***What if Serpine never died? What if he was only hit by the scepter and sent to another world? He is back and plans to seek revenge on the two detectives, Skulduggery and Valkyrie. After book 3 (Skulduggery disappeared through the portal), sorry i am bad with summaries!

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Skulduggery Pleasant; therefore this is a fan fiction off of Derek Landy's wonderful series. Ok my first fan fiction! Please RR, there's probably lots of grammatical errors and punctuation. I'm not the best at English, so please help me out!

Chapter 1:

2 MONTHS AFTER SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT DISAPPEARED…..

It was exactly two months since I've last seen Skulduggery and any other kind of magic, I can't even perform a simple spell. It was like when he left he had taken everything with him. I've been back to China's library and seen nothing, but an abandoned shack. So, I've been back to school and have started helping around the house again; I almost forgot that Skulduggery and I even met. That is until the Grand Mage decided to 'visit' to my house…

"What the hell are you doing in my room!" I screamed enraged that it had to be now, of all times that he decided to show up.

"Um… I… well I," He fumbled for words before yelling out, "Put your clothes on!"

I grumbled under my breath while going into the bathroom to remove my towel, and put proper clothes on. I made my way over to my bed before even giving the Grand Mage a second glance.

I plopped down on the edge of my bed and glared murderously at him, "Well spit it out."

His face blushed pink, "I need your help with-"

"No. You've obviously failed to realize that I have been off duty." He opened his mouth, "I said no, I refuse to work without him." I stated flatly.

His face boiled with anger, but he quickly hid it and looked at me sympathetically, "Look, we searched and searched and we found nothing. He's not coming back Valkyrie, I am sorry."

I didn't buy it, "You're lying and by the way, it's Stephanie. Now get out of my house!"

His face burned red, "How dare you! I won't leave until I give you what I came here for!"

"I don't need you, magic, or Valkyrie! I am just Stephanie, I don't believe in you all anymore!" I screamed in a fit of rage.

His face softened to a frown, "Then we have truly lost." He said. The Grand Mage dropped a small envelope on the floor, before he vanished into thin air.

"I don't want this!" I yelled with the letter clenched in my hands.

The paper was wrapped in an old-fashioned manner, The Sanctuary's seal resided on the opening; I flipped the letter over and gasped.

DEAR VALKYRIE,

JUST OPEN THE GOOD DAMN ENVELOPE…

-SP

I ripped the small letter open,

I don't have much time, but I still am alive. I don't think you believe me and I'm not forcing you to, but there's one small matter I need you to do while you and I are in separate worlds. Serpine is ALIVE. He escaped through the portal when I was pulled through, we both ended up in the realm (The Faceless Ones). He's coming for you, and please stop calling yourself Stephanie. I am disappointed that you've given up, and if you haven't then ignore what I said. Now please go kick some ass, for my sake (and your sanity).

Really, he expects me to believe this is from Skulduggery?! I crumpled the note and threw it at the trash can. Then I angrily marched down the stairs to escape the madness that swelled in my head. I looked to the front door which was blown off its hinges and the wood was splintered all over the floor. A kick swung into my gut, which knocked me to the ground. I lifted my head up to be greeted with a punch in the face, my nose made a sickening crack. I was pulled up by my thick, black hair and thrown through the doorway. I stood quickly and observed my attackers, two very large, bulky Faceless Ones. They threw themselves at me, so I slid to the side into someone's arms. I was spun around, still grasped by the thing, and hit with something very large and rough. I slumped to the ground, unable to move due to the crushing weight of a foot on my lower back.

A cold, soft voice rang in my ears, "I thought this would be harder, Valkyrie Cain not much without the aid of her skeleton."

I felt shackles around my wrists and ankles, and I was forcefully dragged from the yard before blacking out.

Serpine's POV:

I kicked down the door to the house and walked inside, it's good to be back. A loud, female shout echoed from upstairs.

I hissed to the Faceless Ones I lead out of the portal when I escaped, "Get ready!"

The girl, Valkyrie, came hurrying down the stairs and ran into my kick. She crumpled to the floor, I waited for her head to rise before smashing my fist into her nose. The lovely crack of her broken nose made me smile, right after I proceeded to throw her from the house; this was the most fun I have ever had with this brat. She struggled to fight, but I subdued her and knocked her to the ground. I stood over her knowing full well I was crushing her spine. Without the protection of Skulduggery she was as vulnerable as a small infant.

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