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Lilly arrived at her barn about an hour later, and saw her horse pressed against the door of her stall.
"Good girl." She crooned her horse as she approached her slowly. Breeze was still spooked from the vampires, and she did not want her to step on her bare feet. The sky rumbled, and a thick cloud covered the moon. Already the thick, muggy temperature was dropping, drastically. There was going to be a storm tonight, a big one.
So quickly, she picked up the brush and flicked out the dirt from Breeze's hair, then picked her horseshoes to remove the dirt and rocks. She placed a blanket over the horse, since it was going to be colder tonight, and kissed her above her wet nose before locking the stall door, then closing the barn door.
It was difficult to see anything without the help of the moon, but she had walked this path so many times that she did not even stumble. She entered her house, or maybe shack was a more suited word, and quickly locked the doors. She cracked open about three windows for when the storm hit, and moved into the kitchen, flipping lights on her way.
Lilly was a fighter, the best fighter there was. But the thing Lilly was not good at was cooking. So she pulled out a box of cheerios and milk, and settled on that for her meal before taking out her knife and cleaning it.
Eric's blood had dried on it, and she stared at it for a while before running the cloth over it. She thought it crazy that people drank these demons blood for power and sex. She had spent her entire life killing these things, and had been successful. She would never willingly drink from them, and have their demons, their curses, coursing through her veins.
Some people might think Lilly hated her life, but hate was not exactly correct. She did not feel blessed about her immortality, rather she felt burdened by it. Over the years, she had grown not weaker and slower, like she expected, but it seemed faster and stronger, and more capable of seeing things. Like how she could detect what the vampires would do before they did it. It was not some supernatural gift, but rather an intense form of observational skills.
She kept the knife in her jeans, making it easy to grab. She had more weapons stored throughout the house, but no guns. They were vile, heavy, confusing contraptions that she did not wish to do. When she had moved her knife off of the empty table, she noticed the sound of heavy rain on her roof, and sighed. She liked storms, and the power the generated, but with all of the sound outside, it made the inside of her house seem so quiet. And then she felt alone, and sad, but only when the storms were happening. Only then did she allow herself to feel any pity for herself. Self pity only slowed you down, and made you weak, and someone with as many enemies as Lilly could not afford to be weak.
There was a loud knock on her door, and she jumped to her feet, trying to look at an angle out the window and see who was standing there. She saw the soaked dress, and the tanned legs, and sighed, smiling. She pulled the door opened and greeted Sookie, and her soaking feature.
"I got caught in the storm on the way home from the store." She shouted over the howling winds. "My car hydroplaned or whatever they called it in drivers Ed, and it now stuck in the mud half a mile away. I have no where else to go." She shouted, and looked apologetic.
Lilly laughed, and stepped aside so Sookie could walk into the house, dripping water over the worn out wooden floors.
"Thank you." Sookie said gratefully, heading over to the kitchen to ring her hair out in the sink.
"Are you alright, Sookie?" Lilly asked, looking over her body for any blood.
"Naw, my car just skidded and then completely shut of when the back dipped into a bank. It won't start, so I guess I'm going to have to call a tow truck." She sighed, placing her wet purse inside the clean sink to dry.
"Would you like to take a shower? I can get you some dry clothes as well." Lilly suggested, and took Sookie wide and grateful grin as a yes. She heard the shower start, and met Sookie in the hallway as they waited for the water to warm up.
"Thank you so much, Lilly. I wouldn't have troubled you any other night, because you said nights were dangerous around you, but I really had nowhere else to go. T here isn't anything else for like three more miles." Sookie apologized again, and Lilly smiled.
"It's quiet alright, Sookie. I think I got rid of them tonight, but I have not invited anyone into the house, so it should be alright." She assured the girl.
"What do you mean you got rid of them all tonight?" Sookie asked, nervous, not for herself but for Lilly.
