Time had passed and soon morning came with the rise of the sun. As the sunlight peaked through what little space the curtains allowed, it coincidently shined onto Lincoln's face, making him slowly get up and look around his room.
"Ugh.. Where am.. Oh right, I'm in my room", Lincoln reminded himself. He looked down to see the twins had fallen asleep on the floor after playing the games for who knows how long.
Slowly moving out of bed, he glanced over at his alarm clock to see it about six in the morning. With an annoyed roll of the eyes, he got out of bed as he had nothing else to do and left him room.
Out in the hallway, he slowly tiptoed down the darkened hall to the bathroom and went in. For a few minutes, he just stood still and looked at himself in the mirror as if not knowing what to think.
"I can't believe i'm looking at these. All they do is give me a bad feeling about everything", Lincoln told himself. No matter how hard he tried to look away, the odd puzzle piece markings just kept his eyes glued to them. Speaking of eyes..
He walked close to the mirror and gazed upon his face and straight into his eyes. His pupils were a foggy gray, making it give him the appearance of a blind person but oddly enough, he could still see fine.
"I really am an oddity. More than the others in the house as well. Doesn't help how I even got home. Washed up on some beach with no memories."
Though, he looked into his eyes until his face almost pressed onto the mirror itself. Lincoln gazed into his eyes intensely as if he was expecting something to happen. But nothing did happen. All he saw were his clear almost soulless eyes. He shook his head to clear some thoughts and splashed some water on his face and looked up to see a woman behind him, taking the Loud by surprise.
"Gah?! Who the hell are you?!", asked Lincoln in a panic. The figure just stood there as if it wasn't even listening to him and walked forward, scaring Lincoln even more. Lincoln was frozen in fear, not knowing what to do next since this.. spirit looked like it could get him no matter what he did. She stood there doing nothing except giving a blank stare to the frightened teen.
"Lincoln... Loud", the woman spoke in a hushed and faint tone. She didn't seem to be an enemy of any kind though looks can be deceiving and this shouldn't be the exception. He tried to look at her face but it was covered almost completely except for her mouth which showed her pale grey skin.
"Who are you?!", he yelled, "And what do you want from me?!". The woman didn't respond, instead looking left and right in a scared manner as if she was being followed. Lincoln tilted his head in confusion; she didn't seem to even be a spirit, more of a hologram is she acted like this. "You are in very grave danger, Lincoln", she warned. "You may not know it, but this town is more dangerous than you think. Some people may try to take you down for the secrets you hold".
Lincoln got even more confused at what this woman was even speaking. What secrets? He didn't know anything at all! Who would want him dead if he hadn't done anything?
"I-I'm sure you have the wrong person! I don't know anything!".
"Not yet. You still have not gotten any of your own memories back. I don't know to get your memories back yet but you may find out on your very own. But for now, be careful on anyone you meet as getting your memories back will hamper your enemies plans so please, watch out from now on", the figure said before disappearing into thin air, leaving Lincoln with a slew of thoughts and emotions.
"I.. Who was.. Forget it. Thinking about it will make things even more confusing", Lincoln told himself before exiting the bathroom and heading back to his room. Lola and Lana were gone, most likely back in their room doing something. Taking the time he had to himself, he got on his clothes and played some games for bit just to pass time. Thankfully he had gotten the hang of a controller which made his time playing a bit more fun.
Time shot by as Lincoln turns to see the sun poking near directly into his window; which looked in a position to be around 10-ish, if he were to guess. A sharp creak comes from his door as he saw a freckled figure peering in ever since slightly. As the door slowly inched open, he could clearly see the figure was in fact the residential rocker, Luna. He took a small puffy breath of relief as she spryly jumped in the room and shut the door behind her.
"Hey, dude-" She blurted out suddenly, face flushed signifying she was out of breath, yet she continued, "I just wanted to check in. Y'know, to see if you're awake or not." She near instantly doubled over in exhaustion after finishing her thought.
He widely stared at her panting figure with concern before a small smile crossed his face and he chuckled. With a small shake of his head and a few more chuckles, he looked up with a content gaze as he calmly responded. "Yeah I'm awake." He paused for a moment, looking to the gadget in his hands thoughtfully before continuing, "I was just playing some video games to pass the time."
