Thanks for the awesome reviews! I am so happy you enjoy this story. I have so many ideas for it. I do apologize there won't be an Eric quite yet. I am hoping to bring him back around the time Sookie and Bill come into the picture. Although I will not tell you how that will go :P I will say I wish to follow the storyline just a little around that time. Hope you like this one. I hope to set her up with a life before anything else and that involves a chapter of filler.

Chapter 9

There was no night in Fairy. Only long sunny days. I couldn't wait to be home. I couldn't wait for cold winters and warm summers. I couldn't wait for fall when the leaves changed and fell from the trees. But there was one thing I would miss about Fairy and that was the fruit. It was like eating the best thing you could ever think up in one piece of this beautiful shiny light fruit. And the best part was the never ending supply. I must have eating only that for months. Had it been months? I didn't know anymore. I waited until I was told I could go.

Over what I thought had been months new Fae came and went. The outfits they wore changed along with other things. Hair, Makeup, Shoes etc.

One day I came out of my home in Fairy to meet Claudine. She looked like hell, covered in mud and drenched in something terrible.

"Claudine! Where have you been? I haven't seen you in days!" I said drawing her to me.

"We must talk in private child." She said coughing up mud. We went to my temporary dwelling where I cleaned her up and tried to feed her.

"Okay that's all better. Now where have you been? I have been worried about you and I have also been waiting for the go ahead to leave." I said rinsing her dress in the cool water that flowed through each dwelling in Fairy.

"You don't understand Oliivi. I have been gone much longer then a few days." She said worriedly looking to the door and back to me. Someone must have frightened her. "We have to leave Fairy at once. You aren't safe here anymore." She pulled on one of my dresses and a pair of shoes from my closet.

"What do you mean I am not safe? And it has only been days, I have counted." I answered thinking maybe she had gone a bit wacko.

"You were made to eat the light fruit child. You have been deceived. Once I heard of this trickery I tried to warn you but Mab grabbed me. She has held me for many years in her home." She looked out the door again trying to see if she had been followed I assumed.

"What do you mean it has been years? I have been here only a few months. Mab wouldn't hurt you she is our queen! Not to mention my family!" I said trying to find a reason why she was saying these things. I couldn't have lost years here. That would mean hundreds of years back home. They would have stolen hundreds of years from me! Hundreds of years that I could have used to find Eric.

"I am sorry child. But it is true. I only just made it away to come warn you. We have to get you out of here. There isn't much time, the door closes soon. We must make haste." She was throwing my things in bags and throwing things at me.

"What? This cannot be. THIS CANNOT BE!" I cried. "YOU are my family. Why would family do this?" I asked helping her now to pack what I had.

"Fairies are different Oliivi. All your royal family cares about is keeping you here. Making sure you re declare your loyalties to them. We must leave now before they get here." I only nodded pulling my boots on and helping her to the door. We ran and ran through the gardens and over the hills until we came upon a large deep dark pit.

"You must jump child. JUMP NOW." She yelled, "If you do not go now I will be caught and you will be stuck here. You have eaten the light fruit so I must give you my last trip away. GO NOW." I didn't have a chance to think about it. I saw my family surround us and I didn't think about it I jumped. And I fell and fell for what seemed like forever, the darkness enveloping me.

It felt like days in that hole falling further and further down until I finally was spit out in a field. My bags strewn all around me. I wasn't sure how long I had been laying there but I was sure it was longer then I would think it was.

I didn't know what year it was or how long I had really been in Fairy. But I was free and that is all that mattered now. I couldn't fix what was only what would be. I figured at least this time I knew who I was and how I had come to be here. I gathered everything back into the bags and made for the strange paths ahead of me. I recognized nothing of this place. It seemed so different then it had been. Even the trees were different. I didn't think I was near my village this time. I was far from it. Walking along a dirt path for hours trying to find someone or something that could help me find answers. If I could just find a town or anything I would be so happy.

As night fell I had come upon a small town. At least that is what it seemed although I had never seen structures like the ones I had found. Tall white buildings all next to each other but surrounded by trees and swamp. I walked along the paths through many many buildings until I came to a different part of town that had very different buildings.

They were tall as well but made of stone. There was strange writing there that I couldn't make out. And people walking back and forth from the buildings wearing odd clothes. I would certainly need new clothes.

I had learned many new things in Fairy when I had been there. One of those things had been a glamor trick, if I needed money or some clothes I figured it would do. I decided to try it out unsure whether it would work if I didn't speak the language. I went into what looked like a small shop on the corner of the town square finding a small jolly looking lady standing behind a large brown counter. If I could glamor her I could get a few articles to wear, maybe even a place to stay while I figured out this new place.

"Well hello there dear. Welcome to Dierdre's. Is there something I can do for you?" She asked. I understood her instantly. I knew she was not speaking Swedish but I knew the words meanings. I couldn't read it but I could make it out in my head! This was a good sign.

