A/N: hey everyone, I know this fandom isn't as popular as it used to be, but I still love it! this is only my second fanfic ever so please let me know if anyone wants me to continue. If I get just one person that likes it, then its worth it! so please let me know what you think. I already have chapters 2 and 3 written so lmk if I should post them! thanks and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, i'm just doing this for fun! There's no profit being made.
I'm Sookie Stackhouse, and I'm loving living the normal life that I always wanted. I mean I'm still a telepath, and I still have shifter and vampire friends, but you know other than that it's completely normal. I'm no longer in danger everyday and I'm no longer dealing with vampire bullshit. I'm no longer sleeping with anyone supernatural, although I have been on a few dates with Sam Merlotte, my once boss, now partner, who just happens to be a shifter. Wow when I spell it out like that, maybe my life isn't so normal.
My relationship or 'marriage' as Eric Northman used to call it ended about three months ago. I didn't really have a choice in the matter, Eric decided to accept a different marriage (or pledging as the vampires call it) to a queen in Oklahoma. For a little bit there, after I broke our blood bond I thought that we could make it work. But he just gave up and left when times got hard. So I decided to throw myself into living that normal life I told him I wanted.
Oh, someone's knocking on my door, who would come to see me at this late hour. Who am I kidding? It's obviously a vampire, I put down my telepathy shields to make sure, and there are two voids. So that means there has to be two vampires at my front door. I'm only friends with two, so it has to be Karin and Pam. Both of which happen to be made by Eric. So I turn off my sink, dry my hands, and walk to the front door to greet my guests.
"Hey come on in, ladies" I say after I open the door and make sure it's who I think it is. "I wasn't expecting to see either of you tonight." Apparently, when Eric signed the contract to pledge with Freyda the Queen he put in a consolation prize to me making sure I'd be safe for the first year. He made that happen by making his oldest, Karin, watch my property. But after a year I'm on my own. Yeah he loved me so much that he only cares that I'm safe for 365 days.
"No of course you weren't Sookie, it wouldn't be an intervention if you knew it was coming" Uh oh, I don't like the sound of that.
"And what do you two think I need an intervention for?" I ask shortly, If they piss me off I'll uninvite them faster than a hot knife can slice through butter.
"Eric" they both said.
"No, I have nothing to say about Eric, he chose to marry someone else, he left. He decided to 'divorce' me in front of his king and future wife. He chose to act like a baby when I broke the bond. There's nothing more to say about Eric"
"That's where you're wrong, Sookie. All you have is one point of view. You know how devious Eric is, he knew he had no choice but to leave after you used the cluviel dor on someone else. I know you think that he could have just ignored his maker's contract but he couldn't. If he did, no one would look at him the same. And that would make him more enemies. He might have been able to get out of the contract if you didn't break the bond, the bond was tangible proof that you two were in a relationship. So once you broke it, no one in the vampire community took the relationship seriously and he didn't have a leg to stand on while trying to get out of the arranged marriage. In the end, the most important things to him are your happiness, second only to your safety" Pam says.
"He sure has a funny way of showing it"
"He knows you Sookie, when he told you to stay away from Sam, he knew your independence would demand you to go to Sam just because you were told not to. You told him over and over again that you wanted a normal life. So he pushed you towards the person that would help you get what you said you wanted."
"Well that just proved my point, he pushed me off on someone else so he could go live the high life of being a queen's consort" I say knowing that my point has been made and they're not making any sense.
"Oh Sookie, Sookie, Sookie, how very wrong you are. He's not living the high life as you say. He's nothing but a sex slave that has to pleasure the queen whenever she wants. He is also at her beck and call when it comes to her safety. When he's not being forced to fuck her, he's forced to train her guards, and must lay his life on the line if it comes down to that. If he would have signed the original contract, then yes he would be fine but he didn't" What? A sex slave? Eric is so big, he should never be made to feel that small and horrible.
"W-what? What do you mean? Why?" Was the only thing I could say, suddenly my mouth was very dry and I was having problems making it make words.
