Chapter 1 Welcome
Sookie was both nervous and not nervous at the same time. She chastised herself for feeling the feelingher nervousness. Through the many years she had been on this earth she had learned that feeling any noy other emotion other then things like anything expect other than thirst or anger or other 'vampire like' emotions was a mistake. At just under 1000 years old she was one of the more respectable vampires in the supernatural world in the way that she had survived and was a good fighter. in the world. Of course she wasn't as powerful as some vampires out there. This included the one she was about to meet, The Gaul. She was passing through the Dallas area of Texas area and needed permission to hunt in it for a while. The Gaul, or Godric, was a strict but fair sheriff, or so she heard. Sookie had also heard stories about his ruthless past. His nickname of Death was well earned even though he had been tamed recently. Sookie just hoped she could have a quick meeting and leave.
She entered the house of the sheriff. There was a lot of furniture but the room still seemed to be spacious. The furniture and walls were mostly white or beige which surprised Sookie seeing as mostsince most of the vampires she had met liked darker colors. There were dark browns and blacks accenting things all around and whenever there was wood furniture and the floor was tongue and groove wood however. Immediately to her left she could see the short staircase leading up to the wraparound balcony staircase ending up ahead. Slightly further ahead and still tTo Sookie's left was a dining room with a large table and some tall backed chairs. To the right was the end of a an ornate spiral staircase that went up to the second floor of the house. Having finished her observations Sookie walked into the main living room areaspace. A Spanish looking vampire in an all blackall-black outfit came towards her.
"Why are you here?" the woman got right to business.
"I am here to see the sheriff about hunting rights," Sookie replied. The other vampire took in her appearance. Sookie looked the picture of innocence and sin with her tousled blonde hair, curvy figure and sweet blue eyes.
"One moment while I see if he is busy. Make yourself comfortable," the woman remarkedsaid. Sookie went over to a chair and sat down. Sookie She had been turned into amade vampire in her early 20s which was slightly younger thenthan the average vampire turning age.
The woman came back a few minutes later and said, "The sheriff will see you now." Sookie rolled her eyes and followed the woman to the office door. When sShe opened the door and Sookie saw two male vampires inside. The first one she thought wcould stand out anywhere. He was over 6 foot feet tall and his hair and eyes werehad similar in color blond hair and blue eyes to her own. while seemingHe looked to have been in his late 20s or early 30s when he was turned. The man was leaning against the wall of the far corner with his arms crossed. He exuded this 'I think I am better thenthan everyone else' air. Sookie could tell that he was around her age though slightly older., He was probably was a vikingViking in his human life.
The other vampire was physically the opposite of the blonde ones in every way. At the time of his turning he was very young. Sookie would have guessed he was no more thenthan 16 years old. He was sitting at a desk so she couldn't tell his full height but could tell that he was shorter than the other vampire in the room. His short brown hair gave his grayish blue eyes an almost creepy, hypnotic look. While the blonde vampire whore an all blackall-black outfit the brown haired vampire whore all white with and his tattoos peeked peekokeding out a bit. The brown haired vampire gestured to the chair in front of the desk. Sookie confidently strode over and gracefully sat down in the chair.
"I am Godric, the Sheriff of Area 9. Godric. What brings you to my area, Ms. Stackhouse?" the brown haired vampire asked.
"I am simply here to get permission for hunting rights," Sookie avoided and answered the his question.
"Are you staying in my area preeminently permanently or just passing through?" the sheriff continued to question her.
Sookie paused before she answered this quesstionquestion,, "I am not sure at the moment." The sheriff looked down at a piece of paper. No doubt it was information he had gathered on her. Even though Sookie hadn't made an appointment to meet the sheriff she was sure the other sheriffs talked about which direction she was headed towards.
The sheriff looked at the blonde vampire and told him, "You may leave now Eric." The blonde (Eric) stood up straight and nodded towards the sheriff. He closed the door after himself.
"I have had reports of you moving through several areas and many incidents in those areas," the sheriff returned to talkingturned his attention back to her after looking through some papers on her. Evidently one of them was the one she had sent him. .
"With all due respect sir, I have problems with authority figures," Sookie told him. The sheriff gazed at her with a calculatingly look. He stood up and came around to the front of the desk and leaned against it. He leaned against the desk.
"Do you have anywhere to stay Ms. Stackhouse?" the sheriffGodric inquired.
"Not at the moment," Sookie she answered.
"Then I insist you stay with me and my nest," the sheriffhe offered.
"Sheriff, I am honored by your offer but I don't think that would be a good idea," Sookie protested.
"You can may call me Godric when we are alone or just with the other members of the nest," Godric persisted. Sookie wondered why this man was taking a chance on her. As he had implied, she wasn't the most well behaved vampire.
"Of course, Godric," Sookie agreed. Godric He stood up and so did Sookieshe followed suit. With them both standing up she could tell that he was about 5' 8'' tall. Without her usual but conservative heels she was about 5' 5'' tall. They walked out of the office and found Eric and the other vampire woman talking in the main room. They turned to Godric and Sookie as they entered the room.
"Ms. Stackhouse has decided to stay with us while she is in the area," Godric announced. The other two vampires nodded to her.
"Please, you all can call me Sookie," Sookieshe told them.
"I don't believe you haven't officially met Isabel, one of my nest mates and my second," Godric started said, indicating with the woman whom Sookie had met earlier.
Isabel smiled at Sookie and said, "I am sure we will get to know each other while you are here."
Godric then gestured over to the blonde, Eric,.
"This is my child Eric. I sense that you are close in age. maybe around You are perhaps 60 or 70 years apart," Godric introduced them. Eric took Sookie's hand and kissed it, looking at her with his searing blue eyes.
"Hello Sookie," he greetedpurred.
"Don't expect anything special since youryou're the sheriff's sonchild," Sookie replied, already sensing that he had used that advantage before.
"Wouldn't dream of it," Eric responded with a smirk as he pulled his hand away.
"Like you haven't used it on other vampires before?" Sookie sassedcommented back. Out of the corner of her eye Sookie could swear she saw Godric smile a bit at their butting of heads but it was gone in the next second.
"Eric is going to be sheriff of an area in Louisiana and is leaving tomorrow," Isabel informed Sookie.
"Louisiana? I hate that spoiled bitch Sophie- ! She thought she could take me on. She was mistaken," Sookie revealed.
Eric raised his eyebrows and looked like he was going to say something when Godric interrupted them, "I would introduce you to Stan, our other nest mate, but he is probably satisfying his thirst."
"He is also probably also making trouble," Eric growled. Sookie sensed that he didn't like this Stan vampire.
"I will go find him," Isabel declared and sped away.
"Feel free to explore the house" Godric expressed told her and walked away at human speed. Sookie watched him as he left seeing and Eric followed him. Intriguingly sSomething about this sheriff made her want to impress him. This intrigued her.
Author's Note: I am again posting here. If you subscribe to my blog (for free) however you will get chapters earlier thenthan just on here. Please review/comment. I now have a wonderful betateca71 so thanks to her for making my chapters even better. still need a beta for this story if anyone is interested. I don't own True Blood or any of it'sits characters.
