"Focus Val!"

"Im more focused then you!"

"Ahaha, guess so, but I don't have to be" Tanith shot back, whilst sending a leg out to trip Valkyrie, who was sent to the ground below, glaring at her best friend.

"Yes you do. Your supposed to be teaching me! Not beating me up!"

Tanith laughed in reply, straightening from her crouch and pulled the young girl to her feet and turned to the house.

"SKULDUGGERY! Come here!" Tanith yelled towards the house, where Skulduggery and Ghastly were talking about the 'good old days'.

"Hey Tanith I recommend you should go and have a nice chat to china about how to be a lady" Skulduggery muttered as he walked out to the field Valkyrie and Tanith were in.

"Haha, very funny" Tanith replied, her hands on her hips while Valkyrie stiffed her giggle behind her.

Then without warning Tanith spun around, all Valkyrie saw was a flash of silver as Tanith attack Skulduggery. Skulduggery caught sight of the sword and pushed at the air, knocking it from Tanith's grip, Valkyrie watched in awe as Tanith took a step forward, then as quick as Valkyrie could have imagined she threw her body forward, her right fist aimed at Skulduggery's head, but Skulduggery was quicker and raised his skeletal hand, caught Tanith fist and twisted Tanith's arm behind her back.

Tanith swung her booted foot back, hard until it came in contact with Skulduggery's shin and twisted her arm away from Skulduggery as he grunted in pain and back flipped to put some more space between them so she could move and also now see her sword out of the corner of her eye, not daring to advert her eyes from Skulduggery's form.

Seeing Tanith's sword beside her, Skulduggery snapped his bony hands and a wave of forced air slammed into Tanith and shot her off her feet and a couple of meters back.

With the air forced out of her lungs she gasped, but caught the sight of Skulduggery walking towards her fallen form and jumped to her feet, settling into a fighting stance that she had previously taught Valkyrie a few hours earlier.

The two stood, or in Taniths case crouched, facing each other, waiting to see if the other would attack, Tanith patience ran out and she lunged at him, the force of her little body surprised him and knocked him back several paces back. He wrapped his hands around Tanith upper arms and as if she were a child, flipped her over and onto her back on the ground again.

Lucky for Tanith, the force in which she hit the ground was lighter therefore easier to regain herself and she immediately shot up, jumping to her feet, she shot a fist to where Skulduggery's ribs were and another to his stomach straight away, then she dropped, swung her leg out, sweeping Skulduggery's legs out from under him, sending to the ground on his back. Tanith stepped towards Skulduggery and sat on his chest before he had a chance to get up.

Valkyrie stood eyes wide, mouth a gape, staring at a proud, grinning Tanith and Skulduggery muttering beneath her.

"Ohh, My...God! That was so so so so cool! Ohh mi god Tanith!... You BEAT Skulduggery!"

"Yep, did to" The older girl replied, smiling so big Valkyrie wondered if it hurt.

"Ugh, Tanith if you wouldn't mind, could you get off me, you are not that light to be honest" Skulduggery grunted beneath Tanith.

Glaring, Tanith stood up, went to pick up her sword and walked back to where Valkyrie stood smiling brightly at her.

"I beat Skul, didn't I Val?"

"Yep"

"And you know how good he is, don't cha?"

"Good" Tanith smiled

Valkyrie smiled back, a little confused but was to happy. Skulduggery frowned his nonexistent frown at the two girls before him.

"Not that I'm saying I'm not awesomely unbeatable, but Why did you attack me?" Skulduggery questioned

"To prove that anyone with the right training and dedication can beat even the most powerful sorcerer or mage"

"Ahh, Good lesson, even if I let you win. Surprise is the key Valkyrie, remember that" then without another word he strode off back into the house.

"hehe, hey Val, let's take a break and go do something fun" Tanith had that mischievous glint in her eyes, that told Valkyrie she was planning something and it would not be good for her victim.

"Like what?" Valkyrie said, smiling with excitement seeping through her bones.

"You up for a shopping trip?"