Thanks again for the reviews; they make me smile like something deranged. Sorry for not reviewing in ages but I haven't been able to log in so… I really want to write a Valentines one-shot but I actually don't know when Valentine's day is. Please tell me. PLEASE RVIEW!
Chapter 4:
Valkyrie hit her head on the dash because she was laughing so hard. "Oh, we could have little pink balloons and napkins and other things that you have a two year olds party!" Valkyrie laughed again and her mum grinned. The countryside whizzed past the windows. They were on the way to pick Darrell up from Ghastly's then to go shopping for some stuff for Alice's second birthday party. "It was nice of dad to look after Alice for the afternoon but I still think he'll drop her." Her mum nodded and laughed; they'd been discussing the party very enthusiastically for a while. Valkyrie thought this moment would last. She thought it was great. How wrong she was…
A deer jumped out the forest to the left; they swerved to avoid it and skidded. A lorry came around the corner at that moment and with a loud screech and the tell-tale sound of metal grinding on metal the collided. The lorry ploughed through the small car and it was sent flying to the right where a steep embankment was. The car rolled over on its side down the hill; Valkyrie was surprised at how calm she was, no screaming no thinking she was going to die. It was like it was in slow motion; classical music would have suited very well.
The windscreen was smashed but Valkyrie just kept staring out of it. All the stuff that was in the back of the car came through to the front; missing them narrowly. Pieces of the car fell off and left a track all the way back to the road. The crunching sound continued all the way down the hill; Valkyrie thought of the night when she met Skulduggery when they had been hit by a car then. She remembered being chased through streets and jumping into the canal; she could still recall how cold it was. She shivered slightly at the thought.
Valkyrie was very aware of everything going on around her; the car rocked slightly and came to a halt. She looked at her mum; she was trapped and bleeding badly. Melissa seemed to sense something. "Steph… Love… You… Take… Care… Of… Alice… Get… Out… Car… Love… You… Always…" Valkyrie crawled through the remains of the passenger's window; it cut her up badly but she didn't care. When she was on the ground she fell over something and stumbled backwards. She looked up and seen the flames from the engine grow like a ball of fire in her hand; it spread quickly and engulfed the whole car. Valkyrie watched; horrified as her mum burnt to death.
She felt a twang in her heart and knew it was over. "MUM! MUM! MUM! NO…! No… no." She couldn't stand up; her heart felt like a lead weight and her insides felt like jelly. Her face was stained with tears and blood; she felt broken. She felt alone. She felt fragile.
Valkyrie reached her hand out to the car. "Mum?" She was numb to her soul and her heart hurt. Her eyes were soon hurting from crying. She curled up in a ball where she was and slowly and painfully cried herself to sleep. She dreamed of all the good times with her mum and all the memories were replayed over and over in her head.
Fletcher sat on Ghastly's couch. Valkyrie wasn't answering her phone. "She was supposed to be here six hours ago. I'm worried." Tanith stood up. "I agree with pineapple head; let's go look for her. She's my sister and I care about her!" Ghastly nodded and put Erin and Darrell in his Van. Tanith and Fletcher got in the back and they drove slowly to Valkyrie's parents' house.
What they seen chilled them to the bone.
A red car was on its side away from the road; a trail of pieces of car went from the car to the road. Fletcher recognised the car as Valkyrie's mums. He forgot how to teleport. He ran as fast as he could down the hill. His breath caught in his throat and his heart throbbed. "Val! VAL!" He reached the car and looked inside; he regretted looking in the car. But Val wasn't in there. He turned back and seen her curled up in a ball on the ground.
He walked over to her; she was alive and she was sleeping. But he noticed she was crying in her sleep; he couldn't blame her. Fletcher remembered when his mother had died. He remembered how he had felt. He picked her up and started to carry her towards the road. She woke in his arms; she screamed and tried to get free. "MUM! MUM! Mum…" Fletcher looked into Valkyrie's eyes; they were hollow and dull.
"Val please calm down. I'm so sorry. Val? I love you." She looked into his eyes; she was broken and battered but he was her glue; he was her medicine Fletcher would fix her. He would mend her broken heart. He would take away the bad dreams. He would kiss her better. It would take a lot of kissing but Fletcher could do it. "I need you."
Aw. I actually cried whilst writing this. Sorry I killed Valkyrie's mum. Does anyone know when Valentine's Day is? I want to write a one-shot but I don't know when it is. For anyone who reviews or PMs me I'll give you a blurb for the one-shot but otherwise it's a surprise. Please tell me what you thought of this chapter.
Skylair xoxo
