The Future's Uncertain and the End is always Near.

I was so late getting to the meeting everyone was already there. I was shocked and delighted to see the Lead Counselor, our Eric, back to his right mind and in charge again though I didn't like the strained look on Bill's face. The return of Eric to his former self was going to be a test for him and Sookie and all of us really.

"So nice of you to decide to amble in," said Eric. Oh yeah, he was back.
"Sorry, I was making rather merry," I said. I sat down beside my Barrister. I noticed Jess was looking at him with renewed interest. Poor Jess...she was wondering where all the cowboys had gone? Would she settle for a Brit Billy? I think she will...

Pam was back to her non-fragrant self and I was happy to see her cured and smell her old comfy Vampire smell. I love the smell of Vampires in the evening...when they aren't rotting or being burned in the sun or collapsed like balloons filled with viscera. Which by the way could be happening to them in the future.To quote Jim Morrison: The future's uncertain and the end is always near....At least with Vampires.

"I can tell you I doesn't seem right to be suiting up for battle without our council behind us," said Bill. We would be there in spirit, there was nothing we could do about what was about to happen.
"Wished we could be there with you guys," said Violet.
"Yeah," said Fairy. "I don't want anything to happen to you." Eric leaned over and kissed Fairy on the head. I could imagine they had already had their little reunion and Eric was planning to reunite with all the other Eric sister wives. I sighed a little.

"Where is Alcide?" asked Sugar. Alcide was in a spot of bother. He was choosing to help Sam against the evil were who had killed Sam's brother. I had mixed feelings about the shifter. The fact he did such heinous things and then turned around and was so noble, it confused my perceptions about him. I wanted him to leave Sam alone and at the same time, I wanted him to die...but then when it happened, I was cut to the bone.
"I imagine he is trying to decide where he is supposed to be in all of this," said Aolani. "But Debbie, that is one she-wolf who had better be on her guard."

"That thing with Jesus," said Minnie. "What is that all about?"
"I don't know," said Aolani. "It may be Jesus is himself guarded by a possessing spirit which only comes out when he is needed. Sort of djinn or familiar spirit."
"And Lafayette saw it first because of the V or because he is a medium?" asked Westexan.
"Both, the V opened Lafayette up to his medium talents and he saw it," said Aolani. "Shamans have been known to use small amounts of narcotics to explore the spirit world because it opens up all those inhibitions and frees the mind."
"While this is interesting," interjected Eric."What will that do for us?"
"Well, Lafayette and Jesus and Tara are in there now, they may be able to help you from the inside," I said to the Viking.

"So this Antonia, she is not the one who is the head of this deal?" asked Kellie, AKA the Kid.
"No, which surprises me," said Fairy."I mean, Antonia is the stronger witch."
"But she is the weaker personality," said Renee. "She is actually quite easy to manipulate."
"And Marnie, she pushes Antonia's spirit forward," said Minnie.
"Yeah, because this throws everyone off. She is so obviously different from Marnie that she becomes rather imposing," I said. "Even you guys, the Vampires are taken a bit aback."

"So, Eric, how are you feeling?" asked Minnie. "You feeling okay?"
"I am fine, no worse the wear for having my memories stripped, being silvered for two days, being shot with a silver bullet," he said, looking at Bill.
"But otherwise, you are fine?" I asked.
"I am fine," said Eric.

I wondered really how fine he was actually feeling. After all he remembered everything, and I mean everything, from the time he spent with Sookie. Now Sookie was wrestling with loving feelings for both the Vampires in her life and I sort of understood. I looked at Eric and then at Bill and sighed.

"What are you thinking, Aslinn?" asked Bill.
"Nothing, just that sometimes, the future is uncertain and the end is always near," I said...