Episode 1: Dawning

[Major Dawn]

Name: Dawn Adele Stackhouse.
Age: 21.
Siblings: Jason Stackhouse (26) and Sookie Stackhouse (25).
Children: Aude Susannah (3), Half Vampire/Quarter Human/Quarter Fey.
Height: 5' 11 3/4"
Hair: Golden Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Powers: Telepathy, Telekinesis, Speed, Energy Manipulation.
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"Behave yourself," Bill called to Eric.
Eric rolled his eyes and looked around.

"Don't I always?" He called back to Bill.
Back in the kitchen, Dawn Stackhouse froze. She knew that voice. She walked out, wiping her hands on her apron.

"Eric?" She said softly.
Pam and Eric turned as one, to see the tall Dawn Stackhouse standing there, looking at Eric in confusion. Lafayette, Jason, and Tara stared wide-eyed at what happened next. In the blink of an eye, Eric was in front of Dawn.

"Eric..." Dawn whispered his name like an answer/prayer.
Eric just stared down at her. Even though she was a quart inch from being six foot tall, Eric was still half a foot taller. Sookie walked in from outside, wondering what was taking so long. She stopped in her tracks when she saw Eric so close to her little sister. She watched as Dawn put a hand on Eric's chest, but not to push him away. Eric lifted a hand and gently brushed his knuckles over her cheek.

"You have grown," He spoke softly.
Dawn chuckled softly, smiling.

"I grew almost 9 inches in three years, Eric," She smirked, "now I don't need to stand on my tiptoes to kiss you."
Eric chuckled, for once not scaring people. Even the most adamant of vampire haters were thinking how sweet they were. Bill and Sam walked out of the office just in time to see Eric leaning down, brushing his lips across Dawn's ever so softly.

"I'll be at Sam's until I can get a place," She whispered to Eric, "there is something I want you to see when you come back."
Eric stole another kiss from Dawn before he, Pam, Bill and Sookie left the bar. Lafayette directed a distracted Dawn back into the kitchen. Dawn shucked her apron and handed it to Lafayette.

"I have to go check on Aude," She told him.
Lafayette shook his head, but said nothing as she went out the back.


It was three days before Eric could even come back to Shrevesport, let alone being able to zip over to Bon Temps. It was a day after getting back to Shrevesport that Eric was finally able to go. When he did get there, he heard giggling coming from outside the trailer in the back. A ball rolled to his feet. Eric lifted his head, seeing a petite blur coming after the ball. Aude was glad she caught up with the ball. She picked it up and looked up at the man the ball stopped in front of. Eric stared at the little girl with wide eyes. Aude looked back toward the trailer.

"Mommy!" She called, "Daddy's here!"
Dawn came jogging over, squealing happily when she saw Eric. She picked up Aude and settled her on her hip. Dawn took the ball and tossed it toward the dog, a puppy that Sam got Aude, that Aude named after her father's sire, Godric. The puppy played with the ball, butting it with his head. Aude reached her arms out toward Eric and he took her, holding her carefully. Then Eric looked to Dawn.

"Told you that I wanted to show you something," She smiled, tucking a lock of Aude's pale golden hair behind her ear, "she's beautiful, isn't she?"
Eric looked at the little girl in his arms, his daughter, who only smiled brightly back at him. Eric smiled. Aude looked just like his mother, her eyes were just a bit darker than that.

"She is," He admitted, speaking softly.
Aude just smiled at her daddy and wrapped her arms around his neck, laying her head on his shoulder and yawning. Dawn tucked Aude's hair back and sighed.

"Take Ric and Aude to the trailer," She asked of Eric, "I'll go tell Sam I'm putting her to bed. I'll see if Terry will stay with her tonight."
Eric raised a brow at her, looking rather amused.

"Ric?" He chuckled.
"So our daughter named her puppy after your Sire," She rolled her eyes and poked him in the chest.
Eric put an arm around Dawn and pulled her close, kissing her softly before walking toward the trailer. The puppy followed after him, bringing the ball along with him, nudging it along. Dawn walked into Merlotte's with a smile on her face.

"Hey, Sam?" She called, the shifter poking his head up from behind the bar, "I'm going to put Aude to bed, okay?"
Sam nodded, "Sure, D.A."
Dawn looked over to Terry Bellefluer.

"Hey, Terry, doll," She chuckled, "Will you stay with Aude tonight?"
Terry looked at her in confusion.

"Sure...why?"
Dawn smirked, "Her daddy's in town and I intend on getting lucky," She wagged her brows, making Terry laugh.


