638Bill sat on a park bench next to a young girl with black hair who was sobbing into his shoulder... "It will be alright my dear" His accented voice said as he continued to console the girl. She seemed to be around sixteen years of age. "No, it won't. They found out and kicked me out! The think I am some sort of freak, I am a freak" she wailed.
"No, Vera, you most certainly are not a freak. You are special. Very special" Bill stated strongly.
She continued to sob.
"No, I'm not. I'm a freak who healed my freakin' cat. What am I? Where will I go?" She whispered heart brokenly.
Bill lifted a finger under her chin and looked her in the eye, "I know a place where you will be accepted for you who are. A place where someone like you can thrive and be taken care of, you will want for nothing. Do you want me to take you there Vera?" Bill questioned still looking in her eyes.
She nodded brokenly and the pair stood and made their way out of the park...
Bella blinked her eyes rapidly as she woke up. She looked around the her lightened bedroom confusedly. Waking up with a vision was not a peaceful way to rise she thought. She finally got some insight into what Bill was up to. According to her dream he was... taking a young girl away? A young girl who was probably part fae judging by her comment about healing her cat and taking her somewhere. Could other supes heal? She was pretty sure they didn't. At least not in this realm. She scowled, deep in thought. At least now she knew a part of the reason Bill was interested in Sookie and her. Perhaps because they were part fae and he... for some reason was interested in them? But he only found out that recently when Sookie told him.
Frustrated, she groaned and hopped out of bed and into her bathroom. As she showered and got ready for the day, her mind wandered. What on earth...? Was it the faerie blood Bill was interested in? That didn't explain her particularly doom filled other visions. It was bigger than just Bill but at least there was another missing piece of the puzzle. Unfortunately, it only filled her with more questions than answers.
Bella sighed and made her way into the kitchen where she heard her grandmother laughing animatedly.
Curious, she walked into the kitchen and stopped, startled at the guest sitting at the kitchen table.
"Oh Bella, Good Morning, here I would like you to meet Mr. Matias. Mr. Matias, this is my granddaughter Bella" Her grandmother introduced with a gentle smile at her face. Bella, smiled warily, at 'Mr Matias' as she replied,
"It is nice to meet you Mister" She said to her fairy great-grandfather. Niall smiled back at her gently and waved a hand.
"Please join us for breakfast Isabella, there is plenty for everybody" He said with a flourish. Bella nodded mutely and made her way to the table quietly wondering what the fuck was going on. She didn't like lying to her grandmother.
As Bella ate she tried to think of a polite way to ask why her great-grandfather was joining them for breakfast and why was he using a fake name. She caught his eye and threw him a 'what the fuck look' he smirked a little before speaking,
"I was on my way to the local watering hole Merlottes and got lost. Your grandmother was kind enough to offer me breakfast and directions" He sent a charming smile to her grandmother. Adele smiled back happily,
"So did you have fun on your 'date' last night dear?" Adele inquired lightly taking a sip of her sweet tea and smirking into the glass.
Bella started to slowly blush as she saw the twinkling light in her grandmothers eyes. OH MY GOD SHE DID NOT HEAR ME AND GODRIC LAST NIGHT. NO SHE DIDN'T. SHE COULDN'T. SHE FUCKING DID, Bella screamed internally, feeling her heart pounding in her ears. Kill me know, just kill me, I need to crawl in a hole and die. Fuck. Bella was seriously considering bashing her head in when Niall cut in.
"Oh, do you have a boyfriend Isabella?" He inquired lightly but with a unmistakable steel to his question which made the hairs on the back of her neck raise. Oh fuck, he wasn't supposed to know about Godric. He doesn't know, does he? He seems doesn't seem happy, maybe he won't find out he's a vampire...? She panicked even more. She darted quick glances between her grandmother and great-grandfather and wondered which situation was worse.
