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Sookie's POV

"Everyone stay together and be quiet, this is a hospital not an interactive museum." We followed our teacher quietly. The number of people who signed up was so overwhelming that the hospital field trip was restricted to senior High school and University students only.

I walked behind Emily, Jennifer and Amelia, my usual partners in crime. When the college offered students a tour of the newly constructed human charity hospital in Vampire Heights Emily signed us all up. We were on the 50th floor touring the building with other students.

I knew Emily could care less about hospitals; Fae rarely got sick. On the rare occasions we do, we use our Fae light, or natural cures. Emily was there for one reason, the movie premiere. However I was excited to be there for what the hospital stood for, and the movie of course.

The hospital was featuring a documentary about the human/Supernatural crisis. It featured a rare interview with Eric and Godric. They rarely appeared in camera so getting them in the movie was a plus. All profits from the ticket sales went toward the hospitals operational costs.

As our class walked around the building I'm amazed at how much nicer it looked than human hospitals. It was white for sanitation reasons but it didn't look like death's waiting room. All the walls were transparent glass with UV light protection other than in secure areas.

The chairs look comfortable and plush, none of those plastic Walmart chairs restaurants provide to encourage customers to eat and leave quickly.

The rooms were filled with carefully selected plants that aided physical and emotional healing. Our human and Supernatural wings were separate for obvious reasons. The last thing the hospital wanted was a blood starved vampire eyeing a human neck like a hamburger.

Since the vampire hospitals opened finding pure blood was no longer an issue. The only requested price humans paid for medical care was a quarterly blood donation at any vampire center. We gave surplus blood to the Red Cross but we rarely shared a drop of AB Negative. Those batches ended up on somebody's table unless needed for treatments.

I tugged on my gloves self-consciously. Like most half Fae I rejected the full silver chain uniform Emily wore. I opted instead for silver chain and gloves, with a matching neck brace.

I had to admit though; Emily looked kickass in her blue and silver battle armor. I sniffed the air to make sure I didn't smell my Fae scent. Fae are taught from an early age to mask our scent.

I'll never be as powerful as a full Fae like Emily, however unlike full blooded Fae's I don't have to wear gloves to avoid iron, and I can eat lemons to my heart's content. While vampires still sniffed me like catnip only young vampires were dangerous, they didn't have self-control.

Despite the drawbacks we had a large Fae community. Havenwood tried to meet to the needs of every Super. All public iron or silver surfaces were coated in plastic, rubber or cloth. We also banned lemon products inside our community, their deadly to Fae.

Our civil services were maintained by volunteers to keep property taxes the lowest in the state.

Fae were easy to spot around our community. We wore full silver armor with chain masks at night. Most full-blooded Fae avoided being outside after dark however, to avoid vampires.

We didn't just rely on our own defenses. All young vampires are required to wear silver key coded fang caps outside Vampire Heights as a final line of defense against blood lust. We're proud that not a single vampire attack in Havenwood has occurred since being founded.

Despite all this when most Fae see a vampire they go out of their way to leave the area. I was never afraid of vampires. Unlike most Fae I speak to the vampires at school. The moment I met Jack I knew we would be good friends despite his being a young vampire. To most people our friendship is as strange as a wolf and a lamb.

I felt tired after the tour of the hospital but I was looking forward to the movie. We were headed to the hall with the rest of the invited guests within a few minutes.

"I want to drink your blood,"

I laughed turning around into Jack's fangy grin. He looked only 18 years old but he'd been a vampire for years already. I checked the blood lust sensor on his arm that all vampires on campus had to wear. His was in the green thankfully.

Not that I was worried he was dangerous but he's a young vampire so it doesn't hurt to check. Technology allowed vampires to lead pretty normal lives. His blood pump was sending him regular doses of blood. That blood patch was located on his back under his shirt.

Despite everyone's concern, I enjoyed being with Jack. The first time I brought him home my sister screamed and hit the OnVamp panic alarm. My family made it clear they accepted my friendship with Jack, but his fangs remained silver clapped inside our house.

