User blog:Dragonzako/Fanfic: Pet Business

Pet Business
[Lana is in her room with her blue piggy bank. She pulls the cap off from the bottom to find any money inside with a look of excitement, but nothing was there. A look of defeat was now plastered over her face. She was thinking of a way to make money to buy herself her own ride-on toy car. Since her twin, Lola had one. Lana couldn’t lie she had been envious of her twin having one. But Lana wanted to earn this toy car herself, without begging her parents like her bratty twin did.]

Lana (in her mind): Now what? How can I earn money to get the toy car, now?

Lincoln (off-screen): I’m the master of helping people.

[Unfortunately for Lana, she didn’t notice the hint of sarcasm in his voice. She excitedly opened the door and went to Lincoln’s door. She knocked gently on the door.]

Lana: Lincoln. I need your help with something.

[Cut to Lincoln on his bed sitting up. He had two ear buds in his ears connected to his phone listening to an instructional video titled: “How to be sarcastic!” Due to Lincoln being sucked into the video, the knock fell on deaf ears.]

Lana (annoyed): Lincoln! (sighs) Fine, I guess I’ll have to get your attention another way! (a smirk starts to appear on her face)

[Lana banged harder on the door that the loose hinges on Lincoln’s door almost came off.]

Lana: Open up!

[Lincoln hears the loud bang that scared him off the bed and he landed with a thud on the floor. He groaned in pain and got himself up and looked at himself in his mirror on his dresser. The mirror showed his hair a bit frazzled one ear bud in his right ear and the other one dangling. He cautiously opened the door thinking he would face an angry sister. Instead he saw a little blonde girl in overalls looking up at him.]

Lincoln: (an annoyed look is spread across his face) Lana! Why did you bang that hard on my door? Do you know how scary that is?

Lana (hastily): Yeah, I know. Look, I just need your help on something.

[Lincoln wasn’t happy with Lana’s hasty demeanor, but decided to tolerate the muddy girl since she was younger than him.]

Lincoln: (sighs) What do you want help on?

Lana: I need an idea to make money since I want to earn my own toy car like Lola has.

Lincoln: (shrugs) I don’t know.

Lana: (shows her puppy eyes) Please Lincoln? You did say you’re the master of convincing.

Lincoln: (smirks) Maybe you could set up your own zoo or looking after other peoples pets?

Lana: A pet business is perfect! (hugs Lincoln) Thanks Lincoln! (she lets go of Lincoln and rushes back to her room with excitement)

Lincoln: I was being sarcastic. (facepalms) Seriously, if the next person I meet I say go jump in a lake. Would they do it?

[Leni hears Lincoln, but fails to hear the sarcasm in his voice due to her ditzy mind.]

Leni: Totes good idea Linky! (rushes off downstairs leaving a stunned Lincoln)

[Lincoln shakes his head and snaps out of it.]

Lincoln: Leni! Wait! (begins to run downstairs after her) I was being sarcastic!

[Cut to Lana in her room after a few hours Lincoln gave her the idea of a pet business. Crayons and papers were strewn in the room. Lana was using a blue crayon on a piece of paper with the title: LANA’S PET BUSINES. She finished the last S by pressing hard onto the blue crayon that it broke.]

Lana (excited): It’s done! (pumps her fists into the air) My last flier for my pet business. Good thing I didn’t forget about the address.

[Lana lifted her flier which had her address printed with a red crayon. The flier had an assortment of animals drawn in either green, brown or yellow color. She put the flier on the stack of her other fliers and put them in her red wagon.]

Lana: Time to deliver. (her expression changes fast into a bored one) The worst part.

[Cut to a montage of Lana delivering her fliers to people. She gives a man wearing a brown coat one and then a lady wearing a purple dress. One flier gets blown in the wind and hits a boy in the face as he falls. Lana sheepishly laughs. Then it cuts to the wagon with the stack of the fliers decreasing one by one until there is one left. Lana hands it to a biker dude wearing some chains who walks away.]

Lana: You won’t regret it. (waves) The last flier and now I have to wait for someone to call. (her expression changes into a bored one again) Delivering wasn’t the boring part, waiting is.

