Chapter 21…Alone

A/N: Thank you guys for the reviews, I loved them. And Merry Christmas for those of you who are celebrating it, I hope it is a very joyful day. Here is my gift to you…

I sprayed my favourite perfume and put on the last of my jewellery and saw that the necklace was perfect. I walked down the steps and took the hand of Santos as he led me to the car.

"You look absolutely beautiful miss" he said as he opened the door and I thanked him as I slid in and waited to see where Eric and I would meet.

It was a long drive and as I looked at my watch I was almost twenty minutes late. Santos said that I shouldn't worry because the bride was always late. We arrived at a road that turned off into the woods and as we drove down it I could see lights leading to an archway.

Santos stopped the car and helped me out as I looked down the pathway to see the priest. "I hope you and Eric the very best wishes" he said and turned around to walk back to the driver side.

"Wait you are leaving?" I asked him and he nodded at me "yes Mr. Northman already made traveling plans" he said and then he slowly drove off. I looked down the path again and only saw the preacher so I walked down to him and he frowned at me.

"Are you early?" he asked me and I shook my head at him "no I am actually more than twenty minutes late" I said and chuckled at the end but he looked down at his watch and frowned again.

"It seems Mr. Northman is late" he said and I looked at him oddly and then down at my watch. I was late but Eric wasn't even here yet.

We waited in silence for another thirty minutes before the preached spoke up " I'm sorry miss I need to go, I have another wedding to do" he said and I nodded while not looking at him. "I am sorry" he said as he laid his hand on my shoulder and I watched as he left.

There was a bench just to the side and I sat down on it and waited.

Two hours went by as I sat and waited for Eric. Finally giving up I reached for my phone and called the bar to ask pam to pick me up but ginger said that pam was out.

I called pam's phone but it only rang and I then tried Eric's but the same thing…it only rang.

I sat there in silence for a while as the tears ran down my cheeks. I couldn't believe Eric left me and didn't even show up. As the tears kept on rolling I got angrier and angrier finally having enough I stood up and made a decision.

I walked down the path back to the road and saw a car there but no one was in it. I quickly checked and on my side of luck it wasn't locked. I climbed in and looked around for the keys but I found none so I quickly pulled the cars wires down and sparked it to life.

I turned the car around and made my way to the only place I knew Eric was last. Pulling up to the mansion like house I slammed the car door and made my way up the steps, and opened the door walking past the guards.

"Where is he?" I yelled into the house and a guard came towards me. "Do not touch me" I said as I saw he was going to grab my arm. He did not listen and still grabbed my arm.

"Let fucking go of me" I yelled and hit the guy on the nose with my fist. He instantly let go and held his nose just as another guy came and grabbed my arms and then cuffed my wrists together.

"Let me go" I growled out and then a piece of tape was over my mouth preventing me of yelling anymore.

They led me to what I assumed was his office and sat me down in a chair "the king will be with you shortly" he said and I huffed and rolled my eyes. Nearly thirty minutes later bill walked in adjusting his shirt.

"Danalynne…they told me some woman barged in here" he said and sat down in front of me. I stared hard at him and he stared right back at me. "Were you playing dress up?" bill asked me and I swallowed the lump in my throat and looked away as I felt a single tear roll down.

I heard bill stand up and walk over to my side until I saw his shoes right before me. He turned my face towards him and looked down at me. Bill wiped the single tear off and then slowly pulled the tape off of me as well.

"What do you want?" he asked me and I swallowed again and took a deep breath "I want to know where Eric is, he wasn't there he never showed up and I don't understand why he would do that. I mean he promised…" I rambled but bill cut me off as he placed his hand over my mouth.

"Eric? I sent Eric early this night to check something out and then he was free to do as he wanted" bill said and I felt the lump return because that meant that Eric didn't want to show up. Whatever he had to do for bill was early and as I assumed it was quickly. It was almost midnight.

"I understand…would you mind taking off the cuffs" I asked bill and saw him nod at someone behind me and then felt the cuffs unlock and pulled off of my wrists.

"I'm sorry to have bothered you" I said and stood up to walk out but bill pushed me back down. "Is that your wedding dress?" bill asked me and I nodded at him.

