A special thanks to those who've favorited, followed, and/or reviewed! I deeply appreciate it! Still plan on keeping this as a Wookie story, AU definitely after a certain point in this chapter. Will be bringing in other POVs, Violet's POV is in this chapter, I adore her and Jason together, and our favorite vampires will still be able to walk in the sun :D Reviews on this chapter are more than welcome! Maybe now I can keep the chapters up :)
Everyone had gone over to the Bellefluer house for the Wake, Sookie remained behind and watched as dirt got shoveled onto Terry's grave. It made it seem harder to do what she was going to do. She didn't want to see anyone else she loved die. It was the last thing that she wanted, there was no way to know if Jason was safe or not, and now that she could fully think on it, she was frightened for her older brother's life. A hand touched her shoulder, causing her to jump and turn around. Alcide shifted slightly and Sookie couldn't help the smile that spread to her lips.
"You're still here," she breathed out, relieved.
"Thought maybe you could use a ride to the Bellefluer's," Alcide said softly
"I'm thinking I might have to take a little walk first," Sookie sighed.
Alcide nodded, "Well, I can wait here for you."
"Or you could join?" Sookie offered, wanting more time with the wolf that she hadn't seen in so long.
"Or I could do that," Alcide smiled. He motioned with his head and walked beside her out of the cemetary. "That was a beautiful ceremony."
"Just wish Jason could have been there," Sookie sighed.
"Yeah, I know you do," Alcide's voice was gentle. "I know you're worried about him. Some guys, you meet them, and just know they're always going to be okay. Survivors. Jason's one of those guys. You know that, right?"
"To be honest, Alcide," Sookie frowned slightly, "I'm not sure I know anything anymore. I'm starting to feel like there's no rhyme of reason left in this world."
"Well, that's what death does," Alcide let out a breath. "Rips the ground from right under your feet and makes you wonder if it was ever there to begin with, but it was. It will come back." Sookie smiled and let out a short chuckle at his comment, Alcide stopped and turned around to look at her, "What?"
"You lay cement," Sookie's smile grew.
"Yeah," Alcide nodded.
"Well, don't take this the wrong way, but...you surprise me is all," Sookie sighed. "Being what I am, not too many people can sneak up on me like that."
Alcide looked down and back at Sookie nervously, "That comment you made at the funeral, what was that, 'I was a telepath' or something?"
"Yeah?" Sookie looked up at him, wondering where he was going with all of this.
"Sometimes I wish I was," Alcide admitted, "so I can get in your head. Tell what you were thinking."
Sookie shook her head, "Believe me, my head's the last place you'd want to be."
"That ain't true," Alcide sighed. Sookie looked up at him in wonder, unable to believe what she saw, Eric's Glamour had somehow worn off, from the way he was looking down at her, Sookie could tell his feelings he had once had returned. His eyes were gentle as they looked down at her in a loving way. Then alertness entered them and his eyes widened as he sniffed the air.
"What is it?" Sookie frowned.
"It's vamps," Alcide had disbelief in his voice. Sookie then heard voices coming from Bill's, she frowned and moved towards the sound, Alcide was close behind her, as they rounded the corner, Bill was walking in front of a large pack of vampires, all out in the middle of the day, Alcide clearly had no idea what was going on, "What the fuck?"
Bill's white shirt had spots of blood, where it was clear all the vampires behind him had fed off of him. He stumbled weakly to his house, Sookie watched Jessica grab a male vampire and started to kiss him. Tara and another vampire ripped their blue shirts off while others followed, stipping of their clothes and hanging on each other, clearly high on fairy blood. They had taken Warlow's blood out of Bill. Pam did a happy cart-wheel and laid down in the grass with the biggest smile on her face.
"Oh my God," Sookie breathed out. As she continued to look around at all the vampires who would have died if Bill hadn't gone to save them when he had. Even Ginger was there, allowing a vampire to feed on her. They were all getting naked and out of the blue clothes they were in. Most of them dancing around happily, Tara among them.
"How's this even possible?" Alcide asked her.
"Bill was right about everything," Sookie said hardly able to believe it. He didn't look very happy as he moved into the house.
