Chapter 11

Godric placed her carefully on the couch, leaving a soft kiss on her cheek before going to fetch her a drink. In the blink of an eye he was stood before her and passing her a gin and tonic.

"What? You're making me nervous." Sookie looked up at her two vampires. They towered over her, both too tense to sit. Their faces were solemn and Sookie thought she could feel concern for her.

"Sookie, dearest, do you know what you are?" Godric asked tentatively, as if he were afraid to scare her with his questions. Sookie frowned up at him not understanding their distance from her.

"I'm a barmaid and a telepath, why?"

Eric growled softly in frustration, "It's no use, she doesn't know."

"What don't I know?" she questioned feeling too overwhelmed with the whole situation.

"Your powers are not human. You are not human, lover."

Time seemed to stand still. The only sounds in the room were Sookie's breathing and pounding heart. The vampires became statues as they waited for her to react but she remained still.

Eventually, after taming the storm of her emotions, Sookie looked to Eric and asked, "Then what am I?" Her voice was a mere whisper and yet it held the fear and desolation of her heart. She felt utterly lost.

"Part fae and part...sorceress."

"I...I...I don't understand," she looked from Eric to Godric and their hearts ached at the pleading innocence and pain in her eyes.

Godric sat beside her on the couch and took her small hand in his. He ignored the tremble and began to stroke her palm with his thumb.

"We do not know all of the details yet, little one, but we believe that somewhere in your family there is fairy blood and the blood of the wiccae. That would explain your power. Only the crossing of two such magical species would produce power such as yours, a power many will covet."

At that moment Eric's phone began to ring. He took one look at it to switch it off but as he caught sight of the number her reconsidered.

"Northman." Godric raised an eyebrow at the spike in anticipation he felt from Eric.

"You have my great-granddaughter, vampire. I want to see her." At the voice Godric became much more alert. Both vampires were looking at Sookie with a mixture of fear and admiration.

"Why should I believe you, Prince?" Eric replied coolly.

"If you do not let me see her I will take her from you. She is in great danger and must be prepared." Eric's eyes caught Godric's as they both became rigid at the unconcealed threat. A threat they both knew they could not prevent from becoming reality.

"Do you suggest we cannot protect her?" The calm tone of Eric's voice was clearly a facade to mask his increasing anger.

"You have already shown your incompetence!" The Prince roared. "I only demand what is my right. I just wish to speak with her. She is not what you think."

Reluctantly, Eric moved his gaze from Sookie- who was watching him patiently- to Godric. Godric nodded his head. It was all the signal he would get or need.

"Very well, come in an hour."

"Thank you." The phone went dead.

"Well lover, it seems you are even more trouble than we gave you credit for."

Three hours later, Sookie lowered herself into a hot bath. Her mind was still spinning with everything she had learnt.

First, the revelation that she was not human. It was something she still could not quite believe and yet there was no denying that her powers were...not normal.

Then, she had met him. Her great-grandfather, Prince Nial Brigant- Fairy. She had identified his voice from earlier, in the hospital. He had explained the affair with her grandmother and what being a fairy princess would mean...that hadn't even been the biggest shock of the evening.

"Your mother was a sorceress but not just any sorceress. She was weak but she was still the daughter of the house of Wiccae. She was a royal princess and with her death you became the only heir to the wiccae throne. Your brother is not magical thus he is not eligible.

The royal house of Wiccae is the most magical -and therefore most powerful- in the world. Your grandfather has ruled for two thousand years but there is yet another plot against him. They now know of you, child. They wish to control him using your power."

Sookie had sat and listened knowing everything she was being told was vital to her and the absolute truth. She could feel the importance of this information but it didn't change the shock or the hurt that her heart felt.

Godric and Eric remained silent as they watched the impossible happen. Their Sookie was being told she was to become the leader of the most powerful organisation in their world. The house of Wiccae were also the ruling authority in the vampire council.

"But grandfather, why has Prince Albright not come to tell me this?" Sookie couldn't help but feel both curious and abandoned.

"Your mother ran away to marry your father. She hid you under the fairy magic. He was searching for you, too. I have promised him I would inform you of the situation.

