Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot and Reinette.

It was well pass midnight when she heard all the chatter from outside her bedroom. Rubbing her eyes free of sleep and reaching to turn on the table lamp next to her bed, the voices grew louder. She pulled off her lavender comforter and swung her legs over the edge of her bed. "What's with all the people?" She said out loud. Slowly she walked to her door and opened it just a crack. The whole house, she guessed, was swarming with vampires. They all seemed to be happily chatting away with one another. "Maybe even a few humans are here," she thought to herself. Clad in a black loose long-sleeve silk button-up shirt and long black silk pj pants, she ventured out of her lavender colored bedroom. Every one turned to look at her and then her eyes fell upon him as he finished talking with a man who had dirty blond hair. "G-Godric?" She choked out. And that was when his eyes met hers. He's alive, she thought as a surge of happiness ran through out her body.

And then she ran to him. The whole house was silent as they watched the reunion between the girl and the sheriff. "Little one," Godric whispered in her ear as her thin arms wrapped around his neck.

A few feet away Sookie Stackhouse turned to Bill Compton. "Who's she?" She asked in a whisper.

Bill answered, "Her name is Reinette Godfrey. Godric found her as a baby abandoned in a dumpster sixteen years ago when he was in East Asia. He took her home and cared for her."

"Wait—she's human?" Sookie asked Bill in disbelief. "Does he, you know..."

"No, no one is allowed to touch her."

"I-I thought I would never see you again!" Reinette exclaimed as she sat in Godric's lap like a child with her arms wrapped securely around his neck. "I mean, I know Isabel told me she would bring you back, but I thought..." Godric lifted his hands to her eyes and gently wiped her tears away with his thumbs.

"Everything is alright now little one. I'm home." Reinette hugged him tightly as she cried into his shoulder.


Later in the evening, Reinette had stationed herself next to Godric, sitting by his side in a chair Godric asked Eric to fetch for her. As the night rolled on and more people decided to move to the lounge rather than the living room to socialize, Godric had the fireplace dimmed and Reinette leaned her head on his shoulder. She clutched onto his arm as if at any moment he would disappear again. This was the first time she had ever been scared for Godric's safety. Through out her childhood and even now, she had always seen him as a strong man who could defeat anything and anyone, but when he was kidnapped by the Fellowship of the Sun she feared for the worst. She thought she would never see her Godric again, but here he was, next to her and everything felt right again. Suddenly Isabel came into the room with Hugo. She kicked his knees out from under him and he fell to the floor. Reinette thought that Hugo wasn't looking all that well. Everyone started to gather around. He had betrayed the sheriff, but most of all Hugo had betrayed Isabel. She was like a mother to Reinette. She was always so kind to her and loving.

When Godric ruled his verdict Reinette was not surprised like everyone else was. She knew, deep in her heart, that Godric could never wish the death of a person. She knew that Godric had killed people, that he had drank their blood like a savage, but time after time Godric had proven to Reinette that he was not a monster and that vampires and human can exist together. Stan protested, but Godric had told him that this was his decision. Reinette had never liked Stan. He was course and cruel. She didn't understand why Godric kept him so close as his first lieutenant. But it was Godric's choice after all.

As Eric escorted Hugo out and the crowd disbursed, Reinette turned to Godric. "So are you going to tell me what happened at the church? I mean, what did they do to you? Did they hurt you? God...they're all crazy. I swear. Especially that Newlin guy."

"I'm afraid, little one, that that story is saved for another time-"

"But-" Reinette protested. What with everything that had been going on, she wished that she had been a part of it all. She felt useless.

"You should be asleep, should you not? Do you not have violin class in the morning?" Reinette rolled her eyes at this.

"I play better than most people. Besides, I haven't ever missed a class, can't I just miss it this once?" Godric smiled gently at her, not revealing his teeth.

"Considering the current situation, yes, you may miss class. But tomorrow night you better play something new for me, no Mozart this time." Reinette laughed. She always found it so easily to laugh in his presence. Eric walked up to the pair.

"I hope I'm not interrupting something," he said as he bowed his head in respect.

"Of course not," Godric replied.

"Good. I was hoping I could introduce Miss Reinette to the person that made your rescue possible, Miss Stackhouse." Her face immediately lit up.

"Yes! Yes I would love to meet her," she exclaimed as she let go of Godric and stood up from her chair. Eric smiled to Godric and led Reinette to Sookie and Eric who were in the kitchen.

"Reinette, this is Bill Compton and Sookie Stackhouse. Sookie was the one that infiltrated the church and found Godric." Reinette smiled and suddenly hugged Sookie. Surprised, Sookie hugged back.

Once they parted, Reinette said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you! He's back home because of you and I just can't think you enough."

Sookie genuinely smiled down at her. "Well aren't you cute! Godric seems like a good vampire with the way he handled Hugo."

"Thank you...yes, he's very forgiving of others. Sometimes almost to a fault," Reinette said to her.


Eric knelt down onto one knee by Godric's side as Reinette slept, sitting on his lap with her arms around his neck and her head on his shoulder. Eric said that he had arranged a human for Godric to drink from. Godric thanked him, but he said he wasn't hungry. Eric tried to joke about the fellowship, but he turned serious and asked Godric why he wouldn't leave when he came to retrieve him. Godric recounted that he wasn't treated badly, in fact they were just ordinary people. He disagreed, but Godric said that vampires were honestly frightening. Godric looked down at Reinette's sleeping figure. "I don't see the threat in treating humans as equals."

When Eric seemed like he was done talking with Godric, he asked, as he looked down at Reinette, "I don't understand-"

"And I don't think you ever will," Godric said as he looked at him. "You say the same words every time you see her. My answer will not change."

"It is frowned upon by the others. Why do you continue this?"

"She doesn't see me as a sheriff, or a vampire. I'm just Godric to her and nothing else. She doesn't even see me as a monster. She thinks...she thinks I am a good person."

Then Eric and Godric heard shouting from kitchen. Eric raced there while Godric gently picked up Reinette and placed her in the chair. A few minutes later Reinette woke up and found herself alone in the dimly lit living room. She stood up and walked to the entrance of the kitchen where people had gathered. Vampires moved out of her way as she watched Godric scold a vampire for attacking Sookie. Reinette had never really seen him get so angry before. It surprised her how cold his voice was when he spoke to her. And as fast as it started it all ended and Bill escorted a woman in a red dress to the exit of the house. Godric sensed Reinette behind him and he turned. "I hope you did not have to watch that."

"No, I didn't. I just saw the end," Reinette replied. The crowd of people disbursed back to the living room and lounge.

"You should go to sleep now Reinette. You have never stayed up this late before." Reinette shook her head and clutched his arm.

"You said I can stay up." He sighed and then smiled gently down at her.

"And so I did. I want you to stay close to my side. I fear for your safety at the moment," he said in a serious tone. Reinette nodded and we walked back to the living room.


It wasn't an hour later when the peace was disturbed yet again. Godric and Reinette walked to the lounge where a man stood saying something to the vampiric crowds. And then he unzipped his jacket and revealed chains, no doubt made of silver, and explosives. He pressed a button.


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