The Loud House: Memory of A Promise
Part 1: Recorded Memory Chapter: 15 One Reason of Many, Why He's Her Light/Halloween Special
Disclaimer: I do not own "The Loud House"
Questions: iquinn18: What was your favorite part from the Loud House Halloween special? What was your least favorite part? A tie for favorite between Luna's song and Lincoln being ok with half a piece of candy. Least would be Lincoln sending Hank and Hawk to his street without thinking it through.
iquinn18: When Lincoln has his day with Lucy will Lincoln see her eyes? Has he seen her eyes in the past? Lastly, Most people make her eyes blue or green. Will you do one of those colors or will you make it an unique color? Guess we'll see in the next chapter. For the rest, your answer is in this special, so keep an eye out. Ha!
364wii: Three days huh? Luna, Lucy, Lola? Before Lincoln's a dead man yep. For Luna seems to have gone that way. For Lucy things are pointing towards a yes as well. As for Lola ... again dead man, heh.
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A silent girl sat on her bed with a picture book laid before her, thinking of how long it had been since she last went through it. It contained the things she treasured most, her captured proof of the existing light in the world she viewed as cruel and bleak. She opened the book, admiring her loving protector who was nearly in every photo, his smile so comforting even on photographic paper.
She continued to flip through, stopping only when she arrived at a certain picture. She placed her hand on it and slowly traced her finger along his cheek, hoping in some form of spiritual connection it graced his in reality at this moment. Her mind ventured in wanderlust to the memories of the past, the recollection so vivid she could play it perfectly in her mind.
Night of the Samhain Sabbat: The Raven Girl
The raven grabbed her satchel,
And proceeded forth on her way to travel.
Until the queen of the castle stopped her for a moment,
Relaying to her guardians of a late times punishable bestowment.
A white knight stepped forward and solemnly swore,
To complete said task and protect her from the wickedness the world bore.
With a nod of approval, the queen stepped aside,
Allowing the party out into the night as they walked side by side.
As time elapsed their plunder grew in quantity as they reached each destination,
All the time the raven's guardians around her, remaining in their protective station.
Soon the time was upon them to return to their dwelling,
Their prizes most abundant, their satchels swelling.
With the leader distracted, down a dark dirt path they strode,
Unaware of eyes aimed at their carried treasure, with maliciousness they glowed.
Cries of war rang out as imps charged against the shocked group,
Hoping to take their possessions in one fell swoop.
The leader stepped forward with eyes of anger aimed at one imp,
And pummeled it with impunity till it went limp.
Another guardian stepped forth, clad in war paint and a brandished axe,
Taking out a duo of imps with several good whacks.
Yet still more charged, spirits ready to plunder,
Gaining the ire of a guardian, the berserker, who's roar paralleled thunder.
From a stalwart stance the berserker charged outward at the enemy,
Mowing several down with great enmity.
The raven stood still, fear welling up inside her,
As three guardians remained, pixie, jester, and knight ready to deter.
An imp broke through and scared the pixie stiff,
Prompting the jester to intervene and deliver it a swift biff.
Undeterred though the imp struggled on,
While their wicked leader smiled as the party all fell for his con.
With the knight all alone to guard the raven fair,
The imp king charged out at the lonely pair.
Fear struck the knight as the king came at great speed,
Yet trusty sword he pulled out, prepared to uphold his creed.
Cackling sinisterly the king broke his blade,
Still the knight remained before the king despite being afraid.
Growing impatient and knowing time was running short,
The king struck the knight, defeating the final escort.
Taking all of value in front of him the king then focused his sight,
On the last remaining parcel held by the raven who whimpered, knowing her plight.
A savage strike did the king place upon the raven's face, eliciting a cry,
Giving the knight a newfound strength as he gazed at his target with his one good eye.
Flee the king did, calling out to his minions with treasure in tow,
Though far he didn't go, as the knight charged and tackled him with a mighty blow.
To the sounds of struggle the other guardians turned and saw,
Both knight and king struggling on the ground, the latter delivering a blow to the knight's jaw.
