Patrick and Sophie Obrien were direct descendants of a cursed family when the tales of Fairies were very much real and feared among many Irish families abroad. Since Patrick and Sophie only knew of the tales that were told by their parents and were not directly affected by the superstitions, they didn't really believe in any of them. Patrick and Sophie would joke at times about the evil fairies that lived in the forts just miles from where they lived. The children's father would tell bedtime stories to their three children Seamus, Niall and Aine. The children often had nightmares about fairies taking their souls and coming back as a changeling to torment their family then die shortly thereafter with their parents never realizing that it isn't their child.
As the children got a little older their fear of fairies seem to fade. One day the children got the courage up to take a trip to the fairies fort to put their fears to rest about these evil fairy tales their parent's told them when they were too young to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Seamus was the older of the three children and the bravest so it was evident that he would be the one to lead them through the evil fairies fort. Aine was the youngest and the most frightened but she knew her older brothers would take good care to not let anything harm her. When the children reached the evil fairies fort and Seamus discovered a metal pipe lying on the ground inside the fort that should have been left where it laid. Seamus's bad boy image went a little too far that day by showing off to his younger siblings. When Seamus started swinging the metal pipe destroying the fort the Evil Fairies came back to life to turn the children into changelings. The Obrien's family was about to be destroyed be the evil fairies and bring fear back to this quiet little town that had forgotten about the towns evil past.