User blog:BigFanofEntertainment/Sleuth or Consequences - Alternate Ending (Remake)

After thinking about it for a while... I could've done so much better on my Alternate Ending for "Sleuth or Consequences". I now consider it my weakest work yet. So I decided to redo it and make it even better.

Lucy: "The book belongs to..."

Lincoln: "Me-"

Lucy puts her hand on Lincoln.

Lucy: "No Lincoln. I shouldn't live a lie.

Lincoln: "But Lucy."

Lucy: "It's fine. If you can handle teasing, I'm sure I'll learn to handle teasing too. This book... belongs... to me."

The other sisters gasp in shock.

Lynn: "You? That Pony book belongs to you, the girl all about dark and spooky things?"

After a few seconds of silence, the eight sisters start laughing.

Lori: "Wow! This is just hilarious! The person who we least expect to read stuff like that, actually reads that kind of stuff!"

''They continue laughing. Lucy hangs her head down in sadness.''

Lucy: "Sigh."

''Lincoln feels bad for Lucy and begins to feel angry at his sisters for making fun of her. He glares at them and speaks up.''

Lincoln: "Why don't you all just zip it!"

''The other sisters stop and gasp at what Lincoln said. Lola looks angrily at him.''

Lola: "What did you just say?!"

Lincoln: "I said, zip it! Leave Lucy alone! You can make fun of my costume all you want, but I'm not gonna sit here and let you make fun of Lucy for what she likes. So what if she likes Princess Pony? Even if you guys don't undertand it, who are you to judge her for liking something you don't?

Lucy smiles at Lincoln.

Lucy: "Thank you, Lincoln."

Lincoln smiles back at her.

Lola: "Well, I'm still telling dad. Da-"

Lincoln suddenly grabs Lola and puts on of his hands over her mouth.

Lincoln: "Oh no. Not this time, little miss tattletale. Dad! Lucy has something she wants to tell you!"

Lynn Sr. enters the living room.

Lynn Sr.: "Yes Lucy?"

Lucy looks at Lincoln.

Lincoln: "Go ahead, Lucy."

Lola breaks free from Lincoln's grasp.

Lola: "Dad! Lucy was the one wh-"

Lynn: "Ah! Lincoln said that Lucy was the one who wanted to tell me something, so don't interupt!"

Lola: "But-

Lynn Sr.: "Not another word, young lady! What did you want to tell me Lucy?"

Lucy looks at Lincoln, who gives her supportive smile.

Lucy: (takes a deep breath) "I was the one who clogged the toilet."

Lynn Sr.: "Is this true? Are there any objections?"

Lucy: "No objections, dad. It's true."

Lynn: "And you wanna know what Lucy clogged the toilet with? Her Princess Pony book!"

''The eight sisters laugh again. Lincoln looks at them with annoyance.''

Lynn Sr.: "Yes. What about it?"

Luna: "Don't yoy get it dad? Lucy like a book about ponies. Isn't that priceless."

Lynn Sr.: "Priceless? You mean the fact that Lucy simply enjoys a book. What's so priceless about that?

Lori: "But isn't this the slightest bit shocking to you? This is Lucy we're talking about."

Lynn Sr.: "No, I actually know that Lucy likes it."

The eight sisters gasp in shock.

Lincoln: "Wait. You did?"

Lynn Sr.: "Yeah. I fact I was the one who bought it for her. "

They gasp again.

Lynn Sr.: "Please stop gasping. When we were at a book store a while ago, Lucy noticed the book and looked at it. She told me that it 'spoke to her' and wanted me to buy it for her. So I did just that, and she later told me about how she enjoyed it and thanked me for it. I know about how she needs a break from the darkness every now and then."

Lynn Sr. glares at the eight sisters.

Lynn Sr.: "Lucy didn't want me to tell any of you about her reading a book like this, and I now understand why. You all should be ashamed of yourselves, making fun of Lucy for something she enjoys. Didn't you think about Lucy's feelings for a second? It's not nice to make fun of other people for what they enjoy."

The eight sisters look down in shame from their father's scolding.

Lucy: "Actually dad, Lincoln was the only one who defended me when they started laughing at me."

Lynn Sr.: "Really? Well, I'm proud of you Lincoln, for standing up for you sister like that."

Lincoln: "Hey. Just because I can handle teasing, doesn't mean I'll just let one of my sisters get teased."

Lynn Sr.: "And I'm sorry for doubting you. Next time the toilet is clogged, I won't single you out."

Lincoln: "It's cool, dad. Given my record of clogging the toilet, I shouldn't be surprised. Thanks, though"

Lucy: "I'm sorry, dad. I should've told you sooner, but... I was a afraid that I would be teased if my siblings knew about this."

