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(This story will be based on the Loud House episode known as "the taunting hour"

This story walls are involved material from the Pokemon Adventures Manga, the Pokemon X and Y anime, the Pokemon X and Y games, and the upcoming Pokemon game, Pokemon Legends Z-A)

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Twelve Sixteen Franklin Ave.... Better known to the locals of Royal Woods as the Loud House.

The reason it was known as the Loud house is because that's the last name of the family who lives at that address. Another reason why it's called that is because the family that lives there, the Loud family, certainly lives up to the last name of loud!

All 13 members of the Loud clan are unique in their own way, to the point that they are almost different people, even the twins!

The father is the owner and head chef of his own restaurant.

The mother is a columnist for the Royal Woods gazette, the resident newspaper of Royal Woods.

The oldest is a way of college while the rest of the children are still living at home.

Despite all of these shortcomings the Loud family is quite a close-knit family who wouldn't trade each other for the world. That is something they often say when asked about their family.

But even the closest of families can suffer inconveniences that could bring to tear apart the fabric of their existence.

Take for example the middle child, Lincoln Loud.

Despite being born into a family of talented people, he is the most normal despite the fact he has been born with natural white hair at the age of 12. Even to this day the doctors are not sure why he has been born with natural white hair.

Moving on, Lincoln is the most normal of the family. He's not particularly fast, he's not particularly strong, he's not even particularly smart. But he is clever, to the point he is waiting for the patent on the title man with the plan!

Now Lincoln is what many would call the behind the scenes person that keeps the family together, but what would happen if a certain scenario changed.

Well you're about to find out...

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(1216 Franklin Ave - The Loud House)

(Saturday night - 7:00 p.m.)

Lincoln was just calmly eating some popcorn while watching TV. He was feeling pretty good about himself. He had just helped his sister Lynn get over her critic Scoots after showing her that a majority of the family each have a critic.

Lynn Sr 's critic is neighbor Mr Grouse, who believes that the owner and head chef Lynn's Table should stick to lasagnas.

Rita's critic was someone who writes to her at The gazette saying that she ruined his life.

Luna's critic is the manager of the Burnt Bean, who thinks that the Moon Goats are worse than her grandmother's piccolo band.

Luan's critic is an anonymous user known as you're not funny one two three. He or she often criticizes Luan's blog by saying she is not funny or with a thumbs down emoji.

Lynn's critic is resident mean old lady Scoots, who has taken up to heckling her every time she sees her.

Lola's critic is a judge of the beauty pageant circuit, who thinks Lola's ribbon routine is uninspired.

Lisa's critic is a scientists judge, who is really over Lisa's robot Todd.

'I hope Lynn will realize that those people's opinions don't matter.' Lincoln thought to himself before he heard the sound of his name being called.

"Lincoln!"shouted the voice of his mother, who sounded quite upset.

"Oh, he is in for it!"added the voice of his father.

Before Lincoln realize what was happening, most of his family bursted into the living room with angry expressions on their faces.

"There he is!"shouted Lola she pointed her finger at Lincoln.

The family quickly made their way towards him, causing him to accidentally pushed the couch back to the point it fell onto the floor, spilling his popcorn in the process.

As Lincoln got up with his popcorn bowl on his head, his family confronted him about his advice!

"Why did you have to tell us about our haters, dude?!"inquired and angry Luna.

"Now we're all freezing up."Lisa said, revealing to Lincoln that they were all freezing up from his realizing they each had a hater.

Lincoln looked at his family with sympathy.

"Look. I'm sorry I told you all about your critics. I was just trying to help Lynn."Lincoln said, justifying himself.

Before he could say anything else, the sound of the door being forcibly open was heard. Everyone turn their attention to the door, where was revealed that Lynn Jr had bursted into the living room with such anger, that she left a hole in the front door.

"Stincoln!"shouted Lynn angrily before stomping towards her brother.

"Ah, I hope that's a a happy Stincoln."said Lincoln optimistically, even though on the inside he was terrified.

"You're dumb cure didn't cure me. Scoots heckled me some more and now I have emu legs."said Lynn, indicating her legs were being affected.

"I wasn't even at a game. I was at the Mall food court!"she added.

