Hello everyone! I decided that I wish to update this story first. I apologize ahead of time, because the opening chapters may be quite short. I am looking to open up opportunity to take this and run.
Eric Northman's Point of View
I walked through the dense forest with my Maker, Godric. I did not know what he was contemplating but the expression on his face meant something. It was a look that I had not seen in almost five centuries. I did not pester him with my curiosity but it was becoming exponentially more difficult for me to bite my tongue. There was something going on inside his mind and I was starting to get anxious until a scent crossed my senses. It was as if I could smell the sunlight in the scent. It was sweet and seemed to beckon me forward.
"It can't be . . ." I heard Godric say in a bewildered tone.
"What is that scent?" I asked him. I had never smelled something so . . . amazing in all of my thousand-year existence. I felt my fangs descend at just the scent. Then I picked up on what smelled like burning rubber and car exhaust by the scent.
"Eric, we need to go," said Godric in a dangerously low voice.
"I understand, Godric," I said. And with that, we were running as fast as we could to get to where the scents emanated from. I could hear screaming coming from a young girl and it made something inside of me snap. There was a noticeable change in Godric as well when he heard it. His face contorted into something almost animalistic and a loud yet deep his escaped his mouth through open fangs. I fought the same instinct as it coursed through my body. Some human was being harmed and usually I would have taken pleasure in such a fact, but this time was beyond different.
We came into a clearing and I saw a very young girl being held by one of our kind. Godric, always a couple of steps ahead of me, got to the beast first and grabbed him by the throat while I got behind the girl before she could fall to the earth. I could smell her sweet blood, as well as the burning rubber all over her. Her injuries could have come from a car accident that had occurred only two hour prior to this little escapade. She must have been left behind when the ambulance and police arrived.
At the thought, my cold, dead heart ached for her as she fell unconscious in my arms. Just this little human female was enough to awaken emotions that I only felt when I was around my Maker. Who was she? What was she?
"N-no!" I heard coming from where Godric had been. The way he was hissing and holding the no doubt young and obviously foolish behemoth, he was furious. His face sent shivers up and spine. What did this human mean to us? Why did she have such an affect on him? On us?
I glanced back at Godric after looking down at the young female in my arms. He had lifted the beast up by his throat, clear off of the ground with his fingers in the beast's throat. The beast clawed helplessly at Godric's hand.
"You are a fool for crossing this area without notifying me," I heard Godric say in a dangerously low, menacing tone. "I have occupied this area for nearly fifty years and I have a high regard for the humans in the area, and as such I expect feeding to be done outside of the area's boundaries. How cruel could you be? Feeding on an innocent little girl. I should dispatch you myself, but I am feeling generous. Vacate this area; you have an hour to do so. I will alert my nest to keep their eyes open for you. And I must warn you," Godric leaned in really close to the beasts ear, "Stan does not take kindly to those who are uninvited." Godric dropped the large man with a resounding "thump", and walked toward me and the human. He took one look at the girl and his features softened noticeably.
"Godric, we cannot leave her here. What are we going to do? Surely, taking her to the nest could end bad for the lot of us if she discovers what we are," I stated. Godric knew I was right; we would receive heat from Stan for even showing our faces at Godric's nest with a young girl. But judging by the scent of her blood, she was so much more.
"We are the oldest known vampires, save Russel Edgington, in the country. If I make a verdict on this, anyone who could challenge me would be a fool," he stated, crouching down to our level, as if to examine the human.
"Godric, earlier you said 'It can't be' when we were on our way here. What did you mean?" I asked him, truly curious.
"I will reveal that in time, Eric. However tonight is not the ideal time, nor is this the place. We must return to the nest and figure out what to do from here. I fear that if we allow this girl to remain, she will be targeted just for existing," Godric said. His voice was light and he looked very happy and relieved to see this female I knew that neither one of us had a clue about. How could a mere human bring joy to my Maker?
We took to the sky, moving as carefully as possible. The nest was only a couple of miles from the road; easy to find to those who knew what to look for and where. It was only about three minutes until we arrived at the nest. I could see through the windows that Stan and Isabel were lounging on the couch, chatting away. Isabel's human, Hugo sat beside Isabel, yet away from Stan and for good reason. Stan was not fond of humans.
We showed up at the door and I could hear every head turn toward it. Godric opened the door to allow us inside and I could hear every single vampire inhale. There were the distinct clicking sounds of fangs descending and I head something come from Godric that I had not heard in more than half of my existence.
Well that is the end of this chapter. I know it is short, but I promise that there is more to come and I will reveal why Godric acted the way he did, I promise. Until next time, my lovelies!
Wolfe
