Welcome to the next chapter. I am very happy to finally get this out on a count of me being absent for a while. This chapter may not seem long or exciting, but it's finally out now. Before this chapter begins, I would like to say a big thank you to the people who messaged me through PM and left a couple reviews to give some support. Thank you for the comments, they mean a lot. Also, just to clarify something, some people think I'm basing this off Matilda. I didn't say that, what I said was that Lincoln would be getting his powers the way Matilda did, by getting angry from her family. Also, if you don't like and feel the need to criticise me, then f*ck off, I don't care what you have to say about it.
Lincoln was sitting on his bed, clutching at his hair, nearly pulling out what he has a grip on. Thoughts were going through Lincolns head, having thoughts about what he will do, thoughts about what the girls are gonna do and what they will tell their parents.
Outside of the small bedroom he was in, stood his 10 sisters who were still standing in place from what they witnessed. Lana was still holding Lincoln's gauze for his nose; she examined it and noticed the dry blood on it. Everyone didn't know what to think of what they saw.
First thought to come to everyone's mind was 'maybe it healed much quicker'. But the more everyone was thinking it, the less unbelievable it became to them. Lori looked at her watch and saw they haven't said anything for 2 minutes.
"So" Lori said getting everyone's attention. "anyone want to...you know?" She gestured at their brother's door.
Luna then spoke up "Talk to the little dude?" She finished for her.
"Yeah" Lori replied back.
Everyone exchanged looks as to who would like to do so. Luna on the other hand, seeing as no one spoke up, Luna decided to walk up to the door. She opened the door and peaked her head in.
"Hey Lincoln?" She said as she walked in and shut the door behind her.
Lincoln let go of his hair and lifted his head up to look at her. Luna had a good look at Lincolns nose, it looked the same as normal, couldn't even tell he was still recovering from the injury. Luna closed the door behind her and walked in, Lincoln didn't make direct eye contact with his sister. Luna obviously noticed this and took a seat next to her brother.
Lincoln then made eye contact with her, giving Luna a chance to say something to him.
"Your nose is looking much better" She said.
Her brother nodded, then looked away from her again. Luna was trying to think of anything to say to avoid the awkward silence.
"So, bro, why did you freak out and run into your room?" She asked him.
"I-I-I u-um" Lincoln stuttered with his words a little, He cleared his throat and started again. "I didn't know how my nose would look, a-after taking the gauze off" He said to Luna.
Luna tilted her head a little as she visibly confused to why he would think that. "Come on bro" Luna nudged her brother "It looks great! Better than before actually" She said as she got a closer look at Lincoln's nose.
"Hang on a sec" She said.
Luna moves up closer to Lincoln, getting a closer examination at his nose. Luna realised her brothers' nose didn't have any signs of healing, no slight bruise marks or anything. It doesn't even look like it's been through the injury.
"Did you get your hands on some kind of healing potion? Dude, your nose looks completely fine, it's only been a few days, how did it heal that fast?" Luna asked Lincoln.
Lincoln felt his heart sink after having that question thrown at him. Thoughts went through Lincolns head as he didn't know what answer to give Luna.
All Lincoln could respond with was a nervous laugh. "Ahah, yeah I um, don't know haha" Lincoln said as he felt like dying for real at the moment.
Luna took another look. "Hm, ah well, must be my imagination" She chuckled. "Good to see you looking good dude" Luna said smacking Lincoln on the back, not too hard, then left his room.
Lincoln closed the door then felt like jumping out his small bedroom window. "This can't go on forever" He muttered as he jumped on his bed and layed down face first on his pillow.
A knocked then came at the door, Lincoln didn't even have to say 'come in' as that's only said by the girls or the parents. Lincoln lifted his head to see Lynn poking her head in. "Hey bro" She called for him.
Lincoln replied "What" without even having any interest in what Lynn needed to say.
"You ready to go to that guys house?" She asked him.
Lincoln nearly forgot about that. Even though Lincoln didn't feel like it, he felt like if he refused, he'd get dragged out or something.