Luna looked up at him from her breathless stance and smiled. His hands raised the oddly shaped object to her as a token. "Would you like to join?" he quickly added as he flashed a toothy smile.
"Sorry brah. We don't have lots of time right now. Ma needed me to get you up so we could go into town to run a few errands," Luna told him. With an understanding nod, he quickly got up and put on his shoes.
Minutes pass and the white haired man is downstairs ready to go. Though it seemed not everyone was tagging along. The girls that were staying home were Rita, Lucy, Lola, Lana, and Lily.
"Umm.. Why are they staying here?" Lincoln asked Rita. She responded saying, "I need to stay and teach them. Due to how far we are from town, I homeschool them the best I can while you and the others can go have a grand time down by the boardwalk! You might even see Leni in her shop."
Another mention of this stranger of a sibling. He was confused at who this Leni was as the man was able to peak a glance at what seemed to be an old family photo with three other young woman. A tall ditzy looking blonde wearing sunglasses, a short, athletic girl with brown fluffy hair and a sports jersey, and a short little girl with glasses and a very large green sweater. The photo he referred to was most likely an old family photo taken before he had suddenly vanished. Although, he giggled to himself quietly as the man looked at his younger self. He sure was a cute kid five years ago, though that was most likely the personal bias speaking.
"C'mon twerp. We're on a schedule to sell food," Lori sternly told him. "If we don't make it in time, it'll make this whole ordeal more boring than it needs to be due to Flip making a fuss if we're one minute late."
He quickly nodded and followed the group out the door and onto the path back into town. They all split up with Luan following Lori who was carrying crates of food while Luna took Lincoln by the hand and make him follow her around the boardwalk to show him around the area.
"Man oh man! You are going to love this place, brah!" Luna spoke in an excited tone. "This part of town isn't like the more inland with more superstitious weirdos and crap live. Out here, the younger teens and adults hang out and have a helluva time!"
"That certainly sounds fun and all but can you show me who Leni is?" asked Lincoln. The rocker gave a disappointed sigh but and understanding shrug. Meeting family is more important than meeting Luna's friends that he doesn't even remember a thing about. She took his hand and lead him down a few rights and lefts of the boardwalk, soon coming by a big fancy store that faced the ocean. The two siblings could smell cinnamon coming from inside the shop perfectly named "Leni's Store!" which might show that Leni herself wasn't very good at coming up with names.
"I'm going to go around. You can find me at one of the music stores called "Rock N' Stock" where my bestie Tabby works at," Luna said before walking away. Lincoln waved good bye and slowly walked into the store.
The place itself didn't look half bad. In fact, Lincoln would say it looked fancy and really clean! From the white carpet, to the bedazzling clothing, the large yet comfy looking hats, and the old pop music from what seemed to be the 80's or 90's playing on the speakers added to an old yet homey feel to it.
"Uhh.. Hello? Is anyone there?" Lincoln loudly asked in the empty store. Shortly after, a soft yet bubbly voice spoke from the back.
"I'll be like.. Right there! Just hold on a moment!"
Lincoln walked to the counter, waiting for whoever was in the backroom cause a mess by dropping a few boxes from some crashing sounds he heard. Soon enough, a medium sized woman with blonde hair stepped out in a daze and looked at Lincoln as if he was a customer, although the man knew this was Leni not only by the stores name, but by her looks alone.
Leni was a twenty-one looking woman of medium height, blonde hair that went to her mid-back, and a very bottom heavy figure. She was wearing some nice butterfly earrings, a sea-foam green crop top with long pink wavy sleeves with hearts on them. Due to her shirt being so short, it exposed her stomach, showing off her large rosebud tattoo with vines that went around the left side of her stomach to her back. Lastly, she had on a long sea-foam green skirt with a flower/heart pattern that was a bit open on the left side, showing a bit of her left legs and her normal shoes and leggings.
"Hello. Are you Leni?" Lincoln asked the ditzy woman. She started to answer but froze in what seemed to be fear and shock once her eyes finally saw the man that had entered her store. Leni teared up in disbelief, not knowing what to even say.
"L-Linky? Is that... Really you?"
(A/N: And that's all for now folks! I hope you all enjoyed this and the new format i'm using! I can be more descriptive and less awkward with my writing in a more standard form. I'll see you all in the next chapter!)