"Lynn, why are you paying attention to Scoots? Why are any of you paying attention to any of those people? It doesn't matter what they say."pointed out Lincoln, trying to get good advice.

That's when Luan pulled out her ventriloquist dummy, Mr Coconuts.

"It's easy for you to say. You don't have to deal with it."said Mr Coconuts angrily with Luan at the same time.

"You just go around ruining lives!"shouted Lola before walking away.

That's when everyone began doing the same thing, but not before some of them took a few more jobs at Lincoln.

"What a life ruiner."said Lynn Sr.

"Ruiner!"angrily said Rita.

Once everyone left the room Lincoln let out a sigh. He was just trying to help out Lynn, but now he feels like he made everything worse. How was he supposed to show his family that the opinions of their critics do not matter.

"If only I could show them that I have a critic as well. I deal with Chandler McCann on a daily basis, and I don't let his words get to me. Sure he's a really big jerk, but I just hear white noise when he talks."Lincoln said to himself, wondering what his next move was going to be.

He thought about using the camera that was next to the TV to show everyone that he can deal with Chandler, so they could deal with their critics. But before he could put his plan into action, he suddenly got a notification on his phone.

"Who's texting me at this hour?"Lincoln wondered to himself.

That's what he checked his phone and saw it was coming from his email. He checked his email and he thought it was a notification from his pen pal l, Professor 151.

"Professor 151! Maybe talking to him will make me feel better."said Lincoln to himself before heading to his room.

As he headed up the stairs he could still feel the glares of his sisters and possibly parents while making his way to his room. A couple of moments later he was up the stairs and quickly ran towards his room before anyone decided to use violence against them for his bad advice, particularly Lola and Lynn.

Once Lincoln close the door behind him, he quickly began texting Professor 151.

"Hey professor 151, I don't feel like talking right now."Lincoln said while typing his response.

Immediately he got a response back from his pen pal.

(What happened?)

"Well most of my family is mad at me for some advice I gave."

(What kind of advice?)

"Well my sister Lynn is being heckled by this mean old lady called Scoots. I tried to show her that everyone in our family has a critic, hoping that would make her feel better. But it just made things worse for the rest of my family who are now freezing up every time they hear their critic."Lincoln said while typing everything down.

(I'm going to be honest with you, that's pretty stupid. Your family shouldn't care what other people say about them. The only opinions that should matter to them are their opinions of themselves and people they consider family)

"I know.... But now my parents are mad at me, most of my sisters are mad at me, and I just don't know what to do."Lincoln said, trying to figure out what his next move was going to be.

He thought about showing his family that he has to deal with the critic too in the form of Chandler McCann, but would that even change anything? He figured that some of them would probably double down, saying that he built up a tolerance or something.

(Then perhaps you should suggest some space... You know, until they all calm down and think rationally)

"Hmm... Professor 151, that's not a bad idea. But where exactly can I go. Two of my sisters are known for holding grudges and are known to be vindictive, so staying in Royal Woods is not a good idea. I can't go to Great Lake City either, since I don't want to inconvenience my friend's family."Lincoln said, typing everything he was saying down before sending it to Professor 151.

(Then perhaps you can stay with me for a few weeks. I could use some help with my research)

"Oh yeah... You were studying a certain phenomenon in your Homeland. You told me that something to do with the flora and fauna of the land. You never really went into too many details."Lincoln said while typing everything down and sending it.

(I can't tell you the specifics unless you agree to come to where I live. I can arrange plane tickets, lodging accommodations, the works. All you have to do is say yes)

Lincoln wasn't sure what to do. On one hand he knows Professor 151 very well thanks to their many talks over the last couple of months, but he still doesn't know his real name. On the other hand he doesn't want to stay in this house for much longer with people like Lynn and Lola living under the same roof. He can already imagine them getting their revenge on him... Just because he tried to give good advice.

"Um... You wouldn't mind telling me your real name so I can do a background check, would you?"inquired Lincoln before sending the message.

(My real name is Professor Augustine Sycamore. I study the local wildlife population of an island off the coast of France known as Kalos. The main language in Kalos is English, so you shouldn't have any trouble communicating with the people there. What do you say? Do a background as much as you want. But will you agree to help me with my research?)

