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A/N: I absolutely love reading all your reviews! Am glad you all like the story and as usual these characters do not belong to me!

"Let me explain before you get mad," Claude said looking at his Grandfather carefully and getting himself all worked up. "She was in no danger, I was with her the whole time," he said.

"Liar," Niall said. "The vampire would never have allowed her into the bar to watch you perform, he has some standards," he snapped.

"She was safe in his office," Claude said watching his every move.

"Oh stop shaking Claude," Niall said rubbing his face. "I'd never hit you," he said. "I just wonder sometimes if you're sister received all the logic in the family," he said shaking his head.

"I used the perfume you gave Claudine to mask my scent," Claude said. "I was never in danger at the bar," he said.

"It's not that," Niall said. "We received another threat on my life today," he said sighing. "I came home, the nanny was expecting Sookie back nearly 3 hours ago," he said. "I obviously jumped to the wrong conclusion," he said sitting down.

"Sorry," Claude said. "She was fine though," he said smiling. "She had a great time at the bar," he told him. Niall looked up and glared at him now.

"Which bar?" he asked.

"Eric's bar," Claude said. Niall rose over his grandson glaring now, he had wiped Sookie's memory on the incident at the bar, she had done nothing but obsess with the beautiful dead man for weeks after she had met Eric and Niall had been forced to put a stop to it. Why? It was unhealthy for a fairy to want to be with a vampire, he had to stop her infatuation now whilst he still could. And now Claude had ruined it, Sookie's mind couldn't take getting wiped again, if had left her weak and confused for nearly two months last time, and Niall just physically couldn't stand to see her like that.

"You know I do not want her around vampires," he said his voice rising.

"Wait," Claudine said bursting through the door with her pyjama's on. "Sorry," she said as Niall jumped and turned to her.

"Did you call your sister for back up?" Niall asked laughing as he walked to the corner and poured himself a drink.

"No," Claude said.

"Sookie's getting upset," Claudine explained. "So I came to see what was wrong," she said.

"You're brother took Sookie to Eric's bar," Niall said. "And decided to not tell anyone where he was going," he said.

"Claude," she said smacking his arm. "You are an idiot sometimes," she said sighing.

"Go check on your cousin," Niall said. "She'll think I'm angry," he sighed sitting down.

"I'll get going," Claude said. "See you later Sis," he said kissing her cheek. "Grandfather," he said bowing and disappearing.

"Why did you drive?" Niall asked her.

"I was going for a snack," she told him. "And Sookie's fear pulled me here," she explained. "Her telepathy shouldn't be picking up on emotions no matter how deep you have them buried," she said to him.

"I wasn't that mad at him," Niall said.

"Liar," she mumbled walking up the stairs, she paused outside Sookie's door and tapped lightly. "Hey," she said. "It's only Claudine can I come in?" she asked. No response. "Hey come on Sook," she said opening the door and then dashing back downstairs.

"What?" Niall asked.

"She's not there," she said her eyes wide.

"Sookie," Niall shouted running up the stairs, her bedroom was turned upside down as he tried to find a clue before the whole house was searched.

"I can't sense her in this house," Claudine said.

"Find her," Niall simply said pulling his phone out.

"Who are you calling?" she asked.

"People," he said turning away from her.

"Oh Sookie," Claudine said closing her eyes and leaving the house.

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Sookie had never heard a grown man scream and she especially had never heard a vampire scream and smack her in the face as he tried to stop his car swerving into the opposite lane.

"It's the fairy child," Pam said, Sookie scrunched her face and opened her eyes finding Eric and Pam leaning over her.

"She's got a bruise," Eric said. "Shit," he said walking away.

"She looks otherwise unharmed," Pam said looking at her.

"I cleaned the blood from her nose and forehead," Eric said.

"And?" she asked.

"Delicious," he said grinning.

"Ow," Sookie said rubbing her head. "Where am I?" she asked.

"In my house," Eric said glaring at her. "Why did you pop into my car?" he asked.

"I did?" she asked. "Cool," she laughed.

"It's nearly dawn," Pam said. "May I rest here?" she asked.

"Of course," he said. "What do we do about the child?" he asked.

"Get her to pop back," Pam said. "Go on child, pop home," she said.

"I don't know how," Sookie said.

