Chapter 2 of my 2nd ever fanfiction :D Hope it's okay...

DISCLAIMER: None of the characters except one that comes up later are mine. Derek Landy owns them all! :(


Valkyrie woke up reluctantly at the sound of her alarm clock. She didn't have school but it would have to appear like she did. She slowly walked into the bathroom and got into the shower, washing all the sleepiness away. Valkyrie already felt more awake and refreshed. She dried herself and walked into her bedroom where she changed into her school uniform. Bounding down the stairs, she put on her best tired, grumpy face.

"Why do I have to go to school today mum? It's sti...it's raining really hard! It might even FLOOD!" She said, careful to keep the tired, annoyedness in her voice.

"Because its school, sweetie. You have to learn, especially at this age."

"Whatever," She added some toast to the toaster. "We're out of milk again."

"I know I've said it once but it was years ago so I'm going to say it again. Damn lazy cows."

That was when Valkyrie's dad came downstairs, grinning and winking at her as he made a cup of tea.

"Another day of school, Steph. How's it going?" He asked

"Boringly. All we do at the moment is revising. We hardly ever do anything fun!"

"It's school sweetheart, it isn't supposed to be fun."

"I guess," She said, getting up from the table. "I'm not so hungry anymore. I'll just get something at the breakfast club."

She ran up to her room and took off her jumper. It would be bad if she forgot about that AGAIN. Valkyrie touched her mirror and watched as the reflection stepped out and took the jumper from her hand.

"Don't forget to tell Carina congratulations." She said as the reflection walked out of her bedroom door. The reflection waved and smiled in acknowledgement.

Valkyrie quickly changed into her protective clothing before opening the window and jumping out, remembering to displace the air below her to slow her fall. She seemed to be getting better as it wasn't that painful at all. The Bentley should be around the corner where it always was. Luckily, because of the rain, everyone sensible was inside or concentrating on keeping dry. Valkyrie hardly had to hide out of the way at all. Eventually, she reached the Bentley and climbed inside.

"A bit wet out there?" Skulduggery asked.

"How did you guess?" Valkyrie said sarcastically.

He just ignored that and continued to drive.

"So where are we going?" Valkyrie said after a few minutes

"We need to meet up with Tanith, Fletcher and Ghastly. We have a new case."

"Oh? What is it?"

"I'll tell you when we get there." He said mysteriously.

Valkyrie looked out of the window when she realised he wouldn't tell her no matter how much she bugged him. Suddenly there was a girl standing there, staring at the Bentley. Her long blonde hair swirled around her and her blue-green eyes sparkled with determination. She smiled at Valkyrie as she saw her through the window and turned away. Valkyrie looked away too. There was something oddly...familiar about that girl...