Hey guys! This is my first published SP fanfic, but I've written a load by hand in my notebook. Hopefully I'll get some of them up soon. I've never done the Songfic Challenge before, so I hope I did it right!
A/N: The rights to Skulduggery Pleasant and all its characters/plots belong to Derek Landy and all those other important people with big scary names. Not me. Sorry to disappoint, guys!
iPod Shuffle Songfic Challenge Rules:
1) Put iPod on shuffle
2) Play first song and write a songfic to go with it WHILST THE SONG IS PLAYING. Once the song is finished, finish your sentence to make it legible and stop writing. No writing anything else once the song is done.
Wish me luck! :D
#1 - Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
"You play the piano?"
"I play the piano."
"Oh," said Valkyrie. "I did not know that."
Skulduggery inclined his head a little, and Valkyrie knew he'd be grinning if he could.
"Well, I may be a bit rusty, but I'll give it a go," he said.
Valkyrie raised her eyebrows, stroking the dark shiny wood of the piano. "I'm not stopping you."
Skulduggery took a seat, his thin gloved fingers hovering over the keys. And then, just as Valkyrie was about to ask what he was waiting for, he began to play.
By the time he was finished, Valkyrie was speechless. Eventually, she managed to say, "Oh," and left it at that.
#2 - Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Valkyrie stepped out of Gordon's front door – she still referred to the property as Gordon's even though it was technically hers.
Parked haphazardly in the driveway was Skulduggery's 1954 Bentley R-Type Continental, though it wasn't Skulduggery's bony, pinstriped figure leaning against the bonnet. No, the man leaning on the Bentley was dressed in a brown suit, sunglasses on his face and cowboy boots on his feet.
"Where's Skulduggery?" she demanded.
Sanguine shrugged. "Don't know, don't care."
Valkyrie hesitated, then shrugged as well. "Whatever. Where we headed?"
Sanguine grinned and unlocked the Bentley.
#3 - Starman - David Bowie
Valkyrie sipped at her lemonade, stroking the chequered picnic blanket beneath her. Above her the stars twinkled, and beside her Skulduggery was humming some seventies hit.
"Skulduggery, look!" she whispered, scared of disturbing the calm. "A shooting star!"
Skulduggery glanced up, bored. "That's an aeroplane, Val."
" . . . Oh."
Ten minutes later . . . "A shooting star!"
"Nope, that's an owl."
. . . "Shooting star?"
"Carrier bag, Val."
. . . "Shooting star? Actually, never mind. You'll just spoil it."
Skulduggery ran two fingers over where his lips would be, as if zipping them shut.
#4 - 1973 - James Blunt
"It's certainly been a while."
Skulduggery glanced up from his book, sighed, and set it aside. "Yes, Amelia. It has been a while. Why are you here?"
Amelia shrugged. "Passing by, thought I'd drop in. Why? You haven't replaced me, have you?"
Skulduggery hesitated, looking up at what had once been the love of his life – and, briefly, his fiancée. "What sort of question is that?" he asked quietly.
Amelia was silent for once.
"See you next century?" asked Skulduggery, and didn't wait for a response before walking out the door.
#5 - Human Racing - Nik Kershaw
China leant back in her second favourite armchair – her favourite had become a bit tatty and was currently being repaired.
China smiled, steepling her fingers. She had no intention whatsoever of paying for the repairs. To be entirely honest, she'd never paid for a repair before in her life. All of which had been the appeal of training in this particular Adept discipline. She never did understand those Elementals, with their flashy little flames and whooshing at air. What was the big deal about it, she wondered?
"Must be something I'm missing," she mused aloud.
Thanks for reading, guys! And remember, that little button at the bottom of the page is just waiting for you to press it and review . . . :D
A/N: Which was your favourite? I kinda liked the Bon Jovi Sanguine one :)
A/N again: What do you think of Owen Wilson playing Sanguine in the SP film?