"Yes I am looking for a new outfit. Preferably something a little less...Poofy." I asked noticing mostly everything was poofy and it all looked to hot to wear all the time.

"Yes yes of course! I would have just the thing. I shall get it for you yes?" She asked looking rather excited. "It is not often we have one so beautiful come in here. Where are you from dear?" She asked curiously as she pulled something from the back room for me. She came out with many items. I hoped she could help me dress as I had no idea what they were or how to wear them. "Come come dear I will help you put them on." She said motioning me to the back room.

I followed, "What year is it?" I asked her before answering her questions.

"Oh uh. Well don't you know dear? Oh you must have traveled a far distance and forgotten. Yes yes that's it isn't it? Well it's 1863 small one." She said pulling my dress over my head. "OH! Oh my you will need undergarments to. Give me a second child." She went back to her boxes looking for something she called undergarments. 1863? I had been gone almost six hundred years!

I think I may hate my Fae family I thought to myself. When the lady came back she spoke further, "You are in a city child. Unfortunately the war has hit us rather hard though so it isn't much to speak of. Welcome to New Orleans sweet girl. Now raise your arms so I may put on your under shirts dear." She pulled my hands up in the air throwing on a white thin shirt and a tight round object I think I hated. "There now, every lady needs a good corset dear." She said pulling the strings tightly. "So where are you from then?" She asked again, very persistent this lady.

"Well actually I am not really sure. I know it was an island far from this New Orleans." I said still unsure of where I really was.

"Well that's alright dear. We are all a little lost these days." I only nodded as she helped fit me into a tight white dress that flowed to my feet. I would have enjoyed it more without the tight round corset she gave me. But I would have to fit in so I sucked it up. When we were finished I had decided I would glamor her into thinking I was family. I had taken a liking to her and thought I should like to stay. Help her in the shop a while. As she finished I stared at her eyes sending her my wishes. Reaching up to her face I stroked her cheek.

"Dierdre. You know me. I came from far away to live with you on you're request. I am you're niece. You gave me a job and place to stay." I said calmly to her with a small smile. I hope it stuck.

"Yes yes my cousin. Welcome home dear! I have been waiting for you." She said back to me throwing her arms around me in a large tight hug.

"Yes auntie Dierdre I am happy to be here with you. Could I see my room so I may rest. It has been a long trip for me." I said to her hoping she had a suitable place for me to stay. In the end she did, although it was small it was cozy. I had been given a small room above the shop next to hers with a small bed. I even had what she had called a dresser and a desk with a chair. My most favorite part had been the view from the window. It looked out at the ocean! My favorite thing. It was perfect for me until I could brake away to my own place.

During my time in this New Orleans I met many people. Women and Men as well as other beings I would call Supes. In Fairy I was taught of other creatures that walked around as humans.

I learned of shifters, vampires, wolves, panthers, demons, witches and more. I had met a few along the way here and there. Mostly around the bars and brothels in the city.

When I saw a vampire I would leave the city for a while and travel with money I had earned through my Aunt Dierdre's shop. I knew from my encounter at the sea side with my sister and Eric that they could smell me and I knew they would try to drain me. So I wouldn't put myself into that position.

Instead on my trips I would learn new things. I had learned to paint and to sing. I had learned how to cook from some women I met while I had gone to Atlanta. It was wonderful. I had learned that I was in a place called America. And I had found my home on a map. They called it Sweden now. I would hope to go back someday.

I was also practicing to reign in my scent.

I made a friend called Andrew. Andrew was a shifter from New Orleans. He had taken me to numerous people he thought could help me hone in on my smell and retract it, hiding myself from those who would seek to drain me. He said it was stupid to hide away my whole life. He told me someone so beautiful could not be stored away as I was. So for Andrew and my sake I tried to learn that skill. And I was having great success with it. He had taken me to many places with vampires he knew of that would not hurt me and we would see if they could sense something different about the people in the room. Eventually I succeeded in my task. They could still smell a difference in me but it wasn't like it had been. They could stay in control and I wouldn't have to worry as much. This allowed me many nights of fun in the city bars with Andrew.

As Andrew and I had gotten to know one another we decided to pool our money to buy a place of our own. I didn't love him or anything but he was the closest thing I had to a friend and I didn't have to hide myself from him.

"Alright girl. What would you like in a house. I know of some good prospects in other cities. Maybe we could check them out?" He asked looking through a news paper.

"Yes that would be fine. I was worrying at some point they would notice I wasn't aging. Where shall we look then?" I asked hoping it would be by water.

"Well I saw some nice pieces of land in a place called Bon Temps, Louisiana. It's not far from here. And they won't know you there." Bon Temps?

"Yes let us go there for a while to see it. That would be nice. Is there water there?" I asked hopefully.

"Yes of course there is water girl. What you think I don't know you? I do know you Olives" He said. He had talked me into changing my name into something more American while I was here. He told me everyone would have a hard time understanding how to say Oliivi all the time. He had started calling me Oliver and that had changed to Olives over a few years.

