Hey guys! Here is chapter 2 of the story! If you haven't read chapter 1 yet, we recommend that you go and read it right now because this chapter follows up what happened previously. Warning: some parts may make you feel uncomfortable, or may be too disturbing for you. If this bothers you, please close this story immediately. This one gets even more intense with more violence and drama! Note: anything written in first person is Lincoln's thoughts. Anyways, we hope you enjoy! - TheTwelfthLoud and Loudcrowd111
The destruction that Lincoln saw right in front of him with his own eyes triggered the memories again, and they were definitely not happy ones. He ran away as quickly as he could, somewhere far away from his family.
"Guys...did anyone just see Lincoln running away?" Lori asked everybody.
"He what?" Luan was shocked.
"Did our own son just run off into the wild?" Lynn Sr questioned.
"One second, he was standing there. The next, he just disappeared." Lana told them.
"We have to find him!" Leni panicked.
"Who knows what serious danger he could be in?" Rita screamed.
"He could get kidnapped, fall down a hole, or worse. He could encounter Morag!"
Everyone started freaking out. Lincoln had just run off, and no one knew where he was headed to.
"Everyone split up!" Rita announced.
"Lincoln's older sisters, come with me and head west with me! Everyone else follow your father!"
And so everyone went their separate ways.
Meanwhile, Lincoln was escaping the terror and destruction of Loch Loud while breathing really heavily. His thoughts were all coming back to him and it was so overwhelming.
Why did I ever agree to come here? I need to return home right now!
As he was running off, he ran past Reyna and Maddie.
"Hey Lincoln!" Reyna said.
"Want some donuts and bagels?" Maddie asked him.
He didn't hear them. All he was focusing on was himself and the fact that he was in the same place he was almost killed. So he just hand past them not caring that he accidentally made Reyna drop her Donut.
"I guess he's not hungry," said Maddie.
"Aww man my donut-", complained Reyna.
"It's ok you can have some of my Bagel that Lincoln didn't want", said Maddie.
"I wonder why Lincoln didn't take it", said Reyna.
"Maybe he couldn't choose between donuts and bagels." Maddie thought.
"Yeah…"
"Clearly he wanted the bagel." Maddie said.
"No, he wanted the donut."
"What is it with you and donuts anyway?" Maddie asked.
"They're so good."
"No they're not."
"Of course they are."
"No they're not!"
"Fine, you're missing out on all the fun."
"Come on, let's go to our hotel!" Maddie cheered.
The two girls then headed to their hotel to escape the terror.
Meanwhile Lincoln was running so fast he started to run out of breath. His legs were throbbing in pain and the fires around him were heating up his skin. He was sweating a lot and he didn't know how much longer he could make it. Or why he was trying to run so far…
He ran so much, and he was so paranoid that he didn't see a tiny rock ahead of him. His foot caught on to it and he fell with a scream. And that's when everything turned black for the boy.
He was laying down, not moving a single inch as the flames were roaring around him.
He was in his mind, still actively thinking about the entire situation. But he wasn't conscious at all.
All he could see was black, like he had gone blind. He couldn't see anything except the hands in front of him.
"Hello?", he called out. "Is anyone there?"
His voice just echoed, not a single soul had answered.
"Can someone please come? I don't want to be here… especially not now…", said Lincoln.
…
But nobody came…
Or, maybe someone did…
But, who?
"L⃫I⃫n⃫c⃫o⃫l⃫n⃫"
"W-who was that?", questioned the frightened boy.
"Y⃫o⃫u⃫r⃫ w⃫o⃫r⃫s⃫t⃫ e⃫n⃫e⃫m⃫y⃫"
"M-Morag…?"
"M⃫o⃫r⃫a⃫g⃫? O⃫f⃫ c⃫o⃫u⃫r⃫s⃫e⃫ n⃫o⃫t⃫... y⃫o⃫u⃫ d⃫o⃫n⃫t⃫ k⃫n⃫o⃫w⃫ w⃫h⃫o⃫ I⃫ a⃫m⃫... I⃫ a⃫m⃫ n⃫o⃫t⃫ e⃫v⃫e⃫n⃫ a⃫ p⃫e⃫r⃫s⃫o⃫n⃫"
"Then who are you?", asked Lincoln.
"L⃫e⃫t⃫s⃫ j⃫u⃫s⃫t⃫ s⃫a⃫y⃫... n⃫o⃫w⃫ I⃫s⃫ a⃫ g⃫o⃫o⃫d⃫ t⃫I⃫m⃫e⃫ t⃫o⃫ s⃫h⃫o⃫w⃫ y⃫o⃫u⃫ t⃫h⃫I⃫n⃫g⃫s⃫ y⃫o⃫u⃫ d⃫o⃫n⃫t⃫ w⃫a⃫n⃫t⃫ t⃫o⃫ s⃫e⃫e⃫"
"W-wha- AGH!"
Lincoln yelled out Loud as he felt like he was being dragged. He closed his eyes in fear as familiar voices were around him.
However… they were nothing he wanted to hear ever again.
He opened his eyes, and when he did horror had struck him.
All in front of him… we're all his bad memories.
"You're bad luck"
"Sister fight protocol"
"Ugh what about that ace and jack?"
"Lincoln Lame"
"I didn't ask for you to come here"
All of it… everything, Lincoln couldn't cry or scream, he couldn't even close his eyes… all he could do was watch.
Then the most horrendous memories came.
"No trophy no photo"
"I'm always gonna be stuck in my sisters shadows"
"Plain boring Lincoln Loud"
"ᵗh̆̈𝕖ʏ ˢa𝑦 𝘁 𝚍ℴ𝖘t̆̈-"
"No… stop… please I can't… I DONT WANT TO THIS", screamed Lincoln.
"Y⃫o⃫u⃫ b⃫r⃫o⃫u⃫g⃫h⃫t⃫ t⃫h⃫I⃫s⃫ u⃫p⃫o⃫j⃫ y⃫o⃫u⃫r⃫s⃫e⃫l⃫f⃫"
"NO!"
"Lincoln…?"
Lincoln ignored the familiar voice calling to him.
"STOP!"
"Lincoln…?"
…
"Lincoln!"
Lincoln screamed as the world came into view. He was breathing really hard and was extremely scared.
Yet, he immediately calmed down when he saw who it was.
"Hi, what's going on?"
"Angus?"
Lincoln was so, so happy to see him again. Angus was one of the nicest people in his life and he wouldn't ever forget him.
Some part of him felt guilty for not wanting to come and save him before.
"Hey Lincoln, are you ok?", asked Angus.
He didn't look too good. He was covered in ash marks and his hair was all messed up.
"Uhm… yeah… but, are you?", asked Lincoln.
"I'm fine, you don't need to worry lad", lied Angus.
Little did Lincoln know, Angus was so mentally destroyed he tried to do something that no ever human being should ever have to do.
"But..-"
"Lincoln I just want to know what's going on with you, where is your family?", worried Angus.
"I… I ran away from them", said Lincoln.
"Why?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Lincoln said.
"Come on, you can tell me. I'm your friend."
"Well yeah, but..."
"Since you're shaking, it looks like you're going through some serious pain."
"Right. Both emotional and physical pain." Lincoln answered.
"I'm hiding a really big secret from my family."
"Why haven't you told them yet?"
"Cause I'm worried they won't see me as the same person anymore." Lincoln said.
"You have to tell them." Angus told him. "They'll be able to help you."
"I haven't even told you yet." Lincoln replied.
"My family cannot know I have PTSD." Shocked that he just accidentally revealed his own secret, he covered his mouth.
