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Chapter 23 - Chapter 23: Surprise Meeting and Breaking the News

(Lincoln's POV)

"Red?" he looks up and lo and behold, there is Red with a large grin on his face.

"Oh, so you do remember me" Red says with a smirk, offering his hand to help me up "I wondered if I have to

use my methods of 'persuasion' to remind you"

I smirk'd, accepting the hand as he helped me to my feet, "You mean when you hit me over the head?"

"It worked didn't it?" He shrugged, before looking over my outfit, He lets out a low whistle "I got to say I'm

loving the new threads, I wonder where you got the inspiration from" Red has a cocky, smug smile.

"You seem rather smug about it?" I said with a sweat-drop

"Oh. he's just glad that you picked up his clothing style" A voice said as I looked behind Red to see Silver and the

others appearing in their own flashes of light.

"Of course I'm glad, out of all of us I'm clearly the best looking one" Red said "Plus out of everyone here my

outfit is fitting for your day to day business style wise." Red looks over my outfit once more nodding in approval

"And I got to say, substituting the red for orange works"

"Thanks" I said as we fist-bumped "Man, am I glad to see you guys again"

"Oh we know" Grey said as he had a teasing smirk on his face "You did say that we felt like family"

"Y-you guys saw that" I stuttered as they all grew teasing smirks, Green put me in a head lock and started to give

me some playful noogies.

"You bet we did cotton tail and we an't forgetting it for a long time" Green said, letting go of him "Dibs on being

the funcle to your kids"

"Wait what?" I asked confused, trying to process what he just said.

"Ya, what do you mean Green?" Red glared "I'm going to be the funcle"

"In your dreams, flame brain" Green mocked, making Red mad "You won't be the funcle"

"Say that again grass top"Red demanded, getting into Green's face

"You. Won't. Be. The. Funcle." Green said in a mock tone

"YOUR DEAD GRASS PATCH!!!" Red tackles Green as they start wrestling on the ground, throwing some punches

and kicks among other things.

"DID YOU JUST LICK MY HAND!?" Red yelled

"BITE ME, HAHAH HA" Green started cackling like a madman, I just stood on the side confused but the others

seem to find this normal.

"What is going on?" I asked as Gold put a hand on my shoulder

"You see they are fighting for the position of the fun uncle to any future kids you might have" He explained "Or

what we call it the funcle"

"Really?" I deadpanned, They seriously can't be fighting over that, right?

"Its a serious honor to achieve the title: Funcle" Blue said, fixing his glasses "To us, Its the ultimate goal when we

watch over any different version of you.

"So how come you guys aren't fighting?" I asked, Blue was about to answer but Gold spoke first.

"Because they have accepted that I will be the funcle" Gold said, Not noticing Blue, Grey and Colorless all glared

at him "Red and Green are still in denial"

His words caused Red and Green to tackle him, shouting "WHAT DID YOU SAY PISS HAIR!"

I watched from the sidelines as soon the others besides Silver were eventually dragged into the fight as well.

"They can not be serious right now" I stared at them with disbelief as I watched them fight

Silver put a comforting hand on my shoulder "Give it a moment, they will stop soon"

"How come your not fighting?" I asked as he leans in to whisper in my ear.

"Because as they fight each other for the title, I can just slip past and get it" He smiles as he brings out some

coffee to drink as he watches the fight. while I just wonder how insane they can all be. Though I did have a small

subtle blush of my own in embarrassment, the thought of me having kids of my own and raising a family was

something I have always had in the back of my mind for a long time, but know that it's for the future.

After a few moment the fighting stopped, but they each kept throwing small glares at each other, but mainly at

Red who had his arms crossed looking ticked off and Green who looked pleased with himself.

"Ok, It's not like I'm not glad to see you guys again" I said to break the ice "But why did you guys bring me here?"

"Ah yes, we brought you here for something important" Silvers voice became serious, His eyes seem to sharpen

as he slowly reached in his pocket, I became nervous as I looked around as they all mirrored Silvers actions,

looking equally as serious.

POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP!

I looked confused as they had all brought out confetti poppers and popped them all around me, confetti

scattered around.