"Go rest," Eric said looking at Pam. "I'll phone Niall and he'll come for her," he said, Sookie trotted after him as he entered a study and lifted the phone.

"You don't know his number," she teased.

"Do you?" he asked.

"Nope," she said. "I'm usually with someone so I never need to phone him," she said shrugging.

"Try popping home whilst I make a few calls," he said. Sookie closed her eyes and tried to pull up the emotions she had felt before and then cracked one eye open and found herself staring at Eric's back.

"Not working," she told him. He shushed her and she scowled at him before she walked around his office, it was just as bare as his other one and she sighed as she ran a finger over his books and then pulled one out.

"Stop it," he said pulling her away.

"Ow," she hissed. "I'll tell," she said.

"Tell who exactly?" he asked. "No one knows where you are," he said.

"I'm not scared of you," she said.

"I know," he said. "It worries me," he said turning back to the phone. "He's done what?" he said. "Well tell him to ring Eric Northman," he said into the phone before hanging up.

"Did you get in touch with him?" she asked. Her eyes were mocking him and Eric growled at her, she knew full well how important her grandfather was, he wasn't simply in the phone book.

"No," he said. "You'll have to stay here," he said. She shrugged and followed him as he pointed stuff out to her, "You can sit in my office till tomorrow when I wake and you can be returned safely," he said to her.

"Where do I sleep?" she asked. He didn't answer and led her down a corridor to a room with no windows, he flicked a light on and she peered around his legs and saw a giant bed as he grabbed a pillow from it and the top sheet and pushed her back out down to the living room.

"Here," he said making his sofa look a little bit more enticing.

"What if I get scared?" she asked.

"Of what?" he asked.

"Monsters," she said. Eric rolled his eyes and watched as she got on the sofa and made herself more comfortable.

"I'll be in that room," he said pointing back down the corridor. "If you need anything," he said.

"Thank you Eric," she said yawning and snuggling down.

"Better be," he said walking away.

"Goodnight Eric," she called.

"Goodnight little human," he said closing his door.

Sookie stretched on the sofa and looked around, the room was pretty bare but looked very nice, she walked around and then went back down to the office and pulled out the same book again and took it back down to her make shift bed and opened it. She stomach was making noises and she rose and went to find a kitchen, he simply had a fridge and some cupboards and a sink and she scowled as she opened it and found, well she found bags of blood her nose crinkled as she began opening cupboards and then at last found a glass, pouring herself some water she went back to her book. She looked up again when the sky went from blazing yellow to a lighter colour and she grabbed her pillow and went back down to Eric's room.

She touched his face closing her eyes and smiled, he was dreaming about snow and she giggled and put his pillow back and laid down playing with his hair humming a song Niall used to sing to her when she was younger.

Eric smelt fairy, not pure fairy but it would do and retracted his fangs before he heard a soft humming noise and opened his eyes, the little child was in his bed playing with his hair.

"Good afternoon," she said staring at him.

"I could have killed you," he simply said. She didn't seem bothered by this and when the door opened Pam simply stared at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Sort her out," he said, Sookie giggled and jumped off the bed following Pam down the corridor.

"He could have killed you," Pam told her.

"He keeps saying that," Sookie said as Pam opened a top cupboard and handed her a packet of potato chips. "I couldn't reach up there," Sookie told her.

"You're very small," Pam said.

"I am," Sookie said nodding. "One day I'll be as tall as Claudine," she said munching. Pam rolled her eyes and Sookie cocked her head to the side and looked towards the door.

"Ignore them," Pam said. "They do this all the time," she said sighing.

"What are they chanting?" Sookie asked.

"We love god," Eric said appearing. "Come little human, we'll take you to the bar," he said.

"Did you phone Claude?" she asked.

"No," Eric said. "That would have been the logical thing to do," he said sighing. Sookie snickered at him and followed him outside.

"Do you smell that?" Pam said.

"Yes," Eric said.

"Werewolf," the both said at the same time.

"A what?" Sookie asked.

"A werewolf," Eric said looking around. "The smell is everywhere," he said.

"I can find 9 signals," Sookie told him.

"What have you done?" Pam asked.

"Nothing to my knowledge," Eric told her.

"Hello Northman," a man said.

"That's Mr. Herveaux," Sookie whispered.

"You know him?" Eric asked.

