A/N: Hey guys, thanks so much for all the reviews, makes me feel great to have all the feedback you all give. So I just wanted to tell you all that in a week I will be leaving for a month, to a place with no internet, or anything. I will update as much as possible before I leave, but I won't be back until August 19. I hope when I get back that you all will still be here reading the story. The other sad part for me is that I won't have any True Blood when I am gone, which makes me a sad panda. Know that before July 24 (when I leave), I will try to update at least two more times. If you all would be so kind to review and give me more of your feedback, so I know how you all feel, that would be great. Now on with the show.
Disclaimer:I do not own any of the characters in this story; they all belong to Charlaine Harris, Alan Ball, and HBO.
As we walked through the graveyard back to my house Eric came up behind me and picked me up.
"Something is wrong", he whispered as he stopped walking and placed me behind him.
"What's going on", Lafayette asked, and Pam hissed in the direction towards my house.
"You have a visitor Sookie, a bitchy one", my snarky side was about to say that I had already had Pam come by the house, but my rational side kept me quiet.
"Calm down, I will go check it out, stay here", I said to Eric and Pam, and motioned for Lafayette to come with me.
"Why do I gotta go", he asked, and I sighed.
"Backup", we reached my house, and I saw Tara's car parked out in the front. I walked up to the porch, and saw the door wide open.
"Tara", I yelled in the house, and she came running down the stairs.
"Sookie, where have you been, were you at Bill's", she looked frantic, and pissed.
"That isn't any of your concern", she glared at me, and walked over to the dresser that contained Eric's resting spot.
"Where the fuck is he", what did she want with Eric, great this was just getting out of control.
"I have no idea who you are talking about", she laughed.
"The hell you do, where is Eric Northman", Lafayette decided in that moment to come inside the house.
"Hookah, calm down, what is up with you", she pushed him away from her.
"Where is he Sook, you need to tell me", I walked away from her.
"Tara, I told you I don't know where he is", she pointed over to the dresser.
"Then who has been staying here", she raised an eyebrow at me.
"Bill, we got back together", I lied quickly, and her eyes widened.
"You have got to be fucking kidding me", she paused, "and you are, tell the truth Sookie", she got closer to me.
"Tell me why you need him", I asked her, if I couldn't lie to her, I would at least try to dig information out of her.
"It's for the greater good; she wants to help put a stop to all of this madness, and for that to happen we need to make an example out of him", she shrugged, "besides, in his state it shouldn't be too hard", I slapped her.
"Would you listen to yourself, you sound like a lunatic", she smiled.
"And you sound like a fangbanger, now hand him over before all off this turns messy", Lafayette grabbed Tara.
"Tara, this isn't right, Marnie must have done something to you, this isn't you", she pushed Lafayette, and threw him on the ground.
"She is making me see the truth for once, she is really powerful, and you would be a fool not to join her. She wants to rid the world of monsters like them, it could make this world a much better place", she paused, "without freaks like them, they shouldn't exist", I stepped forward.
"Tara, you should know not to judge, and besides, I'm a freak, would you want to rid the world of me", she hesitated.
"Don't do that, but if you are on their side, then I won't hesitate to take you down", I gasped, then composed myself.
"Same", she grabbed me and punched me in the face. As she pushed me to the ground, I grabbed her leg, and brought her to the ground too. She went on top of me.
"I don't want to hurt you, just tell me where he is, besides, I thought you hated him", I pushed her off of me, and punched her.
"I know the difference between right and wrong, I won't go against him when he needs my help", she scoffed.
"You priorities are seriously fucked up", she punched me, and I fell off of her, "I am stronger than you, you won't win", I screamed, and pushed my hand into her face, and the glow developed around my hand, and she went flying across the room. In that moment, Eric and Pam ran into the room.
"Sookie", Eric ran up to me, and helped me up.
"Tara", I yelled as I ran over to my former best friend, and she was out cold.
"I am gunna need to glamour her, she can't know what happened", Pam said as she grabbed Tara, and shook her awake.
"What the", she mumbled as she looked over to me, and I saw fear in her face. I felt tears fall down from my face, I couldn't see this.
"Hey darling, you won't remember a thing about what happened tonight, you are going to go straight to Marnie, and say that Eric is really missing, and that Sookie has no clue about anything. You won't remember anything about Lafayette being here either. Now be a good girl, and tell me what Marnie has planned for my Maker", Tara nodded.