[Cut to Lana laying down on the couch while looking up at the ceiling. The only thing she could hear was the rhythmic ticking of the clock, but she was hoping it would be interrupted by a knock or a ring at the front door.]

Lana (disappointed): Dang it! 2 hours of waiting and nothing. I guess it didn’t work. (hears a ring at the door)

[Lana excitedly opened the door to see Mr. Grouse with a light blue cat who looked similarly to Cliff. Behind him was a line of people carrying their pets either in their hands or in cages.]

Lana: Mr. Grouse you have a pet?

Mr. Grouse: Yeah, yeah Loud. Even someone like me can give affection to a pet. (hands his cat to Lana) His name is Tom. I’ll be away for a few days and make sure he gets fed three times a day. (strokes his cat) Bye Tom! (leaves)

Lana: One at a time, folks! (puts Tom on the ground)

[Cuts to the living room which had all of the pets Lana had to take care off. The birds which consisted of a few canaries in colors of white, red and orange and some parakeets who were in cages. Hamsters and gerbils in their cages were next to the birds. The energetic dogs were placed farther away from the ribitting frogs. The cats were near the dogs and luckily no fight broke out. A turtle was looking around the new surroundings he was now in. Lana was in front of them determined to take care of them well.]

Lana: Your owners have trust me to take care of you guys, so please just listen to me and we can have a good time! So wh.. (notices the pets aren’t listening to her and just doing their own thing)

Lana: Seriously? (starts to go towards them when she slips on a blaster which hits a bird cage which knocks it down) Uh oh.

[The bird flies out terrified and starts to bump into other cages. Tom gets scared by this and accidentally jumps on a dog’s tail. The dog yells in pain and growls at Tom and starts to chase him. Tom and the dog bump into the other animals and get the others amped up.]

Lana: Guys! Stop!

[Unfortunately the animals wouldn’t listen to her and went past her. One of the birds knock the lamp down. Despite Lana trying to grab them, the animals ram into her knocking her down to the floor. She looks to see the turtle moving slowly, she goes to grab it when it looks back and moves a bit fast avoiding Lana’s arm. Lana plants her face on the carpet.]

Lana: Dang it.

[Cuts to a red canary flying over the hallway as Lana armed with butterfly net tries to catch it. She fails to do so as the canary just flies away. She spots a frog on the stairs railing. The sound of door opening wasn’t heard by her. Without giving a second thought Lana jumps to catch it, but falls down the stairs. Lana shuts her eyes waiting for her to make her hard impact on the floor, but feels two hands grab her.]

Lana: Huh? (she opens her eyes to see Lynn and Lincoln)

Lynn: (puts Lana on the ground) So is jumping off the stairs a new game for you?

Lana: No! It’s not. I was just trying to cat.. I m-mean I accidentally slipped on a... (notices how Lynn and Lincoln aren’t buying it)

Lynn: ''Nice story. ''Care to explain this? (points to the living room mess where the pets broke out)

[One sofa cushion was on the floor. Leashes were strewn across the sofa and the floor. The table had dog and cat scratches and the lamp was on the floor after being knocked down by a bird. The glass cage that contained the frogs was broken and a few bird cages were dented badly.]

Lana: I was just following Lincoln’s advice. (looks to Lincoln)

[Lincoln gets surprised as Lynn looks at him.]

Lynn: What advice did you give her?

Lincoln: It wasn’t advice. I just said sarcastically she could start up some pet business as she wanted some way to make money.

Lynn: (facepalms) Seriously?

Lincoln: Lana was the one to take it too literally.

Lynn: She’s 6 Lincoln! She obviously isn’t that good at hearing sarcasm.

Lincoln: Well Leni isn’t either. (rolls her eyes) She tried to jump in a lake and I couldn’t find her.

Lynn: Wait what? (hears Lana whistle)

Lana: (puts her arms out) Guys! Focus! We have to catch those pets now.

[The front door opened again. Lori stepped in looking at her purse.]

Lori: Alright I’m home so please... (notices the living room) Which one of you did this?

Lana: It wasn’t us! It was the pets.