Jessica brushed her hands through her hair and called out to her fellow vampires, "Hey! Have at it y'all! Bring the inside outside! The house is yours!"
Sookie continued to look around as Jessica rushed into the arms of the vampire she'd been kissing before, and that was when she saw Jason with a vampire riding on top of his shoulders with a happy smile on her face as she soaked in the sun.
"At least Jason's okay," Alcide sighed.
"I have to go," Sookie turned to Alcide.
"Woh, I'm coming with you," protectiveness entered Alcide's voice as he lightly grabbed her arm.
"You don't have to," Sookie said quickly.
"There's a pack of day-walking vamps!" Alcide argued.
"It's not what you think," Sookie stated, unable to tell him more and hated it. "I'm safe."
"Sookie," Alcide tried to say her name sternly.
"Alcide," Sookie looked at him fully, praying he'd trust her. "I'm a survivor too."
He gave a short nod as Sookie turned around and slowly started towards the high vampires. She heard his strong growling thoughts as she walked away from him, Damn it, Sookie, you put too much faith in these vampires. She turned around just in time to see him going back through the cemetary. Part of her was happy that she got to see Alcide, back to the way he was before, but at the same time it made her sad, because now he was going to have his heart set on her when she made a promise to Warlow. She shook her head, she had to talk to Jason. See how he was holding up. She'd seen him set down the vampire he was with and run off with her, but she'd only seen the direction. Her mind was in shock at how far Warlow's blood spread, just through one vampire...unless Eric had given his blood as well. Everyone was safe. Tara, Jessica...even Pam. Jason was safe as well, she felt like a fool for not believing in Bill, but she had good reason not to believe him.
The vampires started to set the piles of blue uniforms on fire, burning away the reminder that they had been in a Death Camp. None of that seemed to matter to them. They were all enjoying the sunshine on their skin, Sookie knew some of them had gone hundreds of years without ever once seeing the sun. Many were fucking right there in the yard, while others danced to the jazz music that was now playing loudly, and some were moving furniture outside like Jessica had suggested. It was more than she thought to see, but it was interesting seeing how differently vampires reacted to fairy blood than human blood. It was like humans taking vampire blood. The thought made Sookie want to laugh, but she was on a mission now. She was over-joyed at the fact that Tara and Jessica were okay, but it troubled her that Jessica and Jason seemed to not really even notice the other. Something must have happened in that Death Camp for Jason to turn his attentions to another vampire, especially since he really didn't sleep around much anymore. He'd kept to only Jessica for a while, Sookie knew that for a fact.
"Burn those fucking clothes!" a female vampire laughed, completely naked save for her panties.
"We need croquette!" a male vampire called out happily.
"And volley-ball!" his female dance partner suggested.
"Whose making a target run?" the male vampire asked.
"Hell yeah! I'll go!" another male vampire called out happily.
This had to be the weirdest shit Sookie had ever seen vampires do. She looked around, confused and continued down the walkway, certain Jason was over by the tree when she saw a brunette vampire over a shirtless man. Joy filled her as she ran towards the tree, "Jason!"
"Yeah?" Jason pulled away from the vampire's wrist, he was covered with healed bite-marks. He gave her a goofy grin when he noticed her, "Hey Sook!"
The vampire glared at Sookie angrily as she bared her fangs, "Who the fuck is she?"
"Whoa! Whoa! It's my sister," Jason said defensively.
"You never mentioned anything about having a sister," the vampire looked at Jason, only to quickly return her glare to Sookie.
"What's going on here?" Sookie was confused and refused to enter Jason's mind.
"Violet, I swear it to you!" Jason said, trying to calm the vampire down. Violet looked at Jason, suspicion in her eyes, then the both of them turned to Sookie, "Sook, tell her you're my sister! Tell her!"
"Are you?" Violet looked as though she wanted to rip Sookie's throat out at that moment.
"Yes. I'm his sister. What the fuck?!" Sookie hated it when vampires looked at her like she was just a snack and wanted to know who the hell this bitch was.
Jason turned back to Violet and threw his arms up, "Fuck!"
