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grapejuice101: Thank you lol more of them is coming soon, real soon.
masquerade04: Hehe, I gave you guys a bite and kept the rest of the cake.
chibichibi98: Eric and Pam are so fun to write, mostly when she bothers him lol.
wabi-sabi1090: I think everyone is gonna be shocked when they find out what she is.
VampireElf14: Charlotte's mother plays a part in this story soon!
SomebodyWhoCares: Eric may be going to talk to her, but is Charlotte going to listen?
Beauty422: I love Eric and Pam relationship. Charlotte isn't as into Eric as he is to her because she's fighting him the best she can. She doesn't really trust Eric, with all the shit he's pulled on her she has a reason to.
ff13: Surprise there! Lol! Yes, she is similar to Sookie, but not completely. I've never been to one either, so I'd probably run around looking at everything too lol. That scene broke my heart too, but I understood why he did it. Charlotte has another name, but that will be revealed way later.
biancaj21: You'll find out what she completely is soon!
Sillygabby: Read and find out!
Anonymouscsifan: Had to leave you guys wanting more, leave you guys little nibbles to rack your brain lol.
Lina Marie: Here it is!
"Well? Tell us!" Charlotte leaned forward.
"Faeries." Bill answered in a serious tone.
No one moved after Bill said the word Faeries.
"Faeries." Charlotte repeated.
Bill nodded.
"How fucking lame." Sookie mumbled, expecting something better.
"I expected something cooler than a damn faery." Charlotte agreed.
Bill rolled his eyes at their pouts. "Faery is but one of the names."
"What other names are there?" Sookie asked, now curious.
"Fenordree, Ellyllon, The Old People," Bill paused. "Aliens."
"God fucking damn-it, I really am an alien" Sookie stood up off the couch.
Charlotte frowned. "I don't like those names."
Bill stood up too. "Only part. You're mostly human." He looked at Charlotte. "Not you though."
"What?" Charlotte stood over and went over to him. "What do you mean not me?"
"You're barely human. You're more faery, half actually." Bill explained before he turned to Sookie. "Apparently, a Fae coupled with one of your female ancestors."
"Coupled?" Sookie crossed her arms.
Charlotte stared, in shock. "Half?!" She ran her fingers through her hair, groaning.
"The fae were known for breeding with humans." Bill explained. "Sometimes against the human's will."
Charlotte held up a hand to stop him. "Whoa, hold on, our people are rapists?"
Sookie uncrossed her arms. "How do you know all this?"
"Two of them told me, though the first one didn't really help." Bill pressed his lips together as he looked at Charlotte for a moment, remembering Marigold. "The first one I met was Claudine. The second one was Marigold. She's the one that told me about them."
Sookie perked up at the name Claudine. "Where were you when you…"
"Bon Temps cemetery, only it was someplace else. It was day, but it wasn't painful… it was beautiful." Bill smiled, remembering how beautiful it was.
"Was there a pond? With shit load of flowers around?" Charlotte asked.
Bill nodded at her question. "Yes, that's how I got there. By the pond."
"We were there too!" Sookie pointed to Charlotte and herself. "Claudine said you would take my light."
"She also seemed to not like me for some reason." Charlotte looked away in thought. "Wonder why."
"She's afraid for you." Bill told Sookie. "And for good reason."
A chill ran down Charlotte's spine. "What reason is that?"
"Every supernatural I've ever met believes the fae were wiped out of existence… by vampires."
"Why do they think that?" Charlotte asked Bill, still shocked about the news of what she is… part of what she is? She don't know anymore.
"And you tell us the truth, Bill Compton, or I swear to God." Sookie threatened him. "I will know it."
Bill sighed as he grabbed one of each of their shoulders. "According to legend, faery blood is delectable and intoxicating to vampires."
"Is it true?" Sookie asked in a soft voice.
"Both of your bloods are the most delicious one's I have ever tasted, that's all I know." As Bill spoke, Charlotte started to feel sick. "Marigold told me that having so much of your blood got me into that place."
Charlotte started to gag loudly.
"Charlotte?" Sookie looked over to Charlotte, worried for her.