"Congratulations!" They cheered, and Green blow a party blower in my face, but I was confused.

"What?" I was confused as to whats going on.

"Let me explain" Grey said "You see we are congratulating you because not only did you get yourself a magic

teacher so quickly, But it was the fastest time yet.

"You have made much progress from the time we had last seen each other" Blue said "It has only been around a

month and yet you have accomplished so much."

"We are proud to see you living your life to the fullest, seeing you live happily is what we wanted" Gold said, His

smile infecting everyone as they smiled too, even me

Except Red

"Well as happy as you'll ever be with a 'family' like that" Red grumbled, I could hear the venom in his voice when

he said that.

"Whats wrong with them" I said a little defensive to them

"Look I'm ok with Lucy, Lana, Lisa and Lily, they are in my good books" Red clarified, with his arms crossed, I

instantly know whats wrong after he said those four.

"You guys know-" I was cut off by Colorless

"About the Bad luck thing, Yes" Colorless said "Remember we watch over different versions of you through out

the multiverse, so we've seen this happen so many times that we named it the NSL."

"NSL?" I wondered

"It stands for 'No Such Luck" Colorless answered, I thought about it and the name seemed to fit.

"How many times has it happened?" I asked as they all grew quiet, Even Green who is usually chaotic and would

laugh like a mad man, is quiet.

"More times then we'd like" Red answered looking pissed "But you don't need to worry about that, Just cut

those insignificant, delusional, hypocritical, self centered pieces of shits out of your life.

"Red why don't you take a moment to cool off, your getting worked up again" Silver said and surprisingly Red

listened, as Blue led him a few feet away so he can vent his anger out.

"Ok I know you guys don't like what happened and are most likely mad, but Red seemed more enraged"

"Well Red is the king that represents rage and aggression, That does not mean he is always angry but mostly

solves his problems with violence" Silver told me and it seems to match Red, he's a chill guy but I have seen him

resort to violence quickly.

"But he is also the king of Camaraderie" Silver informed me "Family and Friends mean everything to him"

"In one of his own lives, he led a war against three of our other lives just to avenge the death of one friend"

Colorless said "I can respect that, especially since it was me who he killed in one of our lives, Just to avenge one

friend"

"That is why he is enraged by what your own family did" Grey spoke up "Because it goes against his very nature"

I took a moment to let that all sink in, It was surprising to hear, but gave me much to think about.

"I still care for my family" I thought "Sure I'm disappointed in them" I started to think back, this luck bad

luck incident, the 'Sister fight protocol' and so many more incidences.

The threats, blackmails, being attacked physically for simple or silly things, verbally attacked for his hobbies like

cosplay or reading comics, targeted, the scape goat, outnumbered

I frown like...more like"

"Really disappointed in them, but I still love them deep down" I thought "I just wish we could be more

"Like a family?" Silver asked me, I turned to look at his as he had a small comforting smile on his face.

"How did you-" I was about to ask but Silver cut me off

"You did the same to Lucy" Silver chuckled "Your easy to read, especially when you get to my age reading people

becomes second nature"

"How old are you?" I asked curiously, Silver seems to be the oldest and the others seem to have some level of

respect for him. I watched Silver takes a sip of his coffee as he ponders my question.

"I can't give you an exact number because I myself have forgotten but" Silver smiles sadly " I have lived more life

times then how many breaths you have taken from the day of your birth"

I became silent, "Despite how they all look like my age, they aren't" I though as that realization sank in "And if

what Silver says is true, He probably seen it everything the world has to o ff er hundreds of times, maybe even

thousands"

I was pulled out of my thoughts as a Red and Blue came walking back, Reds knuckles were bleeding slightly with

some cuts and Blue had some bruises and singe marks.

"What happened to you guys?" I asked, As the others seemed to look at this like its normal, from light head

shakes to stifled laughs.

