A/N: Hey! This is my first True Blood fan fiction and I'm uberly excited to be writing. I've actually been writing a novel for a while but this idea came to me and I just liked it too much to deny it. So here it is and I hope you enjoy the first chapter.
Also, like most writers, my muse comes from reviews and feedback so please be sure to review if you enjoyed it. Even if you didn't, ideas to make it better would be helpful. There will be rated M material later on just to caution readers. It's True Blood. What else do you expect? :P
P.S. Godric is still alive in my story. He was to amazing to die in the show!
Disclaimer: I do not own True Blood or any of its characters, unless, of course I add new ones.
Sookie was left on her own to rescue Bill from the death grip of Lorena since Tara had left her to escape the clutches of her own, now dead vampire and the king. It was daylight, so Sookie would have to be extremely careful in her effort to save Bill. There wasn't really a way to get him out without a coffin anyway.
She crept around the building as she watched two disgusting were's go running off with blood dripping down there face. Just the sight repulsed her. Once they were out of sight, Sookie ran into the dark building where Bill was chained down to the cemented ground, blood coating his entire body.
"Oh my gosh, Bill!" She exclaimed as she ran up to him, tears filling her eyes.
"Bill, no stay with me, do NOT leave me. Bill please wake up, wake up." She was begging for a miracle even though she knew that one probably wouldn't come for her first ever boyfriend and the man she loved and lost her virginity to. A grumbling noise came from him and her name came out as a whisper.
"Sookie." He said as he attempted to open his eyes.
"Bill, oh my gosh you're awake. You're alive, I love you so much, please stay with me, don't leave me. I will get you out of this, I'll save you." She said, trying desperately to figure out a way to get him out of the chains but had no such luck.
"Sookie…get…out…of here." He managed to say but Sookie wouldn't budge.
"No, I'm not leaving you. I'm going to save you Bill, I promise you, I will." Sookie was still frantically searching for a way to help her beloved, almost dead boyfriend when a voice stopped her and made everything in her tense.
"Well isn't that sweet?"
Lorena appeared from a dark corner, covered in blood with red, dried streaks on her face from crying. Sookie was frozen where she stood but she didn't need to move. Lorena had her up against a wall chocking her within seconds because of her vampire speed and strength.
"No!" Bill yelled but Lorena was relentless. She had been waiting for this moment for a long time and her William wasn't going to stop her from devouring and killing his precious pet. Then he would be hers and Sookie wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
"You little bitch…this is your fault. You did this to him! You made it to where I would have to kill the only man I've loved. I'm going to suck you dry you insignificant cunt and I'm going to make sure you die a slow and painful death."
"Get…off…me…bitch" Sookie managed to choke out. She felt a heat rising within her, and tingling rising from her toes to her fingertips. It was moving quickly and white clouded her vision. Sookie raised her hand up to Lorena's form as a ray of white blasted from her hand and threw Lorena back off of her, causing her face and part of her body to burn.
Sookie grabbed at her throat and then looked at her hand with shock. "What just happened?" she thought. She tried to push the power back out of her, thinking that maybe it would keep her and Bill safe but nothing happened and she was quickly becoming frantic.
"What the hell are you?" Lorena asked as she came closer to Sookie, all her wounds quickly healing. Sookie needed to stall for time and had no ideas.
"I'm a waitress from Bom Temps and my name is Sookie Stackhouse." She said as she started backing up.
"Don't play dumb with me. There's a reason the queen wants you and it's not just for your skills at taking orders, which you clearly don't do well, or handing out food." Lorena said with venom in her voice.
"I…I don't know what I am. And what do you mean the queen?" Sookie asked as she took another step to the side.
"You imbecile. You obviously know something or else you couldn't have done that." She smirked. "And the queen…well, I'm quite shocked Bill hasn't told you about her." She began
"Lorena, stop" Bill interjected weakly. Lorena hissed for him to be quiet.
"The queen sent Bill out here to keep an eye on you, to make sure nothing happened to her valuable object. Bill doesn't love you, he was sent here to seduce you and figure you out." She looked over at Bill again then. "Which he obviously did a horrible job of."
"You're lying. Bill loves me." Sookie said, trying hard to be stable in her statement but failing miserably.
"Am I? Did he not so easily let you go when the king called him? Did you not see the file he kept on you that the king showed you personally? Bill's been keeping tabs on you this whole time. He tricked you, used you, and took your virginity so you could be his." She said mockingly, enjoying every moment of making Sookie second guess everything.
Sookie looked down at Bill then and he seemed to be recovering some.
"Is that true Bill?" She asked, tears in her eyes. He looked at her, pleading, desperate.
"Yes, Sookie, but it's not like that, you don't understand." He began but she would hear no more of it.
