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Title : Set Fire To The Rain

Genre : Drama, Romance.

Disclaimer : I don't own the characters unfortunately. They are the property of HBO and Charlaine Harris ! I only own my OC, Alyssa Bennett.

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Chapter 24 :

This was just crazy, I was a freak… I wasn't even human, I was an elemental… I was some kind of monster. I hated that, I hated the fact that I wasn't human. Then how could I not be human ? My parents were humans, my sister too… Why was I different ? How could I be an elemental ?

I didn't know and Godric and Eric were just like me. Godric only knew what I was and what kind of power I had… He knew nothing else unfortunately. I had asked him, but he couldn't answers my question. I could see he was telling the truth but I was disappointed.

Of course, I knew what I was but I wished to understand why I was like that… Godric told me he had tried to find more information but he had failed. Plus, the fact that he had never met another elemental like me didn't help. He told me that when he was a young vampire, he heard stories about elementals but he had never met one.

I was the only one he had met in his two thousand years on this earth. That was nearly unbelievable but apparently elementals were known for hiding themselves very well, and they weren't very fond of vampires… I guess I was an exception since I was staying with Eric and Godric.

This was just crazy, really crazy.

" So, there are other people like me… " I said and looked between Eric and Godric. If I was right, and if I had understood what Godric explained, there were three other elementals.

Perhaps we could find them and I could ask them questions. Perhaps they knew more about my power, or rather our power. It would be really amazing because I needed to understand…

" Yes but not exactly like you, Alyssa. " Godric stated.

I was not stupid, of course there was only one elemental fire but the other one were still like me. They were elementals too.

" Okay. "

I was speechless… What else could I say ? What could I do ? I had just discovered what I was and I didn't feel anything, in fact I felt empty. I should be happy, excited or perhaps scared but I felt nothing. Knowing what I was didn't change anything and it didn't help me understand nor did it help me learn how to control my power.

I was reaching an impasse again, just when I thought I could probably understand everything. That was just so frustrating to be so close to something yet… It was really unfair.

Then, I think I was handling the situation very well. I wasn't crying, I was panicking… I was perfectly fine. No, I was certainly not fine, not after everything, not after the attack and not after learning I was a freak.

" The vampire who attacked me, he called me firefly and when he bit me, he said that it was always a pleasure to drink from someone like me. He knew what I am. " I said realizing now many things.

I was in a huge mess and if that king, the one who wanted me, knew what I was, he probably knew more than Godric or even Eric knew. He was a length ahead of us… I remembered the second attack, and the vampire said his king like to collect things… I was just another trophy for him, a trophy he could probably use. He knew how to control me, he knew everything about me. I was pretty sure about that.

" He's dead, we don't have to worry about him anymore Alyssa. " Eric snapped at me.

Yes , he was dead and I knew that Eric had to kill him. He was probably angry at me because he had to kill him but it wasn't my fault… Wrong, it was my fault but Eric didn't have to kill him right ? He could have done something else but he didn't.

" I'm sorry that you had to kill him for me Eric. " I looked at my hands, which were resting on my lap. I was really sorry for causing him trouble and I wished I could change the past.

" You don't have to be sorry, Alyssa. I would do it again. You are safe now."

Because I'm yours, I wanted to stay but keep my mouth shut. I wanted him to tell me that he would do it again because he cared about me, because he even liked me but honestly, I shouldn't expect anything from Eric. I was just his human pet but he had saved me and I should be happy… Even if it was a little bittersweet.

I wanted to briefly look at Eric but my eyes stayed on him longer than I wanted to. I couldn't take my eyes off him. There was something in his eyes, something that I couldn't describe. He had never looked at me like that I think, or maybe he did but I never really realized it.

" Thanks. " I whispered but I knew he could hear me because he was a vampire. " But I'm not really safe. His maker knows what I am, he is searching for me and he won't give up. I will never be safe Eric. "

That vampire wanted me and he had already sent so many vampires for me… Eric had killed his child, he would always try to find me, and something told me that now I wasn't the only one he wanted. I was pretty sure that he would make Eric pay for what he had done.

