"Hello Sookie can I call you Sookie now that you are no longer a fairy" he laughed as he finished his sentence, Ocella had managed to surprise her by revealing small things he knew about her before she knew them about herself.
Sookie wouldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing he had shocked her with his comment "why are you here Ocella?" she asked as calmly as she could, "Well my dear Sookie I am here because I am part of you now and I am growing stronger now."
She was expecting an answer that would frustrate her but the one her gave just made her feel sick "am I dying?" Sookie asked pushing back the urge to vomit on the evil vampire, Ocella didn't say a word his eyes were locked on hers when he shook his head yes slowly with a giant smile on his face.
There was no panic in her eyes she already suspected she was dying by the way things were going outside of her dreams so she just shook her head and shrugged her shoulders in agreement, Sookie knew Ocella thrived on other peoples pain and suffering and she refused to give him one once of her emotions this time.
"So do I get to have my way with you like Bill did?" he licked his lips slowly as he looked up and down her body "we could feel you enjoying yourself it was wonderful" Ocella had hit a nerve Sookie jumped from her seat and swung her hand attempting to slap him across his face but when her hand reached his face he faded into a mist.
Sookie turned and pushed her back against the wall there would be no sneaking up on her this time , she could hear laughter coming from the kitchen and she knew she shouldn't go in but what were her option at this point stand in the living room and wait for someone to come to her.
There was a loud bang outside in the kitchen and Sookie's curiosity got the best of her she ran to the kitchen a looked around quickly for the cause of the bang and once again she found nothing, there was no sign of Ocella or Bill no sign of anything not in its place.
Sookie wandered through she could hear the vampires moving around and feel the buzz of their brains but she couldn't find them, Sookie sat on the Sofa giving up her search and enjoying the alone time while she could when she heard an even louder thump come from over her head.
Candle light flickered somewhere at the top of the steps so Sookie followed it and found herself standing at the attic door, she could hear them moving somewhere on the other side and she wished she could wake up. The attic had been the only place in her childhood home that had held bad memories for her it was where her uncle Bartlet had taken her to play their secret game when gran was resting during the day.
Flashes of her time in the attic ran through her mind and she knew this was why the vampires were up there Ocella wanted to see the fear and pain in her when she walked into that secret scary place. Sookie turned quickly heading back down the stairs when the attic door flew open and someone pulled her inside, she kicked and screamed as hard as she could but they she was silenced by the force of being slammed onto the attic floor.
Elena hovered over her with one hand on her throat and the look in her eye told Sookie she was eager and ready to kill her, she struggled to breath under her grip when she heard the wheels of the old rickety chair moving closer. Her body froze under Elena's touch and tears that rolled off her face were filled with her fear, Ocella had found a way to break her again he had used Eric to do it last time and now her childhood nightmare was about be relived.
Sookie closed her eyes tight not wanting to see what was coming next but that didn't stop the flashes of memories that flowed through her head, laughter filler the room as Elena moved back allowing room for uncle Bartlet's chair to roll up next to her body "hey pretty girl my sweet sweet pretty girl."
Her skin crawled at the sound of his voice and she kept her eye's closed praying she would wake up soon but she wasn't that lucky, Sookie's body shook as his hand wrapped around her wrist and placed it in his lap. She tried to pull away but his hands were like heavy stone around her wrist as he rubbed her hand up and down his manhood, Ocella laughed from the corner of the room and Sookie remembered this is just a dream.
The heat of the sun warmed her back and Sookie jumped to life back in the attic with and safe with Eric, Sookie woke a few minutes before the sun was set and she could feel the wetness running from her face she wiped and wiped with her hands but the blood kept pouring out of her. Eric sat up quickly pulling off his shirt and holding it to her face "Sookie drink," Eric bit into his wrist and held it to her mouth and as she started to drink the bleeding slowed.
He lifted her body from the cot and when Sookie looked down she realized the cot was covered in her blood, Eric could feel her fear through their bond "Sookie it's ok it's all going to be ok" he whispered as he carried her down into the bedroom where he stripped her down and cleaned her up. "Eric it's not going to be ok when I fall asleep I'm being chased through my worst fears and when I'm awake I have to see you hurt while you watch me die" Eric stopped what he was doing a knelt down in front of her "you are not going to die I won't let you."
Eric tried not to be angry with her for giving up but he needed her to be the fighter she had always been right now, he needed her to last long enough for Armand to get there and help him figure out what to do. Sookie sat up feeling a sharp pain plunge through her body and she turned her head spewing blood all over the room, Eric watched as her body sank back on the bed looking pale and thin.
He could hear he heart slow as she lay perfectly still "Eric I can't feel my legs" he flashed to her side lifting her carefully and holding her against his body, "Sookie don't leave me" he begged "help is coming" and he could feel her body limp and weak under his hands. Her eyes felt heavy and Eric's face was a blur Sookie knew she was dying, she knew there was no way around it she looked up at what she thought was Eric's face "I love you" she said before her eyes closed again.
The thought of losing her was unbearable Eric had spent hundreds of years without love and now that he found it he was forced to watch her die, Eric had always hoped that one day Sookie would agree to let him turn her so they would never have to be apart and now it looked like it was too late.