"You...what?"
Angus felt bad for him.
"Yeah. Ever since last year, remember what happened?"
Angus tried to remember, then it came to him.
"Yes. You became the duke of the town because you wanted to be special like your sisters, then you let Morag manipulate you into being her friend and she put Lela under her power while you rode her all over town, and then you destroyed the town. Then, you almost fell off a cliff and were knocked unconscious by her. You almost got killed!"
Lincoln stared at him like he committed mass genocide. He just recalled every single terrible memory that happened.
His PTSD was triggered.
"WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT!", screamed Lincoln in frustration mixed with fear.
"Oh… I'm sorry Lincoln", apologized Angus. "Just a lot has been happening right now and I didn't think about what I was going to say"
Lincoln sighed as he began to calm down.
"I-it's ok… i understand…"
He sat in silence as he heard his name being called.
"Lincoln?"
"Where are you?"
"Come out come out wherever you are!"
It sounded like Lincoln's sisters.
"We've looked everywhere." Luna said.
"We can't find him!"
"Perhaps he fell into a hole." Lucy thought. "Well, time to start planning his funeral."
Everyone looked at her like she was out of her mind.
"Why are you even thinking about that now?" Leni asked.
"Plus, I'm sure Lincoln is safe."
"Who knows where he ran off to?" Rita told the kids.
"We have to look for him!"
"We have to find Lincoln ourselves."
Rita told the older sisters. "Let's keep looking."
Meanwhile, Lincoln was calmly speaking to angus about his situation.
"I just don't know what to do, I came here cause deep down I wanted to save you and the entire town… but I can't because I always have a panic attack when I even think about everything that happened last year! I don't know what to do!", spiraled Lincoln.
"Kid, don't worry. You just gotta get your confidence back."
"How?" Lincoln questioned. "I can't ever get anything done right no matter how hard I try."
"Believe in yourself."
"When I believe in myself, all I can think about is the devastating tragedy."
"Close your eyes, and think about the happiest moment in your life."
Lincoln tried to think about the SMOOCH concert again. He pictured himself as if he were there. Clyde and Luna were also with him. However, a crash was heard.
That sound brought back a terrifying memory, when the town fell apart. Lincoln tried so hard to ignore the sound and the bad memories… but he failed.
"I can't do it…" he exclaimed.
"How come?" Angus asked him.
"My memories are triggering again!"
"Lincoln!"
"What is going on?" Lana asked.
"A lot… I just recently found Lincoln unconscious on the ground and now I think he's having a panic attack", said Angus as they all eyed Lincoln shaking in fear.
"Oh gosh… poor Lincoln, I wonder what's going on with him", said Lori in sadness.
"Yeah… too bad he has P- I-I mean uh nothing!", shouted Leni as she almost accidentally revealed Lincoln's secret.
They all look at Leni like she lost an eye.
"Well, I hope you're doing a ok Angus…", said Lynn Sr. "We heard what the fisherman told us"
"You mean Fred? Yeah… he's a good friend of mine", explained Angus.
"He said you were crying", said Luan.
"Yeah let's not talk about…"
"OW!"
Everyone immediately looked at Lincoln as he shouted. He was waving his hand in pain as he was now standing.
"Lincoln what happened?"
"Ugh… s-some… fire managed to burn my hand", winced Lincoln in pain.
"Oh no are you ok?", asked Rita.
"Yeah I'm f-fine… I th-think"
"Lincoln could you please tell us what's going on?", begged Luna.
"No, uh… I mean…"
The thoughts were coming back to him, he was so sick and tired of this.
Lincoln was so overwhelmed in his emotions right now he just couldn't deal with it. His glistening eyes stared at his family in fright. As they stared back at him in concern.
Lincoln turned towards a high building with a ladder still attached to it. He decided to do the unthinkable because he just couldn't take it…
He walked towards the ladder…
"Wait Lincoln what are you doing?"
He ignored Lynn's question and began to climb up. Slowly but surely, with everyone watching in confusion in fright, he made it to the top. When he did he tightened his fists and walked to the edge.
"Is Lincoln doing what I think he's going to do?", shouted Lori.
"Lad don't do it!", shouted Angus.
Lincoln's hair swayed in the wind as he eyed the long way down.
He didn't want to live anymore… he had enough suffering in his life.
Lynn should've just left him be when he fell…
"I'm sorry guys… but, I don't think I can take this anymore", said Lincoln.
"NO LINCOLN DONT"
Lincoln took a step and his foot was now in the air. He began to attempt to sing a song.
"Close… yo-"
BAM!
Lincoln took his foot back and everyone else had gasped in horror. Lincoln pulled his arms back and slowly began to turn around who it was.
Then his whole body froze…
It was Morag… with Lela, who's eyes were black instead of purple…
"Wh-what happened?" Lincoln wondered. "Am I still alive?"
"Lincoln's safe!" Lori cheered.
"Yay!" Lola said.
Everyone was glad that Lincoln was still alive, and was safe, but he happened to have that feeling he was not on the ground.
"Lela?" It was revealed to be that Morag was riding Lela, and unknowingly, they saved him from taking his own life.
Meanwhile, back in the hotel...
"tUrN aRoUnD..." Maddie sang.
"LoOk aT wHaT yOu SeEeEeEeEeE" Reyna continued.
"iN hEr FaCe..."
"ThE mIrRoR oF yOuR dReAmSsSsS"
That's when they were interrupted by the sound of Lincoln screaming.
"Maddie! Check this out!"
They both looked out their window, and were shocked at what they saw.
"Lincoln riding a dragon?" Maddie asked.
"No! I mean yeah but, there's an evil witch riding the dragon!" Reyna told her.
"Could it be the person who almost killed Lincoln that he mentioned to us?" Maddie wondered.
"Let's go save him!" Reyna said. At that moment, they ran out together.
Lincoln was panicking. He thought he landed safely, but he was in the air, riding on Lela with Morag, his biggest enemy who almost killed him during their last visit.
"Help!" he screamed.
"Wait a minute..." Morag noticed. "That voice sounds familiar."
"Stop!"
"Lincoln Albert Loud?" she finally remembered. "I thought we got rid of you and banished you back to your hometown."
"Well, we meet again." Lincoln said to her.
"I didn't realize I actually saved you. I should've just let you throw yourself off that building."
"Never, Morag."
"That's duchess to you."
"Wait, what?" Lincoln was perplexed.
"That's right." Morag said. "I'm the duchess."
"No you're not."
"Of course I am. I stole the crown from Angus one day and I used it proclaim myself as the new Duchess of Loch Loud. And now that everyone is under my power, I plan to take over the world and make everyone my servants!"
"Not if I stop you." Lincoln said.
"You can't, because I have all the power."
Lincoln snuck up behind her while she was riding Lela and tried to take the crown off her head. He snatched it, but then it made Morag extremely mad.
"You fool! Give it back!"
"No! You don't deserve this! You will never be the duchess!" Lincoln said. "I'm giving this crown back to Angus!"
"Good luck." Morag grabbed her scepter and used it to whack Lincoln and push him off Lela. As he fell, the crown fell out of his hands, but it was also falling off of Lela.
Lincoln's family, along with Maddie and Reyna, watched in horror.
"What's that?" Lynn asked, looking in the sky.
"It looks kind of like Lincoln." Lana noticed.
"And what's that gold thing in the air?" Reyna asked.
"It looks shiny..." Leni said.
"Wait, it's the crown!" Rita said. "It's going to break into a million pieces!"