"I'll tell you once your warm." She laughed again, noticing Sookie's chattering teeth. She started a fire in the living room, and got it burning nicely while Sookie showered. She had met Sookie about a year ago, and a connection had been formed from the start. Sookie was her one and only friend, the only person Lilly trusted, actually. Sookie was also the only human alive at the moment who knew what Lilly really was. It had come out on accident, actually, when they had gotten drunk on New Year's Eve, and it just slipped from Lilly's mouth. Now, in her recklessness, she had put her one and only friend in grave danger. That was why she invited Sookie in this night, when she would have had to turn down her visit any other night. If she were to walk back to the car, the chances she would be attacked were greater.
The shower shut off, and she waited, warming her hands in front of the flames. A crack of thunder sounded, and the sky lit up with a glorious lightning bolt. Sookie's bare feet padded down the hallway, and Lilly waited patiently on her one plush couch for her before she confessed.
"Okay, so explain." Sookie demanded. Lilly found it funny that Sookie talked to her like that, but she was the only one allowed to do so.
"I met two vampires at a bar recently, and we had bumped into each other at a lake just about two hours before you came along. I got rid of them, though." Lily said quickly, staring at the flickering flames.
'How did you even meet them?"
"At a vampire bar." Silence followed Lilly's confession as Sookie stared wide mouthed at her.
"Please tell me it wasn't the bar in Shreverport." She whispered.
"Yup, that's the one. Fangtasia." Lilly said, smiling at the sound of the absurd name.
"Oh god." Sookie groaned, dropped in her head in her hands. "You at least didn't meet the vampire named—"
"Eric." Lilly finished for her, and Sookie groaned again. "And Godric." A louder groan from Sookie. "I take it you know these vampires?" Lilly asked with a smile.
"Eric is a stubborn jack ass, Lilly. If you told him to go away, or pulled any of your sick nasty fighting crap on him, he is sure to come back, stalk you if he needs to. And then if you don't bend to his will, he'll pursue you even harder." Sookie said, and Lilly's smile slowly faded from her face.
"And Godric's his maker so…" Sookie added, telling her all she needed to do.
"Well, I stabbed him through the arm, and then held silver to his cheek. Would that fit in the category of making him want to stalk me?" Lilly asked, a little hesitantly.
"Oh god." Sookie groaned, answering her question. "I thought you were supposed to stay away from vampires, especially since every single one of your enemies is vampires." Sookie said.
"I was, but I hadn't had a drink in a while. And then I got a little carried away. But they do not know what I am, only that I am not human. Or they at least suspect it. And I assume you will not tell this Eric since you two obviously seem acquainted." Lily asked a hint of a threat in her voice.
"No! OF course not!" Sookie exclaimed, slightly hurt that Lilly would even think this was capable.
Eric, though, was standing outside, behind her door, his hand half raised in a knock, but froze when he heard Sookie's voice inside the house. He was quickly getting drenched, and his hair was stuck to his face. He listened intently, and then growled slightly from knowing of Sookie's information on the woman.
"Sh." Lilly snapped at her ironic friend, and Sookie quieted. I heard running footsteps, and quickly jumped onto the roof above the door before it was ripped open. I could see light pool out from the small, horribly built house, and her shadow in the middle of it. That god awful knife was pointed in front of her, and she stood in a fighting stance. Eric found his interest in her spiking. She stood like a true warrior, not alike a scared woman trying to brace herself for a fight. She looked like a Viking.
"There is no one there, Lilly." Sookie assured her from inside the house, and Eric smiled at her ignorance.
"Yes there is. There is a vampire out here. He is on the roof." She called, staying in the same position and waiting while Eric stayed on the roof, puzzling over this before he dropped to the ground.
"How did you know I was there?" he asked, appearing outside the door and shouting so they could hear him.
There were footprints in the dirt outside my door. There were also footprints leading up to the door. But there was none going away, so of course the person was still here. And the footprints at the door were deeper than the ones leading up to it, so I assumed you paused there or jumped onto the roof. You are stupid for a vampire." Lily said sarcasm not clear in her voice, but just a simple and honest observation.
"I see you are friends with my dear friend Sookie." He said, smiling over her shoulder at the glaring woman behind Lilly.
"Yes, I have. And I assumed you listened to our conversation. Ha," she scoffed. "Typical Viking." She turned, telling Sookie with a smile. "And I warn you, vampire, she is not to be harmed, or else you meet the true death."
