So, I've decided to make all the chapters so far all one chapter! Enjoy!
"I'm bored." Valkyrie moaned.
Valkyrie and skulduggery had just finished their case in a shorter time than expected, so they were trying to find a place to stay till their flight which was in a weeks time.
"Look," Valkyrie said pointing ahead. "Storybrooke, that sounds like a friendly place!"
"I hope your right." Skulduggery murmured. "Because there is no way I'm driving any longer."
…
They parked by a place called 'Granny's'.
"Funny name." Valkyrie frowned. "I can feel magic." She said.
"Me too, strange this has never happened before! There's something weird about this town."
"Hey." They turned around too see a blonde haired lady. "You new here?"
Valkyrie nodded.
"Well I'm Emma and in the sheriff here, so if you need any help I'll be here!"
"Thanks I'm Valkyrie, Interesting name, I know."
"Who's the skeleton?"
Valkyrie frowned and looked up at skulduggery, and indeed he seemed to have forgotten all about his façade.
"Ah, I'm skulduggery."
"Nice to meet you, I've never seen a walking and talking skeleton that isn't evil."
"We're looking for a place to stay!"Valkyrie said.
"Oh right, just down the road and too your right." Emma said smiling.
"Thanks." Valkyrie said as her and skulduggery started walking down the street.
When they looked back, Emma had gone.
…
"Did you not see how Emma reacted?" Valkyrie said.
Her and skulduggery had found a place to stay, they were unpacking the small amount of luggage they had brought with them.
"Yes I did." Skulduggery answered on his velvety voice.
"It was like she wasn't even surprised there was a skeleton in front of her."
"Mhmm"
"Skulduggery!" Valkyrie slapped him playfully "your're not listening to me!"
"Look at this." Skulduggery said showing Valkyrie some newspaper clippings. "They're fairly new and I found them under this floorboard."
Valkyrie went and sat next to skulduggery on the bed, she read the title.
THE CURSE IS BROKEN!
"What curse?" Valkyrie wondered aloud.
"That, my dear Valkyrie, is what we're going to find out!"
5 MINUTES LATER…
Valkyrie and skulduggery walked along the pavement.
Valkyrie hurried up to a man with brownish blondish hair.
"Excuse me." She said.
"Oh, hi! You new around here?" He said.
"Yeah, me and my... Friend" She said pointing to skulduggery.
"The skeleton?" The man asked.
"Yeah, how did you kn-"
"Emma, she's my daughter!"
"What?! But she's, like, the same age as you!" Valkyrie said, shock clearly registered on her face.
"Oh, uh you didn't know?" He said.
"Know what?" Valkyrie said.
"Everyone in the town is, uh a fairytales character put under a curse, no ageing or anything. The Emma came and broke it, we've only just started ageing again!" He said.
"Woah, OK! I should, uh, go." Valkyrie said backing off.
"Oh yep OK, bye." He said worriedly.
Valkyrie walked back over to skulduggery.
"Well?" He said.
"This might take a while..."
…
"So everyone in this town is a fairytale character?" Skulduggery asked:
"Pretty much!" Valkyrie said, aware of how crazy she sounded.
Her and skulduggery had walked back to their hotel room in silence. And after finding a comfortable place to sit Valkyrie explained what the man had told her.
"I'm going to ring Ghastly, and tell him we are staying in America for a bit." Skulduggery said.
"Ok, I'm gonna go for a walk, see if I can find Emma." Valkyrie said standing up. "I'll be back in a bit."
Valkyrie got up and left the hotel.
Valkyrie sighed at the fresh air hit her, she couldn't help but smile. She was in a weird town, with... Fairytale characters.
Valkyrie snorted she sounded like a nutcase, to herself at least.
"Hi!" Valkyrie turned at saw Emma waving at her. "Valkyrie right?" Emma said as she crossed the road over to Valkyrie.
"Yeah! I was just looking for you!" Valkyrie said. "I was wondering if I could talk to you?"
"Yeah, sure, what about?"
"Well, um I was talking to a person, who said that he was your... Dad" Valkyrie was trying to find the best way to say it. "And he said about everyone being fairytale characters, I was just wondering if this was true?"
"Yes it is." Emma said.
Valkyrie breathed out "So, um, if you don't mind me asking, who are you?"
"I'm Snow White's and Prince Charming's daughter." Emma said raising her eyebrows.
"So I just talked to Prince Charming."
"Pretty muchhh!"
"Right, OK." Valkyrie said with her eyes closed.
Valkyrie opened her eyes "I should probably go now."
"OK, bye. I'll see you around." Emma said.
"Yep, bye!"
Valkyrie walked away when she was a good distance away from Emma she muttered to herself "There is no way I'm going home anytime soon."
…
Walking back to the hotel Valkyrie found herself talking to a variety of people. She managed to talk to Snow White, Prince Charming again, a boy named Henry and now, it seemed, she was going to have to talk to someone else. A dark haired lady was walking straight at her, and she looked cross.
"Hello." The lady said.
"Hi, let me guess you little red riding hood?" Valkyrie said jokingly.
"No." The lady said in such a tone it almost scared Valkyrie.
"Oh, then who are you?" Valkyrie said, really not knowing who the lady was.
"The evil queen-Regina."
Valkyrie stared, in front of her was the lady she had hated as a child, the one she hated in Snow White.
She didn't know what to say so she simply said "cool."
"Don't." Regina said.
"Don't what?" Valkyrie frowned.
"Pretend I'm 'cool' Everyone hates the evil queen, everyone knows it."
"Oh."
"There's something about you, I can sense it. I can sense evil inside you." "Really? Don't know ho-"
"Don't pretend with me," Regina stared at Valkyrie, it was making her uneasy.
"You've got magic." Regina said, in a voice with no emotion whatever.
"Oh right, yeah I have... I'm guessing you have."
"Yes, how did you know?"
"No one can read me how you did, over the years I've learnt how to hide things, I'm not an open book, but you were reading me like one."
"Clever." Regina said.
"I'm not stupid."
"I figured."
After what felt like hours of Valkyrie and Regina staring at each other, Valkyrie coughed.
"I should probably go now."
"Of course, just whatever you do, I wouldn't forget me."
"Wasn't planning on it, and you shouldn't forget me either."
"We'll see." Regina said and walked away.