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Epilogue

100 years after Sookie was turned…

Tonight was Sookie's 133rd birthday. She could not get over the fact that she had been made vampire 100 years ago this very night. 100 years had seemed like such a long time when she had still been human, but as a vampire, it had almost flown by. 'My,' she thought, so much has happened during those years.' And not only had things changed between her and Eric, but in the vampire world around them as well.

Eric had told her he wanted to throw a big celebration for the centennial celebration of her turning, but she wanted no part of that. Sookie liked to keep everything low-key. She and Eric were forced to do enough socializing these days, and that barely gave her any chances to be alone with Eric or to be alone with either her maker or her child. A private celebration for the four of them was good enough for her.

Her child… Sookie smiled just thinking of her. She too, in a few years, would be celebrating the 100th anniversary of her turning. Her dearest friend Amelia was Sookie's one and only child. Sookie could not believe her good fortune the day Amelia and Pam had come to her and asked Sookie if she would turn Amelia.

Three years after Sookie's turning, Amelia became Pam's bonded and pledged. It was a beautiful ceremony, and Sookie could not have been happier to know that her two closest friends were completely devoted to each other. She and Amelia had had plenty of talks through the first three years of Sookie's immortal life. Sookie shared everything with Amelia. She told her all about her new existence and how it had positively influenced her and Eric's relationship. Sookie told Amelia that everything about herself and her relationship just got better and better by becoming a vampire.

She felt that Pam and Amelia deserved the same kind of happiness as she and Eric enjoyed, and it was Sookie's greatest source of pride and joy that she had been chosen to make Amelia a vampire. Sookie never dreamed she would be a maker at such a young age, but then again, Sookie was like no other vampire. Whether it was because of her fae heritage or her telepathic mind, nobody knew how or why Sookie had the kind of iron control over all of her functions and baser drives at such an early age, but she did. Pam was also lucky. Sookie being so in control made her job as Sookie's maker very easy. It allowed Pam more time to pursue her own interests, and of course, the opportunity to pursue Amelia.

When Amelia came to stay with Sookie after Sookie was turned, she and Pam became very close once more, and from there on out the two were inseparable. Eventually Amelia sold her share of her business to Octavia and she moved in with Pam. Two years after that Amelia officially became Pam's vampire mate.

Sookie thought back to when Amelia was first turned. She did not have near the amount of control Sookie had had as a newborn, but with the help of Pam and Eric, as well as Sookie herself, it only took Amelia a few years to be able to control her bloodlust. Somehow, maybe because Sookie was Pam's child, Pam was able to help control Amelia as well as Sookie. However, Amelia, like Pam, was more than a little disappointed that she did not get the gift of flight. Although, Amelia was able to become a much stronger witch and her ability for spell making and conjuring grew tenfold. Amelia became quite a powerful witch, and it certainly came in handy during the takeover.

Just thinking of Amelia and her magical powers made her think of her own powers. Sookie would never forget that first night when she had told Eric that she could read vampire minds. She didn't think she had ever seen him more in shock, before or since, than she did when she revealed that piece of knowledge to him. She thought he would be mad, but on the contrary, Eric was ecstatic.

After thinking quietly to himself for a few minutes, Eric told her that he thought her telepathic ability with vampires could come in very handy some day. Sookie did promise him however, that she would keep her shields up as much as possible. She really didn't need to read his mind anyway because their bond told her so much about how Eric was feeling. Pam was a little shocked when she found out, and was not entirely comfortable with that bit of knowledge, but she got use to it. Sookie assured her as long as she wasn't in a weakened state, her shields stayed strong. It was only when Sookie needed to feed that she would unwillingly pick up on surrounding minds.

Sookie was enjoying lazily laying her bed while she waited for Eric to join her. He'd had an emergency meeting this earlier this evening, though he had promised her he would not be long. She would be the first to admit that she missed their home in Bon Temps, preferring it much more than the palace she was living in now in New Orleans. She had never dreamed that she would ever be back here, living in this city once again. But like everything else, so much had changed in the hierarchy that is vampire politics over these past 100 years.

New Orleans had had to be rebuilt over 50 years ago when Hurricane Hillary came in and completely destroyed almost seventy percent of the city, much like Hurricane Katrina had decades before. It was several years after the hurricane that King DeCastro had let it be known throughout his territories that he was hurting financially. He had ordered his lap dog, Victor Madden, to rebuild the area to bring tourist and residents back to New Orleans and get the money flowing once more. But Victor had only wanted to take over Eric's area, since it was the only ongoing money maker in the state.

So many people and vampires had fled New Orleans and had moved to Eric's area to build their new businesses. It was financially great for Eric, but his sheriff duties were endless for a while there. Victor had been getting on Eric's last nerve for a while by then. He was trying his hardest to discredit Eric in front of DeCastro and take over as Sheriff of Area 5. He was already on Eric's shit list from the time he kept him from helping Sookie during the Fae attack on her. DeCastro had never punished him enough for that incident, Eric thought, but then DeCastro never pushed the Sookie issue either. Granted, no one could legally touch another vampire's bonded and/ or pledged mate, but DeCastro was more than happy to let Eric pay Stan's telepath, Barry, to do all his mind reading for him.

When Sookie was made vampire, DeCastro believed he had more of a right to her services being that she was now a part of their world and had to swear fealty to him, but when Eric told DeCastro she had lost her abilities when she was turned, there was nothing he could do. (Nor could her prove otherwise, though he had tried repeatedly by sending glamoured humans into Fangtasia to bait her.) She still was pledged to Eric, and Eric was such a big money maker that DeCastro didn't want to anger him too much. He really only cared about keeping Eric's area in the black because then he was still getting those fat tribute payments that he enjoyed so much. What it boiled down to for DeCastro was this: whatever made Eric happy and profitable in turn had made DeCastro happy and profitable too.

