Thanks for the reviews everyone :) So Sookie has been turned. And she's probably not going to like it.

I own none of the characters in this fan fiction. They are based on the Sookie Stackhouse series. This story is located somewhere between "Dead as a Doornail" and "All Together Dead". It takes parts from the whole series, but there is a twist I promise. I was devastated when the author did away with the blood bond and ultimately ended the relationship which I think defined the series. This is very Team Eric / Sookie.

Chapter 10

Previously:

We dug a hole and Pam helped me put Sookie's lifeless body in first. I jumped down and pulled my beloved into my arms. Pam covered us until there was complete darkness.

Eric's POV

I sat by the grave, staring at the ground. The ache in my heart is intense as I'm waiting. Maybe she wouldn't wake up. Maybe if she did, she wouldn't hate me. I lowered my gaze and closed my eyes. There was no way Sookie would ever forgive me for this. I could feel a single blood tear flow down my face.

There was nothing to do, Sookie was a vampire. If she decides to die, I'll kill her, for her. It would be the hardest thing I ever had to do, but I would for her. I was quite sure I would never be able to live without her. In fact, I knew I wouldn't. I would join her in the afterlife if that was her decision. She was the only light I had in a thousand years and losing that light was too much. If she wanted to finally die, then I would as well.

The ground started moving around. I stood up, waiting. Five minutes later, her fingers appeared and my heart jumped. At least I would get to say goodbye. I leaned down and started moving the dirt, away to help her. When her entire hand appeared, I grabbed it and gently pulled her out of the ground.

There she stood, covered in dirt. She was looking around confused. "Eric why was I in the ground?"

"Sookie," I dropped my head. "Sookie, we need talk."

Then she looked at me; I could feel the sadness radiating from the bond. It was the first time I felt the bond since they had drained her. I squeezed my eyes shut. I grabbed her hand and sat her down on a log near the gravesite.

She still looked a little confused. "Eric am I?

My head dropped. Man, this was fucking hard. Fucking Authority. As I looked into her eyes, the words caught in my throat. "Sookie…yes you are a vampire. I'm sorry. I had no idea that they would do that."

She jumped off the log and stared down at me. "What? Why?"

I shook my head. "I have no idea why Sookie."

"So they killed me and you finished the ritual." She started turning around furiously looking in every direction.

"Sookie I had to say goodbye. I know it was selfish. I know it was. I just couldn't let you die and not see you one more time. If you want to die, I will kill you myself in a painless way. I just had to say goodbye." Several bloody tears escaped my eyes as I stood there explaining my actions.

She looked back at me and I could feel the rage and sadness in the bond soften. "Eric. Please don't cry." She walked towards me and wrapped her arms around me. "Look I don't know what I want. This is never what I wanted. I would have done the same thing. I just don't know if I want to live this way."

"I know Sookie."

Minutes passed as we stood there holding each other, trying to make the reality of the situation change somehow. "I need some time to think. Do you know why they did it?" I shook my head.

"No Sookie, I have no idea why they did it. Roman was very vague about the entire situation. I know they gave you my blood…"

She interrupted, "they turned me with your blood?"

"Yes. Roman took a vial of my blood and told me it was normal procedure when a new regent takes office. Then they drained you and then they let us go. Sookie they knew about Bertrand. I'm sure of it. Whatever Bertrand was after, I think he decided not to give it to them, whether it was out of greed or concern, I'm sure they were part of that."

I handed her a true blood. She looked at me. "Right. I have to drink blood now." She took the bottle and opened it and took her first drink. I could see the satiated look come across her face from feeding. She drank it down and handed the bottle back.

"Are you still king?"

"Yes, in fact, they are holding me to a ten year contract Sookie." I looked up at her pausing my thought. "I'm sorry I failed you Sookie." I sped to her side. "I'm so sorry this happened. I should have known."

"Eric you didn't do this. There was nothing you could have done. I don't blame you for this. They were going to get me one way or another apparently. Eric I want to go home now."

"Okay Sookie, let's go home." I pulled her in my arms and took off to the sky towards Shreveport. I wasn't sure what she meant by home, but there was no way I was letting her out of my sight. Even though I was quite sure she could better defend herself.

As we landed in the backyard, we silently headed to the door. She walked in. I concentrated on the bond…fury…sadness…fury. I sent her love and understanding through the bond.

"Does anyone else know Eric, about me?"

"Only Pam. She helped bury us."

"So I'm your child now I guess. How will that affect me? I mean I know what a pull that has over Pam. Am I going to be the same way? Would we stop being a couple someday?"

I looked at her. This was an impossible conversation. I was still in disbelief that it was happening. "No we will not break up unless that is what you want. We are still bonded Sookie. In fact, if anything it will make us closer if that's possible. Bonded vampires tend to mate for eternity. There aren't very many, but there are some and they've been together forever. Roman and Rose are two of them. I will still be able to call you."