Charlotte never answered Sookie as she ran to Jason's bathroom and emptied her stomach.
Eric stared at the lawyer sitting in front of him as the man read the papers of Eric's will.
Pam paced behind Eric, angry as hell.
"I give all my residences, subject to any mortgages or encumbrances thereon, and all policies and proceeds of insurance covering such property, to…" the lawyer looked up at Eric, waiting for a name.
"My progeny, Pam Swynford De Beaufort." Eric answered.
The Lawyer nodded and wrote down her name.
"Why are you doing this?" Pam asked when she stopped pacing.
"Because Pam, Russell Edgington is the oldest and strongest vampire on the planet, before he eviscerated a man on live TV. Now, he's also the craziest, and his rage is directed at me. Do the math." Eric motioned for the lawyer to continue.
"Article four. I give the rest of my residuary estate to…"
"My progeny, Pam Swynford De Beaufort."
"You're not even gonna put up a fight?" Pam snapped.
Eric could feel the waves of concern and fear from her. "Of course I am." He turned his head to her. "But until I come up with a brilliant plan to defeat him, I'm covering my bases and your ass."
Pam rolled her eyes and moved to Eric's left side. "Eric-"
Eric was growing frustrate with Pam, so he snapped acidly. "Unless you have a plan for me to defeat Russell Edgington, do NOT distract me!" she stayed quiet as he turned back around. "Go on."
"Your signature." The lawyer placed a pen on the paper in front of Eric. "It requires two witnesses. But the witness cannot be the beneficiary of your estate."
Charlotte would not pick Eric's calls or answer his texts, so the next person he thought of was Yvetta. Eric called for Yvetta, who came from the back room in a tight black dress with her breasts nearly popping out.
"Are you mentally competent and under no duress at this time?" Eric asked without looking at her.
"Da." Yvetta answered, looking confused.
"Good. Watch this." Eric picked up the pen and signed his signature. He grabbed Yvetta's hand and placed the pen in her hand, then made her sign it before handing it back to the lawyer.
The lawyer signed his signature and capped the pen. "Congratulations." He told Pam, who was looked like she wanted to murder him. "According to the state of Louisiana, should Mr. Northman ever meet the true death, you will become a very wealthy vampire." Pam just looked away. He bowed to Eric. "I'll show myself out."
Once he was gone, Yvetta started to scream at Eric. "Sa annad talle kõik?" (You're giving her everything?) She pointed to Pam. "Sa lubasid mu eest hoolitsema!" (You promised to take care of me!)
"Ma lubasin teile tööd ja hea sex. See on kõik." Eric told her plainly. He felt no feelings for her. She was just a lay, and he had not touched her in a long time. (I promised you a job and good sex. That is all.)
"Nii et ma ei tähenda midagi, et sa oled?" Yvetta was ready to cry, believing he cared for her. (So I mean nothing to you?)
Instead of feeling regret like when Charlotte cried, Eric became angrier. She used those wards against him as well. "Vähem kui midagi, you gold-digging whore!" (Less than nothing,) Eric's voice became louder and angrier by the end.
Yvetta's face scrunched up unattractively as she hit a chair and walked away childishly.
"You could be a cold hearted bastard." Pam walked away, leaving Eric alone.
Eric felt shock and sickness from his link with Charlotte.
He decided to pay her a visit, but the house he came to with her smell and link was not her house.
Eric knocked twice before Bill opened the door.
"How did you find us?" Bill opened the door some more, showing an adorably curled up sleeping Charlotte on the floor with Sookie on the couch.
Eric smirked. "Oh, it wasn't that hard." Bill just glared. Eric became serious. "I know what she is."
Bill's glare lessened as he looked at the two girls inside sleeping. He stepped out the door and they walked away from the house.
"So is it true that Sookie's blood let you walk into the sunlight?" They stopped walking and faced each other.
"And Charlotte's." Bill added.
Eric growled deeply. "What?"
"I attacked Charlotte, completely by accident. She's the reason why I didn't drain Sookie dry." Bill looked down, ashamed.
Eric fangs clicked out. "You attacked what is mine?"
