Disclaimer: The characters from 'Harry Potter' books and 'Southern Vampire Mysteries' do not belong to me, but to their respective authors. I merely use them in my plot for fun.

Timeline: Book 2 for Southern Vampire Mysteries.


Chapter 9

'This was a very stupid idea,' Harry thought as the basement door closed behind him and Sookie.

And it had all started so well. They had faced a couple of problems from Stan, but he finally relented and let Harry accompany Sookie.

The two not-quite-friends-but-getting-there would slip inside the Fellowship of the Sun HQ, pretending to be lovers, something that earned a snort from both Sookie and Bill, and made Harry smile. They would be Harry and Nandia Black (the wizard saw no reason not to keep his true name as he could easily handle the humans, especially the muggles).

And they had faced no trouble come in. they met Steve, the head of the 'church', his wife and the head torturer of the place. They were given the tour and at some point got led to a passage that led under the earth. They had apparently been betrayed by Hugo already. The head torturer, who Harry learned was named Gabe, gave him a punch on the gut and kicked him in what looked like a cage with drapes on it.

Inside that cage was a vampire and Harry realized this was Stan's Farrel, from the Dallas nest. And he looked starved and tortured.

"Bollocks," Harry whispered, but even that earned him a feral look. "Easy there, mate; Stan sent me."

"Stan?" the voice was hoarse but some lucidity returned to Farrel.

"Yes, geek like guy with a toothy grin, doesn't take no for an answer," Harry babbled.

"There's a woman here as well," Farrel said.

"Yes…" Harry did not try to help him. A hurt Vampire was far more dangerous than a normal Vampire.

"Gabe is crazy; he likes raping them," Farrel whispered.

"Shit! You wait here, we'll get help, hopefully," Harry told him and then turned and reached the door, which opened softly with a move of his palm. 'Got to love wandless magic,' the wizard thought as he left the cell, only to meet a very strange sight.

Sookie was on the floor and Gabe sailed across the air as another male had stepped in and saved the girl. Then the boy, as he looked too young to be a man, proceeded to finish of Gab in a most gruesome way. Then he turned and looked at Sookie as Harry rushed to her side.

"Are you okay? You were not hurt, were you? He wasn't late?" the wizard asked her.

Sookie slowly got her bearings together. "N-no, I- he didn't. I really fought back," she told Harry, who smiled at her. He knew she was a fighter.

"I know, girl, I bet you did your best," Harry told her. He turned to her savior. "Thank you. Can you show us the exit so we can be on our way?"

But the immortal teen was sniffing at them. "You two, you both have consorted with Vampires," the youth said.

"Yet you are one as well," Harry replied. He paused a bit. "You are Godric, or are you really going by Godfrey now?"

The tattoed youth shrugged. "So you have heard of me."

Harry studied the teen that had so many familiar features with his ancestors but Sookie's presence cut off any question he might have asked. He had not been lying to Stan when he had told him about the tattoo. Being around Vampires he heard a lot. How many ancients were out there, named Godric and had tattoos? Not many.

"Please let us go," Sookie told him.

"You are not helpless," Godfrey told her.

"We are human," Sookie told him.

Godfrey looked pointedly at Harry. The wizard gave him a barely there shake of his head. Harry kept quiet, letting Sookie do the talking.

"Just, help us out. We need to get Farrel out of here," Sookie continued.

That Sarah, the wife of the guy that ran this place, had told them they were holding a special event. Gabe had blabbed too. Turns out that Godfrey wanted to commit suicide and the Fellowship wanted to get something out of this, by inviting even the media for this event. But now it seemed that they would tie Farrel to Godfrey, burn to Vampires at once. It was a sick plan, especially after Harry saw the situation Farrel was in.

"I will atone for my sins," Godfrey told Sookie.

"Being a Vampire doesn't mean you are evil," the blonde woman said with conviction.

The Vampire was unmoved. "I must repent in front of God. And you should too."

"You might have chosen to die, but I haven't," Sookie pleaded. "I might have fallen in love with a Vampire, but I'm not evil. And nor is Bill. But those people… they are evil. Gabe was going to rape me. Steve and his cult would rather have me killed than let me walk, just because I fell in love. How is that justified and good, Godfrey?"

Harry blinked. That girl had some seriously nice arguments, if a bit sappy on the emotional side. He could see that even Godfrey realized the truth of her words and even wanted to believe in them. The wizard sighed. Godfrey might have millennia on his age, but he was truly a lost teenager. Eternity was not for everyone, Harry knew that. And Godfrey had reached his limit.

"… even you are better than that Gabe," Sookie passionately declared.

"Am I?" Godfrey cut her off.

"Enough chit chat," Harry cut in. "We found Farrel, now let's go. It's Stan's game from now on."

Sookie offered a hand to Godfrey. "Help us?"

The Vampire hesitated but finally accepted her suggestion. He actually did let them out of that dungeon. In the light Sookie's state was obvious, the girl looked awful. She was bloody, her clothes torn, a right mess. Harry took of his coat and covered her with it.

"Let's not linger," the wizard told her and the two of them followed Godfrey.

Luck was not with them as some woman, Polly or Sally, Sarah's friend, found them. And Sarah was not far. They recognized Godfrey and seemed skittish around him. They also treated his like a slow child instead of the ancient that he was. It pissed Harry off. And once again he wondered what would happen when wizards came out of the proverbial closet; considering these people, nothing good.

"Go," Godfrey told him and Sookie.

Harry needn't be told twice. He took Sookie's hand and started running.

"Harry! Wait!" Sookie told him. "He…"

"He's ancient Sookie," Harry mildly reminded her. "He can manage. Bullets don't hurt Vampires, but sure as hell can hurt us."

Sookie gave in. They run.

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Bill was beside himself when Sookie and that Black stumbled inside Stan's club.

He rushed to her side to help her and Stan rounded up on Harry, demanding answers.

"Just send for a doctor first, and I could use with a glass of water," the wizard pointedly told Stan.

The Vampire growled. "Of course. We'll take this to my office."

Harry followed.

For the next hour he spent with Stan he narrated their trip in the 'church', gave the layout of the place as well as Farrel's state.

He only stopped when Bill and Sookie entered, followed by Isabel.

"We are going to get Farrel," Stan told them. "Don't leave this room."

Harry and Sookie agreed and watched them leave.

The Vampires returned merely two hours later.

Farrel was carried by Stan's men and no less than three male, willing, blood donors followed them.

Harry gave Sookie a warning look, "Let it slide," he told her when he saw her face. "Go get some rest. I will as well."


End of chapter

A/N: For those who know the books, I will not mention the shape shifter or the other telepath more as there is no need.

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