Geo: What's up. Sorry for taking so long, we were talking about Arc 2.

Red: And how awesome it is gonna be.

-Nicktoons Love in The Loud House-

Lincoln opened his eyes and yawned.

"Man, what a night." He said full of energy as he saw the two cages, one of them being empty. He picked one up and headed to Lisa's room.

"Lisa, you up?" He said as he knocked on the door.

"Enter." She said as Lincoln quickly entered and shut the door.

"So, shall we get to it?" She said.

"Yeah." He said as his shadow moved.

"Lisa is it ready?" Jack asked from his shadow form, his voice very deep and muffled. "Affirmative, the fake identity and papers are all complete… why do I smell a cat?"

"Uhhhh no reason." Lincoln said, hiding the cage behind his back before they heard a purr.

"Let me see it." Lincoln sighed before he opened the cage and pulled out a small white kitten with bright green eyes. It purred softly as a lump in Lisa's bed moved.

"Kitty!"The small feline jumped from Lincolns hands and into Krystal's lap. "Surprise." Jack said.

"I'm gonna call you Sprinkles." She said as she hugged the cat. Lincoln smiled as she laughed.

A knock at the door was heard as Krystal pulled a blanket over her and Jack hid in the shadows as Luna walked in. "Hey dudes… why do I smell a cat?"

"Walt was in here." Lincoln and Lisa both lied as a purr came from the bed.

"That was my phone."Lisa said. They then heard a meow. "That was my phone." Lincoln said.

"Hehehehe stop." Krystal giggled as she spoke very quietly.

"Who's there?" Luna asked stepping in as she swiftly removed the blanket and saw an extremely small little girl flinch with a small white kitten in her hands.

"Hello." She said quietly as the cat purred. "You two explain now or I get Lori." Luna said as the door slammed shut on its own and locked. She then saw a solid shadow form right in front of her. "Fine but NOTHING we say leaves this room, GOT IT!" Jack snarled, his voice getting more static-like by the second, scaring the rocker.

He calmed down when he heard Krystal whimpering, and soon went transparent.

Lincoln started to explain everything soon after.

*2 hours of explaining later*

"Oh my god." Luna almost fell back and hit her head on the wall, luckily she regained her balance. And no one noticed two emerald eyes watching from above. "And it's more than just killing people because they deserve it." Jack said.

"Daddy…is she my mommy?" Krystal asked cutely as Luna deadpanned and Lisa chuckled.

"Uhhhhh." Jack just laughed hard, grabbing at his shadowy sides. "Sorry Linc, this is all you."

"Yes Krystal, she is Mama Luna." Lisa said, and Lincoln then just sputtered.

"Mama!" Lincoln then just sighed. "So how are we gonna explain her to everyone?" Jack pointed out.

"I don't know." Luna said. "I'm kidding. We have a plan."

"We do?"

"Duh!" Jack said. "But you are not going to know it!" 'In other words, I al literally making up this new plan as it goes.'

"Alright Mr. Loud, we will notify you when everything is finished." A woman said to a man around 19 with brown hair and blue eyes wearing a simple white tee, jacket, and jeans.

"Thank you Jeanine, though you can just call me Lance." He said in a soft tone as he shook her hand and left the room, Krystal walking up to him and grabbed his hand

A while after they left the building and entered an alley, the man then changed in a plume of smoke, revealing Lincoln.

He gave Krystal a smile as she hugged him.

"Okay! Luckily no one is home today!" Jack said as they walked to the house and sat on the couch.

"Lincoln." They both jumped as Lucy appeared next to them.

"Hello." Krystal said happily, oddly not frightened by her.

"Hello there." She said smiling. "You were in the vents listening to us tell Luna weren't you?" Lincoln asked. She gave a nod. "I won't tell."

"You better not! Krystal, this is your other mommy Lucy." Jack said from the shadows with a smile on his face as Lincoln swatted at him.

