A/N: We find out who was watching Nikki and Eric from the woods as he makes a rather rude appearance in this story. Thanks to all who take the time to comment. I try to reply, but sometimes I don't make it. This story came about as a result of the fairy litter idea and because I was so aggravated by season 4. Eric needs some fairy love and since Sookie can't seem to see what's in front of her face, I came up with another option.

Chapter 7

It was a few nights later and Nikki pulled into her driveway in Bon Temps. She drove this time, since it was foolish to take unnecessary risks. Her vampire had sent a message that he wanted to see her again. Well, that wasn't exactly what he had said in that message, she thought with a smile. In rather naughty terms, he had explicitly listed a variety of sexual acts that he wanted to engage in. Number three on that list had sounded highly interesting and Nikki thought that she was looking forward to giving it a try. Nikki hummed a little tune while she straightened up the home and, at least, tried to make it look like she spent all her time here. She knew that she was courting danger by continuing to see him. But, he excited her in a way that no one else ever had. She had made the mistake of falling for him. You're such a silly fairy, she told herself. You were supposed to wield a certain amount of power in the seduction arena. Fairies were rather lusty creatures, but they weren't supposed to waste those talents on vampires. The much more malleable humans were supposed to be their intended prey. Playing with vampires was like playing with fire and against the rules. Remember the past, Mab had tried to drill into her brain. Vampires almost wiped out the fairies, she said. They will try to do so again if they ever gain the upper hand, she also had said. Nikki stopped and touched the necklace that Eric had given her. This wasn't the action of a vampire who sought to destroy her, since he could have harmed her many times over if that had been his wish. Maybe, Mab was right in general, but her vampire didn't fit into any neat category. Just like her, he was something a little different.

As the sun set and the shadows gathered, a knock came at Nikki's door. She smiled and rushed to the door like a silly girl. Before opening it, she tried to calm down and took a few deep breaths. Have a little dignity, girl, she told herself. She smoothed her brown hair in place and arranged a sundress that was a pretty green color and trimmed in lace. She opened the door and found Eric on her doorstep. He was dressed in all black and was as handsome as ever. A look from his blue eyes ignited a heat in her loins and she just wanted to have her way with him. Skip the polite courtesies and get right down to business. He came through the open door and shrugged off the leather jacket, revealing a black wife-beater underneath. Nikki wanted to feel those strong arms around her. He flashed her a smirk as if he could read her mind and propelled her backwards. He pulled her close and seemed to assault her lips. He was rough and he shot his tongue into her mouth. Nikki didn't find that appealing and she tried to turn her head away. But, he snaked a hand in her hair and held her stationary as he forced his lips on hers. Before she could react, he pushed her down on the couch. In an instant, he was on top of her and she tried to push him away. One of his hands began to pull up her dress.

"Stop, you're hurting me," she cried.

As her hands grabbed his arms, she finally realized what was wrong. Eric was as warm to the touch as she was. Her eyes widened as she realized that she was in very serious trouble. This Eric that wasn't Eric grabbed her hands and used his knees to force apart her thighs. As he stared down at her, his glamour dissolved and revealed a fairy that she knew all too well.

"Tristian," she gasped.

"Yours truly," he said. "Except, you did reject me and hurt my feelings."

"You don't have any feelings," replied Nikki.

"You were promised to me," he said. "And, you have a duty and obligation to breed."

"I'm not some fairy brood mare," hissed Nikki.

Tristian gave her an evil leer and said, "Yes, you've been wasting your talents on a vampire who can't even procreate."

"Get off me," cried Nikki.

He seemed to sniff at her and said, "You're ripe and I plan on sowing that fertile ground, little hybrid."

He managed to hold her hands with one of his and used the other to reach down and grope her between her legs.

"You can't imagine how much I'm going to enjoy this," he said.

"I'm not some weak human," replied Nikki.

She yanked one of her hands free and pressed it against his chest. Her hand glowed with power and she shot him across the room. Tristian crashed into a table and broke it as he and the contents fell to the floor. Nikki stood up and faced the fairy that was to have been her mate. Except, she wasn't given a choice in the matter. Duty, obligation and the pitter-patter of little fairy feet were preached to her by Queen Mab, Claudette and Claudine, when she had balked at consummating her relationship with him. Her refusal had been the initial disagreement that had led to the falling out between her and the fairies and it had been the start of her search for answers about her origins.

