Just to say, this is my first Skulduggery Pleasant fanfiction, and my second ever fanfiction overall...actually, second CHAPTER overall. So this is probably pretty bad XD

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing except one character that will appear eventually :)

Valkyrie looked at the canal. It was still raining. It never stopped raining. Her dark hair was plastered to her face, but the clothes that Ghastly had made for her made her drier. She still wished for a hood though. The only reason she wasn't fast asleep in bed was that she had to meet Solomon Wreath. She checked her watch. 3:25 am. Way too early for this! She should definitely be in bed right now. Valkyrie still couldn't get the image of the Infected that had chased her here and fallen apart in the water out of her head. Atleast it was better than thinking about Beryl, Fergus, Carol and Crystal. Anything would be better than THAT.

There was a quiet, polite cough behind her. He had finally arrived. Valkyrie spun around quickly, hoping to get this meeting over and done with. It was him, dressed in black, his Necromancy cane in his hand, swirling in shadows.

"Hello Miss Cain. How long have you been waiting?" He asked politely.

"Oh, not long...so why did you want me to come?"

"We must talk about your possible Necromancy. You DO have a real gift in this subject of magic. You would have instant power at your fingertips." He said, temptingly.

"I-I'm still not sure. Will I be...? Nevermind. I need more time to think Mr Wreath." She replied, uncertainly

"Of course, of course. I will contact you soon. I hope you have made up your mind by then. Goodbye Miss Cain."

"Goodbye." But he had already disappeared into the gloom.

Valkyrie immediately headed home. She really needed a good rest. If she was going to contact Tanith (who was thankfully well), Ghastly and Fletcher in the morning, she couldn't be bleary-eyed and almost sleepwalking. At the very least Fletcher would embarrass her about that. Eventually, Valkyrie arrived back home. Bringing her arms down to her side, she propelled herself upwards and caught the window sill. Quietly slipping into her window, Valkyrie turned to see her reflection sitting up.

"Anything interesting happen?" She whispered, putting a finger to her lips to tell the reflection to keep quiet.

"There was a science test at school. You got a level 7, Carina got into stage school. We had pizza for dinner tonight."

"Alright, tomorrow remember to tell Carina congrats."

"Okay, would you like to resume your life?" The reflection whispered, walking over to the full length mirror in the wardrobe.

"Yes please."

The reflection walked into the mirror and changed into the clothes that Valkyrie was currently wearing. Valkyrie changed into her pyjamas and slipped into bed, falling asleep in seconds. For once there were no nightmares. Just a strange dream in which a girl that looked a bit like Tanith with a similar English accent was fighting by their team's side. She was an elemental too, but very powerful.