"~In the dream~
"it's time"
After hearing those words their 7 bright flashes of light, each a different color that filled the void, Lincoln covered his eyes to stop himself from going blind, slowly he looked to the sources and what he saw made his eyes widen, because in front of him where 7 other people that looked like him, but they were different.
Starting from the right was one that had black hair and dark black eyes wearing a black long sleeve shirt and ripped blue jeans, he seemed to be staring at him with with a bit of contentment. The next one wore long grey robes like a priest with mildly longer grey hair tied in a small ponytail looking at him with a small kind smile.
Next to him was one with grass green hair that covered his left eye, only with right one visible he can see that the color of his eyes are a bright emerald green, he is wearing a white t-shirt with a green blazer the same color as his eyes, he had a large smirk on his face that reminded him of when Luan had one of her more dangerous pranks ready. the next one had royal blue hair and dark ice blue eyes behind a pair of thin rectangular glasses, he wore a high collared, long-sleeved dark blue trench coat left unzipped from the waist down; around it, there is a black belt with a gold-colored buckle strapping the two pieces of clothing together, his face held a more kinder smile though his eyes made him look like he was studying him.
The next version of him looked like a gang leader, His red hair is kept short, ruffled, and spiked, with two strands of hair near the opposite sides of his head falling over his face, as well as distinct sideburns. He wears a black, leather jacket with a black fur collar and a white V-neck underneath. He wears dark blue, denim jeans held up by a simple brown belt, with a silver chain attached from the belt to his back pocket, additionally with black shoes to top off the rest of his outfit. On each of his hands he wares a silver ring with a cross and what appears to be a ruby embedded in the center. he too had a small smirk on his face but it didn't give Lincoln any bad feeling, it almost looked like the kind you'd show when meeting an old friend.
The last two seemed different, even though they seem to appear the same age as him and everyone else they had a look in their eyes that make them seem older. The first one had blond hair that looked like it was woven by pure gold, his eyes shine like two deep golden pools, he seemed to be only wearing a long black kimono with gold trim with matching pair of black silk pants, he had a large smile across his face as if waiting for this moment to come.
The last one looked similar to him at first glance, but the longer you look you can slowly tell the difference. his hair color looked to be a shining silver color with matching silver eyes. he wore navy blue Japanese school uniform over a long-sleeved white shirt, with a closed high-collared jacket and loose pants topped with brown shoes, his red tie undone and hanging loosely around his neck. we had a small smile on his face and the way his eyes looked at you made him seem to be the oldest out of everyone, as if he has seen everything the world repetitively.
"w-who are you's and why do you all look like me?" Lincoln stuttered clearly shock by their sudden appearance.
"I am the 7th king the colorless king, but call me Colorless" the furthest on the right started.
"I am the 6th king the grey king, you may call me Grey" said the one next to him said
"I am the 5th king the green king, call me Green" as it continues down the line.
"I am the 4th king the blue king, you may refer to me as Blue"
"I am the 3rd king the red king, call me Red, ok kid"
"Ha ha ha I am the 2d king the gold king, you can call me Gold" the one in the kimono laughed sounding pleased, the last one took a step forward.
"I am the 1st king the silver king, but please call me Silver" he said as the others all took a step forward, as they all spoke in unison.
"We are the 7 kings, vessels of the swords of Damocles" they said together
Lincoln just stands their stunned then he slowly laughs
"Ok this is by far one of the weirdest dreams I have ever had" Lincoln stated
"Hey kid don't go saying this is a dream, don't you know how long we practice of this introduction?!" yelled Red clearly upset.
"Red, no need to be like that, If anyone of us were in his situation we would act the same way, we just need to show him that this is indeed real". chided Silver, Red thinks a little when an idea came to him "and I know just how" Red stated as he walked over to Lincoln. Blue made a move to intervene but was stopped by Gold who shocked his head.
"When Red reaches Lincoln and punched him on the head, "Ow!" Lincoln exclaimed rubbing the lump on his head, "see not a dream" Red said as Silver sighs, Gold laughed good-naturedly, Blue and Grey face-palmed at Red 'idea' as Green and Colorless are laughing their asses off.
"Ok ok it's not a dream, but did you have to hit me" Lincoln asked only to deadpan when red replied "yes, it was the fastest way to make you understand."
