The previous day had been a complete surprise with the sudden appearance of an alien-looking being that surprised everyone present, the minors of the family, except Ruby, were intimidated, the young people were not sure of the way in which they had to react, the older ones seemed to be preparing to hit him, but the adults had a slight idea of ​​what was happening.

Among all, Lincoln walked to the front slowly, stood in front of the creature, gazing intently at its square and bright face, and to the astonishment of all the cousins, Lincoln spoke a word, a name in the form of a question - ¿ Lisa?

Suddenly the creature's face began to blink intermittently like an old television screen, tuning into what appeared to be different signals, only to eventually show the face of world-renowned scientist Lisa Loud.

-Hi-testing-1-2-3-testing-do you get me? -Said Lisa through the screen, trying to adjust the signal, until she finally seemed to achieve it -Greetings, family and happy winter holidays to all.

None of the children fully understood what was happening, and they could not ask before all the adults rushed to hug their sister, Lisa argued that it made no sense, because they were hugging a simple remote robot, but still Thus, she accepted the affection that seemed to be transmitted on the screen, and when the hug ended, it was Lincoln who was in charge of introducing the missing Aunt Lisa to his children and nephews, to the astonishment of those who had never seen her and only knew her by name.

In the past, Lisa had made different kinds of inventions and experiments, several of which entered the realm of the dangerous and unethical, but never the illegal (as far as the government knew), but as she grew, her scientific abilities They also did it, they brought with it great advances in the field of technology and genetics, until one day, one of their robots suffered a breakdown and attacked the city, causing great devastation; Thanks to the intervention of Lisa and the armed forces, the robot was subdued, and the casualties were only material and monetary, but this incident was enough for Lisa to end up in court, exposing many other experiments and questionable acts that were accumulating since his 4 years of age, including but not limited to: genetic experimentation, altering the weather, inappropriate use of dangerous chemicals in swimming pools, practicing medicine without a license and espionage, making it one of the largest trials of the decade.

With everything against it, it seemed that Lisa would be sentenced to life in a maximum security prison, because no lawyer in her right mind was willing to represent her, luckily for her, she found a good last minute lawyer, the best of what better than any leftover, her best and literally her only option, the recent graduate of night law school, Lincoln Loud.

Being the judgment of his life (literally, before that he had only been in charge of writing wills and contracts), Lincoln had to make use of all his convincing skills, added to the contributions of Lisa in science, his maturation, and acts Later resolution, even so, it was a difficult trial that lasted more than a week, in the end Lincoln managed to drop the charges and save Lisa, but with many conditions that included but were not limited to that Lisa would work for the government for a minimum wage, she would participate in the space program for the creation of a functional space colony, and she would be exiled for 13 years, so in short, Aunt Lisa had lived in a space colony on the Moon for the last 12 years, by direct orders of the government.

All the children were surprised to hear this story, Lisa was a little offended to think that her sisters and Lincoln had not told them about her during all that time, but the children apologized saying that they had been told about her, but they thought that the story of their aunt who lived on the moon was just a bedtime story, and the older ones argued that even though they knew Aunt Lisa, they thought that "your aunt now lives on the moon" was just a metaphor for something sadder.

Once these doubts were clarified, Lisa went on to introduce herself personally with each of her nephews, while explaining that this was an unmanned vehicle, the L-154, designed, built and now tested by herself, used for exploration at a distance, and that is now being used by its creator to live with her family without breaking her sentence.

For the rest of the night, all the cousins ​​had fun meeting their long-lost aunt, especially Ruby, Rita, Darwin, and Third, who were particularly interested in their aunt's work, each for different reasons, and in turn, Lisa She was interested in her nephews, who seemed to be very brilliant minds in different measures, a night that everyone would remember fondly.

The next morning everyone in the cabin was sound asleep, even the L-154 robot was turned off and leaning in a corner by the window with a solar panel, only Rita and Martin felt uncomfortable from having slept without sheets on their beds Hector woke up in the room he shared with his brothers and cousins, all male; He walked calmly and slowly, careful not to wake anyone, down the stairs and into the kitchen.

-Good morning- Loreline said sitting in the kitchen while she looked at a tablet, scaring Hector, who had thought he was alone.

-For heaven's sake, what are you doing here?- Hector said, now wide awake from fright -I'm surprised you're not in the girls' room watching Ruth.

