(No POV)
Inside the comforts of his room, Lincoln was sitting on his bed as he finishes wrapping up his arm fuming. He is
still peeved that they tried to blame the ghouls, he knows they mean well but it still rubs him the wrong way.
"Sigh , Lets just hope they don't do anything drastic" Lincoln says as he opens the door only to come face to face
with four of his sisters: Leni, Luan, Lucy and Lola.
"God damn it" Lincoln thought as he looks at them "Can I help you?"
"Yes, you can start by telling us were your going" Lola demanded as they all crossed their arms
"Even you Lucy?" Lincoln asked looking at her, Lucy for her part flinched slightly as it now looks like every other
time she's sided with her sisters against him before shaking it off.
"It's different today" Lucy says to him "You come home with your hands and one of your arms looking mangled,
you didn't properly explain anything and now your going to hang out with some friends that we don't even
know about, it's worrying me"
Lincoln sighs knowing that their worried, but they don't have the level of trust for him to tell them.
"Just give me a minute" Lincoln said as he starts to close his door, Lucy was about to stop him but Leni just put a
hand on her shoulder and shook her head.
After Lincoln closed the door he sighed once more.
"Well it looks like they won't let me leave anytime soon" Lincoln thought but just then he realized something.
"Wait a minute their were only four of them out there"
"I know them well enough that they wouldn't drop the matter" Lincoln though but just then his eyes landed on
his window then to the poster with the hidden lever " They do know about the slide, so they could be waiting to
catch me."
But just then Lincoln smirks as he took a piece of paper and a pen as he prepares to write
"Time to let them know what I've learned living with them" Lincoln said as he uses
plan is foolproof"
Lincoln starts to write after each time he uses
opened the door.
"Are you ready to talk now?" Lucy asked with her arms still crossed
Lincoln handed her the folded piece of paper and says "3 seconds" as they all raised an eyebrow.
"I'm going to close this door and after 3 seconds if you catch me then I will answer any questions with 100%
honesty" Lincoln told them "But when I escape, but by the time I come back I am given a free pass from
answering any questions, Deal?"
"And what makes you think that you'd be able to get away" Luan asked wondering what he could be up too
"Because I'm more skilled" Lincoln says with confidence as the sisters formed a small huddle
"What do guys think?" Luan asked the others in a hush voice "It sounds like a trick"
"He probably thinks he can get away with the slide" Lola whispered as a smirk appears on her face "We go him
right were we want him."
"I don't know guys" Leni says uncertainly "Linky could get mad at us if we do get him or worse hate us."
"Leni, Lincoln's been keeping secrets and I've learned to deal with it" Lucy tells her "I don't like not knowing, In
spite of that I could have let this all go, but when he comes home with his arms covered in blood looking like
that, That far passed the line I would draw."
They all shiver when remembering Lincoln's arm, It's why their doing this in the first place, after further
discussion they would agreed to his term.
"Fine, you get 3 seconds and not a second more" Lucy said firmly as they all faced him "But you got to explain
the note you gave me." Lucy holds the note as it's still folded
"After the 3 seconds are up all you have to when you see I'm not their is read it" Lincoln answered as he started
to close the door.
"Your really confident that you'll get away huh?" Luan said as she wonders how could he possibly escape.
Lincoln shrugs as he says "Like I said I just have more skills then you" He chuckles as he enjoys his private joke
and with that he shut the door.
After Lincoln says that the girls were confused especially Luan as puns were her specialty and Lincoln seemed to
be hinting at something that she couldn't figure out. a1
As soon as the 3 seconds were over did they slam open the door only to discover...that Lincoln is GONE!?
"WHAT HOW COULD HE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY!?!" Lola yelled in shock and anger as they all started to looking
everywhere in his room(Which wasn't hard) for him.
Lucy just stands their in shock as she couldn't believe the he got away so quickly and the window was closed so
he didn't use the slide, she quickly looked at the vent only to see that in was still screwed on tight so that was
out.
Lucy then remembers the note and quickly unfolded it to read what was on it...Lucy's hands began to shake as
she drops the note in shock and disbelief.
