Its trick or treat time! So here's my little spin on a ghost story for Sookie and Godric. With a dash of Pam, Eric and a slew of other characters. I had way to much fun writing this.
Disclaimer; Do not own anything to do with this, not even a box set of the seasons. Yet, Christmas is coming, maybe if I beg enough the family might consider it.
It was a few days before Halloween and Sookie Stackhouse was throwing a party. Nothing big like the one that was going to take place at Fangtasia in a few days; but something fun with a few friends that hopefully wasn't going to get out of hand. Jason insisted on a horror movie marathon, the idea sparked an interest in Eric when she mentioned it offhand the previous week while work her contracted shift at the club. Somehow he managed to invite himself, Pam and his new pretty dancer (i.e. sex dungeon partaker.) He reason was of course Godric being there and it being a very vampire holiday. Sookie asked if they traded gifts like Christmas. She had some lovely suggestions for Pam if they did. Eric had to do a double take to check if she was serious; the small twitch by her mouth gave it away. He asked for more details and she replied there would be True Blood and wouldn't reveal the movie selection. She would leave him a message including the time and date. She also insisted Pam at least dress appropriately, costumes were not needed but it was Trick or Treat night in Bon Temps and she didn't need Pam opening her front door in a full blown decapitated head or slutty cop outfit. She shuddered on her way out as Pam said good bye, her mind bringing even more horrible costume ideas to life.
Gran's house was all out decorated; cobwebs across the doorframes and windows, a crow perched on the porch and fog machines in the corner, Spanish moss even hung around the kitchen and living room. Hell, even living next to a cemetery had its perks. She never had to decorate the front yard. It made Christmas a pain in the ass though.
Friends hung around on the couch and chairs, Jason rigged up a HD projector to show movies on a blank wall. Lafayette was hiding in the kitchen claiming he didn't need to watch none of that weird slasher and witchy shit. He dealt with it enough. Sookie did rule out the cheesy vampire movies but snuck in the new Wolf man remake, Jason teased her constantly about dating a vampire, she at least got in a good 'were' jab.
A movie was running in the background when a knock at her door startled the group, Sookie got up and grabbed the candy bowl just in case any local kids braved the house next to the cemetery or the teens fooling around had the urge to throw more toilet paper on her porch. Turning on her special crazy grin she opened the door to find Pam picking corn from her hair. Eric was literally howling with laughter and his current girlfriend staring in confusion asking where the corn came from. Godric was a few steps behind, a mischievous smile tugging up the corners of his mouth while his hand dusted off some suspicious residue. Sookie looked at Pam as the tall blond turned, taking a handful of candy and pegging Godric in the head.
"Everybody please come," Sookie gasped. "The movies just started. Jessica and Hoyt stayed home, something about Jessica being excited for trick or treaters at her new house."
Eric nodded at her wiping small tears of mirth from his eyes and producing a bag of Reese's Peanut Buttercups. 'Hid these, it's a bribe incase Pam does anything. By the way this is Brigitte. She said she's afraid of the cemetery and pumpkins."
Sookie looked at the petite girl, Big green eyes peered from around Eric's shoulder and mutli-colored streaked hair framed a face with a button nose.
"Does she know she's seeing a vampire?"Sookie whispered to Eric."I mean she might want to check in on that if she's scared of a jack o' lantern. I'm just say in Eric that might make thing a little hard."
She paused," Do not tell me about hard things, I never need to know anything that has to do with that and you and a girl or boy."
Eric only started to laugh again and tugged the techno colored Dorothy who somehow found the yellow brick road up Sookie's driveway. Sadly she really couldn't compare the other vampire in the party to a lion, tin man or brainless scarecrow. Well maybe she could call Eric brainless; at the very least his brain wasn't located in his head often.
Godric stepped up next to her, kissing her cheek lightly and sneakily dropping more corn pieces on the porch. "I was planning to soap the windows of your brother's truck. Pam wants to do it." His mouth huge boyish smile, his eyes almost shutting and Godric even bounced on his feet a little.
"I didn't think you liked Halloween so much cher. Wasn't it a crazy ritual time for you?" Sookie wondered.
"Yes little love, but I like what it's turned into. It's now a different way to celebrate life, though when I lived that pumpkin would draw a creature you wouldn't want to ever want to see. Lucky you have me here." Was his smug answer.
She only smiled and kissed the tip of his nose, he leaned in for more when a shriek interrupted them both and they noticed brightly colored hair fly into the kitchen and Lafayette commenting nothing came from the those gory piece of shit movies. Sookie checked in on Brigitte in the kitchen while Godric walked into the living room. Eric was reclined on the couch, "Weak stomach," he explained. "I promised to watch Twilight." He muttered as Godric sat beside him. "Stop laughing, you have no idea how lucky you are Sookie does not entertain that drivel."