I was afraid for him, I was afraid for Godric. If something happened to them because of me, I just didn't know how I would take it. I cared about them, I liked them a lot…

" And because of me, you will always be in trouble. I'm sorry for everything. "

I could myself growing very sad and guilty. Tears were starting to appear in my eyes, I never wanted this. I never wanted to cause trouble to anyone, and especially not to Godric and Eric. They had both saved me so many times and what was I doing for them ? Absolutely nothing except being a selfish bitch. I had screamed and slapped Eric, even if that was justified it wasn't fair… And I think that I wasn't very nice towards Godric because by being such a bitch towards Eric, I was probably hurting him at the same time.

Godric probably wanted Eric and I to get close or something like that and I was stupid enough to refuse everything. I was truly sorry for doing this.

Someone was next to me in a flash but I didn't dare looking at this person. Was it Godric or Eric ? I didn't know but this vampire took one of my hands in his own, another hand was under my chin. I had no choice, I had to look at this vampire.

It was Godric, I should have known it was him because he was the only one who would do this, the only one who would try to comfort me in such cases as these.

" Alyssa, this is not your fault okay ? You didn't choose to be hunt down by a vampire, you've never chosen to be attacked, you've never chosen anything Alyssa. Just don't feel guilty for anything. You don't have to apologize. "

He was smiling at me and I truly wanted to believe him. I knew he was probably right but I couldn't help but know that I was the one to blame. Of they had never met me, they wouldn't be in trouble. Of course, I would probably be dead or gone with that vampire king and I didn't want that. This situation was just terrible.

" Please don't cry Alyssa. "

I was crying ? I hadn't realized it, but now I could feel some tears falling down on my cheeks. I was pathetic, I was such a baby. I needed to pull myself together, I needed to be strong for both of them. I needed to show them that I could be strong, that I could take care of myself, that I could make them proud of me. That was just so cheesy, wasn't it ?

" I'm sorry… I'm really worried about you. "

" Alyssa, we know how to take care of ourselves. We've spent a thousand years together, and you can't even imagine what we've been through but we are still alive. Do you really think that we are in danger because of you ? We're not, Alyssa. "

He was trying to reassure me but it wasn't really working. I knew they were strong, I knew they could take care of themselves because after all Eric had killed a vampire for me… However, I couldn't help but fear the worst.

" We won't get hurt because of you. You don't have to be worried about us okay ? " Godric finished.

I nodded but I would always be worried about them, nothing could change it, except if of course, we could get rid of the vampire king. Then, we didn't even know who he was so there was no way we could find him. Then perhaps, he would never find me, he would never find us. After all, if I left Dallas and went back with Eric and hopefully Godric, everything would be fine. He could never imagine that I was in Louisiana right ?

" Eric and I decided that we were going to train you. You need to know how to control your power, you need to be able to defend yourself just in case. "

This was pointless. I had already worked on my power with Eric and it didn't work. Why would it be different ?

" Just trust us Alyssa. " Eric said and I looked at him.

I trusted Godric and I trusted him with my life, and I knew he could feel it, he could feel everything. He could feel that I cared about both of them, he could feel that I wanted to believe them.

We had finally left Dallas and that was something really great. Even if deep inside of me I wished we could have stayed there, or at least I could have stayed there with Godric, I knew that it was impossible. Dallas was too dangerous for me and Bon Temps and Shreveport weren't that bad. Godric and Eric had decided that I was going to stay with Sookie because her house was safer. I agreed because I knew that I would spend more time with Godric and Eric than with Sookie.

Since they wanted me to work on my power, they had also decided that I would come at Fangtasia nearly every night.

I was rather happy about everything to be completely honest. Of course, I wasn't really fond of Fangtasia but they told me that I would have to practice my power in the basement, no one could see me and I wouldn't stay in the bar, which was great. Plus, I was going to spend a lot of time with Godric and that was wonderful.

Then I would also spend time with Eric. I just didn't know how to feel about that. I guess I was just confused because I started to really like Eric, despite everything I hated about him.