"Oh yes, Mr Matias, Godric is Bella's boyfriend. Sweet young lad" Adele stated proudly in-between bites of bacon. Nialls fork dropped lightly on his plate and his eyes burned into hers. She could clearly see the rage in them. Gone was the sweet kind grandfather figure he had been up until this moment, now he was every inch the prince of fae who's kin was consorting with and under potential threat of a very old dangerous vampire. This could go wrong on so many levels. She had to play this perfectly. Or she could start a war. War between fae and vampires have been started for way less. They really hated each other. Or rather fae hated vampires, vampires loved fae. Loved to eat them.
"Godric? What an unusual name for a young boy to have" He stated lightly and began eating again but without taking his eyes off of her. Adele remained blissfully ignorant to the tension in the room.
"Hm, oh yes. Young Godric is a vampire so he is not so young I suppose. It is hard for me to think of him as so old when he looks about Bella's age" Adele explained.
Nialls eyes hardened even more and he nodded whilst keeping his expression carefully blank.
"I see. How is your relationship going with your vampire?" Niall asked her with a polite smile and rage burning behind his eyes.
"Oh, uh, its going fine" She smiled warily at him and stuffed her mouth with food.
Adele gave a chuckle, "Things are more than fine with him if what I heard last night was any indication" She winked at her granddaughter. Bella's mouth dropped open. No. No. NO NO NO. It was bad enough that her grandmother would say things like this but to drop hints that she had been canoodling with a dangerous vampire to her FAERY GRANDFATHER. Dear god, could it get any worse?
"Oh, young love?" Niall prompted.
Adele smiled, "Oh definitely, they just can't seem to keep their hands off each other"
Apparently it could.
Bella wanted to kill herself. Jump out the window. Stab herself in the heart. Smash her head against the table. Anything to get away from this. To not be here. To not be her.
Her grandmother had just told Niall Brigant Prince of the Sky fae that his young, not yet matured granddaughter was being molested by vampire and not just any vampire but death AND she was in love with him. Yes kill her now.
Niall coughed a little then stood up.
"If you will excuse me I must be going. Thank you very much for this delicious meal. Perhaps we will see each other around, and we can talk more then" Niall said. That last part was clearly for her.
Bella understood, "I'll see you out, 'Mr Matias'" Bella offered. Her grandmother nodded approvingly at her polite behaviour.
She nibbled at her lip as she lead the Prince of Faeries to the front door.
"It was nice to meet you sir" Bella said loudly for her grandmothers sake and opened the door slowly, carefully keeping her eyes to the floor.
She looked up to see the hard gaze of her great-grandfather.
"We will speak after your session with Preston, Isabella" He said quietly but with steel. She nodded, continuing to nibble on her lip and he left and shut the door behind her.
Bella panted breathlessly and collapsed on the warm grass in her front garden. She had a yoga class today in Shreveport then her lessons with Preston and she was completely beat.
She had explained to him about her awesome shield power and was told this was fairly common power among fae. Today's lesson was centered around her 'shield' and how to manipulate, control, bring forth, and adjust it. If she tried hard enough, it was completely invisible but that was extremely difficult and used up a lot of her energy. She was told that her powers although limitless can deplete if she used them a lot and a way to gain more magical energy would be to soak up some sun. That made her laugh. Like a solar panel, soaking up energy. The more she used her powers the easier it was to regenerate energy. Good to know.
Right now she panted on the grass, sweating under the boiling Louisiana heat and felt like she could melt.
She heard Preston walk over to her.
"Good session today. Your powers are developing at a fast rate. Do you have any questions?" He said politely and sat down cross legged across from her. She sat up to look at him wobbly and cursed having to move at all.
She looked into Preston's eyes seriously, "Well, you have gave me a basic book of the fae race but I was wondering if I could get one on rules, laws and the judicial system of the fae" Bella asked. Ever since seeing that dungeon in Fangtasia she knew that she had two options. 1: be naive and pretend that this aspect of the supernatural world doesn't exist and bury her head in the sand, or, 2: accept it as a reality even if it is something she disagrees with. This is her life now and she needs to learn how it works in order to do the right thing as much as she can.