The knight's allies cried out as they made haste,
Placing fear into the king this time as his heart raced.
With a glance to the riches he fought for so hard,
The king decided none would have them, using his last trump card.
A howl of spite, the king let out as he pushed the knight away,
Grabbing the parcels and throwing them, much to everyone's dismay.
Through the sky did the objects of desire fly,
Landing in a lake, floating for seconds till they bid their goodbye.
The guardians tackled and held the defeated king in place,
As the knight moved towards the raven, cupping her face.
A mark on her cheek made his heart crack and throe,
While the army approached, deciphering who was friend or foe.
Words exchanged and the guardians left, void of possession but triumphant,
All while the knight lagged behind, feeling defeated with an aura despondent.
To the castle they returned where their queen lay in wait,
And shocked she was to see the groups state.
Questions and answers abounded between the leader and queen,
Until she sent the party away to rest and get clean.
In his quarters the knight stood alone, guilt for failing festering within him,
Remembering the raven's amber eyes, so pure though tinged with grim.
He gathered his coin and made his way to the queen, hoping for a chance at redemption,
On meeting he unveiled his plan to her, gaging her reception.
A look of admiration adorned the queen's face as she approved his request,
For she accepted it only for his great heart, it's magnanimity leaving her impressed.
The two set forth to the kingdoms market to barter for supplies,
Returning within the hour with six bags, the knight's precious prize.
Up the castle steps he charged with vigor slightly restored,
Visiting each guardian, a single bag each he bestowed.
Soon outside the raven's chamber he stood,
Two bags left in hand, mustering all the courage he could.
He knocked and waited as the door creaked open,
And was met by the berserker, who was presented the second last token.
They spoke briefly before the berserker moved out and granted entry,
The knight once inside, approaching the raven gently.
He stood before her, noticing the mark on her cheek as he gave her the final gift,
Apologizing from the depths of his soul as he made his exit most swift.
She called out to him making him freeze on the spot,
Showering him with adulation on how he fought.
He protested, saying he just wasn't tough,
Still she praised him and loved him, to her he did more than enough.
She softly said, "You wanted to fight, despite the fear in your heart,
And to me that's what sets the weak and strong apart."
She patted her bed and beckoned him back,
Reaching into her bag and taking out a snack.
She offered it to him and asked him to stay,
For midnight was approaching, the start of her day.
He agreed and together they stayed as time progressed,
Lying beside each other, the raven feeling so blessed.
Unconsciousness taking both she looked to the knight,
Knowing then and now, he would always be her light.
October 31, 2013 The Truth of Things/Royal Woods, The Loud House Thursday Evening
After her mother helped her into her costume, a raven from one of Edgar Allan Poe's works, the young Lucy Loud (age 5) moved to her room and got her pumpkin bag for trick-or-treating. As she headed out she bumped into Lori (age 14) who wasn't dressed at all, as she was going through a too cool for that phase.
"Hey Lucy, excited to go out this year?", Lori asked.
Lucy simply nodded as both sisters headed downstairs to the foyer where the rest of their siblings were waiting. There was Leni (age 13) who dressed as a fairy, Luna (age 12) who dressed up as Pucker Uppenheimer, and Luan (age 11) dressed up as a jester. Soon after Rita (age 39) dressed as a queen, came into the living room with Lynn (age 10) geared up in football attire and Lincoln (age 8) covered in plastic armor as a knight.
"Now Lori." Rita stated. "I'm sure you remember what I told you?"
"Yes mom, back before ten, look both ways before crossing the street, and keep an eye out for strangers that get too close.", Lori replied, not looking up from her cellphone once.
"Alright then, just remember all that or else your grounded."
Rita felt a slight poke at her waist and she looked down at Lincoln.
"Don't worry mom, I know your worried about Lucy, but I'll protect her from any weirdos. I promise.", He proudly stated.
Rita tried her best not to laugh as he took out his sword and swung it around. "Alright Sir Lincoln, I entrust you with this important task."