"Sure" He said standing up and walking out the room.
The two siblings headed downstairs, before they walked out the door.
"Where you two heading?" Lynn Sr asked from the living room as he was sitting with his wife watching the news.
"We're going to meet the man that came to the door earlier" Lincoln explained.
"Ok? But why is Lynn going with you?" Rita asked.
Lynn Sr saw this moment to crack a joke. "You being his bodyguard Jr?" He chuckled.
"Yes" She said with a straight face, showing that the joke wasn't entirely funny.
"Ok, come back safe" Rita said.
"Ok mom" The two said in unison.
Lincoln and Lynn walked out the house, but before they even made a right turn or a left turn, they forget where the man said he lived.
"Uhhh, do you remember where he said he lived?" Lincoln as his sister.
"No clue" Lynn replied.
Lincoln and Lynn scanned the houses in their area, even looking at the cars didn't even nudge a memory from what he said. But then, Lincoln started to picture the moment the man left the house. It was almost like Lincoln could replay what he saw from moments ago, almost like rewinding a film, but from a different angle view. Lincoln could see the man walking from the house and down to the right.
"Let's go right" Lincoln said to Lynn.
"Pardon?" She spoke.
"I said right" He said as again with concentration as he could still see him walking in his eyes. It's almost like Lincoln is with him, seeing him walking right in front of him.
Lynn followed her brother as he walked down the street. A few houses later Lincoln saw the man cross over the street to the left and into what seems to be the man's house.
Lincoln crossed over the street without looking both ways, which stunned Lynn as that's what Lincoln always does when crossing the street. Lincoln then saw the man walk up to his door and unlock it with his key. Lincoln then snapped out of whatever day dream he was in and realised he was there, in front of the house.
Lincoln turned to face Lynn. "Were here" He said.
"How did you know where his house was?" Lynn asked him.
"I just did" He answered simply.
This didn't exactly help Lynns question, but she didn't whine. They walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. A few seconds later the door opened to reveal the man standing there with a mug of what seemed to smell like coffee.
"Oh, you here, I was just having a cup of coffee, come in" He said. He was dressed in different clothes, a simple grey shirt and sweat pants, seems like he doesn't care what he wears in his own house.
The house was a 1 story floored cottage. When they walked in, they were greeted with the living room, and to the right was a walk-in kitchen with an open-door frame, the kitchen was small but had everything you would need in a kitchen. Through the door in front of them looked like the man's bedroom and the door next to it was closed, but it didn't bother them as they had to respect his privacy. He gestured them to sit down, he had a single couch and a single chair, he took a seat in the chair, gesturing the siblings to the couch. They sat on the couch and realised how quiet it was, which was rare for them to be in since they're quite the opposite of being quiet.
"So, I bet your wondering why I asked you to come here Lincoln" The man said, making Lincoln nod. "Well, from what I saw in the mall, was something I never saw in all my life of performing magic. I learned a lot of skills, tricks and illusions throughout the 15 years of performing. What I saw you do was something that had no illusion or trick, I had a close eye on everyone and I didn't see you do anything beforehand in doing the trick you did"
As he explained all this, Lincoln was getting kinda nervous since he was probably gonna get exposed in front of his sister Lynn.
Lynn on the other hand, didn't understand all of this since she hasn't got any knowledge of magic what so ever.
"But anyway, I wanted you to come over so I can make an offer, you show me how you did that trick, then I'd invite you to perform with me" He said then took a sip of his hot cup of coffee.
Lincoln was starstruck to hear something like that, even from someone he met like an hour ago too. Lincoln looked at Lynn who seemed to have the idea that maybe Lincoln would like that very much. Lincoln looked back at the man.
"Just tell us one thing" He said to him.
"Yeah" He said.
"What's your name?" Lincoln asked him.
He smiled at the two. "Harold, or Harry if you wish" He said...
Lincoln still thought of the offer, he looked at Lynn, then back at Harry. Only one thing went through his head about the idea...what would his family think?