Dec 09, 2008 11:04
Ellis Island.
1900.
The Island of Tears, the Island of Heart Break, where every immigrate entering into the United States found themselves. She had come from Ireland; the long transatlantic voyage had frightened her, mostly because she was alone. Fin huddled under the big coat Aodh had given to her before they become separated in crowd fight at the wharf in Ireland. She ended up on the ship alone without her brothers. The experience for a woman alone in a ship without the protection of a male was frightening.
She hid her fears under a hard wall which slowly crumbled away during the voyage by the time she landed on Ellis Island she was an emotionally shattered wreck. Once on the Island she learnt she could answer the twenty nine questions asked of her, she prepared herself for them. But she feared the question given of ‘occupation’, she had none.
Fin feared she was going to be stuck on the Island while her brothers, would be able to leave.
She was cold. Sleep didn’t come easy and so she roamed the halls and the grounds, in hopes of finding a friendly face to talk to.
lir_daughter