-It is no longer necessary- she said confidently -Aunt Lisa did me the favor of lending me this camera- she shows a tablet -with which I will be able to keep an eye on her, let's see how innocent she is when she thinks no one sees her- she smiles maliciously and then turns around to see his brother.

-Ok, are you aware that this camera is one of the reasons why our aunt was exiled?

-Those charges were dropped, also, it's for our safety, it's only a matter of time for Ruth to act, and this time I plan to stop her and expose her, you'll see, everyone will see it- she smiles and laughs like a cartoon villain.

-Sometimes you worry me little sister, but it's too early for that, I'll wait for breakfast to pass- and without more to say, she went to the living room to watch TV while she waited for the rest of her family to wake up and go down to.

The show that had been seen the day before was repeated, and after a demonstration of skills with food, fire and knives, everyone enjoyed breakfast together, except for Lisa who could only see them through the screen of her robot while eating a space breakfast.

That day was good night, and when it was over, everyone left to wait for Christmas in their own way, and for Loreline that meant stopping her cousin and saving Christmas, and Hector would accompany her to prevent her little sister from getting into as much trouble as had anticipated.

After taking her coat and scarf, Ruth left the cabin, followed closely by Loreline and Hector, Lori had placed the spy camera on the scarf, so they had a good view of all their activities, but wanted to be close so she could stop her when she carried out her evil deed.

After watching her for a while, they saw how she approached the younger Rosa, Luis, Martin, Rita, Ruby, Harriet and Harriot, who had built a zip line from which they were jumping repeatedly, suddenly, Lori saw in the camera As Ruth approached the knot holding the zip line just as her brother Martin was launching, Lori ran to prevent him from untying the knot and causing Martin to fall, but Hector stopped her and made her see that Ruth was only tightening the knot, the which seemed to have loosened up and immediately afterwards, she launched herself down the zip line and played for a while with her younger cousins; Hector thought that would discourage Lori, but she justified herself by saying that they had only started.

Shortly after, Ruth continued on her way, and Hector and Lori watched her climb to the top of a hill, while at the base were Ramona, Rebecca, Roxanne, Darwin, Hailey and Harvey filming another scene from their movie, suddenly Ruth kicked a tree, causing an avalanche of snow that covered the little actors and knocked down Darwin, Loreline looked at her, and angrily was about to go to face her, but Hector stopped her again and asked her to keep looking, and they both saw how Moni she thanked Ruth for causing the avalanche just in time for the scene, Ruth in turn apologized for the amount, but Moni told her that would only add realism, after that they dug up the actors, and went on to perform some scenes more, with the help of Ruth.

For the rest of the day, the situations were similar, and whenever Ruth seemed to try to do something wrong, something else happened that proved her innocence, and although Hector had been amused to see his sister make mistakes so many times, this only bothered him. Loreline, who was struggling to understand the evil plan that she claimed her cousin had, but Hector just felt tired and left the place.

Everything seemed to have been in vain, when suddenly, Loreline saw her enter the girls' room, and take out of her suitcase a gift with a label that said "For Loreline, do not open until Christmas", then she went down and put the gift underneath from the tree, all careful that no one saw her, whatever she planned had to do with that gift, and now Loreline had a chance to stop her.

After waiting a while and being sure that everyone had left the cabin, Loreline approached the tree and looked among the gifts for the one that her cousin had left, it was small, but heavy, and although she did not know what it was, she thought it would be better if she took him too far from there, but as soon as she turned around, she saw Ruth at the entrance of the room, staring at her and the gift she had taken, she wondered why the camera The spy had not warned him and then he realized that the battery had died seconds before.

-That's not right Lori- Ruth said as she approached slowly, with obvious annoyance -the presents are supposed to be opened tomorrow morning, this will make Santa Claus angry.

-What's in the box?. She said trying to stay calm, but she could tell her nervousness, as she slowly moved in the opposite direction from her cousin.

-Oh, you know what that is- she answered without taking her eyes off him I had to hide it so you wouldn't ruin the surprise of the whole family.

-I knew it- she said with more confidence, but just as nervous -This was just part of your plan.

-Of course- Ruth said showing her anger -with the whole family reunited, this is a unique opportunity, and I won't let you ruin it.

At that moment, Ruth lunged at Loreline, but she escaped from her and started running around the cabin with the gift in her hands. Loreline tried to call for help, but everyone was outside having fun, and unable to run anymore, she hid in one of the closets.