"Of course, it's not like he hasn't dealt with that before, You met his maker, you know what a sick bastard he was. But I digress. He doubled his contract from 100 to 200 years, signed away a lot of his freedom, he isn't even allowed to contact us, his progeny more than one time a year, and sold off Karins life for a year. And why would he agree to something that terrible you ask? 'To make sure the woman he loves is safe. To make sure his 'one true wife' gets the life she always said she wanted. To make sure no one in the Vampire hierarchy is allowed to contact you ever again.' Those are his words, not mine. Do you think The king just lost interest in you? No, the only reason you're not locked away in a penthouse suite in one of his casinos is because Eric made it mandatory in the contract for you to be left alone. I like you Sookie, you are my little human friend, but you better believe I tried long and hard to talk him into signing the original contract. I mean you didn't fight for him, why should he sell his life for yours?" Pan said while filing her nails, like she doesn't even really care about the outcome of this conversation, but we both know she does.
"I offered to go with him," Karin speaks up for the first time. "I offered to sign a contract with him that would make his situation less dire, he would only have to pleasure Freyda once a moon cycle. But he said no, he wanted someone he could trust to keep you safe.. So don't you dare lessen his sacrifice by making it out like he did it for anything else other than you."
"Why Sookie? Why did you use the cluviel dor on Sam? That made him lose his last bit of hope that you wanted to fight for your relationship? It wouldn't have worked if you didn't love Sam. Is that why? You're in love with the shifter? I know you've been spending a lot of time with him. Is that what you really wanted? Has Eric sold his unlife to get you the life you really want? Cause if so I know he'll think it's worth it. He wants you to be happy, so he is willing to give his existence for two centuries if you can get a lifetime of happiness." Pam asks and looks like she actually cares about the answer.
"What no! I didn't want that for him! Cheese and rice I didn't know any of this was going on. He didn't tell me any of it, why didn't he?"
"He told you, you guys could get out of it before you saved Sam, once you did he lost hope. So he tried to do what he could to get you the life you said you wanted." Karin said
"I don't want that at all! I love him and I'm here pining for the guy when he wants what I want."
"You sure have a funny way of showing it" Pam says under her breath (that she doesn't actually need) but still loud enough that I can hear.
"Okay Pam, I get it. I messed up. How do we fix this? I assume you have an idea. If you didn't, this whole conversation would be pointless." I say getting angry.
"We don't actually know how to fix it, but we know where to start" Pam says, making me pass the point of anger and getting me on the point of pitchin' a fit.
"Well? Spit it out already." I say shortly.
"Niall, go to your great grandfather. He got in touch with us and said if you ever wanted to fix the situation he knows how. So we decided to tell you the hard truths and get you there faster." Pam says bluntly.
"Okay I'll call him" I say, deciding I'll worry about how everyone is being high handed later. I'm a woman on a mission right now. So I get up and head straight to the phone. Once I dial the phone number I wait for someone to pick up.
"This is Niall Brigent's office, how can I help you?" A lady answers brightly.
"I need to speak to Niall fast, it's important, tell him Sookie needs him.. his great granddaughter" I add the granddaughter part so his secretary or whoever knows it's important.
"Okay hold on please" then the line goes quiet for about 30 seconds. "He will come to you soon" was all she said and hung up before I could respond. Well that was rude.
"Well" I say looking back to Pam and Karin "his assistant or who have you said he would be here soon. Knowing Niall that can be minutes or weeks. She hung up before I had a chance to clarify." I say, trying to stay calm. I feel like I'm going to have a panic attack after all I learned tonight. The only reason I'm not already having one is because I'm too worried about Eric. What atrocities (yesterday's word of the day from my calendar) is he going through right now?
"Okay, well I have to get to Fangtasia, I'm on the throne tonight, I feel you know how important it is to save him, so you'll let me know once you hear from Niall won't you?" Pam asks while striding towards the door and looking at me over her shoulder.
"Sure Pam, I'll call you as soon as I talk to him"
"And you will let me know as well" Karin states, like I don't have a choice in the matter.
"Of course, I guess as long as it's night time I'll just open my door and call for you, okay?" My only response was a nod, as they both left.