Lori: Pets? You mean Charles, Cliff, Geo and Walt managed to do this?

Lincoln: (chuckles nervously) No. I may have gave Lana some sarcastic advice for Lana to make money. I told her she could start up a pet business. (rubs the back of his head)

Lori: Way to go twerp. (rolls her eyes)

Lincoln: Now what? More people are going to come out that door and say it’s my fau... (hears the front door open again to reveal Luan and a soaked Leni)

Lori: (raises her eyebrow) Leni, why are you soaked?

Leni: Lincoln gave me a great idea to go jump in a lake! (her smile grows)

[Lori facepalms at Leni’s ditziness.]

Luan: I found Leni when I was coming back from a gig at a birthday party so had. So what I did I miss since the living room looks like it had some redecorating? Ha ha!

Lana: Hey, Leni and Luan! (hands them a paper) Could you two go around town and tell those people on that paper that my pet business isn’t taking any more pets?

Luan: Wha... (gets interrupted by Lana pushing her and Leni out the door) Lana! How are we supposed to do this?

Lana: Figure it out. Conflicts like this are normally solved off screen. (shuts the door) We have to catch those pets.

Lori: How?

Lana: I have a plan. (the siblings huddle up as Lana explains her plan)

[Cut to an orange cat scratching at the curtains in Luna and Luan’s room. Lynn and Lincoln are behind the cat wearing two skeleton masks. The cat looks back and is terrified as Lynn and Lincoln growl at it. The cat makes a dash for the door with the siblings chasing him. The cat looks back to only hit a box and Lori closes the box.]

Lana: Alright. Now we just have to get the rest.

[Cuts to Geo running around in his ball being terrified as some dogs are chasing him. Geo spots an open door and heads in and stops at Lori’s feet. Geo puts his hands on his hips and laughs at the dogs. Lori raises the whistle to her lips and blows it which sends out a sound that annoys the dogs.]

Lori: (puts her hand up) Now sit!

[The dogs listen.]

Lori: Good. (brings the whistle down) Now go with Lana to the basement. (looks to Geo) Good job Geo.

[The dogs go to Lana who’s outside the door with leashes as the dogs go to her. She gives Lori a thumbs up as Lori flashes a smile back.]

Lori: Maybe this won’t be that hard.

[Cue a montage of pets being captured by the siblings. Lynn chases a dog through the kitchen and dining area and ends up grabbing it. Lori finds some hamsters after she lured them out with some lettuce. Lincoln puts some of Walt’s bird food on the bird cages as the pet bird fly into the cages to eat. Lincoln quickly closes the cages. Hops finds some frogs and croaks to them about some paradise in the bathroom. The frogs follow suit to the bathroom to get placed in a glass container.]

Lana: Hops give me a high five! (she raises her hand for Hop’s tongue to hit it)

[Hop’s raises his tongue to the other siblings, but they merely back off while cringing in disgust.]

[Lynn places a cage filled with three gray colored hamsters down next to a red canary’s cage. Lincoln places a white canary near a brown spotted dog. Lori places Tom on some blankets. Lincoln notices something and grabs it.]

Lincoln: Hey, it’s that color orb I got after winning a contest.

Lana: (snaps her fingers) Lincoln!

Lincoln: Sorry! (places the orb in his pocket)

Lynn: (crosses her arms) Are you sure we have all of the pets now?

Lana: I’m sure.

[Lana starts to walk up the steps.]

Lori: Wait! When are their owners coming to pick them up?

Lana: In a few days.

Lori: Are you literally kidding me? (her phones buzzes and she opens it showing Luan’s text: “We finally told the message to everyone that got Lana’s flier that she won’t be taking any more pets. It was a great delivery! Ha ha!”)

[Lori rolls her eyes at the joke Luan made.]

Lori: Luan says she and Leni finished.

Lynn: No way I’m looking after these many animals, I have soccer practice!

Lincoln: I can’t get to read my new Ace Savvy comic!

[Lana gets down on her knees and starts to beg her siblings. She starts showing her puppy dog eyes.]

Lana: Please! I promise I’ll pay you guys back for helping me.

