O'Deaghaidh Family/The Journey Home

Three young men are sitting in the Pub in Eston. Their names are Amish, Daigh and Seamus. They all have pints of ale and are speaking of Amish's trip to Eston and the current politics in the Realm. They speak for awhile of the same thing when Amish brings up the voice he heard.

"This may sound a wee bit strange but I've been hearing things." Amish says trying to approach this without sounding like he is crazy.

"What do you mean?" Daigh asks.

"Music?" Seamus asks.

"No, not tha.." Amish is interuppted

"You got a wife?" Daigh asks.

"No.." Once again he is interuppeted.

"Are you hearin Bagpipes?"

"No! Fer the love of God let me speak!" Amish screams. Daigh and Seamus almost at the same time take a long drink from their pints. "I was hunting back in Ikalaka when I killed a rabbit, then I saw nothing but red. I heard a voice that was speaking in Gaelic."

Seamus lowers his pint. "What did it say?"

Amish replies "Cóisir mar mé abair, ar ta an fuil Dia. Taisteal go Eston, craobhscaoil go an daoine."

Seamus rolls his eyes and takes another drink from his pint.

"What does it mean?" Amish asks.

"Do as I say, for I'm the Blood God. Travel to Eston, preach to the people." Seamus translates.

The men were silent.

Daigh begins to laugh.

"Amish, you had a long trip. Go take a nap." Seamus says getting up and walking out of the pub. Daigh finishes off his Pint and then finishes off Seamus's. Amish's pint was still full.

"Gonna finish that?" Daigh points to the pint.

Amish pushes the pint towards him, Daigh finishes off the pint and nods to Amish and leaves the pub. Amish had already did part of what the Voice or the Blood God told him to. Preaching to the people, about what? He needed to get in touch with the Blood God once again but how? Amish head back to his hotel room to sleep. He couldn't sleep, the Blood God. Just the concept that he may have been spoken to by a Blood God kept him awake. Then it hit him, he needed to sacrafice a rabbit.

The next morning Amish was out hunting for rabbits. Sneaking through the forest with his Bow and his Sgian Dubh. A group of rabbits were grazing in a clearing 40 feet away from Amish. He aimed and fired his bow. Striking one of the rabbits. The arrow killed the rabbit immediately and nothing happend. Amish was angry and disappointed. He sat by the dead rabbit but nothing happend. Skinning the rabbit he realized that last time he killed the rabbit he killed in with his Sgian Dubh. He finished skinning the rabbit and hide in some bushes near the clearing. An hour later rabbits came back to graze thinking it was safe to return. Amish aimed his bow for the legs of a rabbit. Releasing the string Amish let out a breath. The arrow his the legs of the rabbit. It struggled and Amish drew his Sgian Dubh and Slit the rabbits throat.

Red.

It worked.

"Toghair mise in éineacht le an Sainmhíniú dar dáta an coinín.