"I am sorry if I knew the wedding was tonight I wouldn't have asked Eric to go, I would have done it myself" bill said and I nodded up at him.

"I'm just going to go back home and pretend none of this happened" I said and stood up to walk but bill stopped me with his hand on my arm.

"the dress really suits you, you look beautiful and Eric is a fool for not showing up" bill said and I thanked him as I made my way out of his office and then out of the house and into the stolen car.

I drove slowly to the house and left the car outside of the driveway. I took my shoes off and walked the rest of the way to the house. Going inside I could tell the house was empty and walked up the stairs to remove my wedding dress and take a long shower.

The shower was uneventful as the only thing I did was cry and sob against the shower wall.

As I exited the bathroom I looked at our bed with my dress on it and quickly turned to the door and made my way to godric's room. Once I closed his door behind me I walked over to his dresser and slipped one of his shirts over my head and climbed into his bed.

I stared up at the ceiling and just breathed in godric's scent. It was calming me and before I knew it I was fast asleep.

"What?" I yelled and demanded as I answered my phone the next morning. Sure I was grumpy but I mean I wasn't in the mood for people, I just wanted to be left alone.

"Hey, you alright?" I heard alcide ask me and I sighed as I sat up. "No, what do you want?" I asked him in a slightly better tone and heard him laugh at something which annoyed me further.

"I was just wondering what time you were going to come by" he said and I mentally face palmed myself because I forgot about it.

"Give me an hour" I said and hung up. It was good that alcide called me because that gave me an idea that sounded good at the moment.

I got up and just went to our room to get some underwear and a pair of jeans. I left godric's shirt on and just put the jeans on with a pair of boots. Thirty minutes later I was in godric's car and pulling on to the road.

As I pulled up behind alcide's truck I took a deep breath and then made my way to his front door.

I knocked three times and waited a minute or so until alcide opened the door only in a towel.

"You look like shit" he said and I smiled sadly at him as I stepped inside. "Debbie quickly went out" alcide explained as I looked around for her. "Before you ask I don't want to talk about it, I just want a favour from you" I said and followed alcide to their room.

"So how's the wedding planning going?" alcide asked me. I'm sure he didn't mean to but at his question I burst into tears and sank down to the floor.

"Hey, hey, hey what happened?" alcide asked as he sank down with me and held me as I cried. Alcide saw that I wasn't going to move so I felt his arms go under my legs and around my back as he picked me up and sat me down on the bed.

I watched as he quickly got dressed and then joined me back on the bed. "Talk to me, what happened" he asked again and brushed the stray tears from my cheeks.

"The wedding is off" I said and heard alcide sigh. "Why did he find some fangbanger?" he asked and I flinched from his tone.

"No…I don't know. He didn't show up, he just left me waiting…I don't know" I rambled into alcide's side as he held me. "He didn't show up…what do you mean, oh he left you there, the wedding was last night" alcide said to himself and then we both heard the front door shut and things being put down.

"Alcide…" I heard a voice call out that I assumed was Debbie. I few seconds later she entered the room and stared at us in shock.

I realised what she thought and quickly sat up "no, it isn't what you think" I said and when she stepped forward I thought the worst and also stood up to defend myself. I was surprised when Debbie threw her arms around me and enveloped me in a hug.

"Alcide has told me so much about you, I'm glad to finally meet you. I just wish it was under better circumstances because I can see you have been crying. Why don't you help me in the kitchen and tell me more about yourself and what happened" Debbie said as she smiled at me and gave me one more hug.

I watched as she walked away and then turned to alcide. "She looks cheerful" I said and alcide laughed as he came next to me and hugged me before I walked to the kitchen.

Alcide was in the lounge drinking a beer after getting dressed, as Debbie and I made snacks. She was different than I expected because I did hear a few bad things, but I suppose people change. I was just telling her about Eric when I heard a knock on the door but I ignored it and continued on with the story.

"That asshole…sorry" Debbie exclaimed as I said that he just left me there. "No it's okay, that why I'm here. I want to know if I can borrow alcide's apartment in Mississippi because I think it would do me good just to get away for a while" I explained to her and she smiled.

"Of course, that would be no problem" she said and took one of the platters to the front while I finished the last one. About ten minutes later it was done and I picked it up and rounded the corner. But I stopped short when I heard alcide grumble.