Bill's fangs released as well. His voice rose in anger. "She is not yours, Eric! Stay away from my sister!"
Eric chuckled mockingly. "Sister? You think you're family now?"
"Yes. And I mean it, stay away from her. You've hurt her and Sookie enough when you're going after what they are!"
Eric tilted his head slightly. "They?"
Bill smirked. "You didn't know? Charlotte's the same as Sookie."
Eric growled at him again. "How do you know?"
"None of your business."
Eric wanted nothing more than to rip Bill into pieces, but he kept his composure. "You don't know why Sophie-Anne sent you to Bon Temps?" he asked Bill mockingly.
Bill shifted slight as he looked uncomfortable. "I returned to Bon Temps because it is my ancestral home."
"Oh spare me your lies." Eric waved Bill off. "I'll just find out on my own."
"The girls are mine." Bill reminded Eric.
"They won't be if you're dead." Eric simply told him. "Is it true?" he asked about the blood working.
"No." Bill answered. "It only works for a few minutes, if that. Then you would burn up slower than you do without it, but you still burn."
"That's gonna disappoint Sophie-Anne." Eric spoke under his breath.
Bill stiffened. "I would meet the true death before I let Sophie-Ann get a hand on any of my girls." Eric smirked when he said girls and Bill noticed. "Or anyone else for that matter."
Eric rolled his eyes at Bill's protectiveness. "Russell will come for them."
"Well you should know," Bill mocked. "You are his butt boy."
"No longer." Eric turned his head to look at Bill. "I killed Talbot."
Bill's smug look turned to shock. "That's why he went all medieval on TV. Well thanks, Eric, you just put our cause back a thousand years." He noticed when Eric tensed his jaw. "He must be after you for that." He threw Eric a look. "Why are you even here?"
"I'm trying to save Charlotte and Sookie-"
Bill cut him off. "Oh please! You don't care about them, not even Charlotte. You left both of them in Russell's house to die! What is the FUCKING truth for once?"
Eric stepped up to Bill's face. "The truth?" He hissed. "Well why don't you tell Sookie the fucking truth?" He threw back at Bill. "If you really love her."
"What truth?" asked a familiar voice behind them, Sookie's.
"And no lying." Charlotte's voice.
The men turned to see both girls there.
Sookie staring at Bill while Charlotte, with her messy curls, stood there in her cute batman shirt and her hands on her hips while staring at Eric. She looked simply beautiful.
"The truth about what you are." Bill stated nervously. "Which I have already told you."
"Why are you here, Eric?" Eric looked over to Charlotte and saw she looked nervous as well.
"He's probably here to say he's worried for our safety and then sell us out to Russell again. Or is it the Queen this time?" Sookie gave Eric a look of loathing.
"Do you really believe he is trust worthy?" Eric looked at Bill as he asked the women.
"All I know is that I sure as hell can't trust you." The look from Sookie got stronger. "And now that I know what I am, and what you really want from us, I promise," she pulled Charlotte behind her and Bill. "You will never get it."
Eric looked at Charlotte and saw she had a deadpan look. He tried to feel what she was feeling, but it was too much. There was a war going on in there. "Well, do what you want. I won't be around much longer anyways."
At that, the look vanished from Charlotte's face to be replaced with a quizzical look. "What do you mean?"
Eric didn't answer her as he started to walk away but stopped. "Goodbye, Sookie Stackhouse. Goodbye, Charlotte Griffin."
Eric used his vampire speed to run out of there but as he was leaving, he heard Charlotte yell out his name.
He didn't turn back, not seeing Charlotte stare out into the forest to catch a glimpse of him.
"Charlotte?"
Charlotte looked away from the TV to see Bill there. "Yes?"
"May I have a word with you in private?"
"Sure." Charlotte got up and Bill escorted her outside on the porch. "What did you want to talk about?"
"That woman, Marigold. Have you ever met her?" Bill scanned her face, watching to see the reaction.
Charlotte shook her head no. "Never heard that name before, why?"