Lincoln stop communicating for a second so he could do a background check on Professor Augustine Sycamore. That's when he got an image of a man in his forties wearing a lab coat. According to articles Lincoln, the professor was studying some kind of phenomenon involving animals and humans. He also read that this man recently became seclusive in his research, something that both intrigued and concerned him.

Other than that he found no red flags on Professor Augustine Sycamore. He saw that he was a renowned Professor who is respected in the scientific community. He also saw that he had no criminal record at all or anything of the sorts. As far as the internet could tell, Professor Sycamore was an upstanding citizen.

"I'll need my parents permission first."typed out Lincoln before sending the message to Professor Sycamore.

(Of course.. connect me to any fax machine or printing machine you have in your house, and I will send all the necessary paperwork right away)

Lincoln wasn't sure how Professor Sycamore was going to do that but decided to do it anyway. He quickly headed downstairs and headed to the family laptop that was connected to a printer. He quickly connected his phone to the printer and typed out the information Professor Sycamore would need. A few minutes later the printing machine turned on and several official looking documents appeared.

Realizing that it was now or never, Lincoln decided to do something that would change his destiny in more ways than one.

"Everyone! Emergency family meeting!"shouted Lincoln, knowing the next discussion would decide if he would go to Kalos with Professor Sycamore or not.

He was hoping that he would go, not because he thought he was wrong, but because it would give his family and himself enough space for one side to realize that they were in the wrong, and hopefully they can make up and be a family again.

Little does Lincoln know that this decision has changed the course of fate. Soon he will enter a world he would never know existed and discover a phenomenon and known as mega evolution, powerful phenomenon connected to the mysterious and... Pokémon!

What will Lincoln discover in Kalos!

What new experiences will he experience in this new world!

Only time will tell!

(To be continued...!)

(I decided to write this fanfiction story because of the upcoming Pokemon Legends Z-A game that comes out on the Nintendo switch and Nintendo switch 2 next month.

I absolutely love playing Pokemon X and Pokemon Y when I was a little kid. It was the first pokémon game I ever completed, even the post game story involving Emma.

I had absolutely fun playing the story, and I love the concept of mega evolution. I'm really glad the Pokemon Company and Game Freak/Nintendo brought it back!

I also decided to go with the taunting hour because it's one of the episodes that really made me mad. Lincoln was just trying to be helpful and they shouldn't have gone so mad at him. I was also upset by how forgiving he was. If it was me, I would expect a heartfelt apology before moving on at least. Anyway not sure what I'm going to do with the starter Pokemon.

I'm thinking of giving him something different from the traditional starter Pokemon, but I'm still not sure. Barely came up with this idea right now and I'm really not sure where I'm going with it. I hope I make it a successful story.

Before I forget, remember that I do not own anything involving Pokemon or The Loud House. All rights belonging to the respective owners of both franchises. All right belong to Nickelodeon, Nintendo, The Pokemon Company, and Game Freak.

Please support this story even if it's only a remotely interesting for you.

I promise to make it as interesting as possible)

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"I'm calling an emergency family meeting!"shouted Lincoln again, getting the attention of his family.

Even the ones that were still mad at him.

"What do you want, ruiner?"inquired Lola as she came down the stairs.

"Yeah! Haven't you done enough."added Luna to the conversation.

"Well I have a proposition that I think you two and the rest of the people who are mad at me will agree with."said Lincoln has one by one, each member of his family made their way into the living room.

Once everyone took their seats, Lynn Sr was the first to speak up.

"Lincoln, we're really not in the mood for this."pointed out his father.

"I promise it will be worth it."Lincoln said before pulling out the paperwork Professor Sycamore had sent him through the fax machine.

He then began handing it to each member of his family.

"What's this?"inquired Leni, trying to understand what the paperwork was talking about but it had a lot of big words.

"My pen pal heard about what happened he told me I could stay with him until things cooled down. Look, I still think I tried my best to help Lynn. Even if you guys don't agree with me right now, you guys will see that not everyone needs to listen to their critics. But for now I see you guys won't listen to me. So I suggest some space between us for a while."said Lincoln as everyone was reading the paperwork.

"It says here he lives on an island off the coast of France. Isn't that a bit far."pointed out Lana.

