Introduction - The Rain's Descent
A/N: I hope ya'll enjoy this story, it's one I've been working on for a while now. I'm not sure what made me think of these two particular characters being together but I think they would be a really interesting couple haha.
Eric watched the couple from a distance, noticing how they touched each other as they sat in a grassy patch atop the hill, just staring into the moonlit sky. She was beautiful and she was more than human, she was special. Eric knew this and cursed himself for having these thoughts. He was Eric Northman and what he should be doing is drowning his sorrows in the arms of several women. But alas, he could not make himself leave; he instead stood by quietly observing the unsuspecting couple. How he envied Bill Compton. It made him angry to see her, Sookie, so happy with the younger vampire. Eric shut his eyes momentarily, how he detested having feelings like these, they were human emotions which should have long since gone from his person.
Meanwhile….
Hermione took a sip of her water; the cup trembled in her hands as she set it back down on the tray in front of her. The roar of the engine lightened as the plane began circling around it's destination towards the airport. "Attention ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Bon Temps, Louisiana. We will be landing shortly; we hope you've had a great flight with United Airlines and that you'll see us again soon." The pilot's voice cut off as the plane began descending.
To say her heart was in her throat would be an understatement, Hermione Granger, brilliant witch and best friend of the boy who lived, was deathly afraid of heights. She felt pain shooting through her fingers which clawed themselves into the armrests on either side of her seat.
How she had gotten herself into this predicament was beyond her. This was not how she had expected to spend her summer vacation. In her mind she should have been with her two best friends lounging around Grimmuald place, shuttling between there and the Weasley's house. This summer had turned out to be much more complicated than she'd hoped for.
She had decided to spend her summer with her parents (after much guilt tripping on their part) and thus returned to the muggle world. They had already made plans to visit her mother's sister down in Shreveport, Louisiana and so they naturally insisted their daughter come along with them; and of course their mode of transportation just had to be a muggle airplane of which said daughter was scared stiff of. Hermione had never been fond of heights and sitting in the plane made her think of a bunch of sardines encased in a tin. She most definitely did not trust the damn thing that was for sure.
Finally, after what felt like days but was merely hours, the plane bumped and grinded against the rough pavement of the runway until it came to an abrupt stop. Hermione could have yelled in joy as she unbuckled her seat belt, happy to be able to stand at last.
Jane and Mark Granger both smirked at their daughter's joyous expression, knowing just how grateful she most likely felt at being back on solid ground. They grabbed their luggage and walked towards the exit, Hermione following in back as she lugged out her own suitcases. She wished no one was around so she could shrink them into her pocket but alas she had to do things the muggle way for now.