A/N: So I forgot to add this yesterday when I posted, for the record I do not own anything but my plot. No profit has or will be made from this work.

I would like to thank those that took time to review this chapter. You are the first people to ever read one of my stories, not even my husband has read it, so I hope you feel as special as you made me feel when you took the time to read my work. Thank you for that.

Also, one helpful reviewer pointed out that my time line was a little unclear. When this starts Eric has been in Oklahoma for 12 years. I chose to keep Karin around as Sookie's guard because in my mind Karin would want to stick close to Pam since they have both been cut off from Eric...in a world where your surrounded by plots and cut off from your maker I'd think you'd stick close to those you knew you could trust...at least I would. I hope this clears up any confusion. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Sunday is always a really busy day for me, but I promise I will try to have the next chapter up sometime tonight. I have 3 very active (Ballet, karate, gymnastics,t ball...) kids so something could always come up but I will do my best to post every night or at the very least every other night. Thanks again for reading.

Chapter 1

At first I didn't notice that I wasn't aging but when I still looked twenty eight at forty, I started to wonder. Luckily I still had Dr. Ludwig's number left over from my days with Eric. With her help I was able to discover that by using the Culviel Dor to save Sam, I released a large amount of fairy magic. Once the magic had brought Sam back it had nowhere else to go but into me. Thanks to my 'essential spark' that magic slowly began to eat away at the human part of me, slowly replacing my human genes with fairy DNA. Instead of being a mostly human, telepathic, part-fairy, I am now a mostly fairy, telepathic, part-human.

This presented a problem, since my scent had changed I attracted a lot more attention than I used to. Before humans were pretty okay with thinking I was nothing but a crazy fangbanger; now they fell all over themselves trying to get my attention…it was annoying to say the least. Still my problems with humans were nothing compared to my problems with vampires. Despite all of Eric's careful planning to keep me safe when he left for Oklahoma, vamps still found their way to me at an alarming speed. At first I thought it was because my scent had changed, but then the Were's started coming. After that it wasn't hard to figure out that Freyda was angry with Eric for not bowing to her control so she sought to subdue him by using me as leverage…it didn't work out so well for them when Karin came out of the woods and ripped them to pieces.

After that Dr. Ludwig thought it would be better to contact Niall and inform him of the changes the fairy love token had caused in me. To say the least he was shocked to hear that I now had more fairy blood than human. It was decided that I would be safe in Faery with him until I learned to control my new abilities and mask my scent.

I was nervous about going to Faery. I had lived in the human world my whole life and now I here I am about to turn my back on all that I have ever known and move to a magic realm full of fairies…if I hadn't spent the last few years around vampires I would have laughed at the absurdity of it all. As it was I did spend the last few years around vampires, so unfortunately I knew full well just what went bump in the night. Sometimes I wonder if that's a bad thing, like maybe I could have avoided all of this and lived a safe, normal, human life if I had just been smart enough to let the Rats drain Bill that first night. Lord knows I would have saved myself a lot of heartache and pain if I had. Then I remember if I hadn't met Bill I never would have met Eric either and despite all the pain we caused each other I just couldn't bring myself to regret meeting the handsome Viking that made me his world.

"Dear one, are you ready? We must leave soon or the portals will close." Niall's voice breaks me from my musings. 'Well here goes nothing.' I think as I reach for my bags, before nodding to Niall to lead the way to the portal.

As I walk through my house for the last time, I think about everything that has happened, the only regret I have is not giving Eric a fair chance. I was so quick to forgive Bill, and Quinn and even Sam; yet Eric was always held to a higher standard. Maybe if I had taken a minute to appreciate what I had I would have seen that Sam was only ever meant to be my friend. Instead I had stubbornly clung to the idea that I needed a normal human life to make me happy, hurting not only Eric and myself but Sam as well. I always knew Sam had feelings for me and when Eric left for Oklahoma it had been so easy to let myself fall into the easy comfortable routine that was a relationship with Sam. Over time we both realized we weren't what the other person needed. He needed the excitement that came from dating dangerous women and I needed…well I needed Eric. We parted as friends but I still felt guilty for basically using him as a rebound…maybe some time in Faery will help me move on from my romantic troubles. Heaven knows I needed the break.

Niall lead me through the woods, stopping just shy of the spot I knew contained the portal to Faery. "Sookie, I must warn you. Once you enter Faery you will no longer be Sookie Stackhouse of Bon Temps, Louisiana." He said seriously.

"Then who will I be?" I ask.

"You will be Susanna 'Sookie' Brigant, Crown Princess of Faery. By stepping foot in Faery you are claiming your birthright as one of the royal family. You will be recognized as my heir."

"What do you mean I will be recognized as your heir?" He couldn't mean to name me his successor; surely there were others who would be better suited to the role of heir than I would.

"Once I had many heirs, Dillon, Claude and his sisters, Dermot. Now all I have is you…"

"What happened to the others? I mean I know what happened to Claude and his sisters, but what about Dermot and Dillon. Surely they would be better than me." I just couldn't accept what he was saying. So much had changed so quickly I just couldn't wrap my head around being Niall's heir as well. There had to be someone else who could deal with all of this. I couldn't be the only option.

As if he could read my mind, Niall began shaking his head. "Dear one, you are all that is left of my line. Dermot has abdicated his place in the line of succession and Dillon is not eligible since he has moved on…as they say."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S MOVED ON?!" I screech, "Where the hell did he go that you have to ask me to claim my small right to the throne?" Seriously what was so important that Dillon couldn't take his place with the Fae?

"Dillon has chosen to follow Claudine on the path to being an Angel. As a heavenly being he can claim no rights to any kingdom or race. I'm afraid dear one, it is either you or the Royal line of Brigant will fall." Great, no pressure Sookie, either you agree to be a fairy princess or the royal line fails.

"I guess I have no choice then, I can't stay here after Karin leaves too many vamps know about me. I'm not naïve enough to believe Eric promising an extra hundred years to Freyda will be enough to keep Felipe or any other greedy vampire from trying to get me. If I don't go with you I'm as good as dead anyway. At least as a princess my life expectancy should be a little higher.

"It's is truly an honor to call you my great-granddaughter. You will make a great queen one day my dear. I look forward to watching you grow as a leader. Come, let us leave this place. Your destiny waits." With that Niall and I step through the portal into the unknown.