The night continued, interrupted by Pam and Eric making comments during select films that that was not how you a torture someone or how blood actually sprayed. They both citied the French Revolution for reason to why they in fact actually knew this information, gross as it was. Oddly no other guests seemed to mind and enjoyed the night. They dwindled out after Jason turned off the Wolfman to much pouting from both Tara and Sookie. Eric said Sookie was learning from the best, she agreed and thanked Pam.
Soon it was only Eric, Pam, Jason, Tara (Dr. Charles was away on some sort of witch doctor business. Tara explained haunted houses and New Orleans and money. The vampire all nodded in understanding. Jason looked confused.), Brigitte, Lafayette, Sookie and Godric were left.
The teenagers still pulled pranks outside, not realizing that half the monsters they dressed like were in fact inside the house.
Jason came up with the brilliant idea for the vampires to tell horror stories from when they were alive. He rationalized in Eric and Pam could talk about the guillotine, then they all must have some good stories. Pam preened and looked over at Eric, he merely shrugged smiled and agreed. But first placing a bet, stating whoever won would get a prize of their choosing.
"Pam should start first, I'll go next and Godric will finish. If I'm right the story he should tell will be the best."
Pam then got up, turned down lights and offered more snacks and refreshments. She didn't want anyone to leave during her tale.
Pam apparently knew Jack the Ripper, and embellished the tale more than From Hell did. Even Jason turned green as she straight faced the descriptions of the murder scenes. The poor little girl that was possibly not going to date Eric any further sat there with her mouth hanging open, saying that was gross and Pam should never had gone to see it. Pam only rolled her eyes and made a snide comment about a certain someone being ladylike in Eric's office the other night. Brigitte sniffed and turned her head away. Eric merely rolled his eyes and asked permission to start his tale. The striking female vampire nodded and smiled at the cutsie dancer. "I can tell you, his is going to be grosser than mine. Mines still creepier, after all Jackie is a legend"
It involved a troll. Eating people and Eric swearing it happened in his village, he was witness to the gnawed up children and the hunt for the beast. He claimed it still gave him nightmares to think of the creatures cave and the loathsome rank it gave off. Heads dangling from the ceiling and limbs scattered like disused toys. Tara piped up saying she'd been studying cases like this and gave detailed account to the madness that spread into the village if the troll was never caught. Sacrifices were made and gifts left, whole villages being abandoned to start new somewhere; the results when said villages were rediscovered again and again. The curse would begin anew.
Everyone turned toward Eric and he smugly looked at them. "Well that explains a lot." Lafayette stated. All the mortals nodded in agreement.
Godric then cleared his throat and offered everyone a break from the story telling. Bathroom breaks were taken; Lafayette made food for the humans and heated up Bloods for the vampires. Sookie and Jason went outside to survey the pranksters' damage. Jason started swearing when he noticed his truck windows, Pam laughing from the porch. Godric walked towards Sookie and asked if she was worried about everything, she only smiled and squeezed his hand. She told him it was only one night and she was having fun.
"I hope the next story doesn't scare you, it's hard to tell and harder to hear." He looked at her somberly. "It explains as to why I feel so much better about the holiday now, it took some getting used to seeing children walk around in masks so safely."
Sookie placed her hand on his cheek, "Tell something different, it'll be ok." He only shook his head and kissed her forehead.
Everyone was seated comfortably in the living room. Pam on the couch with Eric and Brigette curled up in his lap. Lafayette lounged in a recliner, while Jason was stretched out on the floor. Godric and Sookie sat next to each other on a loveseat, Tara in a chair from the kitchen.
The oldest vampire took a deep breath and started. "It was the night I was made vampire and became the Horseman Death, Samhain Eve."
"It was cold that day and I was chained down and place in a yard with others like me. My skin bleed from the new ink they placed down my back. My shoulder burned from the brand given. I noticed I was the only one with marking like this. All the others were wearing white robes and had crowns of leaves. I was smeared in dirt with black dyed skins on my legs. No cloak or jerkin was offered to keep me warm."
"After all I was the important sacrifice that night, I overheard. I was a warrior and had no family left. My tribe raised me. I lost my parents to a sickness when I was young. We had recently won many battles and my village sent me to the druids in thanks for the blessings they had given us. I brought with me gifts of honey, wheat and weapons. In turn I was knocked unconscious and put in a dirt cell for two weeks. "
"As the day turned to night the others were lead away in large groups. I could see the fires as the criminals were judged. Some let go and others burned. You see we must give back to the earth what we had taken from harvest. Our blood and bodies served that purpose. We all knew this cycle and most were honored to be judged this way."
Brigette proceeded at this point to make a distressed noise like a mouse and bury her face in Eric chest. Eric's child rolled her eyes and commented how luck the kool aid haired girl was to have such a manly chest to nuzzle. Sookie made a gagging noise; Tara just exclaimed that was nasty.
