Chapter 1: Dawn

One week earlier

It was a nice day today even she had to admit it. She went to the bathroom and had a shower. The hot water felt nice against her skin. She'd gotten bruises last night in a fight with someone. So she took the last of the healing rocks, put them over her bruises until they were gone. After her shower she went into her room and pulled on a long sleeved t-shirt, jeans and some slippers and went downstairs for breakfast.

Her mum was still fixing breakfast so she went and sat down with her father and Alice who were watching some television.

"Morning" she said cheerfully, "what are you watching?"

"Oh, it's just some show about a crazy man, Kenny dune."

"Kenny Dune, hey" she said suddenly interested "and why exactly is crazy?"

"Well" said her father "he believes that there are some kind of superheros running around"

"Superheros really?" she said laughing "like the ones with capes?"

"No, apparently they look just like normal people but they can like, throw fire and stuff. He said that they have their own little world within a world type thing"

"Really, that's kind of hard to believe don't you think?"

"Well yeah, but he's got pictures and videos and on next week's episode he says that he's going to unmask someone"

"Unmask someone like tell everyone they're secret identity" she said starting to get worried "who exactly did he say he was going to unmask?"

"Um… I can't remember exactly" he said then started mumbling things like v..v…v

"I can't remember her first name I think it started with a v. all I do know is that her last name is Cain."

"Breakfast is ready!" her mum shouted from the kitchen.

Her dad switched off the TV picked up Alice and headed for the kitchen.

"Mum, Dad I just remembered… um… oh yeah I said that I would meet Hannah and all that somewhere and I'm late. Just going to go and grab my stuff and head out. Ok?"

"Yeah sure" her mother replied.

"Ok bye then. I will see you when I see you."

Valkyrie quickly went to her room got changed into her protective clothes and went out the window. She met with Skulduggery at the peer like they usually did. He was wearing an exquisite suit as usual.

"Skulduggery, we've got a problem" she said

It was late at night. She was tired, but this was really important. Well that was what skulduggery had said. They were looking for a sorcerer. Her name was Dawn Haze. She was apparently a very powerful adept that could help them to stop Kenny.

Valkyrie was not two steps into her bedroom when suddenly she couldn't breathe anymore. She gasped and tried to breathe unsuccessfully until skulduggery grabbed her arm and pulled her from the room.

"Now do you see what I meant when I said she was dangerous?" He teased her.

"Yeah" She said panting "I do. I just wished that I didn't have to find out like that."

"Well you wouldn't have to if you actually observed things."

"Oh I'm sorry. I was too busy being suffocated to notice anything. Besides is doesn't help us getting into her room."

He simply ignored her and stepped over where the two sigils were engraved to either side of the door frame. She hated that he always had to be right.

"What are her powers anyway? I mean you say she's dangerous. How exactly? "

"Well" he said calmly "I guess we're about to find out"

Valkyrie looked up to face a girl about a year or two older than Valkyrie was. She had long and straight blonde hair and blue eyes. She was a little bit taller than Valkyrie and was slender. To be honest she didn't really look all that dangerous and threatening as everyone described her.

"You're not exactly what I thought you would look like." She said with a little hint of arrogance in her voice.

"Who the bloody hell are you and what may I ask are you doing in my house?"

"Well I'm skuldu-"and before he could finish his sentence she ran and jumped out of the window. Valkyrie and skulduggery sprinted after her. But she was fast. Very fast. She ran out into the street and continued down it into a joining alley way then she stopped and turned to face them.

"I really don't know why I decided to run. I mean it's not like you could beat me in a fight. But I guess if you really need convincing…"

Suddenly a fence next to Valkyrie knocked over and one of the beams flew off the fence and into Dawn's hands. She was a good fighter. She took the beam and used it against Valkyrie. The first hit she dodged by ducking the second was the same but the third one got her as she was standing up right in the stomach. She had a broken rib or to and was badly winded, she could never really get used to the feeling. All the breath rushing out of her. She hit the ground and Dawn threw away the beam and Valkyrie floated up so that her feet weren't touching the ground at that she was face to face with Dawn.

"Still doubting are we."

Valkyrie didn't get where skulduggery had gone. He was running beside her and then she was all alone with Dawn.

Suddenly he appeared from behind her with Fletcher and Ghastly. She couldn't help herself. A huge grin broke out on her face.

"What's wrong? You're supposed to be all upset and angry that I beat you up and that I won."

"Well firstly I am angry that you beat me up. And secondly who said that you've won?"

She turned her head just in time to see skulduggery come up and punch her in the face and the next minute she was lying on the floor.

"Good job!" she joked "now all you have to do is explain to me why I wasn't included in the plan."

Back at the sanctuary Dawn was shackled to a chair in the interrogation room with the great Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant. She didn't know what she was doing here. They came up to her in her home. Her home. In her mind they should be the ones getting interrogated, but no. they worked for the sanctuary, and the sanctuary and their agents were treated like royalty and got whatever they wanted and need. In Dawn's mind it was unfair.

"We just want to ask you some questions and we need you to answer them." said Skulduggery.

"Why so you can come into my home then lock me up in a cell again."

"If you don't answer us we'll put you right back in there to rot" this time it was Valkyrie talking. You could tell that she was having so much fun doing this and having power over her. She was still angry about Dawn beating her up just a few hours ago.

"We need to know if you have heard or know anything about a man named Kenny Dune?''

"Kenny who. Why the hell would I know anything about him? Seriously I really don't get you people."

"sometimes I don't get myself either" skulduggery replied " we originally came to your house yesterday to ask you if you could help us out on the case so… so you think you might want to work with us? We could really use someone with your ability."

"Well… I don't know" Valkyrie scowled. This made her want to work with them because she knew it would upset Valkyrie.

"Oh fine." She finally said. "But only if you let me go home now I am tired and I want to have a shower then I would really like to get some sleep."

"Oh alright then. But we will pick you up tomorrow morning to have a meeting with the grand mage so be ready by then."

"Yippee" tiffany said sarcastically she was regretting her decision already.

AN:
this is my first fic so i'm not really that good at this yet.
Please R&R if you think I should continue with this.
Sophie Elizabeth.