Late January of 2010 in in Shreveport, Louisiana U.S.A, dawn was quickly approaching and so was closing time at club Fangtasia. Eric Northman the sheriff of area 5 sat in his throne drinking a last cup of blood before bedding down for the day. His wife Sookie suddenly bursts through the front doors throwing them wide open letting the sunlight in sending every vampire on his staff scrambling for the comfort of the dark.

Eric looked at his wife perplexed asking, "what is the problem now love... why the distress?"

Grumbling out of frustration, Sookie reached her bag pulling out three boxes and tossed them on the bar not bothering to explain anything.

Giving Eric a sideways glance Sookie could feel her anger start to rise in her gut. Eric quickly glanced at the three boxes flying through the air reading the names "EPT, First Response, Clear blue Easy, off the sides of the boxes as they land hitting the bar with a thump, he studies the boxes as much as he can thinking the names might be useful later.

Ginger walked past them on the way to the bar to start her shift. Looking at the bar with raised eyebrow, she noticed, the three the used pregnancy test kits lying on the bar she looking from Sookie to Eric and back again before fixing her gaze on the boxes asking in a wobbly voice"M-Master?"

Eric noticed her reaction as she walked by raising his brow asking her in a tight and thin voice, "Is there something wrong Ginger!"

"It's just..." Ginger pauses trying to find the right words knowing Eric would not know the significance of what was sitting on his bar mere inches from him.. 'Why are there three-used pregnancy tests sitting on the bar..." Shifting nervously from one foot to the other Ginger asks him "who is...?"

Eric looks at Ginger with a raised brow asking, "Who is what!" Eric snapped in a toneless voice, "Explain yourself Ginger," Eric demanded.

Sookie picks up Ginger's errant thought silently realizing "She knows..., Ginger figured it out I am pregnant"

Afraid to answer and yet compelled to at the same time Ginger says, "W-Who is preg-." Her answer cut short by Pam's sudden appearance on the scene, Pam's attention, like Gingers is drawn to first to the three objects on the top of the bar. Covering her mouth Pam tries with her hand to hide her snicker.

"Ah good Pam" Said Eric "maybe you can help sort this mess out" Eric complained. Moving from Sookie's side to the bar Pam examines the test kits and is struck by the smell of Sookie's scent all over them; Pam had been around Sookie long enough to know her scent and knew it quite well but something about it smelled "off!"

"I was coming to see what was keeping Ginger, Eric!" Pam told him matter-of factly.

"Take her and go Pam" Eric told her in a flat tone of voice, "When you return you going to tell me what that snicker was all about...!"

A scant two seconds later Pam returned to see Sookie pointing to the test kits on top on the bar, Sookie's mutters something incomprehensible in a low tone of voice "It sounded like "fucking vampires." Her voice picking up a head of steam as it rises to a scream saying in an strident tone of voice "WHAT THE HELL ERIC ACCORDING TO THOSE I AM CARRYING YOUR CHILD... ERIC!"

Sookie stood there shifting her foot to her left leg tapping her right foot on the wooden barroom floor as she crossed and locked her arms over her chest asking in a brittle rough tone "Well..."

Standing by her friend Sookie, the scent change Pam noticed before was stronger and made sense.

Eric glared at Pam "Now about that snicker Pam!"

"Eric... those three boxes on the bar-top are pregnancy tests...!" Pam told him nervously taking in the mood of the room Pam stated "All three are positive by the looks of them Eric."

Pausing to regain her composure Sookie declares, "How the hell is that even possible Eric!"

Spitting out the mouth full of blood Eric's eyes grow ever wider he exclaims "You're what...?" droplets of blood spray everywhere one or two landing right on Sookie's lips. Without thinking about her next action she acted on a reflex, licks her lips clean savoring the taste. "Great now I am craving Blo-." Sookie lets out a loud moan!

Sookie uses her hand like a cat's paw wiping the blood from her face and repeatedly licking her hand clean "It's S-So, good...!" Both Eric and Pam look each other then back at Sookie not quite sure what to make of the scene playing out before them. Both Pam and Eric had seen allot but both of them went slack-jawed watching Sookie drink blood!

Eric tells Sookie softly "That cup was filled with human blood, love."

"Really it tastes good..." Sookie stated as her tongue dances over his face "the way a cat cleans its kittens", "Eric-!" Lick "Why- Slurp... am I craving blood...?"