-This is no longer fun Lori- Ruth yelled as I continued looking for her -you have your parents and your brothers, I only have mom and I can only see dad on vacation- at that moment I notice the open door of a closet and began to approach slowly -Is it too much to ask, that you share a little of that love? I can share it, I just need you to return that ... gift- he opened the closet suddenly but only saw some old coats, but Loreline threw one of the coats to distract her so she can escape.

The chase continued, until they returned to the living room, but this time, Ruth had Loreline cornered against a corner while she demanded that he return her gift, and seeing herself cornered, Loreline did the only thing that came up.

-I don't know what you're planning, but I know you can't do it without this- and with all her strength she threw the gift to the ground, hearing the sound of glass breaking.

At that moment Hector entered and when he saw the scene he could not help asking about what had happened, Loreline answered very agitated that she had succeeded, but Ruth looked at her angrily, while her anger slowly transformed into a sad face with tears and then left Running to the girls' room, Hector immediately questioned Lori and what she had done with obvious anger, but Lori justified herself by saying that her cousin was pretending, and that she was only angry because she had stopped her plan to ruin Christmas, and to stop try it, I take the gift from the floor, it was still heavy but it felt broken, opened it and saw that it contained a picture frame with the broken glass and a collage made with old photos of all the family members, only the photos of Ruth and Leni seemed current.

After a while Loreline struggled to understand what was happening as she held the picture frame; She was sure that this gift was Ruth's master plan, Hector was angry with her sister, and sarcastically suggested that surely the plan was to make her see her as a bad person, breaking the Christmas present, Loreline seemed to start to accept the idea, when Hector stopped her and told her that those crazy conspiracy theories had gone too far, but Loreline claimed him saying that they were not crazy theories and that whenever something bad happened, Ruth was present.

-Please Lori- Hector said tiredly-accidents always happen at parties, the only thing that Ruth is guilty of is having been with you when they happened and then trying to help you.

-It's easy for you to say- Loreline replied angrily -you didn't get her hair burned because of her.

-I know that the rocket was not her fault- Hector said angrily

-How do you know?- she answered equally annoyed.

-Because I launched the rocket- there was a moment of silence and then Lori demanded an explanation -my friends and I got it, we thought we would shoot it into the sky, but it deviated and hit you, I'm sorry- Lori couldn't believe she was listening.

-Wait, wasn't it Ruth's fault? Was it yours? But what happened next...

She fixed your hair and I lend you her clothes, it's what I've been designing for you all year.

-Wait, what about my stolen Halloween candy and that she had the same costume as me?

-Mom and Aunt Leni had agreed to put the same costumes on them, and you weren't the only one who had the sweets stolen, some bullies stole many that night.

-But what about the strawberry shortcake on Thanksgiving?

-Please Lori, I didn't even know that at the time, all the accidents you attribute to Ruth were just "accidents".

Upon learning of that, the little pride that Loreline clung to was gone, and instantly he wanted to go up to the girls' room where Ruth was to apologize, Hector tried to stop her, fearing that she would make things worse, but Loreline distracted him enough to escape your climb.

When we got to the room, the door was closed, but only a hairpin was needed to open it, when Loreline entered she did not find anyone, it seemed that Ruth had disappeared, until Loreline sat on a bed, revealing that Ruth was had hidden under the covers.

Immediately, Ruth tried to leave the room with a combination of sadness and anger, but Lori blocked her way and began to chase her around the room as she tried to explain herself.

-Sorry- Loreline said as she tried to catch Ruth -I didn't mean to hurt you.

-No- Ruth answered as she tried to escape -I don't believe you, you knew what it was, and still you broke it, you're bad.

-I swear I didn't know what a photo was, I thought I wanted something dangerous.

-That doesn't make sense- she began to throw pillows -because I would give you something dangerous.

-I thought you wanted to do something bad- she began to approach her while she dodged and deflected the thrown pillows -and that later you would pretend that you were the good one so that everyone would love you.

-Why would I do something like that?- she stopped throwing pillows but she still had two in her hands.

-Because I thought you were bad- she said while she protected herself with a pillow.

-... What?!

Finally, Loreline had Ruth's attention, and she knew it was time to clarify everything and ask for forgiveness, so she took a breath and began to explain herself.

