A/n I don't know how I did it, but I fit more lines from true blood in. S 6 ep 3. Although at that point in the show, Pam still wanted to kill Willa, so in my story no one had offered decapitation as a suggestion lol.

Just a reminder this story is close to wrapping up, with about three chapters and an epilogue left. I've found out while writing this that I'm apparently wordy so it's longer than I originally planned. Let me know what you think!

Chapter 31

"Hey Andy, it's Sookie. Sorry to be calling you so soon, I know we just left your house an hour ago."

"No problem Sookie, what can I do for you? I doubt you're calling with good news on account of the fact that we'll see you tomorrow at the funeral."

"No, sadly you're right. Bill just came by to see me, he's not safe to be around right now. I'm not sure if he'll ever be again. He wanted to force me to accompany him to his scientist so he could use my blood. I think it has something to do with the fact that vampires can walk in the sun if they drink some fairy blood. I got him out of the house, but Eric pointed out that I'm not the only hybrid in town anymore. We doubt it'll be too long until Bill comes to the same conclusion and come after the girls."

"Shit, it's just one thing after another with these supernatural types isn't it?"

"Yeah, I've been dealing with it since the day Bill walked into my life. Well, actually, now that I think about it, it happened before then. It started when Warlow went after my parents. Anyway, I just want you to be on the lookout. Do not trust Bill under any circumstances, and definitely don't let him get to your girls. He doesn't need an invite to get in anymore either. If he comes, call me right away, we can get there in seconds if need be."

"What are we going to do Sookie? Bill doesn't seem like the type to just give up when he wants something. I gotta make sure my girls are safe."

"Don't be afraid to use force to get him away from you if you have to, but like I said, call me right away if he comes for you. Hopefully, you won't have to worry about Bill for long."

"Why? Is he planning on leaving town or somethin'?"

"Something like that. Like I said Andy, just keep an eye out for him, and don't trust him if he comes near you or the girls."

"Uh, okay Sookie, you haven't led us wrong yet. So I trust you." He pauses for a second, he clearly wants to know more about why Bill shouldn't be a problem for long. He decides against it though. "Thanks, Sookie, for letting me know, and for lookin' out for us."

"No problem Andy. Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. Just don't forget to call me if Bill comes knocking."

"Don't worry, that's not something I'll likely forget anytime soon. See you tomorrow Sookie."

"Bye," I say and not hang up. The vampires are waiting on me to pop them into the field for the phone call. "Hey, is everyone ready?" I ask when I get back downstairs. They all nod affirmatively so put my hands on Willa and Tara and teleport.

"That still feels just as fuckin' strange as it did the first time. I thought it'd get better when I got used to it, but nope."

"Yeah, it feels just as weird to me too, and I've done it a lot. I am getting better at aim though." I say feeling proud of myself, I got almost exactly where I wanted to go, only about ten feet off. Just then, Eric and Pam popped to us. Eric looks me over, to make sure nothing happened since I left him, even though it was only about 30 seconds ago. His eyes narrow at me when he feels my amusement at that. He checks are surrounding, making sure we're safe and alone before he speaks.

"Willa, you will probably have to talk this time, Pam said she's trained you on what you have to say, correct?"

"Yes, I got it."

"Okay, good." Eric takes out his phone and dials the same number from yesterday, he puts the phone on speaker.

"Hello?" Burrel says wearily when he answers the phone, he already knows who's calling it seems.

"Tisk, tisk, tisk, Governor. You did not keep up your end of the deal. Leads me to think you might not care about losing the people's faith and possibly ending up in prison."

"Listen, I swear I'm going to do it. I've just been busy putting things together. It's not easy having a whole facility shut down."

"That shouldn't have slowed down your press release. I happen to have it on good authority that your facility hasn't been working right in quite a while. Makes one consider that you might not be properly motivated, do not worry though, I've found something that should do the trick."

"What are you talking about?" Burrell asks sounding downright scared, suspicious, and worried at this point. Eric nods his head at Willa."