The fae have always had a great friendship with the Wiccae. Our houses make up the essence of magic but despite this friendship we have always remained separate. Never before have the bloodlines mixed. To do so would ignite the strongest force this world will ever see...you." The old fairy looked at her with kind but penetrating eyes. He spoke softly but the urgency in his tone was evident. His long white hair hung lose around his broad shoulders. Sookie couldn't help but think he looked like a very beautiful elf right out of Lord of The Rings.

"Sookie, you are going to become more powerful than any of us. You are a princess twice by blood. You are heir to one throne and a daughter of another. If they get you before you master your powers..."

"We are all fucked," Eric stated bitterly.

There was a heavy moment of tension as all four stared each other down. The atmosphere was desperate as Nial's words of danger permeated the air around them. Sookie couldn't help but feel like a burden to them all and she hated it.

"So," she dragged the word out slowly, "You are telling me that I am a princess- twice- and I am going to become the leader of all...what are wiccae anyway?" Godric couldn't help but smirk at the way her eyes flared with temper as she tried to assimilate all the new information. She was spectacular.

"The house of wiccae is where magic began. There are many creatures that belong to it: witches, wizards, giants, gnomes, dwarfs, shifters, Weres; but the most powerful- the ruling bloodline- are the sorcerers. The others can only influence or live off magic but sorcerers can create it.

Much like the fae, the wiccae have a very strong tie to nature and while the magic can be learnt it is mostly a gift of the blood." Godric explained. He could feel Sookie's overwhelmed emotions and longed to hold her to keep her calm but he didn't dare with a fairy in the room.

It is said the first vampire was a wiccae that had tried to steal the powers from the blood of others by ingesting it...no one really knows for sure." Eric added wanting to hep Sookie understand she was not alone in this.

Sookie looked between the men staring at her with baited breath and sighed. She felt so much love from all of them but she wondered how long it would last. "OK, so you're saying I am going to rule them?" The tone of her voice and the annoyance in her expression made it clear she DID NOT like that idea one bit.

"Yes. Child," Nial said indulgently. He knew this would take time. "It is your destiny to rule and forge an alliance between the supernatural communities. But, you will not be alone and that is many years from now. For the present you must master your gifts and stay safe.

Prince Albright wishes to meet with you and we both wish to train you in your family's magic. It is your birth right and will keep you safe."

Horror washed over her and the thought of going away, "But what about Godric and Eric?" Both vampires glowered at the fairy as he shifted uneasily. It was obvious he did not approve of them but he was afraid of upsetting Sookie. They smiled at their newly discovered power and the knowledge that she did not wish to be parted from them.

"If you wish to remain with them we will respect your choice but know you have two other homes where you will be welcome, safe and treated with the respect you deserve." Eric hissed at the insult but the fairy didn't even look up. He was so focused on his granddaughter. He was so proud of the woman she had become and saddened to have to part from her so soon.

"I love them, grandfather. I want to stay with them." Sookie felt the loneliness in the old fairy's mind but she needed to make this clear to all of them. She wanted to be with her vampires, she needed them like air to breathe.

"Very well, Claudine- your cousin- will pop by in a few days to train you and she will arrange a meeting with Albright." He stood to his feet once more and pulled her into his arms. Kissing her lightly on the head he whispered into her hair. "I am pleased to finally know you, Sookie. I hope will become very close, take care child." He pulled her face up to look deep in her eyes for a moment and then he was gone.

It had been so much to absorb and Sookie had been pleased when Eric suggested she bathe while they consulted with work. It was too late to go to the club now so they all agreed to get an early night and go to the club tomorrow.

Sookie was to start work then as the American Vampire Summit was fast approaching having been pushed forward a few months. The queen had already made it clear that Sookie would be required to work as part of her retinue and Eric wanted her used to such situations.

"Are you clean yet, lover?" Eric purred from the door. His tall lean build filled the door frame but Sookie had to admit it was a good view to have.

He looked particularly sexy tonight as he wore his back jeans and no top. His chiselled muscles gleamed in the candle light.

"Yep," she said popping the 'p'. "I just didn't want to get out. Care to give a girl a hand?" She reached her hand towards him.

Eric needed no further encouragement.