And this had nothing to do with the dream I had about Eric on the plane… Well if only Eric had been the only one in my dream…

I woke up extremely ashamed in the plane because of my dream. I even think that I was blushing like mad. And at this very moment, I was more than happy that Sookie couldn't read my mind. She would have been so shocked, I even was shocked myself by this dream.

I was ready to dream about Eric again, I was ready to dream about Godric but I wasn't ready to dream about both of them, at the same time. Come on, that was incredible. I could have never imagined that this could happen. I wished I could stop thinking about it, but what happened in this dream kept replaying in my mind…

I felt like a pervert, and I was ashamed because I liked that dream, when I was dreaming of course. Nothing really happened in it but it was still wrong to fantasy about two persons at the same time.

Of course, this dream would never ever come true and it was better like that. Godric was my friend, perhaps more than my friend but I couldn't start anything with him. I didn't want to destroy our friendship because I loved him. I didn't want to lose him because of my feelings…Our friendship was too important for me and honestly, Godric looked too young for me… But he was attractive too and that didn't help me, not at all. Plus, there was the fact that I really felt safe with him, that didn't help me. I felt so great in his arms… He meant a lot to me but he wasn't the only one.

There was also Eric, and this was very different with him. I think that I really wanted him, everything about him but I wanted more than that. Perhaps I was an emotional girl, perhaps I was really ridiculous but I wanted more than sex for example. I needed to feel something else than this. I wanted to be loved, and I was pretty sure that Eric would never love me the way I could possibly love him.

Yes, I could love Eric, I could easily fall in love with him because he was handsome, because of his blood and because he had good sides.. Because he was really amazing sometimes. Then, something stopped me from falling in love with him and it was his arrogant attitude, his desire to possess me like an object, his desire to own Sookie too. I wasn't blind, I knew that Eric liked Sookie and probably wanted her more than he wanted me. And I was a little bit jealous about that.

I also hated the fact that Eric played with me all the time, I hated the fact that he just didn't care about my feelings. He could feel me, he could feel that I was ready to fall for him like a stupid lovesick teenager. Then I wouldn't fall for him because my heart wasn't controlling everything, my mind was still working thankfully.

However, the worst thing about that dream was the fact that Eric and Godric had felt me… Of course, they could never imagine that I had dreamt about both of them but Eric would certainly tease me again about my dream and my excitement. That was terribly embarrassing. I guess I would have to deal with those dreams more now but it would be okay.

It had to be okay.

Anyway, I should probably stop thinking about Eric and Godric, for now at least. Why ? Simply because there was something wrong going on in Bon Temps. We were now all at Bill's but on the way to his house, we had watched a very strange show. The town was destroyed and people here were crazy. They even had black eyes. It was like we were in a very bad horror movie. Perhaps it was a joke but honestly, it was a little bit scary.

" What ? Maryann is at my house ? What the hell is she doing there ? " Sookie exclaimed and I stepped closer to her.

Maryann… I had met her at Merlotte's when I was still working there. She was strange but she didn't seem crazy or dangerous. Perhaps I had been completely wrong about her.

" I don't know but I've heard something about partying over at Maryann's. "

" I have to get there. "

" I'll come with you Sookie. "

Sookie look at me and frowned. I knew what she was going to say but honestly, it wasn't dangerous to go with her. Bill was here so it was safe, even if he wasn't as strong as Eric or Godric. Plus, if something went wrong, Eric and Godric would feel it and come for me. It was really fine.

" Alyssa- "

" - Bill is with us, Sookie. It's perfectly safe and I don't want to stay here. " I interrupted her.

" Sookie, you should let her come with us. She's right, I'm here and I will protect you two. "

My eyes opened wide. Was Bill really agreeing with me ? Would he really protect both of us if something happened ? That was unexpected but really great. Perhaps Bill wasn't that bad ?