Eric sat on the edge of the bed watching her chest rise and fall slowly he could tell her breathing was shallow and the sounds of her blood gurgling in her throat with each breath was complete torture, he thought back to the day he met her and he remembered her beauty and strength and he wondered if he had taken her from Bill then like he had wanted would things have turned out differently.
"your phone is ringing" "Eric your phone is ringing" Sookie whispered, he hadn't noticed she was awake as he thought back through their relationship and tried to figure out how many things he would do different. Eric pulled his phone while moving closer to Sookie and holding her hand, "Northman"
"Eric I have Armand we can be there in an hour" Pam screeched into the phone, Eric's eye lit up the last thread of hope he had been hanging onto had come through now he just had to keep Sookie alive for an hour and they would have answers. He spoke to fast for her to hear but Sookie was sure he said something about her fading fast and if she hadn't already known that she would have been upset.
Flipping his phone shut Eric moved closer to her biting into his wrist and holding it to her lips Sookie drank she knew it would do little to help her but she couldn't bear the look on his face if she refused him and just asked for the pain to end so she drank and drank until her throat felt numb.
Eric smiled as he scooted closer to her she still couldn't see his face clearly but she could feel his hope and love through their bond and she knew that if she died Eric Northman wouldn't be the same. The next hour passed with Sookie fading in and out of consciousness and Eric giving her blood in between, Pam knocked on the back door and Eric rushed to answer it but neither or Armand could enter without Sookie's invitation so they waited for her to wake and welcome them in.
Armand hover over Sookie watching her while Eric explained the situation half way through Eric telling Armand about the blood she had been losing her body jerk forward and blood poured from her body again, Eric rushed to her side biting into his wrist and moved toward her mouth when Armand clasped his hand over Eric's wrist pulling it away before she could drink.
"You said Ocella was your maker's maker right?" Armand said in a thick ancient accent
"Yes he was the one who turned Godric" Eric looked up at the older vampire trying to figure out what was going on,
"Has she gotten better or worse since you have been giving her your blood Eric?"
Eric thought for a minute and he realized that each time he had made her drink from him she had gotten weaker and lost more blood just today alone she has been paralyzed and gone blind "she has gotten worse" he whispered looking down at Sookie feeling his heart break.
"Your blood is like a poison in her body Ocella's blood has taken over inside of her and now she won't heal with blood from his bloodline" Eric looked over at Pam and nodded and she knew what he was telling her to do, she flipped her phone open and dialed the number to Fangtasia as she walked out of the room.
Armand walked over to the tiny woman on the bed and sat her up against the headboard he looked at Eric who at this moment looked like he was ready to throw his self in a pit of stakes "I will give her my blood first I am old and healthy but I must warn you it may be too late."
Eric nodded and squeezed Sookie hand as he whispered telling her to drink as much as she can and he watched as Armand tried to heal the woman he loved, Sookie gulped the blood swallowing huge mouthfuls until she felt queasy and had to stop. To their relief the blood stayed down and Sookie managed to rest for a while before they urged her to drink again, Eric had Pam arranged for a few healthy vampire donors to come to Sookie's house and give her blood to heal her and they spent the rest of the night coaxing Sookie to drink as much blood as she could.
With only an hour until sunrise Eric instructed Pam to take Armand to rest at his home in Shreveport while he called Alcide asking him if he could sit with Sookie for the day, Eric knew it was a long shot and that the wolf blamed him for what was happening to his friend but he blamed himself too so they agreed on one thing.
Alcide agreed to come to the house and showed up in a matter of minutes giving Eric enough time to explain what the plan was and show him where the donor blood was, he could see the hatred in Alcide's eyes when he walked into the room and saw how much worse she had gotten "Sookie" the wolf whimpered taking her hand in his and feeling the cold of her skin.
Eric went to rest for the day in the attic leaving kissing Sookie and telling her how much he loved her before he went, Sookie watched through hazy eyes as the light in the sky grew brighter and she could feel her body getting heavy as her eyes closed against her will again. She woke up in her bed dressed in the prettiest silk gown she had ever seen her hair was perfect and her nails freshly manicured; Sookie had never felt more beautiful in her life.
She knew she was asleep and that at any moment Bill or Ocella would come to torture her but she couldn't help but feel radiant as she moved around her room, it had been days since she had felt anything other than pain and she was enjoying this moment. Sookie strolled through the house without a care in the world still no one had jumped out or played a horrible trick on her yet, she was walking through the yard smelling the flowers when she saw the sky start to light up.
Soon she would be awake and hopefully feeling better but most of all she would be near Eric, Sookie watched the sunrise and felt thankful she had finally gotten Ocella and his blood line out of her head. With the sun full and bright in the sky she waited to wake up and open her eyes but it didn't happen, Sookie waited a while longer but still she was stuck in her dream.
Finally she ran back to her room throwing herself on her bed squeezing her eyes closed and willing herself to wake, she opened her them again only to see Godric standing at the end of her bed "what's going on Godric why can't I wake up?" she felt tears run down her face as he smiled at her and moved closer.
"This is your heaven" Godric said waving his hand about the room.