"This is your heaven" Godric said waving his hand about the room.
Sookie looked around and saw that everything was perfect every rose was in bloom the grass was the most beautiful shade of green and when her Gran walked out of the house with a tray of tea she knew this was heaven. Sookie felt a calm she had never felt before as she walked over and took a seat next to gran on the porch, the sun shined brighter than she had ever seen and she enjoyed the silence of the day laying her head on grans lap letting her stroke her hair.
Alcide hover over the tiny body that was once his friend, he remembered the day he met her and how vibrant she was as the tears fell from his eyes. He had always dreamed that one day she would come to her senses and choose him he could have kept her safe and she would be here now alive and happy, Alcide had no clue what he should do now that Sookie had passed he had no reason to hang around but the thought of leaving still didn't seem right.
He sat holding her hand for what seemed like hours while he hoped and prayed that this was all a dream and he would wake up any minute, Alcide looked out the window and watched the sun fade away know that any second all hell would break loose. The sky darkened and Eric flew into the room letting out a sound that was far from human, Alcide let go of Sookie's hand and crouch defensively beside her his anger getting the best of him as he thought about the vampires that killed his friend.
The two flew at each other clawing and punching, Eric squeezed Alcide and cracking sounds filled the air but didn't slow him down. He turned biting into Eric's arm and tearing the flesh from his bone the two of them were seconds away from killing each other slamming into furniture and bashing holes in the walls. Alcide who had shifted in the middle of the fight gave up returning to his human form, He knew Eric was in pain and he would suffer for the rest of his existence for letting Sookie die.
Alcide shoved past Eric and walked out of Sookie's house unsure of where he was going, Eric pulled Sookie's limp body into his arms cradling her like he had so many times before. His bloody tears streaking her hair he carried her into the bathroom where he washed her carefully before dressing her in one of her favorite sundresses, he couldn't stand the thought of anyone seeing her covered in blood.
Eric knew he had to call Jason and Tara they were her only family and she would have wanted it that way but the thought of unwrapping his arms from her body maid his body ache, he laid in bed holding the shell that had once been the love of his life and he wondered if he could live without her. There had never been someone like her in his life and he knew he would never meet another; he kissed her lips and walked into the kitchen prepared to make the calls.
He sat at the table and pulled out his phone when he heard a car pull into the driveway he could hear their panicked voices as they rushed the house, Jason busted through the door heavy tears still visible on his face "where is she?" his voice was horse and weak. Eric nodded toward the bedroom and watched as Jason and Tara saw that Sookie was gone; screams of sadness and anger filled the room when Tara turned to Eric throwing punches at him as she blamed him for the death of her best friend.
Eric took the punches her took her anger because he knew the loss that she was feeling, Jason turned pushing him toward the back door "you did this you killed her fuckin vampire." Jason screamed and shoved the broken vampire through the door "you are not welcome here" he screamed causing him to walk backward off the porch; Sookie's death meant her home belonged to Jason now and he would never let Eric step foot inside again.
Tara cried wrapping her arms around the body of her best friend she hadn't been there for her the way Sookie had always been there for her and now she was dead; she and Jason called the coroner's office and started making arrangements right away they knew she had suffered up until she passed earlier in the day. Alcide stumbled into the bar in hysterics just a few hours ago and once they calmed him down he explained the events of the couple of days to them finishing off with Sookie's last breath.
Jason and Tara didn't believe his words they couldn't they needed to see for themselves and what they saw was a disaster, the floor was cover in smelly sticky dark red blood and the bed was stained and full of rancid fluids. The only thing that was not covered in blood was Sookie's body it smelled fresh and clean and her but her beautiful dress hung from her thin pale body in a weird way that made her look nothing like herself.
The coroner came quickly one of the perks of living in a small town; they carried Sookie's body from the house cover in a thin white sheet as Jason followed insisting on an autopsy. Eric watched from the trees as they loaded her into the black van and he followed out of sight and watched them prepare her body for its eternal rest, the cause of death was marked as extreme loss of blood but no sign of fang or needle marks meant they couldn't hold the vampires responsible.
Once the autopsy results were given to Jason Eric attempted to talk to him one last time hoping he might agree to have the funeral at night so he could attend and pay his respects to the woman he loved but Jason refused. Eric hated himself for not protecting Sookie better he sat for hours just remembering their time together unable to go back to his old life, Pam hunted him down unsure of the feelings that swayed through their bond he had called her to tell her Sookie was dead and she could send Armand back to where he came from but he hadn't spoken to her since then.
She asked him several questions hoping to get an idea of how his mental state was but Eric wasn't able to hide his emotions from her he was miserable and he thought of meeting his true death often, Pam couldn't stand the thought of losing her maker so she tried to sooth him but it was no use Eric saw no life without Sookie. He ran from everyone hiding away in the woods and sleeping under ground in the day he had made his decision once Sookie was laid to rest he would say his goodbyes and he would meet her in his true death.
Sookie's heaven was a wonderful place the sun shined all the time leaving her skin feel warm and silky and her gran was there to share all of her thoughts and memories, she hadn't mentioned Eric or a vampire since she died in fact she didn't even remember her life with vampires. Her heaven was comfortable there were no fears or worries they ate their meals and talked and had tea while she sunbathed and gran tended her garden, for Sookie this was bliss.