"She is?" Krystal said happy as Jack kept chuckling.

"Yep I am." Lucy responded as she sat on the couch. Krystal smiled and hugged her, surprising Lucy. "Mommy!"

'This is gonna be very interesting.' She thought as she felt something jump onto her head, and said object purred.

"Sprinkles!" Krystal spoke as she reached for the cat.

It gave a purr as she jumped into her arms. "Mama this is Sprinkles." Said cat meowed as it eyed a small white mouse.

Said mouse squealed in fear before fainting. Sprinkles jumped from Krystals hands and just poked at the mouse, causing Krystal to giggle as she just waited for the mouse to move.

"Come on Sprinkles." She looked at Krys before moving to her. "Good kitty."

She stroked its fur as she purred. "Wow, a cat that doesn't kill a mouse." Lincoln spoke as Lucy hugged him with a smile, resting her head on his shoulder.

Lincoln opened up the small puppy's box and put in a bowl of food before closing it. "There ya go buddy."

"Lincoln, we need to go out again. You know what will happen if we don't." Jack said as Lincoln's reflection.

"Yeah. Of course I know. Do we head to another town tonight?"

"Yes. Mainly because I don't think people are gonna try anything for awhile after the stunt we pulled." He responded as there was a knock at his door.

He went over and opened it as Jack left the mirror and hit behind the desk. It was Lynn with Lily in her arms.

"Hey Lynn. Hi Lily." He said as Lily laughed. "Can you please explain why there's a little girl who's barely taller than Lily here to Lori? And possibly me first?" Lynn spoke with a scowl before she yelled in pain as Lily pulled one of her ears.

"Well, ya see…"

*5 minutes later*

"Good lord." Lynn said as she sat on his bed, Lily now falling asleep.

"Yeah it's true."

"And how long have you been doing this?"

"Since he was 7… when I made myself known to him." Jack spoke from his hiding spot, almost giving Lynn a heart attack.

"WHOA!" Jack chuckled as she had both her hands over her chest. "Never fucking do that again!"

"I make no promises." He smirked as Lynn tried to punch him, her fists only going through his body.

"Nice try bitch, I am immortal in this form. NOTHING CAN HURT ME!" Lincoln pulled out a very powerful flashlight and shined it right at his face, causing him to burn. "AHH LIGHT, MY ONE WEAKNESS!… BESIDES PORN… for obvious reasons." He exclaimed being dramatic as he went back to the mirror, his only safe place from the flashlight.

"Lousy stinking!" He grumbled as Lincoln laughed.

"Serves you right, you fucking cocky dipshit." Lynn was surprised at her brothers language. "Fuck you." Was all Jack said as he flipped him off. "We need to go Lincoln, NOW!"

"Right!" Lincoln said as he opened his window and started to climb out, until Lynn grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"Whoa whoa whoa. You aren't going anywhere! You still need to explain Krystal to Lori. Luna and Lisa are trying to prevent her from being taken to a foster home!"

"I know, but I have to."

"And why the hell would you possibly need to kill even more peop-" "BECAUSE IF I DON'T WE'LL DIE!" He shouted, slamming his hand over his face. "Ah fuck, this wasn't supposed to happen like this." Jack muttered.

"What did you say?" Lucy spoke as she poked her head from the vent, her voice barely a whisper as Lynn just froze, her grip loosening. Jack decided to take the opportunity to share control with Lincoln and spoke. "Do NOT let Lori take Krystal away." They pulled their arm back and dropped. Quickly, they pulled out a small book and vanished in a plume of mist.

Lincoln and Jack reappeared on a rooftop downtown. "How did you do that?" Lincoln asked as he took control again. "I may or may not have learnt a weak teleportation spell from the Internet. It's very weak so it couldn't take us far, sorry."

"And by internet you mean you read Lucy's spell book." Jack just laughed. "Boy! If I read Lucy's spell book we would be in Japan probably playing Dance Dance Revolution, or be burning the Westboro Baptist Church to the fucking ground!"