"Now as we are on a time limit we will explain on why we pulled you hear, which in turn will answer your questions, now please have a seat. Silver stated as he snapped his fingers and Lincoln now found himself seated in a simple wooden chair.
"We Lincoln are you" Silver started as Lincoln's eyes widen and jaw dropped causing Silver to chuckle. "Yes I know this is quiet a shock to hear but its true each of us is you from a different world and from different times, we have made it our goal to watch over the different possibilities of our other selves and their seems to be 3 distinct paths" As three sphere of light appeared."You could be the greatest hero but suffer many losses or the very world itself could make you the worst possible evil." stated Silver
Lincoln takes a deep breath clearly shaken up by all of this, "And what about the 3rd possibility" He asked hoping that it's not anything bad. " The one we want to see you go down, to live a happy life. replied Gold " that is why you are here, you see we are all connected and we can see that your body has made it own natural inhibitors both physical and mental.
"We are planning to remove them and leave you some gift like some magic items and abilities that are being given to you by your other-selves." Grey finished " wait theirs more then you guys in this group" Lincoln asked surprised that their are more versions of him helping out.
"Ha ha ha we are only here to explain and start fixing you up why else have your head been hurting the last few days though you should be fine after you wake up." Colorless commented
"Hmm so thats why." Lincoln said relieved to know that his head would stop feeling like someone hit it with a jackhammer before he realized something."wait did you guys mention magic" Lincoln asked excitedly. "yep but you can only used the skills we give you or the once you unlock you won't be able to start using magic without a teacher, bit don't worry we got you cover with a few magic and translation books from other worlds so only you can read them and when the time comes for you to use magic you will advance greatly" Replied Green with a smirk as he can already imagine the chaos the magic world will go through when he shows of magic no ones ever dreamed of before.
"Is there anything I should now about before I wake up" Lincoln asked not wanting some huge surprise.
"Well as we have stated before your body had many inhibitors so the way you move, think and behave is not how you should be" Blue answered "So be prepared of a growth spurt in the next day or two, but when you wake up you will behave differently because you where basically half sleep until just now.
"Ok I think I got everything, but their is one think I have to ask."said Lincoln
With a roll of his eyes Red replied "What is it now squirt?"
"Why are you all going this far for me?"Lincoln asked wanting to know why would they help him this much.
They all feel silent
That's when a new voice spoke out "Because you deserve it." behind the 7 kings was ANOTHER version of him, but this one practically screams emo his messy jet-black hair and glowing neon dark purple eyes that shone with power before the light faded leaving his eyes the same shade as obsidian, he wears a black leather jacket over a black t-shirt as he has a pair of black pants and on each of his wrists is a pair of black leather bracelets with long metal spike attached to them, he also appears to be bare foot.
"Who are you?" Lincoln asked thrown out the loop with the appearance of this new version of him.
"Names Shadow, but you can call me Shade" the individual now named Shade replied.
"Lincoln, Shade is your other half in a way," Blue commented "it's like a coin while your heads he tails." "he's the part of you that was created from your more negative emotions, your hate, fears, your feelings of powerlessness.
"Basically, I'm the part of you that keeps it real" Shade said with a wide smirk before it shifted to a kinder smile. "So you'll know that when I say that you deserve this, I really mean it and not all of us started nice including me as I tried to take control of a few versions of us, but after feeling their pain and fear, learning that we all feel that because in the very depths of our souls we are all connected. I decided to change that by helping the ones that need a little nudge"
Lincoln was speechless, he didn't know what to say but it didn't matter because then his body started to flicked. "Well looks like your about to wake up" said Silver.
Panicked Lincoln asked "Will I see you guys again?"
"Of course are job is to watch you and help you on your way with a few check ups every now and then" Gold said. "Then I can't wait to see you guys again and i hope to meet the others too someday" Lincoln said as he gave one last "thank you" before he vanished.
They stayed there for a whole minute before Silver said to the group, "Well everyone phase one is now complete now we move on to phase two start contacting the other and begin observations on possible candidates." he ordered.
"Ha ha ha ha ha" Green started to laugh, " Time to get to the most hilarious, and rage inducing part of this job, Betting on his love life." he stated
The others started to smile it was all in good private fun, sadly Lincoln is a dense idiot when it came to his love life, Mix that with a kind and reliable guy and you get chaos."
"Oh this is going to be good I can feel it" said Shade.