"Oh, nothing much, just had to deal with Red's latest tantrum" Blue says as he straightens his glasses

"Oh, trying to talk cocky when you just lost huh" Red says with a smirk

"You mean when you lost" Blue stated, as Red's anger went back up, A strong red aura started burning around

him

"THERE IS NO WAY THAT I LOST FOUR EYES!!!" Red yelled the aura burning brighter, but was meet with Blue's

own Aura which seems more controlled and focus

"Enough the both of you or I, myself will join in this time" Silver says with a sigh, Both Red's and Blue's aura's

dissipated immediately as the others all seemed to use to this "Better now before we get sidetracked again, I

believe we should finish up this meeting as we are almost out of time"

They all turned to face me as I looked down at my body to see it flickering "Sounds like a good idea" I said

knowing i only have a few more moments

"Now we called you here to congratulate you for finding a magic teacher and to let you know that for getting the

fastest time yet, we are preparing a few more gifts for you" Silver says a my eyes widened.

"Really!?" I said excited, the gifts I got before are amazing, so I'm excited by what comes next

"Yes, really" Silver says with a chuckle at my excitement "It will take a few days but we promise they will come in

handy, in your near future" I smiled not noticing the glances they gave each other.

"But their is a more pressing matter" Blue says as he re-adjust his glasses, drawing my attention.

"What is it?" I asked, wondering what could be so important

"Well some time soon in the next few months you will be going through your first purge" Grey informs me, As I

tilted my head to the side confused, "Purge?" I asked

Seeing my confusion Grey said "We wrote about it in the first letter we gave you, The abilities you possess is

because of the abnormally strong connection you have with your other selves, at random points the connection

can get too strong which could cause your body to physically change to match the one who's connection is

stronger at that time, you will gain some of their abilities though they will be weaker then the originals and they

will only be temporary" a2

Colorless then spoke up "Say for example the purge happens and the connection that gets strengthen is with a

demon, you're body would change to that of a demon's"

Blue then took over "But each world is different, so in one purge you could be a demon with a spiked tail and

wings, or a demon with black hair and horns"

Green then wraps a arm over his shoulder "Some can even let you have a tattoo temporarily, he he he that

sounds like fun"

"You got all that squirt?" Red asked me as I feel slightly dizzy from the rapid amount of information they just

dumped on me

"I think so?" I said as Red looked at me before shrugging "Just a quick question?"

"Alright shoot kid but it better not be stupid" Red said with his arms crossed

"If I turn, do i also gain their weaknesses?" I asked " And if I do, since their from different worlds they all could

have different weaknesses that I might not know about, so how will i learn them?"

Red looks at me before doing a slow clap "Well give the kid a cookie, that was a smart question"

I lightly glared at him, but to make matters worse Green listened to him and actually through a cookie at my

face, he cackles like a mad man

"Don't worry" Silver says drawing my attention away from Red and Green who high five'd behind me "We will

give you a enchanted book that will tell you everything about what form you change into during the purge"

I sighed in relief as my body flickers again rapidly as I'm about to wake up soon "Huh looks like my time is up,

strange seems like I was here longer?" I remembered the first time I was here, it only laster a about 10 minutes,

This time it felt around 45 minutes at least.

Not a huge step up, but not a small one either

"It's because the connection is stronger then the first time" Gold answered "The more time passes the

connection grows stronger meaning the longer we can keep you here"

"Who knows, maybe one day we can visit you out in the real world" Red said with a smirk, excited by the idea.

"Huh that sounds like fun" I said with a smile as my body begins to fade, but just then i remembered something

"Hey wait, I've been having weird dreams about some place, voices that are saying to come home to them," I

said in a hurry as they all looked at me shocked "What does it mean?"

They all stared at me for a moment before looking at each other, smiles spreading across their faces.

"You'll have to wait and see" Silver said with a smile "We don't want to ruin the surprise"

"What do you mea-" I was cut off as I disappeared, the last thing I saw was them all smiling at me.

(No POV)

The Seven Kings all stared at the spot Lincoln disappeared at, It was silent before Green started to bust out

laughing.

"Hahah ahah aha, That kid is something!" He laughs "To already be having that 'Dream' he is progressing faster

then we thought, ha hahahah"

Soon the others started to laugh as well, their expectations already being broken

"I know he keeps breaking records, first day after his awakening we got that hot band of girls, then he finds a

magic teacher in only a month and now we learn that he's having the 'Dream' this soon!" Red says laughing,

"Don't forget the other Girls that like him" Gold said with a proud smile, tears in his eyes from laughing "how

many are their officially that we have spotted now?"