Lincoln saluted his mother before he followed his sisters outside, staying close to Lucy. Rita waved to her children as they moved down the street before returning to her bedroom to gather the candy she'd hand out. Inside Lynn Sr. (age 40) was on the edge of their bed with Lana and Lola (ages 3) dressed up as princesses standing before him.
The two girls looked to their mother as she spoke. "Ok girls, you ready to hand out candies with mommy?"
Lola nodded with enthusiasm while Lana scratched at her dress slightly to which Rita noticed.
"I don't think dresses are her thing.", Lynn Sr. commented.
Rita looked to Lana. "Well next year you can go as whatever you want, ok?"
Lana gave a small smile at the thought as she grabbed her mother's hand and proceeded outside with her and Lana. Lynn Sr. laid back on his bed and let out a small sigh of relief that he wouldn't have to go out tonight. Call him a coward or whatever you wish but Halloween was NOT his holiday.
He turned his television to the NFL Network and was soon met with the cries of the infant Lisa (age 1), signaling that his choice of programming was not to her liking. He rolled his eyes slightly before he submitted, changing the channel to National Geographic to which Lisa giggled at. Anything was better than being outside being scared half to death Lynn Sr. thought as he remembered suggesting Lori was old enough to take charge.
"What could happen.", He thought as he smiled and closed his eyes, letting whatever boring lecturer was speaking at the moment lull him to sleep.
Royal Woods, Ketchum Park Thursday Evening
Throughout the evening, the Loud siblings made their way from door to door across the scattered neighborhoods, slowly filling their bags to the brim with candy. When Lori's self-set alarm rang on her cell she told the group it was time to head home. Based on where they were at the moment she decided to cut through Ketchum Park, forgetting that it was particularly inhabited by punks and brutes during Halloween as she was too enamored with her phone.
"Psst, we got a live group boys", A young Sully (age 14) whispered.
One boy named Chandler (age 7) peeked through the bushes. "Just a bunch of girls? Talk about lucky."
"Alright guys, dawn your masks." Sully commanded to the band of young deviants sitting around. "Remember, just rush and scare em then make off with their haul."
They each gave a nod as the masks they placed on themselves were basically generic rubber ones, ranging from a werewolf to a mad clown to just a bloodied face. Mustering the best menacing laughs they could the boys charged out towards the girls, shouting demands for their candy and gaining mixed reactions of confusion, fear, and from the oldest, anger.
"Oh no, I am not going to get grounded because a bunch of twerps want to play boogieman!", Lori shouted as she approached the closest boy running towards them.
The young boy stood before Lori. "Give us your candy! Or els-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Lori bopped him in his face and repeatedly started beating him down till he surrendered.
"Uh, that one may be trouble.", Sully thought as he moved around and watched the rest of his friends go for the other Loud girls.
"Punks like you just have to try and kill it for the rest of us.", Luna said as she brought out her guitar.
It may have been a plastic fake since she didn't want to risk damaging her real one, but it was still pretty solid. She swung at the first boy that came near her but missed, hitting another square in the face as he fell to the floor and writhed in pain. She then quickly brought her guitar up and swung downward at the boy who previously dodged, getting a good resounding yelp of pain as he rolled and grabbed the back of his head.
Luna held back several more boys who came near her by swinging her guitar around as some decided best to avoid both her and Lori, moving around them and advancing still towards the sugary prizes. Lynn could only smile at this as she cracked her knuckles and moved into her charge position. A sinister grin touched her lips as the boys before her changed into walking football dummies within her mind.
"Blue eighteen, blue eighteen, hut hut, hut hut!" Cried Lynn as she charged out and swatted any before her away like flies.
Sully's jaw dropped as he gazed at the Loud girls fighting back. "What the fuck is up with these chicks?!"
He turned to see Chandler rushing towards Leni who began to panic on the spot, before Luan came in-between them and punched him square in the nose.
"Now that's a punch-line.", Luan chuckled out, before Chandler charged at her again.
"Good ol' Chandler, always the little trooper.", Sully muttered.