"Hehehehe yeah, you really hate Westboro don't you Jack?"

"If Jehova and Jesus hated the gays, then why does he make them? The people of Westboro are nothing more than stuck up, racist, homophobic motherfuckers! Whenever a soldier dies fighting for America, they always show up and belittle everyone, especially the friends and family of the victims!" He snarled as he took half control again. "What weapons do we have on us?"

"Just a switchblade." Lincoln replied. "Okay, we can make that work." Jack said as the green gem appeared in their hand. They heard an alarm go off and saw some guys breaking into a thrift store. "Don't kill them, if they have any guns on them, take em.

Lucy and Lynn sat in the living room listening to the louder than normal argument going on upstairs, the only one to join any side was Luan, and she sided with Luna.

"How long have they been at it?" She asked Lucy.

"Almost six hours." She answered as the whole house fell silent at the sound of gunshots far outside.

"What was that?" The room was quiet before the argument restarted.

"UGH!" Soon all the arguing got Lily to start to cry.

"Aw, it's okay. Please don't cry." The two siblings looked at the corner behind the TV and saw Krystal curled up in a blanket cradling Lily in her arms.

"Hello." She said in a whisper as Lily calmed down, despite the argument upstairs. Finally Lynn had enough. "Lucy."

"Yeah?"

"I think it's time we end their little fight, don't you?"

"Agreed."

"Lucy can you take them down into the basement so they don't hear?" She nodded. "Come on Kyrs." She said softly as she got up. "Okay mommy." She spoke grabbing her hand with Lily in her arm as Lynn went upstairs with a large porcelain vase. 'Thank God Lisa can fix these things.' She thought as she 'dropped' it at the wall, right in between Luna and Lori's faces.

The two came running out and glared at her, but that went away quicker than it appeared when she pulled out her bloodstained bat.

"Now… TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?"

*6 hours ago*

"WHAT!?" Lori exclaimed, startling the small girl. "Lori she is NOT going anywhere!" Lisa yelled as Luna stood up. "That child has been through HELL! She will stay with us!"

"NO SHE WON'T!"

"YES SHE FUCKING IS!" Luna yelled right in her sisters face.

"NO! I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE'S BEEN THROUGH! SHE'S NOT STAYING!"

"Lori." She looked at her oldest sister with a glare that could kill her 50 times over. "She is not going anywhere." Lynn said coldly. "She was nearly raped and she would have if Lincoln hadn't found her. If you take her away from here, you will have someone worse than Luna to deal with." She then shuddered at the thought.

"...Fine she can stay." Lori sad, paling that someone or something could be worse than Luna. Lynn smiled as she heard Lily laughing from the vents.

"Okay, I totally need a shower now." Lincoln said as they were drenched from head to toe in blood.

"You sure?" Jack said, shooting a body in the head.

"Cause I think you badass."

"Shut up Jack." Lincoln said as a kitchen knife flew past their face, getting lodged into a brick wall. "Jeff."

"Well." The homicidal maniac spoke as he pulled the blade out with ease, twirling it in his bleach white hand as Jack scowled. Jeff was insane, but Jack had a lot of respect for him. He was the only one who could actually keep up with him and wear him out, well him and Jane. "You're quite far away from your home turf S.J." He spoke with a smirk behind his black balaclava, his white hood covering his baby blue eyes. "What're you doing here?"

"Yesterday I may have kinda lost control and butchered up some people, ripping out the guys heart and crushing it. It might be awhile. Why the fuck are you here, still trying to find Marcus?"

"That's none of your business. And you don't need to call him by that name." Jeff said as Jack stood still. He looked back at him. "I'll call my father whatever I want Woods."

Jack opened the window and crawled through, once in he gave Lincoln full control again.

"Phew, I really need a shower." He spoke as Jack just floated around. "Hey Linc, maybe for Halloween you should be Peter Pan."

