The Loud Ark-Chapter 2: Lincoln's Life/The Dream
Since Lincoln and his family life have gotten better now they have gained some new friends. It was an early morning at the Loud House. Lily is heard laughing, followed by Lincoln. Inside Lincoln's room, where the two mentioned siblings are sitting on the latter's bed, and the six fairies."Okay, Lily, I didn't wake you and the fairies up at six in the morning just to play." Said Lincoln as Lily laughs again. "This is very important Tink, It's time for a lesson about living in my home with me and how to survive in a big family, looks can be deceiving, but when you're the middle child of Ten sisters, Things can get pretty chaotic and well, Loud." "Poo-poo," Lily said in determination.
"Today is Saturday, Lesson #374." As Lincoln explains as he turns on a projector; the first slide shows Lynn Sr. with a platter of burritos "Breakfast Burrito Saturday." Causing Lily to gasp and shout "Bawitotos!" "Now that you have teeth..." The next slide shows an image of Lily and the six fairies; an arrow pointing at her one tooth. "You'll want one of Dad's famous breakfast burritos all to yourself." The next slide shows Lily and the fairies at the dining room table with a burrito in front of them as Lily reacted to the slide shouting "Wiwy!" "Just like your/my sisters." The next slide after that shows all nine other sisters reaching out to take The Fairies and Lily's burrito. Lily giggles, jumps off Lincoln's bed, toddles her way to the slide with beady eyes, and said, "Sisters!" "It's not so Bad." Said Tinkerbell. "Which means it's all of you against them at the table." The next slide shows a fight cloud from all ten sisters and the fairies struggling to get out causing them to gasp in shock. "Uh-oh." Said, Lily. "They fight?!" Exclaimed Rosttea with Fawn answering her. "That looks a bit primitive?!" "Not entirely, Don't worry, because your big brother/human friend is the Man with the Plan. Patent pending." As Lincoln explained as the next two slides read LINCOLN LOUD: MAN WITH THE PLAN, with a "Patent Pending" sticker at the bottom left corner on one of the slides. Lily giggles again as she and the fairies make their way back to her brother/friend. "And today's plan..." As he turns off the projector and the room's lights are now turned on "...is to get to those burritos before our sisters wake up."
Lincoln sniffs the air of the burritos being made "I can smell 'em now. Okay, Girls Lily, it's go time!" Lincoln tears away his pajamas to reveal his usual everyday clothing. Lily follows suit by tearing off her diaper and throwing it at the door until a splat is heard. The two siblings look over, realizing as the fairies cringed that could only mean one thing... "Poo-poo." Exclaimed Lily in worry as Lincoln looks back at Lily.
In the bathroom, Lincoln is changing Lily's diaper. "So all you need to do is just watch and learn." As he sets Lily down on the floor "Because around here, no one outsmarts Lincoln..." He opens the bathroom door, only to meet something... or a group of someone... unexpected. "...Loud." "I think you might of Jinx that." Said Tinkerbell causing Lincoln to ask her. "How come?" The Tinker points to what she's seeing as the rest of the nine Lincoln's older sisters and younger sisters just happen to be standing in the hallway as Lori the eldest smirks and said, "Nice try, Lincoln, but you're not the only one who remembered it's Breakfast Burrito Saturday."
"Yay! Burritos!" Shouted the sisters as the girls rush downstairs in burrito-induced excitement, though the Man with the Plan isn't letting a wrench in his plan ruin it. "Oh no, you don't!" Shouted Lincoln as he takes the carpet and waves it, creating a fabric wave that sends the sisters wayward as they screamed and into the open front door, which Lily and the fairies closed as Lori shouted, "Lincoln!" "Sorry!" The Tinker green-clothed fairy apologized as Lincoln, who had just taken the banister downstairs, high-fives his baby sister, who laughs triumphantly, and the six fairies. "The key to having a plan is to always have a backup plan." As Lincoln finished explaining as Lily answered him back, "Backup plan." "I guess I was wrong," said Tinkerbell.