"Lincoln's about to crash! We need to help him!" Luan told everyone.
"Does he have a parachute?" Maddie asked.
"I don't think so. We have to save him!" Lori said.
"I got this." Todd said. He pulled out an airbag. "Activate parachute."
Lincoln suddenly felt himself slowing down. "Oh, I don't know where I got this parachute from, but I'm safe!"
"I guess he does have one." Lisa said. "This is why I brought my robots on this trip."
Lincoln suddenly felt another sense of deja vu all over again. That fight on Lela made him remember what happened last summer.
Flashback to the previous vacation:
Lincoln and Morag were on the dragon, fighting over the crown.
"I'm not letting you get away with it. Let go!" Lincoln said.
"Never!" Morag fought back.
"You stole it!"
"it's mine! I command you to let go!"
"Command? Is that what this is all about? Power?" Lincoln asked.
"No! This crown will guarantee that no louds will ever bother me again!" Morag answered.
"Hate to bother you, but..." As Lincoln was about to finish that sentence, Lela suddenly crashed into the castle walls and knocked off both Lincoln and Morag.
He was left knocked out unconscious and was suffering serious pain from the crash.
Back to the present:
That entire fight on Lela was the exact same to what happened last time. Lincoln's memories were triggered once again, but after he found out what is going to happen, he's started to regain his confidence.
By the time he safely landed, his family, Reyna, Maddie, and Angus hugged him.
"Thank goodness you're ok!" Angus told him.
"We were worried sick about you!" Reyna said.
"Thanks, guys." Lincoln was pleased.
"Wait, but the crown!" Lola reminded everyone.
"Oh that reminds me, you guys! I just found out that-"
As Lincoln was about to finish his sentence, the crown fell and broke completely.
"Oh no, what happened?" Angus was shocked.
"It's broken." Maddie was upset.
"Can we fix it?" Lori asked.
"It doesn't look like it." Lincoln said.
"How did Morag even gain control of the crown in the first place?" Lynn Sr asked.
"Well, she stole it from Angus when he wasn't looking, and kept it all to herself. She's using it to become the duchess and gain control of the town. She wants to rule Loch Loud and make everyone become her servants!" Lincoln explained.
This story upset everyone, except Reyna and Maddie who were confused.
"So I'm no longer the duke..." Angus muttered.
"I'm so sorry." Lincoln told him. "It's not your fault. It's Morag's. And we need to stop her from good before the whole town turns to her side!"
"We're going to help you." Leni said.
"Of course. Family sticks together." Lana told him.
"We'll help too!" Maddie said.
Everyone else looked at her.
"I guess not. Come on Reyna, let's go back to the hotel." Maddie said as she and Reyna walked off.
"Let's go to sleep. I'm tired anyway." Reyna said.
"Guys, I'm starting to get my confidence back!" Lincoln cheered. "I'm not worried anymore!"
"Not so fast!" Morag suddenly popped up out of nowhere. Everyone screamed.
"What do you want?" Lincoln asked.
"I want you guys to go away. I've had my peace and quiet for a year until you guys came back. So I will now kill all of you!" She pointed her scepter towards the family, and she tried to aim, but was stopped by someone.
"Not so fast, evil witch." It was Reyna and Maddie, who came back even though they just left.
"Who are those kids?" Morag asked.
"Those are my friends. They're always prepared." Lincoln answered.
"Our bagel and donut cannon works really well!" Maddie said.
"You mess with our friend, you get this!" Reyna said and shot some donuts and bagels at Morag. She got hurt, but then got back up again.
"I will get my revenge, louds!" Morag left with Lela.
"Guys, our town is nearly destroyed. I'm not the duke anymore. The crown is broken. What are we going to do?" Angus asked.
"Leave it to me. I'm the man with the plan." Lincoln told him. Everyone cheered for him.
"I've got 55 plans that I'm guaranteed will work!" Lincoln said. "But for now, I'm tired, can we go to sleep?"
"Sure thing, let's go." Rita said. The family went off to the castle, where they would be staying at. Angus followed them.
"Wow, our castle looks partially damaged." Lori noticed.
"It's not that bad though, right?" Lynn said.
"It's the only place we can afford to stay." Lisa said. "Besides, how bad can it possibly be?"
Looking at the castle again triggered Lincoln's memories. He walked into the duke's room, and looked at the outfit. It was almost ripped in half. He looked outside the window and saw his own reflection again. He pictured himself in the duke outfit. Knowing that loch loud was now ruled by Morag, the town was no longer the same. He was on the verge of crying once again, and he was starting to have a panic attack.
He went to go find Angus, cause he knew he could be comforted by him.
First, he wanted to do something else he felt like he should've done last year before they left. He went to go to Lucy's room.
"Hi Luce" he said.
"Hey Lincoln." Lucy said. "How are you?
"I need you to summon my ancestor."
"Uh, why?"
"I have to apologize to him for letting him down. I promised him I would be a good duke last year, but I didn't and I made things worse." Lincoln admitted.
"Uh, sure. Just let me summon him for you." Lucy said as Lincoln walked out of the room for a moment and began to panic.
Even though Lucy wasn't the right sibling to go to for advice, she was the one who thought Lincoln was dead and even planned his funeral. He couldn't trust her, cause he had a feeling she likely thought that this trip was going to be his last few days of living.
As Lincoln walked in, he saw his own ancestor from the 1600s staring at him.
"Hi..." Lincoln muttered.
"Why hello!" The duke said. "Why have you summoned me?"
"I have some things I need to say to you." Lincoln told him.
"I'll leave you two to talk." Lucy said as she walked out of the room.
"So, duke..." Lincoln was about to talk.
"Please, do not call me the duke. Address me by my real name Jacob. In fact, I am you, from 400 years ago."
"Ok, uh, Jacob...I'm sorry." Lincoln apologized.
"For what?" Jacob wondered.
"So last year, I took your position as Duke of loch loud. And I tried to impress you and make you happy, as well as Angus, but I let everyone down. I rode Lela and destroyed the city under Morag's power. I almost got myself killed because of it. I couldn't protect the town. This is all bringing back nightmares now that I am back in Scotland. I'm suffering from PTSD because of it. I can't go a day without almost crying or having a panic attack. I became duke for myself only Please help me!"
"I understand. When I first became duke, I went through the same thing. However, it takes a lot of work to be in the position I was in." Jacob told him. "Don't worry."
"Now look at what happened because of me!" Lincoln almost cried again. "What can I do?"
Jacob thought about it for a little, then finally answered...
"Do what makes you comfortable."
"Really?"
"Yes, I would always come up with a bunch of plans that I hoped would work." Jacob explained. "I was the man with the plan."
"Me too!" Lincoln said.
"Then use your clever mind to try and take down the evil duchess!" Jacob convinced him.
"Thanks so much Jacob! I'm glad we had this talk." Lincoln said to him.
"No problem. Now if you excuse me, I have to watch my family. See you soon!" Jacob waved goodbye to him.
Lincoln walked out of that room feeling more confident than ever. But now he needed to talk to Angus.
"Angus! There you are!" Lincoln said to him.
"Hey kid, what's up?"
"Can we talk?" Lincoln asked him.
"Of course." They sat down and began to talk.
"I can't stop seeing these weird illusions..." Lincoln said. "It's like my mind is in another place."
"What do you keep seeing?" Angus asked.
"All the bad things that happened in my life the past year. It's like I'm living through them again. I guess it's just smth PTSD related?"
"I guess cause you're suffering so much from past trauma that your mind is starting to fill up with all the bad moments that happened in your life." Angus told him.