"I don't know she said he was sick and then outside she said he was at her house, you know I don't trust him" alcide said and I frowned because I had no idea what they were talking about.

"Sookie will be fine, but did she say what sickness he had? I mean come on what vampire can get sick, he is old and Eric is strong" Debbie said and as soon as I heard that they were talking about sookie I held my breath and when I learned Eric was at sookie's house the platter fell out of my hand and I ran out of the door.

"Danalynne wait…" alcide called after me but I was already in godric's car and speeding down the road back to Eric's house.

As I stormed into the house I trashed as much as I could on my way to our room. I looked at our bed and saw that my dress was gone so the maid must have taken it to dry cleaning. What a waste I thought because I would have loved to burn it.

I ripped our sheets off and then proceeded to rip them, I did this with all of Eric's clothes and by the time I was done it dawned on me that it was early the next morning. It was still dark so I got dressed in a black pair of jeans still with godric's shirt and just got my black leather jacket and the keys to the bike.

I climbed onto my bike and made my way down to sookie's house as fast as the bike could go. Within no time I skidded to a stop as I saw Eric fall down face first in front of sookie.

"What have you done to him?" I yelled at her as I kneeled in front of Eric and held his face in my hands. "Mmmmhhhh you are pretty" Eric mumbled and then chuckled. "I didn't do anything, he just drank my fairy godmother" sookie exclaimed and I glared at her as Eric stood up and pushed me to the side.

"I want more, drink you" Eric said and sookie yelled out that he would kill her. "I would never hurt you" Eric said and looked down sadly. "Eric?" I called out and pushed sookie away to stand in front of him.

"Where were you" I asked him and he chuckled at me "catch me if you can" he said and used his vampire speed to run everywhere.

"What is wrong with him?" sookie asked me and I rolled my eyes at her "he's drunk sookie, you know nothing of him. I have dealt with him like this before, now you go back inside while I get him inside cause I don't know if you have noticed but it's dawn soon" I said to her with an attitude and the next moment Eric was before me.

"Be nice to her, or else" he growled at me and I widened my eyes. "Be nice to her? You left me at the alter and then I had to find out from alcide that you were here the whole fucking time!" I yelled at Eric and he stepped backwards.

"You scary" he mumbled and scooted over to sookie's side. "Eric we need to go home" I said and held my hand out for him. "I don't know you…" Eric said as he stepped back. My eyes landed on sookie for an explanation.

"Witches, bill sent Eric to witches and they took away his memories. Pam said it's the safest for him to stay here because bill would be looking for him" sookie said and I looked back at Eric but he wasn't there anymore.

I looked over the yard and saw him run around with vampire speed. "Eric it's dawn soon come inside" I yelled at him and then he was in front of me. "catch me first" he said and then he was gone.

"Split up, see if you find him. Meet back here in twenty minutes" I said and saw sookie run off, doing what I told her to do. I grabbed my phone quickly and dialled a number I knew by heart.

"I'm going to need your help, come to sookie's." I said to alcide and I could hear him sit up. "You didn't kill her did you?" alcide asked and I smiled. "Just get here now" I said and hung up.

Twenty minutes later sookie came back and went inside to get some water. Minutes after alcide pulled up and frowned at me.

"The body is inside" I said to him while holding a straight face. "Danalynne what have you done, I can't help you. She was my friend" alcide mumbled in shock and went to get back in his truck but I quickly stopped him.

"You really think I would kill her?" I asked him and he nodded yes at me.

I rolled my eyes at him and huffed "she's fine but I called because Eric is gone, I need you to turn wolf and help search for him, please" I begged alcide and after a few minutes of explaining that Eric could day walk because he drank fairy blood alcide agreed.

"Alcide…" sookie said as she came out with a blanket, alcide looked back at me and then unbuttoned his shirt and threw it into his truck. He then undid his jeans and looked at me and sookie.

"sook you going to turn around" he asked and she gasped as she quickly turned around.

"you not going to?" he asked me and I grinned up at him "it's not like I haven't seen it before and besides I have even slept on it once" I said and then turned around after alcide gawked at me and I heard sookie gasp again.

Sookie could think whatever she wanted to but alcide knew I was talking about our day in the field that I fell asleep on his stomach.