Violet glanced over at Jason before turning her attention back to Sookie and retracting her fangs. A soft look entered the vampire's eyes suddenly, almost adoration. Violet smiled brightly as she stepped forward with her arms out to Sookie, "Then you are my sister too."
Violet grabbed Sookie's face and pressed her lips lightly against Sookie's mouth, causing her to freeze until. The kiss was taking forever in Sookie's mind, Jason sounded amused as he spoke, "Um...Sook, meet Violet. She's European."
Violet finally pulled away from Sookie and caressed Sookie's face as she turned and put her arm around Jason, "Well I'm sure you two have a lot of catching up to do." She walked away, "I'll let you be."
Sookie watched Violet walk away, confused and walked forward a bit. Jason let out a sigh, "I'm hers now."
"Are you okay?" Sookie asked softly, worried for her brother.
"Yeah," Jason nodded, then he admitted, "It's fucking weird, but, Sook, I think I feel how you felt way back when you were with Bill. Like someone has my back."
"Be careful," Sookie knew how well things had turned out with Bill having her back. "When your heart runs away with you, it's easy to believe that someone will have your back forever, but I'm learning forever's a rare thing in this world. No matter what vampires say."
Jason frowned at her, "Sook, are you okay?"
Sookie forced a smile, "Yeah." Not really. "I'm gonna be fine."
"You promise me?" Jason looked at her seriously.
Sookie couldn't help but truly smile as she nodded, "Yeah."
"Sookie!" a very familiar voice called out. As Sookie turned around, Pam rushed to her with her vampire speed and hugged her tightly, a rare true smile on her face, "I'm actually fucking happy to see you!"
"Back off, Bitch," Tara said coldly, as Pam stepped back, laughing, Tara took her turn hugging Sookie tightly. "We made it, Sook! We made it!"
"I know," Sookie whispered as she hugged Tara back tightly, trying not to cry at the wonderfulness it felt to actually be this close to her best friend again.
Tara finally pulled away, "Bill gave us his magical blood." Warlow's blood, Sookie thought as Tara continued, "And now there's Light!"
Sookie nodded, "I know."
"I know, I'm still high, but I swear I could never hate him again," Tara said.
Sookie forced a smile, still mad at Bill for the night before, even if he'd used the blood he'd taken from Warlow to save her friends. None of them knew who's blood it truly was, and none of them probably ever would, "Well, good luck with that." She turned and gave Jason a big hug, Warlow had been waiting hours and she'd promised to be back after the funeral was over. "I'm glad you made it home safe."
"Yeah," Jason mumbled as he hugged her back.
"I'll see you guys later," Sookie sighed, receiving happy waves from Tara and Pam. She prayed to God that Jason's new girlfriend didn't break his heart or use him in ways Sookie had been used by vampires before. That was why she'd warned him. She didn't want to see her brother hurt. Not ever.
It'd taken him the four hours Sookie had been gone to prepare the Maidpole, putting his entire heart into it. As soon as she arrived, he felt her, causing him to smile immediately. She turned and looked back at him, a look of surprise was on her beautiful face. She looked frozen in place, and by the sound of her heart, she was nervous about something.
"There she is," Warlow said encouragingly, not wanting her to be nervous about any of this. He motioned with his hand, "Come here."
As she walked towards him he held his hands up to present his handiwork. Sookie couldn't really take her eyes off of it, "It's beautiful."
"With fifty-five hundred to prepare, I should hope so," Warlow stated bluntly. Her heartbeat quickened slightly, he thought maybe if he explained things to her, then she wouldn't be so nervous. She'd been sure this morning, "You know, even in ancient times, the Maidpole Ceremony was reserved only for Fae who had found their Soul Mates. And that was rare even then." He grinned slightly as he reached for her hand, "Proof..." he held her hand up against his and their Lights began to glow, "if Light shined from their touch." She lowered her hand and continued to look at him, "It's quite simple, when night falls, you take this," he handed her a vine with a ribbon intwined with it as he continued to hold onto the vine without the ribbon, "and I will take this. We wrap ourselves around the Maidpole, and once we're fully entwined, we use both our Lights to render this one closed circle into two," he grabbed his mother's wedding band with a smile on his face, "and they become our wedding rings."