He looked to what remained of his posse that hadn't ran away already. The eldest of the girls seemed to be turning one of his friends into which he could only describe as a human pretzel, while the one swinging her guitar like a madwoman was chasing another who was crying his eyes out. Meanwhile, the one dressed as a football player was charging around like some boorish gorilla as the boys that remained scattered to avoid her.
He turned his gaze to Lincoln. "Hm, didn't see him. Ah well, just a pipsqueak."
Behind the shivering knight Sully could see the prizes laid before him, about six pounds of sugary goodness. Thinking if you wanted something done right to do it yourself, he heaved as he pulled on his goblin mask, checking one last time if all the girls were distracted before he ran out to Lincoln. With the coast seemingly clear he leapt over the bushes and was met with Lincoln's fear filled eyes as he charged at him.
Lincoln shook in place as the older kid before him charged at him with eyes of malice. He wanted to run away so badly but Lucy's whimpers behind him anchored him to place. Instinctively, he pulled out his sword hoping that would be enough to intimidate the big brute.
The opposite effect took place as Sully laughed to the point of tears at the plastic one-and-a-half-foot blade. He wore a smug smile as he towered over Lincoln and broke his sword in half with one hard crushing grasp of his hand.
Sully dropped the broken piece of the blade in his hand to the ground, looking down on Lincoln. "Out of the damn way kid."
Every muscle in Lincoln tensed up as both fear and determination filled him. The latter feeling growing more and more as the thought of him being the only thing between Lucy and this threat crossed his mind. Lincoln gritted his teeth and let out a resounding no as he took a jab at Joshua with his broken blade.
Sully moved quickly out of the way as Lincoln's broken sword nearly hit him in his privates. "Whoa! Watch my junk you little shit!"
Pissed off, Sully gave Lincoln a strong left overhand blow to his eye, knocking him to the ground and putting him in a daze. Thinking things had gone too far to turn back now he grabbed the bags before him and counted them, noting he was missing one. Slight whimpering caught his ear and he turned to see a young girl dressed as a raven, holding the last bag.
"Alright you saw what I did to this kid, so be a good girl and hand over the ca-"
Sully stopped as pain spread out through his eyes, the cause being a fistful dirt that Lucy had grabbed and flung at him. Blind fury raged through Sully further, being mistaken that this would just be another group of scared losers. Not playing around anymore, he slapped Lucy across the face and grabbed her bag.
Lucy cried out and fell back to the ground as tears formed in her eyes, while Lincoln who regained his bearing took it all in. He looked to Sully who whistled out to his friends to run away and felt his blood boil over. His desire to protect Lucy overcame the pain in his eye as he got up and charged at Sully who was caught off guard.
With both hands holding the stolen bags, Sully took the full force of Lincoln's tackle and fell back sideways, applying too much pressure to his left ankle. The teen winced from the pain in his foot as Lincoln wailed and began to strike out randomly, not caring where his punches landed as long as he hit Sully.
"Hey, get away from Lincoln!", Lori cried out as she let a pants soiled kid go.
Sully held Lincoln at bay with one arm as he looked to see the Loud girls running towards him. He knew he was screwed with how his ankle felt, crossing out running as an option. One thing that truly peeved him off was losing, more so when it involved losing out on gaining something in the process, even something as miniscule as sweets.
He looked to the bags of candy and grinned, figuring a draw was better than total defeat. Sully then let out a cry as Lincoln bit down on his hand. Having had enough of this whole ordeal in general, he kicked Lincoln away with his right leg and dashed for the bags.
He grabbed all six bags in one hand and let out one last victorious laugh before throwing them all into the nearby parks pond. "Fuck all of you, and your damn candy too!"
His moment was short lived though as Lynn rammed into him like a block of iron with the other loud girls piling on, pinning him in place. With his older sisters handling Sully, Lincoln rushed towards Lucy and helped her up. He gave her a look over and felt his heart sink when he saw the red handprint on Lucy's face.
"What the hell are you kids doing?!"
Everyone turned to see two officers shining flashlights in their direction.
"SCATTER~!", One deviant cried out.
