Dying For Some Sun

25

Everything is a bit La la

A/N: Howdy Campers...hope you enjoy my new chapter...

JoXx

I woke the next morning, listening to the house everyone was still asleep. I faced Eric looking at his beautiful handsome face dead to the world. As I look at him, I feel with every fibre of my being that he is my husband, that I belong to him, with him as he belongs to me or just that we belong together. I kissed his lips getting out of the bed I headed for the shower. I let the water pound me, eventually sitting at the bottom just hugging my knees. I am allowing myself this pity party, because tonight the Queen dies or I do.

Finishing up I dried myself off and headed back into the bedroom walking smack bang into Eric, I must jumped a mile high if my heart had beat at this point surly it would have stopped. My fangs snap down and a snarl erupts from me, before normal Sookie could take charge again.

"Oh my God, you're up?" I gasped.

"Yes it would appear so, I don't even feel sluggish,"

"You don't? H..how is that even possible?"

"I am not going to question it, I am going to enjoy it," Eric smiled. I remember reading a self help book about living in the now. Eric could write his own; don't question it, just enjoy it.

"Everyone is still asleep you want to come outside see the morning," I smiled my eyes twinkled, "you know in case it's totally different from the afternoon," I chuckled, ah the great mystery to what humans did during the day Pam was convinced we had such fun during the daylight hours, as opposed to working, taking care of kids and the general mundane things we...they, they got up to.

He nodded with a shit eating grin and a chuckle, I checked in on Jason he seemed to still be out for the count no longer twitching in his sleep. I would give Jason my blood to heal him but as I would also feel him and with his hound dog ways it was only gonna be a last resort. A very last resort.

We opened the patio doors I stepped through first taking a deep breath when the sunlight hit me my heart started, what I didn't expect was the same thing to happen to Eric, although he struggled again with his breathing. I guess a thousand years of not breathing would get you well and truly out of the habit.

"Shit," Eric finally said like he was short of breath.

"Yup, that would cover it," I just looked at him with a huge grin on my face.

"You're staring,"

"You're breathing,"

"So are you,"

"I know, but your you and you look...sooo.."

"So what?..."

"So weird...not you, but you at the same time,"

"You think I look weird, that's nice," he mocked huffed with his nose in the air, shooting me a sideways glance with a smirk.

So one minute we are goofing around and the next a huge mountain lion is bounding out through our patio doors skidding to a halt. I was holding Eric's hand when said lion burst on to the scene, in the fright I got, I teleported us to the roof. My heart beating like a trapped wild thing.

"Jesus Christ Sheppard of Judea!" I clutching my chest looking over the edge of the building, I am looking down on waaay to much of Sam Merlotte.

"Ohmigod, I've just seen his man bits," I screech shoving my hand over my eyes. Eric is laughing like a lunatic as I blushed beetroot, he is actually rolling hitting the roof, tiles are flying off everywhere. I am so not cleaning that up.

"Okay, get us down," I snapped.

Eric floats us down holding me bridal style, Sam is as white as a sheet he keeps going to speak but nothing comes out, before I say anything Layfaette steps out of the doors we all turn to look at him.

"Mhmm hmm...La La didn't I tell you that was sum fiiine Columbian frufru...Mhmm... Amen," he looked straight at us like we are the most normal sight in all America; a naked Sam Merlotte and two semi naked Vampires in the sun for crying out loud. Then just sat down on a sun lounger, flicking his fan open fanning himself, practically purring.

"Sam Merlotte, I knew your lily white ass was gonna be a treat but damn why do you have to cover it all the time," he pouted then laughed. We all stood in silence looking at one another but mainly at Layfaette.

"La La you've over done the medication bitch...you need a little something, something to pull you back down to eaaarth...but I's feelin no pain," I don't know what was more disturbing Layfaette taking drugs in Eric's house or the fact he was speaking about himself in third person or that Eric was now regarding him like some sort of science experiment gone wrong.

"Yo bitches gonna hallucinate all up in ma face and not say a word to me...alright, alright it gonna be like that..huh...well I's taking the blue pill," Layfaette flicked his hand with the fan dismissively towards us, while his other one rummaged in a plastic bag with multi coloured pill's that looked like candy.