"Sort of," she said. "I've seen him with my Grandfather," she admitted.

"Hand over the child," he said. Eric tightened his grip on Sookie's shoulder and looked over at Pam. "You've already harmed her," he said. Sookie touched her face and winced, it was very sore; Eric had no mirrors in her house for her to examine the damage.

"Not on purpose," she called.

"Shush," Pam said.

"How did you find her?" Eric asked.

"This," he said waving a scrap of fabric. "My pack are very good hunters," he said smiling.

"I don't trust him," Sookie whispered.

"Why?" Pam said.

"His mind is all," she struggled for the word and Eric nodded.

"The child is scared of you," Eric said. "I won't be handing her over anytime soon," he said simply.

"Eric," Sookie whispered.

"Shush," he said. She started wriggling and then put her hands over her ears and Eric stared before he knocked her away as a werewolf jumped at Pam, Sookie looked up from the floor to watch before she launched herself in front of Eric making the creature pause as she stared at it.

"Lie down," she said. The werewolf swayed and then laid down on the floor, Eric stared at her confused and watched as she turned her eyes to the one wrestling Pam.

"Stop that right now," she said her voice strong. The werewolf backed off and looked completely confused.

"What the hell is she doing," Pam said rising.

"Sometimes," Sookie said staring at the werewolves. "I can project thoughts as well as read them," she said. "My Grandfather taught me," she said. "It works best with animals," she said.

"Clever," Eric said.

"That's nothing," she said grinning.

"I hate fairies," the pack master said. Sookie smiled sweetly and then turned her head as more appeared. Eric pulled her back towards him and she swayed slightly.

"She's bleeding," Pam said.

"Oh," Sookie said touching her nose and then looking up. "My head hurts real bad," she told them.

"You realise your stopping Sookie from getting home correct?" Eric said.

"That's our job," the pack master said.

"I highly doubt that," Pam said.

"If you continue to refuse," he said shrugging. "I'll be forced to send more against the pair of you," he said. "See if she can hold off all 9 of us," he said. The two in front of them had shaken off whatever mind tricks Sookie had been using and were snapping and growling.

"I have an idea," Eric said.

"Fly?" Pam said.

"Yes," he said lifting Sookie into his arms, Pam took off as Eric followed her before he was pulled down and Sookie screamed looking at the werewolf now hanging off his leg.

"Down boy," Claudine said kicking the werewolf in the stomach. "Sookie," she breathed opening her arms. Sookie scrambled away from Eric and dived into her cousins arms breathing her in, Claudine was mumbling something into her hair and kissing her. "Are you hurt?" she asked.

"No," she whispered.

"How did you find her?" Eric asked.

"She was in danger," Claudine said. "I'm her fairy godmother," she explained still kissing and holding her close to her body.

"Where is she?" Niall said appearing beside the pack master. Claudine put Sookie down and she ran full speed at her grandfather and burst into tears as he lifted her and gave her the same treatment.

"We couldn't be more thankful," Claudine said turning to Eric.

"Yes vampire," Niall said walking towards him. "Thank you for taking her in," he said, Sookie had her face buried in his neck.

"She was no bother," Eric said looking at his trouser leg that seemed to be in shreds.

"I'll reimburse you for the trousers," Niall said kissing Sookie's head. She looked up and smiled at Eric, Niall turned her face towards him and she pouted as he took in her bruises.

"What happened?" Claudine said moving closer.

"She appeared in my car and I smacked her in the face," Eric said. The pack master had moved closer now and Niall placed Sookie down on the floor as he went over to thank them.

"Our debt is now paid off fairy," he said.

"Yes," he said. "My granddaughter is safe so you're free," Niall told him. The werewolves all turned and left as Sookie held onto Claudine's hand.

"Let's take you home," Claudine said smiling at her.

"Yes," Niall said. "I've missed you terribly," he said. Sookie released Claudine quickly and stepped closer to Eric before hugging him, she was tiny compared to him so her face just about reached his waist.

"Thank you for not eating me," she told him before she moved back to her cousin and the three disappeared.

A/N: Ok, so I've had some reviews and messages and a few of you seem confused, so am wondering if maybe I should do some earlier chapters? I did want to start this story when Sookie was about 1 but it turned out pretty boring, should I post them anyway? I love having readers input.