Tristian stood up and brushed himself off. "You dare?" he asked.

"Oh, yes," replied Nikki.

"I'm a full fairy, little hybrid," he said.

"And I'm not some ordinary hybrid," replied Nikki. "I'm just as strong as you are. Maybe, even stronger."

Yes, she was and that was part of the problem, thought Tristian. Mab would have been smarter to have taken the weaker of the two children in the first place. Something unusual had happened in that womb that had given rise to this hybrid and her sibling. The two hybrids were not completely identical twins, as was a normal fairy occurrence. They closely resembled each other like the siblings they were, but there were physical differences between them that were even obvious at the time of delivery. One child was physically more robust and had taken the lion's share of nutrients from the other. You would have thought that child would have also garnered more of the fairy spark, he thought. But, maybe in an effort to survive, Nikki had taken in the fairy essence of her sister and then something magical had taken place. She came out of that womb with powers that rivaled the strongest of the full-blooded fairies. She had always been difficult to control and the measures used to control other humans and hybrids didn't work on her. The luminaire fruit had no effect on her. She couldn't be glamoured and she could travel at will through the portals. Perhaps, it was her fairy bloodline that gave her so much power. Her lineage was a secret that must remain so, he thought. Or, it was just the fact that every once in a while, the fairy gifts skip certain generations only to be fully expressed on a seemingly random hybrid. Well, he didn't get where he was by fighting fair. Without warning, Tristian shot a bolt of light at Nikki that threw her up into the wall. She slid down it in a disorientated heap. He pulled her up and pressed her against the wall.

"Is this how you and that vile creature do it? Standing up?" he hissed. "Or, should I force you onto your hands and knees?"

Nikki came around and struggled with him and he was too close to her to try to hit her with the light again. So, he struck her with his hand and knocked her head into the wall. As he reached under her dress, a force threw him across the room. In surprise, he looked up from the floor to see the vampire holding out a hand to Nikki. A surge of anger caused him to forget his common sense and he summoned the light to attack the vampire. But, Nikki noticed his actions and shoved Eric out of the way. Tristian's stream of light fell harmlessly on the wall and only succeeded in singeing the wallpaper and knocking a painting to the floor. As Nikki looked on in surprise, Eric appeared in a flash next to Tristian and grabbed him in his powerful hands. She dropped her jaw when she saw him brandish his fangs and sink them into Tristian's throat. Tristian gave a cry of shock and Eric began to drain him. Nikki watched as Eric's eyes rolled up in some sort of euphoria. Was she witnessing a vampire feeding frenzy? By the second, Tristian grew weaker and he only managed to produce a feeble spark from his hands as Eric growled and slurped the fairy's blood. Finally, Tristian's pretty looks began to fade and were replaced with something not so attractive. She knew that Tristian only had moments to live because Eric would not stop until he drank every last drop of fairy blood. Tristian's death would not go unnoticed, for he was a high-ranking fairy. It was too dangerous for her if he was killed because she would be held just as culpable as Eric. Nikki held out her hand and shot Eric with her light. She looked on in surprise as the light seemed to be absorbed by him. It knocked him off Tristian and he seemed stunned as the light still danced around him. Finally, he looked over at her and gave her a goofy smile and then crashed almost face first into the floor. What the hell was wrong with him? Nikki rushed to see that Tristian was still alive and then moved quickly to her stash of weapons that she had hidden. She pulled out some iron-blend chains and rushed back to secure Tristian. She gagged him and sedated him with a horse tranquilizer, which should keep him under for a while. She picked up his feet and dragged him down the steps to the basement. The fact that this attempted rapist fairy's head hit every step on the way down didn't bother her one bit.

She came back up to see Eric finally trying to rise to his feet. He managed that after a few tries and seemed to weave on his unsteady feet. That goofy smile appeared again.

"Snookie?" he asked.

It was then that Nikki realized that her glamour was gone. Tristian's attack on her had caused her to abandon it. "Um, no," she said.

