All Hell Breaks Loose

Chapter 2: Bring Me to Life.

Sookie could no longer hear the voices of the vampires or Lafayette and felt the same pull, as last time when she was brought to the world of Faery She wasn't sure what she was going to see when they arrived. Would it be the beautiful glamoured up world that she saw when she had first arrived or the nitty gritty world that it truly was.

Once the illumination faded she could see it was the former. They were surrounded by trees, weeping willows that had their long slender branches reach the ground and everything on the outside was blocked by the lush green leaves forming a curtain. The grass was a deep and brilliant shade of green and in the center of the circle were two large flowers, angel's trumpets that were big enough to hide under.

"At this point we can only hope for regeneration," Claude said as he lifted Tara into his arms and sniffed the air above her. "The veil is very weak but her spirit is still here. I have to move quickly."

"Then move," Sookie demanded. The idea that she had the gall to speak to the fairy this way did not strike her. She knew how she sounded and she didn't care, all she wanted was for Tara to live.

"You have great strength and courage," Claude said as he carried Tara to one of the large blossoms. "I can see why my sister took a shine to you." He placed Tara inside the flower but not before taking a leaf and wiping some of the blood off of her.

"Is this a magic fairy cure?" Sookie asked as Claude placed the blood soaked leaf under the other blossom.

"Not a cure," Claude said and traced his fingers over each blossom, drawing an invisible pattern over each of them. Tiny golden lights appeared on the blossoms creating the beautiful patterns and designs like an enchanted Lite Brite.

"What is it doing?"

"Regeneration, and rebirth. A new body for your friend will be created."

"You mean a clone?"

"Like a clone, yes."

"I don't want a clone of Tara. I want my Tara, the real Tara."

"She will be real. Once the body is complete all her thoughts, all her memories and her soul will be transferred to the new."

"She will be exactly the same?"

"Not exactly," Claude smiled weakly. "All the lasting damage she received through her life will be gone. There will be no scars, no piercing holes, no tattoos."

Sookie blinked as she took that in. "That means her tonsils would grow back?" In addition to protecting Tara from Lettie Mae's drunken abuse Gran also saw to it that Tara attended to doctors appointments and paid for it herself. She paid for Tara's surgery to have her tonsils and adenoids removed and the weeks following that surgery Tara was treated to Gran's home made puddings and hand churned ice cream.

"Everything will be back."

"Thank you," Sookie whispered before she felt her legs give away. She felt Claude's arms and body hold her while she wept into him.

"Shhh."

"Why are you doing this?" Sookie finally asked a few minutes after she had stopped crying.

"Claudine had asked me to. She told me if anything happened to her then I should watch over you."

"You are her brother right?" Dumb question.

"I am."

"Does this make you my Fairy God Uncle?" Another stupid question but this one only sounded stupid after she had asked it.

"Only if you also consider my other sister, Claudette to be your Fairy God Aunt." His smile was big and warm.

"Claudette?" Sookie asked. She was about to question the naming scheme but decided against it. It would be rude and considering her own name it would seem a bit hypocritical.

"The youngest," Claude explained. "We are triplets. She is watching over your cousin, Hadley and her son."

Sookie nodded. Hunter had the same ability that she and her grandfather had. Hadley didn't have any fairy abilities and neither does Jason and Sookie wondered if Jason could pass it on to any of his children, if he ever has any.

"What is on your mind?" Claude asked.

"My brother and Tara of course," Sookie answered. "And the two vampires in my house and Lafayette, oh God poor Lafayette. He has no idea what is going on. I don't want to return a year later. I don't want Jason or Lafayette or Sam or anyone else to wait that long for us."

"You won't. I promise."

And like that they were gone. Both Sookie and her vampire hating friend as well as the fairy were gone and the only thing Eric could hear was Lafayette hysterically swearing while pointing at everything.

"We couldn't have forced her," Bill said, having to raise his voice over the human's.

Eric said nothing, only nodded. He had to think. First of all there was the corpse of the were on the floor, secondly they still had to worry about the Authority and third he felt like he should at least tell Sookie's brother what had happened and fourth—damn it.

"Silence," Eric snapped and pointed at Lafayette.

"Oh fuck no," the human said and shook his head. "You are not telling me to shut the fuck up. Who the fuck was that guy? Where did they go? Who the hell is this bitch that shot at my cousin?"

Eric bolted up to the human. "Sookie and your cousin are beyond our reach. We need to think about the now and I am having trouble thinking with your mouth running faster than my legs."

"Eric," Bill said in a stern way before he turned to Lafayette. "That man was a fairy and he took Sookie and Tara to his home dimension to heal Tara."

"Don't start with that crazy shit," Lafayette said. He stared at Bill who had the same stern expression as Eric. "Fuck me sideways. Then that fairy man who was just here is going to save Tara?"

"We hope," Bill said. "We should dispose of the were's body and clean up."

"Shouldn't we call the cops?"

"Sookie's finger prints are on the gun," Eric said and shook his head.

"We'll burry the rifle," Bill said.

"Hell no," Lafayette said. "I am not going to go digging a grave for that bitch."

"You been through a lot," Bill said in a comforting voice.

"You have no idea. You didn't have some bitch wear you like a suit and kill your lover with your own hands and now my cousin is shot and taken away by Tinkerbelle's brother."

"We'll bury her," Eric volunteered. "I know where Sookie keeps her yard tools."

The ringing of the kitchen phone had caused Eric to pause in his tracks. He picked it up before any of the others went for it.

"Hello?" Ginger's voice was on the other end. "Can I speak with Sookie?"

"Ginger, sweetie, it's me," Eric answered.

"Eric? Oh good I was going to ask Sookie if she knew where you were." His employee sounded frantic about something.

"What is it?"

"Pam is freaked not just about what you said either, and you know I'm kinda pissed off myself with what you have done."

Damn. Eric cringed at the memory of what he had last said to his progeny. He knew she was upset. He vowed to redeem himself to her.

"Hello?"

"I'm still here." He knew there was more for her to tell.

"We just got a call from Mr. Herveaux and he told Pam that Russell got free."

If Eric's heart could beat it would have stopped and he would have sucked in his breath. Ginger's words had turned his spine into ice and he had to watch his strength or he would break the receiver.

"I'll be there as fast as I can," Eric said and hung up. Not a second passed when it rung again. This might be Alcide with the details. "Hello?"

"Hi is Sookie there?" The voice sounded like it had belonged to Jason Stackhouse.

"Your sister is not here, Jason," Eric said. "Forgive me if I may be short but I have a bit of an emergency on my hands."

"So do I in a way. I have this new vampire on my front lawn. He's what you call a baby vamp and he really has no where to go and he can't stay with me. I thought either you or Bill would take him in."

"I am a bit concerned for the young one but I have greater concerns on my mind."

"He says he knows who freed Russell Edgington."

Eric was silent for a minute. "Bring him to Fangtasia. Drive as fast as you can."

"What was that about?" Bill asked. He had already scooped up the were's remains into his arms.

"Once you have her buried come to Fangtasia. I'll tell you then." He did not wait for a response from Bill or Lafayette before he bolted from the house, everything turned into a blur as he made his way to Shreveport.

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, alerts and faves so far and sorry this chapter is short.

Claudette is the younger sister of the twins in the books but Alan Ball mentioned that fairies have litters.

Next chapter will explain why the time difference will be a bit different.