A/N Hey everyone! Happy National Novel Writer's Month! And to celebrate the occasion, I'm gonna write this fic during the entirety of the month! (Meaning 30 chapters long!) I'll talk more about the challenge in the other A/N. I hope you enjoy! Also, I'm finally tackling one of the original prompts I came up with!

R&R!

Chapter 1: Linc To The Past!

"Lincoln! Lincoln, wake up!" A young, brown-haired girl in a green nightshirt and pants frantically shakes her brother- a boy with soft white hair.

"Ugh… Lisa, what's going on?" He groans, slowly opening his eyes as he does so.

The four-year-old pulls Lincoln from his bed, forcing him onto his feet, "Come on! I have to show you something!"

The boy does his best to rub the sleep out from his eyes, only for Lisa to pull him into her room. "Ok, but this better be important! It's…" he quickly scans the room, allowing his eyes to fall upon the clock, "Four AM!"

"Science waits for no man!" Lisa, already anticipating his reaction, counters, before running over to her workbench and lifting up a small, watch-like device.

"Huh, cool." Lincoln yawns, "Nice watch… thing."

"This isn't a thing!" Lisa flares her arms in annoyance, "After my friend Darcy talked just how much fun meeting ourselves from the past could be, I decided to create a device that allows the wearer to go through time." She turns to him, "But I need a test subject."

"Uh-huh." The boy shakes his head, "I'm not gonna test that thing. I'd rather not end up in another dimension."

"But Lincoln!" The young girl tries to counter. "This is a major scientific discovery!"

And yet, much to her dismay, Lincoln turns away, "Goodnight Lisa, I'm going back to bed. Show me whatever crazy thing you're talking about in the morning." And with that, he leaves the room.

Later…

"Lincoln! It's morning! Time to get up!"

*Ugh* The boy groans, while his mom continues, "It's a beautiful day outside! The birds are singing and the flowers are blooming! On days like these, kids like you should be playing outside, not wasting it away indoors!"

Knowing that his mother would not relent until he pulls himself from his slumber, the young boy takes a deep breath, before forcing himself up.

"Well?!" The woman continues.

"Ok mom! I'm up!" He tiredly falls back onto his pillow, before attempting to roll out of the bed and onto his feet... only to clumsily fall off his bed and flat on his face.

"Well that's one way to get out of bed in the morning." He thinks, before throwing the bed sheet off, and exposing his nearly nude body to the cool summer morning. Given just how hot Royal Woods could get during summer nights, Lincoln finds it better that he sleeps in as little clothing as possible… which means only his underwear. "Well time to get started!"

Suddenly, Luan kicks his room door open making sure to greet, "Mornin' Linc-y!" before raising her camcorder, "Smile for the camera!"

Immediately, Lincoln's face goes red in embarrassment, while he desperately tries to cover himself, "Luan! Why right now?! I'm nude!"

The girl laughs in response, "Remember my one rule Linc! Have the camera on at all times!"

"Why are you even into video?" The brother asks in annoyance, while doing his best to keep himself as covered as possible.

Luan rubs her chin, "Hmm, well, when I was younger, some random kid Lori was dating told me to try it out." Then the young woman turns off the camera, "I guess he could somehow tell that I'd enjoy it!"

She then turns and walks out of the room, "Anyways see ya Linc! If ya need me I'll be recording everyone else!"

"Well that's one way to get your heart pumpin'." Lincoln chuckles, "Ok, you do that Luan!" Before finally putting his clothes on and picking up the walkie talkie, "Come in Clyde, this is Lincoln! We still good for today?"

"Yep, Linc!" His friend joyfully responds, "And remember, don't forget to bring the goods!"

With that he goes into a drawer and pulls out a bag of pink candy with two cute dogs on it, labeled "Smile Dip." The boy nods, "Don't worry, I've still got em." Quickly, he checks to make sure his sisters aren't watching, before he packs some in his bag. "I'm on my way." And without another word, he throws the sac on his back and runs out his room door… only to be stopped by Lola and Lana dressed in safety gear.