"Thorn, Dusk andLuna(H), and I have the screen shot for those" Colorless said pulling up pictures of them

kissing him during the concert

"Ok one, send me a copy of them" Grey said "And Two don't forget Haiku who seems so smitten with him as well

as Ronnie Anne who is a tsundere"

"True and we also have Sibella and Phantasma both a which have major crushes on him" Blue said "So that

makes seven total"

"8 actually" Said a voice as they all turned to see Shade walking to them"

"Well, well, well" Green said with a smirk "Look who decided to show up, your not just late to the party but you

missed it, the guest of honer already left"

Shade rolled his eyes as he has his hands in his pocket, a playful smirk on his face as Grey looked at him with

narrow eyes.

"What do you mean eight?" Grey questioned as they all, minus Silver and Gold, who are hiding their smiles, all

looked at Shade

"I'm talking about the shy girl that screams a lot" Shade answered "The one that hides under the table"

Everyone minus Silver and Gold looked at him with wide eyes

"You mean Gila?" Red asked only to see Shade nod "The girl that screams at the mere sight of Lincoln?"

"Yep" He says looking pleased at the dumbfounded looks he was getting

"Ya your going to need to back that one up with some type of proof" Green said actually confused

"Oh I got proof" Shade snaps his fingers as a large image of Gila looking at Lincoln with a slight green blush on

her cheeks as she gazes at him from around the doorway of Miss Grimwood's office door

They all looked at the picture, sure most people could try to play it off and say it means nothing but they have

watched Lincoln's love life in different realities and know the signs.

"Damn" Red said pretty much summarized the feelings of all the ones surprised

"Wow, I'm surprised you caught on to that Shade" Silver says as Shade looked smugly at the others

"So is this our match up, between these eight?" Colorless asked as they all started discussing

"I think we should continue to observe these eight are most likely the only once that will progress with him, but

we can never be sure" Blue said as they all started to nod "But just in case"

He drops a large bag full of money, gold and jewels "I'm betting on Haiku"... Their was silence for a moment

before they all started to launch into a heated betting battle on who Lincoln will date, the circumstances on how,

who he will marry, even who will take his first time as they piled up riches, making a small mountain.

For one moment Silver stops and looks directly at You, He puts his pointer finger to his lips in a shushing

manner and winks before going back joining the chaos with the others. a2

~In the real world with Lincoln~

Slowly, Lincoln's eyes fluttered open as he had a small content smile on his face, "It was nice meeting them

again" He thought as his time with them replays in his mind "I won't cut my family out of my life, but maybe this

time apart is what we need so they can mature" Sure he is disappointed in them and hurt but he still loves them,

plus not everyone in his family turned their backs of him. Lincoln looks down, expecting to see his sleeping

sisters.

But they weren't there, Looking around he sees that the alarm clock he set to wake him up at 7:30am says the

time is 8:05am.

He jumps out of bed in a hurry out his room so he can go make breakfast as he is already late, he sees Lana, Lisa

and Lucy who was holding Lily all in the dining area.

"Sorry girls about the wait, the alarm clock didn't go-" Lincoln stops as he notices the table lade out with

pancakes, bacon, eggs, and toast "Off?"

"SURPRISE!" They shouted looking pleased with themselves, Lana grabbed his hand and guided him to the

head of the table as Lisa handed him a cup of coffee.

"What all this?" Lincoln asked, thought he couldn't help but feel touched by it

"Breakfast, Duh" Lana says being cheeky, which brought a small chuckle out of him

"Well elder brother, we wanted to show you our thanks and appreciation, Not just from the hospitality you have

shown us here but for all that you have done for us" Lisa said as the others nodded "We don't really say it as

often as we should"

"So we turned off your alarm to let you sleep in as we make breakfast" Lucy told him as she gestured to herself

and the others.

