Haley = Ingenious. Gall = stranger. Sean = grace of god. Saraid = excellent.

Valkyrie landed in an empty ally and moved to the entrance carefully. As she walked forward she noticed her clothes had changed. Instead of her black jacket and trousers she had a simple black dress and what felt like a corset. She could feel her boots though. Valkyrie looked around the street. It was filled with stalls and she guessed she had been brought back in time. She thought of what the woman said. thabhairt di an óige cnámharlaigh. She remembered enough irish to know this roughly translates to bring her to the childhood of something.

"Damn." She muttered looking around. "What the hell am i going to do?"

Valkyrie watched the people rush around.

Her eyes came to rest on three boys strolling near the edge of the crowd. One was wrapped up in a scarf and had a hat pulled low over the top of his face. The boy in the middle had shaggy black hair and shining blue eyes. But it was the person at the end that shocked valkyrie. He had almost blue black hair and dark green eyes. He looked over, saw her staring and smirked. She glared but he had turned to the two beside him. They looked over and laughed at him. He looked back and flinched at the look he was receiving. The wrapped up lad said something and he shook his head fiercely. The boy laughed again and walked towards her. Valkyrie backed up as they approached causing him to slow and raise his hands.

"Hello miss. We saw you watching us. Do we know you?"

He sounded just like ghastly.

"I'm… I'm not sure." She admitted.

"How can you be not sure if you know us?" The green eyed boy asked.

"Well I don't know your names so I could be mistaking you for someone else." She snapped.

"How could you mistake me?"

She screamed on the inside. Who knew skulduggery could be so cocky?

"I'm sure there's lots of cocky, big headed lads around here."

The blue-eyed boy burst out laughing.

"Oh don't get me started on you." she whipped around to him.

"Would you like to tell us your name?" the wrapped up boy asked.

"You go first."

"Why should we?"

"I have more to lose. You lot obviously live here so it won't matter for you. People will help you."

They glanced at each other before he nodded.

"Alright. I'm Gall Bespoke, this is Sean Pleasant and he's Haley.

She sighed, "And there I was thinking we were being truthful. If that's how we're going then I'm Saraid Cain. Can I know your real names now stranger, grace of god and ingenious?"

"How would you know all of our names meanings?"

"My pa- my teacher taught me that names are power and that you should always know what a name means to determine if they're lying."

"Damn. Well tell us yours and we'll tell you the truth."

"Oh for goodness sake ghastly bespoke! Stop this-"

"How do you know my name?"

Valkyrie froze and pressed her lips together tightly. They moved forming a circle and blocking the only exit.

"Start talking."

Valkyrie scowled and sat down. "No."

A huge black dog appeared where the blue-eyed boy had been and Valkyrie glared at ghastly.

"Get your guard dog to back off or there WILL be trouble."

"So you are magic. And I'd hate to break it to you back there three of us and one of you."

"Ah yes but I'm special."

"How?"

"Oh no no no! I want your names, what year it is and where we are and then I'll tell you a few things."

They green eyed boy 'Sean' sighed. "Fine. I'm skulduggery pleasant and this is hopeless. The years 1643 and your in south Dublin. Near haggard."

"My name is Ezra Cain."

"You're Ezra?"

"Isn't that what I just said? Do you know me?"

"My mother said we were having a guest over. Ezra Cain. I was to hang out here and get you."

"Right. Okay well sorry for threatening you. A girls got to stay safe."

"You still have explaining to do miss Cain." Ghastly said.

"You want to know why I said what I did I'm guessing?"

"Well I was going to ask if you were seeing anyone but sure." Hopeless said changing back.

"Take a hint from your name dear. Ok so I had my true name dragged out of me and my magic comes directly from the so-called 'source'. It is purer than any witch or warlocks. I would show you but I'm guessing by the way you backed me into this ally that we're in a mortal village."

"We are. Why wouldn't you be able to show us here?" Ghastly asked his defences going back up.

"I've never been one for subtle and my magic mirrors that."

"I wouldn't say that. You subtly got us over and then down this ally."

"It was my natural beauty that brought you over and you backed ME in here."

"Don't forget modesty." Skulduggery muttered.

She flashed him a winning smile, "Modesty is subtle showing off."

Present time. (Ghastly's PoV)

He slammed open the doors to the elders chamber and stormed in.

"Where is she?!" skulduggery roared.

"If we knew she would have an army going to get her with you at the head so calm down." China said calmly.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN? I'll calm down when she's back in this time!"

"And that won't happen if you're not focused."

"Mr. Bespoke has some information for us." Bliss said.

Since darquesse it's been him and china on the council. They hadn't found a third elder yet. Ghastly stepped forward.

"Skulduggery do you remember the girl your family took in back in 1643?"

He paused and nodded. "Miss Ezra Cain."

"Can you remember what she looked like? A tall girl with long dark hair and a very sharp tongue."

"The same girl who brought the dead men together."