He found it comical how she shifted moods so easily. She was joking with Sookie not a moment ago, and now she was staring at him with hard, knowing eyes. S he did not glare at him the way innocent Sookie did, looking like a kitten mocking a tiger. No, she looked like a warrior, a fighter, like she could go through with her threat any moment she wanted. And he believed her.
"What are you, may I ask?" Eric asked, tilting his head to the side, choosing to ignore her statement.
"I am Lilly, and you are on my property. Leave, vampire. There is no hope for you to find the truth." Lilly said matter of factly, moving behind the door getting ready to close it.
"How did you learn to fight so well? TO fight like that it has to be natural, along with many, many years of never ending practice. How do you fight like that?" Eric asked, watching her closely as she smiled smugly.
"Jealous? I am not surprised, as I have seen the way you fight. Men have been envious of my skills, but a Viking? Hm, there is a first for everything, I assume." She said with a smile, shutting the door in Eric's furious face. He continued to stand there, waiting to hear the conversation that followed his statement.
"I can't believe you just said that to him! Now he's never going to leave you alone." Sookie shouted, and Eric smiled at her smart wits.
"Sookie, he is still standing outside the door. Please do not say what he wishes to hear." Lily said calmly, and he grimaced, thinking over how she knew this one. He heard her sit on the couch and then heard her yawn."I'm afraid I cannot stay up with you, Sookie. But stay away from the windows, as he will try to persuade you to talk to him." She correctly assumed Eric's next move, making him growl in frustration. How could a mere human be so god damn observant?
He left then, knowing he would not catch a break, even when she had fallen into a fitful sleep.
NEXT DAY:
Lilly woke up to an empty house and a note.
Lilly,
Thank you so much for letting me stay here last night. I owe you, a lot. I called a tow truck, and Jason picked me up, so I guess I'll see you later. Thanks again. I love you.
Sookie.
Lilly sighed and threw the note away before walking outside. Her yard was littered with branches and fallen trees. A tree had actually fallen onto her roof, crumbling it slightly, and she groaned, mumbling about money and labor as she headed to her barn.
Breeze was fidgeting and whinnying like mad, eager to get out and relieve the pent up energy she had collected during the storm.
She opened the stall and she shot out like a bullet, causing a slight breeze that ruffled Lilly's black hair.
It pleased her to no end to make Eric angry like she ahd just the other night. It showed him that vampires were not as amazing as they thought they were, that there were others that were even better than them, and more experienced. And he was such an arrogant jerk, it kind of helped to put him in his place.
Godric, however, seemed much calmer. She could relate to him a lot, with his tattoos. She even had some of her own, winding up her back and on her shoulders. But she did not show them to Godric, because he would recognize them. It was odd, the connection she felt to him just by being close to the same age. It was also odd, the connection she felt to Eric because he knew what it felt like to fight, and to fight well. He was cocky, full of himself, sure of himself, just like Lilly was. She did not like the feelings she was having, but there was no denying it. She was attracted to two men at one time, and they both just so happened to be vampires.
She let the horse canter around the yard while she cleared the debris. She was actually becoming relaxed when she heard a sharp crack in the air and the howling cries of her horse.
She looked around wildly, and saw at the end of her long driveway a man with a shot rifle in his hand.
"Consider this a message from Mason!" the man shouted, and then walked beyond the trees where she heard a car start up and drive away. She sprinted over to her horse and crumpled by his side, looking over his body for the wound. She found it in his leg, and moaned. The leg was broken, she could see that and it was bleeding badly. She knew how to deal with injuries like a broken leg with a horse, but this horse was so dear to her that she ran inside to grab her phone.
The vet said he would arrive immediately, and he was true to his words, finding Lilly crouched next to her horse, pressing a towel to its leg. She sat on her knees grimly, watching the doctor do his assessment. She listened in an enraged state as she listened to the final verdict, and helped him pull the now unconscious horse into the trailer he brought along with a fierce scowl on her face.
When Sookie called her later that evening, when the sun was setting, she did not answer, because she didn't want to snap at Sookie for something she was not responsible for. It was not her that shot the horse; it was one of her oldest enemy's men. He would die first, she decided instantly, sitting in the corner of her house, in a wooden chair, thinking over her plans. She had not even known they were in the area, yet alone that they knew where she lived. And the result of her blindness le to her horses death.
