Snippet #1664488

Eden woke up nestled in the supple leather of the private jet that she'd chartered to take them from the London airport to the air strip outside belfast. Eden was tired and her head was full of the information from the notebook that Osmond had given her. Yawning and stretching Eden tossed the tiny head pillow at Desmond. Desmond shook himself out of his stupor as he felt the pillow collide with his face with a gentle "Mph!" Looking around bleary-eyed and gently shaking his brother, Desmond looked to Eden, "Where are we?" As he spoke, Osmond looked out the window and smiled, noticing the familiar hills and the distant image of the skyline of Belfast and immediately started grinning. "Des! We're home!" Desmond looked around and yawned, peering out to confirm Osmond's statement and nearly jumped out of his seat with a light whoop of joy, "Well let's get going, we have much work to do and we still have a mission in Dublin to complete!" "While the two of you were sleeping on the plane ride to London I called ahead to the hotel and left Atlas a message at the front desk. i told him we'd be in Dublin two days from now and not to worry. The plane should land in about....10ish? minutes. there's a car waiting for us at the landing strip"

The two looked to her puzzled, "Car?" in unison. Osmond cleared his throat a little, "I guess you didn't see that part in the notebook, the only way to reach the Ralley homestead is by a special knowledge or accompanying one with this knowledge. Once we land we'll show you. No better way to travel than the one we're about to take." The two looked to each other with a look of mischief and joy at the thought of being home and seeing their folks once again. "......i rented a car, for you to drive..."Eden buried her face in the pillow "I'm not going to like this am i?" came her muffled question. The grins on the two widened at the response they received. Desmond leaned forward into Eden's row crossing his arms over the headrest, "I'm afraid there's no road in the world that leads to where we're goin' dear." With a wink the two chuckled to themselves, glad they didn't have to change into their wool and fleece clothing on the plane given the close quarters. Osmond leaned forward, "You ever go horseback riding in your childhood?" "No, I learned fencing, politics, linguistics, and pretty much anything i could do inside my room. why? horses don't like me....oh god I'm really not going to like this am i?" With that Osmond popped next to his brother and the two looked like mirror images of mischief, "Let's just say then that this will be a wonderful learning experience for you. Don't worry too much, what we've got waitin for us is a lot better than any horse or car anyhow" Flashing another quick wink as the plane began to make it's descent.

Eden hugged her pillow and mumbled "I'm really not going to like this" Eden pushed the intercom button "James? how long?" "Ms. Eden we will be landing in 5 minutes, weather is 60* and the tower says there are some weird....things near the runway" Osmond looked out the window and felt a slight chill cross his face, "It would appear they've gotten a little impatient." Osmond of course was indicating the images of large rams in the woods bordering the runway. They had trained the rams to never touch pavement unless accompanied by one of the Ralleys, as it would appear they stayed true to their training. Three large heads could be seen in the dense foliage.