Obviously she picked option number two. She didn't want to know about all of the suffering and darker side of the supe world but it is a reality and her ignoring it won't change it. She needed to grow up.
Preston gave her a odd look, one she couldn't decipher.
"Of course, My Lady. I will find a suitable book for you" He said obediently.
She gave him a tight-lipped smile and jumped a little when she heard a voice speak from above her.
"My dear, will you give Preston and I a moment before we speak?" Niall said.
She looked up at him and hastily rose nodding in agreement. Bella decided that she better change – she was pretty sweaty - for this 'talk' or more likely a Faery type of scolding. She winced.
Bella changed into a casual but pretty summer dress, it was a silver colored and complimented her dark hair well.
As she exited the house she saw both Preston and her great-grandfather looking at her. She blushed under their gaze and looked down. She walked over to them and Preston stepped forward.
"My Lady, this is the book you requested" He said respectfully with a little bow. She nodded, taking it off of him and looked him in the eyes,
"Thank you Preston"
"Come, we must be going Isabella" Niall said sternly. Bella nodded and followed her great-grandfather to a car that had appeared in her drive in the time she went to change.
She entered the passenger side without making eye contact with him, praying he wasn't too mad. Now would be an excellent time for her teleportation powers to activate. Or invisibility. Hm, is that a fae power?
"Great-grandfather, is invisibility a fae power?" She asked curiously.
She finally looked towards him and saw her giving her a curious look. Niall made his way out of hummingbird lane and began speeding down the country roads. She wondered where he was going.
"Have you shown signs of this ability, my dear?" His voice held deep curiosity and he had a small smile at the corner of his lips.
"No I was just wondering" She replied and looked out the window.
The car was silent and tense for a few moments before it was broken by the Prince.
"So. You belong to Death" He said tonelessly. She flinched. Bella didn't dare to look at him in the face. She began to feel afraid, she wondered if she would be punished.
"Sort of.. I guess. I don't belong to him" She muttered, still looking out the window. The way he made it sound... like she was a slave.
"Explain. I do not know the differences and terms that the human culture uses to refer to attachments. Do you belong to him? Are you involved in a supposed romantic companionship? Are you his to do with as he pleases? Does he drink your blood?... Has he offered you his blood" As he spoke his voice got harsher and harsher until the last question in which his voice sounded Arctic.
She shot him a fearful look and saw him staring determinately ahead but could feel the waves of power and displeasure radiating off of him. She took in a deep calming breath. Bella knew that it was extremely important that she worded this correctly.
"I suppose that you could say that I belong to him but only if you say that he also belongs to me" She began firmly, staring straight at him to convey her truthfulness.
Bella continued, "I understand what you are implying and our relationship is equal. I am not controlled or commanded by him in any way. You make it sound as if I am a toy or a pet" She frowned, "I would never let somebody treat me like that. I do have some respect" She huffed and looked back out the window.
The car was silent for a few more seconds before he spoke again.
"Then explain this... attachment you seem to have with death" He commanded.
She sighed, "I don't really know what you mean. Me and Godric are friends, he is an interesting individual and treats me well. I really like him. There is no 'romantic attachment' between us" She sighed angrily. She didn't know what was worse telling the Prince of fae she was romantically interested in a notorious vampire or telling him he was her lover. Judging by how he spat the word 'romantically' earlier she is going to assume the later.
"Godric and I are lovers" She stated in a strong confident voice that did not match the embarrassed blush adorning her face, "I told my gran we were together because humans don't really accept when physical relationships and romantic relationships don't go hand in hand and because it is so embarrassing. She's Christian, she would have a heart attack" She sighed. This technically true, she supposed.
Bella paused for a few moment to peek at the thoughtful look on her great-grandfathers face and hoped she was doing well.
