A/N: I don't own Ghastly, Skulduggery, Valkyrie or Tanith. This is set in a world where Ghastly and Skulduggery have both passed on leaving our two heroines alone. But Val is in her 20s at least. Yes, it is Valith. And yes, that means it is a lesbian fanfic. If you have problems with that, don't read. I'm reposting it because I'm sick and tired of all the homophobic comments I've been getting. So, well done, that. Love is love. End lecture.
In my dream I was walking down a street I'd never seen before. It seemed to be fall, almost Halloween. It had to be from all the pumpkin decorations, corn stalks and hay bales. Someone was walking with me and I realized with a start it was Ghastly. "About time you came over to see me." He said, smiling.
"Came over?"
"To the land of the dead. We watch the living, you know. I've been watching over you and Tanith. How come you aren't seeing her? She likes you, the Remnant's out." He stopped to face me, arms crossed, face serious. I couldn't speak, just looked at the ground and felt his big hands come to rest gently on my shoulders. "Val, she needs you. She's in love with you. I know it feels weird considering she left as your sister, but it happens. I can't be there for her now, but you can. OK?" I nodded trying not to cry at the soothingly understanding tone in his voice.
Ghastly took a pendant from under his shirt and draped it around my neck. It looked like a windrose, only half was missing. "Here, you two are going to need this. I gave the other half to Tanith so you two would know this isn't just a dream. She's going to drag you on a vacation, and trust me, you will need this. Be careful out there, OK?" He bundled me into a hug and I awoke to find the pendant around my neck.
A rap at my window frightened me since there was no longer a Skulduggery to do it. I looked over and saw Tanith crouched on the sill, the other half of the windrose pendant hanging around her neck. I let her in, sure I must still be dreaming. She smiled shyly, then took her pedant off and fitted it into mine. The two halves slid together and there was a flash of light. When I could open my eyes again we were standing in an alley.
I looked down, thankful I'd taken to sleeping in the protective clothes Ghastly had made me. We walked out onto the street and gasped. "I wanted to take you to breakfast." Tanith said then turned to me with an excited grin.
"I know, it was like I could read your mind and I saw this place. My God, I think we teleported because we both wanted to come. But since when can I read your thoughts?"
"I wanted you to, I think it is the pendants. Let's hide them, OK?" She asked and I nodded slipping mine under my shirt as she did the same. She wore more relaxed clothing now, having retired from Sanctuaries to process her loss and of course try to help me with mine. We'd both lost the men we loved the most and I still wondered if our kiss hadn't been from that loss.
But as we sat down to breakfast and she dazzled me with her bright blue eyes I found myself forgetting to care. Maybe she did feel something for me. Tanith reached out and touched my hand gently. "It's OK, you know. I understand you not loving me back because I'm a woman. I really do. And I wasn't trying to show you how I felt because I lost Ghastly either. I loved him, but not like this. Not the way I feel for you."
I looked up at her trying to find the courage to respond. To tell her I did love her and that I hoped the vacation part of the dream was real as well. Because maybe if we spent enough time together I'd listen to my heart and not the judgments of other people.
OK, I wanted to make a story for them with just one page chapters. Again, haters will not be tolerated. You will be blocked, count on it.