The group walked into the dining room, as Lincoln's father, Lynn Sr. enters from the kitchen, dancing with a plate of burritos singing "Hot, burritos, hot, hot burritos, hey! Do a little dance and move your feet-os!" He stops and notices Lincoln, the fairies, and Lily at the table and beings to speak, "Hey! Morning, Lincoln." Then taps Lily's nose "Hello, Lily." "Bawitotos!" Lily exclaimed. "That's right, sweetie. Bawitotos. As he kisses her cheek and Lily giggles; as he notices the fairies. "And you must be Lincoln's new friends?" "Yes, Dad, plus they're Lana's friends too." "Hey, where's the rest of your sisters? I thought I heard them coming down." Wondering where the rest of her nine daughters went. "Did you?" Lincoln said slyly "I guess they couldn't make it, Huh..." He prepares to take a bite, but the front door opens, and the other sisters storm in and glare at the eight yelling. "YOU!" Lincoln realize that they're about to become toast as both Tinkerbell and Lincoln exclaimed "Uh-oh." Iridessa tried her best to calm the crowd. "Now, Please girls? Can't we just discuss this instead?!" But it was too late, The girls all jump on them and fight for the burritos, causing a fight cloud to ensue. Lincoln, the fairies, and Lily are revealed to have hidden under the table, safe from the fight as Lincoln sighed. "Sorry, guys and Lily. So much for watching and learning." "I wouldn't say that." Lily reveals she has a burrito in her diaper with the help of the fairies shouting "Backup plan!" Leaving Lincoln very impressed. "Oh-ho-ho! The students have become the master!"
Master and apprentices split the burrito, toast with their halves, and dig in. Meanwhile, the other sisters are still fighting for the rest of the burritos; Luan, Lynn, Lori, Luna, and the twins are engaged in a tug-of-war, Leni uses her superior height to keep her burrito away from Lisa's little arms, and Lucy is unharmed, eating her burrito. Suddenly, a whistle is blown off-screen, ceasing the burrito brawl. Rita, their mother appears, holding the whistle. "Lola, we need to go if you want to make it to your recital on time." "Don't forget my science fair!" Exclaimed the younger science sister with the goth sister shouting "I have the Junior Morticians' Death Match." Then one of the twins shouted, "I'm working pit crew at the race track!" Soon the rest of the girls except Leni all ramble, saying they have an activity to attend to as well… Lynn says, "Soccer playoffs!", Luan jokes, "Joke-A-Palooza!", Luna shouts, "Don't forget my shred-off!" Rita screams in shock "You all have activities today?!" Then Leni spoke. "Not me." Rita sighs in relief. "I just have my fashion show." This shocked Rita. "That's an activity, honey!" Then a frazzled Lynn Sr. enters, seeing the unprepared state of his wife exclaiming, "We're not prepared for this. This is a ding-dang disaster! What do we do?!" As he runs around and freaks out "Don't panic! Don't panic!" Then he screams at the top of his lungs. "DON'T PANIC!" Rita and the girls are freaking out as well, with Lynn Sr. gnawing on the doorway to the kitchen. Lincoln, the fairies, and Lily pull up the tablecloth and says, "Relax everybody." They crawl out from the table as he picks up Lily, walking toward the living room "I got this." Everyone relaxes, and smiles, knowing he does get this. "Another lesson, girl." As he sets Lily on the stairs as the fairies sat down "It's always more important to help your family than to outsmart 'em and you might wanna cover your ears. After placing headphones on the infant and the fairies cover their ears, he pulls out a megaphone. "Alright Louds, let's go, go, go!"
