A/N So the last chapter flowed, but this one was giving me some trouble. I have added some more powers for Sookie and have added some more friends that are there to help. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing, I'm just taking Ms. Harris' characters out for a test drive.

As I made my way inside I could feel Eric's emotions all over the place. I turned back to see if he was all right, but he was already pulling out of the parking lot. He had a lot to take in from what I had told him and he would work through it and we would talk it over more later.

I stepped through the front door of Merlotte's and I could feel everybody's eyes on me. I took a deep breath and wished that just while I was here that all of these people would not have hateful thoughts about me or anyone that I cared about and that everyone would be kind and understanding about me and my situation.

As I exhaled my breath I watched a pink fog come out of my mouth and spread over the patrons of Merlotte's. I could feel everyone instantly relax and then they were all smiling at me. Well that was new and different, but that could and probably would come in handy down the line.

I walked up to the bar and I was almost overwhelmed by the stink of wet dog in the air. I couldn't help but laugh at myself. Now I could see or rather smell at least one reason why vampires and shifters don't get along.

I managed to hoist myself up onto a barstool and looked at Sam standing in front of me with his back turned to me. "Hello Sam."

He turned towards me and apparently my fog didn't work on him. His thoughts hit me stronger than ever before. Holy shit what happened to Sookie? Oh my God! Is she pregnant? How is that even possible? It's only been a few days since I've seen her and she looks ready to pop. She's probably here to ask for more time off to be with those fucking Vampires. Why couldn't she love me like I love her?

"Sam please stop it, you're giving me a headache."

"Sook, what the hell happened to you?"

"Well, I'm pregnant Sam. I thought that was pretty obvious."

"Yeah, but how? I'm not an expert on the mechanics of it, but it's only been a couple of days since I've seen you. There's no way you should be this far along."

I leaned in closer and lowered my voice to answer him. "It's magic Sam."

"Jesus Sookie, what are you getting involved with magic for? That's worse than being involved with vampires…" He was going on and on and I couldn't take it anymore.

"Mouth stop!" Sam's mouth instantly stopped mid sentence. I couldn't help but smile at my handy work. "I guess if you have a problem with magic then you have a problem with me. It was my own magic that made me pregnant." I watched his eyes go wide and his mind was a jumbled mess, but one question was coming through loud and clear. Who was the father? "Sam. I will tell you what you want to know if you agree not to freak out." He figured it had to be a human, so he calmed down and nodded his head. "Eric Northman is the father of my babies."

Sam's eyes widened at my words and his mind was in even more turmoil then before. I quickly masked the two of us and popped us back to his office. I had let his mouth free when we landed and he was bent over breathing heavy and trying not to throw up. "Holy shit Sookie! How the fuck did you do that?"

"Well I'm a fairy Sam. Technically I'm only a little bit fairy, but I have this essential spark thing and am slowly discovering all of these powers that have been dormant inside of me."

"I still don't understand how all of this is possible. How are you pregnant with that fanger's baby?"

"His name is Eric Sam and it babies, twin boys actually and it was my powers that made it possible. I love Eric and we wanted to have children and I am making it possible."

"Sookie are you crazy? He doesn't love you and he will never be faithful to you. He'll never be there for you and your babies."

I had the overwhelming urge to call him Shifter like Eric did, but I held myself back. "Yes he will Sam, that's what I came to tell you . Eric and I are getting married on Saturday and soon we will be moving into our new house so we can prepare to take over Louisiana and Mississippi as regents. Soon I'm going to be a queen."

I could feel the fury rolling off of Sam in waves. "No Sookie, you need to get out of vampire politics before it kills you. I won't allow you to do this."

Now my fury was starting to reach its boiling point. "You won't allow it!" I stood up straighter and I could feel my power rising up in me like it was consuming me. I knew that I should have been afraid, but I felt safe with my powers. I also felt safe knowing that I wouldn't hurt Sam, but he needed to see what I really am.

I could feel my power lifting me off the ground and wrapping around me like I was in a cocoon as Sam went to grab me. He was still more than a foot away from me when he got thrown back across the room. I knew it wasn't my magic that had done that, but I didn't have time to think about that right now. I was floating and glowing showing Sam that I wasn't some weak little barmaid anymore.

