-Meanwhile with Lincoln Loud-
Lincoln re-watched the newly posted video over and over on Stella's phone, it was definitely his sisters, though the camera was shaky he could see Luna and Leni fighting some woman with a sword. He had so many questions yet he didn't know how to ask them, like, how were they floating in the air? Why were they fighting some random woman who for some reason looked familiar which only confused him even more, questions he would have answered later. He handed Stella her phone back and asked Ms. Pham if he could be excused, which she allowed as she continued her teaching.
He walked to the bathroom and held his head in his hands, he's had a headache ever since he woke up this morning and didn't know why. He told his mom yet when she told him to check the medicine cabinet there were was barely anything left, not to mention none for headaches anyways, once he finally reached the bathroom he splashed water on his face hoping all this was just a nightmare within a nightmare and he could finally wake up to a normal life with a normal family, yet he already knew deep down that his life was never going to be the same, especially not after all this, not like how it was before. His only question was why? With all these weird dreams going on and his sisters suddenly having super-powers? Was there something they weren't telling him? Or was there a different meaning to all of this and it was right under his nose this whole time, yet he couldn't figure it out.
He felt sick as he clutched his stomach, so many thoughts were flying in his mind, he ran into one of the stalls and threw up this morning's breakfast and this afternoon's lunch. After another five minutes he walked out of the boys bathroom and started heading back to his classroom, all he wanted to do now was just talk to his friends and have them tell him it's probably nothing, even when he knew that wasn't the case.
"I'm here to pick up my brother Lincoln. " A voice said as Lincoln stopped in his tracks, he looked ahead and saw his three oldest sisters standing in front of the classroom talking to his teacher, the sole loud boy didn't know why but his gut told him to run away, run away from them and hopefully somewhere he didn't have to face them. He started to back away as he questioned things he didn't ever think he would question in his twelve years of living. Why do I feel so scared of them? Are they really even my sisters? What if I'm just in some loop and they're using me as some play thing? Were some of the many questions that circled in his brain.
"Ah! " He yelled out as he clutched his head again, it was as if his headache suddenly turned into a migraine times ten, the pain felt so overbearing he lost his footing and slammed into the lockers falling down catching the attention of his sisters and his teachers.
"Lincoln! " They all yelled out as they rushed over to him, Luna picked him as Ms. Pham felt his forehead, he wasn't hot or anything but she still said to take him to the nurse, they nodded as they carried him over to the nurse's room with everyone in the classroom watching either confused or scared of what just happened.
-In Lincoln's Mind-
The sole loud boy opened his eyes and felt the ground under him felt soft, he instantly jolted up and looked around, he was in a grass field once again and saw in the distance a castle standing tall over a town, he looked down at his clothes and was surprised it was different then before, it was more like a white jumpsuit except their were no sleeves and had black X's all over it. This only confused him more as he let an annoyed groan and yelled out his frustration into the crisp air.
"What is even happening anymore! Why am I wearing this! Why do my sisters have super-powers! Am I even their brother! Because it doesn't feel that way! " He finished as he couldn't yell anymore and he fell down to his knees and felt hot tears ready to spill out, he gripped tightly on the grass as he felt so many emotions, mainly anger and confusion, the last few weeks were nothing compared to how he was feeling right now.
Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder as he jumped and looked at whoever it was. He thought to himself, "Lemme guess another person ready to kill me so I can finally wake up? Or wait lemme guess, future me! " He then looked up to whoever it could be and saw it was the man in the dark blue cloak, except this time he didn't have a sword impaled in his chest and just stood over Lincoln with a somber look, which only confused him even more as it quickly turned to anger as he stood up and wiped his tears away then looked to the man with an annoyed glare.
"Well go on! Say something! " He yelled as the man's smile turned into a surprised frown. "Oh don't give me that look! These few weeks have been nothing but complete hell for me! Not only have I had the same dream every damn night, I hear YOUR stupid voice in my head telling me I have to remember! " He gripped his fists tightly as he continued and didn't notice his body starting to turn a dark shade of red, "Remember what! I don't even know who the hell you are! I feel like I don't even know my own sisters anymore! But it's not like this is going to matter is it, because I know once it's time for me to go to sleep, I'll just see you again huh!? Who the hell even are you!? " He yelled as he finished his annoyed rant as his whole body was red, his jumpsuit looked like it was made of blood as his eyes were nothing but two little dots of black, the man could only stay quiet as he took off his cloak and dropped it to the floor, with Lincoln following his movements. He had snow white hair and freckles on his face, just like him.