"I guess so. I don't want to relive them again. Riding Lela again just like last year when I was trying to take the crown from Morag was the same thing that happened during the last visit!"
"Perhaps that was just a bad dream." Angus thought.
"Really?"
"It does sound it. Because you can't stop thinking about what happened last year, your dreams are turning into realities where it makes you feel like you are actually living it."
"I don't know, could it be?" Lincoln wondered.
"Sure looks like it kid."
"Well, thanks for the advice." Lincoln said as he headed off.
That talk with Angus didn't help him at all. It just made him feel worse than ever before. If his illusions were actually realities, then that meant he knew that this vacation was going to turn out like last year. Lincoln became paranoid and went to bed.
He got Bun-Bun and gave him a tight squeeze and prayed that this nightmare would all be over soon.
All of a sudden, Jacob came in the room.
"Can I give you some advice?" he asked.
"Uh, sure." Lincoln answered.
"When I was still living, I was always in my sisters' shadows too." Jacob explained. "And I did the exact same thing you did. I became the duke for myself, and I went through the exact same things that happened to you last year. Remember?"
Once again, Lincoln's memories from last year were triggered. The dragon ride, destroying the city, falling from a high place and getting knocked out unconscious. Almost falling off a cliff, yeah you know how it goes.
"You lived through all that?" he asked Jacob.
"Yes, and it was the worst feeling ever. I couldn't recover, and once we left our homeland, I felt better."
"Just like me right now." Lincoln thought.
"Exactly. I'm you from 400 years ago." Jacob said.
"I totally messed up. It's my fault that the city is in danger. It's also my fault the crown is ruined. If I just let her be and I never became the duke, none of this would've happened. But I had to do smth."
"Don't worry. Your family and both your friends are here to help."
"Thanks."
"No problem. Now I must return to the sky. See you whenever." Jacob said as he flew off.
Lincoln tried to fall asleep peacefully, but all he could see was his own reflection standing right in front of him. Wearing the crown, wearing the duke outfit, and trying to protect everyone. However, when he looked a himself, he could only see himself crying, which made him feel even worse.
He got up out of bed and decided to go to the only place he would feel comfortable...or maybe not.
He quietly snuck out of the castle and headed toward the cemetery, where he found his ancestor's grave. Luckily it was right next to the castle. There was an empty spot next to it. And that's where he had another nightmare.
His grave would be buried right next to Jacob's. He started to nearly tear up, imagining his funeral once again. He left and then went back to the castle, and began to write in his diary...
"They say it doesn't matter, how you look or where you've been..."
…So I thought I needed 1,000 likes to feel like I actually mattered… Of course, when I tried to receive that I failed. I let everyone down just because I wanted to be just like my sisters…
Why am I so different from them? I mean I know they are girls and I'm a boy, but Lana and Lynn are tomboys. So why am I just… so different and "Ordinary". My sisters all have something unique about them. I guess I'm unique too… but not in a good way. I know I'm good at things like magic and singing, but either I don't get recognition for it or I'm just too nervous. I tend to try and hide how I'm feeling most of the time. I guess I could've just told my sisters about my situation before we decided to come here to this now hellish place. But sometimes they make fun of me. I guess It's a normal sibling thing and I usually act like it doesn't bother me but it does…
That's why I quit liking Ace Savvy cause I just didn't want to be teased anymore. I'm on the verge of quitting David Steele because I get nothing but constant back lash.
Also, I really hate making people upset. I'm still Terribly traumatized from what happened last year in 20XX. I try to get confident, but every time I try I fail. Just the fact that I could possibly end up killing someone is so dreadful to me.
I try to think of happy moments, like when I spend time with my very best friends… but of course that's a problem too. This kid named Chandler always teases us, especially me. Probably because he knows I'm different.
I tried being like him once, I was stupid and just trying to fit in. Sometimes I have a tendency to copy others if it can be beneficial from what I see…
Luckily my friends helped me guide me from people who aren't as smart.
But sometimes my friends are also not good people at times. That one time where I wanted to perform a magic show and my friends thought that was too "babyish". I was SO HURT by them. The fact that my OWN FRIENDS were trying to shove my interests down a sewer drain just to "look cool". I hate when people make fun of me, but I really just want to show my interests!
Even if no one cares…
I talked to Clyde about some of these things cause he's been to a therapist so many times I thought he may know a thing or two. However, one time he said something that made me question my entire life. I hated his conclusion, so that's why I also can't tell my family about my PTSD because if what he said were true… I know my friends would see me differently as well as I know I will get teased for it.
He said I have a high chance of having "Autism". When I heard that my eyes went wide in fear. I remember having that feeling of wanting to throw up.
But deep down I knew it made sense.
I just never thought about it before because well, we have a cousin who has Autism and she doesn't speak or socialize. I sometimes really like socializing, especially around my friends or if I want to share something I like.
I guess everyone is different, and my cousin is really smart. Lisa told me that if she didn't exist I would be the smartest person in the House. That made me feel good, but also deep down I was kind of doubting that. Many things happened where I acted extremely stupidly, especially last year.
One time my sisters thought I was bad luck and kicked me out of the House, as if that wasn't enough trauma for me. This definitely takes the cake.
Or possibly my life…
I really hope I don't actually have a mental disorder like that. Cause it terrifies me to the core. Maybe I don't and it's just all in my head, I mean after all Clyde is only just a kid like me. He could've made a false accusation.
But why did it make sense…?
…
With that all off my chest, there's still one thing that's bothering me a lot.
Morag…
I have to try and beat her, but how? I don't want to risk dying, just the thought of seeing my own grave just…
Lincoln shook his pencil in fear as he began to doodle a brief drawing.
I drew what my grave looked like, or what I thought Lucy planned it to be. I can't look at it anymore.
Lincoln proceeded to rip the page out and toss it into the nearest trash can.
I hope my sisters don't find that… that would be the most terrible thing. Well, maybe there are worse things.
Sometimes I don't know how to handle emotions too well, earlier today I was so overwhelmed I… I tried to, k… I'm not going to write the words. But somehow the very same person who tried to "Oyasumi" me saved my life. Now I just need to somehow stop her from causing more destruction.
But how?! If only I could come with a good plan-
Lincoln jumped up as he heard footsteps coming towards his room. He quickly closed the diary and threw it across the room as the door opened.
"Uh, I'm not gonna question what you just did… are you ok dude?", asked Luna.
"Y-yeah…? Why did you randomly decide to come to my room?", asked Lincoln.
"Just to check in on you", said Luna. "You seem very paranoid".
"Luna I'm not paranoid… j-just go back to bed", said Lincoln.
Luna noticed he was gripping his arm while biting down on his lip.
"Stop lying to me Lincoln", demanded Luna.
"Luna I'm not-"
"Yes you are, I'm not dumb… just tell me what's going on with you dude", exclaimed Luna.
"Luna, I'm fine!"
Luna just stared at him silently. Lincoln looked to the side in guilt and then he eyed his thrown diary.
While he couldn't tell Luna about his trauma and ptsd… maybe he could tell her one thing, just to make her leave he guessed.
"Ok… well… try to get good sleep I guess", said Luna as she was about to leave.
"Luna wait-"
Luna stopped dead in her tracks and looked at Lincoln.
"Um… y-you're right… there's… something I need to tell you", said Lincoln.
Luna shut the door behind her.
"What is it bro?"
"Uhm… before I tell you, do you promise you won't tell anyone else?", asked Lincoln.
"I promise, you can tell me anything", comforted Luna.
Lincoln began fidgeting with his hands nervously.