"Daddy?"

"Willa, baby? Is that you?"

"Yes, it's me. You have to stop this war you've started with the vampires, Daddy. It's just wrong, and you know it."

"Willa, darlin', just come home and we'll talk about it here. I just need to know you're okay. I swear to God vampire, if you hurt a hair on her head I will hunt you down."

"You aren't in any position to make threats here are you governor? You have another night to show me the results if you don't, I won't even call again. I'll just release the information I have on you. She might be alive now, but she won't be for long. The only reason she's still alive is because I haven't figured out the best way to do it yet. Do I drink her? No, I think she might enjoy that. I think she's developing a little thing for me. I have a friend that thinks I should decapitate her, that might be fun, but messy and I'm in a $3,000 suit. I don't know Governor, maybe I should just take it to the internet and ask them when I post all the information I have on you. That's what I'll do if I don't see results soon." He says and hangs up before Burrell even has a chance to reply, but we do hear a 'got it' from someone who's not Burrell, suggesting they got our location.

"Why didn't we tell him I was already turned?" Willa asks.

"Oh, we will. All in good time." It was clear that Willa wanted to ask more, but she didn't.

"Are we ready to get out of here?"

At Eric's nod, I put my hands on Willa and Tara and popped us back to the house. Eric and Pam were right behind me. As soon as we were back in the house I felt nauseous again, the teleporting didn't sit right with my stomach. I ran to the bathroom and barely made it to the toilet before I threw up everything in my stomach. Eric was right there behind me, pulling back my hair and rubbing my back. I could feel his worry in the bond. I sat there for a few minutes, not knowing if I was done. When I finally felt my stomach settle enough I got up and went to the sink to brush my teeth. I could see Eric in the reflection, looking at me worriedly. I felt him come to a decision in the bond and he took out his phone and dialed.

"Ludwig, I need you to come to Bon Temps… no, Sookie's house actually, it's right across the graveyard from the kings though…"

"Eric, I don't need a doctor." I feel myself getting angry at his high-handedness, he didn't even ask me what I wanted to do. I know I'm not sick, other than when I feel like throwing up, I feel perfectly fine.

"…Yes, I'll pay double if you come now…. Okay." He says and hangs up the phone. At this point, I'm close to pitchin' a fit because he just completely ignored me. I was glaring dagger at him while he looked at me unapologetically. "No Sookie, you are going to see Dr. Ludwig. I know you don't like me making those types of unilateral decisions for you, but I'm not sorry. Something is clearly wrong with you, and I know you won't get it checked if I let you handle it."

Well, he's not wrong. That doesn't change the fact that I'm angry though. I feel my light move to my hands, and it's not the nice kind I usually use on Eric. So I tamp it down, I might be angry, but I don't want to hurt him. I do want to get the point across that he has to talk things out with me though. So I poke him on the chest as I start talking. Oops, I guess my finger still had a little juice in it, because I definitely zapped him a little. Oh well, maybe it'll get through his thick skull.

"Now you listen here Eric Northman, I am not one of those girls that will just smile and nod while you make decisions for them. I am a grown woman that knows what she needs. If I think I need a doctor then I'll get one! We are equal partners, you don't go around deciding things for me, without talking to me first. How would you feel if I did the same to you?" I say and nod my head, clear that I made my point, but then I look at Eric thinking that he'll be apologetic, but I see he's mad now too.

"First of all, I'm a vampire, we don't 'get sick'. Secondly, that's right we are partners, and I won't sit here and watch you be unwell and not do anything about it. I have gone against my nature to talk out plans with you Sookie, and I think I've done quite well doing that too. Don't you think for a second I won't do what I have to, to keep you healthy and here with me."

By the end of his tirade, he was poking me in the chest too, thankfully without the little zap to go with it. I understand where he's coming from, I guess. I'm about to say more, I'm not sure if I was going to yell at him more, or if I was going to agree with him. That doesn't matter though, because Dr. Ludwig popped into the room. What is it with these supernatural beings that think it's okay to pop into someone's private area? Niall with the bedroom and now Dr. Ludwig with the bathroom.