"I am not calling you Master Eric. I never liked that. Is that a requirement?"

"No you don't have to call me that Sookie. I mean for Pam it is a requirement. We have a different relationship."

She walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and grabbed another True Blood. "I'm really hungry, will I always be?"

"No. The initial hunger is a lot. It will subside after the next couple of days. Sookie I need to call the housekeeper and let her know that you will only be here at night going forward and that we will deal with dinner on our own so she doesn't have to buy more food. The less people know the better until we know what we are going to do."

"Eric, people are going to freak out about this…Alcide, Sam, my brother."

"Sookie, I know. Trust me it's all I thought about while I was waiting for you to wake up. We'll figure it out, but right now it's better if no one knows. We aren't sure how being a vampire is going to affect you … do you still have your gift?" He leaned back suddenly, and looked at her.

"Ummm I'm not sure, there aren't a lot of humans around your house Eric." She concentrated. God I'm so sorry Sookie. I love you. Then just like that she clicked it off. Her face was puzzled. "Well I think I still have it Eric."

"How do you know?"

"Well because I can hear you now." She looked up at me with a panicked look. She knew what that meant. Her life was now in extreme danger.

"Sookie." My entire head was filled with rage at this development. I closed my eyes and stared directly into her eyes. "Okay, we need more than ever for you not to tell anyone what has happened. Vampires will not want to have their thoughts read. If they even think for a second, you have your abilities, we are both dead. They'll kill me to get to you and then they'll kill you."

"I know Eric. I do seem to be able to shut it down though."

"What do you mean?" I studied her.

"Just now, I just clicked it off. I heard you and then I turned it off without even having to concentrate, which I'm really glad. Not being able to hear vampires was one of the reasons I was so attracted to vampires in the first place."

"Good. Leave it off for now. I need to call Pam. Don't' tell her about your ability." He concentrated. He walked to the door and opened it before Pam could even ring the doorbell.

She came in and a look of relief spread over her face that Sookie was alive, or rather that she was undead. "Sookie. I'm sorry."

Sookie's POV

I was taken aback by Pam's apology. Pam is not normally one to show any emotion about anything. "Pam I … I…thank you. I'm not really sure what to say."

"I know you didn't want this Sookie. At least I had a choice", she glanced at Eric and Eric rolled his eyes in return. I could feel through the bond that Eric disagreed with her to which I shot him a look.

"What happened?" She looked at us both.

"The Authority turned Sookie, with my blood. We aren't sure why but I am reasonably sure that they were in collusion with Bertrand. I think that whatever they were after, he wouldn't give them, whether he wanted it for himself or whether he wanted to use it to solidify his power. Whatever the reason is, I'm sure the Authority is behind it. Pam, no one can know that Sookie is a vampire. Sookie is not sure she wants to stay like this."

Pam nodded. "Of course Master. Sookie are you okay?" She sounded genuinely concerned.

"Yes I'm fine, I mean I don't know what I want but I'm fine. It's just a little much right now." I brought my hand to my head still trying to grasp the fact that I was sitting here having this conversation with the two of them.

"So what do we do?" I asked looking at them both.

"Nothing…right now." Eric said with an edge in his voice. "We need to figure out what the hell is going on. Sookie, just keep to yourself. Communicate by phone or email if you need to. Schedule some to go out during the day. You can't go see anyone right now. I'm sorry lover. We'll investigate behind closed doors. Pam will continue to be sheriff and I will continue to be King. We will make them think we are resigned to our positions and intend to cause them no trouble. Right now there is nothing to go on. I need to think of a plan but in order to do that, we need to know what we are dealing with. Sookie text Alcide and tell him that you are under the weather and not going to work. Tell Sam the same thing. You should just quit once and for all…and Sookie, I'm going to teach you to fight."

We all nodded in agreement. Pam left to go back to Fangtasia. "Eric, I know I need to learn to fight and all but I'm really just not in the mood tonight. Can we start tomorrow? This day has been a little much for me. I want to go to bed and just watch tv."

"Of course lover. Just please text Alcide and Sam and let me call the staff for the house." I nodded at him as I picked up my phone.

Hey Alcide. No need to come tomorrow. I haven't been feeling well and I've decided to stay home.

Ding. Are you okay Sookie?

Yes. I'm fine, just a little under the weather is all. In fact, I'm not sure I'm going back. I only have three days left and I think this cold is going to last for awhile.

Ding. Do you need me to bring you anything? I smiled at his thoughtfulness.

No. Eric has it covered. J

I sent Sam a similar text message, explaining my cold situation and that I was sorry but I wasn't going to be in to finish my notice. He was very understanding. That was Sam. I truly do think he loves me. I sent one more message to Jason, just to let him know I was okay and then I headed upstairs to the bedroom. Eric was on the phone leaving instructions and he joined me a few minutes later.

