288 Mystic journey

"The time we are in now is before the rebellion. I am taking you to see where it began. " the man tells Aisling. 

They move past the area of the garden and are in front of a large pool. Looking into the pool they see a small group of beings they are disgruntled about the time the father has been spending on the new earth. There is one who is more vocal than the others. 

"We need to separate the father from his new creation. If we want him back to ourselves. The woman that he made. She is not temid and obedient. If we can get her to defy him he will get angry and destroy them. " the one in the center of the group made a plan to visit the humans. 

The pool clears and the scene changes. Aisling sees Lilith she is talking to another woman. One that was with the man from before. She is whispering to Lilith. 

"You are smarter than the man why should you have to obey him?" The woman tells Lilith. 

"I have to obey because the creater told me to. It is something that I must do. " Lilith tells her. 

"You are his equal, you are not any different other than your body. You must go and confront the father." The woman tells Lilith before she leaves. That evening when the father visits the garden Lilith confronts him asking why she has to obey the man.

Aisling sees the father get angry and Lilith screams at him. The father decides to punish Lilith by banishing her and making her roam the earth for eternity unless she asks for forgiveness. When the father did not react the way the leader wanted he began planning a way to take the fathers new creation and turn it against him. The man takes Aisling back to the attic. 

"So that is why Lilith was banished and the father made another woman. Now that Lilith has asked for forgiveness she is released from her punishment. By doing that she also has broken the hold that the leader has on her. Do you know how we can defeat the leader?" Aisling asks the man. 

It's not long before Aisling hears a car door slam. Looking out the window she smiles as her children have returned. 

"So who wants to go camping?" Aisling asks the children. They all cheer and agree right away. Aisling call's Yona and the others . Astila gets the tents out of the barn and starts checking them . 

"Mom why the sudden urge to go camping?" Lotus asks her mom. 

"we are not just going camping. We are going on a journey. One to get in touch with our true hearts. One that will help us soon. I will explain in detail when we arrive at our campsite. We are going to to the mountains near my grandmothers home. Where my father is from. I have never taken you there and would like you to see the places I visited as a child when my father was alive. " Aisling tells her . Lotus looks at her mom strangely. She has never wanted to visit with her fathers family except for Aunt Norma who has passed many years ago. Lotus not being one to question her mother goes and packs a duffle for the trip. By the time everyone has their things packed Aisling has called her aunt to let them know that her family will be at her fathers hunting property. 

"I know we have not been in touch for years. I wanted to let you know we are going to the hunting property to camp. I would like you to meet my children, so would you guys like to come by for some fishing and dinner?" Aisling asks her aunt. 

"I will get with the others and will call you if we can make it." Aisling's aunt tells her. Aisling knows that the chances of them coming is slim but she feels like she needs to have an clear heart before they have to face the leader. She doesn't want to have anything in her heart that he can use to manipulate her with. Aisling calls Onacona . 

"Do you think it would be ok when we reach the hunting property to set up a sweat lodge and have a vision quest with the children. I need to go on one to find some answers and I was thinking that maybe we all could go on one." Aisling asks him. 

"normally a vision quest is for one person at a time. We can help you go on one and  it will be good experience for the children. That way they will know what to expect when they go on one ." Onacona lets Aisling know . He makes sure to have the proper herbs and supplies. 

Moll gets home and the house is full of activity getting things ready to go camping. Inola meets her in the drive and explains. 

"Aisling wants to go camping, she also wants to go on a vision quest. So we are all going along to help her and give the kids some experience." Inola hugs Moll before walking inside for her to pack. 

Aisling is to excited to sleep so she is in the kitchen baking for the trip. By the time the others are awake she has baked bread, cookies and a few pound cakes.  She has breakfast sandwiches and muffins for them for breakfast. In no time they are on the road. It's not long before she is sleeping while the others are playing games and chatting. Astila looks at his sleeping wife wondering what has happened to have her rushing to go camping. When he and the children were out yesterday something must have happened to her. He hasn't questioned her about it figuring that she would come to him when she is ready. Hopefully she will open up while on the trip. He knows that she has a lot of hurt from her fathers family. He hopes that some of it can be resolved on this trip.  

when they arrive Aisling's Aunt and only one of her uncles came to meet them. Astila sees the disappointment on her face that her other aunt and uncles  did not come. 

"Aunt Curly and Uncle Joseph this is my husband and children." Aisling introduces her family . 

"Aisling would you go for a walk with me?" Aisling's uncle asks. 

"Of course,if you will excuse us." Aisling walks towards the river with her uncle. 

"Aisling you have avoided us since your father died. Why the change now?" Joseph asks her. 

"Truthfully, I have a life changing decision to make. One that I need to have closer and a clear heart before making it. I have a lot of questions and anger towards you guys. I have never understood how you could not accept your own brother. . It was not his fault that he was born. He did nothing but love you guys. He tried his best to show you how much until his drinking caused my mother's death. " Aisling tells her uncle. 

"Our dad no matter how good your dad was could not get passed that he was not his son. We never made waves because it was best for our parents. If we had pushed our dad our mother would have been beaten to death. " Joseph tells Aisling looking at the ground in shame. 

"how is it that even after grandfather's death you still never made amends. Then he died and you never even came to the funeral. I just want to know what he did and what did we do to have you hate us so much. " Aisling stares down her uncle demanding an answer.