"Yes, but if I'm so far away, I can't exactly be responsible for any more ruining by your critics."pointed out Lincoln, using his words carefully.

The family members that were mad at him thought about this carefully. He did have a point. If he was on an island off the coast of France, then surely he wouldn't be able to mess with them and cause their lives anymore heartache then he already did. At least that was there thought process.

"Are you sure he can be trusted?"inquired Rita, wondering if this guy could be trusted.

"His name is Professor Augustine Sycamore. I'm assuming Lisa can do a background check on him."said Lincoln as he stared at his genius sister when saying that.

"Give me a moment."said Lisa before pulling out her phone and looking up Professor Augustine Sycamore.

"According to my research he specializes in studying flora and fauna. He's also known for his papers on how evolution changes creatures.... Everything I'm looking up says he's a model citizen, no criminal record at all."pointed out Lisa.

"And he's been my pen pal for months. Look, it's clear that we need space with one another. We can agree that everyone involved needs some breathing room from one another, especially me. I know telling you all about your critics probably wasn't the best solution, but it was the only solution I could think of at the time. Anyway, I was thinking about staying at Clyde's until this whole situation cools down, but do the certain individuals being mad at me... I feel it's better if I'm far away."pointed out Lincoln, referring to Lynn and Lola when he said that.

His mother and father had to agree on one point Lincoln was making. They knew their daughter's well enough to know that they would probably hurt Lincoln if they got the chance. They had never seen them this angry before, and when they did, someone got hurt. Now they were mad at their son as well for revealing that they had critics, but they did not want to see him in the hospital.

"Well... I guess we can agree on this just this once. But you better be on your best behavior, young man. I don't want to hear you causing any more trouble than you already have."said Rita to her son.

"Of course... That's a given."said Lincoln, trying his best not to roll his eyes so that his mother wouldn't back off on her agreement.

"Just tell us where we need to fill out the paperwork."said Lynn Sr, causing Lincoln to give his mother and father a pen.

"Are you sure this is a good idea? I'm okay with Lincoln going so far away. Even if it is a beautiful place like France."pointed out Leni.

"Well I'm all for it! The farther he is away from any one of us is better! That way that ruiner can make our lives even more miserable."pointed out Lola.

"Yeah! Last thing I need is my emu condition getting worse."added Lynn, before she started acting like an emu for some reason.

"If you start molting that I'm out."said Lisa after Lynn began pecking at her.

Meanwhile their parents were finishing the paperwork Lincoln. It was clear to him that they were not reading everything that they were signing. Heck, he hadn't read everything himself. But he was sure one thing... That island off the coast of France was definitely better than staying here. Now he just had to go to the airport tomorrow.

"There! All the paperwork is in order. Just email it to your pen pal."said Lynn Sr before handing the paperwork back to his son.

"Thank you."said Lincoln before taking the paperwork to the laptop and putting it through the fax machine.

He connected his phone before doing so, and a few moments later he got a message from Professor Sycamore saying he got the paperwork in order.

(I have finished processing the paperwork... All you have to do is go to the airport tomorrow and we can begin the process of getting you to Kalos. I look forward to seeing you, my friend)

"Well Professor Sycamore got everything on his end."said Lincoln to his family a few seconds later, only to realize that all of them minus the ones that are not mad at him had left the room.

"Are you okay?"inquired Lily, wondering if Lincoln was okay.

"No... But I will be in time. I'm just surprised everyone is so mad at me. Who cares what those critics say. But they did have a point on one thing... They're not used to dealing with such negativity. Give them time and I'm sure they'll come around. In the meantime I'll be in an island off the coast of France helping out my pen pal with his research."said Lincoln to Lily.

"Well good luck on your trip. Will let you know when the heat dies out so you can come home."pointed out Lana.

"Yeah. But it probably won't be for a long time... I've never seen Mom and Dad or the others this angry before.. although the nickname ruiner is a bit much."pointed out Leni.

"Yeah... But hopefully they'll learn to deal with their critics. Mr Grouse, that anonymous writer, the Burt Bean manager, you're not funny one two three, Scoots, and that talent show judge... It doesn't matter if they don't always agree with my family's choices. Heck, they didn't even bother to ask if I have a critic." Lincoln calmly explains.