" Okay. Come on, we'll take my car. "

Thankfully, Sookie's house was not far away from Bill's one and a few minutes later we arrived. Well, was this really Sookie's house ? There was something strange standing right in front of the house, I didn't know what it was but it was really disgusting. I didn't even want to know what it was made of.

Then that strange thing wasn't the worst thing, the worst thing was inside Sookie's house. It was sheer chaos and it was just so dirty. Everything was also destroyed as if a tornado had occurred. I was really shocked…

Sookie's phone rang while Bill and I were looking around.

Then something caught my attention. It was a mask or something like that, I didn't really know what kind of object that thing was but it looked like the head of an animal and it had horns.

It made my blood run cold.

That thing looked exactly like the monster that had attacked me, at least the head of the monster. It was impossible right ? It couldn't be the monster that had attacked me, it was only a mask wasn't it ? No it wasn't and I knew it deep inside of me, I could feel that the monster who attacked me was in this house. And something told me that Maryann knew who that monster was and perhaps she was even controlling it.

" We have to get out of here. " Sookie said and Bill grabbed my arm, dragging me away.

We were ready to leave the house when Maryann appeared in front of us. I was honestly scared, I could help but think about the attack. This monster was here and he had already attacked me, he could do it again. I didn't want to feel that pain again.

" What are you doing in my house ? "

" This is not your house. " Sookie answered and she was right but I don't think that angering Maryann was the best thing to do.

She was scary and I took a step back, and strangely Bill and Sookie did the same thing. Bill was trying to scare Maryann or at least make her leave us alone but she didn't care, not at all. On the contrary, I think she was amused by him. And then her eyes fell on me. I knew I was in a deep mess right now.

" You are still alive. " She stated and was ready to touch me with his hand when Sookie grabbed her hand.

"You do not touch her. "

Before anyone had the time to realize what was happening, Maryann had pinned Sookie against the wall, her hand wrapped around her throat.

No, I couldn't let Sookie get hurt because of me. I never wanted her to get hurt because of me. I knew I had to do something so I grabbed one of Maryann's arm, trying to yank it away so she would release her grip on Sookie's throat. When I touched Maryann, she screamed and looked at me. I knew what she screamed, I was burning her and she didn't like that. She was going to let go of Sookie but she would attack me. I knew she would do this.

Thankfully Bill intervened before she had the chance to do anything and threw Maryann on the sofa.

I helped Sookie standing up and I was surprised because when I touched Sookie, I didn't burn her. It was exactly like when we were at the Fellowship of The Sun. I hurt the person who was threatening me but not the person I cared about. Then, there was no fire coming out of me, my skin was just burning the one who dared to attack me. This was a whole new thing for me and I wasn't sure I liked that because having fire coming out of me was much more useful.

"Sookie, Alyssa go now ! "Bill screamed and bit into Maryann's neck.

" Yes ! Ravage me ! Ravage me ! " She kept screaming as if she liked what was happening.

Bill wasn't.. On the contrary, there was something wrong with him. It was like Maryann's blood was poison. Sookie was helping Bill while Maryann was laughing like mad.

Then Maryann came in front of Sookie and I. " What are you ? " She asked and I think she was asking Sookie and I the same question.

" None of you business. " Sookie answered, putting her hand on Maryann's face. And suddenly, a bright light came out of her hand, pushing Maryann away.

What the hell was that ? I didn't know but we needed to get out of here quickly. Sookie and I helped Bill and we got out of the house, just in time to see Godric landing next to Sookie's car.

I hope you liked this chapter. We'll learn more about what an elemental is during the story, I really need to keep everything a mystery because I've planned something really great I think. Anyway, this chapter was a little bit hard to write because of the Maenad thing but I hope it's not that terrible. Tell me what you think about it.

I have a little bad news for you. I'm going to spend a few day in Paris at my bestfriend's. So I won't be able to post a new chapter next sunday. I'm really sorry about that, but I will post the new chapter as soon as I'm back and that's on wednesday the 27th I think. The next chapter is already written just so you know. I'll only post it when I'm be back, I think it's better that way. Then, I'll do my best to post another one very quickly. I hope you're not too disappointed.

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