Without thinking, she lunged forward snatching the cup from his hands, licking it clean the last droplets from the bottom.

Bewildered by her actions and not quite sure what question to answer first Eric replays the scene in his mind, Humans don't normally drink blood, let alone crave it he thought to himself. Confused Eric raised his brow looking at Sookie telling her once more "That his cup was filled with human blood, lover!

Both Eric and Pam give one another a knowing glance as she leaves to make sure everything is ready for when the bar opens.

A look of horror comes over Sookie she stops dead in her tracks his words ringing like a church bell in her ears. The cup was filled with real blood lover!

Using her fingers like a make shift ladle to get the last droplets satisfying a yet unknown hunger. Sookie swallowed nervously looking at him asking from People Eric!

"Is there any other kind lover" Eric tells her. Eric pours himself another cup of blood only to watch Sookie take the cup of human blood back from his hands and chug it down, like it was mother's milk.

His frustration growing with every passing moment Eric angrily demanded, "Sookie who has bitten you... I will kill them!"

Sookie's worry quickly turns to outright panic and fear, as she watches the anger on his face growing with every passing moment. This is the side of Eric Sookie hates, the side of him that scared her to death "no one!" she protested vehemently fearing for her life.


Five minutes later came the accusation "Then why are you drinking blood Sookie and why do you smell like a newborn...?" Eric demanded Pam his sire responds to his silent request ordering her to examine Sookie head to toe and report back to him.

Eric's rage was not without merit, one of the highest vampire laws is once a vampire marks someone no one may touch them without permission! "Not without consequences and certainly not without recompense!"

Pam and Sookie headed back to Eric's bedchamber for privacy.

In a rare moment of female solidarity, Pam told her as she hits the various points on the wood relief carving telling her "I will try to make this as painless as possible Sookie...; I know you do have a modest side." "Thanks Pam" Sookie replied. "It's not as if you haven't seen me naked before...!"

"You mean the Maenad Sookie?" Asked Pam

Sookie silently nodded her head, an acknowledgment of that shared but all too painful memory!

The hidden door swung open and they entered the bed chamber itself.

Crossing in front of Sookie Pam tells her "congratulations Sookie!"

Walking around to face Pam blank-faced Sookie says "To weird"

Raising an eyebrow Pam asks sarcastically "what!"

Pausing in momentary silence Sookie replied, "I am just trying to imagine Eric changing diapers with a baby seat in his corvette."

Both Pam and Sookie chuckled at just the thought.

Standing by the bed Sookie striped down so Pam can examine her and see she is mark free. Pam noticed how beautiful Sookie actually was saying softly, "Your quite attractive"

Back in the main bar area, Eric walks over to the bar, pours a large cup of Blood, and drinks quickly it while he waits for Pam to report back!


30 minutes later Sookie follows Pam as they walk out of the anti chamber leading to Eric's bedroom having thoroughly examined Sookie. Returning to the throne with Sookie in tow Pam tells him "Sookie speaks true Eric... No one has partaken of her blood." What did you do to me Eric? Sookie demanded. Placing her hands on her belly, she asks "what, do you intend to do about this...?"

Relaxing in his chair momentarily Eric muses, "I have only heard stories about this you understand...!" Filling his Chalice for the fifth time he states "What I have heard are legions, myths really even among our kind."

Finishing his drink Eric says, "If you are unmarked, the child is indeed mine Sookie... That leaves only one other possibility you're having a Dhampiresa beloved!"

Looking like she is ready to rip Eric a new one Sookie looks at Eric slack-jawed saying, "I do not know what a Dhampiresa is but I am having your baby."

Eric tells her calmly "A Dhampir or Dhampiresa is a half human half vampire child Sookie...!" I fear for your life he says!

Sookie's brows begin to rise as she says, "Eric you are scaring me..."

Concerned Sookie looks at him asking "Eric can you move around in the daylight!"

Eric tells her No, not really.

For a sixth time he pour himself another cup of blood. Almost sheepishly Sookie felt the craving for blood as she asks "Eric pour me a cup of..." her voice trailed off before she says Blood.

Crossing the room to where Eric stands Sookie says "I was hoping we could go to see a doctor."

Eric says "even if it were possible my love... my being it will be vampire will be a problem lover."