Eric sniffed the air and the goofy smile returned. "It's you, my sexy Number One," he said.

He took a tentative step towards her and the weave became more pronounced. Nikki's eyes widened as she realized what was wrong with him. Who would have ever thought that?

"You're drunk," she accused him.

He seemed to leer at her and added, "I want more."

Nikki backed up a step. "There isn't any more," she said. "You almost completely drained that fairy."

"Drink you," he said with a lisp from trying to talk around his fangs.

He moved close to her and leaned into her neck and Nikki panicked. "Stop, you'll kill me if you do that," she cried.

He looked at her quizzically and replied, "I would never hurt you."

Nikki stared up at him and he leaned down and kissed her. He smiled and said, "Let's go run through the trees or skinny dip in the lake."

A drunken vampire on the loose was not a good thing, thought Nikki. Who knew what kind of trouble he could get himself into or who might notice him and put two and two together? She grabbed his hand and held onto to him.

"Maybe, after you sober up a little," she said.

"Let's have sex, then," he said with a smile.

Before she could react, he lifted her onto his shoulders. As that motion caused him to tip dangerously to one side, Nikki shrieked in alarm.

"You big Viking, you're going to drop me," she cried.

"I'm in complete control," Eric assured her.

Dangling upside down, Nikki saw the wall rapidly approaching. She cried out as her head hit the wall.

"Ow."

"What was that?" asked Eric, turning rapidly around in a circle. Nikki grabbed onto the only thing available in an effort to not be thrown off, which was his ass.

"That was the sound of my head hitting the wall," said Nikki with short, terse words.

"Oops," said Eric. He smacked her rear and said, "But, you're strong like a Viking wench."

"I am not some sort of Viking wench for you to pillage," hissed Nikki.

Eric caressed her bottom and snickered. "Yes, you're my little, delicious fairy and I have every intention of tapping that sweet fairy ass, besides you're grabbing my ass like you want it more than me."

"I'm hanging on for dear life, here," said Nikki, as she smacked his behind.

"A likely excuse," snickered Eric, again.

He once again began moving on unsteady feet to her bedroom. Nikki held out her hands and tried to keep from swinging into the walls. Geesh, a six feet four drunk vampire might be beyond her abilities to control, she thought. Suddenly, he tossed her onto the bed like a bag on flour and jumped on the bed. He gleefully jumped up and down on her bed until two things happened. One, his head connected with the ceiling and he grabbed his head in his hands and cried out. And two, as he came down, her bed couldn't stand the assault anymore and it collapsed down to the floor. Nikki tried to hold on as the Eric dropped beside her and his weight threatened to toss her off what remained of her bed.

"Ow, that wasn't how I had imagined breaking the bed," he said.

Nikki sat up and sighed. Patience is a virtue, she thought. And she had to keep him with her for his own safety.

"Let me see," she said.

Eric put his head under her nose and she took in that head of fine, blonde hair. She gently kissed his crown and said, "There, is that better?"

"I think that I might have hurt my elbow, too," he said.

"Show me," said Nikki.

He held out his elbow and Nikki gave it a kiss, causing him to smile. "I surely managed to injure my lips, as well," he said, with an eyebrow raised.

He pointed to his lips and Nikki leaned in and kissed them. She kissed him several times and Eric let out a contented noise. As she drew away, he cleared his throat.

"There is one more place that requires your healing kisses," he said.

He gazed at her in guileless innocence and Nikki tilted her head and waited. "Oh, and where is that?" she asked.

"Perhaps, I can show you," said Eric.

He took her hand and moved it to his groin and Nikki said, "You're telling me that you hurt your dick falling down?"

"I fell in an awkward position," countered Eric. "Would I lie to you?"

"Vampires are liars, it's your nature," said Nikki.

Eric chuckled and slapped her back, causing her to almost fall forward. "Easy there, big guy," she said.

"Look who's calling the kettle black," he said, in amusement.

"I don't what you're getting at," replied Nikki.

Eric sat before her and reached out a finger to her. Instead moving in a straight line, that finger made a rather circulatory path to her nose. Finally, after almost poking her in the eye, he landed that finger on her nose and flashed a look of triumph. Nikki pressed her lips together to keep from laughing at him.