"Come on guys we better tell everyone what happened" Luan says as they made their way out the room only for
Leni to notice the state that Lucy's in.
"Lucy what's the matter?" Leni asked as the others turned around, noticing her expression
With shaking hands Lucy picks up the note and hands it to Luan
With a raised eyebrow Luan reads the note only for her jaw to drop
"Well, what's it say?" Lola asked wanting to know what the big deal was.
Luan didn't say anything as she holds it out for them to read, Lola mirrored Lucy's expression was Leni was
trying to understand what it means.
"We have to get the others now" as they raced Lucy grabbed hold of the note once more, clutched in her fist as
she's in deep thought
"How? Lucy thinks as she starts to slow down "How could he have known? a2
Lucy stops as the front door as Leni, Luan and Lola went to get the others, She takes one last look at the note
trying to comprehend it.
"How could he have known where we were all positioned." She wonders.
The note only has a few words but it was enough to shake her to the core as the note says were they all were at
to try and capture Lincoln as well as who was where.
~With Lincoln~
Two states away from Royal Woods in a quiet town Lincoln jumps out the shadows in an alley, He looks to his
left to see an opening and looks around. He made it back to the town where he meet the ghouls.
Taking a deep breath Lincoln lets out a sigh "It's good to be back"
Lincoln decided to use
"I wonder what their doing right now?" Lincoln thought as he activated his skill.
~With the ghouls~
The ghouls were just wandering around the town trying to find something to interest them but ever since
Lincoln left they've been incredibly bored, sure they still have their hobbies to entertain them but they all
enjoyed Lincoln's company as he was fun to be around.
He showed genuine interest in them, their hobbies, he was supportive and realistically he was their first human
friend.
"Hey Sibella? Tanis asked looking at her vampire friend "Do you think that Lincoln might visit us again soon?"
The others looked at Sibella wondering how she would answer, Sibella sighs as she thinks about their human
friend "I hope so Tanis, he did say he was only here on vacation so he don't know how far away he lives."
They remembered that they tried to make one more stop at his house only to be shocked and disappointed
when not only he but the entire building was gone, Even the trees. a1
The field looked like it wasn't even touched, Like he was never even there.
"I hope he visits again" Phantasma says floating a little low to the ground as to not frighten people "he was fun,
had a great laugh, a sense of humor and was really cute."
Sibella frowns a little at that last part but couldn't deny Phantasma's words.
"He was so awesome" Winnie says as her tail starts to wag "It's thanks to him that I can now do magic and he's
so reliable and understanding I can't help but feel at ease when I'm around him."
"Aww, He'll probably be happy that his little sister sees him like that" Phantasma teased as the others tried their
hardest not to laugh as Winnie's face grew slightly red, They never missed an opportunity to remind her of her
out burst that day.
Elsa patted Winnie on the back "Hey look on the bright side, He did say he felt honored that you view him so
highly." She reminded the young werewolf.
Winnie perked up when remembering that Lincoln was happy that she saw him like that.
"Ya your right" Winnie says "I can't wait to see him again too and none of you's better tell him this but I miss it
when he pats my head"
"Is that so?" Said Lincoln behind them "What do you like about them exactly?"
"Well I like that his hands don't get tangled up in my fur" Winnie answered not noticing who she's talking to "His
hands are super soft and he..."
Winnie pauses with wide eyes as they all turned around to see Lincoln with the biggest smirk on his face
"Oh don't mind me" Lincoln says with a wave of his hand trying and failing to not laugh at their expressions"I'd
like to hear the rest of this, If you don't mind."
"LINCOLN!" They all shouted, they rushed to him, Winnie and Tanis hugs his legs looking overjoyed, Sibella and
Phantasma hugged him from both sides and Elsa wrapped her arms around the group giving a massive bear
hug.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you girls missed me" Lincoln said teasingly though his voice slightly strained
as they held onto him tightly, unfortunately they were also squeezing his bad arm but he keeps himself from
wincing in pain.