"What does the blue pill do?" Eric asked, I hit him across his stomach, he looked at me as if to say what, I glared back at him.

"Layfaette, you flush those drugs down the toilet right now- ya hear me. I won't have it," I said sternly.

"Ah sweetness...they are prescription... not my prescription but...someone's," he smiled like he was punch drunk, what the hell had he taken? Through the bond I could tell Eric was really amused. Which was so not helping as my stony 'Mom' mask was cracking and I was dying to laugh.

After having to glamour him into believing both Eric and I were indeed day walkers as he really believed we were all some sort of hallucinations brought on by Columbian frufru whatever that is when it's home annnd that Sam Merlotte was indeed in the buff in our back yard having changed from human to mountain lion and back to human again, where we able to explain our rather unique position to Sam.

We all sat round the patio table after Sam dressed and served Jason some breakfast, "I can't wrap my head round all this Cher, I keep thinking I am still dreaming," Sam rubbed his temples.

"I know it's a lot to take in, Jason, Tara and now the day walking thing," I patted him on his hand.

"Shifter you are staring, you see something you like," Eric's smirk was pure Eric, I rolled my eyes at him.

"You look so..so..." Sam made a gesture with his hand like he was looking for the right word.

"Human," Eric offered dryly, then popped his fangs.

"Quit showing off," I giggled.

"No, I was going for weird...you know like you, but not you," Sam mused.

"I know right! It's freaky," I said excitedly, before I reined myself in; knowing how horrible it was to speak about someone like they weren't there. I shot Eric an apologetic look.

I felt the small hairs on my body bristle a second before a loud pop and my Great Grandfather stood in our back yard, looking regal and very fairy like.

Layfaette rubbed his eyes like he couldn't believe what he was seeing, Sam mouth was agape.

"Niall," Eric nodded.

"Sam, Layfaette, this is my Gr..friend, Niall Brigant, he is a sky Fairy... actually he's the prince of the Fairies, Niall these are my friends Layfaette Reynolds and Sam Merlotte. You know Eric of course," I smiled as I introduced them.

"I's a fairy, this..." Layfette gestured wildly to Niall finishing with a pinching motion in the direction of my Grandfather, "this...is y'all supernatural..." he stopped and squinted at my Grandfather "... Damn if it isn't the prettiest freak at the show... and the just appearing...damn and the prettiness," Layfaette's ramblings trailed off.

I would have been embarrassed but Niall look as amused as I have ever seen him, "Interesting friends you have Sookie, a shifter and a Bruja," Niall smiled, totally ignoring Layfaette's outburst.

"A what? Bruja? Is that some fairy word for 'Muggles'?" I asked.

Niall laughed heartily and so did Eric, "No my dear Bruja is what your friend Layfaette is, although it's a pity he's not embraced his magic," Niall took a deep sniff, "Yes as I thought, he chooses to self medicated than to see the truth of his being, as is often the case in these modern times, shame his magic is strong," a look of sadness flicked over his face as he spoke.

I looked at Layfaette with new eye's. I am sure Vampire Sookie had turned my eyes into little slits, sizing him up as if he was now a new danger. Layfaette's thoughts were running a million's miles an hour as he was recalling all the strange things he had experienced as a child, his mom's mental illness was this all because he was some freaking supernatural? his thoughts screamed, as the angst build, I shut him out of my head.

Eric's gaze shifted from Layfaette to Niall, "I thought we were meeting tonight?"

"We were but I came to check on the property and seen the excitement... I must say old friend you look...different," Niall smirked.

"Like me but not me?" Eric smirked back.

Sam who had been pretty quite all morning couldn't hold it in any longer, "Aren't Fairies and Vampires supposed to be mortal enemies?"

"Personally I love Fairies," Eric grinned with fang, kissing the side of my head, I blushed like a girl causing Eric only to squeeze me tighter.

"It is true. However I can cloak my scent. Eric and I have known each other for many centuries, I found I have always enjoyed his company. Now as Sookie's Maker and her mate he is family," Niall explained, which I thought was very magnanimous of his him considering I introduced him as a friend.

