Summary: After the incident in the van with Bill, Sookie awakes as avampire.

A/N: Been an awful long time since I've written anything and I'm pretty nervous about posting this. This is just the prologue, first chapter will be on it's way pretty soon. Apologies for any mistakes, I don't have a beta.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, all rights belong to CH, HBO, and AB.

Raising Hell

Prologue

I came to awareness immediately. My eyelids snapping open and my panic escalating within the second. I felt incased, entombed and frightened all at once. I had to get out. The soft weight of the dirt filled my eyes and mouth and instantly I was thrashing and clawing at the darkness.

It gave easily.

Within a few seconds of coming to myself I breached the surface and thrusted my head into the moonlight. Confused, I fought for breath, feeling a myriad of emotions, and my thoughts hurtled around my brain at 100 miles an hour. I pulled myself out and free, feeling the rough texture of grass between my fingers and the warm air on my cheeks.

I pause for a moment, simply taking in huge gulps of air, trying to ease away some of the immediate panic of asphyxiation. When I suddenly realised my gasping wasn't doing anything to calm my body. I realised why.

I wasn't gasping for oxygen, my body didn't need it. I was gasping in panic. The thought of suffocating, of waking completely oblivious and terrified had instigated my natural reaction to fight, to breath, to live. Only breathing didn't feel natural.

My heart wasn't hammering in my chest like I expected it to be.

There was silence.

Then there wasn't.

Birds, nocturnal creatures, the rustling of the trees, even the chirping of the insects. I could hear them all and it was deafening. They pressed in on me on all sides, compressing me. I felt overwhelmed. The moon shone brightly and my overly sensitive eyes cringed away from the harsh light. Whimpering, I finally looked down, and immediately wished I hadn't.

Freshly turned earth and a human sized trench.

My grave.

My breathing picked up again rapidly, as I tried to grasp the meaning behind what I was seeing. It meant something but I wasn't sure I was ready to make the connection.

It was too much. I stubbled back, into something very large and solid, before large arms were encircling me, snaring me, and holding me in place.

I screamed.

A/N: Well, what do you think? Drop me a review and let me know. First Chapter is on it's way soon I promise.