchen and pull a crumpled piece of paper from it. While another set of small ears pressed against the basement door, would hear the sobs of a certain little goth girl below in the darkness.

End Part 1

Ok so there is part 1. Part 2 will be up in about a week, I am still kind of cleaning it up. Hope you guys come back.