"NO! Shut up! It's my turn to talk. You used me you son of a bitch, you took my virginity and you made me believe you actually loved me. I hate you Bill Compton, I hate you." She spat at him as anger and hurt rose up in her. She felt another wave of heat roll through her and she knew that whatever light came last time was sure to come again, and soon.
"Sookie, I'm sorry." He said, but Sookie didn't care anymore. She was so hurt and broken that even looking at Bill tore everything out from her.
"Awe, well as sweet as this is, I still intend on killing you so let's get on with it shall we?" Lorena asked in that sweet yet crude tone of hers. This brought Sookie back to reality and she felt the wave sting her fingers once more.
"You won't touch me." She said as Lorena laughed.
Lorena was on her in a second, pinning her down as she let her fangs extend fully at Sookie's smell. "I'm going to enjoy this." She said before biting down, hard, on Sookie's throat. A blood curdling scream left her lips as the light appeared for the second time and blasted Lorena off of her, this time burning almost her entire body. Lorena screeched in pain as he wounds attempted to heal quickly.
The door to the room busted open and the sunlight hit Lorena in the face as she screamed and moved quickly to her previous corner. Alcide entered the room and left the door open to keep the sun in and Sookie ran towards him in the sun so Lorena was sure not to kill her.
"Sookie, run, come on! We have to get out of here." He yelled. She wasn't hesitant until she saw Bill laying on the floor, surely going to die.
"I hope you live Bill Compton so that one day, I can deal out as much pain to you as you have to me." She said before leaving the room with the door wide open and with Alcide right behind her.
"How did you find me?" She asked the half naked werewolf as they ran across the lawn to where his car was hidden in the trees.
"I got a call from Eric to come and get you. He gave me this address and said I'd have to sneak you out of here." He said.
As they were running across the lawn, a low growl came from in front of them and Sookie froze in place completely. Alcide threw her his keys.
"Run when I shift Sookie. Get you and your friend out of here, alright?" He said.
"But what about..." She started but he cut her off.
"Just do it okay?"
"Alright." She said, feeling nervous. Alcide's jeans ripped and a ferocious growl from the other wolf came towards him as he shifted. Sookie started booking it towards the car as the two wolves battled it out. As she ran, Sookie could hear the snarls and the ripping and tearing and she immediately wondered which wolf was winning. She prayed and hoped it would be Alcide.
She had almost made it to the car when another growl came towards her. "Shit, how many are there?" she thought.
Another grey wolf appeared in front of her, eyes blazing red from what she assumed was the vampire blood. It was growling at her and coming closer as she moved back. Sookie had no other choice but to run, so she did. She ran to her left which, at the time, was the only available area to run, but the wolf was faster and pounced on her from behind, causing her to fall, face first to the ground.
Soon after, the wolf wasn't a wolf anymore, but a naked man sitting atop her and Sookie felt extremely uncomfortable but let her shields down to try to get a peek in his head.
So this is that blonde bitch everyone's going on about? She's a nice piece of ass. Maybe I could get some action in before I take her to the king.
Sookie was disgusted and tried to roll out from under him but had no luck. He was strong and heavy on her smaller frame. She heard a snarl from behind her with more tearing until there was silence. A growl came towards her again and she wondered which wolf made it out alive. The man laying, nude, on her shifted as the other wolf collided with him and Sookie knew Alcide had made it. She smiled until she realized she needed to get the hell up out of there.
Before she knew it, she was running toward the car where Tara sat. Luckily, there were no other wolves trying to kill her. The thought of the wolves made her feel horrible for Alcide and she wanted to go back and help him but knew she couldn't do anything. She had to get help. She needed Godric.
Sookie got in the car as Tara greeted her but she paid no attention to her friend as she buckled up and started the vehicle.
"Sookie, I'm so happy you're alive!" Tara exclaimed.
"Yeah, me too." She said with less enthusiasm.
"Are you alright Sook?" Tara asked with a worried look as they pulled out of the woods and headed back to Bom Temps.
"Not really, Tara. But now is not the best time to talk about it." She stated as they drove. How would she get Godric to help her? Though Eric wasn't in deep trouble, he wasn't leaving the Kings home and, though she hated Bill, she wanted answers from him. She thought the whole way back to her home town as they car stayed silent and Tara glanced at her every now and then.
The sun was beginning to go down and she knew that the vampires would be awake and looking for her very soon. She wondered what happened to Alcide and whether he made it out alive or not. The thought of him, left there, dead, made her cringe and guilt rose in her since it was her fault. Well, in her eyes, it was her fault. He had come to rescue her and instead, possibly lost his life. She pushed it all away to keep from crying at how complicated everything was.
The drive to Godric's would take a bit longer than the drive to her home. He lived on the outskirts of town and hardly ever made an appearance with the exception of Fangtasia every now and then to see Eric. He owed Sookie a favor seeing as she did save him on the roof that day. Her mind thought back to what would have been his last moments on Earth.