I could tell Eric was very touched by Niall's declaration of seeing Eric as family, Eric knowing how much Family means to the Fae. The bond buzzed with pride.

"Is everything set for tonight?" Niall asked.

Eric nodded in confirmation and the energy shifted from the earlier jovial to serious.

"I was going to take Sookie to the armoury of the god's, you know perpetuate the myth but as you have now completed your bond, I would be honoured if you would also accompany us," Niall said, I looked at Eric; if Eric was a dog his tongue would be hanging out and his tail wagging, if he was a small child he'd be bouncing off the walls but as it is that he is a thousand year old Vampire his face was perfectly blank. He even seemed to consider it for a while, despite the bond screaming hell yes.

"I accept," he finally said, I burst out laughing. Men!

That's how we found ourselves in Greece at a mountainside which had just opened to reveal a large palatial hall all in white marble and gold with painted ceilings of tropical birds which seemed to be enchanted as the birds moved and flew from painted branch to painted branch.

I stood in awe of the wondrous sight in front of me. "Wow, isn't this something?" I gawked.

"Come, we haven't much time," Niall said quickening his pace through the hall, reaching a huge door with huge lions either side of it, I know I am using the word 'huge' a lot but it was just that everything was...well huge. Niall spoke in a language that I assumed was Fairy, the lions eyes glowed and doors opened.

Inside was a Vikings wet dream come true, wall to wall weapons and shields, every type of killing thing you can think of. All the weapons where in gold, armoury, chainmail all shone like the sun, I walked into the room and ran my hand over some of the weapons, shields and armour. I imagined this is what Aladdin's cave for Vikings looked like.

I silently walked deeper into the astonishing storehouse, I felt almost pulled by something and the deeper I went. Standing by a massive floor to ceiling stained glass window depicting a beautiful Fairy woman dressed in gold and white surrounded by thousands of what I assumed where humans bowed at her feet. There was a bust dressed in the armour shown in the window. In a holder beside the armour was the most beautiful sword I've ever seen.

It glowed as if it had it's own power source as I lifted it I swear I heard it sing. The blade was not made of any metal instead it was made of the clearest crystal as I lifted it and swung it in the air the singing only intensified, the sound was angelic. Feeling of the sword in my hand frightened me, I felt invincible. It was a feeling I did not enjoy, I quickly replaced the sword in it's holder and it seemed to power down actually if I was honest the sword felt disappointed. Like a sword could have feelings, Stackhouse you are losing it.

"What have you found there my Love?" Eric asked coming up to me his arms laden. Kid sweet shop- need I say more?

"Nothing, what have you found? Can you believe all this stuff?" Smooth subject change there Stackhouse even if I do say so myself.

Eric not getting with the programme one bit, laid down his stash and began to inspect the armour I had been looking at, "This would look good on you," he stated.

"Oh," eloquent, I thought.

Eric fixed me with his intense stare, "What are you hiding?"

"Nothing," But it came out way too high. Busted.

"Em...it's nothing it just doesn't give me a good feeling, is all," I stuttered out in way of explaining.

Niall had been watching the exchange between the two of us, "What doesn't give you a good feeling my dear?"

"The sword,"

Niall's eye brow quirked up ward, "You see a sword?"

"It's right there," I pointed. Eric looked to where I was pointing then back to me, then to Niall. "Tell me you see it too?"

"That would be a no," Eric looked to my great Grandfather, he shook his head too.

"What did it feel like?" Niall asked.

"Like I was invincible, like some super man, like I could never be defeated," I sighed, wondering if the stress was getting to me, wait do Vampires even get stressed? or could I get stressed just now only for it to go when I was dead again- ouch my head hurts.

"And this is a bad thing?" Eric looked at me like I'd lost my marbles, "my love, we are going into battle."

"What the Viking said," Niall just pointed at Eric. Now there's things you expect people to say and thing that just sound weird from that person. Niall had me giggling uncontrollably, I was wiping the corners of my eyes.

"Look I'll show you, the thing even sing's, it's just weird, that's coming from a day walking vampire," I went over pushing past Eric slightly. Once again I picked up the sword, the feeling I got was; yay here we go. So strange, I moved it in a giant arc, the sword lit up again. Niall and Eric gasped.