In a swarm of panic every masked hooligan ran away with an every man for himself attitude, leaving behind Sully as the fall guy. Knowing full well they would be questioned further by the cops about his black eye, Lincoln pulled over his helmets visor, wanting Lucy to get home as soon as possible. It took several minutes, but eventually both officers decided to allow the Loud siblings to go home as one took Sully with him and the other went out to search the park's premises.
"Is everyone ok?", Lori asked as they walked home.
"Heh, think that's a question better suited to those jerks back at the park.", Lynn replied.
"Lincoln? Lucy? Are you both alright?"
Lincoln decided it was best to see if he could get away with not showing his eye. "Yeah."
Lucy looked to Lincoln in confusion as she answered. "My face hurts a little, but I'm ok."
Lori sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Mom is literally going to freak out on me."
"I'm sorry Lori." Lincoln thought. "I wasn't strong enough."
Loud House, Foyer Thursday Night
"It's nearly ten thirty young lady." Rita said as she heard the door open. "I specifically told you you'd be grounded … if … What happened to you?!"
As her children came into the house single file Rita took in all the scrapes and scratches on them.
Lori intertwined her fingers behind her back and and bowed her head as she answered. "We sort of got attacked by a bunch of kids who wanted our candy in the park an-"
"The park?! What were you doing there?! You should know better than to go there during the night!"
"Mom please!" Lincoln cried. "It's not Lori's fault they attacked us! She even went out of her way to protect us, everyone did!"
Rita's motherly intuition kicked in as she looked over Lincoln. "Lincoln … take off your helmet."
"Huh?"
"Take of your helmet, now."
"I uh, think it got stuck cause I tripped over an-"
"Don't lie to me young man, off with it."
Lincoln closed his eyes as he nervously moved his hand to the side of his head and lifted his helmet off. Though his eyes were shut closed he could easily imagine the faces of his mother and sisters as their gasps rang out.
"Lori!" Rita fumed. "Grounded! One month!"
Lori was taken aback by the length of her punishment. "But mom!"
"No exceptions!" Rita then saw the mark on Lucy's face. "Lucy!"
She cupped her daughter's face and looked at the still lingering handprint on her cheek.
Rita looked to Lori with a hint of bloody murder in her eyes. "Who did this to her?!"
"S-some teenager." Lori sheepishly answered. "The cops took him away though."
"Two months."
"What?! Mom!"
"I don't want to hear it. I have to talk to your father about this. All of you go upstairs and clean yourselves off, and help your brother with his eye."
Not wanting to argue with their enraged mother the Loud girls made their way upstairs with Lincoln in tow as Rita moved towards her bedroom. Inside, she shook her husband awake and relayed to him everything she saw and heard.
"This was a horrible idea Lynn." Rita heaved. "We never should have let the kids go out on their own."
"Rita, there was no way we could've predicted this would happen.", Lynn Sr. commented.
"It doesn't matter, from now on our kids will go out trick-or-treating only if you go with them."
"O-outside? During H-halloween?"
"Yes! For the sake of safety!"
Lynn Sr. sighed and agreed knowing it would be both pointless and disgraceful if he were to argue.
He spoke up as Rita headed out. "Where are you going?"
"To get something to drink. In the meantime, call the station about that young man they took in. I want to press charges."
Lincoln's Room Thursday Night: Lincoln
After his sisters helped clean his eye, Lincoln stood in the lonely darkness of his room. He hated himself for not being able to protect Lucy, remembering the hurt in her eyes. He wondered if there was any way to salvage things, his eyes scanning the room until they stopped on his drawer, more specifically the drawer that held his saved up money.
An idea clicked in his head as he opened his drawer and took out all his dollar bills and coins. Counting everything he had, his money totaled around twenty-seven dollars with an extra penny to boot. He had never really bought things before on his own much save for comic books, but surely, he thought this was more than enough to buy some candy with.
He gathered all his money and made his way downstairs, looking for his mother and bumping into her as she came out of the dining room.
"Lincoln? What are you doi-?"
