Years had passed by and Lincoln Loud grew to be a fine young man in a loving family, which even grew along with him. Now, having to live five more sisters, Lincoln has to survive being the middle child of the family, at the age of eleven. Today, Lincoln felt like it would've been just another ordinary day. He woke from another strange dream, one of many that he kept having night after night, and no one could explain it. But he tried to grew used to them, for they seemed to be were something out of a horror movie, being filled with chaos and violence, and for that reason, many nights were sleepless for Lincoln...

?:"Soon, my child. Very soon...you will awaken."

It was the chilling sound of that voice that woke Lincoln from his dark dreams. Out of everything he's dreamed, that was a new one for him. But he shook it off as he got out of bed and began to stretch, getting himself ready for the day. He didn't feel anything, but that runic tattoo he had on his back glowed for a mere second, and now he felt a million times better. Changing out of his pajamas, he put on his regular attire; a orange polo shirt, jeans and white shoes. Opening the door to the room, he saw a line building up to the bathroom, having his sisters, 14 year old Luan, 13 year old Lynn and six year old Lana, one of the newest in his family...

Lana:"Morning, Lincoln."

Lincoln:"(rubbing his eyes) Mm, morning Lana."

Luan:"No sleep again last night?"

Lincoln:"Barely."

Lynn:"Oh well. You gonna get in line too?"

Lincoln:"Nam I'm just gonna go gets some breakfast."

Lana:"Take it easy with him, Lynn."

Lynn:"Hey, it was not like I was trying to insult him."

Luan:"Kinda sounded like you were."

Lynn:"Oh, shut up."

As he went down the stairs, he felt the bags under his eyes fade, starting to get some new found energy to help him with his day. Heading down into the kitchen, he got an apple from the fridge and took a bite out of it as he was greeted by his 15 year old sister, Luna...

Luna:"What up, lil' bro?"

Lincoln:"Eh, not much. Slept a little longer than before last night."

Luna:"I...guess that's an improvement."

Lincoln:"Not really. Had another dream."

Luna:"Man, those have been going non-stop since you were five. What was it this time?"

Lincoln:"Same old stuff. Except, I heard a voice saying to me "Soon, very soon."."

Luna:"Weird. You think you'll be good today?"

Lincoln:"I'll be fine."

Luna:"Alright then."

As Luna left her little brother to himself, Lincoln thought it best get ready for school as he started to pack up his launch. At his school, he was good with people, managed to have a good impression on everyone. But even there, could Lincoln not feel but zone out from time to time. His sleeping problems grew worse as he began to lose sight of reality and daydream. He usually needs someone to snap him out of it, but he's learning to block it out and focus. Getting everything ready, he sees his already rushing out the door as he puts on his backpack. He usually the last one in the van, but most of the time, he just walks to school. He found his parents right behind him, greeting him by rubbing at his white hair...

Lynn Sr.:"Morning, son. How'd you sleep last night?"

Lincoln:"Better than last time, that's for sure."

Rita:"Hmm, it still worries that your sleeping isn't really getting better. Maybe we should go see a doctor about this."

Lincoln:"I'm fine, Mom. Just gotta...(yawns)...get through day."

Rita:"Hmph. Alright, fine. Stay strong, my little tough guy."

Lynn Sr.:"Need a ride to school?"

Lynn:"Or are you gonna walk, like you always do?"

Lincoln:"...(unamused) I'll walk."

He let it roll off his back as he headed to school on foot. It hurts both Rita and Lynn Sr. to see some bad blood between their kids. But they don't really Lynn; though, she doesn't show it, she does care for Lincoln. She only wished that he saw that. Lincoln continued on walked, and as he picked up the pace a little, he started to get that feel right before he lose himself in thought and goes on daydreaming. Everything became blurry and shadowy as Lincoln had his head down, in hopes of recollecting himself soon...

?:"Calm your mind, my child. Soon, you will be awakened...Very soon."

Beginning to shake it off, Lincoln soon found himself at his school, with kids already heading in...

Lincoln:"Huh...that was fast."

?:"Hey, Lincoln!"

Hearing someone call out to him, it was his friend Clyde waving at him...

Lincoln:"Oh, hey Clyde!"

Clyde:"You seemed to have zoned out there for a minute. No sleep again last night?"

Lincoln:"I'm fine, Clyde, don't worry. Let's just get to class, alright?"

Clyde:"Whatever you say, buddy."

Meanwhile, at kindergarten, Lincoln's 4 year old sister, Lisa, was lost in her own train of thought until her friend Darcy tapped her on the shoulder...

Lisa:"'Hmm?"

Darcy:"Lisa, are you okay?"

Lisa:"Oh, I'm alright, Darcy."

Darcy:"What were you thinking about?"

Lisa:"It's about my male sibling, Lincoln. He's been having trouble for a while and I've been wanting to help, to see if I could do anything about it."

Darcy:"But how could you-"

Lisa:"It's a little complicated. I'd rather talk to him about it later on."

Darcy:"Okay then."

With that said, Darcy left her friend to deal with her problem. Lisa started to put pieces together in her mind. A little while back, she did some test everyone in her family's DNA; when she got to Lincoln, she found something interesting. Half of his blood wasn't even human. She figured that his sleep deprivation wasn't the only thing that was weird about him, and she figured that they weren't really related, but him not entirely being human was not something she was not prepared for. It was an interesting fact that left her curious, and something she wanted to go further into...later.

Back to where Lincoln was, he was trying his best to lose his focus as he felt himself about to go into another daydream once more. His ears were ringing, his vision was blurry and his head felt heavy. But as he was about to lose touch with reality, the call of his name is what snapped him out of it...

?:"Lincoln? Lincoln!"

Lincoln:"Huh?"