"What was so urgent vampire?"

"My bonded has been throwing up, even though she doesn't feel ill before or after."

Ludwig looks at me, "Have you eaten anything different than normal?"

"No, and it's happened twice almost a full day in between. I feel fine, maybe a little bit more tired than normal, but fine. Then all of a sudden I feel like I need to get to the bathroom immediately to throw up."

Dr. Ludwig nods at me then goes to her doctor bag and takes out a few things. Some things I'm familiar with, like a blood pressure cuff and a thermometer. Some things I'm not, they look almost Sci-fi looking things, one of them had a screen on it. She walks over to me and takes my blood pressure and temperature and they seem to be fine. She then takes one of the devices that I don't recognize and holds it over my stomach. I feel my stomach get warmer but I'm still not sure what she's doing.

"What does that do?" I ask, I mean she is working on me, I have a right to know what she's doing.

"This is checking for outside magical influences. There doesn't seem to be any."

I just nod my head and let her get back to work. She turns on the device with the screen on it and starts looking over my whole body. She starts at my head and works all the way down to my fingers and toes. She lets out little hums and pauses to write something down from time to time. When she gets to my stomach she spends a long time there and eventually moves down to where I think my uterus will be. She stays there for less than a second and moves on but quickly backtracks back to it. She gives me a worried look and then looks at Eric.

"I need to speak with Miss Stackhouse privately." Eric starts growling in anger and I quickly try to send him calm in the bond.

"It's okay Eric, you can wait right outside, and you know you can get to me right away if you feel distress in the bond," I say trying to remind him that he can teleport to me if need be.

"Not right outside. When I say I need privacy, I need to talk to her without anyone being able to hear." That made Eric start growling again but then he looks at me and sees that I'm fine with it, so he just nods and walks out the door. Dr. Ludwig waits a few moments, waiting for Eric to get far enough away. Then she turns to me with a serious look on her face.

"Sookie, I know you are bonded to the Norseman, and he does not seem like one to share. You are pregnant. I like you, I always have. So if you want you may come with me, I will take you to a safe location so you do not have to worry about how the Viking will react to finding out you were unfaithful."

I just stare at her in shock for a few seconds, unable to think straight. I had to have heard her wrong, right? How could I be pregnant? Eric is the only man I've had sex with for years at this point, in this dimension or the last. I know I went out on a few dates with Sam after Eric and I broke up, but that only resulted in a few kisses. So there's no way I can be pregnant, vampires can't father children. Can they? I realize Dr. Ludwig is staring at me, waiting for an answer.

"Um, no, but uh thank you. I don't need that though, but I appreciate the offer. Have you ever heard of a vampire fathering a child? Because I haven't cheated on Eric." She looks at me disbelievingly.

"No, I don't know of any instances of vampires fathering children. Well, unless there's a prophecy involved." She says thinking that I'm lying to her. For me though, I'm in shock once she says prophecy. Oh my God, is this what Niall has been working towards?

"Fucking Niall." That is all I can think to say. I don't think about how I feel about the situation, I think I'm still in shock.

"You had an affair with the prince of the sky fae? You don't need me then, you already have a safe place to go once you let him know. Just be ready for a life of pomp and circumstance, that is the life of royalty. You should be careful though Sookie, I already thought Eric was a cradle robber being with you, but Niall is much older than him. He's much too old for you."

"What? No, gross. He's my great-grandfather. He told me there's a prophecy in play but I couldn't know the details, or it wouldn't happen."

I do take a second to appreciate that Dr. Ludwig must really like me, she not only is worried about what happens to me, but she also offered me a place to stay safe if I needed one. That's like declaring your love for someone as mean and cranky as Dr. Ludwig.

"So he really is the father, and you're royalty. I wonder how the Viking will take the news."