"Mom can we go to the store and buy some candy? Please."
"Huh?"
"When those kids charged at us our candy ended up being thrown away into the water. So ... I was hoping we could go out and buy more."
"I'm sorry Lincoln, but we can't spend any more money than we already have."
Lincoln took out a plastic bag that held all his money. "Then can we use mine?"
"Your own money?"
"Yeah I have twenty-seven dollars. That's enough, isn't it?"
"You're really willing to spend your own money?"
"I want to make this a happy Halloween for everyone again. Please mom."
She looked into his pleading eyes and instantly melted, not having the heart to say no to his selfless request.
"Ok, we'll go to the supermarket but if they don't have any candy left there's not much we can do."
"Really?!"
"Mhm, come on, let's go."
Rita moved to her bedroom door and told Lynn Sr. that she was heading out with Lincoln for a bit before heading outside. The pair then drove off in vanzilla towards the local supermarket which was all but abandoned, considering the time it was. As they entered they were met with the lazy gaze of one employee on cash register duty.
"Excuse me." Rita called out. "Do you have any candy packs left?"
The employee pointed to his left. "All we have left are these pre-stuffed bags ma'am."
Rita grabbed seven and placed them in front of the employee as he scanned each one.
"That'll be twenty-nine seventy-five."
Rita was about to reach into her purse to compensate the cost difference until she saw Lincoln take a bag out of the pile.
"Honey, what are you doing?", She asked.
"I don't need candy.", Linc replied.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I just want to get home before the day ends."
Rita smiled and nodded to the employee as he adjusted the price. "That'll be twenty-five fifty."
Lincoln handed the employee his bag of money, to which he could only sigh as he had to count everything. After making sure he had enough he handed Lincoln his change and bags before both mother and son quickly made their way back home.
On the drive back, Lincoln couldn't help but feel the need to tie up one more loose end. "Mom."
"Yes Lincoln?"
"Can Lori be ungrounded?"
"*sigh* Lincoln, it's very sweet you care about your sisters so much, but you heard me, no exceptions."
"But mom she fought to protect us and so did everyone else, and the only reason Lucy got hurt was because I wasn't strong enough."
"Strong enough?"
"Against a big kid …"
"That wasn't your fault."
"But I promised I'd look after Lucy … and I failed."
"The important thing is you tried sweetie. I'm so proud you tried so hard to protect your little sister. Your growing up to be a good big brother."
"Not fast enough …"
"… Ok, Lori wll be grounded for two days instead of two months. I won't budge an inch more, she still needs to learn to be more responsible after all."
A small smile touched his lips. "Thanks mom."
Arriving home, Lincoln wasted no time when his mother opened the front door, bolting up the stairs and knocking on Lori and Leni's door.
"Who is it?", Lori called out.
"It's me Lincoln ... I got a surprise, can I come in?"
"Whatever."
Lincoln proceeded inside and saw that both his older sisters were still awake, just as he'd hoped.
"One for you and one for you.", Lincoln stated as he handed Lori and Leni their candy bags.
"Lincoln, what's this?"
"Your candy bags. Oh, and mom says your only grounded for two days."
Lori's face beamed. "R-really?!"
Lincoln nodded as Leni swooped him into a hug. "Aw, thank you Lincy~."
Breaking free he said goodnight to both sisters and quickly made his way towards Luna and Luan's room. Luckily for him the door was already slightly open, as a simple ask and approval saw him in immediately. He handed out both bags to Luna and Luan to which they could only question where he got them from.
"Oh, um mom bought them.", He said, lying so that his sisters wouldn't feel guilty and enjoy their gifts fully.
With a smile plastered on both their faces and belief that he was telling the truth Lincoln said his farewells and made his way to the final room he'd visit tonight, Lynn and Lucy's. Feeling nervous he knocked on their door and waited a few seconds as Lynn answered.
"Hey Linc, what's up?", She asked.
"I wanted to check up on Lucy and speak with her alone. Also, here, it's for you."