However, the thought of how they got rid of both Victor and DeCastro still brought a smile to her face. She thought about how proud she was of Amelia's magic, Eric and Pam's cunning and fighting abilities, and of her telepathic abilities. Individually, each was formidable, but when combined together, they were a force to be reckoned with. DeCastro never saw the takeover coming and he and Victor both fell quickly. Oh how Sookie loved knowing they brought down he and Victor.

Sookie was just about to get out of bed when Eric walked into their room.

"Good evening my lover, and Happy V-day!" Eric got a kick out of using the expression that Sookie had come up with when she would celebrate Amelia's vampire turning day.

"Hello, and how is my King this evening? Is he finished with all his royal duties, because I believe he has much to make up for with his Queen." Sookie gave Eric her sexy, fangy smile. She hated it when he was not there when she woke. Without fail, Eric always rose before her because he was so much older than she was. However, she always managed to stay awake with him until the first ray of light appeared in the sky. Many nights they would make love up until they both passed out. It was a little awkward when Sookie would wake up with Eric still hard inside her, but she never minded too much, because somehow he could get her to rise a little sooner than normal on those evenings.

"I believe we have much celebrating to do, and I think you are over dressed for the occasion." Eric leered lasciviously at his beautiful wife, who was sprawled wantonly across their bed, and he could not wait to have her.

"Sweetie," Sookie blinked her eyelashes at him as she wiggled her hips, knowing the effect it would have on his already wavering control, "we are going to have to make this a quick one because we have reservations at Café Montclair at 9:00, and Meels and Pam are meeting us there."

"Well, they are just going to have to wait a bit. I need my wife, and as I told you 100 years ago this very night, I want to show you how happy you made me when you chose to be my eternal companion." Eric briefly thought about the past 100 years, and he instantly knew without a doubt that they have been the best years of his entire existence. He knew that they had gone through a bit of a rough patch with the whole Victor/DeCastro/takeover mess, but all-in-all, her turning was the best thing to ever happen to them. He could never imagine his life without his Sookie and he knew she felt the same way.

He looked at Sookie, who was imploring him to join her in their bed, and he could not deny his need for her any longer. In the blink of a human eye, Eric had removed his clothing and slid onto the bed, pulling Sookie to him.

"Now, about this night gown…" He started to say, his voice trailing off at the end.

"What about my night gown, Eric? Don't you like it? I bought it especially for tonight." Sookie told him.

"Oh no, that's not it. Trust me; I really like this night gown. The question is, do you?" He asked, toying with the thin straps on her shoulders as he started to kiss along her extended neck.

"Well, yes, I do like it," Sookie said, beginning to catch on to where he was headed with his questions. "But I'm not attached to it, if that's what you're asking."

"Good, because I happen to think that it would look much better lying on the floor… in pieces." Eric said as he easily ripped the offending garment off of her body and blindly flung it to the ground.

Before the fabric had the chance to land, Eric had already thrust himself into Sookie's ready and willing body. The scream of their combined passion could be heard throughout the palace, and the guards standing outside their room could only smirk, knowing that they were in for a loud session this time. Eric and Sookie were only a half hour late when they met Pam and Amelia at the restaurant.

Whenever they got together for Sookie or Amelia's V-day celebrations, they always managed to take a trip down memory lane. Tonight Sookie toasted to her all her old and dear friends and family that had long passed. She lifted her glass of human blood to her brother Jason, who had lived to be 88 years old. He had died of a massive, yet mercifully quick, heart attack, and had left behind two sons. Sookie kept in touch with them, and she and Eric had helped them out financially as they had needed it. They had also put both of Jason's sons and their kids through school. Sookie lost touch with Tara and JB's family after they died, and Sam had sold Merlotte's when he turned seventy and moved back to Texas. He lived another nine years and died leaving only his widowed wife. They never had any children.

Sookie had eventually franchised her Good Times Youth Centers and today they were the premier place in many towns across the U.S. for kids to go and hang out safely. Sookie was the still the founding partner, and held the position of President, but she did not oversee any the daily operations or play an active part in the company. That had changed when she became the Queen of Louisiana, Arkansas and Nevada. However, Nevada was given to Stan who was still the King of Texas, with the proviso that a large portion, over forty percent, of the annual profits from Las Vegas would still go to Eric's Louisiana Kingdom. Eric didn't want to be bothered with ruling Nevada, nor did Stan for that matter, who handed its operation to his second in command. Arkansas was managed under Louisiana, and it was Pam who took charge of all of its vampire disputes.

Sookie raised her glass for a second time, and as she started to speak, she made sure she looked at her husband, maker and child.

"To my family, I want to thank you each for bringing such love and joy into my world each and every day. To Pam, my friend and maker, without your sacrifice I would not be here, thank you. To Meels, my best friend and child, without you and your words of wisdom I may not have ever had the courage or the opportunity to explore this wonderful life that I lead now. And to my husband, my lover and my chosen mate. Without you there would be no life, joy or love for me. You are my everything, and I truly love you more than life itself. Thank you, all of you, for helping me celebrate the best day of my existence." Sookie was tearing up, and she leaned and gave Eric the biggest kiss ever.

When their lips finally broke apart, Eric brought Sookie's hand to his chest, holding above his unbeating heart and said, "My lover, it is you that has given us a gift. Thank you for being a wonderful friend, child, maker, lover, and Queen. You are, quite literally, the reason we are all here."

The End