From my earlier giggles I was still feeling quiet silly, "Luke I am your father," I said in a deep voice, doing heavy breathing. You could practically hear the elevator music as that went over both Eric's and Niall's head. "No nothing, Star Wars...Jedi's...may the force be with you?"

"Popular culture," Eric said, Niall made an ah gesture silently not taking his eye's of the sword. They get muggles reference but not Star Wars-Geez.

"I thought it was a myth," Niall said.

"Star wars?"

Eric shook his head and chuckled, "No, the sword lover, the sword."

"Oh, it totally looks like a light saver...only sword shaped...so not all,"

"We will take your word for it Sookie. As you will have gathered the sword is indeed magical as it appeared to you it is now yours," Niall surmised.

"Thanks but no thanks, pride comes before a fall, Gran always said that," the sword powered down and I felt disappointment again, "What you gotta be kidding me. What you got to be disappointed about you are just a sword," I told the offending object.

It glowed only to extinguish a few seconds later as if to say 'Pfft'.

"Whatever," I growled at it.

"It speaks to you?" Niall said, curiosity written all over his face. I nodded, shrugging my shoulders.

Eric held both my shoulders in his large hands, I swear the sword glowed pink, I think it likes Eric. I focus on Eric's eye's before I reach my weird limit for the day.

"Your Grandmother was right, pride does come before a fall. This is what will happen to the Queen tonight, she has been too prideful for too long. Say you were invincible, would it then be pride to feel invincible or just a simple fact?"

"Simple fact," I answered straight way.

"Niall," Eric simply said.

"The truth singer was Athena's sword, it makes the bearer invincible, it cannot be defeated in battle. The sword chooses it bearer. It has not be seen in over two millennia-it chose you," Niall explained.

"But wouldn't that be like an unfair advantage. I want to win fair and square," apparently that was a step too far for Eric's patience.

"WOMAN!" he roared, "take the sword,"

"O-Kay," I yelled back, then catching Niall's eye I winked, "should have just said so in the first place," I said with a blank face Pam would have been proud off.

Eric's eyes went wide and then returned to normal, he gathered me in a big hug and kissed the top of my head, I love you, he sent I could feel his chest vibrating with silent laughter as he held me. I squeezed him harder in acknowledgement.

Pulling apart I smirked at him, "just so we are clear I am taking the sword, right?"

"And the armour,"

"Okay-dokey,"

We made it back to the house just after lunchtime, I deposited the stuff in our bedroom before heading up to see Jason. I stood in the door way of his room, he looked at lot better, he was slightly sitting up in his bed watching day time soaps, the smell of soup hung in the air so I knew he had eaten.

"knock, knock," I said smiling at him as he looked up.

Before his gaze fully met mine, he replied, "whose there?" then he faltered... his mouth agape, taking me in no longer pale, looking like my old self.

"Daywalking Vampire,"

"Daywalking Vampire who?" he answered as if in a trance, on auto pilot.

"Daywalking Vampire Sookie," I grimaced.

"Well hell,"

"Can I come in?"

"Sure...so..so you can go out in the sun?"

"Yes, but my nights I return to Vampire,"

"Well hell,"

"Jason there is a lot going on just now and I have to talk to you about something real important, I don't have much time I need you to listen to me kay?"

"K"

"Jason, you know how everyone in hotshot is a panther?"

He simply nodded at this, "Felton the guy that did this to you, he was also a panther...oh God this is harder than I thought ..."

"C'mon Sook rip the band aid off, give it to me straight, you were never one to pussy foot around," I don't think Jason even realised the pun he made. "Remember when you told old Caroline Belleflure, the mole on her chin makes her look like a witch or so Regina Williams thought,"

I smiled I mustn't have been older than ten. "The next full moon you might turn into a Were panther or you might not, but it's more than likely you will,"

"FUCK,"

"Here's the dilemma, I have a bottle that if you take it, you will become full Werepanther and not a bitten one which look like the werewolfs from the movies only cat like. The stinger is you have to take it before the next full moon...however if you were never gonna change, it would change you anyway."

