I don't own True Blood, or any of the characters or content, only my character, Tyer, and the content surrounding her.

Well hello! This is my first FanFic so I'm pretty new to this, I love writing stories and when I saw the ending to the recent True Blood season I dreaded the thought of Eric dropping out of the story without at least getting the happy ending he deserves, specially after all he's been through! Updating maybe a bit slow at times, due to college and life keeping me busy, but I will do my best to keep up and add chapters when I can, hope you enjoy!

Eric casually breathed the cool air, it was very relaxing, laying out in the beautiful sunshine of the Swedish mountains, he skimmed the book he held in his hands absent mindedly, trying unsuccessfully to keep his mind out of the past month's events.

Being so self absorbed made him painfully unaware of the eyes that now watched him curiously from a nearby mountain top.

Truth be told, Eric was lost, he had invested his love in few people, but those people had either abandoned him, or they had been torn away from him, Godric, Nora, even Sookie, Eric shifted uncomfortably in his lawn chair, turning the page, even though he hadn't completed reading the previous page.

The eyes of the stranger were still on him, scanning his body, less human than even Eric himself, the beast smelt the vampire on the wind, and narrowed it's eyes slightly, looking confused, inhaling deeply it shook as quietly as it could, continuing it's vigil of the lone sun walking vampire.

Without warning Eric felt a tingling sensation spread through his body, right from the top of his head to the tips of his toes, accompanied by his skin shining for a brief moment, before Eric himself began to feel the sun sear and burn his skin, the book fell from his hands, he couldn't think, the intense pain he was experiencing clouding his mind, he stood, maybe to try and run, but he was helplessly frozen in agony.

Eric felt the shadow cover him first, when he thought he was close to the end, his skin cooled slightly in the shade, the warm grip of the smooth talons closed around him gently, he felt himself lifted from the ground, his scorched body gave in, and he passed from consciousness.

Eric's eyes flicked open, he was in complete darkness, he had no clue where he was, he lay still for a few moments, as the events of the moments before he passed out slid back into his mind, he checked his body was still intact, he wasn't dead. He felt around for a few moments, working out that either side of him was some sort of solid, as well as underneath him, but above him was a sheet.

Eric lifted the sheet slowly, revealing the cave that he was laid in, he looked around silently, not noticing anyone else until he looked under the only shafts of moonlight that spilled into the old well hidden cavern, the moonlight fell on the legs of a girl that looked no older than twenty, her eyes were closed, she appeared to be asleep, she had her back laid up against a large wall of ice, Eric would have said she was human, if she wasn't completely naked in the subzero temperatures.

Silently, Eric pulled himself up out of the makeshift coffin where he had been placed, and crouched on the ground, moving as quietly as he could towards the girl. He examined her closely, her mouth was slightly open, and she breathed calmly in her sleep, she was skinny, but not unhealthy looking. She had long brown hair, that appeared to shimmer in the moonlight, warmth seemed to radiate from her, she smelt sweet, like a steaming cup of hot chocolate, without thinking, Eric let out a long sigh, which he halted abruptly mid way through, realising his mistake.

Unfortunately, Eric's noise had not gone unheard, the girl's eyes flicked open, instantly turning and focusing on his face, her expression was almost of slight fear, or shock, a smile twinged at the edge of Eric's lips at this, but he fought back the smile and stood up, so did she, as soon as he did. Her eyes glowed in the low light, a soft blue, like the sky, she hardly blinked, and the look of shock hung on her face, refusing to leave, her eyes locked on his.

"Hello" Eric said, breaking the silence suddenly, the girl raised one eyebrow at him.

"Hello, indeed" She replied, her voice was smooth, and controlled, the fear was gone from her eyes, she just looked inquisitive, Eric smiled.

"Eric" He offered his hand to her, she glanced down at it, and then back up to his face, she took it.

"Tyer" She replied, shaking it firmly.

They both let their hands fall limp by their sides, never breaking eye contact.

"You're welcome" She said walking past him, picking up what looked like a bear hide from the ground and pulling it around herself so she wasn't completely exposed, Eric raised his eyebrow at her as he turned to look at her.

"Thank you, but I was more than capable of-" She cut him off abruptly.

"Fucking vampires" she muttered under her breath,"You're all the same" she added before he could reply, he smiled, his usual smug smile.