"Why?"

"Because I can be in shadow form an-"

"Jack. Shut the fuck up. I am not wearing green tights, okay? I'm not a Power Ranger." He scowled as he started to pull out the flashlight and Jack flew into the mirror as the light came on. "You son of a... just go clean yourself!"

"Yeah yeah." 'Thank god, it's past 12.' He thought as he stepped out and quickly made it into the washroom, locking the door AND covering the vents.

He took off his clothes and got in the shower , the blood slowly coming off of his arms and face. The hair was very much harder, he stayed in there until there was not a speck of red amongst his white locks

"Ahhh…this feels great." He said as he felt a pain in his side. "Great, a stitch came loose."

Jack appeared in shadow form, but not in the washroom. No… he was in Lucy and Lynn's room. He reached under Lucy's bed and pulled out a large thick book. He carried it through the vents to Lincoln's room.

Lincoln entered his room with his bloodied clothes in his arms, a towel around his waist. He saw Jack floating up through the vents.

'Strange.' He thought as he put on a fresh pair of clothes and went downstairs to the basement where the washer was, unaware he was being followed by a person with brown hair and eyes like fire.

Lincoln made his way to the washer as he was grabbed by his shoulder and spun around, face to face with Lynn.

"Whoa! Hey Lynn." He said, pushing the clothes into the open dryer.

She kept glaring at him. "Talk. Now. What did you mean by 'If I don't, we'll die'?!" He paused and said nothing. He just started the washer and walked straight past her.

"Lincoln answer me!" He opened the door and slammed it behind him. She scowled and ran after him. She threw the door open just to see Lincoln's door close.

She ran over and kicked it in, but failed to because something was right in front of it, either his bed or his desk.

"LINCOLN ABRAHAM LOUD YOU OPEN THIS DOOR NOW DAMMIT!" She screamed, but got no reply. She kept punching the door for almost 10 minutes before Luna got out of her room, Luan staying in her bed.

"What's going on?" Lynn then told her what she was told before she ended her argument, Luan paling at hearing that he had killed. 'Lincoln's dying!?'

"What do you mean 'dying'?" Luna said. "I don't fucking know! I confronted him about it and he walked straight past me!" She exclaimed. "I believe I can explain it." Jack spoke, scaring all three of them. "STOP FUCKING DOING THAT!" Lynn screamed. "Jesus, you're worse than Lucy!"

"I heard that." Said girl spoke appearing behind her, making Lynn scream again. "I COULD tell you… BUT Lincoln told me not to so I'm not gonna… bye." He then went through the vents. "By the way I blocked off the vent to his room so good luck with that."

They all sighed and left all except Lucy who just said one thing that made Lincoln ponder on his decisions. "You really don't trust us do you Lincoln?" She spoke as she walked off.

"…No, it's because I don't want anyone to worry, especially you… this is my burden." His voice was barely a whisper but she heard him.

"You not telling us anything is making me worry." She said as she went into her room. "All I wanted was to keep them out of this, to keep them safe. It was bad enough that Lisa knew." He spoke as to himself as he cried. He then heard something in the vents. He crawled up through the metal corridors and saw where Jack had put up a metal hatch up above, which was starting to glow orange.

"What the hell?" The large hatch started glowing brighter as it lit up the tight space.

Soon the hatch was kicked down, and Lincoln put his hands over his eyes, shielding them from the blinding light going off in his face as Luan jumped down, with Lisa's unstable plasma-torch, onto Lincoln.

"Luan." He said softly, the light from the hatch showing his face, stained with tears. She said nothing as she wrapped her arms around him.

"Tell me it isn't true." She said. "Tell me you're not really dying, tell me they were joking… that it was just some messed up joke." She sobbed as he looked down.

"I'm sorry…but it's true. No more lies. I am really dying." Luan dropped to her knees crying as she tightened her hold on him, only letting go when a tear was heard. 'Great, there goes another stitch.'