"She doesn't call herself Marnie anymore, she goes by an alias now, but she says the spirit of an older more powerful witch possesses her. They want to rid the world of all vampires, and any other supernatural things that could pose as a threat to her. She wants to make an example of Eric, show the world how powerful she really is, she wants him dead, and sell his blood for some extra cash", Eric and Pam both growled in union.
"Thank you so much Tara, now tell me, what about all the other witches", Tara stared numbly into Pam's eyes.
"If any of the witches don't want to help, she threatens to kill them, she already has killed two", my eyes widened, and Lafayette cursed under his breath.
"Ask about Holly and Jesus", Lafayette asked, and Pam raised an eyebrow at him.
"Answer you cousin", Tara turned to Lafayette.
"Holly thinks Marnie is right, just like me, but Jesus is being held captive in the basement of the store. I tried to help him, but Marnie stopped me, and explained that it was for the better good", Pam laughed.
"And you believed her", Tara nodded her head.
"Yes", I shook my head.
"Marnie did something to her, I can tell, move over", I stepped in front of Tara, and put my hands up to her head, and went deep into her head. I saw Tara try to help Jesus, but then Marnie appeared, but then it wasn't Marnie anymore. She started to chant, and Tara screamed, then it all went black, then the memory has her here, talking to me.
"What the fuck", I mumbled.
"What did she do", Eric asked.
"It's like she blacked everything out, kinda like Maryanne, but different, like no emotion or anything, kinda like glamour", I got up, "you don't think that she can glamour people, right", Pam shrugged.
"Never seen it before, but it is possible", I went and grabbed my keys.
"Let Tara go, we don't want Marnie coming after her", Pam nodded, and finished up the glamour. Tara left quietly, while Lafayette and I followed her.
"Stay her, Pam will keep you safe", Eric grabbed me and kissed me.
"Don't go, stay", I shook my head, my body and heart was saying yes, but my mind was saying no.
"We have to save Jesus, I will be back, I promise", he kissed me softly again, and I felt like saying screw it, and pushing him against the wall, and let my body do the talking, but it wouldn't be right. He let me go, and stared into my eyes, and his eyes looked so deep and blue. I smiled at him.
"Return to me, my lover", he whispered, as I walked away from him. I ran over to my car, and got in as Lafayette drived.
"So you and Eric", he asked casually, as he smiled at me, "to be honest, it is a bit of a shock", I laughed.
"It's a shock to me too", he laughed again.
"Can I ask you a question", I nodded, "when all of this is over, and he is back to normal, will you still see him"; I paused, not knowing what to say. Would I still feel the same about Eric once he was back to himself, would he still feel the same way about me? The way he was now, he was sweet, and caring, but what would he be like after this. What if he didn't even remember our time together, would he just give up on me, and cast me as another annoying slut, or would he actually find himself caring for me?
"What do you think", he smiled.
"Girl, I think love comes in many mysterious ways", he smiled.
"Stop here, we will sneak in from the back", he did as I said, and we got out of the car.
"There is a basement entrance from the back", Lafayette said. We walked up to the doors, and it was locked.
"Stand back", I closed my eyes, and tried to find the power in me. I placed my hand in front of the door, and the lock flew off.
"What is that", he asked me.
"I am a fairy", I said casually.
"A what, like a Tinkerbell fairy", I smiled at him, and we walked down into the basement like cellar.
"Lafayette", Jesus said from the other corner of the room. He was chained up, and it looked like he was badly beaten.
"What did they do to you", I asked him, as I got the chains off of him.
"Not they, who. She practiced curses on me, Lafayette, you were right, she is nothing but a cold hearted person", he slumped against Lafayette, once he was released.
"Come on, we have to get out of here before she comes back", I said, as we walked to the door, but it shut quickly.
"What the fuck", Lafayette mumbled.
"Now what do we have here", I turned around and saw Marnie standing before us, with a huge grin on her face.
"Marnie", I whispered, and she shook her head.
"Not Marnie", she smiled wider, "call me Hallow".
A/N: Next chapter should be up in a couple of days, but for now I will leave you all with this cliffhanger, just like a real episode of True Blood, only you don't have to wait a whole week for another update :D Remember to review so I know how all of my lovely readers feel, I love feedback.