"So let me get this straight, you know I am not the brightest." I patted his hand, and smiled. "If I don't take the stuff, I might not change, but if I do change I'll be like panther boy?"

"Yep,"

"Now if I take the stuff, I like be like full panther and everything that comes with it?"

"Yep,"

"Will have all the strength, super fast healing... would my knee be fixed?" Jason had blown his knee senior year and lost out on a promising football scholarship; it always stung him that it was never right and he missed out.

"I am not sure about the knee but yes to everything else,"

"Hmmm"

"Yeah, hmmm,"

"What would you do?"

I grimaced, "Oh Jason, I am not sure. All I know is that bitten were's are looked down on a little and that with the amount of bites you've had makes it very likely that you will change...but there is always the possibility that you won't however tiny that might be," it was a tough one for sure.

"Have you ever felt like you don't belong...like this world wasn't meant to be your worl..." Jason then realised who he was speaking too and looked ashamed.

"Oh I am the Queen of that world...there is more Jason but I can't explain everything now as I am running out of time just now...let's just say I like my world better now, I feel more at ease with the supernatural,"

"That's how I felt with Crystal, like I belonged,"

"But Jason everybody loves you, you where the all American football hero, all the guys want to be you and all the girls want to be with you," I gasped.

"Yeah," he said bitterly, "but I never felt like I belonged...like I was always trying to be something I am not... hell half the girls I dated, I was just with them to feel normal,"

"Oh my God," you think know someone, Jason had just blown me out of the water. "You never said anything, not once,"

He did one of those half laugh's, you know the ones that people do when something is not funny but if you don't you'll cry; a sad 'laughette' not quite a laugh. "I was too busy trying to be normal...only with Crystal I didn't need too, she saw through all the BS...I could just be me," a tear made it's way down his face, I looked away I'd never seen my brother so vulnerable.

"You really loved her," I said sadly.

"I do...I can't believe she would have just stood by..." he trailed off.

"Well Jason, you have a big decision to make... I wish I could help you more or even make it for you but it's yours to make,"

"Are you truly happy?" he suddenly asked.

Now it was my turn to do one of those laughette's, "you know I am...my lifes not perfect far from it...but that doesn't matter so much anymore because nobodies is-perfect that is. I have Eric that's all I need, he's where I belong,"

I left the vial of blue liquid by the bedside, I hugged Jason and told him how much I loved him, kissing the top of his head. I exited the room with a heavy heart. I hadn't allowed myself to think it but I may never see my brother again if things go badly with the Queen to night.

Big arms, gripped me holding me close to a hard warm body, "Having second thoughts," Eric's chest rumbled.

"No...it's the usual Vampire Sookie is trying to bitch slap human Sookie...but I am with Vampire Sookie on this one...the Queen has to die. Human Sookie is trying hard to tell me what a horrible person I am. And my Gran...oh I don't even wanna think what she would have to say about this..."

"Oh you're a complex little thing..." Eric chuckled, lifting my chin and kissing me. We were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. We both knew Sam stood in the hallway with us. Eric slowly disengaged himself from me.

"Sam," I smiled.

"Sookie, what is really going on? please don't tell me nothing...if you going after the Queen I want to come with you..Tara was my friend too,"

"She dies tonight," I said resigned and absolute in my decision.

"Northman you are stepping up," it was a statement.

"We are stepping up," Eric corrected him.

Sam's eyebrows rose at this. "You will go with my cousin Claudine, she a fairy. You will watch your back, you will go as the baddest most ferrous thing you can think of, you will kick every ass you find. You better not dare get your furry ass killed on me, do you hear Sam Merlotte?"

"No argument? No- you're not going?" Sam asked.

I shook my head, "No. That would make me a hypocrite, because I am gonna kill that fucking bitch for Tara...now that doesn't sound so bad because Tara was all about revenge, that girl was meaner than a basket full angry rattle snakes and sweeter than candy if you were her friend,"

"For Tara," Sam repeated.

"For Louisiana," Eric added. He told Sam to be ready at sun set, we went to our bedroom and died for the day, when we rose again the Queens hours where numbered.

Dunt Dunt... dah! Is SA gonna get her ass kicked?