Thank you for the lovely reviews! This is my first story and I've fallen in love with Ella as a character. So I will be writing a lot more!
Bill drove us to Godric's house, it was a nice place that I truly considered to be a vampire's house. Just the way it was so clean and in place. Jason asked me how the hell I was doing. "I'm fine." I lied again. I had this feeling of oncoming dread and mess that I couldn't help but to wonder. Jason told Sookie all about what had happened at the camp. I walked over to a chair and sat down feeling my legs go numb, as they had once before.
My ears rung. There was a lot of blood, it covered the whole place. The smell of ash was thick. My body was being crushed into the floor. I gasped for breath.
I shook myself, there was so much happening that it made my head all wrong. That had to be it, I needed some time alone in a very dark place. Just for a few hours to sort everything out. I'd have a better grasp.
I was going over to tell Sookie that I wanted to go home when someone grabbed my arm, it was Eric. He pulled me to a room. It was big, with only a large bed and two lamps. "What?" I asked him. He smiled for a second. "What just happened to you, it's like you were vacant for a second." He said, I felt self-conscious. "I've been seeing things." I whispered and tried to leave. He wanted an explanation, and I gave him one.
"Seeing things." He said in a low silky tone. I nodded and grabbed the door handle. He put his hand on mine. I felt lust. I saw me in the church looking up at him like a scared little girl. I drew back my hand and looked at him with anger. "I told you not to do that." I hissed at him. He chuckled deeply. "I'm sorry." Then his face went blank. "Now, what kind of things are you seeing?" He asked me. I sighed and moved my bangs. "Well, something like an explosion." I mumbled. Eric stiffened. "Have you seen 'things' before?" He asked. I shook my head then I paused. "Only once, today, before I left to go to the church. I saw that Steve would put us in the basement before it actually happened. It was like déjà vu." I explained to him. "Or a vision." Eric concluded with a slight grin.
"You're something stronger than Sookie." He marveled. I grimaced at the thought. I didn't want to be thought of as 'something' at all. I walked out then and Eric didn't stop me he only followed. Sookie was standing all on her lonesome Godric was walking back to where he had been sitting.
Then I heard a very shaky voice call out. "Excuse me everyone. If I could have your attention please. I have a message for you all from reverend Steve Newlin." I moved from behind Eric to see a young man pull open his coat. He had a bomb strapped to his chest. I sighed. "Fu-"
The explosion was earth shattering to me. Eric grabbed me. My ears rung. There was a lot of blood, it covered the whole place. The smell of ash was thick. My body was being crushed into the floor. I gasped for breath. Eric was quite an heavy object. Bill was yelling through the burnt structure of which used to be a home. "Sookie!" She was lying on the floor, a few feet from me, badly wounded. Bill ran to her and bit into his wrist.
I looked up into Eric's eyes. He was staring down at me. His mouth was open, I opened mine to ask him if he was okay. I could feel the warm blood from his mouth fall down my throat. I coughed and slid out from under him. There was a large piece of silver in his back just between the shoulder blades. I gritted my teeth and pulled it out in one big yank. He groaned and turned over. "You bled in my mouth." I said disgusted by the thought. "I know." He smiled. I just walked away from him.
Sookie was starting to heal by the second. "She'll be fine." Bill said, his mouth was covered with his own blood. There was just so much blood all around. My head spun, I ran outside to the front lawn and puked.
We went back to the hotel, I sat in my room and pondered over what had happened, and why I could be feeling this way. I ate dinner and laid in my bed for a few sleepless hours. I was unsure of myself. I was infatuated with this vampire, I was slowly becoming insane. I had not one person to talk to about this. The blue dress laid in the bathroom floor, I was sure it was one of Sookie's so I picked it up and threw it in my bag. I remembered that I left the headband in the small fence cell. I'd get Sookie another if she truly missed that one. I took a shower and thought of Eric, it was hard now not to think of him. He saved my life, if he hadn't grabbed me that huge piece of silver would've decapitated me surly. He did more for me than anyone had ever done for me in my life. That made him special to me…
Godric stood on the rooftop of the hotel. Eric was kneeling to him as tears of scarlet fell down his alabaster face. "I won't let you die alone."