"Um… Luna, do you think I'm different?", asked Lincoln.
"Well, you're certainly unique… but that's ok-"
"No I mean… different, as in… not being like everyone else", exclaimed Lincoln.
"Well everyone isn't like everybody-"
"No Luna I know, that's not what I'm talking about", said Lincoln in a nervous fast paced voiced.
"Then what are you talking about?", questioned Luna.
"Well… you've seen me get slightly nervous about this trip, I seem to be the only one", explained Lincoln.
"You're not the only one Linc, I was also a bit nervous coming here", exclaimed Luna.
Lincoln sighed in frustration.
"What's wrong…?"
"Luna… when and if I tell you, you promise me to look at me the same?", questioned Lincoln.
Luna was perplexed by that statement, but she went with it.
"Sure…"
"Well… one time I went to talk to Clyde about some stuff… and he came to a conclusion that, I think maybe could be true?"
"What did you tell him?"
"I don't want to say… but he said something that I didnt like", said Lincoln nervously. "And it could be why I wanted to 'feel special' in the first place"
"Did he insult you?"
Luna got defensive.
"No no! He didn't say anything wrong! It's just…"
Luna became extremely concerned about Lincoln.
"Forget it, I c-can't say… w-we should just focus on saving the town tomorrow", Lincoln said.
"No no Linc"
Luna quickly walked to Lincoln's bed and sat down next to him.
"Please tell me, you don't have to be afraid", reassured Luna.
"But-"
"No, don't question it Lincoln… I may have teased you before but I promise I will not make fun of you at all", promised Luna.
Lincoln was silent as he stared out into the space in front of him.
"What did Clyde say…?"
…
"Luna?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think I'm autistic?"
Luna just kind of stared at him with a blank expression. She was thinking about the question Lincoln had just asked.
Clearly he was very uncomfortable, and she wanted to say no.
But it made sense to her too…
"You do realize that you are still the same person right, Linc?", asked Luna.
"Y-yeah but… Clyde just told me that one time, and maybe that's why all of this is happening", said Lincoln.
"Lincoln… everyone makes mistakes, but this is certainly not your fault, it doesn't matter if you have autism or not, you are still Lincoln Loud, the man with the plan", reassured Luna. "Stop doubting yourself so much"
"But I try not to doubt myself! I tried so many times but I always fail!", shouted Lincoln.
"Then you just have to keep trying again", said Luna. "Don't give up"
"But what if I already have given up?"
"Just because you give up you can st-"
CRASH!
Lincoln and Luna looked over towards the door in fright. What could that be? Lincoln flinched as a loud scream could be heard.
"LET HER GO!"
It sounded like Lori…
"NO!"
Lincoln, upon hearing that voice, dashed out of the room leaving Luna behind. S H E was here, and she was trying to cause terror in the middle of this dreadful night.
Lincoln ran until he was in the middle of the castle, this is where he saw Morag and a huge gaping hole in the wall. And Morag was grabbing Lily…
"Ah, just the person I was waiting for", sneered Morag as she looked at Lincoln.
Lincoln took a step back in fright.
"What are you doing with Lily?' asked Lincoln in fright.
"Nothing really, I just want to kidnap her because I know it would hurt you", explained Morag. "And what better time to do this other than at night?"
"LINCOLN!"
"Lori, where is mom and dad?"asked Lincoln in a frantic state as Lily began crying.
"They are still sleeping!"
"Oh shut up stupid baby", complained Morag.
Lincoln gritted his teeth in anger.
"She's not stupid…"
"Yeah, she is… why do you care so much anyways? She is just a baby", mocked Morag.
"She's my sister, why wouldn't I care?", asked Lincoln.
"Lincoln, please get out of here", pleaded Lori.
"No!"
"Wincoln!"
Lily was terrified as she was in Morag's grasp. Lincoln had just given Morag an angry stare.
"Let. her. Go"
"No…"
"Let…. Her….. GO"
"NO, You don't deserve her, weren't you the one who wanted to be better than your sisters?", asked Moron.
Lincoln growled in frustration
"Lincoln please calm down-"
"Calm down? CALM DOWN? SHE HAS LILY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!", shouted Lincoln.
"Hey what's happening?", asked Luna as she ran into the room in horror.
"Morag has Lily!", shouted Lincoln.
"What…!?"
Lily was now crying even harder, she was so scared as Morag tightened her grasp.
"Stop you're choking her!", shouted Lincoln.
That's it, he had enough… he needed to save Lily. So with Morag laughing hysterically he lunged and grabbed onto Lily…
"LILY NO!" Lincoln screamed.
Lily was being choked to the point where she couldn't breathe.
"Say goodbye to your little baby sister." Morag told Lincoln as she laughed.
He started to cry a little. He never thought he'd actually lose his baby sister, the most adorable loud there was.
Lela came by and Morag and Lily flew off. Lori, Luna, and Lincoln were trying their best to hold back tears.
"Help!" Lily cried.
Lily had never been so scared in her life. She was being captured and little did she know this could be the last day of her life. She flew off and she was in total danger.
Meanwhile, the rest of the siblings woke up after hearing all the noise.
"What's going on?" Lynn asked.
"Morag has Lily!" Lincoln told her.
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
"They disappeared out into the wild!" Lori said. "I was taking her for a walk and then Morag came and took her!"
As everyone started panicking, that's when a note flew towards them. Lincoln read it:
"If you want your baby sister back the only way is to...jk there is actually no way she's mine forever"
"What are we going to do?" Lola asked.
"We are going to track her down." Lisa told everyone. "However, we require sleep first."
Everyone went back inside the castle to sleep, and Lincoln looked outside the window.
"Oh please Lily, I hope you're ok..."
He went back to bed and wrote in his diary...
Worst day ever. I cannot wait for the day we get out of this place. Seeing Lily be held captive brings tears to my face and reminds me of the super close bond we shared and how she was the only one that stood by my side the entire time last year. Now that she's gone, I have no idea what to do with my life anymore.
He doodled a little picture of him and Lily hugging each other, then wrote next to it "Siblings by chance, friends by choice"
As Lincoln tried to safely go to bed, he had a nightmare about smth bad happening to Lily. He pictured Morag burning her, killing her, or worse, Lily falling off a cliff...
One after another, nightmares kept coming back and Lincoln couldn't sleep. He stayed awake the whole night because of his trauma. Will it ever end?
Meanwhile, Lily was captured in the middle of nowhere. She was crying. Morag came in and pointed her scepter at her...
"Now little baby girl, you will do everything I say and all I ask for is that you kill the louds!" She brainwashed her and Lily's eyes began to turn red.
"I kill Louds." Lily said, under her command.
Lily was now under Morag's power. The first part of her plan was to turn the Louds into her servants and try and make them disappear forever, and not in the good way. They both got on Lela together and began riding back to Loch Loud.
Their plan to take over the world has just begun.
The next morning, Lincoln woke up, exhausted and cranky.
"Good morning, son. Want some breakfast?" Lynn Sr asked him.
"No." Lincoln angrily answered.
"There are breakfast burritos!" Rita tried to convince him.
"Still, no. Just leave me alone." he answered.
"Dude, what's gotten into you?" Luna asked.
"Yeah, you're acting so weird." Lana said.
Lincoln rolled his eyes. "Shut up.
Lincoln was not in the mood for anything. He just went to his room to hide in peace. No people, no one to bother him. All he wanted was time to himself. He needed to recover.
Wait, could this possibly mean smth?
Remember what happened when they went to Scotland the previous year?
Lincoln's memories came back to him.