"Halt!" The pageant girl orders, while her slightly older sister continuing for her, "We're the hall monitors again! So no running in the halls!"

"Ok then!" Linc calmly replies, "I'll walk within the speed limit!" before proceeding to run down the stairs, leaving the two sisters to whisper, "Dangit, he's out of our jurisdiction again."

"Only a few more feet!" The boy thinks as he passes the kitchen with, "See ya mom I'm headed to Clyde's!"

His mother responds, "Ok sweetie, see ya later!" Though he probably doesn't hear her over the sound the door rapidly opening and slamming shut.

"Ahh summer!" the young Loud shouts, "The best time of the year to do whatever we want!" before looking into the Loud House yard and noticing Lynn just playing around randomly. Without warning, she backflips and kicks a soccer ball straight into him with, "Incoming!"

Lincoln groans in defeat, while Lynn helps him back up.

"Hey Lynn, Looks like you're having fun…" He says to his older sister.

"Yeah, some kid told me a while ago that the best way to have fun in sports is to make your own rules as you go!"

Then she laughs, before pretending to punch Linc, who promptly flinches in surprise, "Two for flinchin'!"

"Anyways Lynn, I'll be over at Clyde's if you need me."

She headbutts her soccer ball up and responds, "See ya Link! Tell him I say hi!"

"Ok!" He responds before running passed his sister and through the town of Royal Woods.

"Anyways," He declares, "There's nothing better to do on a summer day than hangin' out with your friends!" he turns to face a modern-looking home and runs over to the front door.

*Ring* The doorbell goes. And Clyde immediately answers. "Mornin' Lincoln! You ready for that game of cards you promised?"

The white-haired boy nods, "Yep! Come on! I got a new set!" He then pulls out a deck of cards as well as a game board, "Also, Lisa gave this to me to test out, so wanna use it?"

"I dunno, will explode like all the rest?"

He shrugs, "Probably not." Before walking in and unfolding it near the table, "Now come on! Let's play!"

So the two boys took seats at opposite ends of the board and began, "I'll draw first!" Lincoln declares, "And I'll play 'The obscene goblin!' This may give you more points, but at the cost of letting me draw one card!"

The green card pictured a man bent down with his head by a green goblin's crotch. What he's doing in the picture is, for obvious reasons, blurred out.

"Then I'll play my Corn soldier in attack mode!" he declares and the board emits the image of a golden corn man. "I'll end, your move Clyde."

"Ok." The boy responds as he draws his next card, "I play the Pig." He then places the card on the board and creates the image of a small pink pig, much to Lincoln's laughs.

"The 'Pig' Clyde?! That card's so old! It won't win this time!"

His friend chuckles in response, "You never know Lincoln, sometimes old can easily beat new."

"Well then," Lincoln retorts, "Let's see what it's got!"

Five Minutes Later…

"Wha…" The boy goes, "How?! How is that pig so strong?!"

Clyde's face beams with joy, "Easy Lincoln. You never know when a single card is strong, especially in the right hands."

"How do you even know how to play it like that? It's almost universally seen as a horrible card." Lincoln responds with an annoyed tone, "That card came out like six years ago! Surely the game has evolved since then!"

Clyde nods, "Of course the game's changed, the problem is that no single deck has a way of countering this guy." He shows off his pig card, "As for who taught me how o play… when I was around five years old, a kid came to stay here for a few days. He got me a pack of cards and it just so happened to have the Pig. He told me of all the crazy things it could do."

"Huh, know where he is now? Maybe he could come up with cool strategies for me to use."

Clyde shakes his head in response, "I have no idea where he went. Last I heard is that he went to a dance and disappeared."

"Well maybe your dads-"

"Nope, they don't know either." He responds, cutting Lincoln off.

Lincoln rubs his chin, "Well then, maybe Lisa could find him! If anyone can, it'll be her. We'll play more later."

"Ok." Clyde responds, "Just don't get yourself hurt!"

"I'll try." He chuckles, before turning running out of the home and back to his own.