I was lying in the floor of the shower. I got out of the bathroom and put on a red t-shirt and jeans. I put my key card in my jean pocket and slipped into my tennis shoes. I ran out of my room and pushed the elevator button, it didn't come fast enough. So I ran to the stairs. I had no clue what was going to happen. But I had to stop Eric from doing something stupid. When I reached the stairs I took a deep breath and ran. It was five more flights up to the roof. Two more flights, one more…As I reached door I caught my breath.
When I walked out I saw the pair in the middle of the rooftop. Eric was kneeling to Godric as tears of scarlet fell down his alabaster face. "I won't let you die alone." "Yes you will." Godric said knowingly. "As your maker I command you." As Godric said those words Eric got to his feet. He was walking towards me not touching the blood on his face. I touched his arm, I felt the overwhelming pain and sadness, nothing else. It brought tears to my eyes. "I'll stay with him." I told Eric, he just breathed unevenly as he walked away.
I joined Godric where he stood. "It won't be long, not at my age." He said. "Why are you doing this?" I asked him, he thought silently for a second. "I'd much rather not speak of it." He said, I could see Eric's ways in him, or Godric's ways in Eric. They were so different, but so much alike. "Do you believe in god?" He asked me. I thought to myself for a second as he did. "I do, believe in god." I said with a smile. "How do you think he will punish me?" He asked, I frowned. "God doesn't punish." I whispered hoping for his sake that it was the truth. "You care for him, don't you?" Godric asked me, he was speaking of Eric. "He saved my life, I suppose I do care for him." I said. Godric smiled proudly, he wiped a tear from my cheek. "Why are you crying?" He asked concerned for me. "For you and for Eric." I sniveled. His face lit up. "For me, a human crying for me." He looked up into the sky that was quickly turning pink. "Now in this I see god." He said, his face was so happy.
As the sun peeked Godric unbuttoned his shirt. I backed up and kept my eyes on Godric's elated face. His body quickly burst into bright blue flames. I stumbled back even further. In a matter of seconds what was the very old vampire, who was Eric's maker, was completely gone no trace left behind. I fell to my knees, I couldn't make sense of what was going on. My head spun, there was no way I could explain anything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours to myself. I had no grasp on my sanity whatsoever. Before it was so simple, go to work, go home, repeat. It was hard for me, I wanted to be in Bon Temps, I wanted to be with what family I had left. But, would it cost me my mind? Would I spare that? The choice had to be made before I left that rooftop.
I rubbed my eyes, Eric's tears still fell, my tears accompanied them. My mind was to full, to cluttered. I laid on my back and looked up at the quite dim lit sky. It seemed the sun only came out to take Godric, and went back into hiding afterwards. My thoughts suddenly went from all the disaster and death, to the peculiar case of the woman I had been seeing. She looked so much like me, except for her eyes, those eyes. They burned blue like the fire that consumed Godric's body. I was thinking a bit clearly, that surprised me. I got up and walked to the door that led down the stairs. I would go back to my room, pack my things, wait for Sookie. I would go home, to Bon Temps. Nowhere else would do, I knew that.
The ride back home was long, but I got to catch up with Jason. He was glad that I was staying in Bon Temps. I was glad to. The car ride into town was weird. There were people running through the roads naked, people spray painting the walls of their own homes. "What the fuck?" I muttered. Jason just stared in astonishment. Sookie was doing the same. As the dusk came we pulled up to Bill's house. Bill was awake then, he went into the house, we all followed. Hoyt and Jessica were standing in the living room behind Maxine, I hadn't seen Hoyt's mom in two years, but I knew Maxine Fortenberry would never be playing some first person shooter on the wii. I put my hand over my mouth to control my giggles. Hoyt looked stressed, Jessica just looked as amused as I was.