Flashback to the previous year:
"All I wanted was a little peace and quiet." Morag said to herself.
Back to the present:
Lincoln's inner dark self began to show off. He was starting to turn into his worst enemy, and this was getting the best of him.
Why was this happening to him? Was Lincoln's PTSD changing himself?
He couldn't sleep at all last night because his memories were all coming back to him, and this began to change his personality.
He walked towards the window and looked at his own reflection for the billionth time. Whether or not he was starting to change, he missed his own self.
But still, he was still the man with the plan and nothing could convince him otherwise.
He walked out of the castle and began to search for Lily. However, she was nowhere to be found.
She must've been sent to a place far, far away from Loch Loud. He ran into Reyna and Maddie, who were at Starbucks.
"Hey guys! Any one of you seen Lily?"
"Who's she?" Reyna asked.
"My baby sister." Lincoln answered.
"Well I haven't seen her." Maddie said.
"Want donuts and bagels?" Reyna asked.
"Sure." Lincoln took one of each, and then ran off.
"Which one do you think he likes better?" Maddie asked Reyna.
"I'm pretty sure he likes donuts." Reyna said.
"No, bagels"
"Donuts"
"Bagels"
"Donuts"
"Bagels"
"Donuts"
"Bagels"
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Reyna asked Maddie.
"Nothing."
Meanwhile, back at the castle, Lincoln looked at the almost ruined duke outfit and tore it into pieces. There was no way he was ever going to become the duke again. It kept bringing back terrible memories.
Lincoln needed time to himself only, so he went to his sisters, who were just enjoying castle life. Lincoln was filled with rage. Why were his sisters just playing around when they're in the middle of the war?
"GUYS!" Lincoln screamed. His sisters looked at him.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked them.
"Why are you in such a bad mood?" Lori asked.
"Cause...Lily is missing and I'm so mad at that moron for stealing her!" He went and punched the wall.
That was not the truth. Lincoln was slowly letting his inner dark self come out of him.
"Calm down, Linky." Leni hugged him. That made him feel better.
"Yeah, I'm sure she'll be back soon." Lola said.
"Oh Louds!" It was Morag.
"Not again." Lincoln muttered to himself.
"Guess who's back?" Morag brought over Lily.
"Lily!" The siblings walked up to her.
"We're so glad you're ok!" Lincoln cheered.
Lily didn't respond. Since she was brainwashed, she pushed Lincoln where he fell and tripped over a rock. His head hurt, badly.
Soon, she started hurting the rest of the sisters. They were badly injured.
"What's gotten into you, Lily?" Luan wondered.
"You seem stronger than usual." Lucy noticed.
"Die." Lily said to them.
Rita and Lynn Sr ran out to see what happened.
"Lily! What happened to you?" Rita asked.
"What happened to you guys?" Lynn Sr asked the kids.
"Lily did this to us!" Lincoln said.
"She's evil!" Lori said.
That's when Lily grabbed a knife and stabbed her parents right in the back.
The kids gasped.
"Lily! Stop this immediately!" Rita screamed.
"We're bleeding..." Lynn Sr began to cry. "Kids, help!" They were suddenly knocked out.
"Mom! Dad! Wake up!" Lincoln said as he held onto them.
"Take...good...care...of...your...sisters..." Rita muttered.
"We...love...you..." Lynn Sr whispered.
"Mom! Dad! I'm sorry! This is all my fault! Please! Come back!"
"Guys! Please! I'm so sorry for everything!"
Lincoln began to cry as soon as his parents stopped breathing. The sisters all cried too. Little did they know that their parents would spend their last few days here. And Lincoln's thoughts about someone passing, actually came true. This was the saddest moment in his entire life. And the worst part was, they never knew what he was going through, and now they never will. They can never forgive him for everything that happened.
Lincoln's heart was broken more than ever now. He hoped that this was just a nightmare, but it wasn't.
"What have you done?" Leni asked Lily as she began to cry.
"I can't believe mom and dad are gone." Lana cried.
"I never expected it to happen so soon..." Luan cried.
"Mother and Father are now up in heaven with our ancestors." Lisa said as she actually started to cry.
"Literally so sad." Lori cried.
Even Lucy was depressed. She said it was hard to even plan a funeral for her own family.
Lincoln was now more furious than ever with the moron.
"Lily is now my servant." Morag explained. "She's apart of my plan to get rid of you Louds and take over the world!"
"Morag, you can't do this to us." Lincoln said.
"Of course I can. I'm the duchess!" Morag said. "I can do anything I want! Loch Loud is my city, after all."
"No, cause my sisters and I are going to stop you."
"Oh of course, your lame sisters always have to help you. You know that even though I manipulated them to get you to feel overshadowed by them, their talents are so boring. Anyone can do those things. Plus, she just killed your own parents, and that means they won't be able to watch over you anymore. How sad. You all are a disgrace to my family, and I wish you never existed! If you never came here in the first place, I would be enjoying my peace and quiet. But you guys had to ruin everything. Soon, you will all be in the same condition your parents are in. You Louds are the worst human beings I ever met, and I guarantee that none of you will be able to leave Scotland for good because this is my place, my rules, and I will banish you guys up into heaven! And Lily will too!" Morag left with Lily as they rode Lela.
"You guys, we have to do smth. Look what happened to mom and dad. I'm sure we can stop Morag if we all work together, just like last time." Lincoln told his sisters.
"Of course. We have your back." Lori said as she hugged him. The siblings then joined in for a group hug.
"I'm the man with the plan, I can do it. And you guys will help me!" Lincoln said.
"Let's do this for mom and dad!" Lori cheered.
"For mom and dad!" The siblings repeated.
"Ok guys, time to put Operation Defeat Morag for good so that we can save the city of Loch Loud and she will no longer be the duchess and also think of a shorter name for this operation into action!" Lincoln announced.
"How's the cannon of rocks coming along?" Lori asked.
"It's all finished!" Lynn said. Once Morag came in, they started aiming the rocks at her. One of them hit her in the head.
"Ow! Curse you louds!" she screamed at them.
They shot all the other rocks, but they missed every time. Once they ran out, the cannon broke.
"Oh, how sad." Morag pretended to cry.
"Backup plan!" Lincoln said. He remembered teaching Lily his ways, but knowing that she's joined the dark side made him get too emotional.
"Todd! Come in!" Lisa called.
"Hello, what do you need me for?" Todd asked.
"Where are your emergency sticks of dynamite?" Lisa asked him.
"I have them right here." He pulled them out.
"Ok good, now throw them at Morag and make her fall off of Lela." Lincoln told him.
Todd threw the sticks of dynamite but they weren't aiming properly. They couldn't aim directly at the moron because she was so high in the air.
A few seconds later, they blew up. That's when blood started flowing out from someone.
"WHAT?" Lincoln screamed.
Lisa inspected it. "Yes, it's definitely blood."
Lincoln got goosebumps and started shaking.
Backup plan #3:
"Are you guys ready?" Lincoln asked Reyna and Maddie, who were preparing smth big.
"Almost done..." Maddie said.
"What are you guys making?" Leni asked them.
"A pool filled with donut icing and cream cheese!" Reyna told her.
"We're going to try to get the moron to fall in it!" Maddie said.
"oooh, brilliant." Leni commented.
A minute later, the moron showed up and landed on the top of a rlly big building.
Lynn and Lola were on top of the building, about to push her off the building. The pool was right on the spot where she would land.
They pushed her off, but however...
Reyna and Maddie were stopped by Lisa, who was testing out her newest chemical.