"I guess you're about to find out, I'm calling him back in now." Ludwig actually looked nervous, I've never seen that many expressions on her face. It looks like she'd much rather leave.

'Hey, you can come back in now.'

'Is everything well min kärlek?' He didn't wait for me to respond, he just came into the room.

"Yeah, everything is okay, strange, but okay."

"Did you figure out what is wrong? Have you found a way to help my lover?" I still feel my cheeks heat up because he so casually throws around that term to other people.

"Yes, we have figured out why she is getting sick."

"Well?" Eric asks when she doesn't say anymore. I decide to speak up.

"Eric," I wait until he's looking at me and I have his full attention. "I'm pregnant."

For about five seconds I feel the strongest wave of pain and betrayal that I've ever felt, coming from the bond. I didn't know that it was possible to feel so much. Then it's like the bond just turns off, I can't feel anything anymore. If he wasn't right in front of me I would be panicking right now, thinking he died. He looks at my stomach and takes a deep inhale taking in the scents. He comes closer and lifts my shirt and puts his ear to my stomach, then puts his nose real close and smells again.

"How is this possible?" He asks sounding amazed, I guess he figured out that it's his baby, and that I didn't cheat on him by smell alone.

"I think we found out a part of that prophecy Niall was talking about. Dr. Ludwig says that's the only time she's heard of it happening before."

"Fucking Niall" I would be angry if I didn't feel the joy and wonderment he's feeling in the bond. I couldn't help but laugh though, and he looked at me and questioned "What?"

"I said the exact same thing. So you're happy about the baby?"

"Sookie, I never thought I'd be able to have a child. Of course, I'm happy, especially because it's going to be your baby too. Although, you already knew that because of the bond, I can't tell how you're feeling about it though." How am I feeling? I don't even really know honestly.

"I haven't really had time to think about it, I don't know how I feel. I always wanted to be a mother, but I've never wanted to pass my curse onto someone else, especially someone I love. And what kind of life are they going to live? Their daddy, sisters, and nieces are going to want to eat her."

"I might be able to give you some relief with that, this is a fae pregnancy. They will grow as the fae do. That means she'll be born in less than two weeks and be an adult and able to protect herself within a week after that. Also, their father will not want to hurt them, he will not be attracted to their smell. At least that is what has happened with the other prophecy fathers, their smell will make the parent want to protect, not harm. On top of that, they'll be less fae than you, and you survive being around vampires all the time, so they should be fine."

Ludwig looks proud and happy that she can help me feel better, and Eric turns to look at me hopeful that this will make me feel better, but all I can do is start crying. So I don't even get to enjoy my child's childhood? They'll be grown before I blink my eyes. This is the only baby I'll ever have and they won't need me anymore after only a few days.

"What's wrong dear one? Should this not make you happy? They will be able to protect themselves."

"They'll grow so fast, I won't even be able to enjoy them as babies and children. They won't need us anymore after only a few weeks!" Eric pulls me into his arm and rubs the back of my head as I cry.

"Shhh, do not worry lover. They will need us long after that."

"Wait, are you saying they because you don't know the gender or because there is more than one?"

"There are two extra heartbeats in the room right now. They're not easy to hear unless I'm listening for it."

"Twins?" Eric nodded his answer. "And we only have a week to plan for it? God Eric, we have so much to do!"

"Yes, but we will get it done. Pam lives for things like this, a lot of shopping in a little bit of time. So we'll have help." I can't help but laugh at that. Although, I'm still crying so I probably look a little crazy right now. Maybe it's pregnancy hormones? I don't know, this is a lot to take in, so maybe it's just regular Crazy Sookie.

"That's true," I turn to look at Dr. Ludwig. "Is it safe to have a fae pregnancy? I mean, I'm mostly human, can my body handle that?"

"You'll be fine because you have the light. I do want to keep an eye on you though, I want to set appointments up for every two days. You'll start seeing growth as early as when you wake up tomorrow. You might be more tired, don't be afraid to sleep if your body tells you, you need it. Your body can handle the pregnancy but it might be trying, especially with twins. Twins are hard on even regular human woman."