He then finally said in a deep voice, "You have every right to be mad at me Lincoln, I thought that it would be best if I jumpstart your memories without telling you upfront, Now I see I only caused you more pain then intended, I apologize my lord. " He says as he gets on one knee and bowed which only confused Lincoln as the red on his body started to dissipate, "W- What are you doing? " He asked as the man got back up and walked over to him, he bent down in front of Lincoln and hugged him, catching the sole loud boy off guard as he didn't know what to do now.
After a few seconds the man let Lincoln go and sighed a heavy sigh, he then looked to Lincoln and said, "It's time you finally learned who you are and what's been going on, you deserve nothing but the truth. " Lincoln could only nod as the man snapped his fingers and suddenly they were in what looked like a war, a very deadly one at that. "You along with the rest of the council are from the planet Neymar, a far off world highly advanced then earth but still uses kings and queens as a form of power, a war broke out about almost twelve years ago when a dark mage raised the dead and used black magic to control those who opposed him, it was a deadly war and many lives were losts, including mines along with my brothers and sisters. "
Lincoln looked back to the man shocked, not only had he just learned he's not from earth, but he's talking to a ghost. "So what your saying is, I'm crazy. " Lincoln clutched his head as he felt a hand on his shoulder, he looked back up to see the man looking intensely at him, "I know this is a lot to take in but you must listen to me. " He then sighed and showed the king and queen. "They were said to be the strongest on our planet, yet the bastards black magic overpowered them and.. I saw my best friend die right in front of me. " He then showed what looked like his mom along with his sisters entering some kind of space-ship, she looked really sad actually.
"When all hope was lost, the king ordered for you to be taken away from here, and to be trained to avenge them all one day, you see the forms you see your sisters in are merely the forms of my sisters. " He says as Lincoln looks at him confused and asks, "What happened to your sisters? "
He stays quiet a few seconds as he continues and shows all of them in front of him, he immediately recognizes two of them, them being the forms Lori and Leni used, but the others were all people he had never seen before, he then saw the man talking to him now in the group as he stood tall above everyone else. "When me and my brothers and sisters were ambushed we vowed we'd avenge our king and queen, and that's when we decided it would be best if our souls inhabited you all, to train and control your new found powers and put this evil mage to end, it was what your mother wanted before⦠before she died in my arms. "
Lincoln froze, he knew all of this sounded crazy yet it made sense, why his sisters had super-powers, why his dreams were so weird, but what the man said just now caught Lincoln off guard, as he was about to say something he remembered in his last dream seeing a woman with white hair holding a baby, he thought she was just some random person, was that why she looked so familiar? He then looked to the man and stood right next to him as he said, "And I Lincoln, am your father, I have been living inside your mind ever since you were three months old. "
Lincoln felt like he was just hit by several trucks, Rita and Lynn Loud weren't his parents, his sisters.. Weren't really his sisters. He then felt the man hug him as he continued, "I know this is a lot but you have to trust me when I say this, " The man then looked Lincoln in both his eyes and said, "You may not be related to them but they will still love you like you are their own, as they've been doing all this time. " Lincoln didn't feel it but tears were coming out of his eyes. He then remembered every tantrum, every argument, every selfish he's done to them, and he wasn't even theirs.
Lincoln back in the real world opens his eyes back up and sits up on a soft surface, he looks around and sees he's in his room as charles is sleeping on his lap, the family's dog then feels his owner wake up as he licks his face as Lincoln could only pet the dog back as his facial expression didn't change. "Hold on boy, I have some things I need to work out. " He then grabs the dog as he places him on the floor and opens his door, he hears his sisters in their rooms, must've been a couple hours he's been out.
He walks over to his oldest sister's room and turns the knob without even knocking. "I thought I told you two to stay ou- " Lori's voice trails off as she sees Lincoln standing in the doorway with his head down.
"Lincoln.. Your awake.. Did you need something- "How long. " He asked cutting her off, only causing her and everyone else in the room to sweat harder.
"H- How long what Lincoln? " She asked nervously, she didn't know why but the heaviness of the situation had finally dawned on the oldest sibling, this was really happening, something she hoped would just be a dream, is finally happening and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
"How long were you going to let this lie carry on? " The sole loud boy finally said in a voice that sounded much different as he raised his head causing everyone to gasp at their brothers face, one eye was pure red with a black dot for a pupil and the other was pure white with nothing in the center.
"I want the truth. Now. " Lincoln said as Lori could only shake, she had no other option but to finally tell the truth, the thing is, could she really betray her parents' word like that?
To Be Continued in Chapter 5!