"Let's see if it works." she said as she poured it into the pool.
It dissolved and caused the icing and cream cheese to disappear.
"Well, it definitely works." Lisa said sarcastically.
Plan #4:
"Lana? Are you ready?' Lincoln asked Lana.
"I was born ready." she answered.
"Where's Lela?" Lincoln asked.
"Right here." Lana said, as she brought her in.
"Good, now we need to distract her."
"Let's just throw a ball back and forth, I guess."
"Ok, ready, action!" Lincoln said.
"This isn't a tv show or movie." Lana said.
"What if it was? We are commencing an operation now!" Lincoln told her. "Just throw the ball!"
"Morag's coming!" Lana reminded him.
"Oh no. Run!" Lincoln warned her.
As the two ran, they kept throwing the ball back and forth, while keeping their eyes on the moron.
"She's getting closer, and pointing her scepter at us!" Lincoln said.
"Lincoln, the ball!"
Lincoln wasn't paying attention. All he could think about was Morag about to kill him. He threw the ball and accidentally hit Lana.
"Ow!" Lana cried in pain.
"Omg Lans, I'm so sorry!" Lincoln apologized.
"How dare you! Leave me alone." Lana ran off and left him alone.
Thus, another plan failed once again.
Plan #5:
"This better work." Lincoln said to himself. "Let's go Lela!"
He rode Lela and headed towards Morag.
"You know what they say?", Lincoln asked.
"Uh… what?", Morag questioned.
"They say it doesn't matter, how you look or where you've been… so you might want to watch where you're going", said Lincoln as he smirked.
Morag looked ahead and saw what she thought was a wall, but instead it was one of Lisa's hologram. This made Morag stop the dragon in fright as Lincoln reached for the scepter. But he fell and hurt himself badly.
"Ow." Lincoln said in pain.
"We've got to do smth. And I know it'll work." Lincoln said, confidently.
"50 long failed plans later..." the French Narrator narrated.
"Where did you come from?" Reyna asked.
"This isn't your show!" Maddie complained. "Get out!"
"Oh I'm sorry." The French narrator said. "I didn't realize I was above water."
"Get out!!" Reyna screamed at him.
"Go back to bikini bottom!" Maddie pushed him in. "You belong in SpongeBob's world not ours!"
"Well we got that out of the way." Reyna said. "Let's go!"
As they walked back to their hotel, Lincoln and his sisters were all hurt from trying to battle Morag after 55 consecutive plans. However, they failed.
"Well, that was harder than I thought." Lincoln groaned. "Ok, time for plan 56--"
"No!!" the sisters all complained.
"But guys, come on. There are still many more chances."
"Lincoln, what's this about?" Lori asked.
"Ummmmm..."
"Yeah why'd you make us go through so much? Risking our lives?" Luna asked.
"We all know why." Lucy said.
"Cause he wants to be special again just like the rest of us." Lynn complained.
"You only worry about yourself and don't even care about how the rest of us feel." Lola said.
"What…"
"I mean… wasn't that the whole reason we went to Scotland in the first place?", asked Lori.
"Uh… don't try to blame this-"
"Blaming? BLAMING?? How are we blaming you if it IS your fault", scolded Lori.
"I don't really like being, rude or anything… but, even with what you told me before… you have done so many wrong things", exclaimed Luna. "Have you seen what happened after you tried 55 times to defeat Morag? Have you even stopped to ask if WE had any ideas or if we were ok?"
Lincoln just looked at everyone in disbelief.
"Lincoln… I am usually a person who likes making jokes and keeping the mood bright… but this has gone too far, our parents literally died, I'm beginning to think that you're trying to defeat Morag for yourself, not to avenge our parents", explained Luan.
"I'm tired, and exhausted, after the 10th plan we all tried telling you we were all hurt, all you did was look at us with an angry and annoyed look and didn't even care. I know I'm not very caring myself but Lincoln you didn't event want to come back to Scotland to help Angus", exclaimed Lola.
"Yeah… you just wanted to stay home, probably just for yourself. Not to mention what you did last year. You destroyed the town by riding Lela and letting Morag control you. Last time I remembered, that was after we were all just trying to express ourselves too", added Lana.
"I get that you want to feel special and everything, but this is not the way to go Linc. And that's not even including all the stuff you did before that. I feel like now is the best time to call you out on everything you did, especially since mom and dad are DEAD", scolded Lori.
"Based on statistics, Lincoln… there are a lot of things you've done that we didn't like at all. We just never said anything, sure we didn't do any better, but now? Lincoln… do you know how unhealthy it is to force us to continue the dangerous plans you were the one to create?", asked Lisa.
"Lily is now in danger and she barely even got to live her life! How would you feel if one of us died doing your stupid plans? How would you feel if we never came to help Angus? I was so confused on why you didn't want to help right away, we all loved the idea of helping him but you? Seemed like you just didn't want to get hurt, do you know how selfish that is? I know I'm not perfect either but I would NEVER just help myself. You know why I do those dumb luck rituals? It's not for myself, but for my whole team cause I care about them."
Some of them may be exaggerated I'll admit but I have never done a single thing just to benefit myself", explained Lynn. "And the fact that you're doing all of this? I just can't believe you"
"When I saw you on the ground, I was actually terrified… it's not like me to get like that. But you know what else terrifies me? You and your actions. Do you even see the bruises on our faces? Do you even notice how some of us are bleeding from the cuts we have gained? Usually I like that kind of stuff, but even I have limits… I saw the look on your face when Lola started complaining, you did not care. I know sometimes I don't really care about stuff like that but I'm not as sick as you. I would at least tend and care for my own sisters, especially after our parents died", said Lucy. "It's sad that I'll have to plan a funeral for the people that raised all of us for 18 years with no quitting… makes me question if you really cared about their death"
"I…"
Lincoln didn't know how to feel about this at all. But whatever they said, he knew they were wrong.
"But like… I guess it isn't toootally your fault", said Leni.
"What do you mean by that?", questioned Luna.
"Well you know that Lincoln has P… ptsd? Or something like that- Oh wait- I wasn't supposed to say that whoops!"
"What…?"
"Leni! I told you not to tell anyone!", shouted Lincoln.
"Is it true…?"
Lincoln's fists were in such a tight grasp that he could feel his hands begin to bleed. He was so angry right now, that he just couldn't hold back.
"It doesn't matter if that is true or not… I… why would you guys say that. What, what you guys said wasn't true… I in fact did NOT do all this for myself. I just…"
Lincoln began to lose it.
"DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU GUYS MANAGE TO HURT ME IN THE PAST YEARS? THE TEASING AND BICKERING HAS STRESSED ME OUT SO MUCH!! I JUST NEEDED A BREAK! WHEN WE WENT TO THE RESTAURANT THAT DAY, IT WAS BECAUSE I HELPED ALL OF YOU GUYS!! BUT DID YOU GUYS HELP ME?", screamed Lincoln.
"EXACTLY, YOURE BEING SELFISH JUST NOW!", shouted Lori. "WE DID HELP YOU, WE EVEN COVERED FOR YOU BEFORE! DID YOU EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN I LEFT FOR COLLEGE OR DID YOU JUST FOCUS ON YOURSELF THE WHOLE DAMN TIME!"
"Lori… I HAVE MY OWN LIFE TOO, YOU GUYS DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY CARE! THAT DAY WHEN WE WENT TO THE RESTAURANT DID YOU GUYS EVEN NOTICE THAT I D-DISAPPEARED?"
Tears began to form in Lincoln's eyes, but he didn't care.