"Good then it is settled. I will glamor Auntie into thinking I have gone home. We will be free to leave!" I said excitedly.

"Yes good plan. I think I will set up some viewings for us. We will leave in the next few days." We both agreed and went to close our lives here. I was happy to leave this place. I loved it so much but I had been afraid for a while people would notice how young I always looked, never having aged past eighteen. After twenty years here it was growing painfully obvious something was amiss with me. I hoped we could make the next place work for a longer period of time. Maybe if I stayed away from the towns and the people for a few years I would be able to draw it out longer. So I packed up my things and set my affairs in order leaving only a small investment to linger behind me. I hoped one day I could come back for it if need be.

A week later Andrew and I left New Orleans for Bon Temps.

Andrew and I saw many plots of land in Bon temps before we had chosen one in a big treed area on a large deep swamp. For me it was perfect because it had water and seclusion and for Andrew it was perfect so he could shift in peace and quiet.

He could grow old here and I could take care of him until then. Although he was only in his forty's now and it would be a while yet.

Our closest neighbors were about a twenty minute walk through the woods or fifteen down the road. I loved it. So we bought it. A bare piece of land meaning we would have to build our home there. I liked this idea as well. Something we knew we could live in. Something we made.

We ended up building a large beautiful plantation house that had large wrap around decks leading to the gorgeous dock below. A dock I would use often to put my feet in the water.

It had many rooms and a few indoor toilets. It was wonderful. I cannot say we didn't have to glamor a few people here and there for the supplies but it didn't matter.

In the end we had created a home. We also decided I would stay here a while before meeting the people in town. If we could make it last here then when Andrew passed away he could leave his house to me in his will allowing me to hold onto it longer. As the years went by and Andrew grew older I ended up having to leave here and there for food and supplies but I would glamor people so they never remembered my face.

Until the day I had to bury my best friend. We had been lucky though, he had lived to the ripe old age of ninety four. I was alone then in a large house on the swamp I loved. I cried for days for him. I had even made a beautiful oak tree grow from his grave so I would always have a piece of him with me to love and take care of. I promised myself I would keep our home no matter what. And I said goodbye to my best and only true friend.

I stayed alone for a while until I became a little stir crazy deciding maybe I needed some time away from the memories of the years Andrew and I had spent here together. I figured if I got away awhile I could have the break I clearly needed.

I decided to try a plane ride to Sweden. I knew it was unlikely that I would be able to go home but it would certainly be nice to see what became of the country over the last few hundred years.

So since planes had been invented I had that option. I even decided to travel Europe a while in general. So I did. And I loved every second of it. During my time in Germany I discovered just how much I enjoyed painting so for a while I indulged become rather good and having a few art shows around 1960.

I spent sixty years traveling around the world. One day I was spending time in my studio apartment in Helsinki when Claudine showed. I hadn't seen her since I fell through to earth. I had assumed they had imprisoned or killed her.

"Claudine! You're here. You're alive!" I threw my arms around her.

"Oliivi! I am so glad I found you. I have been following you all around the world trying to talk with you." She said smiling as she moved to sit on my couch.

"Well you found me." I wondered why she would come after all these years.

"Fairy is sealing it's people in soon. I won't be able to see you soon. I wish a favor from you before I am locked away." I nodded. She had done me a great many favors in the past saving my family and getting me out of Fairy.

"Of course I would help you. Anything. Within reason of course." I laughed, I knew I would probably do anything for her.

"There is a half-ling who needs help. She has no idea of her origins or what she is capable of. Mab wants her to come to Fairy but I fear she wishes to be left in peace. If you go you could protect her from Mab. Maybe even show her our ways?" She was asking a lot of me. I thought about it though.

"Where is she?" I asked wondering if it would take me back to the America's. "She is very close to your home. Down the road actually." I knew this would happen. Sooner or later I would have to return. I would have to go back to my house then.

"Okay. Well I guess I could do that. I would have to tie up loose ends here first of course. But I don't see why I couldn't help. Although I do not know much of Half-Lings." And I really didn't I only knew her smell and power was half of what ours as true Fae were. But none the less I could work with that.

"She lives with her Grandmother in a house near you. I will give you the address although it may be smart to start out getting to know her. I would insert yourself into her life somehow. Maybe get a job with her or something." I nodded. This was a smart way to go about it for sure.

"Alright. Is there anything else I should know?" I didn't like Fae surprises.

"No not really. Her life is very uneventful. She works at a small bar there called Merlottes. She is single and stays with her Grama mostly." Okay well she didn't really seem all that special. But she was like me in a way, wanting to stay here.

"Okay well I will do it. I have been here long enough anyways. Time I went home. It may be nice to have a Fae friend anyways. Maybe I could start a new gallery there or something." I spoke with her a while before she left. She had given me Sookie Stackhouse's Information so I would find her easily. I hoped it would be safe there. I heard a few years back that vampires had come out of the coffin there and even had their own sort of laws and people who kept them. I hoped that would be safer then it was before.