Godric sighed,"If I may continue; I was at last dragged out. It took five grown men to pull me. I was my tribes' best fighter, if you remembered and I felt I could still honor the gods more by fighting they're earthly battles for them than by burning alive inside a monstrous wicker man."
"As I was led up steps to a flat alter made of three stones. One lay across two, I noticed a figure seated on a roman seat. It was a man, still as a statue. His body was draped in roman styled robes colored the darkest black I had ever seen. His glittered as he smiled at me and I saw his fangs and noticed the blood dripping from his chin. Looking down there were bodies strewn about. Young girls, more live breathing ones waited behind me. Some almost in ecstasy to feel this monster's touch."
"I was lain out across the alter, iron chains weighing down my limbs. This man or I thought actual dark god in flesh before me walked towards me. He scanned me from head to foot and turned towards his white clad priests. Nodding once towards the ancient looking men; the ones who told us when the rains would begin and when we angered the holy ones. When the time to bear children was right and when we should fight the Romans."
"I started to scream and howl, throwing curses in the air to the gods who betrayed me. I was loyal, I fought for them and this was what they wanted. Family had already been taken, why should go when there was so much more for me to achieve."
"Midnight dressed man turned and bent down next to my face. I could see the old blood caked in the cracks of his lips and see the how red his eyes were colored. 'I give more than any inbreed village can give you. You will master Death, turn it make it do what you will. You will burn villages and fell empires. Disobey me and the pain you feel next will compare nothing to me ending your life and any chance of you being more than a useless drone sent to die for blind old men shaking bones and cutting mistletoe.'"
"I was silent; I felt the cold blade of a knife slice into my arm then legs. My blood pooled below into bowls set on the ground to collect it. I felt my heart slow and watched as the demon took more of the girl, drawing off their clothing then snapping the fragile necks."
"My breath became labored and he was again looming over me. Laughing with the smell of rot pouring down from him. It was in his hair and clothing. He told me they were the same robes he was enclosed in when he 'died'. He lapped at my wounds; laughing manically he bit down his arm and had the attendants hold open my mouth. His blood forced its way into me and my last vision was of him turning and calling to the crowd that Death had picked a warrior and I would purge the world after three days in my scared tomb. He then ran into the raging bonfire and howled out his finally insane demand. I was bound in silver chains and placed inside a hollowed tree. Dirt covered me and buried I breathed my last breath."
None moved, every eye mortal and vampire were resting on Godric. Sookie was breathless.
"I woke three days later and slaughtered the druids. There had been a novice in the tomb with me. He babbled out I was to learn how to be Death on my own but I was to raid Rome since the one who made me was so powerful. His blood should sustain me, along with the novice. His ancestry included fae, and they were known to escort the dead and lead mortals astray. They would be my harbingers and take down the corruptness of the Roman Empire. I burned everybody except for the novice. He lived to tell the tale of the boy named Death."
Brigitte let out a sob,"I thought you were the nice one! Your creepy, how can she date him Eric?" She punched the Viking in the chest. Everyone looked at the ancient vampire, in almost disbelief none quite sure to how he reached the point where he was the peaceful person before them.
Godric started laughing, hysterical hiccupping laughter Eric joining in.
"He lied, that's not how he was made. He died like me on a battle field. He was a warrior but that's about it." Eric stood, dropping his date on the floor.
Sookie smacked Godric on the shoulder,"What about the other stories you told me as Death? Those were true right?"
He nodded, calming himself. "Yes I did assume those responsibilities but I was made by another soldier, he was already a Horseman. He actually told me everything while I lay dying. I agreed because I thought he was full of crap."
"I told you all he had the best story, he managed to make Sophie-Ann almost vomit with it once." Eric smugly crowed. "But it's time for little dancers to go home and amuse her employer. Pam I do believe you drove your own car here."
The aristocratic woman shut here eyes and stood. "Sookie please come enjoy the party at Fangtasia excuse me while I babysit."
As she followed the others out, she paused. "I highly doubt she's going to be employed for long, she's shrill and Eric says she hurts his ears when she pretends to orgasm.
Lafayette said what everyone else thought, "Hooker bitch I never need to know that shit,. Nasty! That's the scariest story I've heard all night."
"Then I get a new pair of shoes, Godric will agree." She pointedly looked over at him, He grinned and said if Eric wouldn't get them then he would.
The others made their own excuses and either left or in Tara's case went to bed. Jason muttered about getting a certain lesbian bitch to pay for a clean truck. He kissed his sister on the cheek and said he'd be by in the morning to help her clean up.
The two lovers were left alone in a candy covered living room. For the second time that night Godric was pelted with sugar confections. "You really like to prank. You don't get to see the costume for Fangtasia now." Sookie simply stated. He gave her a sheepish grin and closed in on her. Pressing her against a wall he dipped in. "It's no fun if you don't squirm a little bit. Can I get a clue?" He pouted.
Sookie proceeded instead to show him how well she indeed squirmed.