He puts away the megaphone and holds up Lori's golf clubs "Lori, golf clubs." Lori takes them and heads out the door. "Thanks, Linc!" Lincoln holds up some measuring tape, "Leni, measuring tape." Leni takes it and heads out "Thanks, Lincoln!" Then Lincoln holds up Luna's guitar and a microphone. "Luna, guitar." Luna takes them and heads out. "Thanks, bro!" Lincoln holds up a soccer ball. "Lynn, here's the soccer ball." As he tosses it to Lynn. Lynn has the ball bouncing on her head as she heads out. "Yeah-yuh!" Lincoln holds up a rubber chicken. "Luan, rubber chicken." Luan takes the rubber chicken and laughs. Outside the Loud House where the girls are heading outside as Lincoln continues to hand them their belongings. "Lucy, black veil." "Thanks." As she puts on the veil. "Lola, flaming baton." As he gives the flaming baton to Lola. "Thanks, Lincoln!" As she twirls her baton. "Lana..." As grunts as he lifts her toolbox wrench set. "Wrench set." "Thanks, Linc!" As she heads out carrying her wrench set. Lincoln and Lisa walk out of the house next, with Lincoln holding a beaker of some colored liquid. "Lisa, ammonium di..." "Dichromate. Thank you, male sibling." Lisa takes the beaker and heads to the van; the parents as well. "Alright, we got everything?" As she rubs Lincoln's head as she passes him as her husband replied. "Yup, we're good to go!" Lincoln notices something, "Mom, Dad, you forgot something!" The parents stop walking and turn around, just in time to have Lincoln walk toward them, holding out an annoyed Lily. As Rita sheepishly laughs. "Oh, sorry, sweetie."
Lincoln gives Lily to his mother; the infant lets out a groan in response. "Lincoln, Pop-Pop will be here in a few minutes to look after you be a good boy." 'Yes, Mom." As he watches them leave. "This is how life is in the Loud House."
After he was done explaining, Tinkerbell. "What about you?" "Oh Me, normally I would perform a magic show, but business has been slow and I do afternoon preaching which is the least favorite thing to do." Lincoln sighed. "I just feel despite my efforts to show everyone how special I am no one seems to notice." Tinkerbell places her hand on his nose saying. "Don't worry, Lincoln things will turn out fine someday, I thought my talent as a tinkerer wasn't as special and important, but it changed after that, hopefully, something big will happen that would be special to you." As she spoke with a smile. "Well, we better go do our tasks goodbye." As the fairies flew off as Lincoln waved goodbye maybe things would turn out better for him someday as he thought more about what kind of plan does god have for him.
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On his way to his preaching spot, he noticed the activities of the people and his family in the village, their skills felt more special than him. He was there with them His eldest sister Lori at the Golf Tournament, Leni with fashion, Luna rocking out with her band, Luan making her comedy jokes, Lynn playing with her team at her soccer match, Lucy with her Mortician's club,
Lana at the pit crew, Lola at her junior beauty pageants, Lisa at her science conventions, Lily was mostly with Mom and Dad, he help his best friend Clyde bake, Zach researching conspiracies, Rusty modeling for his dad's clothing, helping Liam on the farm, Lincoln would hold his staff given to gramps, Leonard Loud, to herd the animals and raise it in the air when he does so the animals followed in an organized line, Stella, helping her grandma, Ronnie Anne helping Bobby with bodega work with the Casagrandes, and Sid helping with her family at the zoo.
Lincoln sighed, "I wish there was some way I could be special as everyone else." Despite being a helper and a magician. He still feels left out, Tinkerbell building on an invention noticed him pass by, so did Silvermist, Iridessa, and Rosetta planting a flower, and Vidia and Fawn washing up the bluebirds can't help, but feel sorry for him. His other skill was preachings of everything to spread god's word through his grandfather pop pop.
He stood on his rock on a crossroad, preaching words like"Aslan the Great Lion god is the true god!" "He loves and cares about everyone!" "Be generous and kind to one more" "Be a good friend and neighbor." Most people passing by just ignored him or mocked him throwing tomatoes and rocks at him, shouting "There is no god!" "You're wasting your time boy!." He tried his best to ignore them, but inside he feels hurt and sad. The truth was the people at the time have become evil and wicked carrying only about themselves and not god.