"Why?"

"…Because I have a second soul inside my body. Jack is surprised I haven't died yet. I should've actually died when I was 8." He spoke in a somber tone as the glow died down.

Luan hugged him as he spoke, unknowing that his voice was being carried through the entire vent system. "I also once had Leukemia, I was told by doctors I wouldn't make it past five but I fought it. Jack made himself known to me and it just… died. And now I'm slowly decaying. My body is using all its resources three times faster than normal to keep us both moving, but it's also cutting my life in half. If I fail then I won't make it past 13."

Lisa and the others had heard everything he said. 'He never told me that!' Lisa thought as Krystal stirred in her sleep, cuddling with her kitty.

'Lincoln…why?' Lucy sobbed. 'No… he can't be serious.' Lynn thought as she cried.

'Bloody hell.' Luna thought.

'Our big brother did all that!?' The twins thought terrified and worried for him.

'He wasn't lying.' Lori cried.

'I don't want my only brother to die!' Leni weeped.

Lincoln crawled back to his room, his hands burning from the searing hit metal as he went over the hatch.

Lincoln jumped down from the vent into his room. 'They probably all know now.' He thought as he curled up into a ball and sat under his desk and started to cry silently. "I can't take this much longer."

"Lincoln?" He looked up and saw Luan sticking her head out from the vent hole above. She dropped down and pulled a chair out from in front of him.

"Come out…please." She spoke. He slowly crawled out.

"What?" She wrapped her arms around him, soon they both started to cry.

"I'm sorry." He said. "I just didn't want you to get hurt if someone found out."

"Lincoln I don't care, just know that if you die I'll join you!" She snapped. "And our other sisters would probably do it too. You're the only thing that keeps this family together." She cried harder as he loosened his grip.

"Luan?" He spoke up, looking her in the eyes.

"Yeah?"

"I don't want to leave any of you…even if it means I have to kill." He spoke with determination. "I have to kill people or else I will die. Hell the only reason I haven't already from getting the shit kicked out of me and from sports is because I'm sharing a body with a demon's son." He exclaimed as he lifted his hand, a small ball of white flames forming in his palm, lighting up the dark room. Luan was in awe as the small flame was encased in a cube of ice, still going. "How'd you do that?"

"Like I said, I'm sharing a body with a half-demon." He reminded her as they unknowingly got closer to each other before Luan leaned forward and kissed, her lips oddly tasting like strawberry cotton candy and cherry bubblegum.

Lincoln gave a moan as Jack watched from outside in his shadow form. He heard a groan and threw a large rock in its direction. "Stay the fuck away from this town!" He yelled as they vanished in a cloud of smoke. "Genocidal asshole." It muttered before going completely. "Sadist clown."

Lincoln groaned as he slowly opened his bloodshot eyes.

He then realized that Luan was asleep, with her arms around him.

He gave a smile and kissed her forehead as he slid out of her arms, put a pillow under her head, covered her with his blanket, and went downstairs through the vents, running into an extremely tired Jack whose body was letting off steam. "Laughing Jack?"

"Laughing Jack." Lincoln paused. "What's your deal with him again?" He asked the demon/human hybrid. "I caught him attempting to murder my sister… and all your siblings." Lincoln scowled. "And he's a sadist who loves hurting children, he's lucky he doesn't rape otherwise me and Jill would make sure there is nothing left of that black and white clown fuck." Lincoln growled as Jack finished speaking. "Wait, aren't you a sadist yourself?"

"That's different. He gets turned on from hurting others, while I am turned on by pain to my own body." He said as he went away through the shadows into his room.

Luan opened her eyes as she heard dragging. She then saw a black transparent being pushing everything away from the door.

"What the?" She panicked as she leaned against the wall. "So how was your nap?"

Luan said nothing as she was frightened before remembering what happened last night, her face turning an insanely bright red.