Gran stood on the porch calling to Sookie she hadn't noticed the sky getting dark while she was sunbathing in the yard, she jumped from her seat and ran for the porch feeling the first of several rain drops hitting her tan skin. She found it strange that the sun had shined the entire time she had been there and now out of nowhere the sky was turning black with all the signs of a serious storm.
Jason walked into the funeral home holding Tara close to him the two of them hadn't left each other's side since Sookie had passed and today was no different, the whole town had shown up hoping to find out what exactly had killed Sookie but the truth was they would never know. They watched Tara and Jason make their way to the front of the room whispering and commenting on the pair, normally Tara would have let them have it but today was for Sookie and she would have ignored them and put on her sweetest smile so that's what she did.
The pastor gave a beautiful sermon and the quire sang two of Sookie's favorite hymns that gran use to sign while she cooked, the sun was shining bright outside and Jason couldn't help but think about how much Sookie loved sunny days like this one as he carried her coffin from the hearse to the grave a few feet away from Grans. The grave yard was silent except for the sounds of people sobbing as they laid white roses on top of her coffin, Sam said a few words in Jason place and they lowered Sookie's body into the ground.
Tara spent two days scrubbing all signs of what happened from Sookie's house she knew everyone would be looking for clues as to what really happened, not to mention Sookie would have hated the mess to be left for long. Dozens of people filed into the house most of whom had never cared for Sookie when she was alive but know they walked though her home pinning Jason in corners expressing their sadness for his loss, he had almost snapped a few times but he remembered his sister and she would have kept her cool.
It seemed like hours before everyone had finally gone and Tara and Jason collapsed in each other's arms on the couch, "I can't believe she is gone" Jason cried as Tara squeezed her arms around him. "Those fucking vampires" she whispered back to him and they both sat crying as they looked around the empty house that seemed to hold their worst memory of Sookie.
Sookie wondered through the house listening to the wind and the rain slam against the house, she had never seen a storm like this in her life and thought it odd that it was part of her heaven. She ran into Garns room climbing into bed with her and trying to push the sounds of the storm from her mind, the wind sounded like screams and moans as it whipped against the windows and Sookie thought she could hear voices echoing in the wind.
She covered her ears with her hands and pushed her body up underneath of grans hoping to feel safe and sound there but a few minutes later gran jumped from bed and ran to the back door and out into the storm. Sookie tried to follow her calling her name as she disappeared into the wind; her feet hit the edge of the porch when she noticed gran was gone. Her eyes searched for
Her eyes searched for any signs of gran and what she found was beyond disturbing to her, the trees that had stood in the front yard near her sun chair were gone in fact parts of the ground were gone too. Sookie watched as the powerful winds swallowed pieces of her heaven and made them disappear, she ran inside slamming the door shut behind her before she ran to the attic and threw her body down on a cot that lay in the middle of the dark room.
Sookie had no clue why this space felt safe to her but it did it felt like she belonged right there on that cot in that attic, she rolled back and forth wrapping her body in the quilt that was tossed over the old mattress. There was something familiar about this place and she searched her mind trying to figure out what it was, she breathed in the scent that lingered in the quilt and one word came to mind "Eric."
He walked through the woods near the edge of her house and he could hear Tara and Jason sitting inside the house crying, Eric blamed himself for their pain and his own he failed to protect her and now she was gone to everyone who loved her. He crept around the house moving closer to the cemetery looking for the fresh grave that belonged to his lover, his plan was to say good bye to her and wait at her grave site for the sun.
Eric walked over throwing his body on the mound of loose dirt and letting the blood stained tears fall from his eyes, there were few people in a thousand years who he had cared for but other than his maker or his progeny he had never loved anyone like this. Eric cried into the into the dirt screaming out her name he hated the thought of her cold and alone rotting in the ground, "I'm sorry Sookie so sorry" he pounded his fist against the dirt.
Sookie opened her eyes thinking she would see those wood beams of the attic ceiling but instead she saw nothing, her hands pressed out in front of her she felt around looking for any form of light that would explain where she was right now. She could smell the dirt above her and feel the coldness of the earth below her and she started to panic, "help oh god help" she screamed pounding on the wood above her.
Eric wiped his bloody tears and looked across the cemetery at Sookie's house before he laid back on the cool dirt thinking about her moving through the house cooking and cleaning or the way she leaned against the wall when she talked on the phone. Eric remembered laugh and how her voice changed when she was happy or sad, he played her voice over and over in his head and he couldn't help but enjoy how real it sounded.
Sookie listened and she could hear someone moving around somewhere above her and she wondered how much air was in the coffin now because she was having hard time breathing. She placed her hand over her heart trying to slow her breaths and felt herself panic when her heart didn't beat under her hand, "oh god, oh god, help me" she pounded on the wood again.
Eric jumped to his feet looking around the cemetery again he was sure his mind was playing tricks on him but he called out to her anyway "Sookie" he screamed into the night air. Sookie heard his voice and she could hear him moving right above her "ERIC help me please " Sookie sucked as much air into her chest as she could and screamed again "Eric help me I'm alive help me.
He looked down at the ground thinking he must be crazy he had seen her and held her dead body it couldn't be "Sookie?" he called again, she could feel herself getting annoyed and she lost it "Eric get me the fuck out of her now!" He dropped to the ground grabbing handfuls of dirt and throwing them aside "Sookie?"