"I know Godric through Eric Northman, I know you are worried about him taking advantage of me. He's a vampire and I'm fae and everything but please don't worry about it. Godric treats me really well, he decided to help me by teaching me how to fight and helping to train me. He is also acting as my night-time body guard because he thinks Bill is some sort of a threat" She told him, hoping to score some brownie points for Godric.
He looked over at her in the car and raised his eyebrows, "Night-time bodyguard? You have a day-time one too? Who organised this?" He asked.
Bella smiled, "Yeah, He's a werewolf named Alcide, Eric did. He treats me really well too you know" She gave him a pointed look. His lips twitched.
"Ah, I wondered why the were was following us" Niall mused as his eyes flickered out the side of his window.
Bella gasped and turned around and looked in all directions hoping to see Alcide. She shouldn't of been so surprised, Eric did say he was following her but she was.
"Where? I don't see him" She huffed, continuing to look around the cars.
"You wouldn't, my dear. He is not supposed to be seen" Niall explained to her with a patient voice. Then how could he see him? Stupid Prince of fae not explaining to her.
Bella made a noise of acknowledgement then became quiet. She had explained the situation with Godric to the best of her abilities without telling her prejudged against vampires great-grandfather the true extent of her relationship and how much she lov-liked and trusted Godric. She had said her piece and handed the reins over to him.
After another ten minutes he parked in front of a nice looking restaurant. She looked up at him startled.
"What? I cannot take my great-granddaughter out for lunch?" He said with amusement.
Bella shook her head, "Oh, I am uh, just confused, I thought you were mad at me" She looked at him for an explanation.
He sighed and turned to look her in the eyes, "I was. I was positively furious. But most of all disappointed. I had thought you smarter and wiser than your cousin to get under the thrall of a vampire but I can see I was mistaken" Bella imaged this was his version of an apology. Princes hardly apologized.
She raised her eyebrows for him to continue talking, "I can see that you are a lot more shrewd than I gave you credit for. You have found a way to make an extremely powerful ally, a vampire, but still powerful none the same. Vampires are the most influential supe in this realm and involving yourself with them is a very wise decision. One that is, unfortunately, a necessary evil" His face screwed up in disgust.
He then adorned a thoughtful look, "Even for a vampire, The Northman is as honorable as they come and calculating and respected enough to become a good ally. Additionally, the fearsome reputation of death and his sheer power alone..." He lead off, looking at her proudly from some reason.
Bella stayed silent through this whole exchange, trying not to let shock show on her face at what he was thinking. Faeries were devious, she thought and he believed her to be power hungry, selfish and as manipulative as the rest of him. Internally, she became worried. Is this the type of man her great-grandfather was?
"You have convinced him to teach and protect you. This is quite remarkable, my dear" He gave her a pleased smile.
"-last of all I cannot fault you on having him as a lover in your life. His services are quite useful and in this realm there is not very many options are there?" He smirked at her.
She was shocked on so so so many levels. Her brain was spinning.
"your... not mad I have a lover?" She asked, skipping over the whole 'services are quite useful' comment, if he thought she used him for his help in exchange for.. you know... then she would possibly consider kinslaying and regicide.
He laughed heartily, "Of course not my dear. It is typically expected for important members of the royal line to have many lovers. It shows good standing. I am however not very happy it is with a vampire. If you wish I can send over one of my subjects?" He offered.
Bella tried to keep the horrified look off of her face, "NO! I mean no... I don't think that's a good idea..." She said warily, hoping this didn't upset him.
He nodded in agreement, "Yes I suppose your right, Vampires are possessive aren't they?" He sighed.
"Well, enough of this talk. Let us go enjoy our lunch, shall we?" He smiled at her charmingly and 'popped' out of the car to the side of her door and opened it for her in a gentlemanly manner. She smiled at him in thanks and tried to desperately keep down her feelings of unease and distrust she now had in her great-grandfather.
