Hello guys. I have decided to rewrite this story. The updates will be most likely really slow and I apologize for that.

Before you read this story I should warn you that English is not my native language, thus there might be some grammatical or spelling mistakes. It will take place in Dallas and I'll try to be as accurate as I can be with the details(I have never been in Dallas). I will probably need to make up a few places for my storyline. If you like this chapter then please review and if you don't like it then don't read it.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the True Blood characters or the plot.

Have fun.

Chapter 1

A Deal With The Devil

"When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun."
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

The night sky stood an inky canopy of darkness freckled only by the fewest of stars. It was the beginning of winter, the coldest of all seasons. The ground was laid white with frost and any water that had been liquid under the sun had become ice.

A lone girl walked down a path of Klyde Warren Park, Dallas. She was small and sickly looking. Her once vibrant platinum blonde hair had been long ago replaced with thin strands of darker shade. The jacket she wore exposed her hands, showing almost translucent skin. Her gray eyes seemed dull, lifeless compared to what they had been before. She could not have been older than fifteen, still a child.

The girl should not have been outside, her parents must have been sick with worry. Somehow she couldn't care less. The teen knew it was dangerous outside, monsters hid in every shadow. It was midnight, the time when they were most active. Bandits came out to make the streets unsafe, dealers sold their ware and vampires came out to play.

Since the Great Revelation it was even more dangerous, or so they thought. The blonde had another opinion but she never voiced it. The streets had never been safe at night, whether the humans knew it or not.

Knowledge meant responsibility and maybe the girl should have been more responsible. After all, walking down an abandoned path at night was like an invitation for monsters to prey on her.

Maybe that's exactly what she hoped for. Maybe she hoped that one of the vampires would catch her and gift her with a swift ending. It would have been a mercy for her.

Yet, there was another part of her that wished for nothing but life. She wanted to live. There were so many things she wanted to do, so many places to see. But she did not have time. The girl was dying a slow and painful death and nothing would change that.

Her vision once again focused on the road, a figure stood a few meters in front of her. It's build indicated it to be a man. His skin seemed to shine in the darkness. The male was not facing her, but she was sure that he was aware of her presence.

The air around the man seemed to be thick, for a moment the teen had a problem with breathing. Her instincts screamed at her to run away, she did the exact opposite.

Slowly, hesitantly she continued down the path. When she was almost at the figures side she realized he was not a man, but a boy. However, his appearance did not fool the girl. She had caught a gimps of his eyes. No teen could have eyes like this. They seemed wise and ancient.

Both of them stood in silence, only about two steps away from each other. They did not speak. They did not move.

It seemed as if hours passed by till the boy finally acknowledged her. ''What are you doing here, child?''

His voice was deep and smooth, but at the same time so powerful that it seemed to be carried through out the whole park. The girl looked down at her hands and fidgeted slightly with them. "Would you believe me if I told you that I was lost on the road of life?"

He looked as if he truly considered her words. Then he just continued looking expressionlessly at the sky. "It is not safe out here at night. Many bad things could happen to you."

The girl nodded her head in understanding. "I know."

A slight breeze ruffled the vampire's clothing and for a moment the girl wondered if he wasn't cold. "Don't you fear death, little one?"

A humorless laugh escaped her at that question. It did not sound right from the lips of someone so young. The laugh was filled with melancholy and pain. "Death has been waiting at my doorsteps for years now."

This seemed to intrigue the person next to her, as he finally graced her with his gaze. It was as if his eyes peered into her very soul, seeing things no one else did. After a while he nodded his head in acceptance.

The vampire turned around and just as she thought that he might leave her alone, he motioned at a bench behind him.

She looked at the offered place and nodded her head in gratitude. Her small walk and all the standing had exhausted her, the stamina she now had was nothing compared to what it had once been. Her feet hurt and it was a great relief to finally sit down.

The boy waited till she adjusted her position on the bench and sat down as well. Once again silence fell upon them. This time it was the girl who broke it. "I'm Kalia."

The boy hummed a little, but did not look at her. "Godric."

They did not exchange any other words for a long while. The night continued and Kalia couldn't help but wonder if she would become her new companions prey. Dinner, perhaps?

Fortunately, he did not seem to have any ill intentions towards her.

She would live through that night, however, she wondered if the same applied to the stranger. He stayed motionlessly besides her, even as the sky started to get lighter. The boy did not attempt to leave.

She turned her eyes on his figure and worried her lip. When he titled his head slightly their eyes met for the first time. The girl did not look away, she continued looking, searching for something in those deep blue eyes.

Suddenly, everything became clear. Kalia had seen such eyes very often. Every time she gazed into the mirror, actually. She had no doubt about his motives and knew why he was there. Why he did not move.

"You wish for death?" It was a question, but she already knew the answer. "It's quiet ironic, you know. Here I am wishing for nothing more than life, as you patiently wait for your own death."

A small, almost unnoticeable, grimace came onto the boys face."That I cannot deny."

The teen cocked her head to the side and took his whole profile in."Let's make a deal." She paused."From now on we will meet every night for the next fifteen weeks. In those weeks I shall convince you that your life is worth living."

The vampire looked at her once again. She, a mere mortal, seemed to surprise him with every word that came out of her mouth. Had it not been for that, he would have probably not done what he did next.

"Then the next fifteen weeks it will be."

He stood up and dusted his pants off. Just as he wanted to disappear a voice stopped him.

"Tomorrow after sundown we will meet here, at this exact bench." Her hand was outstretched, waiting to seal the deal.

Slowly, he turned around and grasped her hand lightly into his. Small and fragile, those were the first word that came to his mind.

" Deal." They both spoke in union. The ancient being disappeared soon after, needing to be gone before the sun was up. One moment he was there, the other he was gone.

The girl turned back to the path. As she made her way back to the hospital, she wondered if she just might have made a deal with the devil.