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The entire flight back to Loch Loud is utterly silence. Lynn scowled hard as he trained his eyes to the closing in village. Behind him Lincoln and Taylor are wisely keeping themselves quiet, they are already in enough trouble as they are, there's no need to poke the bear even further.
Without them making any kind of sound. The two have a good, long chance to think about on what they did today. They were nearly killed by those psychopathic delinquents, if Lincoln's dad haven't showed up in time, well. They could only shiver at the utter results of it, and this was all because of a treasure they didn't even get the chance to look for. But frankly though, considering on how much trouble they were in right now, the two began wondering if they would rather deal with those delinquents than their angry parents.
Lela at last makes it back to Loch Loud, she swoops in low before carefully landing in front of Taylor's house where her mother is angrily standing in the doorway with her arms crossed and a tapping foot. Taylor gulped at the scary sight that beheld her for it looks like that she was really in for it, she definitely didn't want to make her mother even more angry by making her wait, so she quickly climbed down from the dragon, but not before giving a farewell to Lincoln. "Good luck Lincoln. And I also want to say that you were really brave today."
Quickly rushing into her house, Taylor's mom just began to shut the door when Lela took off again. With his friend now gone, Lincoln is now even more nervous than ever as at least when Taylor was with him at least he had backup, but now he is alone with his dad which scared him for who knows what he was going to say to him? How he hoped that his sisters didn't find out about this because then things are really going to get heated.
Looking forward Lincoln sees the castle approaching, soon they will be home and the scolding will begin. However his dad had other plans. "Lela. Please drop us off here. I gotta have a chat with my son without any eavesdroppers."
Obeying on what he said, Lela gets herself down and lowers her head in order to drop Lynn off. He does so and walked over to the cliff side, Lincoln meanwhile gets off of Lela a bit more slowly, once he is fully off he stood there in place out of fear as he looked to his dad's back. Beyond his dad the sky turned into twilight as the sun lowered passed the horizon, you could see the first stars appearing in the sky along with the lights of the neighboring planets.
"Lincoln" He firmly called to him.
Nervously gulping to himself, Lincoln very slowly approached his dad, Lela meanwhile places her front feet on her face for she could tell that there is going to be some yelling.
Stopping by his dad's side, Lincoln didn't know what to say as he avoided eye contact with him and twiddled his fingers around. "Dad. I know you must be angry, but I-"
"You disobeyed me." His father swiftly interrupted him. He looked down to him with great disappointment, Lincoln felt even more guilt under that look his dad gives him, he felt very close to tears. " I told you not to go there, but you went anyway which was extremely reckless, but what is perhaps worse is that you put your friend in danger as well." Lynn pinched his forehead as he slowly shook it. "Honestly Lincoln. What in the world were you thinking?"
Although his dad wasn't yelling, this was even worse than any yell for Lincoln could hear the disappointment in his tone. It's too much for Lincoln to bare as he didn't like disappointing his family, it hurts him so much that tears began to flow down from his eyes. "I-I, just wanted to bring home a treasure to impress you guys."
Now Lynn had every right to be mad with his son, but he couldn't bare to see him in tears. So pulling out a handkerchief from his front pocket, he gently wiped away the tears from his son's face. "Lincoln. You don't need to go looking for treasure to impress us. You already greatly impress us with your very kind and caring nature. Plus frankly. I'm not even aware that there was a treasure in that place." He spoke more gently in order to calm Lincoln down.
Lincoln sniffled his nose a bit as he wiped away the tears that his dad missed. "Do I really impress you guys?" He asked meekly.
Placing a hand on his shoulder, Lynn lightly smiled to him. "Of course you do. You help the family, not to mention the citizens with any kind of problem."
"I guess I do." Lincoln at lasts smiles for he recalled on all the things he does in order to help out: from helping Lilly build a toy train track, help patch up Luna's bagpipes, help Mr. Fisherman bring in some fish, and that time he threw that surprise Christmas party for everyone. Thinking about all of these moments helped make Lincoln feel better.
