Chapter 1: Sweet Dreams

Madison stood Fangtasia, it was crowded full of people, Rigel was pacing furiously liked a caged animal, and the whole crowd was buzzing faintly with whispers. Eric stood across the room from her; his eyes never left her as they all waited for news. The big problem Godric had been referring to was revealed when they all gathered together, everyone was there, Madison, Eric, Godric, Pam, Sookie, Bill, her father, Li, Sam, Evie, Jason, Calvin, Rigel, Alcide and his pack and a few vampires who were high up in power, after all it concerned all of them. Rodrigo was due to arrive within the hour with Lucian and Michael; he had also said a few of his pack members would be coming to add extra protection for Michael.

Madison couldn't stand the waiting, every second counted now and she wanted to get going. Finally 45 minutes later Rodrigo arrived with the others and they could finally get started, Godric stood up and the room silenced instantly, as happy as they were to see each other no one was greeting each other warmly and smiling, they were all focused on what they had to do,

' Everyone, you have all been summoned for a reason I assure you and I'm sorry for the wait but I wanted everyone here before we discuss this'

' How bad is this Godric?' Sookie asked timidly, she was still incredibly shaken up from the torture session she and Madison had endured at the hands of Naeve and Lochlan,

' Earlier we received word that a new nest has settled just outside of Shreveport, this nest is not unknown to us, we are aware of who they are and how dangerous they are'

' Who are they Godric?' Madison's father Charles asked,

' They are the vampires who took Dominic and changed him years ago, now they've found him and returned for him, a few hours ago they took him' Godric said solemnly, Madison felt a dull pain course through her, she felt awful she'd been so wrapped up in her own problems and killing prudence and the magister that she had ignored everything else around her, including Dominic's fear,

' Do you know where the nest is?' she asked Godric

' We did, I sent people to retrieve him but they have moved the nest, now we have to find them again' she nodded and rubbed her face,

' I can send people out to scout the area and see if they've heard anything' Eric said and Godric nodded in agreement, Madison smiled at him across the room. They didn't get to make further plans, the door to Fangtasia burst open and Nan Flanagan walked in surrounded by her usual posse,

' To what do I owe the honour of you bursting into my club when it's closed Nan?' Eric said smoothly as she crossed the floor to stand in front of him,

' Cut the crap, the magister's missing and he was last seen here, you wouldn't know anything would you Mr Northman?'

' He was here, he was babbling about some new hybrid and saying he was certain it was somewhere near, I knew nothing about it and after he attacked me, he finally left'

' He left, just like that?'

' I didn't know anything and he knew I wasn't lying, I don't know where he went after he left'

' I showed him out personally and he didn't say where he was going' Pam said confidently, Nan eyed her and nodded,

' Another vampire is also missing, Prudence, she came here a few times on business, have you seen her?'

' Not for months Nan' he said smiling

' Well if you hear or see anything let me know, what is this little meeting for anyway?' she asked suspiciously,

' There's a new nest in town, they've taken one of our friends, perhaps they are the ones you should be looking for as well Nan?' she raised an eyebrow

' Like I said if you hear anything call me immediately' she turned and walked out of the club followed by her posse,

' This just gets better' Madison said sitting down and pushing her hair out of her face

' We'll deal with that later, first lets find Dominic' Godric said calmly.

Madison sat in her kitchen, she felt so helpless, she couldn't do anything to help Dominic until Eric's scouts returned with information and she now had to worry about being found out for killing the magister and Prudence. Eric glided into the kitchen from the back door and sat opposite her in silence, she pushed her hair away again and looked at him forcing a smile,

' They wont find out it was you Maddie I'll make sure of it'

' No you wont, it could implicate you or Pam and I wont have that Eric'

' From that statement I assume you have an idea?'

' I'm working on it, any news on Dominic?'

' Nothing yet, none of the scouts have returned yet though Pam has orders to call me when they do' she nodded

' I hate feeling helpless, what's the point of having all this power and not using it?'

' You do use it'

' Yes I use it to kill, that's all I've done with it: killed'

' What do you want to do with it?' he said removing his leather jacket and hanging it over the back of his chair,

' I want to use it to track Dominic and take out that bitch that's taken him again, if she's changed him I don't care what I just said I will be using my power to kill her in an excruciating way'

' And I will be right to watch you rain down a world of pain on her' he smirked and she couldn't help laughing,

' That's better, I like to see you smile' he said smiling genuinely, he stood up and walked round the table to her,

' Maddie can we talk about earlier?'

' Yes I guess we should'

' I know there's a lot going on but I want to know if earlier what was about to happen was genuine or just a reaction to everything that's been happening?'

' We're bonded by blood do you really need me to answer that?'

' I guess I don't but I want to hear you say it'

' Oh you and your male ego' she said standing up, she smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist, Eric wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead gently,

' Does this mean I'm your man friend again?' she laughed against his chest as he smiled and pushed some hair out of her face,

' You will always be my man friend' he leant down and they kissed passionately, she missed those lips.

Two more days passed and there was still no news about Dominic, some of the scouts still hadn't returned and Eric had gotten to the point where he'd had to send out more scouts to find them. Madison was getting tired of sitting around doing nothing, she worked at Merlotte's more and eventually the whole gang had started to congregate in Merlotte's waiting for news, Rodrigo had sent out his best trackers but the vampires were proving difficult to find. When another five days passed and Dominic had been missing for a week she finally snapped, she sat on the floor in her lounge and laid out a map of the whole of Louisiana, she sat before it and closed her eyes and focused on finding Dominic. She sat there for an hour and got nothing, Eric walked in and stared at her,

' What are you doing?' he asked perplexed

' Trying to find Dominic'

' Oh I see you're trying out your powers, any luck?' he said sitting opposite her,

' No, I don't think he's even in this state anymore Eric, I don't know what to do?'

' We'll figure this out' he said moving to sit next to her,

' I hope so, I can't even sense him anymore'

' Do you think that means she's turned him?'

' No I think I'd feel his pain if that happened, being turned is worse than death to Dominic, I'll know if she does that, his pain will be unimaginable' Eric put his arm around her and nudged the map away with his foot,

' You need to sleep' he said kissing her head gently

' If I sleep you don't get to spend time with me'

' I spend time with you when you sleep'

' Creepy' he smiled and kissed her again

' Do you want me to stay, you do have these wonderful tinted windows so the sun cant get to me?'

' I'd like that' she said smiling, he pulled her up and they walked upstairs, Madison laid down on the bed and Eric pulled her shoes and clothes off and removed his own shirt and put it on her,

' Sweet dreams min älskade' he whispered as he lay next to her.

Well guys here we go again, I hope you enjoy this instalment, a big thank you to

Forever secretive for helping me with translations x review if you like x