Author's Note:

To set the scene, I'd like to let you know that this is going to take place after Season 5. Bill drank Lilith's blood but didn't come back after the True Death. The Authority was dismantled and vampires and humans alike are trying to get their lives back to normal. Eric returned to Fangtasia and as the Sheriff of District 5.

Godric never allowed the Fellowship to take him and he never Met The Sun. He is going to be somewhere between the Maker that Eric remembers and the vampire we meet in Season 2. He isn't a bloodthirsty savage, but he also isn't depressed and suicidal. The Magistrate, upon Bill's death, appoints Godric the King of Louisiana.

As for the Fellowship, they did end up kidnapping a different vampire and forced him to Meet The Sun. The following night Steve Newlin and his wife, as well as a good number of Fellowship followers, were all slaughtered. Jason was a Soldier of the Sun but was protected by Eric, upon Sookie's request. He now has a-slightly-better outlook on vampires.

Sookie spent more and more time with the Fae following Bill's death. Even though they weren't together it still hurt her more than she could have imagined. While there, she learned of a young woman who was half-Fae and half-human. She was surprised to find out that the girl lived only twenty minutes south of Bon Temps.

This, my friends, is where we begin. :)


Chepi Bedeau burst through the front door of Merlotte's, dark hair cascading behind her as she stomped her way to a barstool. She plopped down in it and buried her head in her arms on top of the bar, not paying attention to the now-confused-looking Sam putting away glasses. She had had the absolute worst day at work! Not only had she only made a measly twenty dollars in tips, but she had gotten into a fight with the owner's daughter; not the verbal kind of fight, either. End result: the other girl had a busted lip and a missing tooth and Chepi was fired.

"You look like you could use a drink," Sam said, making the twenty-three year old lift her head and smile. And some ice, the Shifter thought, eyeing up the young woman's battered knuckles.

"A strong Long Island Iced Tea would be amazin', Sam," Chepi said with a grin, waving to her best friend, Sookie, who had just come out of the kitchen with a tray full of food. "And some ice sounds good, too," she added with a wink. She knew how it always irritated Sam when she and Sookie listened in on his thoughts. It was both a joy and a burden that came with having Fae blood.

Up to a few months ago, when Sookie came to the bar that she worked at in a little hick town much like Bon Temps, Chepi thought she was completely alone in the world. Not literally, of course, because she had her daddy and her friends; but she always felt like such a freak being able to read peoples' thoughts. Her daddy had simply told her that God gave some people gifts, but urged her to never mention it to anybody. When the vampires 'came out of the coffin', the few that would come into the bar would be drawn to her, telling her she smelled amazing. She hadn't let one bite her yet, fearing that they would kill her. Plus all of the vampires she'd ever met had been complete creeps, much like most of the human men.

After Sookie told her what they were, she went to her daddy and demanded to know why he hadn't said anything. Chepi grew up believing her mother had died during childbirth, not that she was a Fairy who had given birth and simply went back to the Fairy Realm. Sookie had met Chepi's mother on a few occasions but Chepi couldn't bring herself to go to their world and confront her. On top of never telling the truth until she had learned it from Sookie, her daddy had named her 'Chepi'—the French word for 'fairy'. Quite the sense of humor, that man.

Sam gave Chepi a quick glance over his shoulder that said more than enough. Turning around, he set her drink on a napkin in front of her and went to retrieve her ice. "Between you and Sookie," he said, low enough that she was the only person who heard, "I can never have a private thought." He smirked a little to show he wasn't too upset and set a towel with ice in it on her bruised hand.

Sookie slid into the seat next to Chepi with her usual cheerful smile. "Can I have two more Buds, Sam?" she asked the handsome man behind the bar before turning her attention to her friend. "What's wrong?" She could see the melancholy written on her face despite the smile she faked. As Chepi filled her in on what had happened with the fight, which started when she overheard her boss's daughter thinking about stealing her tips, Sookie looked sideways at Sam.

"Oh no you don't!" Sam said immediately, maybe a little too loudly. Some of the other customers looked up from their lunches to see what was going on. Setting the two mugs of beer on Sookie's tray, he pointed his finger at the both of them, looking very much like a teacher lecturing his students. "You know we ain't hiring right now. And I don't need the two of you gangin' up on me all the time, anyway." With that said, an image popped into Sam's mind that had both of the girls smacking him upside the head.

"Don't worry, Sam, I wasn't goin' to ask anyway. I know how much of a pervert the boss can be!" Chepi laughed as the blush tinted Sam's face a pale pink. She waited until he walked away to turn to Sookie. "I'm actually thinking of applying at Fangtasia. I saw an ad in the paper sayin' that they needed a new bartender. You know the owner, don't you?"

"Are you crazy?" Sookie whispered harshly, standing up with the tray of beer in her hands. "You workin' there would be like ringin' the dinner bell. Every vampire that walks in that place would be tryin' to take a bite outta you!" She gave her friend another incredulous stare before going off to her tables.

So much for her support, Chepi thought sarcastically. Sure, she knew it was as good as suicide to work at a vampire bar, but she knew that if she could do it without being eaten she could make insane money. Plus she was a pretty great bartender, if she said so herself. Hopping off her stool, she made her way back into the kitchen to talk to her other best friend.

"Bitch, get your fine ass back here!" Lafayette yelled as soon as he saw her through the pick-up window. She grinned and hurried around to the entrance of the kitchen, laughing when he gave her a rib-crushing hug. "Where has you been, girl? It's been over a week since you came to see Lafayette. I was beginnin' to think you had some hot piece of dick on the side."

"Lafayette!" Chepi heard Sookie chide him for his crude language. "Did you tell him how you've gone bonkers?" she asked, hoping Lafayette would back her up.

With a curious look from Lafayette, Chepi told him about being fired and wanting to apply for a new job at Fangtasia. At first he had the same reaction that Sookie had, but knowing that she was going to do it anyway, he took one of his silver chains off his neck and gave it to her. "You make sure you wear that, you hear? Loop it 'round your neck twice so it's over your jugular. And you take all the money those vamps got, hooka!"

Sookie sighed and rolled her eyes, giving in to Chepi's crazy plan. "At least you can't get glamoured," she said, trying to find an upside to this situation. "Pam will probably be there with Eric. I'll text her and tell her you're comin' to apply tonight. Make sure you wear lavender; it's her favorite color."