Lincoln couldn't stop himself from smiling, He reached out and pulled them into a group hug, Deeply touched

by this "Thank you girls, this means so much to me"

"And you mean so much to us" Lucy said as they hugged him back, After a minute they all broke the hug and sat

down to eat as Lincoln enjoyed the food greatly, They began making plans for what their going to do today

before Lincoln goes off to living with the ghouls.

"I would like to meet with my friends first and tell them before anything" Lincoln said, he takes a a long sip of his

coffee before continuing "Not everything yet like my powers or about the ghouls being monsters but that I'm

going to an out of state boarding school"

"Hmm, Will you also be telling them the reason as to why you are transferring to an out of state school?" Lisa

asked "Especially when the reasoning behind such a decision, is completely idiotic on the rest of the family's

side" They all turned towards him, waiting for his answer.

"Yes, it's not like I have a choice, they will wonder and ask questions so it would be better then to get it over

with" He told them "Plus I might need them to check up on you four to make sure your alright since I won't be

there"

"Hey, we can take care of ourselves" Lana says a little defensively, but Lincoln reached over and ruffled her hair. a5

"I know you can" Lincoln tells them "But remember that I'm the one to usually keeping the peace in the house,

to stop the chaos before it goes overboard, but since I won't be their-" He cuts himself off, letting that hang in

the air as the others realized how hard it will be with out Lincoln there.

"Oh man, we use to joke about the house one day falling apart, But not that might actually happen" Lana said

realizing that the rest of the family practically got ride of the one person that they relied on to keep things under

somewhat control.

"Nooo, The first day of school in the day after tomorrow" Lucy groans, The morning before school was always

chaotic especially on the first day because they haven't gotten into a semi-normal routine yet"

"Word of advice, set your clothes out the day before, go to bed one hour early so you can wake up an hour

before the do chaos starts" Lincoln said giving them advice "have your toothbrushes in your rooms with a water

bottle to brush your teeth and don't fight for the bathroom, you have an hour head start so do a 10-15 minute

bathroom time for each of yous"

They nodded as Lisa was writing all this down

"And no morning experiment Lisa" Looking at the little genius, who sighs but nods her head, knowing that the

morning will be more chaotic then usual without Lincoln already. They all finished eating as Lincoln insisted on

doing the dishes, The girls tried to refuse but he insisted since they cooked breakfast.

Once the dishes was done and the place cleaned they were all ready to go as the girls wore their original outfits

that they had washed and dried this morning. As they were about to put the yukatas away Lincoln stopped

them.

"You girls can keep them" Lincoln tells them "I have more then enough and they suit yous"

"R-Really" Lucy asked as Lincoln nodded making them all smile, Lucy then gingerly holds up the same, black

silver mirror that she found in the room Lincoln gave her last night "Um can I also have this" Lincoln chuckles

and pats her on the head "Sure Lucy and the ribbon too"

Lucy smiles, one of the few rare times they see her done, As they leave the hot spring premises, passing under

the cherry blossom trees did Lincoln face the building dreading this next part as he hold out his hand towards.

"" He

chanted as the hot spring glows, The light dissolves as the two boxes that made up the building flew to his hand.

He hears Snickering behind him as Lisa and Lana try hard not to laugh at how much of an edge lord he sounded

like, it takes the cool effect off what he did.

But Lucy still finds it cool as she smiles again "Wicked" a1

"Glad you approve Lucy" Lincoln said, glad that one of them is impressed, As Lisa who was able to keep her

laughter under control began to inspect the two 'Supply crates' in his hands then looking over the seemingly

untouched plains.

"Fascinating, No damage or any alterations done to the surrounding area, it looks to be untouched yet when the

structure was there, the electricity and pluming had worked perfectly" Lisa mutters, Finding great interest" I

wonder if I could recreate it with science."

Lincoln then thought to some of the science books he got from Silver and the others, He maybe smart but

science wasn't his thing, he did read through them still and can recall something similar to his 'Supple crates'.

"If Lisa can't figure it out by Christmas then I know one of the gi ft s I'll give her" Lincoln thought thinking of

making a copy blue prints for it.

"I'm sure you will" Lincoln say'd encouragingly as he brings his car out of his as they all hoped in,

with Lana, Lisa and Lily, who was buckled in her car seat in the back as Lucy took shot gun.