"You think?" Phantasma says backas they all let go "We haven't heard from you in so long"
"It was like a week and a half" Lincoln reminded her
"Still too long" Phanty said with a humph
"We have so much to catch up on" Winnie says excitedly her tail wagging at high speeds "What should we do
first"
Lincoln was about to answer when he was interrupted by a loud sound
Grrrrrrrrrrrrwwwwww
The ghouls look at Lincoln as he looks down embarrassed, The ghouls began to laugh good-naturedly.
"Well looks like the first think to do is get something to eat" Sibella says finding the embarrassed Lincoln cute.
"Theres a good restaurant just on the next street"
"Ya lets go, awoooo" Winnie howled as she got she was about to run when she felt a gentle hand start patting
her head, She looks up only to see that it was Lincoln.
"W-what are you doing?" Winnie asked as the others try to hold in their laughter
"Well you did say that you like me patting your head" Lincoln answered as Winnie pouted a little but was leaning
her head into his hand.
As they began to make their way to the restaurant Winnie looks at the hand Lincoln is using to pat her as it feels
slightly different only to now notice the bandages wrapped around it.
"Are you ok Lincoln" Winnie asked concerned as the others notices his hands as well.
"Oh what happened"
"Are you hurt bad?"
When did this happen"
As they began to circle Lincoln once more in worry, Lincoln put both his hand up to show them he's fine.
"Girls, Girls, I'm fine" Lincoln assures them, "It was just a little accident that happened today"
"Are you sure?" Tanis asked worried for him
"I'm positive" Lincoln says with a smile putting them at ease "Now lets go get something to eat, cuz I'm hungry."
A few minutes later they made it to the restaurant and the whole way their the ghouls stayed close to him as
they talked about what the've been up too.
"...and then I tried to surf on the table after making it float" Winnie says excitedly after they had placed their
orders.
"Ya and then you feel into the bat soup that was for dinner" Phanty revealed as the ghouls laughed at the
memory, Lincoln laughed too as he would have loved to have seen it.
"It's not that funny" Winnie grumbled half-heartedly as she did chuckled a little "I had to take 2 baths and I
swear It was a pain to have too clean all of it from my ears."
"Well it sounds like you've gotten the hang of using magic" Lincoln says as Winnie became excited again.
"I have, And it's all thanks to you" Winnie says looking up at Lincoln.
"Speaking of magic, Have you been practicing yours?" Sibella asks
"I practice it for about an hours a day" Lincoln told them "I only know that light spell but I have been
experimenting with it."
It's true, Lincoln has been testing what he can do with the light spell, from seeing how many he could make,
control and to change it's shape and color. Lincoln has tried to use one of the spells in some of the spell books
he has but he's still inexperienced and none of them would work.
But he still practices the light spell to train his magic control and was able to make many wonders from such a
basic spell.
"what kind of experiments?" Elsa asked intrigued
"Hmmm, the kind like this" Lincoln says and without even chanting the spell many balls of blue light appeared,
the smallest was the size of a golf ball and the largest was the size of a soccer ball.
Everyone in the restaurant has turned their attention to the group as they see many bright lights.
Lincoln then focus on the shape of each of them as they began to morph, The ghouls and everyone in the
restaurant were astonished by what they were seeing as each light has turned into the shape of a fishes that are
swimming elegantly through the air
It wasn't just that they were shaped like a fish, looking closely you can see the beautiful pattern of scales, the
way they moved through the air as they circled around people, it was all so realistic.
Kids laughed and clapped their hands as one little girl even petted one that swam close to her, The adults
looked on in wonder as they felt as if a childhood moment in their life was fulfilled as some let silent tears leave
their eyes at the display.
Soon all of the fish swam back to Lincoln's opened palm as they formed a single ball of light that popped with
slight sparkles left in the air before they too vanished.
"So how was that?" Lincoln asked the ghouls as their mouthes hanged open.
"OMG THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!" Phantasma shouted out as everyone their agrees
"It felt like I was under the sea" RM1 said clapping
"It was more like a Wonderland for me"RW1 says with tears in her eyes "I felt like i was living a my childhood
fantasy." Many people agreed with her.
Many in the crowd clapped and cheered as the atmosphere in the restaurant seemed all the more magical. Soon
enough the manager came out to personally greet them.