As Lincoln headed back home he saw people robbing one another, thieves stealing from the merchants, robbers killing people, bigger kids bullying the smaller weaker ones, vain and selfish girls gossiping and being mean to others, lavish parties by the rich, greedy people eating lots of food and having lots of money, littering, taxing, fighting among families and friends, he even sees two armies on a field fighting one another, and a cult of people worshiping a serpent idol statue. This hurt Lincoln even more as the village is the only place they are loyal to the true god, Aslan. "Humanity keeps getting worse and worse, people not loving and helping one another," Lincoln said to himself. "I wonder what Aslan would say if he were to hear about this?"
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Later he was in the living room of the house with his grandfather, Albert, Rita's Father, or what the kids call, "Pop-Pop," going over some scrolls of Adam, with the fairies. Albery and Lincoln have a great bond as Grandfather and Grandson as he taught Lincoln the ways of the lord. Lincoln still sad asked. "Pop-Pop, Can I talk to you?" "What is it Lincoln?" "It's about what's going in the world," Lincoln replied answering his grandfather's question. "I have heard Him. Lamenting in the heavens over his children's misbehavior" he said in an almost joking manner. "Yes, my Greatfather Enoch told me that the Creator would not put up with our ways forever. He would one day punish us for what we have done." he paused with a sigh of sorrow. "So why are these scrolls important?" Said Tinkerbell as she looked through them. "These scrolls are of the teachings of the lord of our god, Aslan, They were written by Greatfather Adam." Fawn looked at another scroll that names written with animals painted on them, some they had never seen before or ever knew existed as Fawn exclaimed. "Amazing, Where have you seen all of these animals?" "I've seen them on my travels even when Lincon's Mother was around his age," Albert began to explain. "You see I have wandered all over the land, seen all kinds of animals; all God's children, just like us. It was Adam who named every one of them." "That sounded like a very big task." Fawn said surprisingly, "Pop-Pop, do you ever feel how did things get this bad I mean is Aslan really angry with everyone?" said Lincoln. "The people like to harm me every time I preach to them." Then the fairies spoke up, "I can't stand people who don't believe in Aslan is like people who don't in fairies." Said Tinkerbell in frustration. "They cut down all the plants and poisoned the soil." Said Rosetta, "And the water." Silvemist joined in with Fawn joining in last. "And Harming all the animals too." "I don't think angry is the right word Lincoln and friends I think that the Lord is heartbroken." Said Albert. "It seems bit by bit after Adam and Eve's exile from the garden of Eden and Cain's murder of his brother Abel mankind has fallen into Violence and that's all that remains." "It's true, I don't blame Aslan for this," said Iridessa as Vidia joins in. "It seems the whole world has forgotten who Aslan is." But Pop-Pop I know you're trying to teach me to be a preacher to convince these people, but I feel like I'm nothing." Then Pop-Pop placed his left hand on his shoulder, "Now, now, Lincoln it's more than just a skill that makes you special, but in the heart that counts, Aslan loves and cares for everyone, and all of the people I've seen, you found grace in the eyes of the Lord." Said
Albert. " As for the rest..." He stated as Lincolna and the fairies knew what he meant as they looked at the lights from the city knowing that the people there as well as everyone on earth have become wicked and full of sin.
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That night, Once everyone returned home and had after everyone said goodnight and went to bed, but Lincoln didn't go to bed at his usual time he had a strange feeling.
"You look quite sleepy Mom, how about you and everyone else go on ahead," said Lincoln as Rita yawned and kissed her son goodnight.
"Aren't you going to sleep? Remember the Curlew?" Rita asked. "Soon I'm not feeling tired yet I'll think I'll go out with Tinkerbell for a bit," said Lincoln as he and Tinkerbell went out of the house for some fresh air which made the both of them quite sleepy so they went back inside and went to bed.
Ever since Tink moved into the fairy house Lana built, she built five more for her friends. One looked like it had a runway and looked a bit like an airplane hanger for Vidia, the next house had pictures of animals for Fawn, the next house had a small pool of goldfish that Lana, Lola, and their father had put in recently and the house was a blue color like the water and had pictures of sea creatures for Silvermist, the other house had roses and flowers for Rosetta, and the last house had plenty of windows and there was even a small flashlight that was miniature to the humans, but still large to the fairies for Iridessa they were on the top of the dresser. "It was nice for you and Lana to build these houses for us and each one of us and our talents." "Yeah, it does goodnight, everyone." As he got into the covers of his bed as the fairies entered their houses saying "Goodnight!." They all closed their eyes as they went to sleep.
