A/N: Well here it is the cross over story I told you about. We edited each of our parts but it's still a rough sort of draft. Please give your honest opinions and if there is anything that could use some work we'll work on it and re-post it. :) This story is about Sookie seeing her future in Mystic falls. If you like time travel we hope you like this. Chapter 1 was written by LoveHurtsSoGood and the rest we collaborated on.
Chapter 1
The past few days, Sookie had been a mess. She was unsure about her future and couldn't see how this would end up with Eric and Bill. She was confused by her feelings and the bond just made things even worse. She wanted to know how this would end up; she wanted to find a way to escape. Somehow she would. She would find a way to break the bond even if that would cost her. She just wanted to be her old good independent self again.
And she had this crazy idea roaming in her mind… In Sookie's world nothing was impossible yet, what she wanted to do sounded quite impossible. She took a sip of her warm coffee –which was like the elixir of life in the morning- and looked over at the half-naked Dermot. Fairies. They always felt more comfortable without their clothes. At least, he was wearing pants. "Dermot, you know pretty well where Niall is and I need to talk to him." Sookie pointed out looking straight into Dermot's eyes. Dermot moved his glance and looked down at the table. "What do you have in mind, great-niece?" Dermot asked with curiosity placing upon his voice.
Dermot Brigant was Sookie's great-uncle and as it had turned out he under a spell that now was broken. That spell made him behave strangely like he was insane but the moment the spell was broken, Dermot found his normal self. He also looked just like Sookie's brother, Jason. They could easily be mistaken. However, the moment Dermot opened his mouth; he magically stopped looking like Jason. Maybe it was because Jason seemed like he had no brain in his head. In contrast with Dermot who looked pretty wise.
Sookie remembered about Dermot's question. Hell, she didn't even know what she had in mind. She placed the cup of coffee on the table and caressed the antique wooden table. Her general idea was to find a way to find her future self. It was madness, she was aware of that yet she hoped that Niall would be able to accomplish such a thing. "It's complicated which is why I need to talk to Niall." Sookie tried to explain but she failed.
"Then call him. He gave you a card of his, didn't he?" Dermot said, looking over at Sookie's coffee. He truly despised that black liquid thing that smelled like hell and demons. Sookie's eyes opened up in surprise. "You are right! Fudge, I had completely forgotten about it!" She admitted as she got up, remembering the card that was on her dressing table, waiting to be used. "Thank you, Dermot." Sookie said as she got up, planting a kiss on his forehead and Dermot smiled sweetly.
She then with quick steps, she ran upstairs. The floor was protesting under her feet and she could hear Dermot from downstairs doing the dishes. God bless his heart, Sookie thought because she was in no mood for doing the dishes. As she had guessed, the card was still on the dressing table. She picked it up in her hands, admiring Niall's handwriting. Even his handwriting seemed wise and like he had practiced a million times to have such a calligraphically handwriting. Of course, Niall hadn't practiced on doing that. His handwriting was reflecting his personality.
After dealing the Niall's number on her cell phone, she waited patiently until Niall picked up his phone. Sookie at some point felt like bursting into laughter. She couldn't imagine Niall talking on a cell phone. Niall seemed too ancient; the way his slivery hair was falling like a waterfall or the wrinkles that were around his face just made him look like he wasn't one of those who could handle such a machine.
"Sookie?" The wise voice said deeply, almost sounding surprised. "I want a favor." Sookie told him neutrally, cutting to the chase.
Niall was always kind to Sookie and Sookie had promised to herself not to call Niall except if it was a great emergency. Could this be counted like an emergency? Sure, why not. In fact, she never saw that one coming. Niall was Sookie's great grand-father and he also had great powers (that was because he was a fairy) and he seemed like he could do anything. That's exactly what Sookie needed at the moment.
"What is it? I would love to help you; I can't believe you called me. You made my old soul really happy with that gesture of yours." Hopefully, that will last. Sookie thought. What Sookie wanted to do was truly madness. "You love me, right?" Sookie asked Niall and Niall without thinking twice.
"Of course, I do. You shall not ask me such pointless questions." Sookie took a breath of relief, "alright then, like I said I have a favor to ask and please, don't judge me about whatever it is." She didn't expect Niall to react to that and like Sookie suspected he didn't because he was always so supportive.
"You should not be worried about it, I would never judge you if I didn't know the whole story." Niall promised. Sookie bit her lip just a little, "Can you come by? I don't think I can ask that favor over the phone." Dead Silence. Uh-oh. That certainly wasn't good. It never was good. "Meet me at your woods in half an hour until then, take good care of yourself." Niall said and hung up.
"Dermot! Dermot!" Sookie said running downstairs, almost tripping on the stairs. "Yes, great-niece?" Dermot said, sanding behind her in the top of the stairs. Sookie almost jumped as he heard his voice. "Dermot Brigant! For god's sake, do not sneak up on me like that!" Sookie said, trying to breathe again. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I was in the attic, fixing the door." He apologized.
"It's alright. Well, I just wanted to let you know that Niall is on his way. He is coming!" She told him excitedly but Dermot's face darkened a little.