"Why nightfall?" Sookie frowned.
Warlow sighed and looked down, "Because once we've got our rings, I'm going to turn you." He glanced back at her, he saw doubt enter her eyes, he knew he was wanting a lot from her, he knew he was asking her to turn into something she clearly didn't want to be, he feared she'd reject him at any-given moment, but as soon as she nodded her understanding, his fear left him. He couldn't wait longer to have her at his side for eternity. He wasn't sure what he'd do if she wanted more time. Time was the one thing they'd have once she was his completely. "Then tomorrow night, I'll go help Bill with your friends." Sookie looked at him wide-eyed, causing Warlow to frown, "What?"
"They're safe," Sookie breathed out. "And all walking in the sun."
Warlow forced a smile, "That's great. How did they...Bill's blood."
Sookie nodded, "How strong is your blood anyways? How long will they be able to walk in the sun?"
"Until I die, I'm over five thousand years old," Warlow guessed. Bill was the first vampire to ever drink his blood. Now there were more. He froze, a true smile took it's place. If vampires drank most of Bill's blood, had to mean that Lilith was no more. That the bitch was dead for good this time. That meant that Bill had no control over him any longer. Good. He didn't need a young vampire commanding him to do shit for the vampire race. The only person he cared about was Sookie. His beautiful princess.
"Well, everyone was higher than kites, Pam even hugged me," by the way she said that, he could tell that was obviously a rare thing in itself. He couldn't tell her much about any of that, he had no idea how his blood effected vampires. It clearly let them walk in the daylight for more than just a few days. The high could have been the very same high vampires got from feeding off of fairies, in that case, they'd be high for a while.
"Pam, you haven't spoken about her, is she another one of your vampire friends?" Warlow asked curiously.
Sookie snorted, "Hardly. She usually hates me. We've had times where we've actually kind of fought. If you count her shoving me and me blasting her with my Light fighting. It didn't help that she was jealous over the relationship I had with her Maker."
"Bill?" Warlow said her ex's name bitterly.
Sookie looked away from him quickly, "No. Not Bill."
Warlow closed his eyes. He should have guessed it when the blonde vampire, Eric, had drained him. How else could a vampire find a fairy Haven unless they had bonded themselves to a fairy? He took a deep breath, voicing his suspicion, "Eric?"
"He was...different when I was with him," Sookie said quickly. "He lost all his memories and all the bad stuff that went with them because some witches cursed him. And because he owned my house at the time, he was staying with me because Pam was scared Bill or the witches would come looking for him anywhere else."
Warlow looked down at the ground, of course there'd been more than one vampire. That was where her opinion of vampires stemmed from. That was why she had been against him at first, along with the fact that she had believed he killed her parents in cold blood. He couldn't help but wonder what the Hell she'd seen in either vampire. Bill was clearly power-hungry, and Eric was clearly unstable. He knew he could be unstable, but Sookie would change that. She would never have to feel how he felt the last fifty-five hundred years.
"Is there nothing else we can do?" Violet frowned at Jason as they walked away from the Bellefluer house without Adilynn. Whoever this fairy-vampire Warlow was, he was a force to be reckoned with. Bill had said the only reason he was still alive was because he'd taken Warlow's Maker into himself enabling him to control the oldest vampire alive. It sounded like a load of crap, but it made sense. Violet never even heard of Warlow until two hours ago, when Bill broke the news to Jason that Sookie was becoming Warlow's fairy-vampire bride.
"There ain't shit we can do," Jason spat angrily. "That motherfucker killed my parents and now he's taking my sister away from me too."
Violet didn't know what to say. She had vowed to herself the moment it was confirmed that Sookie was Jason's sister that any family of his was her family. Sookie was her sister too. Violet would do anything to ensure Sookie didn't leave Jason behind how he feared she would. It all really mattered on how this hybrid was with Sookie. They didn't know for sure if this Warlow was going to take Sookie away, but he really did have to answer for taking Jason's parents away from him. Violet was surprised that he didn't hate vampires all together because of Warlow killing his parents, but she was grateful that he didn't.