"You see son. You already do a lot of impressive things." His dad encouraged.
"True. But you know something dad? You were really awesome when you came riding in on Lela." Lincoln exclaimed, which in turn made his dad place a hand on his chest proudly. "You can say that again son."
"And you definitely made those delinquents scared." Lincoln pictured the scene over and over again. The way they ran off, the terror in their eyes as a large dragon came down on them, and of course that scene where Lela shot a bit of fire at one of their butts which made him chuckle a bit for that had been very funny.
His dad leans in close to him with a now snarky smile. "That's because no one messes with us Louds." With that he noogies his son's hair causing them both to laugh for a while, behind them Lila removed her feet from her head as it looked like the tension between Lynn and Lincoln have died down. The two laughed some more before slowly dying it down as they settled to look over the Loch and the stars above it, that are now even more present in the very dark sky.
The two can see a good number of constellations from this spot. This is a great aspect of Loch Loud, since it didn't shoot out a ton of light pollution like those big cities around the world, you can see a great number of stars from here, you could even occasionally see a shooting star occasionally streaking across the sky.
While there are none tonight, it was okay as Lynn can still point out several constellations to Lincoln such as the big and little dipper, the bear, and the Orion. The two were having absolute fun as they do this, it's even more fun when they decided to make up their own constellations. "You see those ones son?" Lynn asked as he pointed up to a pair of stars.
Lincoln looked up at the stars and nodded. "That's the great L. It stands for our very name." His dad explained.
Looking at them more closely, Lincoln does indeed see that the stars did look like a giant L. "Oh yeah, I see it." He pointed out.
"That's good. You can use that constellation to remind yourself that wherever you are, the family will always be there for you." They stare up at the L with great happiness. Lincoln smiled more brightly as he could just see himself stranded at sea and looking up to that L, to know that his family is looking out for him.
The air then gets a bit chilly as the Loch's wind breezes pass them. Shivering a bit Lynn began to turn in the direction of the castle. "It's getting a bit chilly. Let's go in for the night."
Shivering himself, Lincoln nodded in agreement. But before they left though Lynn finally turns to Lela who still stood in that spot where she landed in. "You can return to your cave if you want Lela." She nods at him and then flew off towards her cave in order to have a nice rest, leaving the father and son duo to walked their way back towards the castle.
They were just getting across the drawbridge when Lincoln thought of something. "Hey dad?"
"Yes son?"
"Do any of our other family members know about this?" He really didn't want to be scowled by any of his sisters tonight.
"Don't worry son. Will keep this incident to ourselves." He gives him a wink much to Lincoln's utter relief.
They soon reached the doors and upon opening them, the two are met with all of the sisters looking at them with great scowls across their faces. "On the other hand. I think Lisa told them." Lynn commented before being toned out by them as they all spoke up at once, all saying to Lincoln on what he was thinking! How he could've been killed today! And all other stuff that Lincoln could barely make out.
Eventually the chattered died down, allowing Lincoln to hear them more clearly. "I can't believe you pulled that dangerous stunt bro!" Luna stated.
"This situation is so serious. I can't even make a joke about this." Luan added with crossed arms.
"I can't believe you went to that filthy place!" Lola said in disgust for she can only imagine the filth from that trashy village.
"Not even I would touch the mud in that place." Lana said in equal disgust, which since this was coming from her that's really saying something.
"Yes. That place has nothing but bad vibes." Lucy added with a visible shiver going around her body.
In an attempt to diffuse the situation Lincoln defensively raises his hands to them. "Guys! Guys! I know what I did was stupid."
"Yeah. It literally was." Lori agreed.
Before any of them could say anything more, their dad raises his own hand effectively silencing them. "Now girls. Lincoln and I already discussed about this. Now why don't we all settle down as we don't need to add in anymore tension on this day."
The sisters all begrudgingly agree and walked off in separate directions, while muttering under their breaths over Lincoln's reckless decision. "Thanks dad." Lincoln said in great graduate for he didn't have to hear anymore scoldings.