"Are you doing the shadow thing again?" Lana asked nervously, remembering the first time where Lincoln made

them think they would crash.

"It's called and yes but don't worry I only drove like that to loose the others" Lincoln

reassures her as he drives spotting a tree and driving close so the car is on the shadow, After looking around to

make sure no one sees, he turns to them.

"Ok Is everybody ready?" Lincoln asked as they nodded. Taking a deep breath he activates As

the car sank into the shadows with them in it once more

~In the loud house~

Back at Royal Woods, The rest of the Loud Family was at a lost.

After Loosing sight of them in the forest, they had searched all over but came up empty as their was no sign of

them.

"I'm telling you guys it was his bad luck" Lynn Jr accused, as she eats her breakfast "It made us loose sight of

them, They probably drove off the path or off a cliff"

"We've heard you the first 20 times you said this sis" Luna says as she drinks her coffee, tired as they had

searched till past midnight "It's too early and I'm too tired to hear you say it another 20 times"

"I hope their alright" Leni said, worried that they could have gotten hurt

"Hey now, I'm sure their alright" Rita says trying to keep their spirits up "Lets have some faith"

"But whats the point if their with that jinx, they could be seriously hurt because his bad luck got them" Lynn Jr

pressed making the others worried

"Come now Junior" Lynn Sr jump'd into the conversation, coming out the kitchen as he takes off his apron

"Nothing wrong with hoping for the best"

"Ya and think, when they do come back we can grill them for details about the school Lincoln is transferring too"

Lola points out, Which makes most of them nod

"Meh, pass" Lynn shrugs "I don't need to know anything about that Jinx's new school other then its away from

me"

"Uh away from you?" Lori asked with a raised eyebrow, drinking her own mug of coffee

"Well obviously away from all of us" Lynn Jr said "But If the my team want to make the playoffs we have to go

for a double hitter, so I need him to be as far away as possible"

They hear the front door open

"We're home" Lucy, Lana and Lisa called out, they all rush over to the door ready to great them but stop and

keep a good distance when they see Lincoln behind them.

"You're still here?" Lynn Jr asked rudely "Did you already get kicked out of that school?"

Lincoln rolls his eyes "No I didn't, I move in tonight and start classes tomorrow so I have one more day to spend

how I want it" he then looks at Lucy "I already messaged my friends, so you girls can put your thinks away and

we can leave"

They nodded as they rush past the rest of the family to put their things away

"You all just came back where are you going already?" Rita asked, as she looks at her son, He looks at her with

an indifferent expression that it unnerved her.

"I only have one day left before I leave, I'd rather spend time with them" He says

"Sure your moving into that new school but you make it sound like you won't be in Royal Woods" Luan says, as

the others came back down stairs.

"Thats because he is leaving Royal Woods fourth eldest sibling" Lisa informed as they all looked at her.

"What do you literally mean Lisa?" Lori demanded as Lucy carrying Lily, with Lana and Lisa beside her walk over

to Lincoln.

"The transfer form out parental units signed is to an out of state boarding school" Lisa answers as they looked to

the parents who are sweating nervously.

"T-the form never mentioned it" Lynn Sr stammers.

"Did you read the whole thing or only the school's name and the conditions?" He questioned them as both

parents looked away nervously "That's what I thought"

"W-well after now knowing it's a out of state maybe it would be best for you to actually live with your Aunt ruth"

Rita suggested, Not liking the idea of sending him far away

"No!" Lynn shouted out "This is perfect the farther away from us his bad luck is the better"

"Really sis, Little dude will be out of state, probably hundreds of miles away and thats what your thinking

about?" Luna says with a frown

"To be honest I agree with Lynn" Lincoln says as they looked at him, Lynn looked smug'd but Lincoln noticed

"Not for the same reason, the form was also a contract, before I can be pulled out of Miss Grimwood's School I

have to at least do a year of school their or you have to pay a fine"

"How much?" Lola asked

"10,000 dollors" Lincoln answered as they all flinched at the amount

"But didn't you say they would kick you out if you don't keep good grades" Lola pointed out as Lincoln nodded

to confirm "So can't you just flunk at least one class so you can-"

"Not going to happen" Lincoln says cutting her off "I'm not going to intentionally ruin my grades so they can get

out of paying the fine"

"And we wouldn't go along with it either" Rita says looking at Lola.

