A/N: Another Chapter! I know I left it until the last day of the weekend, but my teachers were cruel and gave me a lot of homework. This included a Drama monologue to write and remember, and a History essay. Who cares if Haig was the butcher of the Somme or not? He's dead anyway…

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After leaving the girl on her parent's doorstep, Skulduggery led the way to Roarhaven in his Bentley. Lunae pulled up outside the ugly building and stepped out of the Jaguar, along with Amethyst.
"Uhh… nice place you got here…" Lunae said, uncertainly.
"Are you kidding? It's the worst town ever!" Said Valkyrie, shutting the passenger side door.
"Don't let the residents hear you speaking like that." Skulduggery mused, striding over to the building. It was big, and grey, and ugly, and boring. The town wasn't any better. All of the other buildings were small and run-down. It was quiet, but with a sinister edge to it. Next to the big, grey building there was a stagnant lake, the water was murky, and Amethyst didn't want to think about what may be lurking in there.

They entered the Sanctuary and both Lunae and Amethyst were amazed by just how big it was. Skulduggery led them to the reception desk, and exchanged a few words with the Administrator, Tipstaff, before walking off again. They followed him through the corridors of the Sanctuary until they finally reached their destination.
"Don't speak, please. They may not be happy with having two English Mages in the Sanctuary." Skulduggery warned, pushing open the door.

"Hey Ghastly, Erskine." He said casually. Amethyst was amazed that Skulduggery had addressed them so casually. They would never have been able to do that back in England. Lunae was more interested in the fact that Skulduggery had completely ignored the other Elder in the room. She was dressed completely in black, and a black veil was obscuring her face. For some reason, Lunae became intensely curious as to what was behind that veil…
"Hi Skulduggery. And Valkyrie, of course." Ravel said. "How did your case go?"
"Oh, well…this happened …and then that happened… it really doesn't matter." Valkyrie stuttered. "The point is, we met these two, and they really helped out." Valkyrie gestured to Amethyst and Lunae, who both smiled awkwardly. Both Ghastly and Ravel rose from their chairs to greet them. The woman in the veil remained seated. Ghastly shook their hands, as did Ravel. He flashed Amethyst a grin, to which she blushed. Valkyrie grinned. Ravel had always been a ladies man, yet he always tried it with everyone he met.
"So you just came across these two beautiful young women whilst on your case?" Ravel asked. Amethyst blushed to an even deeper shade of pink, whilst Lunae simply raised an eyebrow.
"What were you doing there?" Ghastly asked them, trying to steer the conversation away from Ravel's insistent compliments. Lunae and Amethyst stayed quiet, just as Skulduggery had asked them to.

"They were there for the girl too. They had it all planned." Skulduggery answered.
"And, how did you know about her? Only the Sanctuary knew. It's been instructed that any trouble is to be reported to us, and solved by us." Said the woman in the veil.
"That's Madame Mist. A Child of the Spider" Said Skulduggery. Valkyrie shuddered inwardly. Ugh. Bugs.
"Let them answer my question Mr Pleasant." Said Madame Mist, coldly.
Amethyst stared down at her shoes. Lunae's mouth was set in a straight line. She badly wanted to speak for herself, but she told herself that the time would come.
"Well, Lunae and Amethyst… are not actually from Ireland." Skulduggery admitted. Ghastly and Ravel simultaneously took a step back.
"What do you mean, Skulduggery?" Asked Ghastly. His face did not betray his emotions. Lunae could only guess what he was thinking.
"They might be from… England." Skulduggery said. He lowered his head a little.
"England? England? Skulduggery! You know about the Supreme Council's threat! They were probably sent here as spies! And you brought them here?" Ghastly raged. Skulduggery's head was now lowered fully; you could only see his hat. Valkyrie had never seen him like this before. It was like he was a school boy getting scolded for not doing his homework.
"Ghastly, it was me who asked them to come here. Don't blame him." Valkyrie said, stepping forward.
"Stay out of this Valkyrie." Ravel said. She nodded and stepped back to where she had been seconds before. Guilt bubbled up inside her. She wanted to shout at them, and tell them to back off. It had been her that had brought them here! They might not even be part of the Supreme Council! But she didn't need to shout this. Because somebody did it for her.

Lunae stepped forward, her hands clenched into fists out of anger. Amethyst tried to pull her back, put she pulled her arm away. "You know what?" She said, her voice rising over everyone else's.
"I am sick and tired of people fighting and arguing. We're from England. So what? It doesn't mean we like what's going on. In fact we don't. We hate it. That's why we left England. They're acting like a bunch of immature school kids. And right now? That's exactly what you're being. Immature school boys, with their petty arguments over who gets to be in charge, and who gets punished. The "Supreme Council", and their stupid rules, trying to force us to do their bidding. Trying to force us to capture and kill Irish "spies". We have no quarrel with you. We'll leave you alone. We'll go back to our lives of being on the run from the English Council. Just leave us out of your stupid fights. It gets you nowhere. We came here to find refuge. Maybe to even help you out. But if all we get is discrimination, then I don't think I want to help you. I can't believe I felt sorry for you. Getting picked on by the Supreme Council. But it turns out you're just like them." She spat.

She turned, and left the room. Everyone had gone silent. Amethyst stared at the space Lunae had just left, and quickly hurried after her. The silence stretched on for what felt like forever to Valkyrie, as Lunae's words sunk in. She had been right. They were so busy with the Supreme Council that they had been consumed with their anger and anxieties.
"Well." Said Ravel, breaking the silence at last, "It seems she may have been right."
Ghastly nodded and sighed. "Skulduggery. Go, bring them back here. We may be in need of their help after all." He said. Skulduggery nodded, and gestured for Valkyrie to follow him.

It wasn't long before they found the two women. Lunae was leaning on a wall, and Amethyst had collapsed into one of the many chairs the Sanctuary had in the corridors. Lunae's eyes were closed, her hands still bawled into fists. Amethyst looked up as Skulduggery and Valkyrie approached. She made eye contact with Valkyrie and smiled sadly.
"That was quite a speech you gave." Skulduggery said softly. Lunae jumped slightly, and her eyes snapped open. She relaxed once she saw them.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself." She sighed. Valkyrie laid a hand on her shoulder.
"Well, it was good that you didn't control yourself." She said, smiling slightly at the quizzical look both Lunae and Amethyst gave her. "They thought that you were telling the truth. That you really aren't with the Supreme Council. And they want your help." Valkyrie continued.

Lunae smiled, and stopped leaning against the wall.
"Okay. But only if we have a cool place to stay." She grinned. Valkyrie grinned back. Of course they would have a cool place to stay. What were they, monsters?

A/N: There you go. Another chapter. Please review and follow/favourite if you enjoy the story! And if you don't, follow it anyway.