Hope you enjoy this my first fan fic and i am on school holidays now so i can continue it. Please read and reveiw and tell me what you want in the later chapters.

It had been three years since Skulduggery Pleasant had been sucked through the gateway to the reality of the faceless ones. Valkyrie had spent the first week grieving before accepting Soloman Wreath's offer to study necromancy (death magic). Vlakyrie was now seventeen and, along with Tanith, Ghastly, and Fletcher, they had built an iconic memorial to Skulduggery on Aranmore, where Skulduggery was sucked through the portal. They visited it everyday, and today was no exception. Fletcher was watching with a look of confusion on his face as the other three practised their combat.

"try that kid" Tanith said while she swiped at Valkyrie with her sword.

"Don't mind if I do grandma" Valkyrie jeered while she ducked under the sword and summoned a bouquet of shadows from the black ring on her right hand"

"damn necromancers" Tanith grunted after she was hit in the stomach by the shadows. Both Tanith and Valkyrie erepted into laughter, not noticing Ghastly sneak up behind them and summon a flame in his hands. He held it just behind Tanith and tapped her shoulder. The moment she turned around her nose was two millimetres away from the flame. She kicked Ghastly in the shin the carried on laughing. Both Tanith and Valkyrie were very attractive, but every time Fletcher asked one of them out he ended up with a broken nose or arm. Suddenly a blinding light erupted just on top of Skulduggery's memorial and then it vanished. They all stood there for a moment, trying to figure out what had just happened then they saw someone sitting on Skulduggery's memorial. Valkyrie was furious. How could someone be that disrespectful, apart from Fletcher of course, he was always disrespectful. She stormed up the hill but stooped half way up. Amazed. The others caught up with her and had exactly the same reaction. Sitting their, on his own memorial, was the man who had been missing for three years in another reality. The skeleton detective was back. The silence was broke by Valkyrie running up to him and hugging him while letting put a deafening scream. Tanith followed and so did Ghastly. Fletcher walked up to him without any emotion at all.

"Skull man, wazzup" This was followed by Skulduggery striking Fletcher across the jaw.

"what was that for" he yelled, glaring at Skulduggery.

"You're annoying, and you asked out Valkyrie".

They walked round to the back of the farmhouse and found the Bentley just where it was left years ago.

"soooooooooooooo" Valkyrie asked, she couldn't hold it in any longer. They had been sitting in silence in the car for ten minutes. She didn't know why, she had so many questions.

"what" Skulduggery groaned, obviously very tired.

"how did you get back"

"I'm just that brilliant" A massive grin spread across Skulduggery's face

"How did you really do it" Tanith asked in sweet tone.

" Think about it" Skulduggery said " What did we need to open the portal in this reality"?

"A teleporter and an ithimus anchor" Ghastly answered

"and since I took the ithimus anchor with me, and there are are plenty of faceless ones that can teleport I tricked one of them into opening the gate" Skulduggery said smugly.

"Skulduggery Pleasant, the only thing on earth that could trick a faceless one" Valkyrie said, happy her mentor and closest friend was back.

"Ahhhhhhhh I am sooooo happy you are back" Tanith screamed in a shrill high pitched voice.

"I think we all are" Ghastly said

After much catching up and chit chat, Skulduggery asked the question Valkyrie had been praying he wouldn't. "So, Val" he started. "how's the elemental magic coming along"

"actually, I switched to necromancy" she murmered. Skulduggery slammed his foot on the brakes. This was the point where Fletcher, who had been rubbing his soar jaw up to now, would make a smart-ass comment, but he decided against it. Necromancers had murdered Skulduggery's wife and child and Valkyrie had known it.

" A NECROMANCER" he said in disbelief

"we're not all murdering scum you know". Valkyrie said defensively.

"calm down stress pant" Tanith said in a playful voice. Tanith had a habit of acting immaturely.

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