In Lincoln's room in the hotel; Charlie had Lincoln sit down on a bed as she showed him a book. "This is a grimoire of my family... Which can be considered our family... But anyway; Dad used this to help show me how to use my magic and it can help you. It's really not that hard to understand; you just have to not stress about it. Focus but not strain yourself; feel the magic in your hands and you can bring things to life and summon forth the power to shape things to your liking. Perks of being part angel." Charlie said gently as she showed him a vision floating above her hand of a fluffy cloud world like out of a cartoon.
Charlie then snapped her fingers and to Lincoln's astonishment; the whole room transformed to look like it; then she made it look normal. "Wow... That's amazing..." Lincoln said in awe and then frowned as he looked at the book. "I don't know if I can do that Charlie... I have been practicing stage magic at home as a hobby but... Trying to do angel magic like you did... This might be too much for me..." Lincoln said with a nervous frown as Charlie patted him on the head.
"Don't put too much pressure on you Lincoln; don't think too hard on it and try practicing on your own." Charlie told him assuringly as she then went to the door and then closed it.
Lincoln frowned and looked at the book; "Okay Lincoln... Maybe Charlie is right... If you focus then perhaps you can... You have some stuff when you were emotional... Maybe if I am calm..." Charlie said and looked to Bun-Bun and got an idea. He focused on his beloved toy as he closed his eye and then felt himself looking like he was seeing his own changed part human, part angel and part demon soul and then put some focus onto his toy and...
It suddenly had a soul and it was moving?
He opened his eye and saw that Bun-Bun was now a living toy sized rabbit wearing its shirt and then went and snuggled up to him. "I did that... I brought Bun-Bun to life!" Lincoln said excitedly and then he found Angel Dust was there with a pig.
"Hey Lincoln... Cool that you brought your toy to life; this here is Fat Nuggets. Perhaps they can be friends." Angel Dust said putting down Fat Nuggets who looked friendly to Lincoln as Bun-Bun went up to the pig. "So Lincoln; how are ya finding things at this hotel?" Angel Dust decided to ask as he sat down on this table.
"A bit scary but alright... Especially with Charlie and Vaggie looking out for me." Lincoln said as Angel Dust leaned back.
"Saw the queen here earlier... She was right about one thing; you know... Things are plenty nasty here in Hell; especially the Pride Ring. Assholes on every streets; fights breaking out every day... Poverty of all kinds and wars between gangs... Trust me any of the bad cities on Earth would look like Heaven compared to this dump." Angel Dust told him as Lincoln frowned upon hearing it as it did make sense.
"Have you tried to move?" Lincoln asked as Angel Dust scoffed.
"The sinners can't leave the Pride Ring... The other demons can come and go any time they want but us sinners... Stuck in this overpopulated ring..." Angel Dust replied as Lincoln looked down. "Just thought that I would warn you if you are staying here and have to go out of the hotel; it's a dog eat dog world on the streets here no matter how much the princess will sugarcoat things..." Angel Dust said as Lincoln then frowned some more feeling like he would be terrified once he actually sets foot out of the hotel.
Trying to think of something else Lincoln said "I think I can also see into people's souls... Let me say what a sinner's soul looks like..." He then closed his eyes as he glanced towards Angel Dust as he found it kind of bound and it looked like there was a hole where his soul is missing. "Wait... I think something is wrong with your soul... Maybe I can try and fix it..." Lincoln said focusing on it and...
"What? Listen here kid; my soul is private and I am up for a lot of things but getting personal of any kind with a kid is all kinds of wrong... Leave me alone..." Angel Dust said as there was a flash and Lincoln was holding a chain and it was connected to it a collar around Angel Dust's neck. "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!" Angel Dust snapped as Lincoln panicked as he was aso holding a piece of paper glowing green as well.
"I am sorry Angel Dust... Let me fix this..." Lincoln said in a panic as he went and focused on the chain and collar breaking and it shattered into pieces which vanished. Angel Dust noticed and looked to the paper; he picked it up and it turned to ashes in his hands.