"Anytime son." Suddenly stretching himself with a yawn coming out of him. Lynn headed for his quarters for after this day he needed a bit of a rest. Lincoln fallows his lead by going into his room, he practically crashed down on his bed the moment he reached it.
With him off his feet, Lincoln at lasts has a moment to really think about this whole day. What a day it turned out to be, it was at first great with the tour he had with his father, but then it got all horrible the moment he stepped foot on that forbidden place. But at least now this day is over and he can relax with a great lesson learned; he must always listen to what his parents tell him or else he would get in another deadly jam.
With this important lesson in mind Lincoln slowly rests his eyes to have a little nap before dinner. He'll have to find some way to make this up with his family as that's the least he can do for worrying them like that. He doesn't know how exactly he'll make it up, but he'll find a way as he always comes up with plans.
Thinking about whatever he could do, Lincoln eventually falls asleep.
Far away from Loch Loud in the edges of the Forbidden Village; laid a decrepted and run down tavern. The wood is all rotten, parts of the roof had holes in it, the door loudly squeaks on its hinges, and the sign is swaying on a chain with its words being so faded away you can't even read them.
The inside of the tavern is a bit better than on what it looks from the outside as the floors are at least clean along with the walls. Too bad the tables weren't exactly the best looking, neither were the stools who were all ripped up. On the walls were several pictures and fake animal heads, along with a TV, and of course a dart board which is the tavern's main source of competition.
Becky throws a dart at the board, striking very near the bullseye. "Dang it! So close." Getting a new dart ready to throw, she aims closely. As she does so Hank and Hawk sat at their usual table with Hank happily eating chicken wings, Hawk would gladly do the same thing if it wasn't for the pain he felt on his burnt butt that he gently patted with so much tenderness.
"Aw man! My butt hurts so much!" He moaned. "I don't think I'm going to be sitting down on it for a month."
"You can say that again fire butt." Hank joked for although his friend is in immense pain, he couldn't help but laugh at his situation. Something that Hawk did not think it was funny in the slightest.
"Hey don't call me a fire butt!" He snapped at him.
"Do you feel flames coming out when you fart?" Hank joked again.
"Cut it out!" He threaten further as he slammed his fist on the table.
"Wait, wait I got it. When you do number two, it feels like hot sauce!" Hank bursts into a heavy laughter, he slaps his knee from how much laughing he is doing which frankly was the final straw for Hawk.
"That's it!" Launching himself at Hank, he tackles him to the floor and then proceeds to roll around as they exchange blows to each other. The others patriots of the tavern look at the scuffling two briefly before going back to what they were doing. Becky is about to throw her dart when the scuffling knocks her off her feet.
Momentarily stun by being thrown to the floor, Becky let's out a growl for that cost her the winning throw. Quickly getting herself back up on her feet, she marched right on up to the two who were busy choking each other, grabs them by the heads and bongs them together effectively stopping them from fighting. "Knock it off you dunderheads!"
"Well he started it!" Hawk whined while pointing at Hank.
"I don't care who started it! You made me lose my dart game!" Becky gives each of them a punch on the head.
"Ouch! Hey! It's not my fault that someone can't take a joke." Hank defended with his eyes shifting to Hawk who glares back at him.
"I don't care!" Becky shouted gaining their attention fully back to her. Shaking her head in frustration Becky walks her way back to the dart board in order to collect her previous dart that she had thrown. "Just look at us."
"What do you mean?" Hank question.
Bitterly picking up her dart from the board, she looked back to the two with a glare that froze them on the spot. "I mean just look at all of us. We live in a run down village, hang out in a tavern that's falling apart. It's no wonder we are at the bottom of the whole ladder of all of Scotland."
"I hear ya." Hawk agreed as he got back in his seat. "I hate our lifestyles. If we had the run of this place bros. We would be going over to those stuck up Loch Loud's and move in their village."
"You said it bro." Hank chimes in. He picks up a chicken wing before continuing on with his upcoming rant. "What gives them the right to live in luxury."' Throwing the wing in his mouth Hank angrily chewed down before spitting out the bone.