"What is going on?" Bill asked Jessica. "Something weird happened to my mama vampire Bill." Hoyt said. Maxine turned around and I saw her eyes were completely black. "Marryann." I breathed, I knew it was something she had done. Sookie looked at me. "Marryann?" She questioned. I nodded. "I saw…" I paused and pointed to Maxine's eyes. "That in her memories." I concluded. Bill skewered me with his stare. "Ella?" Maxine asked with a horrible smile on her round face. "Hey Ms. Fortenberry." I said feeling anxious. She waddled over and hugged me tightly. "You look awful!" She yelled. "Well thank you." I mumbled. "You're as pale as a vampire, and you got to damn thin! But, you're still as pretty as a picture." She pinched my cheek really hard. When she released me and ran to Hoyt I held my stinging cheek. "Hoyt ain't she pretty?" She asked her son loudly. Jessica grimaced at Maxine, I felt her pain. "Yes mama, but." Hoyt huffed. "But, what? She's human!" Maxine was trying to set me up with her son, even under the influence of some odd kind of curse. I walked outside.
Jason came outside after me heading for the woods. "What are you doing?" I called out to him. "Saving the town!" He replied, I just shrugged. Bill and Sookie came out of the house. "Come on Ell, were going to the house." Sookie said, I nodded and got in the backseat of Bill's car. The ride was short, I saw that the house was being occupied. I got out with Sookie and Bill, we ran up the porch and into the house.
Marryann was standing just inside as if she were expecting us. She was different now, more monstrous. Where her hands used to be now were claws, that I got to see up close as she charged us. I leapt out of the way. Bill caught her and sunk his fangs into her neck, but he drew back quickly, black blood fell from his mouth. He choked uncontrollably Sookie ran to help him. Which left me with the Marryann.
She inched closer as if it were all a game, giggling like a child. I was afraid for the first time in my life. I put my hand up to push her away, a shock went through me, it was colossal, sending light throughout the room. It frightened me, the feeling was something I had never experienced in my life, it was true unkempt force coming from me. I stared at my hand for a good second. Marryann could have easily finished me if she weren't as wonderstruck as I was. I helped Sookie carry Bill out of the house. We put him in the backseat, Sookie got in with him and I drove.
"She-that was the thing that attacked me in the woods." Sookie said with sheer disgust. "Go to Lafayette's." She demanded. That I did, she had to tell me where to go, but we got there. I sat outside while Bill and Sookie tried to get Tara back.
I felt the worst headache coming on. I sat on the ground and held my head in my hands. I heard the voice of the most astute vampire I've met. Eric. "Hello, Ella." I looked up feeling like he could only be a figment of my imagination. He wasn't, he was there standing tall in a gray suit, in the middle of the woods. "Out for a stroll?" I asked him, not feeling the need to get up. "Not quite, I was curious to what that feeling was." He said, I didn't understand him, I just shrugged hoping he'd just leave me there. "It was about ten-thirty, very weird feeling, think." He crouched down to look me in the eyes. "How can you feel what I feel?" I asked him, he smiled. "My blood, inside you. Think of it as me becoming a part of you." I stuck out my tongue in a childish way. "Gross." I muttered. He laughed and stood up. I knew he wasn't going to leave me there alone, until I explained myself. I thought, ten-thirty, strange feeling. Of course, it had slipped my mind graciously for a moment. "I was being attacked, by the thing that scratched Sookie that night." He knew what night I meant even though I wasn't there. "And I put my hand up to push her away, and, uh, light, I guess came out of me." I didn't know how to explain it, at all. Eric frowned at a close by tree. I watched his face, he returned to looking down at me. "Light shot out of your hands?" He asked, I nodded. He pursed his lips. He got level with me again giving me a smile. "I'm going to find out what you are." Eric said, then like a flash was gone.