Skulduggery Pleasant fanfic.

WARNING – DEATH BRINGER SPOILERS.

Chapter 1

Valkyries POV

I stood there. In front of the house I had not seen in over ten years. I was in Haggard once more not looking a day older than when I had left my family all those years ago, once I had faked my death. I had honestly thought that I would never be here again, but here I was once more and this time I was determined to tell my parents every last bit of the truth of my life since I was twelve.

I walked up to the door nerves getting the better of me as I began to shake. Alice would be around 15 and my parents in their 50s. I rang the bell and waited…The door opened and ''May I help you?'' asked my mother. 'Oh great' I thought to myself, 'My own mother doesn't recognise me.' ''Oh yes.'' I said to mum, ''I am here to discuss your daughter.'' ''What, Alice. What has she done?!'' exclaimed mum in shock, I shook my head, ''No, no. Your other daughter, the one who passed away.'' ''Stephanie? But why would we need to talk about her?'' I took a deep breath and said, ''you wouldn't need to talk about her because you are talking to her.'' ''OH MY GOSH!'' mum screamed. ''Is it true?!'' ''Yes mum, yes it is.'' I murmured as mum hugged me.

''Oh my god.'' Mum whispered, ''Hi mum.'' I said. ''DESMOND!'' mum yelled back to dad, ''What?'' Dad yelled back. ''GET YOUR LAZY SELF OVER HERE NOW!'' mum screamed, ''Fine what is it.'' Dad said as he shuffled lazily over to the door. ''Oh my giddy aunt!'' he exclaimed, ''Stephanie we thought you were dead!'' ''I know dad, that was kind of the point.'' I responded sheepishly. ''You mean you faked your own death?!'' asked mum shocked. ''Yeah, listen I promise I will explain but first can I come in?'' I asked, ''Yes, yes of course.'' Replied mum, stepping back to allow me access, I entered the house and sat on the couch whilst my parents sat facing opposite me. ''What's been going on Steph?'' dad asked me, ''Well you see…'' Beep ''Oh sorry I said as I pulled out my phone. I read the text and my face fell.

Skul- Meet me at the pier in five. Sanctuary business.

Oh sugar, just as I was about to tell them.

Val- Sure. See you then.

''Sorry. I got to go, urgent business.'' I said looking back at my mum and dad, ''But you just got here and you were about to tell us something important.'' Dad said rather crestfallen. ''I know and I am so sorry. Here take this letter,'' I said handing them a letter in a brown envelope, ''I thought something like this would happen, so I wrote this for you, read it and I will be back as soon as I can, I promise.'' And with that I stood up and walked out of the house leaving my parents dumbfounded.

As soon as got out of my parent's driveway I burst into tears. The only chance I had to tell them what was going on and Skulduggery Pleasant and his stupid Sanctuary business had to go and spoil it. I walked the short way from my house to the pier and sat on the bench there and just sobbed my heart out. About five minutes later I felt cold, skinny, and bony arms wrap around my waist. ''What's wrong'', the familiar soft velvety voice of Skulduggery Pleasant drifted to my ears, this time seeming softer than normal, ''Nothing'' I replied, ''There is something wrong, tell me.'' ''Ok, there is. Maybe it is the fact that I was pulled away from my parents just when I was about to tell them everything by you and your stupid sanctuary business.'' ''Ah, ok then.'' He said quietly, ''Sorry. Do you still want to come?'' ''Why what is it?'' I asked thinking that if it was important I would go. ''Well you see Tanith was brought in a couple of hours ago, unconscious. Yesterday however Nye had found a cure for the remnant thing and has already performed it on Tanith.'' ''You mean she's free of the remnant!?'' I asked not believing it, ''Yes she is but she is still asleep at the moment. Would you like to visit her?'' Skulduggery asked uncertainly. ''what do you think the answer is going to be Skulduggery?'' I asked excitedly. ''I don't know.'' ''Well for your information the answer is YESSSSSSSSSS, YESSSSSSSSS, YESSSSSSSS!'' I screamed in his imaginary face. ''Ok, Ok no need to scream that loud, people will come running.'' He said, ''Come on then.'' I followed him in the Bentley. All things about family forgotten.

Chapter 2

Mellissa Edgley's POV

We took the letter that Stephanie gave us as she walked out of the house briskly. ''Do you want me to read it?'' I said to Desmond, ''Yeah sure go on then,'' he said staring out in to space . ''Ok this is what the letter says,

Dear Mum and Dad,'' ''Hi mum, hi dad'' said our sweet little daughter Alice. ''Alice come and sit over here a sec.'' I said to her just as she was going upstairs, ''Why?'' she asked, ''because your older sister Stephanie just gave us a letter to read and I want you to read it with us.'' ''Ok.'' Alice said confused as she came and sat down.

''Dear Mum and Dad (Alice as well if you're there),

Like I said before, I knew something like this would happen so I wrote this letter to explain. Before you read on call Fergus…'' ''What? Why?'' said Desmond shocked. '' (Just do it Dad) and say that I've given it to you. He'll understand. Fergus will then come over and read the rest of this letter to you.'' I fineshed reading the bit of the letter we were allowed to read. ''Well Ok then.'' I took out my phone and called Fergus to tell him that Steph had given it to us.