A/N: Thanks to DeadGirl19, China sorrows worshiper, and MehScrewIt For reviewing! This story was originally only going to be a quick one-shot but kind of grew :)
Valkyrie sat in the shadows of the church. It was strange watching people mourn over her death. She looked down at herself only to see that almost pure white skin she had grown accustomed to seeing over the last few days. She thought back to the day she died. It was only a week ago but seemed like years.
She opened her eyes shivering on the floor. She had no clothes on and deathly white skin. She looked up and saw her body hanging from the ceiling.
It dawned on her then what had happened.
She had died but she had so much magic in her that it couldn't just dissipate, it joined together to make something. Valkyrie.
She was now pure magic and her personality and memories came with the magic but she had sensed something different, like an empty feeling. Darquesse.
Despite being Valkyrie's true name and source of magic, Darquesse hadn't come along for the ride.
Valkyrie had been scared and hadn't known how to tell Skulduggery, so she grabbed the first items of clothing she saw and ran.
And that's how she ended up here. She didn't even know if she could do magic. She hadn't dare try.
She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard the door close.
Valkyrie peered around the door and saw the last car pull away. The Bentley. She ran after it, keeping to the shadows that welcomed her into them.
She ran never seeming to tire as she raced after the car. She came to a halt when she saw the street sign. Cemetery Road. Valkyrie slowly climbed the hill to the house that stood atop it.
Skulduggery's house had never really felt welcoming in the first place but now it seemed as if the house it's self was sad, not just the occupant.
She brought her hand up to the door, and froze. What would Skulduggery say? How would he react?
Valkyrie gulped and pushed her fears to the back of her head. The feeling felt familiar. She pulled her hand back and knocked on the door.
Skulduggery came to the door, opened it and smiled.
"Hi Valkyrie!" He said cheerfully. He turned around and then around again, slowly.
"V... Valkyrie?" He spluttered.
"Hi?" She tried lamely.
"B...But how?!" Wow. She had never seen Skulduggery lost for words.
"How about I come in and explain this." She said gently, gesturing to herself. Skulduggery stepped aside to shocked for words. He had seen his partner dead! He had just come back from her funeral! He sat beside her on the sofa.
"Well..." Valkyrie began as she explained everything that had happened in the last week.
"Um so yeah, that happened." She finished. Skulduggery looked at her blankly for a few minutes, façade down.
"OK," he said finally "I'm still slightly confused, which is something I never thought I would say, but you must be terrified. I'll make you some much needed tea, then we'll go to the sanctuary. A week alone was too long. It's time you came home.
A/N: Thanks for reading! I'm not really sure I liked the ending to this story but I've always been terrible at endings. Did the whole Valkyrie is made of pure magic make sense? I'm not sure :$ But I wanted a happy ending so, Bye!