He races up the front stairs… only to be stopped by his Goth sister when he's just inches away from the main stairway.

"Hey Lincoln." Lucy says, as she appears from the shadows, causing the boy to jump in surprise, "I have another poem for you."

In a rushed tone, Lincoln responds, "Lucy I want to get this up to Lisa-"

Only for Lucy to cut him off with, "Time, it's a fickle thing. You can't change the past. Though the road you take to avoid it will often lead you to it."

"I'm not sure how to think of that." Linc responds, before turning around and running up the stairs and bursting into Lisa's room with, "Lisa! Are you busy right now?!"

The four-year old flinches, and accidently drops a silver ball into a vial of water. "Dangit!" she shouts before jumping off the stool and taking cover. A few minutes of waiting later she stands up again and wipes the sweat from her brow, "Phew, close one." Before turning to Lincoln, "Lincoln! You know better than to burst into my room! You could've blown up my experiment!"

"Oh, sorry Lisa." He responds, "I just wanted to see if you could find someone that disappeared a few years ago…"

"Well, since you have almost caused my experiment to undergo explosive decomposition, I might as well do something while I wait for the ball to dry off." She sighs in defeat, before pulling the ball from the vial and resting it on her workbench, "I need something to identify them with."

What could he use to identify a guy he doesn't even know. "Hmm… well maybe I could find out exactly who they are…" He snaps his fingers, while curiosity begins to fill his body, "Hey Lisa, would you mind firing up that watch of yours? Maybe if I go back in time I'll be able to find them!"

Lisa smiles, "I see, very well then, I will make the preparations. Just come when I call you."

The young boy nods, "All right!" And with that, he turns away.

"Lincoln!" Rita Loud calls out, "I need you to help Lori clean up the memory-filled part of the attic!"

"Ok mom!" He responds, before running out of the young Loud's room and slamming the door shut… though he can swear that he hears a small *boom* as he does so. For a moment he considers running back inside, before Lisa reassures him with, "Don't worry! I'm still alive!"

"Heh all right." And with that, he heads up to the dark and spooky room for the next loud child. Hey, they had to convert the utility closet for Lincoln; there aren't that many options for rooms!

The moment he steps onto the old attic floor, Lori greets him with, "Hey dork!" before motioning towards a pile of boxes, "Mind getting those? Those are boxes from like, six years ago."

"Ugh, why?" He thinks, while walking over to the random pile and picking up a random box… only for the unsecured bottom to give in, much to his dismay. "Dang it!" he shouts, before digging through the annoyingly large pile with, "Who forgets to tape the bottom?! That's the only thing preventing a cheap cardboard box's bottom from opening up!"

To Lincoln, the pile was made up of mostly junk; a few pennies here and there, some string, an old bottle and some old homework assignments. Though he did find something of interest, some old clothes that his younger sisters could use, "Score!" He declares as he lifts them up, a pile of randomly assorted clothes, and throws them aside, effectively making a "junk that we're keeping" pile.

That's when he notices something in the leftover pile- a photo of a boy who looks just like him, with a younger Lori and another Latino boy, who Lincoln assumes to be Bobby. So rather than try to guess anything, and running to Lisa to figure it out, Lincoln turns to his older sister and asks, "Hey Lori, do you know who these people are?"

Lori turns with, "What is it twerp…" and upon seeing the photo she snatches the picture and says with an excited tone, "Wow, I can't believe I forgot I had this!"

Lincoln tilts his head in confusion as she continues, "I remember this photo!" Then she turns the frame to face her younger brother, before motioning towards the white-haired boy in the middle, "This kid was my first crush!"

That's when Lincoln notices her start to tear up, and she continues, "He was my first kiss and date too. But after the Sadie Hawkins dance, he just disappeared…" She sighs, "I loved him, but after that happened, Bobby came and danced with me."

"Well that explains why it's so important to her." He tilts his head in curiosity, "But do you know why he looks just like me?"

The older girl scoffs, "He looks nothing like you!" Then she turns the picture on its back, "Though I could show you this song…"

He tilts his head in surprise and confusion, "A song?"