"I must say that was a wonderful display" The manager says "It moved me to tears as it also livened the place
up, so please enjoy your meal as it will be on the house" He said to the Lincoln and the ghouls before turning to
the crowed "As well as a free dessert of everyone here" a3
The crowed cheered as everyone sat back down at their tables, with two waiters bringing over the food for
Lincoln's group.
"How did you learn to do that?" Tanis asked Lincoln with sparkles in her eyes
"Yes I would like to know as well" Sibella says as she loves to study magic as a hobbie, The other ghouls leaned
in wanting to know too.
Lincoln then explains on the type of thing he's practice with the spell, color, shape, size, control and density.
"Since it was the only spell I knew I wanted to see what I could do with it and it's just a basic spell right so it's not
that impressive." Lincoln finishes as they stared at him.
"Lincoln, that was advance control you've shown" Sibella tells him"You first did magic a little over a week ago,
and yet you have shown what most monsters could only dream of doing"
"It's a basic spell yes, and many can change the shape of the light" Elsa joined in "But only to very basic shapes
like cubes, triangles, maybe stars if they're advance enough, but not that it looks like a living creature."
"Ya and you changed their shape and controlled them all at the same time" Phanty pointed out "I wonder how
you could have been if you had trained as long as us in magic."
Lincoln just laughs embarrassed as they continue to give him praise, as they began to eat they continued to talk,
laugh, and share their experience with each other. Lincoln couldn't help but be at smile as the ghouls make him
feel at peace.
Soon they finished their food as they began to leave they heard a cry.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Lincoln instantly faced the source of the sound only to see what looked like a new couple holding a crying baby.
The couple seem to be trying everything they can to sooth the baby but nothing worked.
On pure reflex that has developed on his many years of dealing children, Lincoln holds out his arms as if asking
them to let him do it, The couple desperate to calm down their child handed the baby to Lincoln.
They don't know why they did it but the kind smile he gave them made them trust him for some reason.
Holding the child in his arms slightly rocking him, Lincoln began to sing a lullaby
(Song by Bonnie prince Billy)
Go north, go north with wings on your feet
Go north with the wind where the three rivers meet
There's a clearing of sorts in the circle of trees
Where the wild constellations shine one, two, and three
Everyone was amazed by his voice and found the song to be soothing as the baby's cries softened
Look all around you and see
Deep in the forest, there dragons will be
They come from the earth, yes, they come from the stone
The icy cold north, that's where they call home
Go where the mountain kisses the sea
Better be brave, far braver than me
Many children in the restaurant began to let out yawns and curl up to their parents even Winnie and Tanis
started holding onto the others as they succumb to the lullaby.
Look all around you and see
Deep in the forest, there dragons will be
If a dragon should find you, you might ought to run
No one has lived through such a run in, not one
So if you hear a roar, goodness sake, leave them be
Up where you find them wild and free
Look all around you and see
Deep in the forest, there dragons will be
Look all around you, won't find me
When Lincoln finished singing the baby in his arms stopped crying but was still semi-awake, he did hear some
light snoring and looked around only to see all the children in the area have gone to sleep , Even Winnie and
Tanis who are being held by the others.
The parents are looking at Lincoln as if he were a god that has descended and preformed a miracle, But Lincoln
ignores them for now as he takes a closer look at the baby in his arms or more accurately his mouth. a2
He looks to one of the waiters and asks "Do you have any cold fruit?"
The waiter looking puzzled replies "Yes we do, should I go get some?"
"Yes, if you can bring me a cold slice of an orange that would be great."
The Waiter went into the kitchen to get what he asked of and returned a moment later with a single cold orange
slice, he handed it to Lincoln and stepped back as the crowd continued to watch.
"Here you go little guy" Lincoln presented the orange slice to the baby "This will make it feel better."
The baby opened it's mouth and began to suck on the cold fruit looking much happier and was now falling
asleep, still sucking on the orange.
The crowed started to clap but Lincoln shushed them pointing at all of the sleeping children, The crowd looked
sheepish.