Sam stood up and shook of his being thrown into the wall and looked up at me in awe. "You will listen to me Sam Merlotte and you will listen good. I am not the weak little girl that you saw a few days ago. I have more power than you could even imagine, I have the blood of Fairy royalty and even more powerful supernatural running through me. I am bonded and about to marry the man that I love, the man who does and will always care about me no matter what he has done in his past. He is my King and I am his Queen. I am not about to let some lowly shifter tell me how to live my life." I paused as I brought my magic back into me and lowered myself down to the ground. "Sam, I still want to be your friend, but you need to accept the fact that Eric is a part of my life and will be for a very long time."

I could still feel his conflicted emotions, but I could also feel sadness come through most of all. "Are you going to let him turn you Sookie?"

I wanted to tell him that Eric wouldn't have to, but I didn't have the time or the energy to explain and I really didn't want people to know about my immortality just yet. "No Sam, he's not going to turn me." He relaxed as I said that, so I took that as my cue to invite him to my wedding. I pulled an invitation out of my purse and handed it to him. "I would really like you to come to my wedding on Saturday. It would mean so much to me if you would come." I was giving him my best sad face to get him to say yes. He was one of my good friends and I wanted him there on the happiest day of my life.

He sighed and let out a breath he had been holding. "Of course I'll be there Sookie."

I went to give Sam a hug, but when he got close to my belly a jolt came out of it and sent him flying back across the room onto his ass. "Oh my God! Sam, are you okay?"

"Sookie your belly just shocked me onto my ass."

I ran my hands over my belly and I realized that it had been the boys that had thrown Sam away both times. I could sense two little spikes of amusement through the bond and I sent them love and comfort back to them.

I reached down to try and help Sam up when I was overwhelmed with the sense of NO! coming from my boys. "Sorry I can't help you up Sam. It seems that the boys take after their daddy, they don't want you to touch me or me to touch you."

"It's all right Sook." He stood up and brushed himself off. "Being pregnant really agrees with you."

"Thanks Sam. That's a good thing because I'm probably going to be pregnant for a few years."

"You're going to have more kids right away?"

I knew exactly how many babies I was going to have, but I didn't want to rub Sam's face in it. "Well, now that Eric and I can have babies of our own, we both want a houseful of kids."

"Well I'm happy for you." I could hear in his mind that he really wasn't, but there was nothing else for either of us to say, so we made our way back out to the bar.

Sam went back to wiping down counters and filling drinks at the bar while I made my way back towards the kitchen. I stepped up to the pass window that separated the kitchen from the dining room and I was happy to see Lafayette and Terry working away. I missed seeing them and working with them everyday, but my life had changed now.

I stood there watching them for a few minutes until Lafayette looked over, noticed me and smiled. "Hey girl, where you disappear to?" He put down the spoon he was stirring a pot of chili with and came around to see me. "You coming back to work soon? The boss man has been right rattled without you around." He stopped short when he came around and saw my rounded belly.

"My days of slinging beers and burgers is over Laf." I ran my hands over my belly with a smile on my face. "I have a more important job coming my way now."

"Holy shit Sooks, what you gone and done to yourself?"

"Well, I didn't exactly do it to myself Lafayette. I did have some help. With a little bit of magic and a certain vampire I got myself nice and knocked up."

"You and Bill Sook?" Terry had just come around the corner to join me and Lafayette and was just as stunned with my belly.

"No Laf, it's not Bill. Actually Bill had met his final death."

Terry was the first to speak on that. "Oh, that's terrible Sookie. How are you holding up?"

"Well the thing is that I was the one who killed Bill. It's a long story, but let's just say that Bill wasn't who I thought he was, but the vampire that I'm with no loves me just as much as I love him and has given me two sons who I can't wait to meet."

"So who da lucky vamp be Sooks?"

"Well it's Eric Northman." I watched Lafayette's eyes go wide as I said that. "Laf, I know what he's done to you, but I love him and we are having a family."