Bella giggled as Niall dropped her back off at her grandmothers house. The lunch that they had was surprisingly pleasant. Despite his age Niall was easy to socialize with and he had a great sense of humor. He was pretty charming. Bella felt pretty conflicted as the car came to a stop, Niall Prince of fae was a shrewd, manipulative and devious man... but he was also her great-grandfather who seemed so great and caring. It didn't sit well with Bella to love and respect someone but not trust them. Especially family. It was just wrong.
Her great-grandfather once again popped himself out of the car to open her door for her.
She came out and gave him a soft smile, "Thank you so much for lunch Great-grandfather, I really enjoyed it" She said with affection.
He gave her a comforting smile and drew her in for a hug. She sighed in bliss. She could feel a soft warming sensation as they were so close. It was as if her spark recognized him as her kin. It probably did.
"It was my pleasure, Isabella. I am proud to have you as part of my family" He said back warmly. She grinned at the compliment and drew apart from him.
He leaned forward to give her a kiss on the forehead.
"I shall see you soon for update on your progress. Be safe, my dear" He said then popped away right before her eyes.
She smiled slightly as she walked up to the farmhouse. She really had an enjoyable day. Aside from the portion of the day when he scared her and made her feel like he was a pretty sketchy character, she really enjoyed spending time with him.
As Bella walked up to the house she could see Sookie sunbathing on her favorite lounger. They had their double-date tonight. She grinned internally at what she had planned.
"Hey Sook" She called out in greeting as she came up next to her cousin.
Sookie sat up and removed her sunglasses whilst giving her a grin.
"Hiya cus, what'cha doing?" Sookie asked.
Bella shrugged, "Just about to start getting ready for our big double-date tonight. I need your help finding something good to wear, we're going clubbing and I have no idea what to wear"
Sookie grinned and jumped up from her chair, bouncing in excitement, "We're going clubbing! I haven' gone dancin' in ages" Sookie squealed excitedly.
Bella grinned with her cousin.
Sookie's face fell, "But wait, how you goin' to go clubbing your only eighteen" Sookie gave her cousin a reprimanding look.
Bella smiled back sheepishly, "I got a fake ID" At the look on her cousins fake she hastily continued, "C'mon Sook, this will be my first time ever going to a club and getting drunk! Don't you want to be there for that? Plus we can have so much fun with Bill and Godric! I got tickets for a showing of the rocky horror picture show! Then we can stop by Merlottes for a bite to eat and show off our amazing vamp boyfriends to the rest of Bon Temps and then go to my first club! Please please pleaseeee, it will be such a good night Sooks, you've been too serious lately, let your hair down once in a while! When was the last time you got totally trashed?"
Now Bella gave Sookie a reprimanding look and Sookie gave her the sheepish one.
"Well... two years ago at the new years party and Merlottes..." Sookie admitted.
Bella gasped in mock-outrage.
"What! That's way too long" Bella announced hauntingly. She grabbed her cousins arm and started dragging her inside the farmhouse.
"You only live once you know... Except if your a vampire which we are not and never will be!" Bella said firmly.
Sookie snorted, "Amen to that" she agreed whilst being lead to her bedroom.
"You need to start living. Tonight we are going to get totally fucked, dress up in our sexist outfits, let our guys slobber all over us and girls be totally jealous us and of our awesome, sexy, gorgeous vamps" Bella finished and pushed Sookie gently onto the bed. Well my sexy, awesome gorgeous vamp. No ones gonna be jealous of you because of Bill; if anything they'll pity you. After tonight you'll see what a boring creep he is.
Sookie laughed and smiled up excitedly to her cousin.
"Ok ok, I'm in" She grinned.
Bella cheered and then promptly threw open Sookie's wardrobe.
Bella started riffling through Sookie's closet looking for something that one would wear to a club. Dear lord how many sun dresses does her cousin own?
Bella huffed and began rifling through her drawers.
Nothing.