"Terry's coming," Dawn said softly, watching Eric move feather soft hair from the sleeping Aude's forehead.
When Eric looked up at her, Dawn saw the blood tears down Eric's cheeks. He stood and walked over to her.

"You named her...Aude?" His voice sounded cracked.
Dawn sighed, taking Eric's hand. She walked him over to the sink, then proceeded to clean the dried blood tears from his face with a warm wash cloth.

"I remembered when you told me of your wife," She admitted, "so I looked up the name. I looked up the history," Dawn gently wiped the wash cloth over his cheek, "I liked the name," then she smiled, "people call her Awe sometimes. Not cause they can't saw her name. She's just awe inspiring to them."
When she finished, she kissed his chin and set the cloth in the sink, running warm water and squeezing it to get the blood out. When the water no longer ran pink, she turned it off and set the cloth aside. She turned and faced Eric, her back against the sink. Dawn cocked her head and tilted it back.

"I closed the club for a while," Eric said conversationally, then stole a kiss.
"Renovations?" Dawn asked, smiling against his lips.
"Yes."
"Like?"
Eric chuckled deeply against her lips, stealing a kiss before he spoke.

"I was going to add another throne next to mine," He admitted, then imitated a tone she'd taken once, after they'd made love, "it just wouldn't do to not have my mate with me."
Dawn chuckled, then looked at him with a trim brow raised.

"And what about Aude?" She smiled.
"She can either sit on my knee or Pam can hold her," He shrugged, grunting when she thumped him in the chest, "violent woman."
Dawn laughed, then kissed Eric softly.

"You love it and you know it."
Dawn had slipped his cellphone out of his pocket before he could stop her. Eric rolled his eyes and dialed Pam.

"What?" Pam didn't sound all too happy.
"Get to Merlotte's, I want you to meet someone."
He hung up, stashing the phone in his pocket. Dawn wrapped her arms around Eric's waist and looked up at him. A few minutes later found a knock on the trailer door, Eric answered, knowing it was Pam.

"There was someone you wanted me to meet?" She sighed, her tone bored.
Dawn laughed, "Let me get her. Then I'll hand her back to Terry."
Eric nodded and watched Dawn as she disappeared into Sam's room. Pam's eyes widened as she came out, a sleepy little girl in her arms. Dawn stopped in front of Pam and Aude lifted her head.

"Baby," Dawn said softly, "this is Pam."
Aude waved, then looked to her mother.

"Did Daddy make her?" She asked, when Dawn nodded, she smiled and asked Pam, "does that make you my big sissy?"
Pam's eyes flicked to Eric when she heard her Sire laughing. Aude turned her head to her father and frowned.

"Daddy behave," She said, in as stern a tone a child could take, before turning back to Pam and waiting expectantly for her answer.

[Major Dawn]

True Merlotte's: Episode One: Part Two:

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Stills of Eric from Season One: www.ericnorthman.net/gallery/index.php?cat=5
Stills of Eric from Season Two: www.ericnorthman.net/gallery/index.php?cat=43





Pam opened and closed her mouth, like a fish out of water. Then Aude started to pout. Dawn rolled her eyes at the look. It was what Aude used when she was trying to get a straight answer out of Sam. Dawn and Eric looked too amused with the whole situation. Then Pam nodded, Aude smiling when she deemed herself satisfied with the answer she was given.

After being satisfied with the answer, Aude insisted that her big sister take her back to bed. Pam suddenly appearing in the room with the little girl nearly gave poor Terry a heart attack.

Eric pressed Dawn into the sink again, looming over her.

"You love doing this, I've noticed," She chuckled, lazily putting her arms about his shoulders.
Eric smirked at Dawn, then leaned in and kissed her. Pam finally exited the room, Terry behind her. Terry being ever the gentleman and escorting her to the door. The two stopped dead in their tracks when they saw Eric kissing Dawn. Just as Dawn was about to run her hand through Eric's hair, Pam cleared her throat. The two parted, looking rather sheepish, like a couple of horny teenagers caught in the janitor's closet. But after Eric stepped back, Dawn looked a bit peeved.

"Ya know, Pam..."
"What?" Pam rolled her eyes.
"They have a name for people like you."
Pam raised a sculpted brow at Dawn.

"Yes?"
"Cock blocker."


Dawn went into Merlotte's to tell Lafayette that she was going to Shrevesport.