Terry came out of his shock and pulled me into a big, bear hug. Apparently it was only Sam so far that the boys didn't want touching me. "Congratulations Sookie. Arlene and I are having a baby too." That was news to me, but as I caught Terry's thoughts there was more to it. It doesn't matter that the baby isn't' mine. We'll raise it right and it will be good just like it's mother.

"Congratulations to you too Terry. You'll make a wonderful daddy."

"And you're going to be an amazing momma. These are two lucky boys in there."

"Thank you Terry." A thought popped into my mind. "Where's Arlene?"

"She's around somewhere."

"Okay." I pulled out two invitations from my bag and handed one to each of them. "I know that this is short notice, but Eric and I are getting married on Saturday and I would really love for both of you to come."

They both said they would and I also extended the invitation to Andy and Tara if they saw them in time, then I went to talk to Arlene. She was behind the bar slicing lemons. "Hey Arlene."

"Hey Sookie." She looked over at me and her eyes went wide. "Holy shit, you're pregnant!"

"Yes I am. I hear that you are too." I watched as tears started streaming down her face. Her mind was screaming that her baby was evil. I wasn't one to say that a baby was evil, but with Rene as a father, who knows what could happen when it grows up.

I gently led Arlene away from the gossiping customers. I conjured a handkerchief in my bag and handed it to her to dry her eyes. "Sweetie, I know why you are crying. I know you're scared that your baby is going to take after it's daddy, but what if I could do something to make it better? Would you want me to make this better for you?" I knew that I was messing with something that I should just stay the hell out of, but my friend was hurting and I could make this better for her and Terry.

She was sobbing too hard to answer me verbally, but I could here in her mind that she would do anything to make this right. She had already tried to get rid of her baby and she would do anything to get rid of it. I wasn't about to help her with that, I was going to help her in another way. This baby deserved a chance.

I put up a bubble around us so that we couldn't be seen and I laid my hands on her tiny bump. I could feel the life force of her baby flowing loud and clear. I didn't really know what I was doing or what I was going to do, but I just followed my magical instincts.

I focused on the baby all the way down to the cellular level and I focused on changing it around so that this baby's daddy was now Terry. It was taking more magic than I thought, but I could feel when I had accomplished my goal.

I let out a breath that I didn't realize I had been holding and Arlene became surrounded by a blue fog. I knew that this was working magic on everyone that knew anything about the baby. They would now know that the baby's daddy was Terry.

I could feel that Arlene was happy now about the baby and that everything was going to be all right for her now. I told her about the wedding and hoped that she and Terry would bring Coby and Lisa with them. I could see how much more relaxed she was now also and I knew that I had done the right thing.

While Arlene had to get back to work I sat back down at the bar. I ordered a glass of sweet tea and a Lafayette burger with extra pickles and extra fries. I had already had that delicious meal that Lulu had made, but with all of the magic that I had been using I was starving again.

Sam set down my drink and as I took a sip I got this strange feeling that washed over me. It wasn't a bad feeling, it was like somebody near by was calling out to me.

I turned and scanned the room and I saw two women sitting at a table on the other side of the room. I could tell that they weren't from around here and as I was looking at them they were shining like beacons in the night. I knew then that I had to go over and talk to them. There was a young brunette woman with a pixie like hair cut and who was also a witch and next to her was an older African-American woman who was also a witch. As I walked up to the table they were in the middle of a conversation, but I knew that I was suppose to talk to them.

I let down my shields as I got close and the young witch's mind was very loud and running about a mile a minute. I couldn't understand anything that she was thinking, so I shielded myself from her and focused on the older woman. She was as silent to me as a vampire, but I could feel that she had shields up like mine. She looked up at me and smiled when she felt me invading her mind. "It's not polite to probe people's minds without asking young lady, but you have every right to be cautious."

"I'm sorry ma'am." The tone of her voice made me think of my Gran and how much I missed her, but I pushed that away for now.

"It's all right Your Majesty. You need to be cautious with all that's been going on around you and being put on your plate." She gently placed her hand on my belly and I could feel the boys bouncing around in excitement from her touch. "Those are some very happy boys that you have there."

"Thank you Mrs.…"

"It's Ms. Fant, Octavia Fant, but please call me Octavia and this is my apprentice Amelia Broadway."