-Last year, on July 4th, you threw a bowl of punch over my head- it seemed that Ruth was going to justify herself, but Lori continued talking -before that, on Halloween, they stole my candy and you showed up with exactly the same, and Before that, on Thanksgiving, you gave me something to eat I was allergic to, and just like those, I can mention several examples- Ruth looked genuinely surprised and sad, it was never her intention to hurt her cousin, she wanted to apologize , but Lori continued -whenever you arrived, I was afraid that you would do something bad to me, but you always approached me happily, making me love you, only for something to happen later that would make me think badly of you, I was afraid that would happen again, and I tried to prevent it- it seemed that Ruth wanted to cry again -but now I understand, that none of this was your fault- Lori began to shed tears -that all these were just accidents, and that I hurt you, trying to fight something that does not exist- began to cry open to me Entity -and I'm sorry, forgive me, I never wanted to hurt you or break your gift, I'm sor...

At that moment, Loreline felt her cousin hug her, as she heard her apologize for having caused her so much trouble, and thus, mutually, both cousins ​​apologized and forgave for a long time until they finally got tired and sat on one of the beds. to keep talking; Both cousins ​​spent the next half hour talking, Loreline remembered different bad situations that she had attributed to her cousin, and then Ruth explained what had really happened and how I try to fix it, which had caused all those misunderstandings, and finally everything it had been cleared up.

-I'm sorry I thought you were an evil mastermind- Loreline said trying to sound funny.

-You could save yourself a lot of trouble if you just called my school, apparently I need three points in math to be able to be a "mastermind"- they both laughed.

-And I'm really sorry I broke your gift.

-Technically, it was "your" gift- at that moment he hits Loreline in the face with a pillow -but that was very cruel of you.

-I'm so sorry- Loreline said with the pillow on her face so they wouldn't see her shame -if there's something, whatever, anything I can do to make up for it ...- Ruth took the pillow off her face and looked at her with a malicious smile.

-Well, if there is something.

A few moments later, Loreline is disguised as a reindeer with Hector who was dressed as an elf, both in front of a camera that Ruth was programming while she made a Santa Claus costume.

-Remind me what we're doing- Hector asked his sister.

-As I tore Ruth's photo, now we are going to replace it with a new photo, wearing whatever clothes she wants- Loreline answered with evident resignation.

-I understand that part, but why do I also have to dress up?

-Would you prefer me to tell mom that you literally set off a firework at the 4th of July party and set my hair on fire?- I look at him with a face between smiling and angry, which served for Hector to silently agree to participate in that compensation.

When the camera was finally ready Ruth ran to her cousins, and then jumped for Lori to load her in a cute Christmas photo, but that was not the only one, because for the rest of the day, the three of them carried out an extensive photo session , with different costumes, Lori was photographed as a reindeer, a sheep, a flower, a ghost and even a campaign, Hector had to be a goblin, a shepherd, a turkey, another ghost and a nun, while Ruth had fun dressed like Santa Claus, a shepherdess, a candle, another ghost and a priest, and when finished, out of all the many photos they had taken, Ruth chose the first one, put it in a new frame, wrapped it up and placed it under the tree , before the whole family returned to the cabin.

That dinner seemed to be especially sweet, as if a strange invisible weight had disappeared, everyone was eating, joking and talking happily, the Loud, the Santiago, the McBrides and the Steins, even Lisa who from the moon continued to complain about the astronaut food and what so much that he wanted to teleport the meatloaf, which he made a note of for his next project; Everyone was so immersed in their conversations that no one noticed a small spark that had jumped from the socket and reached the leaves of the pine tree, suddenly Snowflake began to bark loudly, alerting everyone that the Christmas tree it had started to burn.

Quickly, Ruth got up throwing her chair and taking a piece of cloth to smother the fire, she unplugged the tree in the process, and since the flames only burned one corner of the tree, it was easy to put them out, and then I toss the water from a vase at it. to be sure it didn't come back on; Once the scare had passed, everyone present applauded Ruth for her quick reaction, all except Loreline who had realized that the cloth that Ruth had taken to put out the fire and then soaked with the water, was I shelter her from her.

When Ruth realized what she had done (again), she felt very regretful and in a breathless way she tried to apologize to Loreline, but was very surprised when she just laughed and congratulated her for thinking so quickly and brave, while declaring that she now owed her a new coat, all with a smile on her face, Ruth felt relieved, and hugged her cousin with great joy.

The rest of the night, the whole family spent it between laughter and happiness, Ruth being the center of the conversations having involuntarily saved Christmas, in the end the younger ones went to sleep early, because the next day would be Christmas and everyone was excited about it.