"Dawn Child," Lafayette shook his head, "Tall, Blonde and Fuck Me is your Baby Daddy?"
Dawn smirked, "Yup," she popped the P.
Lafayette just shook his head as Dawn left, smiling as he looked down. Dawn just smiled at her brother and sister as she passed them, waving impishly at them through the window when she reached Eric outside. Eric scooped her up and sped off toward Fangtasia. When he set foot down outside Fangtasia, he put Dawn on her feet. Dawn cracked one eye open, seeing a very amused Eric. Eric tucked a lock of blonde hair behind Dawn's ear. Business was booming outside, and probably inside, the club and all Eric's little groupies were glaring death at Dawn right at that moment. Eric could feel the eyes of so many vampires on Dawn, so he kept a possessive arm around her waist.

"Most girls would hate this right now," Dawn whispered to Eric, knowing he could hear her.
Eric chuckled softly, "You aren't most girls, *my love," then leaned closer to her ear, "and I am not most men."
Pam walked over to the bar, getting a drink and tossing it back. Eric and Dawn continued on, past the crowd, to his office. Eric turned his back to Dawn for a moment, to lock the door behind him. But the second he turned back to her, Dawn was sitting on the edge of his desk, both her bra and panties hanging off her finger. Eric's chin nearly hit the floor.

"Just what are you?" He said without thinking.
Dawn smirked, "I'm complicated," she chuckled before dropping her underwear on his desk beside her.


Out in the main part of the club, Pam and Chow were fielding Fangbangers and Eric-Worshippers left and right. Pam was silently cursing Eric when she looked over at Chow.

"Remind me to hurt him later," She grumbled.
Chow snorted, "And risk the wrath of the Fey he calls his mate?"
Chow just shook his head. Back in the office, Dawn was rolling her eyes at Eric, who had an incredibly comical stunned stupid look on his face. Dawn hooked her thumbs on the sides of her little green shorts, lifting her hips away from the desk. Eric caught on and walked up to the desk, getting down on one knee to remove the shorts himself. Eric tossed the shorts to the side, looking back to her to see the familiar bite mark on her thigh. The one he had made to mark her, just before they conceived Aude. Dawn saw the look of contemplation on Eric's face and ran her fingers through his bangs.

"I can smell the smoke coming out of your ears," She chuckled softly when he looked up at her, adding, "What were you thinking about?"
Eric sighed, closing his eyes as his head laid against Dawn's bare inner thigh.

"Eric," Dawn said softly, moving only a bit to take her shirt off while he wasn't looking.
When Eric opened his eyes, he noticed a few things. Dawn's breasts were considerably larger than last he saw her. He also saw barely noticable silver/white stretch marks against Dawn's lightly tanned skin. He straightened up and a hand drifted over her stomach. He wished he could have seen her as their child grew, watching Dawn's body change with each month.

"It only took nine days," She said absently, closing her eyes at the pleasant chill of Eric's fingers against her skin.
Eric stood up and Dawn saw him staring down at her, when she opened her eyes.

"What?" He asked in confusion.
Dawn cocked her head as she looked up at him. Confusion was cute on Eric Northman.

"My pregnancy with Aude," She admitted, "I found out that Fey/Vampire/Human hybrids, albeit extremely rare, were only a nine day gestation period."
It took Eric a moment to process this information, but the confusion slowly melted, giving way to that lecherous smirk she was used to. Dawn rolled her eyes at Eric, then groaned into his mouth, scooting back on the desk when Eric stepped between her legs. Dawn's hands rested on Eric's muscled shoulders, loving the feel of his cool skin leeching through his clothes, the touch cooling her own heated skin. But then he paused, as if realizing something. He lifted his head and looked at her.

"Fey?"
Dawn chuckled, "Grams never told Sookie or Jason, but Mom's real daddy was a Fey. Jason don't have an active power, but he has the physical allure."
Eric nodded his ascent. He remembered her telling him about how her elder brother was ALWAYS getting laid.

"Sookie just has her one active power...."
Dawn's 'explanation' was quickly silenced when Eric kissed her, his tongue practically wrapping around hers as he dragged her ass to the edge of the desk, leaning her back as he...

"*Oh dear gods..." She moaned out.
Dawn'd never had sex since Eric, so this was just THIS side of painful. Eric was surprised that she'd remember what he'd taught her. Of course, it was all propositions, insults, dirty talk, and cursing in his native tongue.


In the main part of the club, every vampire could hear it. Pam smirked and chuckled. Her master was finally claiming his mate after a long separation. But there was a secret little smile for the little girl that claimed her as the big sister.