I turned to the young witch and she was bouncing up and down in her seat, the she suddenly jumped up and threw her arms around me. "I am so glad that you are the one that we have been looking for."

She pulled away and was smiling at me as I was looking at her with confusion on my face. "You were looking for me?"

"I have a gift of second sight. Nothing like your gift, but I can see where we need to be and I saw Octavia and myself here meeting someone, but I never knew who it was. I knew that you would need us for magical help and child care help."

"You are here to help me?" I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks.

"Oh Honey, don't cry. Here, sit down." Amelia held out a chair for me to sit in and pulled her chair closer to mine. "We knew that someone needed help, we just didn't know who until just now when we met you."

"I'm so glad that you are both here. I've been thrown into the very deep end of a very large pool and I am so scared."

Octavia reached over and took my hand. "Little girl, you are going to be just fine. We are here and there are others to come that will be able to help you through this. And I know that your Viking has less limitations now than he did before. That will make a lot of things much easier."

"Yes, but everything is happening so fast. How am I supposed to be a good wife and mother as well as being a good vampire queen? I don't know how to be a queen and Eric has all of this faith in me and I don't want to let anybody down."

Amelia started to gently stroke my hair and I immediately stopped crying. I felt her magic flowing through me and it made me feel a hundred times better about things. I looked over at her with a smile on my face. "Another of my special powers. Sweetie, I know that you don't know us and have no reason to trust us yet, but we are here and will do anything in our power to help you in any way that we can."

"I do trust both of you already. When I first saw both of you sitting here I saw a bright light surrounding both of you like a beacon. I just knew that I had to come over and talk to you." I looked between them and they were both smiling. "What?"

Octavia was the one to answer me query. "You have been given the sight of the Gods." I still was confused and it showed on my face, so she continued. "No one outside of the heavens as ever been given the power to see the good or evil in people. You have truly been blessed by the Goddess."

We were interrupted by Sam bringing over my food as well as my witches' food. I know that I had just met them, but there were already my witches as well as my friends.

As we ate my witches were telling me their story. They had been down in New Orleans until about six months ago when Amelia first felt the pull to travel. They had helped out dozens of people while making their way her to me.

I could feel Octavia just watching me with a smile on her face. "What are you smiling at Octavia?"

"You have more powers deep inside of you that you haven't even discovered yet."

"There are more powers?" I already had more powers than I could count as it was. What else was I going to be able to do?

"Yes and I think that one of your undiscovered powers would be wise to use sooner than you think."

"What power?"

"Invisibility."

My jaw dropped at that. "Are you serious?"

"Yes. All you have to do is focus on blending yourself into the background and nobody will be able to see you. Then when you want to become visible again you just focus on becoming yourself again."

I was floored, but I could tell that I didn't have time for that now. Something was about to happen, I could feel it, but I was curious to know what Octavia knew. "What is going to happen Octavia?"

"There is somebody heading this way in the woods. He's scouting out information."

I opened my mind and I focused on the woods around the bar. I caught onto a mind loud and clear and I knew that I had a Were-tiger looking for me. That was definitely not what I was expecting when I came to Merlotte's tonight. I can't believe DeCastro sent me to this backwater piss hole to check up on some stupid, blonde, bitch fang-banger. The king just wanted me to gather information on her, but if I get the chance I am going to grab her and drag her back to Las Vegas.. I knew the king with shower me will money to get this new pet that he's been drooling over.

This guy was a complete asshole and King DeCastro had no idea who the fuck he was dealing with. I could feel my magic building up with my anger, but I managed to tamp it down. "Okay, we are going to finish our meals, then we are going to deal with the stray kitty." They both smiled at me as we continued to dig into our meals.

We were quiet while we ate and I ran a plan through my mind. I was going to give my husband-to-be an early wedding present to do with as he pleased. It would definitely make him very happy.

We finished out meal, then I excused myself to go to the restroom telling my witches that I would meet them outside when I was finished.

I stopped outside the bathroom to make sure that nobody else needed to use it before slipping inside. I quickly did my business and after I washed my hands I looked at myself in the mirror and tried out what Octavia had suggested. I imagined that I was part of the background and I watched myself disappear, but when I looked down I could still see myself. This was a totally cool power and one that would definitely come in handy. I could also have some fun with my Viking, but first I needed to go get a little pussy, (Ha Ha).