"Well can you tell us about it?" Lori asked, They keep talking about the school but don't have any information

about it.

"All I can say is that I want to go their next year" Lucy reveals making the everyone besides Lincoln, Lana, Lisa

and Lily jump in fright as they for got about her.

"W-what do you mean sweetie?" Lynn Sr asked, trying to calm down his fast beating heart

"It looks like the perfect school for me" Lucy says as they others looked at each other nervously "It's like my

dream school"

"We are sending Lincoln to a place Lucy finds as her dream school?!" Luna hissed into their ears

"Is it wrong that I'm scared for Linky?" Leni whispers, speaking whats on their minds, even Lynn Jr shivers.

"It's either really dull or really horrifying" Lynn Jr whispers back, before shrugging "But nothing we can do"

"So ya, I'll drop them back at the house before I leave" Lincoln says as he turns to the leave, with Lucy, Lana Lisa

and Lily behind him.

"W-wait, what about saying goodbye" Leni asked, "You'll be gone for, like a really long time"

For Leni, she saw Lincoln Look at her with indifferent eyes, with something along the lines of disappointment.

"Bye" He simple says turning his head away as he closes the door, It was the only goodbye he can say.

For Lincoln, he wanted to say more, He still loves them, but for a brief moment he remembered what Red said,

Lincoln won't cut them out his life but he just needs some space from them

He still feels hurt and betrayed

~Inside the house~

With the majority of the Loud family, they just stand there.

In the past few minutes they have gone though a roller coster of emotions as a whole they've gone through

being, relieved, worry, surprised, shocked, nervousness.

but individually was a different story as some felt guilt, shame, indifference, suspicious, joy, and a number of

others.

"Welp, with that out of the way, I got to go out back and practice my pitches" Lynn Jr says as she looks at her

father "Can you help me practice dad?"

"Um Sure Junior, just give me a minure" Lynn Sr says, a little out of it, wondering why does this feel wrong.

"I'm...going to my room" Leni says walking up stairs, She had planned to go to the mall today, but for some

reason she doesn't feel like it anymore

"Same dudes" Luna says following Leni "I need time to wrap my head around this"

"Come on?" Lynn Jr says looking at them "Really?"

"Me too" Luan follows Leni and Luna "I don't have any shows today so I guess I can use the time to think of more

jokes" She says but in reality she just needs to do the same as Luna.

"What's up with them" Lynn Jr asks Lori and Lola a1

"I don't know" Lola says with a shrug before going up stares to her room "Now if you will excuse me I have a tea

party to get too"

"And I'm behind on my bobby time" Lori says calling bobby "I need to speak with Boo Boo Bear"

~With Lincoln~

As they all get into Lincoln's car, Lincoln slumps slightly

"You ok Lincoln?, Are you still tired from the trip?" Lucy asked, After Lincoln had Them back

into the forest they had disappeared in yesterday he was exhausted but not as much as yesterday.

"Only a little, but now its only a mental exhaustion from dealing with them" Lincoln says looking at the house, a

place that despite the chaos of it all, was a place he had called home.

And he was leaving it.

"Lets just get going" Lincoln said as he starts the car "I hope you girls don't mind but I said for my friends to

meet up at Gus's games and grub since its our usual meet up spot"

"We don't mind" Lana say'd as they all nod, For them, this was Lincoln's day.

"I hope you don't mind but I also Invited Haiku" Lucy said "She is my best friend and I have notice you two

becoming close when you come with us to the reading Café or the Library"

"Its fine, I see Haiku as a friend too" Lincoln says as Lucy starts to smile

"Yes!, First as friends then as more" Lucy thought trying to keep her face from betraying her "Haiku my best

friend, Sibella who is a vampire and the daughter of count Dracula and then their is Phantasma who is a ghost, I

wonder who will win?"

As Lincoln kept driving, unaware of Lucy's thought he felt a chill run up his spine.

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