"You don't have any ideas?" Violet was praying that he did, because she wasn't sure what to do when it came to fairies. She had heard that they had been wiped off the face of the earth by vampires, but it turned out that two Halflings lived in Bon Tempt, and a fairy-vampire was probably getting ready to turn Sookie into his "fairy-vampire bride".
"Well, Grandpa Niall would help, but Sook's message on my phone said that she hadn't seen him a couple of days. And before that she said she was making dinner for..." Jason's eyes widened. "That son-of-a-bitch! Ben...Ben is Warlow! Grandpa Niall must have found out or something if Sook hasn't seen him."
"Who's your grandpa Niall?" Violet frowned at the new name.
"He's the King of the Fae," Jason sighed. "He's the one Sookie gets all her abilities from."
Violet stopped, King of the Fae? How the fuck were they going to find the King of all Fairies? There was no way he would show himself if a vampire was around. With her luck, he'd probably try to kill her for being with Jason. That didn't matter to her, what mattered was there was so much she still had to learn about Jason's very unique family. He was clearly human, but his sister and grandfather were Fae. Violet walked quickly to catch up to Jason, who hadn't noticed that she'd stopped, a smile spread on her lips. They weren't just Jason's sister and grandfather anymore. They were hers as well, and she would do whatever it took to ensure her new family stayed together. It was a new chance for her. She'd lost her family by getting turned into a vampire over eight hundred years ago, family was what mattered most to her. It had been something she dreamed of while she slept during the day. She had never thought that she'd gain a family once she claimed a human as her own, but Jason had given her so much already and he didn't even know. Now all she had to do was keep it all together.
Sookie watched as Warlow continued his beautiful work on the Maidpole, wondering how much time it would take a normal Fae or even a human to do what he'd done in just hours. It was breathtaking, she could hardly take her eyes off of it. She'd already told him three different times how beautiful it was, each time earning her a bright smile from the fairy-vampire. She wished she could have told Jason what she was going to do, but she knew her brother would have stopped her. Jason hadn't found out the truth about their parents, that was one conversation she wasn't looking forward to. Telling Jason that their parents had tried to kill her was going to be the hardest thing Sookie ever had to do. Harder than leaving Bill and Eric, harder than choosing to become Warlow's, harder than running from Russell Edgington.
"Here you go," Warlow grinned as he handed Sookie her ribbon entwined vine, pulling her from her thoughts. Her heart was racing in her chest. It was too late to back out now. Night must have fallen finally. "Now we wrap ourselves around the Maidpole, going opposite directions."
It was a confusing process. Sookie wasn't even sure how they managed to entwine themselves to the Maidpole, but they ended up facing each other, their bodies barely touching. Her heart skipped a beat as Warlow pulled the ring off of his neck and held it out, his hand already glowing with his Light. Sookie took a deep, shaky breath as she pressed her hand to his, releasing her Light just before her hand connected with his. A smile spread across his lips as he pulled his hand away slowly and slipped the smaller of the two rings onto her finger. It fitted perfectly, making her wonder how that was even possible. He then placed his own ring onto his finger before he leaned forward and kissed her softly.
"Now we're married," Warlow's smile lit up his entire face.
Sookie knew what was coming next. Part of her screamed to find a way out of this, to run home and never look back. The part that wanted to remain human. Sookie turned her head slightly, allowing him access to her neck. She wasn't sure how it would work with them being stuck to a pole, but Warlow clearly knew what he was doing. She didn't think he'd risk losing her, not now that she had a ring on her finger. Warlow leaned forward even more and placed light kisses along her neck before he bit into the tender flesh. Sookie gasped out, unable to help the reaction. He wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him. Her body tensed for a second before relaxing completely as he drained her of her blood. She closed her eyes and leaned against both Warlow and the Maidpole. There was no turning back now. She had kept to her promise.
After a lot of thinking and arguing with myself, and some suggestions from one of my best friends, my muse started working again. FINALLY! After the last episode, I found myself in shock. TOTALLY DID NOT SEE THAT COMING! So, I watched the last episode several times and found a way for him not to snap. That and re-watching the episodes where Warlow is the fairy-vampire we all came to love helped out a lot too. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! I put a lot of thought into it! I will try to update soon! :)