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That night Lincoln was happily and quietly asleep on his bed. His smile gradually shifted to a frown as he dreamt at first he was at a festival everyone cheering for him and how special he was as Lincoln smiled with his friends and family congratulating him. There were posters, billboards, and himself on television along with merchandise. The people were cheering "Hooray for Lincoln!" Three cheers for Lincoln!" "Let's Hear it for Lincoln!" This was a dream come true that he was finally being recognized for being special as he closes his eyes. "...Liiiiiinnnnccclllnnn..." Lincoln's eyes immediately opened. For a few seconds all was silent and calm, yet eerie. Again the voice spoke. " Liiiiiinnnnccclllnnn." It sounded like nothing he ever heard. He knew it was his name, but the voice was otherworldly. It flowed through his mind like a cool breeze, yet Lincoln could sense immense power behind it, like a mighty tempest. "Who is there?" he said after he heard his name a second time. He turned his head back and forth frantically, looking around his shack, expecting some sort of intruder. Instead, he found the opposite; it was empty. His friends, his family, and the people were all gone. Suddenly, he witnessed a massive wave of water heading towards him. He can hear the sounds of people banging on the door of something big screaming for help as the wave hits.
"Guys?! Mom?! Dad?! Lori?! Leni?! Luna?! Luan?! Lynn?! Lucy?! Lana?! Lola?! Lisa?! Lily?! Shouted Lincoln as he looked left and right as he got off the stage and saw nothing but an open field. He continued to shout for his missing family and friends.
"Clyde?! Ronnie Anne?! Sid?! Pop-Pop? Tinkerbell?! Vidia?! Silvermist?! Iridessa?! Fawn?! Rosetta?!" As he turned he saw his shack, the rocks, the trees, everything was gone. The air was misty and cool. The sky was cloudy. "Anyone!" he shouted once more. But no one responded, except Him.
" Liiiiiinnnnccclllnnn!" came the voice again, this time more intense and commanding. "It's some voice and he knows my name. Lincoln said to himself in worry he keeps looking around where the voice is coming from. "Who are you?!" Lincoln shouted in anger and desperation. "Where are you?! Show yourself?!"
Suddenly he felt a swift shaking of the ground. He looked down and saw, not dirt, but a dark mist.
His feet were no longer touching any surface, but floating. He then began to feel wet, and within seconds he was surrounded by water. It didn't flood in from anywhere, it didn't rain down, the air just morphed into an endless sea. He was unable to speak, barely able to think. Any thoughts racing through his mind were of immense confusion. As he looked down to his feet he saw figures rising from the dark. They were people, screaming, thrashing through the water, bleeding, dying. He saw animals too, rising from the deep, suffering in the silent current of death. Everywhere Lincoln looked in the strange sea he saw death. All he felt was panic. Where was he? Where was his family? Where were his friends? Where was God?
"Anybody!" he wanted to scream, but all that escaped his mouth were bubbles and a muffled roar, which was further muffled by the emerging cries of the dead that surrounded Lincoln.
He raced toward the surface, but as he swam upward it felt like he wasn't moving. As he struggled the dead continued to approach from all sides. Men, women, children, birds, beasts, all that had life were drowned, their mouths agape, horrible cries pouring from their souls. Lincoln could do nothing but watch the world he once knew sink into the chaotic mist. He continued to roar for his family and friends, waving his arms through the water in an attempt to move upward. But all was in vain. Then as he looked up He saw a small beam of light shine through the water onto his face. Then all of a sudden, all fell silent again, and his eyes were open.
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Shocked by this terrible nightmare, Lincoln screamed as he woke up. He looks around and finds that he is still in his bedroom as Tinkerbell and her friends are still asleep. He got up from the bed and walked over to the window. He looked outside and saw a warm sunrise in a clear, orange sky. "Oh man, what a nightmare." "What's wrong Link?" As she and the other fairies got out of their houses.