"Do you have a critic?"inquired Lucy to her brother.

"Yeah... You remember Chandler, right."inquired Lincoln to Lucy.

"Yeah... Chandler McCann. The biggest jerk in Royal Woods elementary School. How could I not remember him. He heckled the morticians club more than once. Although he stopped after we put a spell on him."said Lucy with a small grin on her face.

"Huh?"Lincoln did a double take.

"Nothing... Anyway, be careful. Will let you know if anything changes while you're on that island off the coast of France."said Lucy to her brother.

The Loud family that was not mad at Lincoln in the form of Leni, Lucy, Lana, and Lily each gave Lincoln a hug before heading back to their respective rooms. Lincoln was left on his own as he headed upstairs and began packing up a bag to take with him to Kalos. He wasn't sure what he was going to experience while helping out his pen pal with his research, but he was sure it was better than being here right now.

Right now his house felt like a war zone and the last thing he wanted was to be here. So with much reluctance he began packing up his orange Polo shirts, his blue jeans, his white sneakers, and specially his underwear. He also packed up several comic books for the ride, along with bun bun, some toys, and anything else he thought he needed for his trip.

Meanwhile his family was having discussions with their roommates so to speak.

"I literally can't believe mom and dad are mad are Lincoln just because they pointed out that they have critics.. I get heckled all the time at the golf course and you don't see me complaining. You just learn to get used to it."said Lori through video chat while talking with Leni.

"I know... But you should have seen the hate mom gets... Even Lynn was affected. I can kind of understand why they're angry, but I think they're taking it too far."said Leni to her older sister.

"Yeah... I'll come by this weekend and see if there's anything I can do to help."said Lori to her former roommate.

Meanwhile with Lucy and Lynn.

When was bench pressing 55 lb weight over and over again as Lucy looked at her with concern.

"You're going to strain yourself if you're not careful."pointed out Lucy to her roommate.

"Leave me alone, Lucy. I'm trying to work off my emu condition."said Lynn to her roommate.

"I still can't believe you're blaming Lincoln for all of us. Scoots is just a mean old lady all around. Who cares what she has to say."said Lucy to Lynn.

"Well I'm not used to being hackled at my games.. Scoots will keep on heckling me and I need a way to vent! Besides Lincoln's dumb cure didn't cure me."said Lynn before she started acting like an emu again.

"Well this is helping no one."said Lucy before deciding to call it a night, realizing it was pointless to talk to her roommate when she's like this.

Meanwhile with Lana and Lola, Lola was trying to get some sleep while mothering to herself about her critic.

"Come on, Lola. This can't be the first time a judge thinks negatively about you."said Lana to Lola.

"You don't understand, Lana. I work hard to have the perfect image in the beauty pageant circuit.. yet now I find out that someone doesn't like my ribbon routine. That can throw me off, enough to the point that Lindsay Sweetwater can take my tiara. And that's the last thing I want!"said Lola to her roommate and twin sister before trying to get some sleep.

Lana rolled her eyes before jumping into her junk pile, realizing it was pointless to talk to Lola when she was like this.

Lynn Sr and Rita meanwhile we're having a discussion about Lincoln.

"Dang Mr Grouse... Stick to lasagna my foot."said Lynn Sr to himself as he was getting ready for bed.

"I still can't believe one writer thinks I ruined his life. I don't even know how my advice could get to that point. I still can't believe Lincoln pointed that out. When I read that negative hate mail I almost didn't want to keep reading."said Rita while getting ready for bed.

"Do you think we're being too harsh?"inquired Lynn Sr to his wife.

"No... Besides this is Lincoln's idea.. maybe some spaces what it's necessary in order for everyone to get cool heads and discuss this matter on a later day."said Rita to her husband, justifying their decision to fill out the paperwork and sign everything.

Meanwhile Lincoln was getting ready for bed since he had to go to the Royal Woods airport tomorrow in order to get to Kalos. He wasn't sure what that eyelid off the coast of France was going to give him, but maybe he would experience something interesting while he was there.

After all, what's the worst thing that could happen to him there? That is what he was thinking as he was trying to get some shut-eye for tomorrow.

He did have a big day tomorrow after all...

(To be continued...)