Bill looked more nervous now. "And what about your mother, what was her name? What did she look like? Where-"
Charlotte stopped him. "Bill, are you okay? You're making my head hurt with all the questions."
"Fine, I'll just straight forward on this." Bill took in a deep breath. "The woman in the other world, the one in the lake, she said she was your mother."
Charlotte took a step back in shock "How? My mother died when I was two!"
Bill placed his hands on Charlotte's shoulders. "Charlotte. She looked exactly like you. I thought she was you until I saw her eye color, they were brown. Not like your green."
"That's because I supposedly have my father's eyes." Charlotte shook her head. "But… how?"
"I don't know, but I believe her when she says who she is. She gave me a message before I got transported back. She said beware the angel that brings only death." Bill looked at her in the eyes. "Do you know what that means?"
"No." Charlotte started to tug on her hair. "First, I find out I'm half fucking faery, then I find out my mother is still alive and living in a faery world." She groaned. "I just want to be normal."
"Well, you're not just half faery." Bill paused when Charlotte gave him a scared look, scared of what else she was. "You're also part human and something she couldn't tell me. She said it wasn't the right time to say."
"Great." Charlotte sighed. "Can we go inside? I'm already tired of today. Besides, I have someone I need to call."
Bill said okay and escorted her inside.
Charlotte took out her mobile and went to the bathroom. She took a deep breath as the ringing stopped.
"Hello?"
Charlotte spoke quickly. "I need your help… with the bond. Is there a way to end it before it completes?"
"Hmm. Let me check." Charlotte could hear pages being turned until it got quiet. "Found it! Can I ask why you are asking? By what you told me, the bonding process was going perfectly."
"I know, Ivy, but I can't deal with this anymore. Did you know I was a faery?" Ivy stayed silent. "You knew?!"
"How did you find out? Who told you?" Ivy asked quickly.
"Bill. He met my mother, who by the way is ALIVE!" Charlotte clenched her fist. "Why did you lie to me?"
"I had to lie to you." Ivy tried to explain. "Your mother promised me to never tell you unless something happened."
"Why? Why lie to me all these years?" Charlotte slid down to the floor.
"We did it to protect you. You're in so much danger and you don't even know it." Ivy's voice cracked as she cried.
"I really can't take any more of this." Charlotte whispered. "I just wanted a damn normal life."
"You're not normal, sweetheart." There was a pause. "Do you still want the information?"
Charlotte nodded, and then remembered Ivy couldn't really see her. "Yeah."
"Okay. It says here to break the bond you must place your hand upon their chest, over where the heart is, then say the words. 'Break the bond.' After that the bond will go into your hand, well, body. But why do you really want to do this?"
"I need to see if he really wants me because of the bond, or for me." Charlotte started to play with her bracelet.
"Be careful, please." Ivy blew a kiss into the phone. "Love you, kiddo."
"Love you." Charlotte hung up and washed her face. She stepped out the bathroom to see a bloody Tara and Jason. "What happened?!"
"There was a fight at Merlotte's." Jason answered as Tara just stared at Bill.
"Jason." Sookie didn't believe her brother.
Jason just held his hand up to make her stop. "We don't want to talk about it. How the hell did you guys get in here?"
"We found the extra key you keep under the rug," Charlotte pointed to the key on the counter. "You need a better place to hide it."
"Jason, is it okay if we stay here a couple days?" Sookie asked quickly.
Jason looked at her sister confused and concerned. "Are you in some kind of trouble?"
Tara just glared at Bill. "What did you do to them now?"
"Tara." Sookie hissed.
"It's alright." Bill brushed it off as he looked away.
"It's not alright, Bill. This isn't his fault. We pissed off some werewolves and now they're after us." Charlotte explained to Tara and Jason.
"And a vampire." Sookie added.
"Jesus." Jason just walked away.
"Now they're coming here?" Tara screeched. "Great, thanks. Why is it that everywhere he goes," she pointed at Bill. "Trouble follows?"
"It's almost dawn." Bill grabbed Sookie's hand. "I'll go to ground nearby, just in case I am needed." He gave her a kiss on the lips and Charlotte on her head. He looked at Jason and motioned to meet him outside.