Looking up, Lincoln saw his own teacher, Mrs. Johnson, towering over him.

Mrs. Johnson:"Are you feeling okay, Lincoln?"

Lincoln:"Um, yeah, I'm fine. Sorry, my mind was...somewhere else."

Mrs. Johnson:"Would you like to go to the nurse?"

Lincoln:"I'm f-fine...don't worry."

Mrs. Johnson:"...Okay then. Just let me know if you have to go."

As his teacher continued on with her lesson, Lincoln's attention was then pointed to the window, where he looked up to sky and saw the sun shining it's rays onto the ground. But, that was not the only thing he saw, as he saw something no one else can see; a figure of light, one that's been watching over him for years. Humans years at least. The figure itself had white, golden, shining armor, and having golden wings to go along with it; it had a tan face with golden hair that reached its shoulders. In it's right hand, it holds a sword of fiery energy, burning as bright as the sun. Lincoln could also see its face, how it scowled at him. He started to feel his fear growing he heard his name get called again, this time, from Clyde...

Clyde:"Lincoln?"

Lincoln:"What?"

Clyde:"You're nose."

Wondering what his friend was talking about, Lincoln felt around his nose, only to see that his red was suddenly crimson. It's came to his realization that his nose was suddenly bleeding. He did his best to cover his nose as everyone was shocked by how this suddenly happened...

Lincoln:"Uh...Mrs. Johnson?"

Mrs.:"You can go to the nurse's office now, Lincoln."

Lincoln:"Thanks."

The image of the shinning figure in the air came back to Lincoln's mind as he rushed out of the classroom. He had a feeling that it's still up there, stilling watching him...

?:"The boy...the more he neglects his true calling, his nature, the more his body strains itself. He is not yet awakened, but we must act now."

Lincoln kept his hands firmly on his face as he moved as fast he could to the nurse's office. But then, he soon felt himself lose balance as the entire school seems to shake after a booming sound was heard just outside. Back in Mrs. Johnson's class, everyone turns towards the window to a massive crater form outside the school. As they were frightened by this, their teacher did her best to keep them away...

Mrs. Johnson:"Everyone, stay away from the window!"

Clyde:"What the heck is that?!"

As the dust began to settle, they all saw the figure from before kneeling on one knee with it's fiery blade in the ground ground. It began to rise up and draw it's sword. As others began to drop from the sky like meteors, crashing towards the ground. The kids were frightened by this, but Clyde was just, in shock as he saw them rise from their craters. The looked like knights, having the same colors as the first one, but helmets hid their faces, and shorter and looking sharper, with swords and shields in hand...

?:"White Pawns...find me that boy."

Obeying the first beings orders, the others jumped into the air and through the roof of the school. Through the halls, Lincoln continued walk as everything kept shaking around him. It was then that, that strange beings had crashed through the ceiling and surrounded him...

Lincoln:"What the heck?"

The pawns wasted no time trying to grab, as they reach out towards him with their armored hands. Thinking quickly, Lincoln ducks and moves past the pawns and starts running for his life, hoping not to leave a bloody trail for them to follow and he holds his nose tightly. The pawns give chase to the eleven year old, quickly catching up to him as he runs through the halls...

Lincoln:"What do these guys want from me?"

Not sure how much longer he can keep this up, Lincoln eventually find himself in a dead end. Trying to catch his breath, he turned back to see the pawns closing in on him. And as they did, Lincoln suddenly felt immense pain, and though he couldn't see it, the tattoo on his back began to glow. The pawns had their swords and shields ready for whatever the boy might do. Raising his head, Lincoln looked straight towards them, his eyes had turned yellow and he looked quite ticked as he wiped the blood from his face. As the pawns lunged forward, Lincoln jumped to the air and kicked their helmeted heads. As one of them lost the grip of their sword, Lincoln took it by the handle and began to slice through their armor, making short work of them. In seconds, each of the pawns were on the floor, soon vanishing into dust, along with the sword Lincoln held as his eyes turned back to normal and he felt like he just woke up...

Lincoln:"...What just happened?"

?:"(sighs)...Should've brought better soldiers."

The mysterious outside had sensed that his pawns had fallen, leaving him to deal with the situation alone. Spreading his wings, he took to the skies and did the same as his pawns, smashing through the ceiling. Lincoln was heading back to his classroom, only to find the winged being standing in front of him. Wasting no more time, the being points his sword towards the boy, who ends up losing his balance and falls on his bottom, trying to shuffle away from the being who towers over him...

?:"I've waited eleven years for this. You are sentenced to death, carried out immediately."

Lincoln:"What did I ever do?"

?:"...You were born."

Without any hesitation, the being swung his sword at an attempt to kill Lincoln. The only thing Lincoln could do was look away and attempt to block it with his arms. Suddenly, the fiery blade merely clashed off the boy's arms, as if it were a shield, leaving Lincoln without a scratch, and leaving the being surprised by this. Opening his eyes to see that he was okay, Lincoln looked up to see the being looked very surprised at this...

?:"That's...impossible...unless..."

Stepping back, the being spread its wings, blasted through the ceiling and took the skies as Lincoln just sat there, frozen, breathing heavily as he soon passed out. Not long after, did the students come out of the classrooms, finding Lincoln on the floor, unconscious. Clyde soon rushed over, taking his friend by the shoulders and tried to shake him awake...

Clyde:"Lincoln?! Can you hear me?! Lincoln!"

Mrs. Johnson:"Clyde, give him room to breath!"

With the kids backing off, Lincoln started to cough as he soon woke up and they were all relieved to see that he was alright...

Mrs. Johnson:"Oh, thank goodness."

Clyde:"Lincoln, you alright, buddy?"

Lincoln:"...They...they were after me."

Lincoln looked to see the hole the being flew up through, along with everyone else around...