Valkyrie woke with a start, her heart pounding in her ears and sweat beading on her face. "Another damn nightmare" she said quietly to herself, "that makes the tenth one this week". Valkyrie sat up in her bed and stared at her clock that gazed back at her with illuminated green numbers read four fifty three, she couldn't remember the last time she had a decent night's sleep. Ever since pulling Skulduggery out of the faceless ones dimension, after her experiences at Aranmore farm, she was plagued with nightmares every now and again, but recently they had been getting much, much worse. She rolled out of her bed and stood up, her muscles struggling to wake up as she made her way to her mirror and looked at herself in the dim light of the moon, "I look like hell" she thought to herself, and it was true that she had recently abandoned her cheery complexion for a much darker one.
Light black rings engulfed her already dark eyes, her pale skin growing even more so from her weariness, and the way she carried herself was starting to resemble something of a zombie. She dressed in the black clothes that ghastly had recently made her but they fit a little more loosely then normal for her frame was slightly more skeletal then it had been, and she picked up her phone and texted Skulduggery to meet her at the pier, afterwards she touched the glass and her reflection stepped out. "put on some normal clothes and just wait for everyone to wake up" she instructed, the reflection simply nodded and changed into Valkyries recently discarded pj's, "oh and uh, while you're at it, clean the room up and get started on tomorrows homework".
Valkyrie smiled to herself a little as she snuck out her window, displacing the air to slow her decent, the reflection was a tad unsettling at times but she did enjoy having her own personal slave to do the things she dreaded. As she walked toward the pier she took in the surroundings, an oddly clear night sky revealing all the stars that were usually clouded by rain, but even with all those little lights dancing in the sky it was still very dark out. She could see her breath but felt no cold thanks to her clothes, sometimes she really overlooked that little perk but was grateful for it, it was quiet outside, no dogs barking, no birds chirping, not even a stray car out in the distance, but then again it was around five in the morning during the winter on a Tuesday morning, and anyone in their right mind would be inside and in bed, anyone save for Valkyrie of course.
Author note: hey everyone, first time writing anything on this site, and am really excited, expect updates fairly often, usually within the span of a week, and i really hope you enjoy this story, i'm not too good at the mechanics of writing so theres that, but feel free to tell me what you all think, constructive criticism is warmly welcomed