A/N I do not own any of the characters. Unfortunately, that includes Bricriu.

I was born in Scotland, about twenty years before I first met Fi. That's twenty years in Earth time. I'm much older in Spunkie years – time in the spirit and mortal worlds are very different. Anyway, like all Spunkies, I have ninety-nine brothers and sisters. They, like most Spunkies, thought playing mean tricks on people and possessing them was great fun. I didn't. I was more likely to lead people away from swamps – usually swamps that other Spunkies led them to – than lead them into them. Like I told Fi, I was always a rebel, and I finally got sick of all that crud and left for Marfa, Texas. I was hoping I could escape all of all that stuff. You see, most Spunkies are evil. They don't care what happens to the people they play tricks on. If they live, fine, and if they die, fine. I, on the other hand was one of the few Spunkies who didn't want to kill people and especially didn't want to work for the powers of darkness. I resisted. I fought. I even ran away. It's not Scotland I got sick of. Scotland was great. It was the other Spunkies I got sick of. Unfortunately, other Spunkies followed me to Texas. I refused to give in, though. I constantly searched for a way out. And then, along came Jack and Fi.

I knew about Fi. All us Spunkies did. Fi's intrusions into the spirit world were no secret. I actually admired her persistence. And while the other Spunkies tried to stop her, I tried to help and protect her. By the time of our first meeting, though, the Spunkies were getting impatient. I overheard some of them talking about her. They had decided that that night, they'd get her, and stop her for good. By the next morning, she'd either be dead, or possessed. They had decided to start by possessing Jack. They didn't want to kill/possess Fi quickly and be done with it. Oh, no. They wanted Fi to know what was happening. If they possessed her, they'd take control of her slowly, and if they killed her, they'd kill her slowly. They wanted her to know what was happening. I tried to think of another way. I really did. But in the end, I could think of only one way to save Fi. Possess Jack.



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