"What... I feel whole again... That my soul is mine again... Been so long..." Angel Dust said with tears forming in his eyes as he went and pulled Lincoln into a hug.
"Lincoln! We heard screaming... Are you alright?" Vaggie shouted out as the door was pushed open and there were was Vaggie and Charlie in a panic to see their embrace. "So what happened here?" Vaggie asked as Angel Dust looked and smiled at them as Charlie was smiling brightly herself.
"Just me asking your kid how he's doing and we kind of bonded..." Angel Dust said with a smile.
"Yeah... We bonded... Somehow..." Lincoln said sounding confused as he wasn't exactly certain what did he just do that made Angel Dust so happy. Then Bun-Bun then came up to Charlie and she picked him up.
"Wow Lincoln! Did you bring your toy to life? I remember when I was a kid and dad brought Razzle and Dazzle alive from my stuffies! I knew you could do your magic if you practice!" Charlie said awwing at how adorable she found Bun-Bun as Vaggie just looked surprised.
"Wow... Doesn't look like you are faking it Angel Dust... Nice to see you getting along; don't know how I feel about my new kid befriending a porn star..." Vaggie said as Lincoln looked confused as Charlie nudged Vaggie.
"Your kid..." Charlie slightly squealed as Lincoln looked at Vaggie.
"What is a porn star?" Lincoln asked and at the one question Vaggie and Charlie quickly had their faces turn to panic as Angel Dust then got up.
"Looks like you need to have a talk with him about the birds and the bees; have fun with that." Angel Dust said as he then picked up Fat Nuggets and left.
Lucifer so loved being asked to come into the Heaven Embassy on short notice for an emergency meeting; he loved it so much. Lucifer being met with his old friend Sera who was basically running Heaven's angel council which ran the city and were outranked only by his siblings and off course his dad the Lord.
However to his surprise Sera had come to the meeting in person and gave him a grimoire as she explained what had happened. "Emily is in near hysterics; thinking that she failed her first charge as a guardian angel. She wants him back safe and sound and it looks like his sister and her friends accidentally sent him to Hell when they were trying to summon you or Satan." Sera explained to him with a sad sigh.
"Yeah; the humans do think that me and the big wrathful guy are the same a lot." Lucifer said hiding that he knew exactly what happened to this kid. What happened after she found out the details would be so complicated and he so wanted to put it off as much as possible.
"Lucifer; this is no time for any games. Please an innocent child's life is in the balance! Stuck in your realm and Emily wants him to be safe and sound... I don't think returned since this is only his family outdoing themselves which is a big feat..." Sera said as she whispered the last bit with a grunt which Lucifer nodded.
He quickly got an idea.
"Say no more Sera; I will off course take action as soon as I find a fully alive human child in my realm. I will have him brought here and let you know as soon as that happens!" Lucifer said with a big smile as he picked up the grimoire that she had placed on the table. "Off course I just said nothing about a now half human and part angel and demon and whatever kid... Especially not before I get my chance to see the kid..." Lucifer thought as he then got up as Sera seemed to accept his answer.
Lucifer whispered to himself as he came out of the Embassy; the reminder of his previous home that he was kicked out of.
But something Sera said something about Lincoln's family; something to look into and perhaps it could lead to something else...
He stood outside the doors and looked at the inside of the grimoire and on the page opposite the cover; it said it belonged to Harriet Loud along with a photo. "Hold on... This looks like... Harriet the Horror?" Lucifer asked thinking of the sinner overlord who was infamous in her time as morbid even for a sinner and could be quite terrifying with the dark power that she was able to command.
Lucifer never had to worry about the overlords challenging him but he liked to take note of the more noteworthy ones from time to time. Sera said that this belonged to Lincoln's great grandmother so maybe he would like to meet her and vice versa?
Before going home he decided to visit where he could get information on the inner politics of the overlords but the information he got meant that a reunion between the two wasn't possible.
"Sorry your majesty but Harriet went missing a lot of years ago; no one knew what happened to her... Until they heard her on the radio..."