A/N: Before you say anything I AM SO SORRY THIS IS LATE! I have been so so so busy and if you have read my other stories you will see that only one other was updated before and it was cause that one was even later. But PLEASE DONT SENT ME HATE FOR BEING LATE! I really am so sorry. Here you are. I hope you like it. Alot of this is my version with most of the original book and tiny twist but I will explain my twists as in the story.

Tanith's P.O.V

I woke up in a small room still in my clothes. I sat up slowly and stretched. I knew the Elders and Skulduggery and Valkyrie would be watching the room carefully but for a split second I didn't care. I was home. Even in the building I could feel the moister in the air and I could almost hear the rain. I look around the room and smile. The cot I am laying on is faced so my head is near the door. Skulduggery must have set this up. He always did this. Set it up so the person being interrogated would have to turn around in order to see him. Next to the cot sat a table with two chairs on one side and one on the other. I smiled. Nothing had changed in the few years iIwas gone.

It's a trap. They are going to hurt you. Hit you. I sigh as the voice in my head began it's usual rant. we're not safe we need to run. Run away as far away as we can. Run away and never look back.

'good morning Remmy.' I thought. There it was. The Remanet that I shared my mind with. She was always afraid everyone would hurt us, but after Him- I shook the though from my head. This was my second chance. My chance to get better, and I'll be damned if I let a paranoid spirit take that from me. 'They wont hurt us.' I though softly trying to be patient with her. 'They are my friends.' Before Remmy could respond the door opened at my head. I smiled yet again as Skulduggery and Valkyrie walked in eyeing my cautiously. I sat up on the bed as Skulduggery sat on one of the chairs and Val stood against the wall. Tension hung in the air as we where all dead quiet. None of us wanted to speak first. None of us moved or made a sound.

They're planing to attack! Remmy panicked Gonna kill us. Run. As fast as you can don't look back. Save us! I sighed and shook my head. Val cleared her throat and I met her eyes. She raised an eyebrow and I tapped my temple. She kept her eyebrow raised and tilted her head. I rolled my eyes and sat down across from Skulduggery. Val shrugged and sat next to him.

"Okay." I said softly "What do you want to know?" I looked and smiled fearlessly. Val smiled but quickly stopped herself. "Oh come on! I'm an old friend. relax" I laugh. "Or if you wont do that at least stop acting like I'm going to kill you."

Val elbowed Skulduggery and he sighed. "Fine." He said softly. "Just where have you been?" I smiled.

"That's more like it. Well, we were in Moscow, but only for about 2 weeks. Then about 2 weeks in New York. Then the next 7 years in Texas. God Texas in aweful." I laughed and looked at Val. "Don't ever go. Not for all the money in the world. And then we spent the next 11 months in the Midnight Hotel."

"What?" Val looked confused. "We went there looking for you. Ruby did at least a dozen times. We never saw you." I laughed. She looked so cute when she was confused. With her head tilted sideways and her eyebrows pushed together. Her hands where clasped together on the table and I lean just forward enough to touch her hands. She quickly drew them under the table and out of my reach. Your friends are scared of us. Well isn't that a first. We are the scary ones never been the scary one. Remmy laughed loudly and I shook my head as I continued talking, my head falling so I looked at the table.

"I was only there when it was moving. My hood was always up. Even if we had walked in to each other," I said softly. "You wouldn't have recognized me. I dyed my hair for a while and then it was never down." I shook my head tears brimming in my eyes as I remembered those cold lonely nights when all I could do was wish. Wish I was here. Home. In Ireland. I choked down the tears and smiled. "But i'm better now. I promise."

"But you still have the-" Val tapped the side of her head with two fingers.

"Oh yeah. Remmy is still around but-" I paused. "well it's complicated and I'd rather just tell it once. So when everyone is here I will explain it."

"And by every one you mean?" Val left the question and for a second no one spoke. We didn't what to say it. Well, they didn't want to believe it and I didn't want to say it. The real reason I came home. Not because of Him, or my self hatred, or missing my Girl's nights. The reason I came back. I began to feel the tension build. And before I could say who I meant Skulduggery interrupted me.

"No." He said softly. "He can't be in here and you know why." Skulduggery leaned forward slightly. "He can't see you until I know the full story. Because you leaving, you taking off with him of all people, tore him apart. He will never admit it but I saw in. He wouldn't give up searching for you. He lived to find you. I need to know the full story before he lays another eye on you so i know it's really you and that this is real. Do you understand me?"

"Okay." I said softly "I'll tell you."

A/N: I know it is another cliff hanger and that is only because it is so late where I am and I am so tired. I'm not going to give you an ETA for this chapter because I was so late with this one...But soon I hope. I am so sorry this is so late. I hope you enjoy. So many answers in the next chapter! Please enjoy and the more feed back i get the sooner I will update! SO LEAVE THOSE REVIEWS PLEASE!