Then his ten sisters bust into his room. "Lincoln we heard you screaming." Said Lori. "There Lily's kisses will make you feel better." Said the second eldest sister Leni as she held Lily to kiss Lincoln on the forehead. "Lincoln! What in Neverland has gotten into you?!" Rosetta said as she followed Noah. But he just stood silent, his head turned to the yellow-orange morning sky, but he wasn't looking at the sky. He was trying to look into his mind, at what he saw.
"Did you have some kind of dream, Lincoln?" Lisa said, concerned about why her older brother was acting his way. Slowly Lincoln lowered his head and sighed "Yes...But not just a dream". "What do you mean it was not just a dream bra?" Said Luna. "Maybe I should bring out my Dream Machine," Lisa said hoping to know what happen. "No Lisa, it was not just a dream...It was more, I could feel it. Everything. It felt real. As real as now, maybe even more." "Lincoln you aren't making any sense!" shouted Lori. "Why won't you just tell us?!" Said Tinkerbell as her face turns red in anger and frustration. "Linky Tell us!" Said Lola and Lana. "Stinkoln Tell us what happened?" said Lynn as Lucy joined in. "Say it don't spray it?" Said Luan, "It was more of a nightmare was it?" "Wincoln?" Whimpered Lily. "Just tell us Linky was it a dream?" "It, wasn't just a dream. It can't be." Lincoln began to mumble to himself as he made a revelation. "It can't be! Please, no it can't be!" "What is the matter, Lincoln! You're scaring us!" Silvermist cried. Tears began to fall from her eyes same with the girls. Lincoln turned around to face them. "It doesn't hurt to try." Tinkerbell spoke up, "Please, Lincoln. Tell me what happened. In your...dream" Tinkerbell hesitated to say the word, as Lincoln was assuring himself it was no dream. His face fell still for a few seconds, his eyes wide open as he put together the pieces in his mind. All the girls saw on his face was horror. She knew this was not good. "You don't have to tell us?" Said Iridessa. "It's okay to let it out if you want," Fawn replied. "You're having us worried just please tell us," Vidia replied alongside Rosetta. "It's okay sugar if you don't want to?"
"Well..." he started, wanting to tell her what happened but not wanting to revisit the horror any further. But he knew he had to. "I woke, there was a festival with everyone cheering and congratulating me, you were all in it, and then I heard a strange voice calling my name liek he knows me. I saw our home was empty. Everyone and all of you had disappeared. I heard the voice again. I saw a massive wave of water heading towards me as I heard the sounds of people banging on the door of something big screaming for help. Our house was gone, and so was everything. The voice kept calling my name, I tried to answer it, tried to find where it came from, but I saw no one. Then all of a sudden, the wave hit me and I was surrounded by water. It came out of nowhere, no rain, it just appeared. And from the bottom, from the dark...death." the girls gasped except Lucy. "Death? What do you mean?" Tinkerbell asked. Lincoln was still numb for a moment, it took a second for him to answer his wife. "From the darkness of the bottom, came dead things. The bodies of men, women, children, birds, and beasts, were all just floating dead in the water. From their mouths escaped cries of pain. It was unbearable!" Tears were flowing silently down his face now. "Death...and water. Death BY water!" "Okay, You got me at the part with the dead bodies of humans and animals floating, but by water?" Said Lucy. "What does that mean? Death by water?" Silvermist was confused and frightened by Noah's expression of discovery. Lincoln was still upset and sad he started crying as his sisters and fairies hugged him in comfort.
"Lincoln please tell us!" "Girls...It's God, Aslan. The Creator. It's Him." He said. "Wha...What about Him?" Lori said. "What about God?" "He is speaking to me" He answered "What is He saying?" Lincoln's face fell once more in despair. He knew what to say, but every part of his body was pained to say it. When the words did escape his mouth, he fell backward and lost consciousness lucky Luna and Leni caught him.
"He is going to destroy the world."