I didn't blame them. The number of Fae drained by vampires was appalling before strict laws were in place. Nobody wants the ' True Death' for seriously attacking a Fae. The caps didn't hurt the young vampires, but the silver coating and key code prevented removal.

The Caps were easy to use. They were dropped on top of a vampire's teeth with an applicator that kept the user from touching the silver. It didn't harm other teeth or their tongue due to a witch's spell on every set. They were expensive so vampires bought their own. They're required in our schools, medical centers, and any Fae communities.

Jack like most vampires hated them but understood why they were needed. The last thing he wanted was to hurt anyone. I was his best friend, and the only person he cared about other than his Maker. Jack's rejection by his human parents happened long before he was turned.

I smiled and gave him a gentle shove.

"Cut it out before someone takes you seriously. You know how twitchy some people are around vampires."

Jack grabbed my hand and ran one of his capped fangs over my palm,

"Even chained like a dog I still desire you as my pet Sookie. My Maker says I'm too young for a pet because I might drain them. However I'd never lose control around you. Say yes and I'll treasure you forever."

"I won't be your poodle Jack," I laughed, shoving his hair out of his face.

With Jack's coal black hair and green eyes most girls at school would be flattered, the boy was a real looker. I knew better than to fall for it however. Jack was a vampire and their promises of devotion were about as real as love in a whorehouse.

"Anyway cut it out – the girls are getting ready to hit you with their Light." I was watching Emily, Amelia and Jennifer nearby, hands glowing in anticipation.

Sighing Jack dropped my hand and glared at the girls, "Oh look the Witches of Eastwick. It's a fair fight – your glow hands against my capped fangs. Do that in Vampire Heights and see what happens to your glowing light bulbs."

"What's going on at the back of the line?"

Our lecturer boomed out causing everyone to fall quiet as if nothing happened, no-one wanted to get on her bad side. A chaos demon knew how to punish without leaving a scratch.

Jack whispered in my ear quietly as they followed the rest of the class, "When I heard we had a demon teacher coming I was hoping for a succubus, but nope we get a red chaos demon."

I tweaked Jacks nose causing him to wiggle it,

"Jack I'm curious, are you always busy thinking about sex, trying to convince a girl to have sex or day dreaming about blood and sex together?"

Jack grabbed my hand again and smiled,

"Lies I only think about it twice a day, from 12 to 6pm, and from 6:05 to 11pm, the rest of the time is school work."

Tugging my arm Jack led me to the hospital ball room where a few hundred seats were set up for the premier of "Chicago Nights: the Eric and Godric story."

Jack's excitement rolled out of his pores,

"My Maker said he met Godric and Eric once. Someone damaged his car and they showed up to take his report. he was so excited he started crying. Hell I'd commit a crime just to get silvered by them. That's how badly I'd love to meet them someday."

I blushed. I'd never admit it but I had Godric and Eric action figures hiding under my bed when I was a kid. If Emily found out I'd never hear the end of it.

"They've done so much for the world Jack. I'd like to meet them one day to say thank you."

When the movie started I got lost in the film. I grew up watching movies about the Supernatural Crisis but as the years went on their quality got better. The more time passed the more key people were willing to be interviewed for the videos.

Once the world found out Supernaturals were real, all hell broke loose. The video of the vampire nest attacking 'drainers' went global. The news featured vampire's glamouring world leaders all over the place, and witches tossing curses around like candy.

Crimes that had zero Supernatural involvement were attributed to them. It turned into a real witch hunt for anyone or anything Supernatural. Some countries even started locking them away in compounds to experiment on, claiming they had no 'human' rights.

It got so bad that Stan the vampire King of Texas wanted to glamour the president to gain NATOs nuclear codes. He demanded humans surrender or end up glowing in the dark. He said enough humans would survive to feed the vampires. The world was on the verge of war.

I smiled when the story focused on Godric. He fled to Chicago with his son Eric. Under the protection of the King of Illinois, Godric offered safe haven for any Supernatural who didn't want to join their pack, coven, nest, monarch, etc. in waging war against the human race. His actions changed everything.