Once they're gone, my first instinct is to act like Scarlet O'hara and worry about it tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another day. But I can't, I have to stop living like that. I think it's the reason for a lot of my problems. If I didn't keep ignoring my feelings and the bad situations I keep getting into, I wouldn't have given up on Eric so easily. I'm mad at him, he completely played me like a piece on his chessboard and got me to do what he wanted. I know that's not really fair, because what he wanted me to do is what I Told him I wanted for so long. He wanted what I said would make me happy. I'm just mad I'm so easy to manipulate, even if it is for my best interests. That high handed vampire is going to get his ear chewed out by me as soon as I save his award worthy butt.
Well since I have no idea when Niall is going to get here I guess I better clean up then get ready for bed. It doesn't make much sense just sitting here and waiting. So I get up and go back to the sink to finish the dishes I was working on before Pam and Karin came over. I turn on the sink and get back to washing.
Did Eric really do all that just for me? Give up his life, his progeny, his businesses, his freedom? Just to give me what I kept telling him I wanted? If he really loves me that much, then I treated him horribly. I never gave our relationship the chance it deserved. All because Bill Compton was my first vampire boyfriend and he lied and hurt me so much. He wasn't even just my first vampire boyfriend, he was my first boyfriend, my first everything. I didn't think I could allow myself to fully trust another one, even after all Eric did to show me how much he cares about me. Hell, he was doing things for me to show he cared before he even realized he did, I think. I mean the second time we met, he killed another vampire to save my life. He went to Dallas with me just to make sure I was safe (even though he made it out to be that he was only protecting an asset) While we were in Dallas he took a bullet for me, but of course I could only focus on the fact that he got his blood in me after. I mean how messed up is that? I'd praise Bill, while he glamoured people to beat me half to death, just to get his blood in me, and curse Eric after he saved my life. Later that night, Bill got mad and told me that Eric could now control me. Why was I such a blind fool to not ask why he didn't give me the same warning when he got his blood into me?
I always got mad at Eric because I didn't have a choice but to complete our blood blond, but again he was saving me from the horrors that would happen if Andre was the one that I had to bond with. He saved me from Bill in the trunk when we went to Mississippi, hell he saved me at club dead during that same trip when my guard left me high and dry. If he wasn't there either of those times I definitely would have died. There are many other times he saved me too. Why was I always so hard on him? I'm not saying he handled everything perfectly. How he acted after the witches curse comes to mind, but he was just as messed up with the situation as I was.
Now I may be too late, I may be too late to save him, or I may be too late to be with him, if I do save him. I don't think I would want to be with a person that put me through so much. He thinks I love someone else, and I do I guess. But I'm not in love with Sam. I love him as a friend, not as a lover. I should have just told Eric that. I mean I didn't even trust him enough to tell him about the cluviel dor, he found out on his own somehow. Once I get him out, we're going to have to work on our communication skills. That's right Sookie ONCE I get him out, no IF. I just have to stay positive.
Now that the dishes are done I guess I better get in the shower and get ready for bed. I'm not really used to keeping vampire hours anymore, so I'm getting tired. As I start walking upstairs I hear the 'pop' that signifies a fairy has just teleported into my house. That sound scares me a little when I hear it, because even though I'm also 1/8 fairy, I have met some really terrible ones, and they can be just as vicious, if not more so than vampires. But thankfully I'm currently expecting one, so I loosen my shoulders that tighten up when I hear the pop and turn around to greet my great grandfather.
"Niall! It's so great to see you again, are you thirsty? Would you like some sweet tea?" I ask as my southern hospitality kicks in. Gran would tan my hide if she knew I didn't offer refreshments to a guest.
"Hello great granddaughter, it has been a while. I have heard you need to talk to me" He says and opens his arms for a hug. Fairies gain strength and comfort from touch and closeness with other fairies. So I gratefully walk into his hug and enjoy the feeling I get from it. After about 30 seconds of basking in the feeling I step back, give him a small grateful smile, and head to the fridge for the tea.
"Yes, I was told that you know how to save Eric. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but why do you care what happens to a vampire?" I ask while pouring the tea and then handing a glass to Niall.