"Well miss Puncest?" "S-shut up!" She stammered as he smirked.

Luan still said nothing as he just vanished. Luan shuddered at the thought of him being inside Lincoln(Pause).

Lincoln looked all over the room through the vents and saw no one was there, and this time he DID check for Lucy.

"Lucy?" He called out. After 10 minutes, she never came down. "She's either out or asleep." Jack told him as he appeared in his shadow form from under the table.

"Where is everyone?"

"Probably out shopping and trying to get their minds off of last night. It is Lucy's birthday today and your voice carried out through the vents."

"…Fuck. I didn't even realize that!" Lincoln said, worried that they now all knew what he was.

"Calm down Linc, it's not the end of the fucking world!"

"I know. I just-" "Daddy!" Krystal called out as she came downstairs, wrapping her arms around him.

"Good morning my little gem." He said as he lifted her up. 'I can feel her thoughts Linc. She doesn't know of our…condition.' Jack told him mentally.

'Yeah I know, I can feel them too.'

"Daddy, what's wrong?" She asked him. "Nothing. I'm just happy you're here." 'And that L.J. isn't around.'

"I'm hungry" She said as her stomach growled. "Well then let's get you something to eat." He said.

Lincoln's bedroom door opened upstairs and Luan stepped out, rubbing her eyes.

She gave a yawn as she came downstairs and smelled food slowly cooking. She started drooling when she smelled bacon.

"What smells so good?" She said as she bolted down to the kitchen in a flash.

"Hello." Kristal greeted as she hugged the 14 year old girl.

"Hello Krystal, did you sleep well?" She said softly as she heard a buzzing noise go off in the basement.

"Yes mommy. Auntie Lisa's nice… but kinda boring."

"Trust me, everyone thinks she's boring." She chuckled, trying to come up with a good joke. "Hey Luan." Lincoln said, his now dry and blood-free clothes in his arms.

"Hey Linc, what's for breakfast?"

"Eggs with cheese and thick bacon and sausage mixed in." He then saw her drooling from the thought.

"Luan, your drooling." Jack spoke." Hi Shadow Daddy!"

"Hello." He greeted with a smile as he sniffed. "Lincoln, I think the hash browns are burning."

"WHAT!?" He dashed to the stove, trying to saved the food as Luan chuckled and Krystal giggled before he accidentally burned his arm pulling out the tray.

"Yow!" He dropped it on the table as he held his reddened arm. "Man that hurts."

'Guess I forgot how painful it was.' He thought as Luan helped him tend to the growing burn.

"Poor daddy." Krystal said as she kissed his arm.

"Awww." Luan cooed as she picked her up, noting that she was very lighter than Lily. "You're so cute."

'And very underweight.' She thought sadly.

"What's wrong mommy?"

"Nothing, it's just that you're so small and light." She said with a smile as she heard a small yip. "Why's there a puppy in a box in your room?"

"Oh… that's for Lucy." He said as he flipped the mix of egg, meat and cheese.

"She'll love it."

"I'll love wha?" Lucy yawned as she opened her door with bags under her eyes.

"Mama!" Krystal spoke jumping out of Luan's grip and going to hug Lucy who wrapped her arms around the tiny child.

"Good morning my child." She kissed her forehead. "Luan, say NOTHING! I want it to be a surprise." Lincoln whispered very quietly into her ear. She nodded as the toaster popped up. "Jack, stop burning the sourdough when I make toast."

"Hey, it's edible, not really burnt and it tastes good, admit it."

"No it's not!"

"It actually isn't that bad, it's only blackened but not charred." Lucy said, siding with Jack. "Thank you!"

"Don't encourage him Lucy." Luan said. "Shut it Puncest!" "What the hell does that even mean!?"

"I don't know." Lincoln said. "Because you tell dad jokes and you kissed Lincoln last night." Jack taunted as both siblings blushed very embarrassed, making Lucy chuckle.