Lynn Sr.: "Yes. I know."

Lynn Sr. glares at the eight sisters again, who look guilty.

Lynn Sr.: "Well, I'm glad you confessed Lucy, but you still should've been honest from the start. I'm sorry Lucy, but you're grounded for a week."

Lucy: "That's fine with me."

Lynn Sr.: "But Lucy, don't ever feel afraid to tell the truth, even if you feel it's embarassing. You can tell me or your mother. And if you're afraid that your sisters make fun of you, we'll make sure that they think twice before doing so."

Lucy smile and hugs her father, who hugs her back.

Lucy: "Thanks, dad."

Lynn Sr.: "No problem, sweetie. As for the rest of you, you're no longer grounded. But if you ever tease Lucy again... well it better not happen."

Lynn Sr. leaves the living room.

Lucy: "Well, Lincoln. Now that everything is cleared up, I guess this means you can head to your convention now."

Lincoln: "You know what? I think I'll skip the convention and stay here."

Lucy: "What? But I don't understand, Lincoln. You wanted to go to that convention so bad. You were trying so hard to find the culprit... even though it was me the whole time."

Lincoln: "I think I'd rather stay here and keep you company since you've been grouded. Conventions are nice, but I don't want to leave my little sister while she's grounded"

Lucy: (smiles) "Thank you, Lincoln. For everything."

Lincoln: "No problem. And besides, there will be other conventions in the future. Want to go in my room? I can read my comic while you read your book."

Lucy: "I think I would like that."

''Lincoln and Lucy head upstairs. The eight sisters stand in the living room, feeling awful for how they acted.''

Lana: "Man. We were mean today, weren't we?"

Lisa: "Indeed. Our behavior was rather childish."

Luna: "We need to make it up to them."

Luan: "How?"

Lori: "I think I know how."

''Later, we see Lincoln (who changed back to his normal clothes) and Lucy in the former's lying next to each other on the bed while reading Lucy's book. Suddenly, they hear a knock on the door.''

Lincoln: "I'll get it."

Lincoln opens the door to see his eight sisters with guilty looks on their faces.

Lincoln: "Hey guys. What's up?"

Lynn: "Is Lucy in here with you?"

Lincoln: "Yeah. Lucy?"

Lucy looks at her sisters for a second, then looks back to her book.

Lucy: "Hey."

Leni: "There's something we need to tell you."

Lucy looks at them again.

Lucy: "And what would that be?

Lynn: "We feel bad about how we acted toady."

Lana: "Lincoln and dad were right, it wasn't nice how we made fun of you for liking something."

Luna: "We were so inconsiderate to you, Luce, and we're really sorry."

Lori: "So to make it up to you, we went to the book store and bought you this."

''Lori brings out a book. It is a sequel to the Princess Pony book Lucy owns.''

Lucy: "Is that the new Princess Pony book? It's been out for weeks. I asked to to buy it for me, but he told me to wait a while."

Lori: "We may not understand why you like it so much, but if you like it, we won't judge you. You're our sister, and we love you. So are we cool?"

After a few seconds of silence, Lucy smiles and answers.

Lucy: "Yes. You are forgiven."

Lucy hugs her sisters while Lincoln watches them with a smile.

Lori: "And Lincoln?"

Lincoln: "Yes?"

Lori: "We also felt bad about mocking you for your costume."

Lincoln: "Come on, guys. I'm not mad about that. You know I can take it."

Luna: "Yeah, bro. But that still wasn't cool of us."

Luan: "We know you chose not to go to the convention, but you tried so hard to find out who did it, and the you stood up for Lucy and how you decided to stay with her was nice. We thought you deserved something."

Lola: "So we went to the convention and got you this."

Lola holds out a signed Ace Savvy comic.

Lincoln: "Whoa! Is that the newest issue? It's even signed."

Lynn: "Since you didn't go, we thought we'd bring you something from there to compensate."

Lincoln smiles that them.

Lincoln: "You guys. Lucy, do we have awesome sisters or what?"

Lucy: "We certainly do Lincoln."

''All the siblings hug for a few seconds. After they finish hugging, they all go back to their rooms, except for Lucy who stayed in Lincoln's room reading her new book while lying on Lincoln's bed.''

Lincoln: (to the audience) "It's good to have thick skin. But at the same time, making fun of someone for what they like is not cool. If someone you're close to likes something that you think little about, just respect their opinions, and I'm sure they'll respect your opinions too."

Lincoln lies next to Lucy and reads his new comic book.

The End