My first fanfic! I can't believe I'm joining the group of you all amazing fanfic writers! I love your fanfics soooo much!

IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm from Finland, so my English is… well good, but not perfect. So try to remember that if you find some miss spellings and stuff. Also I have read all the three books both in English and Finnish! English is better.

I own nothing (except my own OC characters)

Valkyrie Cain sat on the pier. She looked the sea, how it looked gray like the sky. She felt a little sad. She didn't know why she just felt blue and it was annoying. After she and Skulduggery had won the Faceless Ones and got Skulduggery back, she enjoyed her couple days of vocation. But not anymore. Four years had passed now and Valkyrie was seventeen, soon was her eighteenth birthday and her parents were a little too exited. Of course she still had little jobs taking down horrible criminals but she wanted to do something like fight against a super villain like Serpine or Vengeous. Valkyrie twirled around when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Oh, hi Skulduggery", she said lifelessly. Skulduggery Pleasant was wearing a dark blue colored suit with white shirt and blue tie and his usual overcoat and hat. He was wearing his scarf around his jaw.

"Good day", he said cheerfully. "Ready to go?" Valkyrie sighed.

"I guess so" Valkyrie stood up slowly and started to slouch towards the Bentley. They got in and Skulduggery pulled on the road.

"So, what's on you're mind?" Skulduggery asked keeping his gaze on the road. Valkyrie sighed again.

"I feel little down"

"Oh?" Skulduggery said little confused. "Right, well I guess it's your age and that you are going through some changes…"

"You can stop that now"

"Oh, thank God"

"I'm just bored, that's all"

"Well, you will learn to appreciate quiet parts of detecting", Skulduggery said with an encouraging tone. "You will have more time to practice magic and fighting"

"But I don't want to"; Valkyrie whined. "I want to do something. Fighting and studying is so boring"

"Valkyrie, remember that you are very lucky person. You can learn magic and fighting and learn history that only handful of people knows"

"But I…"

"No buts. If you want to keep doing this, you will have to learn to do some boring work too" Valkyrie sneered and looked out the window.

"I don't like you", Valkyrie said.

"I know", Skulduggery answered amused.

The 1954 Bentley R-Type Continental drove to the Gordon's estate (soon Valkyrie's). Valkyrie and Skulduggery got out. When she was about to turn the key in the lock of the door, it flung open and Tanith's head pocked out. She smiled to Valkyrie, who ran in to hug her.

"Tanith, I don't know you were in Ireland", Valkyrie said laughing.

"I missed you guys too much", she said grinning. They stepped in side the living room where Fletcher was watching television and Ghastly was reading a book. He waved his hand for a greeting.

"Hi, Val and Skul", Fletcher said not taking his look if the TV. The afternoon passed lazily. Skulduggery and Ghastly read some books, Fletcher looked TV, Valkyrie and Tanith talked and laughed and when Fletcher tried to ask what was so funny, both girl answered 'it's a girl thing'. Soon it was night and Tanith and Ghastly had to go and Valkyrie joined with Fletcher to watch some stupid program about criminals and cops. When clock was nine P.M. Skulduggery got a phone call.

"Hello", he answered and Valkyrie turned to him. Skulduggery listened a while and then stood up.

"We'll be on our way", he said and walked out the living room. He took his over coat and put it on after saying bye to the person in phone. Valkyrie hurried to the hall.

"Where are you going?" Fletcher asked.

"Arrest", Skulduggery said. "It's better if you leave here" Fletcher rolled his eyes.

"Take care, Fletch", Valkyrie said and ran out. When the door slammed shut, Fletcher sighed.

"I'm always left behind", he said and then changed the channel. "Well, at least I live longer"