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I was running. A huge, black fire consumed the forest in which I had to turn into, running away from the new lunatic that was now chasing me.
Where was Skulduggery?
I have no bloody idea.
You're thinking its Yanner? Nah.
This guys worse.

His name is Ray Tame.
A fully fledged Necromancer.
Yayyyyy.

The idiot led me into a forest and thought it was funny to set it on fire.
Great job, idiot.

I could hear him behind me. God he was quick.
Cold, dead smoke washed in my lungs and I stumbled, choking. Tears streamed down my face from the smoke, my eyes stung. It was hard to see.

Eventually I could only see shapes and blurs, certain bright colours and the shadows on the ground, the one following me seemed to be really dark and flickered around my feet. Tangling them, they turned into onyx coloured snakes, wrapping around my ankles and pulling, I fell and hit the ground hard.

The snakes then burst into pretty black butterfly's with wisps of darkness and black sparks coming off it, fluttering away.
That didn't seem right.
My head hurt.
I had a burning hot sweat on my body.
Tame loomed over me smiling and then wings curled out from his back, stretched wide and high. His face glitches and then was a dragon...

Wait what?

He breathed fire and a deep roar filled the forest.

His hands turned into dragon paws, which rose and smashed down on my face-

- I sat up fast, crying out. A hot and cold sweat all over.

I breathed fast and shallow, looking around the room. I was at Skulduggery's house. I saw him appear at the door.
"You alright?" He asked, his voice filled with concern.
I looked around, getting my baring's. The thin, velvety sheets now off my body. The clock saying it was 4 AM.
The curtains gently moving with the cold breeze from the open window.

I could still feel the smoke in my lungs, my eyes were stinging, I could feel slight tears pricking my eyes, one was already slowly walking down my cheek. Confusion clotted up my train of thought and webs of the dream were hanging strong and bright in the corners of my mind.

In my still racing fear, confusion and pure terror I put my head in my hands. I could feel my heart still pumping way too fast to be normal.
Hearing Skulduggery walk over gave me a sense of relief, knowing I was alive, I wasn't there anymore.

He sat next to me, his arm went around my shoulders and brought me closer, gently running his fingers through my hair in an attempt to calm me. I melted into his embrace and sighed, long and deep.
Something wasn't right. I could still taste the smoke, my own blood in my mouth. I could smell it, it was still in my chest, my lungs.

I lurched away, in a violent coughing fit, ears ringing and eyes stinging. It was hard to breath and by moving too fast, pain shot up my arm to my shoulder. But I was busy coughing to cry out, let alone be able to breath.

I felt Skulduggery's hand on my shoulder, real concern in his voice now. "Valkyrie."
"Valkyrie!"
I choked up as the coughing went by, trying to breath and cry and talk all at once.

His hand ran up and down my back in a way to soothe and calm me.
After a minute or so of getting my breath back, I wiped away the tears and fell into him.
"What's wrong?" He asked softly.

"Don't...Know." I managed.
And then I felt something warm in my mouth, tasting of metallic, it slipped out the corner of my mouth and ran down my chin and my vision started to faze in and out.
I could tell he noticed, since he picked me up and quickly went down the stairs, outside into the Bentley. I was loosing consciousness.

"I'm fine." I whispered, mainly to myself as my heart went crazy.
I saw the blinking of road lights as we sped somewhere. To the Sanctuary I think.

And the next thing I knew he was supporting me into the Sanctuary. Gravity seemed to tip and I slipped from his grip, falling. My eyes were too heavy. I couldn't open them, my limbs were like burning hot and cold jelly.
I felt myself being picked up. I tried to open my eyes, managing a slit open.

I saw people flattening themselves to walls in order to let him pass, worry etched their features. Why?
I'm fine.

I don't know why but a sudden pure fear struck me hard, I gripped his coat in order to know he was there, to stay next to him.
I think we were nearly there, but by no my eyes were too heavy to open.
Then the sudden pain kicked it. Racing around my veins, in my bloodstream, through my bones, wrapping around them, squeezing. My back arched. My grip tightened, my throat was being constricted so only a small, choked cry escaped.

I was placed on a bed. It felt too hot, it burned my skin.
When I tried to move pain shredded my insides and the bed turned icy cold.

I heard words. Fragments of a conversation.

"No no. Not surging." A scratchy, high voice.
"Then what?" Skulduggery's voice.
"I don't know."
I think I heard the hammer of a gun being clicked back.
"Fix her, Nye."
"I don't know what you expect me to do."

I can't even fight. All I have is a penchant for raising cain.

My own voice filled my head, I was younger that time and suddenly the pain receded. The smoke cleared. My thoughts un ravelled and I felt fine...

My eyes flicked open to see Skulduggery aiming his gun at Nye who seemed bored by the whole thing.
I sat up and he looked at me, his gun wavered.
"Valkyrie?"

"That's the only word you've been saying to me throughout this whole thing." I muttered.
I could sense his confusion. "I'm pretty sure you were dying in pain just a moment ago."
"It kind of left..."
"Left?"
"Subsided. Diminished. Vamoose Vanished. Yes left."

Nye chortled to himself and walked away.

"Then what..." He faltered.
"I have no idea..."
Skulduggery looked out the black window in thought an then went stiff.
"Everyone, once in their life, has a dream of the future. Which result in what just happened to you depending on the type of dream. It usually happens to seven year olds." He trailed off and then looked at me as my heart dropped into cold water.

"Then I just dreamt my own death."

Sorry, its short. D:

But I needed to get that grim chapter out of the way so you guys can enjoy more comedy in the next few. XD

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