'Two sisters down, one sister to go.' She thought as Lori walked in through the front door with a ton of bags in her arms.

"Hi auntie Lori." Krys said shyly, she was still frightened by her, something that didn't go unnoticed by Lincoln.

"Hello Krystal." She said, hearing the tone in her voice.

"Lori, can I speak with you alone?" Lincoln said as he put waffles in the toaster.

"Sure." She said unsure as she went upstairs with all the bags. Lincoln followed as she set the stuff on her bed.b"So what's up?"

"How much of last night did you hear?"

"All of it…and I realized that I was stupid."

"Oh?" He raised his eyebrow before being engulfed in a hug.

"I'm sorry. I should've known better. I was a idiot to think you would just say something like that for kicks." She lightly sobbed. "It's okay… but it's Lynn you should apologize to."

"Yeah, I know." She said, tears rolling down her cheeks. "It really hurt her knowing that her older sister didn't believe her when she was told she was almost raped."

Lori just cried harder as Sprinkles purred, running against her leg, causing her to smile as she picked up the small cat.

"Thanks Sprinkles." She purred as she was stroked, making Lincoln smile.

"I find it a strange coincidence that Lucy is the goth member of the family and that she was born on Halloween." Lincoln chuckled as Lori looked like she never realized that. "Huh, good point."

Lincoln laughed as he started to leave. He then gave a sigh as he saw the three who were downstairs eating. "Lincoln, you need to eat something." Jack said materializing right next to him. "You haven't eaten in weeks."

"I'm not hungry. And yes I have eaten a meal."

"One apple isn't a meal. It's almost been two weeks." Jack scowled. "We've been surviving off the souls in the gem-" "And that still isn't enough Lincoln. You NEED food and water."

Lincoln sighed knowing he was right, but again he didn't feel it. "Like I said, I'm not hungry." He walked into his room and shut the door, blocking off the bottom and top of the door, locking the window and closing the curtain, and blocking off the vent so Jack couldn't follow.

'Oh god.' Jack thought as he turned into black mist and solidified on the couch and put on Castle. "Hey Luce."

"Hey Jack."

"Can you get Lincoln out of his room, I don't want him to die of malnutrition."

"What does that mean?" She said nervously. "He hasn't drank any liquids in a month and the only thing he's eaten within two weeks was an apple a few days ago." Jack spoke in a somber tone as the realization dawned on Lucy. 'How did I not notice that?' "Also, you should teach him all the stuff in your magic book, he might need it." She gave a nod as she went upstairs and knocked on his door 4 times in a pattern.

"Come in Lucy." She opened the door and saw Lincoln on his bed with a large lidded box with small holes on his pillow.

"What's that?" She asked, realizing that he was much thinner. "Nothing, just something for you." He smiled as she sat down next to him.

"Open it." She slowly lifted it up and got a face full of white and black fur as well as a wet face.

"Hehehehe." She giggled as she opened her eyes and saw a puppy the size of a baby chihuahua with curly white fur with gold and black patches, a pure black tail, black pointed ears, a long snout, and the softest blue eyes she ever saw, she had just instantly fell in love with the dog.

"Thank you Lincoln." She said as she wiped her mouth and kissed him full on the lips.

"Happy Birthday Luce." He said as they broke the kiss, his lips now tasting like black licorice, a taste he oddly loved very much.

"I'll call him Midnight." She said as the puppy yawned. "Mr. Midnight." She picked him up and held him close to her. "Lincoln, please eat something."

"I told Jack I wasn't hungry."

"I'm not him, please." She said, giving him puppy dog eyes. "Fine." He sighed in defeat. Another knock was heard as Krystal poked her head in.

"Daddy?" She said before walking to him, Sprinkles jumping on the bed and just staring at Mr. Midnight.

"A puppy!" Said dog barked and stuck his tongue out as Krystal picked him up from Lucy's arms and laughed when his nose tickled her, causing the two siblings to smile.