Lincoln stood at the frontyard of the Loud House, looking around as he expected the final arrivals before he delivered the tough truth.

Eventually, one of those arrivals appeared: it was Stella, who dived to the ground and landed a few feet away from Lincoln, dissipating her fire wings as the guy approached her.

"Stella, I'm glad you could come," Lincoln said, clasping his hands together. "So… are you ready for this?"

Stella took a deep breath and folded her arms, tapping her side as she asked:

"Are you sure about this?"

Lincoln's smile slowly faltered, especially when the Demon Lord turned to look at him.

"What you're about to tell everyone here Is something we've kept hidden behind lock and key for a reason," Stella frowned. "Even the few who learned about it kept it secret to protect the peace. Do you really think the rest of your family's ready to learn the truth?"

"Well, the rest of my sisters, to be exact," the snow-haired Edgelord answered. "Mom and Dad are currently at Scotland for some business-"

"Lincoln."

The guy flinched as Stella walked closer to him, stating:

"Once you spill the beans about what happened, there will be no turning back. Even if I'm ready for what will come next, are you?"

The guy stared directly at Stella's eyes, opening his mouth as he tried to think of an answer.

However, his and Stella's attention was soon taken as they heard a honk in the distance, which was followed by quite the peculiar arrival.

A big red truck with wings appeared, flapping its wings as it slowly descended and parked right in front of the house. The duo didn't even get time to ponder what this meant before the doors opened and Clyde and Ronnie Anne came out of the vehicle.

"Thanks for the trip, Carlina!"

The winged truck promptly morphed into its true form: a girl with tanned skin and Carlota's body proportions, but puffy red hair with black highlights, tied in two fluffy ponytails. She wore a sleeveless blue-turquoise striped dress, with blue boots with brown sides.

The lady briefly glanced at both duos before her attention was swiftly taken by one…

"Lincoln!"

Carlina glowed before bursting into pink dust, with Cristina emerging out of the dust and glomping the snow-haired guy.

As for the other component, Carlota stood still, rubbing her forehead as she took a deep breath.

"Are you okay, cousin?"

"Well, this fusion trick Is definitely something that'll take a while to get used to," Carlota groaned. "Especially if the fusion's forced apart like that often."

"Hey, Lincoln! We came here as soon as we could!" Clyde exclaimed as he ran to the snow-haired guy. "Listen, you won't believe it, but we found out something pretty shocking during a trio to… well, the point is that we got something big to tell you!"

"What a coincidence, so do we," Lincoln said as he and Cristina separated. "You can share what you found after we finish. Hopefully It'll be less shocking than what we got to say."

Ronnie Anne walked to the trio, and then noticed Stella standing nearby, arms folded behind her back. "Hey, what's one of the Former Antagonists doing here?"

"I asked her to come here," Lincoln explained while Stella looked away. "It's very important that she gets to share her side of the story."

"Her side of the story?" Carlota asked.

Lincoln and Cristina exchanged looks, and took a deep breath before they told the group in unison:

"Let's head inside."

…

Meanwhile, back inside the Loud House, Luna leaned against the wall, tapping her arm as she crossed her arms across her chest, looking directly at the door while the other sisters sat down, waiting for Lincoln's return.

"Luna?"

The superhero paused and turned around to see Leni staring at her, lifting her goggles as she asked worriedly:

"You seem to be, like, rather tense right now. Are you sure you're okay?"

"... I'm fine," Luna looked back at the door. "I need to be here when Lincoln reveals the truth."

Leni and the other sisters exchanged looks, and decided to leave Luna alone. Which was probably for the better, since she promptly walked to Maggie and Cristina's Aunt as they both looked at Rosie.

"So, you're the daughter between Lincoln and one of my sister's friends in an alternate future?" Maggie asked.

"Well, for the most part yes," Rosie answered as the duo scanned her. "It's a Little complicated, but I originally thought I was from the definite future of this timeline. However, with all the changes that have happened, I get the feeling my future might just be a possibility rather than a certainty."

"Well, that's to be expected," Cristina's Aunt remarked. "Just showing up here in the past would cause a significant divergence that would go on to spread to the rest of the timeline, both minor and major, eventually causing it to branch off so hard that it becomes impossible for it to connect to your future."

Maggie raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you supposed to be able to switch between woman and child? How do you know so much about time stuff?"

The woman winked. "That's a secret."

Luna then clapped her hands hard enough to send a shockwave across the house, something that, judging by her shocked expression shortly after, was not something she was planning to do. Regardless, once she got everyone's attention, she told the duo:

"Alright, listen you two; we'll allow you to hear exactly what happened between Lincoln and this Virgin Sacrifice that one of us spilled out without meaning to!"

Luna shot a glare at Luan, who looked elsewhere with a worried expression, twiddling her pom-poms as Lucy patted her back in sympathy.

"But in exchange, we need you to promise to keep everything you'll learn a secret," Luna added, turning back to the duo. "What is said in this room must never leave your mouth, no matter how hard someone tries to force you to spill the beans. Got it?"

"Of course, no need to worry!" Maggie replied, waving her hand in a dismissive manner. "Trust me, the only thing that'll come out of my mouth are moans of pleasure and delight."

Luna suddenly clenched her fist and launched it right by Maggie's side, cracking the wall so hard that the house shook.

"I'm serious," Luna hissed. "Do you promise to keep quiet or not?"

"I… I promise…"

As if on cue, the door opened and Lincoln and Cristina walked inside, alongside a certain trio.

"Clyde? Ronnie Anne?" Lori remarked with surprise. "I mean, you're literally childhood friends so you coming might've been expected, but still, what are you doing here?"

"We found out something pretty shocking, but we thought that we should Let Lincoln say his piece first," Clyde answered. "Besides, Ronnie Anne and I need to hear this too."

Lori then turned to Carlota. "And she's here… why?"

"I drove them here," Carlota rolled her eyes. "Though if anything, they were the ones driving me nuts."

Then some eyes landed on Stella, particularly Lori, but the demon lord just briefly glanced back before looking away, causing the eldest Loud sister to raise an eyebrow in confusion.

"Hey there, everyone," Lincoln started, getting everyone's attention. "So, we have something important to tell you. It's… something we were hoping to keep quiet for a long time, but things happened that have made us reveal it now."

"Is this about the Virgin Sacrifice thing?" Rosie asked out loud.

Hearing those words made Maggie feel a shiver go down her spine, while everybody else turned to look at the lovechild from the future.

"Well, that bluntness didn't come from Lincoln, that's for sure," Lucy remarked while Luan giggled.

"Yeah, that's… what we wanna talk about," Lincoln sighed. "A few years back, there was an incident at the mall of Royal Woods. One that involved a big disaster that ended with multiple people dead, and even more people injured."

"Right, I heard about that incident," Maggie remarked. "Something about a group of people causing havoc there?"

"More specifically," Stella interjected. "It was a small group of Antagonists following the will of one, with the intent to cause chaos."

Naturally, this explanation got Lori curious. "And how would you literally know this, Stella?"

The Demon Lord glanced at Lincoln, who nodded with a neutral expression, and after taking a deep breath, the girl gave a revelation:

"I was the designated minion for the mastermind behind the mall incident."

…

Meanwhile, at the Badlands, a teenager sat on a tree, playing an coustic guitar before she sensed something in the distance.

"Hmm, how troubling."

The teenager, soon revealed to be a blonde girl with a blue streak on her hair, jumped off her tree and looked at the distance, where she saw Royal Woods in all its splendor with her glowing eyes.

"Looks like there's a bad omen incoming."