"What the fuck is this?" Bella stifled a giggle at the ridiculous eighteenth century nightdress she had in her hand. What the fuck was this thing? Her grandmother didn't even wear anything this ugly.
As Bella turned her gaze to Sookie, she saw her cousin blush.
"Uh... Bill got it for me" She admitted, her face crimson.
Bella gaped for a second then burst out laughing.
Sookie tried to give her cousin a disproving look but Bella could see the laughter dancing in her eyes and how she bit her lip to keep from smiling.
"It's not that bad" Sookie defended.
Bella shot her an incredulous look.
"Are you kidding? Not that bad?" Bella said, voice filled with disbelief.
"Be honest here" Bella said seriously as she walked over to her cousin.
"do you honestly think that this isn't that bad?" She said before throwing it on over her clothes and making a ridiculous sexy pose.
Sookie laughed.
"Dear lord... no... it's soo fucking ugly!" Sookie got out between laughs.
Bella joined in and began twirling around in the thing, watching it as it flowed out with the movement. They both laughed more at this.
"How do you feel sexy in this thing?" Bella asked curiously, after they had calmed down.
Sookie snorted, "I don't, but Bill seems to like it. He says it is something that a, 'respectful young lady' would wear"
Bella laughed, "Because that is how you want your boyfriend to see you, as a 'respectful young lady' and not a sexy, smart, incredible women. Hell, that's how I want gran to look at me not Godric" Bella said.
This was Bella's sneaky way of beginning to turn Sookie against Bill. She knew that if she made any accusations against Bill whilst Sookie was wearing her rose tinted glasses then it would be for nothing and just alienate her cousin again. Buuut, if she made Sookie see what a douche-bag Bill really was and point out the problems in their relationship then she might be open to listen. Or so she hoped. This was phase one of her plan.
Sookie frowned but didn't comment. Bella smiled internally.
Bella sighed dramatically, "Well we won't find anything in here to wear, your closest is more modest than grans" She laughed as Sookie blushed.
"Come into my room, I've been given a whole lot of clothes, most of which I don't wear and most of it will fit you" Bella offered and the cousins walked to Bella's bedroom.
Bella began throwing clothes that would fit Sookie at her as she sat on the bed.
"look through that and tell me if you like anything" She said as she continued tossing clothes at her.
She heard Sookie gasp and Bella spun around to see what she found.
"Oh my fuckin' god. I love this dress!" Sookie said, whilst holding up a pretty scarlet colored dress. It didn't seem all that great to Bella but she grinned.
"It's nice, try it on" She encouraged.
Sookie, so exited, stripped right then and there and Bella watched her put the dress on. After she smoothed it down it was Bella's turn to gasp.
"Wow, Sook... That's... God, you look incredible!" Bella gaped at her cousin.
The dress clung to her curves perfectly, making her soft in all the right places, giving her curves that Kim Kardashian would be jealous of. It dipped down low in the front giving a teasing glimpse of her breasts. Even Bella had to admit that Sookie's tits looked perfect in that dress. Nice, round, firm, pretty big but not too large. If Bella didn't know better she would think that she had plastic surgery for such bad boys. The dress made her look so sexy without crossing that line into slutty or too much skin on display. It had long sleeves and wasn't too short in length. All in all, she looked fucking amazing.
Sookie grinned as she looked at her reflection in the full length mirror in Bella's room. Sookie preened and seemed to get exited with her amazing dress. As she should be. She looked better than most people on television and they had teams of makeup artists and spend millions on plastic surgery.
Bella slipped out the room and took a bottle of wine from her grans collection, hoping she wouldn't mind and made her way back to her room.
She poured two glasses for Sookie and herself and handed one over.
"Cheers to finding the dress that makes you look so hot that if I wasn't your cousin, I would want you" Bella said as she and Sookie clinked their glasses together.
"Cheers, I can't wait to see Bill's reaction" Sookie grinned at her. As Bella took a sip she smirked.
Yeah, me too.