Drink Deeply and Dream.

Chapter 1

I only own the characters of my imagination, and the story of course. But the others are on loan from Charlaine Harris and Alan Ball. This Is my first published fanfic. And I have many ladies to thank. A few of them are my mentors and friends. But a big thank you to my amazing Beta Breathesgirl who is an award winning writer and Beta. Thank you to the girls on the chat groups on facebook. I hope you like this. -Autumnchild25

Chapter one-The present is the future of the past.

"Two hundred years have passed since the VRA was passed. Despite the rocky road that the Vampires of that time had to walk, peace was finally possible. Five years after the VRA was made law Shifters and Weres came out of the closet. Soon after them, more and more Supernatural creatures kept stepping into the light thanks to the efforts of Sookie and Eric Northman. Sookie was a Fairy/human hybrid who was raised by her beloved Grandmother to accept people for who they are, not what they are. Sookie's courageous and noble loving heart united the supernatural communities.

"It was not long after the VRA passed that Sookie was gifted a child with her husband. It was quite the scandal at first. Once fairies came out of the shadows a rumour about the existence of a Cluviel Dor spread. It became painfully clear that that was what had allowed Sookie to bear a child: It had been a gift from the King of the fairies.

"Tristan Northman was born.

"Godric took to traveling the world after almost meeting the sun. He revisited the cultures he had left so long ago. Razul, the fourth greatest swordsman in America, seemingly disappeared. Whispers among the vampires said that he took jobs acting as a bodyguard to various world leaders.

"Alcide Herveaux passed away at the age of seventy-five, forty years after the bill passed giving Shifters and Weres their own rights.

"Bright Angelic beings started to make appearances all over the world, assisting transitions and smoothing things over to give everyone a peaceful existence. Later the world learned that these beings were called Fairies."

The bell went off and I shoved my notebook into my bag. "Oh, and class, your reports on the events of the revelation and the tribulations the different species faced and how those triumphs and tribulations shaped us today is due Friday." I doubt many heard him since half the class was already gone. We may be in college now but no one wanted to stay too long after class. You could be asked to stay and help clean the lab: unless you were Professor Garrett, he gave extra assignments.

As for me, I never minded helping out, or even doing some extra assignments, unlike the others who took this class as a bird course ( meaning one of the easiest classes offered and a way to keep a higher GPA.) As a little girl I used to dream of the historical figures I learned about in school, all the while knowing I would never actually meet them. There was a reason there were no pictures of any of them, just vague details. Northman was a Viking. Godric the Gaul was self-explanatory. I satisfied my curiosity by learning all about the cultures each had come from.

"Callie is everything alright?" I smiled up at my slightly confused professor.

"Yeah, everything's fine Sir. I was getting swept away wondering what it was like back then. Did you know any of the people we heard about today?"

He let out an unneeded breath before nodding, "I did. I'm closer to Eric's age than anyone else. My maker was close to Godric's age. You could say I grew up with Northman. Why are you so interested Callie? You are the only one to ask me such a question."

l shrugged my shoulders, "I just thought it would be interesting to hear history from a man who saw it first hand. What was Erikir like?" Garrett looked at me as if I had just spilled some secret or something. What did I say?