Thanks for all the reviews . I didn't think I would get some this fast after putting up this story. I actually took your advice (erin1705) ;).
And if you (Perfecta999) are alright with it I'll take part of your review into one of the next chapters „leaves Bill sucking his own wrist". Just great! I had to laugh outloud when I read this. Which wasn't so good because I was in a lecture about spanish literature and my prof didn't apreciate it ;).

Not much happens in this chapter but I needed Sookie to think about how she would do a few things. I think she has grown a lot in the books and I don't want her to act without thinking like she did in the beginning.
Have fun reading.

Chapter III

The next day I woke up to the smell of bacon and coffee.
That made me smile and see that I hadn't just dreamed all of it.

I showered and stood in front of the mirror. What I saw there made me do a double take. I had to say I looked slightly different. Years of fighting off enemies had given me a lean body but my body in this timeline was soft and well, innocent, I guessed. I'd have to work out some to get my body back in shape. God knew I'd need it to be able to defend myself.

After getting dressed I walked downstairs to have some of Grans breakfast. Getting into our old kitchen was a little disorienting. Surprisingly even though I had missed it, the new kitchen after the fire had ist perks.

Gran was on the phone. Gossiping as usual.

After breakfast I decided I should start working out. The sooner the better. And I should practice my fae magic, too.
I didn't have any running shoes so I put on some sneakers. I'd have to get some at Walmart. I'd have to check my finances to see if I could even afford some.
Thinking about that made me think about a conversation I had had a long time ago with Niall. He told me Fintan had left me everything he had owned while alive but since they couldn't get anywhere near me I didn't get my inheritance. When Niall offered to give it to me I felt like it was wrong to take it but now… Now that I had Gran back. There was so much I could do for her to make her life easier. But was Fintan even dead in this timeline or was he still alive? And how could I get in touch with the faries? Ugh. This was all so complicated. So much had happened in the last years that it was difficult to stay on top of everything. I should have made a list before going back in time.

I started with a light jog into one of the forestpaths on our land.
Oh, crap. I totally forgot. Maudette died the night I met Bill. I nearly forgot about that little twit Rene. With everything I had gone through Rene seemed pretty
insignificant. And well, I had to admit Maudette didn't stay in my mind for long after she died. Not that she had been there before she died either.
I needed to get a plan in place for Dawn.

After half an our I felt like I was about to hurl my lung out. But I was actually surprised I could run that much. I did some cool down stretches so I wouldn't hurt all over since I still had to work the late shift. I would get some weights as well. I had learned from JB that weight-lifting would strengthen my muscles.
Now to the fun part…

I stood in the clearing Eric and I had sex in once. The thought of Eric let me miss him all the more. How would I meet him in this timeline? I wasn't planning on going there with Bill this time. But I didn't want him to think I was one of the other fangbangers he could play around with either. Also I think one of the appeals about me was that he couldn't have me. I'll have to think about something. I had way too much to plan these days.

Back to work Sookie, I coached myself.
I concentrated on my light and searched for it inside myself. I knew it was somewhere near my heart. Even though I didn't know anything about this I somehow just knew how it worked. I knew now what I could do and how. I knew how much energy each thing I could do would take and so which I could only use in grave emergencies. Was this what Niall had given me? I knew he had made me mature and given me thereby access to all of my powers but maybe this was his gift, too? Knowledge.

I summoned a little ball of light much smaller than the one Niall had given me and threw it at a tree. The tree went up in flames. The fire didn't stop until it was just little ashes on the ground. I wondered why it hadn't burned any other trees. But somehow I knew that it hadn't because that wasn't my intention.
I was exhausted. Burning something took a lot of energy. This would be good in an emergency with a vampire. It would be easier with practice. But for now I just wanted to lay in the sun and drink some sweet tea…