Once they walked out, Tara went to walk pass the other women until Sookie called her name. "Tara Mae, I know you've got through a lot but-"
"Don't." Tara snapped as she turned around. "No matter what you say, I'm staying the fuck away from all of them."
"So what?" Sookie's voice grew soft. "It's you or Bill now?"
"I do whatever I got to do to survive." Tara threw her arms out to the side. "I can't help it. I wish them all dead, for good."
"You're talking about the man I love." Sookie became angry.
"He's not a man." Tara's eyes flashed fear. "They're monsters. Bill ain't any different from the rest of them." Her lip started to shake. "They tie you up and duct tape you, so you can't scream. They kidnap you. Rape you." Charlotte's hand flew to her mouth in shock. "Try to turn you."
"That's what Franklin did to you?" Sookie went to take a step toward Tara but stopped.
"The man you love, he didn't lift a finger to save me." Tara started to cry as they hugged her and hugged them back.
Charlotte was taking a much needed small nap on the couch as Sookie watched Tara and Jason went out to drink.
She snuggled into the couch pillow, enjoying the softness of it when a deep chuckle from near her made her open her eyes.
She jumped back when she saw it was Eric.
"How did you get in here?" Charlotte threw a pillow at him but Eric swatted it away. She looked around. It was too quiet and daylight outside. "Ah, it's a dream."
Eric smirked. "Of course it is. You may as well enjoy it then."
Charlotte crossed her arms. "Will your blood ever wear off? I'm getting really tired of these dreams and how they leave me after."
"It's not just the blood, it's also the bond." Eric winked at Charlotte. "I also know you have feelings for me."
"Shut up." Charlotte could feel her face getting redder as she rolled her eyes.
Eric slid over to her and slowly kissed her, his hands going to the back of her neck. He took her bottom lip in-between his teeth and bit down softly. They pulled away with a soft smack sound.
"Why did you do that?"
Eric gave a half smile. "Because you like it." He kissed his way to her neck. "And this." Charlotte bit down on her lip as he kissed and licked her neck. He pulled away and placed his big hands on her cheeks. "You shouldn't trust Bill." He rubbed his thumbs over her cheeks.
"But why?"
"He's a danger to you. And that's not my blood just talking, that's your survival instinct. The faery in you wants to run away, but I won't let you." He clicked his fangs out and attacked her neck.
Charlotte gasped and rolled over, making her fall to the floor.
"You okay?" Sookie ran around the couch and helped Charlotte up. "What happened?"
Charlotte groaned. "Had a bad dream, don't worry." She looked at the time and came up with a plan. "Sook, do you want to come with me? I need to ask Eric something."
Sookie saw the determined look on Charlotte's face and nodded.
"We got to stop by the house though first." Charlotte grabbed her keys as Sookie wrote a note the Jason, telling him they would be right back.
Charlotte busted through the door of Eric's office with Pam behind her.
Sookie was waiting for Charlotte at the bar.
"She over powered me." Pam told Eric sarcastically. "Damn that Irish ass."
"It is nice." Eric agreed and told Pam to leave.
Charlotte got straight to the point. "What did you mean when you said you weren't going to be around much longer?"
"Don't act like you care about me." Eric didn't look at her, just kept his back to her. "This is about what you said at Russell's. You said Godric was wrong." He turned to look at her. "What did you mean?"
Charlotte stared at him, unsure how to go about this. "Godric told me, about heart singers." Eric furrowed his eyebrows as she continued. "I asked him about the glow and hum you talked about on the night his nest was bombed. How did you find out?"
"Talbot. He was Russell's heart singer, and I killed him."
"Oh."
"Who else knows you're my heart singer?"
"Only Ivy and Godric know. Not even Sookie or Bill knows, they have enough problems." Charlotte rubbed her arms. The office was cold.
"You shouldn't trust Bill." Eric told her quickly.
Charlotte frowned. "Why shouldn't I?"
Eric moved closer until he could feel her body heat. He literally had to look down at her, since she made it under his nose. "There are forces beyond even my control." He put his hands around her waist, pulling her closer. "If I were to ever meet the true death without kissing you one last time, that would be my biggest regret."