Dermot started at Sookie, "and how exactly are you going to welcome him in your pajamas?" He said sourly, having a really despising look on his face. Sookie noticed that. "I beg your pardon? At least, I am not half-naked!" She stated, rolling her eyes, wondering what the hell was wrong with Dermot.
His look softened a little, "I won't be here when he comes. I will go over to the hooligans." Dermot stated, leaning against the wall. "Why is that so?" Oh, Sookie would love to know. "Because, great-niece, I have a feeling that my own father cursed me. I can not and I will not face him." Sookie looked with doubt over at Dermot. "I don't think Niall would ever do that." She said, grimacing a little. "Because you do not know what my father is capable of." Dermot told her heartlessly, turning her back to her, going upstairs to get dressed.
Sookie had got dressed; she had chosen to wear black shorts and a nice t-shirt that she hadn't worn in a while. She had also chosen white sandals. She looked alright but a little tired. She was in the woods, thinking about what Dermot had told her and the look he had on his face.
She looked down at her watch. Five minutes left. Niall would be there in five minutes
"I'm here," Sookie heard an emotionless, sexless, resonant and deep voice just like it was on the phone.
She turned to face the deepest green eyes she had ever seen. Even deeper than the summer leaves that were on the trees, even deeper than all the diamonds you can imagine. Sookie's stomach instantly tied up in a knot.
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Sookie and Niall discussed a while about her trip to the future. Niall was being hesitant; Sookie could see it in the way he acted because his eyes told her nothing. They never revealed anything.
"I just want to do it, Niall. Trust me. Just tell me what I have to do and I will do it." Sookie had told Niall when she saw him, standing next to a tree.
"Sookie, are you sure you want to do such a thing?" Niall said and for the first time he actually showed some emotions. He seemed worried. Sookie's glance moved to Niall, nodding a little. It's the only way, that way I will figure out how I will be in the future and who knows maybe the future me will able to give me some sort off advice. Sookie thought and then she nodded once more. This time her nod was more convincing.
"Very well, then." Niall told Sookie having his expressionless mask on his face again. "However, I would love to see how you will explain yourself to…yourself." Honestly, I have no idea. I will come up with something. "I will find some way." She explained Niall. "How are we going to accomplish that anyway?" She asked with curiosity sparkling in her eyes.
"There is a magical gate in your woods." Niall said simply. "Shut up! A magical gate? In my woods? How come I have never seen it?" Sookie's eyes opened in surprise but Niall just shook his head. I have a magical gate…in my woods and I didn't even know about it. Geez Louise, thanks for the information, Niall! "It's invisible, Sookie." He replied to her question. "Oh. I should have seen that one coming." Sookie stated.
Sookie stood speechless, looking in the woods for the invisible gate. "So, where does that gate lead to?" She asked Niall although she should have figured it out by now. "It leads to the Faery but if you have the power, it can lead you whenever you want." Niall explained, looking older than usual. So Niall had the power to do that otherwise he wouldn't have told me about it. "In that case, it will lead you to the future. No one else but a few knows about those gates hence why you shall feel safe." Niall continued talking.
"How will I get back here and can this affect the time in any way?" Sookie wondered loudly. She closed her eyes, enjoying the sun that was sneaking in from the trees, making the whole place looking a lot greener.
"It could affect the present but only if you were going back to the past. You can take great lessons and avoid doing some mistakes from the future. Here take this." Niall said handing a golden hourglass necklace to Sookie.
"Do not lose this. That gate will stay opened for about two hours. You need to get back before the time is over. With the hourglass you will keep the track of time." Sookie looked down at the golden hourglass. It was elaborated and detailed; it even wrote something on it that Sookie couldn't understand. The sand seemed to be golden as well.
"I will be back just on time, Niall. No worries about it. Thank you." Sookie promised, being more than thankful, really. "I will always try to help you, Sookie. After all, you are my great grand-daughter and I have a lot of love for you." Niall told her smiling.
Suddenly, Sookie wanted to ask Niall about Dermot's curse but that would be random. However, she would ask him sometime soon. She couldn't believe that Niall had cursed his own son. Even if Dermot had said that Niall was capable of something like that, it seemed unbelievable to Sookie.
"Sookie, can you stand there?" Niall pointed next to a tree and Sookie did as she was told. He closed his eyes and Sookie noticed that the gate was kind of visible now. It wasn't too big nor was it too small. It was like a really thick membrane.
"You are ready to leave." Niall stated and Sookie looked over at him. "What I will just enter that gate and that was it?" She asked him with curiosity. It couldn't be that easy. "Yes. You will end up in some kind of woods and that's where you will see the gate again when you are ready to leave. Be careful. You must be seen only by your future self otherwise, most of people there will be terribly confused. That's above them. They won't be able to understand something that doesn't belong in their world. Go Sookie." Niall urged Sookie. He was radiating some kind of strange energy.
Sookie took a deep breath, alright, I can do it. She said and headed to the gate. It was like she was passing through the membrane. Like she was passing through a door and like this with the blink of an eye, Sookie got sucked into the gate.