Okay, I've noticed that more than a few people have become very bummed out that I wasn't continuing the story, so I think I'll just tell you all what happens. Maybe it'll deliver a little closure.
A bit of time passes after Greenlaw's encounter with Cromwell. Fall of 1684. After getting into a violent encounter with some of Cromwell's men, MacBain tries to report it to Lord Cunningham only to find that Laurie is the only member of the royal family still in the castle. The rest have taken a trip to Edinburgh. They talk for a little while before playing a game of horseback golf. You know, because golf had originated from Scotland, right? A bit more time passes (into 1685) and Lord Cunningham would end up finding out about MacBain's relationship with his daughter and ends up banning him from his castle. Taking his pendant and even his sword away from him. Greenlaw then steps in and warns Lynn Cunningham about Alexander Cromwell, but is almost immediately dismissed.
Greenlaw, taking pity on MacBain, invites him to stay at his house until the situation with Cromwell is resolved. He even gives him a new sword. They find out two weeks later that King Charles had died.
April 22nd, 1685. Easter sunday. That was the day Cromwell's forces of barely 300 men attacked. Outnumbered three to one, the forces of Cunningham find themselves with their backs to the wall. Witnessing all this, Greenlaw, with Calum and Philip behind him, threw themselves into the battle. A quote of William Shakespeare repeated himself over and over in Calum's head as the fictional Battle for Hamilton continues on. 'Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.'
Rain continues to pour itself down on the battlefield as the deaths continue on. Thunder strikes ignite the grassy fields nearby. It was unclear whose side God himself was on.
Alexander Cromwell, holding a claymore blade in his hands, slaughters two soldiers in front of Greenlaw, enraging him to a point where he began to fight him with his own basket-hilted sword. Greenlaw gained the advantage at first but the sound of firing of half a dozen muskets nearby from Cromwell's side distracted him long enough to be slaughtered. "Grace… is that you?"
Calum, overcome by Greenlaw's death, confronts Cromwell, expecting to get killed too. By a spectacular miracle, as Cromwell charges at him, he is struck by lightning. Calum then goes on to stab his burning body several times with his dirk before collapsing.
He wakes up a day later to see that the battle had been won but at the cost of nearly ninety soldiers' lives, including General Greenlaw's. He goes on to tackle Lord Cunningham while he was giving a speech where he learned from him that he DID send several petitions to King James's royal court but they all have seemed to fall on deaf ears. No extra soldiers were sent.
It's then revealed that General Greenlaw did have a sister, Finella, the lead maid to the Cunningham girls. She gave Calum a letter that Greenlaw had written in case he fell in battle. The letter instructed him not to blame the Cunninghams for his death and that he needed to remind himself that they were once a normal family living in a log cabin. Lord Cunningham, hearing this, decided to remove himself from the position of Lord and decided that he and his family should leave Scotland altogether and start a new life. Preferably in the new world. Present day America. Even deciding to go by a new name, 'Loud.'
Calum, not wanting to be away from Laurie, makes the decision to go with them. Saying to Philip, "There's nothing for me in Glasgow." They share a hug before going on their separate ways. Before heading off to his former home town of Edinburgh, Philip takes one final look at the painting Finella had done of the Royal Family.
1672. Calum, who now has the last name, Loud. Is now living in a log cabin in present day Virginia with Laurie and their three year old son, Abraham.
My OC, Calum MacBain, is Lincoln Loud's Scottish ancestor. He ends the story by saying, "One day, hundreds of years from now, possibly past the year 2000, descendants of ours would look back on our time and would only see how well we lived. Not as much as our hardships because they would live easier lives. Strangely enough…" He looks up at the sky to see the full moon shine down at him. "I'm fine with that."
That's it. That's the story. At first, I thought it was a good idea to have Calum's ghost berate Lincoln for not appreciating what he has in life when he relaxes in the movie's version of Cunningham Castle, but then I realized that wasn't the way to go. Instead, he'll just smile at whatever events would happen. Even if in the movie, the Louds would get chased out of the castle by angry townspeople or something.