"Yeah, he taught me a song." She chuckles, "He wrote out the notes and just told me that a friend taught him it."

"Well, I guess learning as much as I can about this guy will come in handy." He shrugs, "Could you teach me it?"

For a moment, Lori rubs her chin, seemingly debating whether to go back to work or take a break, "Sure twerp, it's not like we're being productive up here. After all, the nostalgia's getting to me."

And so a few minutes later, they drop the watch off at Lisa, who, surprise-surprise, immediately begins to analyze it. Then Lori takes Linc down and opens up the piano and begins to tap away.

"He called it 'The Calling Monody.'" She then holds down two keys for a short moment before playing a rather beautiful song. It was a short instrumental song that ends with her singing, "I remember the summer we spent in the hills. The hazy days are hard to remember. When we ran through the hills, with the whole world at our feet. With our Reason and rhyme, it was grand and glorious. Where we watched the season's change, our lives destined with adventure. There were mountains in our way, and yet we still overcame…"

"And now I hold onto your memory." She starts to tear up, and by the time she finishes, she can't stop crying. So Lincoln places a comforting hand on her shoulder and says, "There, there Lori. What's wrong?"

She responds, "Nothing, it's just nostalgia…" Then she rubs my white hair, "Now that I think of it, maybe you do resemble him more than I'd like to admit. Heh." Then she stands up, "Let's finish the cleaning later, I've got a nostalgia trip to go on."

And with that, she walks out of the living room and disappears into her own. He rubs his chin, "Now that I think of it, it couldn't hurt to go meet him. What's the worst that can happen?!"

"Lincoln, come up!" Lisa calls out.

"Heh and that's my cue." He chuckles, before rushing up stairs and into his little sister's room. There he finds his sister standing by the table with the small device from earlier in hand.

"Hello dear brother." She holds it out for him, "Here is my time travel watch." She takes a moment to hesitate, "I must make it clear, once you begin this, it will be difficult to reverse, are you sure that you want to go through with this test?"

"Yeah, why not." The boy shrugs, "After all, from the sound of it, he broke Lori's heart, but did so much around here... I wanna see just who this… Gary Sue of a guy is!" Before he takes the device in hand and secures it to his arm, "All right, what's next?"

"Next is the beginning of the test." Lisa taps away at her console- her laptop computer resting on the Workbench, "Initializing!"

And with that, the device glows, before lightning flows through the watch, shocking the boy into unconsciousness.

A Few Moments Later...

Slowly, the shock wears off, allowing the boy to hold onto his now-aching head. "Well that just happened…" He takes the moment to dust himself off and take a quick look around. The room's dark, with the blinds closed, and is decorated with plain green wallpaper. Heck it's just like Lily and Lisa's room back home! Save for the lack of a crib and technology that would cause a catastrophic meltdown for half the town and probably send earth into a nuclear winter

"Hey Lisa! Where are you?!" He shouts, but receives no answer, "Well dangit, I guess Lisa sent me to another reality or something." With a sigh, he walks over to the door and opens it… only to reveal a blonde girl, just about his age standing shocked by his presence.

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A/N I hope you enjoyed! I thank Insane Master Writer Studio for helping me plan this and SunBlast-X for acting as my Beta reader for this fic!

Anyways, NaNoWriMo works to encourage new people to become writers- after all, the prospect of having to write a full-length seems like a daunting task! And so, every year this organization holds an entire month dedicated to writing novels. The challenge is simple: You have 30 days to write a 50k novel (Meaning ~1667 words a day). Get to writing!

For all of you who read fics, but are unsure of whether or not you can write a good story, I highly encourage you to at least try. No good writer started without making a few mistakes and getting to it. Also, for those who are reading this just for the sake of having fun, I encourage you to point out any and all flaws you find within this work, after all- no one gets better alone. I will admit, this story will be impulse-written (as is encouraged by one of the tips: "When in doubt, ninjas!") and it would help me immensely if you point out things that I don't notice so that I may improve upon them in the future! Thanks!