"I don't care what happens to your vampire. But this was not the way things were meant to go. The universe has taken a turn for the worse and my seer has made it clear it stems from the way things happened with you and the viking. It's too late now, this universe is doomed" Well that doesn't sound good. I think as I plop down on my couch and pull Gran's Afghan around me. I always think of Eric when I use it.
"What do you mean doomed? What can we do?" I ask, feeling worried.
"Not much here. But there is another version of you in a different dimension that is going down the same path you are. They're dimension will be ruined as well if something doesn't change. So I came up with a plan to fix it. All we have to do is put you in that dimension and you can save it. You already know who you can trust now, and who betrays you. So you won't make the same mistakes twice."
"Now you wait just one minute, are you trying to tell me that the continued existence of the universe is relying on me? To do what?"
"Not just you, you and Eric, there is a prophecy that my seer says is meant for you and Eric"
"And what does this prophecy expect me to do?" I ask, getting a little angry.
"That my dear child, I cannot say. You will have to figure it out if you decide to take this chance. Life has free will, you have to make all your decisions on your own, if you follow what the prophecy says, it won't work."
"So you're saying you can really send me to another dimension and I can have a second chance to do this better?"
"Yes and no. Things will be different there, we would send you to a point that up until then things have pretty much stayed the same. But after that, the life you live will be different. For example, in this world the vampire queen stayed alive until that bombing where you saved Eric. But in the dimension I would send you too, your distasteful ex paramour will be king because he killed Sophie Ann himself" Niall explained.
"How would I know what's different? How do you know I won't make the same mistakes and just end up back where we are now?" I asked.
"As I said, things will pretty much have gone the same for you, but I guess we could make it so you will be given the memories of that version of you. And now that you know who to trust, and who has hurt you, you just have to make sure not to let the people hurt you again, and to make sure you put your trust in the people who you should. There is also another important part of your life that you have to change to make sure things play out how they should."
"What's that?" I ask, feeling frightened all of a sudden.
"You have to accept who you are, you have to accept that you are not human, you are a hybrid. The fairy in you is just as important as the human. If you try to hide a part of yourself, then this won't work. You are part of the supernatural world whether you like it or not. You must embrace it."
"What would happen to the people here?" I ask ignoring the fairy part of his response for now.
"There is no saving this world Sookie, soon the supernatural world will take over, and humans will be left as nothing more than cattle. Then the supe world will start a war amongst themselves and that will be the end"
"How on God's green earth was I supposed to stop it?!" I ask incredulously. (Another word of the day from last week)
"You ran from what you are Sookie, you were supposed to accept the fairy in you, If you did, you would have released your dormant powers. If that happened you and your mate would have been able to keep the supernatural world contained and happy. This other version of you has accepted her fairy a little more than you have. Not much mind you, but she has one other fairy power that you don't yet have. She doesn't have control over it though, and she won't until she accepts who and what she is."
"I don't know if I can do this, this is to much"
"I do not see that you have much of a choice dear granddaughter. If you don't, you and everyone you know will die." Wow he's really not pulling any punches is he?
"What about you? What will happen to you?"
"Do not worry about me, the Faerie will be safe. You will meet me in the other world though. That version of me will know what is happening though. I can make it so."
"So if I need help, I will be able to call you?"
"Yes, great granddaughter, whatever you need."
"When would I go back to?" I ask quietly, I haven't had time to really digest this information. Things were moving too fast for my liking.
"When your vampire was under the witch's curse. The witches are also trying to use a spell to make all the vampires walk into the sunlight in that world. So that is probably the first thing you will notice is different"
"And once I get there, I'll know all the differences between the two worlds? I will still remember everything that happened here?" If I didn't remember I couldn't be sure that I wouldn't just make the same mistakes all over again.
"Yes Sookie, you will remember all, and know all you need to"
"And at some point a prophecy will come into play and I'll know what to do?"
"If you follow what you learned here, then yes." I stay quiet for probably a full five minutes just thinking and trying to wrap my head around this. This isn't even about just saving Eric and having a second chance with him anymore. This is much bigger than that now. He's right I don't really have a choice, I don't know why I'm pretending I do. Obviously I can't just let everyone die.
"Okay, I'll do it" I finally say
"Great choice dear girl" Niall says with a smile.
"When will we do this?" I ask.