A/N: I am so sorry guys! I have major writers block or something! I just haven't felt like writing anything for ages =[

I still have it, but I owe you guys another drabble!!!

Okay, so this one is two requests combined, because they were fairly similar. Wellthat'slife requested that Skul and Val find a puppy and Val wants to keep it, and XxMalicexX requested that she forgets how much dogs like bones…

Puppies and Bones

'Is it still following us?' Skulduggery Pleasant asked his partner, Stephanie Edgely, otherwise known as Valkyrie Cain. Valkyrie glanced over her shoulder, an amused grin across her face as she did so. The puppy was still there, as it had been last time Skulduggery had made her check, and the time before. It was an adorable little thing, covered in over long brown fur. Valkyrie hadn't failed to see the lack of a collar.

'Yup.' She popped the 'p' cheerfully.

'Not another one,' Skulduggery groaned.

'Another one?' Valkyrie enquired, raising an eyebrow.

'I still haven't gotten rid of the last thing that decided to follow me,' Skulduggery explained, his voice playful. Valkyrie scowled, crossing her arms over her chest.

'I'll have you know that I didn't follow you…'

'Sure…' Valkyrie could hear the grin in his voice, making up for the fact that he had no lips to grin himself. She rolled her eyes and turned away from Skulduggery, who stopped, staring at her curiously. Valkyrie approached the small puppy slowly, stopping as it backed away, frightened. She couched down to his level and held out her hand.

'Here puppy puppy,' she cooed.

'What are you doing?' Skulduggery asked.

'Finding a new friend,' she replied idly. 'You're obviously bored of me. Come here puppy.' If Skulduggery had eyebrows, he would have raised them.

'I'm being replaced by a puppy?' he asked doubtfully. Valkyrie ignored him, her attention grabbed by the small puppy as it cautiously approached her hand, sniffing it curiously.

'That's it,' she encouraged, her hand gently stroking the puppy. It wagged its tail happily and allowed Valkyrie to pick it up. She turned to Skulduggery, puppy in arms. 'Can I keep it?' she asked.

'Absolutely not,' Skulduggery replied.

'Please??' she put on her sweetest voice, her eyes going puppy dog as she looked at Skulduggery.

'No,' he said, his arms crossed. 'And those eyes won't work on me Valkyrie Cain.'

'Skulduggery…' she whined. 'Please?'

Just then, the little puppy launched itself at Skulduggery, attempting to gnaw at his sleeved arm. Valkyrie burst out laughing as Skulduggery attempted to pull the puppy away from his arm, with little success. For such a small thing, it sure wasn't going to let go of its new found bone easily.

'Get it off me!' Skulduggery moaned in annoyance as the puppy continued to chew. Valkyrie sighed and walked over to him.

'Id forgotten how much dog's like bones,' she confessed, not looking guilty in the slightest as she unattached Skulduggery's arm from the puppy's jaw. As soon as he was free, Skulduggery jumped away from Valkyrie and the Puppy.

'I think I'll call him Bones,' Valkyrie grinned, glancing down at the puppy fondly.

Skulduggery glared at Bones, who blinked back innocently, and then sighed; why was it that nowadays the most danger he faced was getting eaten alive by a stay puppy?