A/N: This is my very first attempt at fan fiction so please review and give me lots of feedback. Let me know what you think I have been inspired to write this by fan fictions that I've read that had Sookie watching Phantom of the Opera, so thank you. I hope you all like it. I decided write a mash up of the Phantom of the Opera and the Sookie Stackhouse novels, I hope it works out (fingers crossed). I will be using a few direct quotes from PotO and I will put them in italics.
The Phantom of Merlotte's
Prologue (If you all are interested then I will continue)
Eric walks into Merlotte's for the first time in many years. Both the town and the restaurant were merely ghosts of their former selves; he had never thought much of Merlotte's before, but it was the place his lover had worked, so he had a certain fondness for it. There was an auction being held that night in an attempt to get rid of the remaining paraphernalia left behind by the previous owner.
He wanted to pick up something small as a keepsake to help remember his lover and he figured that this would be as good a place as any since this dump meant so much to her. He decided to buy the pool table; he had never known her to play pool, but the table was a prominent enough piece that it would serve to always keep her at the forefront of his thoughts.
After securing his purchase, Eric decided to stay around a little while longer to see what else was up for auction. The auctioneer was the parish sheriff Andy Bellefleur. It had been a while since Eric had seen Andy and time had not been good to him. He was surprised that Andy ever became sheriff-- he always seemed a little dimwitted and Eric knew the new sheriff and his bonded never had a good relationship, which made him feel a hint of resentment towards the now old man. Andy called everyone's attention to the center of the room, to the severely beaten and worn bar, Lot 666.
The bar was definitely showing its age but it wasn't beyond repair. Andy began speaking of the bar's involvement in the strange affair of the Phantom of Merlotte's, a mystery never fully explained. With this, Eric began to remember what had occurred here. It was what brought the bar to its current state. He looked around the room and caught the eyes of some of the people; people who he knew also remembered the events all too well.