"Why does this sound like a goodbye?" Charlotte whispered, scared if her voice was higher it would ruin the moment.
"Because it is."
Charlotte suddenly grabbed the back of his neck and kissed him.
His hands dug into her hair and on her cheek.
The kiss was rough and breathtaking.
Charlotte gasped as he lifted her up, and his tongue started to wrestle with mine.
They stopped the kiss but their lips were remained touching slightly.
"Min älskling." (My darling) his lips brushed against hers as he spoke.
"Mo Lochlannach." (My Viking.)
Eric looked a bit confused but pressed his lips against hers once more. He moved his hand up her shirt when Pam walked in. "What?" Eric growled, not happy.
"Blah blah, vampire emergency, blah." Pam placed her hands on her hips.
Eric placed Charlotte down carefully and left the room. He walked away from the office, the smell of her around him and the taste of her lips on his tongue.
"This better be good." Eric told Pam as he noticed Sookie sitting bored in one of the tables.
"You're too busy signing wills and making out with Snow White instead of using her." Pam motioned with her eyes to Sookie.
"There isn't any way to use her. It won't work. Besides, Sookie's blood wouldn't be enough."
"What do you mean?"
Eric sighed. "Sookie is only part faery, Charlotte is half." Pam's eyes grew wild. "I will not let Russell get to us and drain her dry. She is my heart singer."
"Then just give Sookie to him to save your own skin. Russell doesn't have to know about Charlotte."
"No." Eric tensed his jaw. "Russell already knows something is up with Charlotte. He said he saw the same light from Sookie's hand when they took them from the Were's apartment. He might already know."
"He's gonna get them then, sooner or later." Pam was getting desperate.
"No." Eric growled at her. "I won't do that to her."
Pam looked surprised and hurt. "You're choosing a human over yourself? Over me?"
"Your lack of sentiment has always been your most admirable quality." Eric hissed quietly. "Do not disappoint me now!"
Pam still looked hurt and scared. "You would have said, and done anything to save Godric. I have no interest of inheriting your farm on Öland, that place is a windy shithole! If you're not going to give him Sookie and Charlotte, at least figure out how to use them. And fast."
Pam went to walk away but Eric stopped her.
He motioned to Sookie and to the basement door.
She nodded.
Eric made his way back to the office.
Charlotte clenched the stone in her hand, praying the plan worked.
The door opened and she quickly hid the stone from Eric. "What happened?"
"Nothing, just going to take care of two prisoners."
Charlotte frowned. He still had prisoners? "Prisoners? Who are they?"
"Sookie and you." Eric threw her over his shoulder quickly before she could run.
"No!" Charlotte tried to grab onto things so he couldn't take her out the door. "Eric, why are you doing this?!" She could hear Sookie screaming for help now.
"I need to use Sookie and protect you from Russell." Eric squeezed her legs when she started to kick. He opened the door and started to walk down some stairs.
Sookie was screaming at Eric and Pam.
Eric threw Charlotte down and quickly placed a metal collar that was attached to some rods around her neck. We were in the basement.
"Eric, please!" Charlotte grabbed the front of his tank.
Eric froze as he looked into her eyes. He went to give her one last kiss, but stopped when she placed her hand that had the stone on the area that his heart was in.
"Break the bond!" a blue-green light came from Eric's chest and around Charlotte's hand.
As she pulled it away, wisps of the light flowed into the now pulsating pink heart stone.
"What have you done?" Eric grabbed Charlotte's wrist and looked at the stone. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" he yelled.
"I broke the bond." Charlotte looked at the stone shocked that it worked.
Ivy had said it would when she had called her at the house, asking if it can be put into objects for safe keeping, but she still couldn't believe it.
Eric's hand started to tighten on her wrist. "Put it back."
"No."
"Then I'll find a way." Eric took the stone from her hand roughly and walked away.
Charlotte looked up as she watched Eric's back. "Eric! No! Give it back!"
The door shut with a slam.
"ERIC!"
Oh shit!
Charlotte took the bond back and Eric is not happy.