It was early in the morning, before the sun was about to rise and Sookie had followed Eric up the stairs and watched as he practically begged him maker to stay, tears running down his face. Though she couldn't understand the language, she could basically tell what he wanted. He was so vulnerable and it was a side Sookie thought she would never see in him in a million years.
Godric's hand moved to Eric's shoulder as he spoke to him and more bloody tears fell from Eric's eyes as he was forced to get up. His tall figure came towards her and only stopped for a moment when she talked.
"I'll stay with him, as long as it takes." She said and he nodded as he continued his way down the stairs. Sookie was left feeling blank. Though she had never really gotten to know Godric, she did love him and never wanted someone as good as him to leave this Earth. It would mean one less good vampire, and one less smart one with some authority. She knew she would have to save him so she walked over to stand behind him, tears already filling her eyes.
"It won't take long, not at my age." He said as he stared out into the distance, waiting for the sun to consume him.
"You know it wasn't very smart, the fellowship of the sun part." She said, thinking of a way to buy time and keep him here. She was pulling at strings.
"I know." He started. "I thought it might…fix everything somehow." His gaze never wavered from the distance. "But I don't think like a vampire anymore." He looked over at her then, his eyes looking in her and it felt like he was staring at her soul instead of her face.
"Do you believe in God?" He asked, his face hopeful.
"Yes." She answered, glad she had his attention. He was so beautiful, standing there in front of her. So elegant, graceful and pure. Just the sight of him amazed her.
"If you're right, how will he punish me?" He questioned looking for truth. He really was fearful of something so much more powerful than him. Godric actually grasped the concept of God and she thought he might actually have believed in him.
"God doesn't punish, God forgives." She said, trying to sooth away his worries. The tears were trying to force their way back out then but she wouldn't let them.
"I don't deserve it." He said honestly. "But I hope for it." Sookie couldn't hold them back anymore and the tears started streaming down her face.
"We all do." She added. Godric looked so thoughtful, but Sookie knew she was running out of time. She needed something to keep him here, something to convince him to stay.
"Will you care for him?" He asked. Sookie thought about who he was referring to. "Eric" he added with a nod to the building with his head.
"I'm not sure, you know how he is." She said, honestly, shaking her head as she spoke. She knew she would though; she would do anything for Godric.
"I can take the blame for that too." He said with a small smile. Sookie wasn't going to let him take the blame for anything though.
"Maybe not, Eric's pretty much himself." She said. Godric looked back at the horizon and Sookie's eyes filled once more. She couldn't help it anymore. The wet substance was falling, relentlessly down her face and she didn't even attempt to stop it.
"Are you very afraid?" She asked shakily.
"No" he laughed "No, I'm full of joy." He said with a smile.
"But the pain" she said becoming more unsteady.
"I want to burn." He stated, looking at her.
"Well, I'm afraid for you."
"A human with me at the end and human tears" He said coming closer to her. The sun was coming close to rising then. "Two thousand years and I can still be surprised." His smile widened at her. "In this I see God." He moved and turned away from her to face the sun.
"Godric!" Sookie yelled but he didn't budge. Her feet moved faster than they ever had as she stood in front of her and he looked at her curiously.
"Godric, there are things to fight for here." She stated, searching her head for anything.
"Like what?" He asked.
"Like Eric. He needs you." I said, hoping that might be enough but he just smiled again.
"Eric hasn't needed me for a long time. He's capable of taking care of himself, he just wants me." He said still looking at her.
"Well there are other vampires. They need your example." She said and she knew that wasn't the best reason to stay but she was tugging on her last string.
"The vampires will only change when they wish to change. They do not change by example." He said as he took his white shirt off. His markings were so beautiful and were a nice contrast to his pale skin. Sookie wanted to just stay and trace them but she had no time then. A last thought came to her and she used it for all it was worth.
"Godric, stay for love." She said as she moved forward and kissed him. The kiss started soft and very chaste, just to show her point. But it quickly turned into something much more fiery and needy. Godric kissed her back and before she knew it, they were back inside the hotel, still together, lips molding.
"Alright Min Kӓlek, I trust you, and I will stay here for love. I will fall in love, no matter how long it takes. I have eternity." He said with a smile. Sookie returned it with her own brilliant and ecstatic grin.
"Godric, I love you." She said. It wasn't meant to mean "I'm in love with you" but just more as a friendly thing. That's what she told herself anyway.
"Then, dear Sookie, we will be together in time, but I don't think you are ready for me." He said seriously and she blushed a deep red.
"Shall we tell Eric together?" He asked, his smile widening. She nodded as he planted one more kiss on her lips and they headed down the hall.
Sookie came back to reality as she reached Godric's home. This would definitely be awkward if nothing else and she hoped that Godric would be as happy to see her that she would be to see him. Though no one else knew it, Sookie did love Godric, and it wasn't just in the friendly way.