Lafayette watched Sookie waltz around Merlotte's as if she had no care in the world. According to her there would be no vampires to destroy her life. If there was one thing Lafayette was sure of was that Vampires were drawn to her. Arlene huffed at the kitchen counter as she waited for food. "You know, you could come in here and help if you really have nothing better to do then to huff at me," Lafayette said to her. Arlene looked at him and turned away. Merlotte's wasn't busy, it only had two tables ordering food and the rest were drinking. Slowly Lafayette placed the finished dishes on the counter and rang the bell. Arlene appeared in an instant and with a huff she took it away.

With nothing to do Lafayette walked out of the kitchen towards the bar. Sam was nowhere to be seen that day. Not since the broadcast of his girlfriend was on TV. Arlene had been badgering on about where Sam had gone. Lafayette had reached boiling point. Hell, he had reach boiling point when Jesus died. His eyes flickered to Sookie who was in her own small world. Tara had always been good with Sookie, but right now all Lafayette wanted to do was to pull her out of her dreamland and shove her into reality. The reality was that Vampires will kill humans including Sookie who would only have herself to blame.

Bending down he pulled out the tequila and poured himself a double shot. Downing it, he watched as someone he had never seen before stepped into Merlotte's. She was fair skinned, that only looked paler against her reddish blonde hair. While her eyes darted around the restaurant as if she would be attacked at any minute. Then they fell on Lafayette. Pour blue orbs that showed determination in their depths. Sookie once again went to greet a stranger. Her bouncy blonde self just loved working straight into trouble's path. "Can I help you?" Sookie asked with her usually friendly smile.

"I just need a drink is all," the woman answered in a husky voice.

"Well go right ahead," Sookie smiled as she stepped out of the woman's way. The woman walked over a sat on one of the stools at the bar. "Can I get three of thoses?" she asked pointing at the bottle of tequila in Lafayette's hand. He simply smiled and poured four shoots, three for her and one for himself.

"Rough day?" he asked as he pushed them in her directions.

"Oh, you have no idea" she answered before downing all three too quickly for an occasional drinker. Her blue eyes looked around the restaurant as she took in every detail. "Get much business?" she asked.

"Some, not much today though" he answered.

"Any Vampires?" she asked looking back at him. Lafayette watched her. Her pale skin still looked like there was life in there, but you could never be too sure.

"You know, I ain't seen you around this town before" he mentioned looking at her closely.

Her eyes widened and smile lifted on her lips. Her nail tapped on the wood of the bar and she leaned in closer before pointing again at the tequila bottle. "Oh, I just moved here. I'm currently living in a caravan but that's only because I'm still looking at the property here. I found a real nice one, all I have to do is impress the owners" she answered as he poured another double shot for her. As he pushed it towards her, her fingers grazed his wrist. A lightning bolt shot straight up his arm. Something dark crept closer to the surface. Lafayette stared at the woman. She no longer seemed human. "Sookie, I need to have a word with you" he said, making an excuse to leave the woman drinking.

Sookie followed him towards the kitchen. Lafayette turned to her and kept his voice low and quiet as he spoke. "Who is that woman at the bar?" he asked, "Could you do your psychic thing on her?" Sookie crossed her arms and stared at him. "Sook, you better do this. You bring trouble around here all the fucking time. Just do this and we could run her out of town before anything happens". Sookie looked through the kitchen window at the reddish blonde woman at the bar. No thoughts were coming off her but it didn't feel like it did with the Vampires. She looked back to Lafayette. "Nothing wrong with her," she lied. Relief covered Lafayette's face before he walked on passed her back to the bar.

The woman watched both of them return. Arlene was already on the scene. "You that traveller that's parked themselves on the Compton land?" she asked in her high pitch voice.

"Temporarily yes," the woman answered, "But I prefer being called by my name". Arlene snapped her mouth shut. "It's Antoinette, but you can call me Anna. It'd be easier for you" the woman grinned. Lafayette had to hold back his laughter but anyone who could shut Arlene up for even five minutes was a godsend.

"Now if y'all excuse me, I'll be on my way." She said moving from her stool, "It was nice meeting y'all…What're your names?" she asked realising she hadn't asked.

"I'm Sookie, that's Lafayette and Arlene," Sookie answered with a smile.

"Well, like I said. It was nice meeting y'all" at that the woman, Anna left.

It was two hours later when Merlotte's closed. Sookie drove home and Arlene headed off shortly after. Lafayette locked up and stared up at the moon. The full moon practically teased his fears. The night meant everything that went bump in the night would usually kill anyone they came across. A headache soared in his head. Light flashed before his eyes. He knew this feeling. He dreaded this feeling. But this time he couldn't brush it away. Instead Lafayette just watched as he followed some unspoken order.

Like a creature possessed he hurried down the main road until he reached the perimeter of the Compton Estate. No one protected it anymore. Instead there was an eerie silence and stillness over the land. As if he knew what he was doing his body confidently walked towards the door. His face became distorted the closer he got to the house. The white-walled building loomed over him, but the feel of the magic in the air lured him closer. What felt like lightning shook his body to the core and Lafayette finally felt some freedom in his movements.

That freedom was lost when he saw his face in the window. The painted up shaman face snarled back at him, this time he couldn't draw the spirit back. Instead he was stuck in his body unable to avoid what was about to happen. His hand lifted to the door and he knocked. Three times. No answer. Lafayette's possessed being didn't wait for a late response, instead a few words left his lips. Fire blazed up from the roots. A shrill scream echoed in the air as a burning vampire threw themselves from one of the top windows. The body flopped on the ground as she rolled herself back and forth trying to rid herself of the flames.

The shaman looked on in mere pleasure. As the lower part of the house was burning brightly and the wood was breaking, the burning vampire screamed out "Bill!" her voice raw with emotion. Blood fell from her eyes as she could only looked on.

The scene wasn't over.

A bloodied figure stepped out from the burning carcass of the house. The shaman looked upon him and spoke out in English, "The Demon says goodbye". The bloodied figure of Bill Compton snarled and the shaman muttered a few more incoherent words. Bill jumped at Lafayette. In mid-air his face changed. Sores started to build up on his skin. Light burst through his mouth. Eyes stared in fear at the shaman. In seconds Bill Compton was nothing more than a few pound of rotting flesh on the ground.

Laughter broke out from the distance and the flames that had consumed the house had disappeared. "I didn't think it would be so entertaining to witness," a sweet female voice echoed through the ground. Red eyes to Lafayette's left caught his attention, "You're work is done, go home". At that everything for Lafayette went black.