Chapter 1

Sookie Stackhouse sat calmly on her bed, watching her newborn stir and coo at everyone in the room. She had passed her baby girl, named Adele after her gran, to everyone in the room. There was a certain presence in the room that you could just tell was magical. Here, finally, after decades and decades was a creature born from pure magic. Sookie had carried this enormous weight (figuratively and literally) for a month and a half. And now she was here, and that thought got Sookie very anxious indeed.

"Oh look at her little feet!" Pam exclaimed as she held the tiny infant, grabbing her toes gently "I could just eat you up you are so sweet."

Everyone kind of looked at Pam in weary way before she looked up and flashed her fangs "Really? As if that would even cross my mind" she said rolling her eyes. Alcide took Adele next, the tiny baby seeming so small in his huge arms.

"Just look at her" Alcide said with a big grin "All that blonde hair. You definitely take after your momma."

"Now there are a few things you must know Ms. Stackhouse" Dr. Ludwig, the fae doctor that had delivered little Adele into this world, said while snapping up her things in her medical bag "A Changeling does not grow at a normal rate, this I have told you before."

"Yes" Sookie said nodding her head "I won't get as much time with her as normal."

"Correct, but since she came so soon, and as far as I can tell is in extremely good health, do not be surprised that she grows quicker than normal. Right now she is a newborn, but next week she will be nearly five months old, and then the next week ten months old, then from there she will go to five years, ten, fifteen and so on. Changelings like to go by fives for some reason. Once she hits a mature age, she will stop growing all together.

"Sounds more like an insect than an actual person" Bill said quietly.

"Where do you think bugs came from?" the doctor said quickly "Changeling's helped create this world, and this is the last one" she said looking around to everyone "Take care of her, and call me if anything should happen."

"Thank you Dr. Ludwig" Sookie said from the bed.

"My pleasure" the doctor said "By the way, you might want to take her outside. The world wants to see her Ms. Stackhouse. It would be a shame to hide her away." And with that the doctor scooted out the door with her medical bag heavy in hand.

"Here let me have her" Sookie said holding out her arms.

Alcide came over and gently placed Adele in Sookie's arms, minding her bobbing head that sported those big blue eyes. Sookie began to get up, much to Sam and Eric's protest.

"I'm fine" Sookie said steadily as she got up "People want to see Adele, and the doctor is right. It won't do any good just hiding her away. People will get curious and when people start getting curious they could do something incredibly stupid."

Pam heartily agreed and escorted Sookie out of the room and down the hallway. The group followed with the males grumbling, but Sookie held her head high like a queen presenting a new heir to her kingdom. Adele cooed beneath her, hungry for more information on her whereabouts as Sookie felt her little mind poking and prodding at everything.

"Shush little one" Sookie said looking down at her daughter "Plenty of time for that."

Adele hushed just as her mother said, although Sookie could swear the little imp was giving her a sour look.

As they walked out the door with the screen creaking behind them Sookie saw a lot more than just fifty people standing on her lawn. Her whole field was crowded with people, all waiting, staring with hopeful eyes.

It was taking everything in her not to hold little Adele up like in the Lion King.

Instead, Sookie merely walked slowly through the crowd with little Adele wiggling in her arms. She watched as everyone looked at the infant with wide eyes, some even smiled, while others whispered among themselves as they looked on. Sookie was calm, knowing Adele was in no danger at this moment, nor would she be. Sookie felt powerful, so powerful that she knew she could take on anyone if they tried to take her little girl away.

As Sookie went in a circle around her lawn she came back to the house, walking carefully up her porch steps as Eric reached out to take her hand. And then, when Sookie finally stopped and looked towards the crowd, slowly everyone fell to one knee. The quiet in the air showed an enormous amount of respect and awe at what had occurred for their world. A new god was among them, gurgling softly as it examined it's new body, and Sookie was responsible for it.

"I don't know if I should say something" Sookie said quietly.

"There is nothing to say" Eric said softly "They all know what is at stake now. They know who is really in charge."

Sookie felt very tired all of a sudden and yawned loudly. Sam offered out his arms and Sookie gladly let him take Adele so that she could go inside. Alcide stepped forward to the crowd and addressed them that tomorrow night Sookie and Adele would receive offerings.

"Offerings?" Sookie said sleepily.

"Gifts for Adele" Sam said walking with her as Eric and Bill escorted her to the bedroom "They want to show their loyalty."

"Loyalty to Adele? For what reason?" Sookie said with another yawn.

"Because others will challenge Adele when she starts making changes" Bill said wearily "And the world may divide when that happens. Those outside will be loyal to Adele and follow whatever course she takes."

"And if they don't follow her?" Sookie said shaking a little.

"Then there will be a war" Eric said, his fangs showing a bit "And we will be ready."

A war? Sookie thought about many so called "wars" she had been in, but the way Eric and Bill were talking, this was an actual one. And her little girl was the cause of it.

Sookie looked at little Adele staring up at Sam, but her gaze slowly turned to Sookie.

"What happens if they start a war?" Sookie said slowly to her daughter.

"Fight."