I focused on the mind in the woods and popped a few feet behind him. From what I could tell he was almost as tall as Eric, but was broader in the shoulder area. He was bald and looked like a Mr. Clean reject. There was also a very black darkness surrounding him. He was not a good man and that made what I had to do so much easier.

I felt my magic take over me to guide me on how I needed to deal with the tiger. I held out my hand and said, "Shift!" I watched as this big man's body started to reshape and form into a beautiful Bengal tiger. The thought of keeping him as a pet was tempting, but I would never trust him to be that close to my family no matter what. "Silver leash and collar!" A silver collar appeared around his neck and the leash appeared in my hand. I felt my magic pull back into myself and I focused on being seen again.

I walked around so that I was standing in front of the tiger and brought his face up so that I could catch his eye. I pushed my will into his mind. "You are going to be as docile as a kitten no matter who we come in contact with and when you become human again you will answer all of the questions that you are asked." I pulled out of his mind and smiled as I saw Octavia and Amelia coming my way with their own smiles on their faces. "Hey ladies, look what I found."

"Quinn, you have been a very naughty tiger."

"You know who this is Octavia?"

"Only by reputation. His name is John Quinn and he's been working for King Felipe DeCastro in Nevada for years."

"DeCastro was the one who sent a group of Weres after me before."

"He's bad news Sookie."

"What do you mean Amelia?"

"DeCastro has a reputation for getting what he wants and if he wants you he will come after you with an army to help him."

"Well I'm not afraid. Eric is preparing his own army as we take over Louisiana and Mississippi and nobody is going to be able to take me."

"It's good that you are confident little girl, just don't let yourself get too cocky. You are carrying two very big weaknesses inside of you now. There are people who will use that weakness to get to you."

I could feel the anger, the rage and the dark magic build up inside of me and I wasn't sure that I would be able to contain it this time. This was worse than when I was in Sam's office. I could feel myself lift off of the ground, but before it had been white magic that surrounded me and now it was dark magic that I couldn't control. "Nobody is going to hurt my children. I will protect them with my life."

I was being consumed by the dark magic and I was actually becoming frightened. I was about to start panicking and being completely overwhelmed by my magic when I felt Amelia take my hand and it brought my magic back into me and literally brought me back down to earth. I felt like myself again, but I was physically exhausted now and I wanted, no needed to be closer to Eric. "Thank you so much Amelia."

"No problem. That's what we are here for. Now that we've met and you're safe for now, Octavia and I should be going."

"NO! I don't want you to go." I knew that it was selfish of me, but I felt better having them close by. "I want you both to meet Eric. Do you have someplace to stay? You could stay with Eric and I. We will be moving soon, but there will be plenty of room for you. Please say yes."

Amelia was bouncing up and down again, but it was Octavia who answered me. "Of course we would love to little girl, but you need to get to your Viking now."

I started to panic at Octavia's words. I could feel him through our bond and he was very happy. "Is something going to happen to Eric?"

Octavia came over and took my hand. "No dear, he's fine, but you used a lot of power tonight and being with him will help you recharge a bit."

"Oh, okay. Do you guys have a car? I'm going to need to pop with my little tiger friend here."

"Yes, Amelia has a car." I gave them directions to the farmhouse from Merlotte's, them popped me and my tiger friend away.

We landed in front of the house, there was no way I was letting the tiger inside and I already was feeling better just being close to Eric.

I looked up at the house and tears instantly came to my eyes. The house looked like it had when I was a little girl, actually it looked even better. There was a fresh coat of paint, the shutters had been replaced and as I looked around I could see that even the yard had been tended to. It was absolutely perfect. I was going to call out to Eric letting him know that I was here, but he was by my side before I had a chance. He saw my tears and quickly wiped them away. He stopped short though when he saw my new pet. "Lover, what have you got there?"

"A spy and my pet for now." I could feel and see Eric tense up when I said that he was a spy. "Eric, what is it." I took his hand in mine and without meaning to I was seeing what Eric hadn't told me about his past that involved Felipe DeCastro. "Oh my God!"