"I WAS KICKED OUT DADS RESTAURANT, NO ONE CARED AT ALL THAT I HAD TO WALK HOME THAT NIGHT! YOU ALL WERE ALL JUST SELF CENTERED IN YOUR DAMN TROPHIES!!! ITS NOT LIKE THAT HAPPENED BEFORE EITHER… THE REASON I TOOK THAT VIDEO WAS JUST SO… I could feel special, just so that people in my life would actually care about my existence… I try to help many times, AND THEN YOU GUYS JUST END UP CALLING ME A LIFE RUINER! NOT TO MENTION MY FRIENDS SOMETIMES ARENT VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THERES A BULLY I HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY FREAKING LIFE! DO YOU THINK I WANT THAT? No…", ranted Lincoln as more tears spilled out of his eyes.
Lincoln was starting to strain from attempting to hold back his tears.
"DO YOU FORGET THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN LIVES AND PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH?", screamed Lori.
"HOW COULD YOU SAY WE DIDNT CARE? THATS THE REASON YOURE ALIVE RIGHT NOW!", shouted Lynn.
"YOU OF ALL THE PEOPLE TO TALK LYNN! YOU CAUSED THAT LUCK INCIDENT BEFORE AND TORTURED ME WITH ALL YOU STUPID SUPERSTITIONS!! AND NOT TO MENTION YOU GUYS DID NOT CARE ABOUT MY WELL BEING AT ALL WITH THE SISTER FIGHT PROTOCOL CRAP", ranted Lincoln.
"WE TOLD YOU TO JUST STAY OUT!", screamed Lola.
Lincoln had gotten to angry he began yelling so Loud you could hear it from Mars.
"I TRIED STAYING OUT BUT IVE JUST GOT KICKED OUT OF MY OWN ROOM!!! UGHHH YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO THIS! BLAME ALL OF MY OWN PROBLEMS ON ME!!!", screamed Lincoln.
"WELL HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT MAYBE ITS TRUE?", asked Lisa while shouting.
"EVEN WITH WHAT YOU TOLD ME LAST NIGHT, THAT DOES NOT CONDONE YOUR ACTIONS LINCOLN", shouted Luna.
"What did he say?", asked Lana.
"Luna you better not answer her question", demanded Lincoln.
"WOULD IT KILL YOU IF I DID?", asked Luna who was now really angry.
"WELL THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS DIED WHEN I SAID SOME STUPID STUFF ABOUT YOU YEAH IT WOULD", screamed Lincoln.
"OK THEN MAYBE CLYDE WAS RIGHT, MAYBE YOU ARE AUTISTIC"
"LUNA-"
"CLYDE TOLD YOU THAT? WHY DIDNT YOU TELL US?", asked Lori.
"CAUSE YOU GUYS ALWAYS… AND I MEAN ALWAYS MAKE FUN OF ME! DOESNT MATTER WHAT THE HELL I DO I ALWAYS GET BACK LASH FOR IT, CANT I JUST LIVE MY LIFE NORMALLY?", asked Lincoln.
"MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER OUR THOUGHTS", shouted Lana. "THOSE STUFF YOU LIKE ARENT COOL AND POPULAR"
"DO NOT FU- FREAKING SAY THAT, MY FRIENDS ALREADY TRIED TO RUIN THAT FOR ME", yelled Lincoln.
"Well then all your friends have a point", shouted Lucy.
"ESPECIALLY CLYDE"
"YOU KNOW WHAT? SINCE LUNA AND LENI BOTH REVEALED MY SECRETS, WHY DONT I SAY A FEW WORDS FOR MYSLEF? LORI… YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT YOUR PHONE MORE THAN LILY? YEAH I HEARD YOU… LOLA THE JUDGES CALLED YOU UGLY IN FRONT OF AN ENTIRE CROWD, LUCKY FOR YOU IT WASNT ON TV THAT DAY… LUNA YOU RUINED A BAND ONCE AND YOU GOT A FINE FOR IT, YOU USED OUR NOW DEAD MOM'S CREDIT CARD! LISA, YOU COMPLETELY MESSED UP YOUR SPEECH IN A SCHOOL PRESENTATION FOR THE GIFTED PROGRAM AND NEVER TOLD ANYONE! LUAN YOU USED TO MAKE FUN AND BE A BULLY OF THIS ONE PERSON AT SCHOOL WHO STOPPED GOING THERE CAUSE OF YOU. LYNN YOU INJURED ANOTHER PLAYER ON THE OPPOSITE TEAM AND DIDNT CARE CAUSE YOU WON AND SAID THEY DESERVED IT! LANA YOU KILLED A STRAY DOG BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT YOU NEEDED TO SINCE IT BELONGED TO SOMEONE WHO WAS DEAD… LENI YOU MESSED UP SO BADLY THAT YOUR PLACE GOT SUED CAUSE YOU ABSOLUTELY DISREGARD THIS ONE COSTUMER!! Lucy… you, you just thought I was dead and I heard you when you were alone in room 3 days after that trip ended, you said that… maybethingswouldbebetterifhewasdead… DO YOU KNOW HOW HURTFUL THAT WAS? I CRIED THAT NIGHT!", ranted Lincoln.
"YOU FUCKING COWARDS!!!" screamed Lincoln.
"Woah Lincoln watch the language, you do realize Lola, Lana and Lisa can hear you right?" Lori asked.
All the sisters just gave Lincoln a dead and furious look. Meanwhile Lincoln was breathing heavily as tears were still on the corners of his eyes with sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Then maybe Lucy was right"
Lincoln's eyes went wide.
"W-what…?"
"If you weren't here right now, none of our problems would exist"
He was just silent, nothing else was said for a solid minute.
He was thinking a thought… a dreaded and scary thought.
"W-well then"
Lincoln was desperately trying to not break down sobbing.
"If that's what you guys think… I should've never jumped in front of you guys with the crown, I should've just let you all burn alive"
…
"LINC-"
"SHUT… Up… if you guys hate that I'm alive right now then so be it"
Lincoln turned around and looked ahead of him.
"I'll just go fight her myself"
"Lincoln don't-"
"Why do you care? Y-you guys just said you wanted me dead", cried Lincoln.
"Lincoln we were just angry-"
"NO… I DONT WANT TO HEAR THAT DAMN EXCUSE… just, just let me go do this alone… I need time to think anyways", said Lincoln as he began to walk off.
But then he stopped.
"And Lucy… if I do die, I hope you will plan a good funeral for me… pick out some great music and just remember me as the boy who ruined everyone's lives"
Then he began running as he was straining so hard to not break down. He was holding back tears so much he was shaking.
"LINCOLN WAIT- WE DIDNT MEAN IT WE JUST-"
But he was already too far away to hear.
"Hey Lincoln want a bag-"
But Lincoln ran right past Reyna and Maddie and that had made them drop their donuts and bagels.
"Aww man, such a waste of good food", complained Reyna.
"Yeah but yknow 5 second rule", said Maddie as she ate her bagel off the ground.
"Eh true"
Reyna picked her donut off the ground and began eating it.
"I hope Lincoln is ok…", said Maddie.
"Yeah, I think he was just yelling recently", exclaimed Reyna.
"Well… whatever happens next, he'd better be ok"
"Yeah…"
…
"Hopefully…"
Meanwhile Lincoln kept running, his main goal was to find Morag and just try everything he can to stop her from this mayhem. Just so he couldn't leave in absolute guilt. That's when he stopped walking, as thought for a moment and began to sing.
"They say it doesn't matter…"
Stay tuned for chapter 3! Coming soon :)