"And they are so stuck up to! After all they named all of us here delinquents!" Hawk complained.
"I actually don't mind the nickname." Hank confessed as he picked up another wing.
"Me neither." Hawk admitted, but then slammed his hand on the table, shaking it violently. "But still! They are so pushy!"
"Not to mention dumb as rocks." Becky butts in with a smile for she couldn't miss on a opportunity to roasts anyone from Loch Loud.
"Smell bad." Hank joked.
"Wear stupid clothes."
"Not to mention." Beck and Hank leaned in next to each other and said in a perfect harmony. "Ugly enough to break a mirror without even looking at one!" The whole tavern erupts into laughter for they can all agree on that statement. Their utter hatred for the people of Loch Loud is strong for it had started ever since their founders of this village had been forced out of Loch Loud. Ever since that day the feud between them and Loch Loud never died as they all tried to get back in, but that blasted Duke Lynn and the authorities always chased them out, if they refuse to leave, it's straight to the jailhouse for them.
What they wouldn't do to really stick it to not only the Duke, but everyone else in Loch Loud. They would gladly pay whatever they had just to see them hurt. Until that happens though, they will gladly settle with making fun of them as their loud laughter proved just that.
They only stopped laughing when a certain voice spoke up to address the whole room. "Oh! I'm sure that not all of us Loch Loud residents are like that."
Everyone, especially Becky, Hank, and Hawk freezed up in fright, but quickly relaxed themselves once they see that it was just Morag. "Phew!" Hank exclaimed as he wiped away some spilled sauce on his arm. "You really scared us there Morag. We thought that it was the Duke or someone else very important."
"How charming." Morag sarcastically remarked as everyone else got back to their own business.
"How long were you there exactly?" Hawk asked.
"Oh, I came in after that pushy comment." Morag answered as she made her way to the trio. "They were very amusing comments. Definitely worthy of a chuckle." Taking a seat, she sits across from Hank and Hawk who couldn't help but marvel at her.
"Hear that fancy sentence? You know we got someone upper class when someone who talks like that." Hank stated.
"You said it, bro." Hawk happily agreed.
Becky meanwhile decided to take a seat in order to have a conversation with their friend. It's very unheard of a Loch Loud resident and a delinquent from the Forbidden Village to be on friendly terms, but Morag is different than the others. She fully expresses her great hatred for the Duke and the other Louds, something that quickly got her accepted by everyone here when she had first visited this old tavern.
"So what brings you here tonight Morag?" Becky at last asks.
"Oh I was just in the neighborhood. Plus I wanted to discuss about the events of today." She remarked which got the three nervous for they weren't aware that she knew about the failed attempt on killing that white hair Loud.
"You know about that?" Hank winced.
"Oh yes. I've seen the whole thing from an alley." She replied with narrowed eyes.
"Your not mad are you?" Hawk uneasily questioned.
"Oh. I was quite furious with all of you and I was going to give you three a proper good smacking. But then I came to realize that it's as much as my fault for trusting you three with such a task. I mean you had them at your mercy and you still failed me." Morag can only shake her head in great disappointment for hyenas could do a much better job than these three clowns.
"Hey! It's not our fault." Becky quickly defended herself as well as her friends. "If it weren't for Duke Lynn flying in on that dumb lizard! We could've done it." She firmly pointed out.
"Yeah!" Hank agreed. "We couldn't do anything once he appeared. After all, what were you expecting us to do? Kill Duke Lynn?"
A glorious thought appeared in Morag's head after Hank said that. She leaned in close with a wide, devilish smile that made them all uneasy. "That's exactly what we are going to do."
The trio looked on in confusion for they didn't know on what she is getting at. Morag however clamps her hands together with a terrible plan in motion that will lead to a goal that she has long since plan for. "I know that you all live in a filthy, run down village and are classified as brutes."
Getting up from her seat, she went on over to Hawk who held a chicken wing, leaning in close Morag knocks the wing out of his hand. "But listen closely for my words are a matter of pride."