"How do you figure?" Eric questioned, Tyer knelt down on the cave floor, pulling the bear skin around herself tighter, looking down at his feet.

"You're all arrogant, self centred ass holes" Tyer replied, Eric chuckled, looking up at the cave roof and then down towards her again.

"I beg to differ" He said simply, lapsing into thought suddenly, she stared at his wistful look, tilting her head slightly to the side.

"What're you doing here, Eric?" Tyer's voice snapped him quickly from his thinking, he didn't meet her gaze, he looked instead towards a winding tunnel which, he expected, led to the exit, he suddenly felt a compelling urge to run, as he had from Pam, who now only stood as a reminder of what he had lost.

"Why?" Eric replied, still not looking at her, she followed his gaze, then looked back towards him, he decided that if he glamoured her, there's no way, if Pam actually managed or bothered to track him this far, Tyer would not serve as a witness.

"By all means, if I am boring you, you can leave, I don't much enjoy your company anyway" Tyer stood up as she spoke, letting the skin drop to the ground, yawning, and stretching her arms up, then letting them relax by her side again. Eric looked at her, then used his vamp speed, so he was in front of her in less than a second, he held the top of her arms, she met his eyes.

"Tyer" The girl nodded, her eyes wide, seemingly entranced, "You're going to forget I was ever here, you never met an Eric, and you never saved him from the sun, do you understand? As far as you know, I don't exist, okay?" Tyer's face suddenly twisted into a smile, and she sniggered, which slowly grew into a laugh.

Eric's face looked confused, and then angry, what the hell could she be? Another fairy? She only smelt somewhat like Sookie, a half breed maybe? How intriguing. Tyer was in hysterics now, still in Eric's delicate grip.

"What the hell are you?" Eric said through gritted teeth, looking straight down at her, in a form of answer, Tyer stepped back slightly, raising her hands so her palms faced up towards the sky, indicating the two large wings that then unfurled themselves from her back, spreading them up and out to their full length. Eric simply stared.

"I'm the last of my species" Tyer said simply, a sting in her voice, as if the words themselves burnt her. Eric's mouth had dropped open slightly, parting his teeth, as his eyes followed the expanse of her mighty wings.

"But what are you?" He repeated, slowly walking around her, too look at the back side of the large, thick wings, taking in the structure and texture, they looked slimy, but he assumed they were smooth, as for the structure, they were much like a bat's wing, with extra spikes and a few large scars, and thicker, smoother skin.

"Dragon, Demon, those are what I'm most commonly called, truth is I am more of fae origin" She kept a close eye on Eric, as he circled her, his eyes still examining her wings, she saw the spark of interest, and even obsession on his old eyes, so she was wary. He stopped in front of her and looked at her face, she pulled her wings back up into her body, tucking them into her back again, where they changed colour completely, camouflaging themselves with her skin.

"Yes, I can definitely smell the fae in you, but you're different, you're not full fae" Tyer simply nodded, she turned away from him suddenly, heading towards the door, and then stopping, turning her head to him, like she was going to say something, before pulling her hand up to the back of her neck awkwardly, like she didn't know quite how to put it.

"Are you... Do you... Umm" Tyer bit her bottom lip, moving her gaze to the ground, which made Eric smile, but he forced it away from his face, reminding himself that he couldn't allow attachment, not after everything that happened, "Are you hungry?" Tyer finally managed.

"Yes" Eric said simply, looking straight into her eyes.

"Do you need me to get you something?" She motioned towards the exit, apparently she thought that the vampire could not hunt for himself, or maybe, after his ordeal, he was not fit enough to.

"No, I can manage" Eric said simply, using his vamp speed to launch past her, and out of the cave, to which Tyer sighed, and rolled her eyes, she admitted to herself, he did have a certain charm, and he was definitely handsome, but he had the same selfishness that all vampires seemed to have, thinking they were the centre of world. Tyer pushed it from her mind for now, unleashing her wings again, and heading for the exit, at her own, high speed, she launched herself from her peek cave, into the dwindling blizzard, letting the rest of her body transform in a swirl of black cloud, steering towards a nearby lodge she had spied just before she set her eyes on the sunbathing vampire that morning.

Hope you enjoyed, do leave a review with your opinion and points of improvement or whatever, thanks for reading 'till the end, hopefully see you in the next chapter! ;D