I lay in his arms that evening as we watched a scary movie about a nurse, played by Kate Hudson, living in a house with two people who turn out to be voodoo witches or something. It was called Skeleton Key. It was pretty scary. I wasn't even tired. I just wanted to relax. It was a lot to think about. How does one decide to want to die? I love Eric. He is my everything. I don't want to live without him, I'm just not sure I want to live with him as a vampire. My brother was going to be a problem if I decided to live. He would not be happy about this turn of events. He hated vampires, so did Sam, so did Alcide. Although Alcide at least respected Eric and his morals, over the years they had become kind of ally's. They trusted each other. I thought of Niall. That was a subject for another time. We turned on another movie.

We kind of both tuned out as I lay in his arms. Around 5:30am, he got up and held his hand out. I shook my head as I took it and followed him down to the basement. He had a wardrobe in the basement that was actually the entrance to his resting chamber. I had been down there a few times, but this time it took on a whole new meaning. I went down first and he locked the chamber, which was actually a steel reinforced panic door. Eric had built this himself, it was quite impressive really. The rooms below were more of a panic shelter. It was fairly large, large enough to stand in and it had a king sized bed and a few other pieces of furniture. There were several swords on the walls, a refrigerator with True Blood with a microwave sitting on top of it, and a closet with several changes of clothes. There was a door that led to a small office. The space was completely self-contained with its own generator. He could stay down here for months if he needed to. I think I'm the only person who knows where he rests. I don't think Pam even knows, not that Eric wouldn't trust her, he would trust Pam with anything. Wow, I was related to Pam now. That was actually the happiest thing about this entire situation I decided, at least for now.

I climbed on the bed and looked at Eric. His beautiful hair cascaded down his back. He was deep in thought and the bond was a mix of anger and relief. I sent him as much consolation as I could as he laid down beside me.

For the first time ever, he was very tentative about pulling me in his arms. I knew that it was because he wasn't sure if I needed space. I didn't. I just wanted to be near him. I don't remember anything after that.

When I started to come to, it was the next evening I guess. I had this internal fight going on inside my body. I was extremely hungry but almost to a point of insanity, I also wanted to feel Eric. I couldn't control myself as I jumped on him with vamp speed and started kissing him. The feeling and passion was so strong that I felt like my body would crumble from the desire welling up inside of me. He opened his eyes with a start and then grabbed me and pulled me closer to him.

I could feel every atom in his body and mine on fire as he turned rolled me over and moved on top of me. We lay there, our tongues battling for control and lost in a fury of passion. He ripped my shirt open and started to kiss my clavicle and moving further down until his mouth caught my nipple and he sucked on it hungrily, while simultaneously pushing my legs open with his knee. I grabbed his head with so much force and pushed him down between my legs.

As I felt him tug my underwear off, I felt his lips connect with my clit and I nearly climbed the wall from the feeling of it. OMG. I was clutching the wall, then holding his head, and then clutching the wall again. I could get close enough to him; rocking my hips into his mouth harshly. My orgasm started crashing over my body, and the feeling that overtook my body was so intense that it felt like every atom in my body was on fire. I moaned loudly and jerked my hips, then I dragged him up to me and dragged his body until he was pressed against me and thrusting his huge erection into me, filling my insides.

I could feel his pleasure in the bond, it was building and then he slammed into me once more. I could feel the bond reinforcing the movement of his body in mine. It was surreal. It had never felt like that before. I could actually feel his orgasm through the bond. I wonder if he could always feel mine before. We both laid there, not speaking, thorough covered in a thin film of sweat. If we had breath, we would be out of it.

"Well…that was…amazing." I turned my head to look at him and smile.

He pulled me into a long kiss before he got up and grabbed us both a true blood. He handed it to me and as I drank down the liquid, I felt like I had never had a drink before. He grabbed me another one and while it somewhat satisfied the craving, it didn't completely satisfy the hunger inside.

Eric's POV

Sookie sat there drinking the second True Blood. I knew her hunger would be incredible the first few days. Normally I would have taken her out and let her learn how to drink from a human, but I really didn't think she would embrace that lifestyle. True Blood would make it harder to satisfy her thirst but it was a better choice.

I needed to teach her to fight. I considered it of critical importance. When she was human, I took the responsibility of protecting her, however, now that she is a vampire, I would never again make that mistake. She would learn to fight and she would be lethal to anyone who challenged her.

I extended my hand to her. "Lover you need to change into workout clothes. I'll meet you in the gym." The gym was on the same floor as my day chamber. No one ever came down here. The maids were not permitted as all my weapons were contained in this room. The door to the basement was hidden and was the same kind of door as the one to his chamber. It only locked from the inside. The door was hidden in the office behind a bookshelf. It was a little Count Dracula but I knew that it was impossible to access from the outside, after all I had built it myself.

