Okay... I have no idea how this works... Well, gotta try... (My english is bad, but I'm trying!). This is my first FanFic, so don't be to hard on me.

This is happening a bit after book nine, maybe thought you would wanna know that ;)

Sadly, I can't say this charachters is mine, but i can say that they belong to the God of writing, Derek Landy.

Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Valkyrie Cain hesitated. She was outside the house she had grown up in. The house she had lived in so long. The house that was her home.

The house where her family lived.

Five years was Valkyrie gone. Five years without seeing her home. Could you still consider that it was her home after so long? Valkyrie didn't know. Maybe, maybe not. She sighed. She could see movements behind the small windows on the door. So close, Valkyrie thought. All you have to do is to knock. Then everything will be good. Her parents will hug her, say they missed and Alice would...

Alice.

Will she even recognize me? Valkyrie suddenly got cold. Alice maybe would see her as a stranger, somebody you could not trust. She would maybe never see Valkyrie who belongs in her family. Maybe she hates her. Valkyrie wouldn't be surprised; what she did to Alice was unforgivable. If the sunburst hadn't worked... But Alice couldn't remember that. She just couldn't. She was only 1 year old then. So why would she even remember Valkyrie at all?

Valkyrie could feel Skulduggery look at her from his Bentley. He hadn't drove away yet. She knew it was because he wanted to see that it went well. So that he could be there if she needed him. Valkyrie closed her eyes. She thought back when she opened the door to see Skulduggery for the first time in five years. He had stood there and waited for her to open.

"God, you're almost the same height as me. You've only been gone for..."

Skulduggery hadn't finished the sentence, because Valkyrie had hugged him, with a small smile and tears in her eyes. God, she had missed him. Skulduggery had stopped talking and hugged her back. She almost missed that Fletcher had been there too, ready to teleport them back to Ireland. But she had hugged him to, after Skulduggery.

Valkyrie opened her eyes. She wasn't a coward. She took a big breath and knocked two times fast. She heard someone yell "coming!" and footsteps from upstairs. Valkyrie heart beated fast. She was so nervous, like her whole world could break if she took a wrong step. Then the door opened.

"But if you contact them on monday there should be..." Melissa Edgley was the one who opened. She was on her phone and talked to someone, but stopped when she saw Valkyrie.

"I call you later Ben, okay? Bye." Melissa shut her phone and dropped it on the table beside the door. She stood still and stared at Valkyrie, like she couldn't belive it.

Valkyrie tried to say something, but there came no words. What should she say? A simple hello? Maybe I'm back? But she remained silent. She couln't see much; there were tears in her eyes. But she felt when her mom hugged her. She started to cry and hugged back. Her mom said something. It sounded like "Finally".

"Who is it Melissa? Is it another salesman?" Desmond Edgley had come to the door and frozed when he saw who it was. His mouth were open, in shock. Valkyrie smiled at him. Her dad seemed to have lost his voice too. So he stepped forward and hugged them both. They stood there, before Valkyrie broke the hug. She glanced a fast look back, to see if the Betley was still there. It wasn't. So she stepped inside the house and the door closed behind her. Valkyries mom was the first one to find her voice.

"Where have you been so long, Stephanie?" She asked. She seemed relieved, now that Valkyrie was home.

"Nowhere important. I just had to have a... Break." Valkyrie frowned. Could she say that? But her parents just nooded, like they understood.

"Of course," Her dad said. "But are you going to stay here now? If you want to live by yourself you could just be in Gordons, or, I mean, your house." Valkyrie smiled when she noticed that he said Gordon.

"I think I'm going to stay here, atleast some couples of week, then I maybe will live in, ehm, my house." She still wasn't used to say her house. But she didn't really think of that house. Right know she wanted to live under the same roof as her parent. Then she heard a small voice from the living room.

"Mom?" Alice. Valkyrie could how the cold and bad feelings came slowly back to her.

Her mom looked at Valkyrie before she answered Alice.

"Wait, sweetie, I'm coming soon." Both of Valkyries parents looked nervous. She couldn't blame them; How will Alice react to Valkyrie?

"Wanna meet Alice?" Her dad said. Valkyrie could only nod. Her hands were sweaty and she had a bad feeling in her stomach. Please, she thought for herself, don't hate me, Alice.

She were shaking when she followed her parents into the room. It looked the same, expect they had gotten a new TV and couch. Alice sat on the new couch and looked on the TV. Her black hair reached her shoulders by now and she had a blue dress on her. Her eyes had the same shade as Valkyrie and they looked at her when she stepped inside. Alice frowned and looked confused.

"Who is she?" She sounded so confident when she asked, like she knew everyone would answer. Before her parents could say something, VAlkyrie opened her mouth and started to speak, while she sat down on the couch.

"Hello Alice." Please don't hate me, please don't hate me. Alice looked at her and seemed to try to recognize her.

"Do you remember me? You don't have to. It has been a long time and you were only one year old and so tiny, but..." Valkyrie started to talk and just kept going. She had to speak out, but she didn't know why. She jsut talked with Alice, hoping she would remember her, hoping she would atleast know who she are. Alice was frowning and her head tilted right. Then she light up and smiled a big smile.

"Stephanie!" Valkyrie stopped and stared at Alice. She couldn't belive it. Did Alice really realize it was her sister? Alice got down from the couch and jumped on Valkyrie.

"You, you know who I am?" She asked with a shaky voice. Alice nooded and looked serious.

"You are Stephanie, my sister. You have been gone but you back now. Mom and dad have talked about you and told me a lot." Alice voice was childish and she couldn't really say "r", but that wasn't Valkyrie thinking of. She was just happy that Alice didn't hate her. So she sighed out in relief and hugged Alice.

Hello! Please leave a rewiew of this text. I will continue, but it can be one day between every chapter, to 2 weeks. I will see when I the next chapter comes. Anyway, HAVE A GREAT DAY!

(Pst, wanna hear a secret? I can't wait til the next book!)