She had dealt with things like this before, but she had a connection with her horse. She felt bonded to it, what it was, how it acted, how they rode together. And these filthy vampires took that bond away, leaving her alone again.
She knew it was pathetic to feel this towards a horse, but when you spend as much time as she had lone, you take a lot more than what most people see out of things, like the horse. She did not remember exactly what she did to the now ancient vampire that enraged him so, but she assumed it was to kill some of his men. She had killed so many vampires, though, that she didn't know anymore what vampire belonged to what king. She just assumed she stayed under the radar enough that they would not come after her.
They would all die, she decided finally, sitting back in her corner, not eating, or drinking, but just planning. She only shifted later that evening when she heard the growls outside of her house. She lifted from her chair fluidly, walking over to the window in a stiff gesture, full of rage as she looked out to see the twenty or so, snarling vampires.
"Let us in, Lilly. The master wishes to see you." One of the vampires said, baring his fangs in an attempt to scare her.
"Leave now, vampires. You have no right being here." She said to them in an angry voice.
"You had no right to be on our land when you slayed all of our brothers. This is just sweet, savory pay back." The same vampire said, but she shook her head, retreating from the window to sit back in her chair.
"Your father is not here to protect any more, child. You cannot hide in there forever." The vampire hissed.
"Watch me, you ugly bastard.' She spat at the vampire, causing him to growl at her with no effect. Her less than expected response only enraged the vampire more, and then in turn enraged the other vampires. He smashed the window with his fist, but could not reach inside. He turned to destroying the wood on the outside of the house instead, hoping to tear the building down and then get her when the boundaries were no longer set in place.
He had been moving fast, and quickly, almost making a hole in the wall. His followers were doing exactly what he was, and she knew that she would not last out long. So while they snarled and growled, and smashed her chair against the wall, shattering it to pieces.
"Ha!" the vampires laughed. "You do not scare us, Lilly." One of the vampires said, and just as the head of the group, the one who spoke to her first broke a massive hole through the wall, she stabbed him swiftly through the chest with the shattered remains of her chair.
"Yah, how about now?" she asked, watching them back away from the damage they had done to the wall. They were hissing and snarling, spitting at her as their leader melted to sludge. They were pathetic and weak without guidance, so they fled instead, which she knew they would do.
"You are not safe yet, Elitheren. We will come back for you." One vampire threatened before disappearing into the woods along with his friends. Lilly stood in the middle of her broken home, not crying, but just fuming, almost melting in her own anger.
When the sun came, it beat down in hot, ferocious waves, and she took that to mean she could leave now, without the burdens of the darkness. Her car was so loud she thought it would be quieter if it just exploded, but she drove it into town, not happy with the decision she had made about her future. Not happy at all.
She parked the car about ten miles from her destination, knowing there was some sort of bug on the car to keep track of her. She actually drove it into a river by dropping a rock onto the gas pedal, so maybe they would think she had drowned herself, but she doubted it.
She hitch hiked the rest of the way, and stood with a sigh out of the place she had hoped to never see again. She knocked on the door, and heard footsteps behind it. The door opened, with struggle since it was so huge and the woman responding was so small.
"Fangtasia's closed, ma'am." The woman said.
"Yes I understand that. I am Lilly, I wish to speak with Godric or Eric when they rise." I said to her, my voice slightly bitter.
"Oh yes, they told me about you, Hun. I'm Ginger." She said with a smile, stepping to the side so Lilly could enter. "You're going to have to wait a few hours, though since it's so early in the morning." Ginger apologized.
"It is not your fault. You cannot control the sun and the moon." Lilly said, taking a seat on a leather coach. Although, when she grew up, there were being that were capable of holding the moon, or of moving the sun. Oh, those were the good old days.
AN: So what do you think? PLEASE REVIEW! I need to know if I'm doing anything wrong or if you just plane old hate the story, that way i can fix it and make it better. In the next chapter, i think i might reveal what Lilly really is, so be prepared!