We walked up the steps to the door. Sookie went to change and I checked in with Pam quickly at the club to see if there were any rumors or talk going on about the situation. She confirmed that it was all clear and by the time Sookie reappeared in front of me.

"Eric. Am I going to be able to do this? I mean fight? I've never been one for hand to hand combat."

"Sookie you need to learn. I will never make the mistake again of leaving you defenseless. Unless you decide to die, you will be lethal. You have the strength now and I'm going to teach you. I should have never left you unprotected. I regret it and it will never happen again." She nodded at me and followed me down to the gym.

First I taught her to use her vampire speed as a defensive weapon. I wanted her to be able to elude attack. She was very good at that part of the lesson. She escaped my grasp every time. Although I wasn't going at her full force, because I'm a thousand years old and it was an unfair advantage. Then we concentrated on sword skills, which, if I'm being honest, she needed to work on. She had the strength to hold the sword, but she had trouble coordinating the sword with her speed. Several times she moved so fast that the sword and her ended up on the ground. She grew increasingly frustrated. "Sookie let's stop for the day. You did well."

"I sucked with the sword Eric."

"Well sucked is a strong word. You are not going to become a practiced swordsman overnight. I'm a thousand years old. It takes time. We'll practice. But you are very good at defensive skills. I think that you could get away if you really concentrated on it."

"Did you suck when you started?"

"Well no, but it was a different time Sookie. We were raised around it. Fighting was in our blood. I was always a warrior, from the moment I picked up a sword."

"I'm going to call Pam and Alcide."

"Alcide? Is that smart Eric, now that I'm… you know a vampire?"

"I thought about it and we need allies. I trust Alcide when it comes to you."

She disappeared upstairs to shower and change. I called Pam and Alcide on my cell and left word that we needed to rendezvous at my house in an hour, then I joined Sookie in our room to shower and change.

When Alcide showed up, I told Sookie to stay upstairs for a minute until I could gauge his reaction. Not that I thought he would hurt Sookie, but I was really unsure if he would try to go after me. With Pam there I was sure we could restrain him.

Alcide came in and sat down. Pam was already there.

"Alcide , I need to tell you something that is…potentially upsetting. I need you to listen before you jump to conclusions. Can you do that?" I leveled my stare at him.

He studied us both with suspension. "Okay Northman. What is going on?"

"You know that I recently became King of Louisiana. Well the Authority, called Sookie and I in to the main headquarters. Long story short, they took her, drained her and turned her into a vampire." He moved to his feet, aggression spilling out of him. He started towards me, causing Pam to go on alert and move towards him.

"This was not my doing Alcide. Calm down. She's fine. She's upstairs. She will come down if you calm down."

He was growling under the surface. He looked at Pam and looked at me. Sitting back down, he said flatly, "I always knew you'd get her killed Northman." At that moment, Sookie walked into the room.

"Alcide, Eric did NOT do this. The Authority did this." She glanced over at me. "Eric I don't need to be protected anymore. Alcide, we need your help. This isn't what I wanted and I'm not sure how I feel about it, but we have to deal with the threat. Will you help me even though I'm…a vampire?"

He looked at her, sadness filling his eyes. "Yes Sookie, I'll help you." He nodded back at me. "I'm sorry."

"So what do we need to do?"

"I'm not sure yet. I know that something happened with Bertrand and that they were working with him. They wanted to turn Sookie and we have no idea why. We need to investigate them further and try to figure out what the hell is going on. I can't do that without raising suspicion and neither can Pam. We are locked into a decade long contract. They'll kill us for even trying. I'm teaching Sookie to fight." I glanced at her. "She hasn't decided whether she wants to stay like this. That's her decision. No one can know right now that she is vampire until we figure out what the Authority really wants with her. Niall doesn't know and God help us all when he finds out. That is something I prefer to deal with at a later time. I think for now, I need you to investigate the Authority from a distance. He walked to the cabinet and took out an atlas. They are located here." I pointed to the spot in Virginia where the warehouse complex was.

Pam quickly glanced at Eric. "Eric you realize what you just did is punishable by death?"

"Yes I do. Pam if we manage to get out of this alive, I'll be stunned." She nodded.

Sookie looked at me. "What do you want me to do?"

"Nothing."

"Eric…"

"Sookie it's too dangerous."

"Eric…I'm not going to sit by while every person I love is slaughtered and I'm not going to become a puppet for the Authority. I'm going to learn to fight, but I'm not weak anymore. I am going to help. Even if I don't decide I want to stay this way, there is no way I'm staying out of this fight."

"Okay. I'm just not sure what you, Pam or I can do right now that won't raise suspicion. We need to be smart and not impulsive."

As we all sat around and discussed the plan, it was pretty bleak. Going up against the Authority had serious ramifications.