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 Lincoln was slowly getting up after resting his feet, he enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere that the forest brought. It was a nice change to that house that he lived in all those years. A house that he will never see again if he had anything to say about it. To be honest, he expected his family to overreact to something that involves him. Which included the infamous Brawl in the Family and NSL incident. Both incidents were terrible and like always..his parents were cowards.

 This incident was also an example of their favoritism and their cowardly ways. What really shocked him, however, was that his friends..who he thought would always had his back abandoned him and joined in. With the only exception being Ronnie Anne who took to being his friend in secret areas considering how everyone was treating him. 

"How the times change." He said as he slowly picked himself up and started to head off. As he started to walk away, a person followed behind him closely. He was sure that this was another human who hasn't discovered that he was monster. It happened so many times that it's almost expected to happen once or twice a week. But he also felt something when he looked at him and wondered if he was catching something. 

Meanwhile, the Loud sisters were still in Lincoln's room and were staring at the floor. They were so embarrassed and ashamed that they believed the words of a post over their own flesh and blood. Which wasn't helped by the tongue lashing that the others gave them for doing what they thought was right. While the Loud parents were down the stairs in silence until Lynn Senior said something that will open their eyes to how awful their parenting style is.

"Rita...Have we been favoring the girls too much?" Lynn Senior said which brought her attention towards him.

"What?" Rita asked.

"Rita..we failed our son. And before you argue, try to remember the last time that we ever punished the girls." Lynn Senior said. Rita tried to find a memory to prove her husband wrong and show that they weren't favoring their daughters, but came up with a blank. 

"I don't seem to recall when we ever punished the girls for their actions or put a stop to their bad habits." Rita said.

"Yup. We should've done more on how we raised our children." Lynn Senior said.

"Yes. We should have. Lynn...We allowed our children to handle their problems on their own and did more hiding than helping smooth things over. God Lynn, we even locked our son outside without a second thought." Rita said.

"What happened to us? We promised to be the best parents that we could towards our children yet...We selfishly blamed our son for things without even asking for his point of view. We never scolded the girls or punished them for their actions. And never listened to any advice that would've helped our situation and improve our relationship with the neighbors." Lynn Senior said.

"I guess...We got so blinded by the awards and praise that we started to treat the girls..differently. I mean, look at Lynn. She wins at almost every game that she's ever played yet believes in luck and beats up people who don't follow her orders. We never talked to her about the rituals that she forces on her rules on her teammates...especially the no going to the bathroom until they win rule." Rita said.

"You're right. We have let them get away with so many things for so long that they walked all over us. The others are right...this has gone on for far too long." Lynn Senior said.

"Agreed. From now on, we'll be tougher on the girls to get them on the right track." Rita said as the parents were now filled on determined to make everything up to their son. Speaking of which, Lincoln wasn't watching where he was going and wondered into an unexplored area of the woods.

"I've never traveled this far into the woods before." Lincoln said to himself as he traveled deeper and deeper in. Unaware that he was about to discover an ancient secret that will change his life forever.

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