My dog, Ratty (out of Ratchet and Clank, and also my pic) is so cute, cause we are watching the Never Ending Story and the kid's horse died and they're all crying and my dog rubs his paw across his face, like he was wiping away a tear. Sooooo cute. This is the chapter in which the winner is revealed. Thank you to all who entered. I really enjoyed reading them. I also love the response where people tell me that they love my fanfics. Thank you to everyone who recognises that and appreacieate it. This Chapter is called Winner because the winner is announced in it. And the winner of the competition is...

Winner ;P

A tall man, taller than even Skulduggery was, stood there, looking at the ground.. Beside Valkyrie, Skulduggery sighed. "I can't wait to kill this one as well." He ran his tongue over his thin lips.

"Gale, are you still upset about the fact that I didn't chose you for a partner?" Skulduggery asked. "Because Fabian was a better mage than you will ever be. You how I hate necromancy."

"I am no longer a Necromancer. After you spurned me, that time I killed Fabian, I swore to change. You almost killed me in that fight, even though you were too late. So I set out to become even stronger. I spent many years searching, and finally, I found what I was looking for. Blood Alchemy." Gale raised his head. His eyes glowed a bright, blood red. Valkyire stepped back slightly.

"Were you the one who sent the zombies into the sanctuary?" Skulduggery asked.

"Oh, no. You see this time, I intend to win. And not only just winning. So I got a partner. He is the one who convinced the cleavers." He gestured behind Valkyrie. A thin man with almost black hair and eyes the same colour stod there. He meet Valkyrie's eyes and smiled. She suppressed a shiver. There was something about the smile that creeped her out. he stepped closer to Skulduggery.

"Inferno Dark, Necromancer. At your service. Not really of course, but you know." His voice was rough, yet compelling.

"Mr. Dark also has a bone to pick with you," Gale said.

"You destroyed my temple, and stopped the Passage from coming about. For that, you must be punished," Dark's eyes flashed angrily. A sliver of shadows, razor thin, sliced through the air towards them. Skulduggery threw a handful of fire and the shadows died.

"Careful now, Inferno. we don't want to kill them. Yet." His eyes glowed, like the coals of a fire, and it was a like a blanket had slipped over their eyes. The last thing Valkyrie thourght was; God, I hope get home in time for my show.

Valkyrie groaned and rubbed her head. She had a splitting headache and was sore all over. "Glad to see you're awake," Skulduggery said in a cherry voice. "Are you sll right?" he asked in a lower tone.

"Yeah, I'll live." She sat up and looked at him. He was as imacculate as ever. Valkyrie, on the other hand, felt dishevelled. "Who was that?"

"His name is Gale Maldrave. He is the one that killed my first partner, Fabian. To him, killing all my partners is a game. Kind of a game of punishment. You see, he wanted to be my partner. But I said no, because I already had Fabian. Then he tracked us down, seperated us and killed Fabian in front of me. That was back when he was a Necromancer. He is the reason I hate Necromancers so much. And I have never heard of Inferno Dark."

"I see. What is a Blood Alchemist?"

"Again, I have no idea. There are only legends about them."

"Apparently not, seeing as how is one."

"Yes, that is strange. However, he could be bluffing."

"I don't think he was, Skulduggery."

"Oh, well then-" Skulduggery stoppped talking as a door above them opened. Maldrave stepped in and grabbed Valkyrie's arm. He hauled her to her feet.

"You will die soon enough, pretty. But first, lets have ourself a bit of fun." He led her to the door. Skulduggery stood up to folllow, but Maldrave struck him across the face. He laughed and shut the door. The last thing Valkyrie saw was Skulduggery's form sprawled across the floor.

There you go, the winers are: arti dauntless and Raychaell Dionzeros with Inferno Dark and Gale Maldrave. I have decided to update about every Thursday, give or take a few, unless something like this happens where something really exciting happens. And if you can't wait that long, there is alwasy Immortal Souls, my other Skulduggery Pleasant fanfic. But, do whatever you want. My finish date for this story is 23rd October. Skulduggery's Birthday. And wasn't there someone else. I have a feeling that they were somewhat important... Meh, it will come to me. And, like I said arti dauntless and Raychaell Dionzeros; this chapter is dedicated to you. (I said that, right? In the last chapter or so?) Meh, every other chapter is dedicated to all of my readers. Without you, I wouldn't have the confidence to write. I am forever indebted to you. Except Flik. But here are the winning reveiws (Your'e all welcome to tell me how much you love my storeis and give me needless ego boosts telling me how great I am and everything. Cause I know that, but you know, sometimes it's nice to be told). NOTE: the winners were not influenced by telling how much they love my story and how great they are. (that was only about 10-30% of it. Jokes, it's ok. Love you all)

Congratulations to...

Characters supplied by:

arti dauntless- your stories are great i love them. i was thinking a good name for a character

would be inferno dark and he could be a powerful sorcerer who can manipulate

any mind into doing something(such as getting the cleavers to open the

sanctury) also he could be a mature necromancer

Raychaell Dionzeros- Oh oh! I love this story so much!

Villain name: Gale Maldrave

Power: Blood Alchemy, former Necromancer. The Blood Alchemy made him insane,

but he's very smart, and seems normal until you see his blood red eyes which

were changed by his experimenting with Blood Alchemy. He used to be a

Necromancer, but when he discovered Blood Alchemy at the age of twenty two, he

stopped Necromancy.