Lincoln gave Lynn the second last bag of candy to which she simply responded with a resounding yes, before moving out of the room and letting him in. Closing the door behind him Lincoln spotted Lucy on her bed and waved at her to which she happily waved back. He moved towards her holding the final bag behind his back, revealing it when he was right at her side.
"It's candy, to replace the ones we lost at the park.", Lincoln said as Lucy took the bag in hand.
He spotted the handprint on her face, somewhat faded but it's outline still visible, and felt his heart tighten in response.
He took a short breath before he continued. "Lucy."
"Hm?"
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you properly from that guy. Because of me, he was able to hurt you and ruin Halloween for you … For everyone. I failed to keep you safe today and I hope you can forgive your big brother one day. Anyway, it's getting late, goodnight Lucy."
Lincoln turned and started for the door, stopping only when Lucy spoke out. "Y-you were really brave out there."
"What?"
"Out there, at the park before. You were so brave against that big kid."
"It didn't matter if I was brave Lucy, he still knocked me away like nothing."
"That's what makes you strong. Least to me it does."
"I don't get it."
"You were afraid of him, right?"
"The big guy? Yeah."
"But you still held your ground and fought back."
"Of course, he was going to hurt you, and after he did I couldn't just let him get away with that."
"See? Even though you knew you couldn't win, you still fought against him, for my sake. I think that's what makes a person strong. Fighting for the sake of others despite your fears. I'm just happy your one of those strong people Lincoln."
She reached into her bag, bringing out a piece of candy as she patted the empty space next to her. "Can you stay with me tonight? It's almost my birthday."
Lincoln looked towards the clock and saw that it was five minutes until midnight. "Hm, so it is. Do you mind if I rest with my costume on?"
"No."
Feeling better after hearing what Lucy thought of him he took the offered candy and popped it into his mouth. Linc enjoyed the sweetness as he laid beside Lucy, who immediately cuddled against him and provided a comforting warmth.
Lincoln stared at Lucy's clock and waited until midnight before he planted a kiss on her forehead. "Happy birthday Lucy."
Lucy (age 6) remained silent as she snuggled tighter against her brother. A few minutes passed, and she opened her eyes to find Linc fast asleep, loving the soothing sounds of the breaths he took. She slowly moved her way towards his blackened eye and gently kissed it, hoping it would make it feel better in some way.
"I love you Lincoln.", Lucy thought as she nuzzled into his chest and willingly let sleep take her.
Meanwhile, outside in the hall Lynn was passed out against the door with chocolate plastered over her lips and an empty candy bag in hand.
August 12, 2017 Lynn and Lucy's Room Saturday Morning: Lucy
It was on her birthday that her mother told Lori what Lincoln had done for her sake and the others, who in turn told everyone else. She had already thought Lincoln was amazing from that point, so anything else he did for her sake or her sisters from then was just a drop of water in the ocean of his greatness. Lucy closed the picture book and let out a contented sigh with memories of Lincoln still in her head.
Speaking of, it had been a while since everyone woke up, yet Lincoln still hadn't made his way out into the hallway. Deciding it would be best to check on him, she put her picture book away and made her way towards his room. As she walked she couldn't help but hope her day with Lincoln went as smoothly as it did for the others.
No matter the outcome though, she took comfort knowing that he would always be her light, just as he was for her back then.
AN
Decided to do a little coin flip and landed on heads, which meant I'd write out a Halloween snippet. Figured I'd reveal one character birthday while I'm at it, Lucy's being November 1st. As for Sully I think this played out nicely in revealing a bit more of his personality, though who can say now if he's changed for the better or if he remembers the Louds. I don't consider this chapter to be a filler per se as it reveals information relating to the main story but there will be a filler chapter of sorts coming up soon. There are about three chapters left before part one finishes and I must say having over 200 followers is a bit intimidating heh. I'll try my best not to disappoint. Anyways I will be updating my profile later as I have once again met my quota. Speaking of, I have put in my writing progress at the bottom of my profile but keep in mind it is only an approximate guess at how much of a chapter I've finished. I'll see you all in the next chapter, have a happy Halloween!