Lori: (sighs) Fine. I mean Mom and Dad are at the hotel for their little vacation so we can manage this luckily.

Lana: Thank you guys! You won’t regret this!

Lynn: We better not.

[4 days later]

Lana: Here you go! (hands a brown spotted dog to a little girl wearing a pony shirt and blue pants)

Jeane: Lets go Buster. (walks away with her pet as Lana waves her goodbye with a wad of cash in her hand)

Lori: Is that the last of the pets?

[Lincoln was resting on the couch reading a comic book while Lynn was bouncing a ball up and down. Both looked to Lori and shrugged their shoulders to her.]

Lana: Let me see. (takes out a clipboard and crosses off Buster on the pets list)

[The other pet names were all crossed off except for one name that she noticed that hadn’t been crossed with red ink.]

Lynn: So who’s left, Lana?

Lana: (looks up from her clipboard) Tom, he’s the only one left. Mr. Grouse would be here any second to pick him up.

Lynn: (stops bouncing her ball) Wait, Mr. Grouse has a pet?

Lana: Yeah. (a smile starts to form on her face) As hard is to believe, Mr. Grouse really seems to care about that cat.

Lori: I’ll get the cat then. Weird how Mr. Grouse shows more affection

[Lori makes her way down the stairs to get the cat. As the hard pounding of the basement steps starts to get quiet step by step, Lincoln and Lynn start to stretch their arms.]

Lana (confused): Why are you guys stretching?

Lynn: Come on Lana! (stretches her arms) We’ve been exhausted after those four days of taking care of those pets. And we had to make sure nothing goes wrong.

Lincoln (sarcastic): It’s not like something is going to go wro... (gets interrupted by manic footsteps from the basement as Lori appears with a face of worry)

Lori: The cat isn’t there!

Lincoln: (groans in frustration) Of course something goes wrong!

[While her siblings are arguing about the whereabouts of the cat, Lana walks off.]

Lynn: Are you sure you checked the entire basement?

Lori: (points to the basement) I literally checked every inch of that basement! The cat jus... I don’t know disappeared!

[Lincoln is near the window when he gasps in surprise to see Mr. Grouse walking to over to the Loud residence.]

Lincoln: Mr. Grouse is coming!

Lori: What now?

Lynn: We’re doomed!

Lana: No we’re fine.

[The siblings turned to their attention on Lana, but before they could question how everything is fine they see the light blue cat in Lana’s arms.]

Lana: I found him in the dining room. (sees her siblings shocked faces) What did you guys actually believe that the cat could escape the house without any of us knowing? And that we have to chase him while stalling Mr. Grouse from knowing his cat is missing?

[The siblings start to get sheepish looks on their faces as Lana walks by them to open the door. Mr. Grouse walks in.]

Mr. Grouse: Tom! (his cat goes to his masters feet and starts rubbing his head against him) You know Loud, maybe you aren’t as bad as I thought you were. (takes out money from his wallet and hand it to Lana) Take an extra 10 dollars for taking care of Tom well!

[Lana took the money and gave an incredulous look to Mr. Grouse who was smiling back at her. The elderly man picked up his cat and started to walk home.]

Lana: Thanks Mr. Grouse!

[Lori was leaning against the doorway, Lynn and Lincoln were near her watching Mr. Grouse walk with his cat.]

Lori: I won’t lie. Even though I’m surprised someone like Mr. Grouse can have affection for... well anything, but it’s pretty cute.

Lynn and Lincoln: (in unison) Ditto.

[Lana takes all of the money she received and starts counting.]

Lana: I can get my own ride on toy car like Lola’s. Maybe I can do another pet business and you guys can join me.

[Lana looks up to her siblings who cross their arms and shake their heads. Lana nervously chuckles.]

Lana: Okay next time I’ll do something else to make money.

The End!

Trivia:

 * Debuts: Leni, Luan, Lincoln and Lana
 * This took a lot of time to finish, mix procrastination and anxiety and there's your reason.
 * This is somewhat based of off an Arthur episode Arthur's Pet Business, but Tom doesn't go missing at the end since really it would be a way too cliche story.