"Thank you so much young man" The mother of the baby thanked Lincoln as he handed her back her baby
"It's fine" Lincoln says "I'm guessing that you'r new parents huh"
The father of the baby chuckled a little "We are and I think it's safe to assume that you have experience when it
comes to dealing with kids"
"It is as I had to deal with five younger sisters" Lincoln says as the crowed was shocked at the number.
"Wow you have five sisters, That's crazy" RM2 says as everyone nods but the ghouls start to slightly chuckles as
they can't wait to see their reaction to the truth.
"I said dealt with five younger sister, but I also have five older sisters as well" Lincoln revealed as everyone's jaw
dropped with the ghouls having a hard time keeping their laughter under control
"You have TEN sisters" RM3 ask as Lincoln nodded
All the men in the restaurant winced and had looks of sympathy, five older sisters and five more sisters after
that; no thanks. a6
All the women feel like smacking the closest men to them.
"Well if it's not too much trouble could you give us some advice just incase he cries again." The father asked
looking hopeful.
"sure" Lincoln agrees much to the parents relief "The first thing you got to know is that the whole 'Baby's can cry
for no reason' thing is a lie, They always have a reason to cry."
"They can cry because their hungry or need a change, which all parents know" The parents nodded at this "But
they can also cry because their bored, want attention, or in pain"
Lincoln then pointed to the child in the mothers arms "this little guy's teeth was starting to grow and was
causing him pain, The fruit I have him was soft but cold so it should ease the pain, Like an ice pack."
Many parents both new and old started to take noted, a waiter was actually writing this down on a note pad
"You should keep at least one pacifier in the fridge as that can work as well, also keep some cold fruit as you can
all see works just as well."
As Lincoln continued to give the parents advice the ghouls are explaining what has happened to Winnie and
Tanis as they have woken up.
"Geez, I can's believe I got knocked out by a lullaby" Winnie muttered
"At least you woke up, unlike them" Elsa points to the sleeping children
"who new that Lincoln was so good with baby's" Phanty says watching him
"He's clearly done this multiple times before" Sibella said watching him as well
"Make you know that he'd make a good dad in the future huh" Tanis says innocently as Sibella and Phantasma
blushed slightly but quickly try to hide it, sadly Winnie saw and she whispers something to Elsa as she points to
the two blushing ghouls. a2
Elsa also started to laugh at the sight of two of her friends dealing with their first crush.
Lincoln soon walks over to the ghouls
"Sorry about that" Lincoln says as they left the restaurant
"it's fine" Elsa says "You did the right thing helping them.
"ya and though just warn us next time you sing a lullaby" Winnie says "You put every kid to sleep"
"Hey the parents looked happy about that" Tanis pointed out
"Of course they are" Lincoln says "Their are many times were a child just refuses to go to sleep no matter how
tired they are and can drive a parent nuts, so it's obvious on why they looked happy."
"You must have helped your parents a lot with your sisters growing up" Sibella says and as the group continued
talking Lincoln started to think.
"I have been taking care of them for so long" Lincoln thought as flashes of him growing up passed thought his
mind
An image of a three year old Lincoln surrounded by his family was shown, then the next image comes with him
holding a baby Lucy and even though it's hard to make out but you can see slight bags under his eyes.
The next image shows the twins as baby's and a slightly older Lucy as the bags under Lincoln's eyes were darker
Then Lisa the bags just look to be apart of Lincoln's face now, Then Lily with Lincoln looking almost the same as
he did before the 'Awakening'
"I've always been taking care of them" Lincoln thought as the images stopped, His fist clenched tightly "Even
with the few rare fun times I've had, Can I really say I had a childhood?"
"Lincoln hurry up" Winnie shouted as Lincoln realized that he's fallen behind" I'm sure Tsuki and Miss Grimwood
would like to see you again"
Lincoln shakes of the thought and starts to run after them "I doesn't matter anymore" He thought "I'll just have
to make what time I have le ft worth it"
Lincoln looks at the ghouls as he catches up to them "And spending as much time as I can with the ghouls, Is
definitely worth it."
Even with that happy though, The doubtful thoughts from earlier still plague his mind.