"You are the biggest liar that I have ever seen," he said. "And you're a date rapist."

"Excuse me?" demanded Nikki.

"Deny it all you want," replied Eric. "But, your so-called relatives are known as being the lying virtuosos of the world. Plus, they force themselves on unsuspecting prey."

Eric's eyes glittered and he added, "Sexually."

"I haven't seen you complaining about my sexual advances," hissed Nikki.

"You're a girl after my own wicked heart," he said, with a smile.

He pulled her down and began to kiss her neck. He moved up and kissed her cheek and stared down into her eyes.

"You have ensnared me, little fairy, with those less than honorable ways," he said.

His smile turned wicked and he added, "Of course, that fairy pussy might have something to do with it."

"That was vulgar," replied Nikki.

"Hmmm, that pussy is quite talented," said Eric. "It talks to me."

Even though she knew to not go there, she was too curious to stop. "Is that so? What does it say?" she asked.

"It says that my dick is the only dick that will do," he replied.

"You must have made quite an impression on it," said Nikki. "Because it is saying something to me, right now."

Eric grinned and asked, "What?"

"It's saying that it needs that dick which is the only dick that will do in the worst sort of way," replied Nikki.

Eric patted the mattress and said, "Do think this bed has got another good fuck left in it?"

"I don't know," replied Nikki. "But, it deserves to go out in a blaze of glory."

"We'll give it a Viking funeral when we're done," said Eric. "If there's anything left of it."

Eric began a frenzied assault on her buttons and straps and hissed in aggravation when his fingers keep failing him. Nikki took over at the task of undressing them and he contented himself with kissing her exposed flesh. He moved between her legs and stopped.

"What's wrong?" asked Nikki.

"Can you tell me exactly whom I'm preparing to fuck?" he asked.

"Nikki," she breathed back as she pulled him in closer.

Eric gave her a loopy grin. "I like that."

Nikki stared into his eyes and asked, "Are you disappointed that I'm not Sookie?"

Her heart seemed to be poised on a razor's edge as she waited for him to answer that question. She found that she was holding her breath as she waited for him to possibly break her heart. He wouldn't lie to her in this state, she was sure of it. If you didn't want to know the truth, then you shouldn't have asked the question, she told herself. She closed her eyes to keep him from being able to read her thoughts. The seconds ticked off and just when she was sure that he was going to tell her that she was only a pale imitation of her sister, he pushed himself inside of her with a moan. He fully seated that perfect dick within her and whispered in her ear.

"You're the one that I want," he said. "I always knew that it wasn't Sookie."

He began to move those hips of his in the most exciting way and Nikki gasped and felt herself begin to float away.

"How?" she murmured.

"You smell different, sweeter," said Eric.

Eric leaned down and kissed her and closed his eyes as he felt her respond to him. He didn't tell her that he was aware that she had been a virgin. After the fact, of course. He would have been much gentler with her if she had been honest with him that first night. He had other clues that even in his drunken state he wasn't going to discuss. She still wasn't one to divulge his advantages to. As Nikki wrapped her legs around him and urged him on, he forgot everything else except for the feel of her lovely body. She was his and no one, neither vampire, human or fairy was going to take her away from him. He heard her soft moans in his ear and he dived into that wet fairy pussy. She felt unbelievable hot and that heat seemed to lick at his dick. Waves of hot pleasure caressed him as he forgot what a dominating vampire he was supposed to be. She had eroded the foundations of that careful control. One look from those eyes seemed to melt all his careful glamour and he was revealed in his true state for her to see. Shameful, he thought. He had an image to uphold, but her smile said that she knew that she had wrapped him around her little finger.

"Oh, nothing has ever felt better than this," she gasped.

He kissed her neck and quickened his pace. He listened to her resulting moans with satisfaction. He felt the touch of his own personal angel who was taking him on an express trip to heaven. But, that was a trip they were both making. Nothing was better than the sensation of coming together with her. They were joining themselves together on a plain that was more than physical. They were becoming one. His little fairy lover might not understand it, but she was caught up in the magic, now. She had given herself to him and he was rather greedy in that regard.