Chapter 3 – A New Set of Clothes

DISCLAIMER~~ We do not own anything from the Skulduggery Pleasant series! Derek Landy is the rightful and amazing owner of the awesomeness that is Skulduggery and Valkyrie, and all the other characters!

So, this chapter's done by Jess! We're going to continue from the last chapter but it will be from Valkyrie's point of view- no serious Valduggery yet!

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General POV

Ghastly took a right turn, and Valkyrie was thrown off her seat.

"Ouch!" she yelped, holding her head. "Watch how you're driving!"

Skulduggery looked back to see if she was okay. "You alright back there?"

In the back of Ghastly's van, Tanith was sitting upright on the seats, whilst Valkyrie was sprawled on the floor. Ghastly and Skulduggery were in the front.

"How can you stay upright on such a bumpy road!" Valkyrie exclaimed, looking up at Tanith.

"Well," Tanith said, "It takes major skills to be me."

Valkyrie scowled at Tanith and resumed her seat.

A few minutes later, Valkyrie had stopped being thrown about and they arrived at Ghastly's Tailor.

"Oh my god- this town couldn't be creepier. Why the heck are we here?!" Valkyrie asked, staring at Ghastly.

"Ah," Ghastly said. "This is the perfect place for a secret tailor. I make amazing clothes, if I do say so myself!"

Valkyrie's POV

I watched Ghastly sit quietly at his sewing machine, concentration showing on his expression. The place was very elaborate- velvet carpet and fancy wall paper. A load of half-finished clothes hanging on coat pegs, scattered around the place.

I turned round to look at Skulduggery, who was sitting like.. a skelly, on a sofa.

He turned his head to look at me, and asked "What're you looking at?"

I blushed as he stared at me, and I answered, "I-I don't know, but it's looking back!"

From behind me, I could hear Tanith laughing a little too hysterically from the kitchen.

Skulduggery shook his head at me, "So I'm not even a skeleton now?"

My blush deepened and I turned away to watch Ghastly again.

During the hours of wait, I drifted off to sleep.

I'm later woken by a chuffed, and very loud exclamation, "I'm finished!"

I half opened an eye to see Ghastly holding out a set of fine-looking clothes, looking very happy with himself. I also noticed that Tanith was snoring in to my shoulder.

Skulduggery walked up to us and leant down. I felt a sharp pain on my shoulder and I yelped and jumped up, causing Tanith to fall from my shoulder and hit her head off the ground.

"What the hell..!" Tanith groaned, sitting up slowly as she rubbed her forehead.

Skulduggery looked at us and tilted his head to a side, in a way that makes me wonder what he's thinking. "Ghastly's finished the clothes," he told us.

I looked to Ghastly and saw the finished clothes. "They're amazing!" I said, rushing over to hold them.

They were pitch black, with blood red linings down the sleeves. The material was impenetrable, which meant I could get in to more trouble and be a little less dependent on Skulduggery.

I snatched it out of Ghastly's hands, and I ran towards the little changing room to put them on. They fitted like I had been wearing them for months. After admiring myself in the mirror for quite some time, I walked out and showed the others.

"Just as I thought," Ghastly said. "They fit perfectly!"

Tanith smiled at me and agreed with Ghastly. "You look amazing, Val."

I looked expectantly at Skulduggery, but he remained silent. I felt a little disappointed that he didn't comment, but I decided to shrug that off.

"Thank you so much, guys." I said, walking over to Ghastly and giving him a hug. Ghastly smiled at me and gently hugged me back.

"You are quite welcome, Val."

General POV

Later on during the day when it was getting dark, Valkyrie waited inside the Bentley for Skulduggery, who was going to take her home.

Eventually, Skulduggery left the tailor and began to drive her back to her house.

He parked at the pier, a bit from her house and they got out.

"Thanks for taking me home, Skul." Valkyrie said. She looked up at him and smiled before turning to leave.

"Wait," Skulduggery said, a hand on her arm. "Those clothes looked great on you."

Valkyrie turned and gave him a hug, and said, "Thank you."

Skulduggery patted her head and gently sent her away towards her house.

On her way to her room, Valkyrie smiled to herself. She was happy that Skulduggery had given her a compliment.

She changed for bed, hiding her new clothes made by Ghastly around the back of her wardrobe and then climbed in to bed.

She fell asleep, thinking of adventures to come.

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So that's that chapter 3! I hope you liked reading it.

Again, any ideas are welcome! Please review!

Shan will be doing the next chapter.

Ciao, fellow nuggets!