"Okay, yeah, I've noticed I've been more tired the last day or so. When did this happen?"

"From what I read, it only happens when you transfer the right type of light. You can't call it up by will, it just happens. Did your light feel any different than normal recently?"

I feel myself blushing because I do remember, and I remember what we were doing when it happened. "Uh yeah, that one time it felt warmer than normal, Eric even warmed up a little for a while."

"Yes, that is when it happened then. How long ago was that?"

"The day before yesterday, I think." I look to Eric, "The day we got engaged, right?"

"Yes."

"Then you'll definitely see growth when you wake up tomorrow."

"Okay, I appreciate the help, Dr. Ludwig," I say with a smile.

"Don't think about it, I'm about to make a boatload off the Viking in the coming weeks. Vampires don't need my help often, but ever since he met you, I make a killing off of him. I will see you in two days' time." She says with a smile and pops away. I look at Eric worriedly, I don't want him to have to pay for all this.

"How much has it cost you? I'll pay you back."

Eric looks at me chidingly, "Sookie, I'm not taking your money, it is no hardship to pay for your continued health. Plus we're getting married, we share things now." I don't really know how to feel about that honestly.

"I'm not going to be some kept woman Eric."

"I know that Sookie, do we not have a plan for you to sell your telepathy?" He rolls his eyes and I laugh because I don't think I've ever seen him do that.

"Okay, you got me there. Although that's going to have to wait a while now. They're going to grow so fast and I want to be there for all of it. You can be too! You don't have to die for the day anymore!"

"Yes, it works out quite well. You still haven't told me how you feel about the babies though."

"I think I just need some time to think about it. Babies are good, but it's clear that they're going to have telepathy too. If it was a regular human pregnancy then there would be a chance that they wouldn't. I haven't been thinking of it as a disability anymore, but it still is something I have to live with every day. I've had to learn not to be in certain situations that would be too loud for me to handle. On top of that it makes people want to use me or only want me for my telepathy. I don't want that for our babies.

"It's clear they won't be able to have a normal human life because they'll have fairy life expectancies. I mean unless they use all their light up and become fully human. We'd have to get more of that potion for them from Niall so they at least have a choice. Oh shit, should we get some for Andy's girls too? Then what do we do about schooling? Andy's girls seem to know a lot and they didn't get any, so is that all they need? What if they want to go to college? See there are so many questions we don't have answers to and that's just scary. Those are just the ones that I thought of right now, I'm sure there are hundreds more.

"I might just be getting caught up in the logistics of it all though. When I stop and think about it, yes, I'm happy. I'm happier that you're the father and not some random human. I'm happy I can give this to you because you had to give up the thought of parenting children when you were turned. Unlike the other dimensions you, you never got to. I'm happy that there will be little babies half you and half me. I'm excited too, like I said, I never let myself think about having babies so I never let myself think about all the good things being a parent will bring. We should probably call Niall and let him know because I'm sure he's waiting for this and he probably has some information that we'll need to know." I take a deep breath because that was a lot but I'm sure I'm excited about having Eric's babies now.

"Good, I am excited as well. As far as legal identification goes, I can get that for them. I've changed my identities enough over the years so I have a demon that does it for me, he's actually my lawyer too."

"Mr. Cataliades?" Eric looks at me surprised then nods his head. "He was my lawyer too, and he was best friends with my grandfather Fintan. I honestly don't even know if Fintan exists in this dimension. I'm so confused by my lineage that I don't know where to start."

"I've never heard of a Fintan Brigant. I'm sorry, were you close to him?"

"No, he died a long time ago, when my parents were young. So I never met him." Just then Pam vamped in the room and I jumped, I forgot she was here honestly.

"What is taking so long? Is Sookie okay? I've seen way too many humans get ill working at Fangtasia, but it is different when you care if the human is okay." Aww Pam cares about me, and we haven't even done our first Buffy watch hangout together yet.