Touching Hawk's muscular arms, Morag gently rubs them tenderly. "It's clear from your physical strength, the lights are not all on upstairs." She then grabs his collar and pulled him in closer, he can practically see the twinkle in her eyes from how close he is to her. "But we are talking of Dukes and successions."
Watching the scene from where they were at, Hank and Becky sniggered under their breaths for from here the two looked rather funny. Suddenly Morag got right on up to their faces and raised her voice a bit. "Even you! Will be caught unawares!"
Becky and Hank fall backwards in fright from the sudden closeness of Morag, their fall lands them on the table which breaks apart from their combine weight. Morag doesn't help them up, instead she went on over to the dart board with her hands behind her back like a general. "Be prepared for a chance of a lifetime. Be prepared for a brand new era that will shine the light on your miserable lives."
Getting herself up from her fall, Becky is very questionable about what Morag is talking about. "What's in it for us exactly?"
Placing a finger over her lips, Morag shushes her. "Listen to the adult." With Becky stunned silenced, Morag continues on with her speech. "It may sound a bit shady, but you'll be awarded grandly once I at last earn my rightful spot in this land. In all the justice to behold. I must say be prepared!"
By now everyone in the tavern looked to Morag in great interest. Taking in all that she said with Hank laughing to himself. "Be prepared. Yeah, will be prepared." He then gets puzzled as he thought of it more clearly, he looks to her with that of puzzlement. "Be prepared for what exactly?"
"For the death of Duke Lynn!" Morag declared loudly.
"Oh. Is he sick or something?" Hank questioned for this is rather big news. He's surprised that he hadn't seen it on TV. Morag however pinched her forehead with a deadpanned look aiming towards him. "No you ninny. We're going to kill him along with Lincoln."
Smiling brightly on this great news, Becky raises up a drink she picked up from another table. "That's great! This is the 21st century. Who needs a Duke anyway?" The trio declared their celebrations of no more Dukes by laughing loudly, while also chatting in a teasing tone about no Dukes. This only served to greatly annoy Morag who couldn't help but roll her eyes at their utter stupidity.
"You dunderheads!" She shouted loudly, getting back their full attention. "There's still going to be someone of royalty!"
"Who's that exactly?" Hawk question for he didn't know on who will fill in the empty role. To answer this Morag proudly points to herself. "I will be the Duchess! Stick with me my friends and I'll allow you to enter Loch Loud and will be able to do whatever you please!" Hearing her declaration the patriots of the tavern all cheered in full support. Her words were all that they needed to hear in order to get them all fully on her side. Which very well delighted Morag for this is only step one of her plan to take over Loch Loud. With this army of hers, no one will be able to oppose her and will have to do whatever she says, but this will only work if she can get rid of the current and future ruler.
Meanwhile the tavern is in full chatter as they talked with each other. "It's great that will soon be connected." A man with a long, red beard said to another bearded man who fully agreed. "With a Dutchess who'll be all time adored."
Smiling to herself from the praises she is getting. Morag absolutely loved it, but now it is time to finish up with this speech. "Of course, before we could bring this dream into reality. We must take certain duties on board." Cutting her finger across her neck to empathize the point in order to remind them about how to gain this future.
"Together my friends this new era will come. Everyone in Loch Loud will be nothing but cockroaches under your feet. It'll be the greatest time to be alive when it's under my rule! Everyone will salute to me as I show my greatness! But best of all? I well finally earn my peace and quiet! Now who's with me!?"
More cheers erupted, they were very loud, but this is a noise that Morag doesn't mind on hearing for it showed the path of victory over those Louds. This new era is very near, so near that she can practically see herself sitting on the throne with the crown rightfully placed on her head. All around her the people yelled her name for Dutchess repeatedly. The chanting is so loud, it can be heard about two miles from the tavern.
Back in Loch Loud; the residents couldn't hear anything thanks to both the distance and the hills that separated them from the Forbidden Village. They all slept without a care in the world, all of them are completely unaware of the sinister plot that'll change their beautiful village.