A/N: Okay, here is the next chapter! It is linked to the last one, but not hugely... Oh, and I was a little hyper when I wrote this, so don't be surprised if it's completely random... *blush*

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Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: Well, if I told you I owned the Skulduggery Pleasant series, would you believe me? Because it's true! Well... I own a copy of the books... That's close enough, isn't it? No? Damn!

Valkyrie sat on the sofa in the front room of Gordon's mansion- no, it was officially her house now, since she had moved in a few weeks after her 18th birthday. She wore her nightclothes, a black tank top with red shorts and a red silk dressing gown. Tanith sat next to her wearing a gown that was identical except for the colour, which was black. Underneath she wore a pale pink and black nightie that just reached her knees. They were just about ready to have a super huge, super girly, super... super? sleepover, with all of the things they usually do in films, like makeovers and tearful movie nights and... well, whatever else they do. Thinking about films, Valkyrie looked around and realised that something was missing. This came as quite a surprise because she and Tanith had spent ages trying to cover all areas and make sure their night was perfect.

She reached over to the table next to the sofa and picked up a small golden bell that reminded her of the Sea Hag from all those years ago. The only different was, while the bells were similar in looks, when you rang this bell, instead of the delicate tinkle you would expect to hear, it created a loud carrying sound that echoed around the room. It was enchanted. Valkyrie loved this bell. It was reminiscent of herself – small and seemingly fragile on the outside, but when rung, it emitted a strong, confident peal. Anyway, as she rang this bell, Skulduggery walked through the door, causing Tanith to burst out in uncontrollable giggles. Why? Well I'll tell you why. Skulduggery Pleasant, the great, fearless, confident, self assured and above all else, egotistical detective was wearing a frilly pink apron with the slogan 'Domestic Goddess in Disguise' stitched onto it. The only other time the (not so Skeleton) Detective had ever been seen in anything this demeaning was when he had been found wearing a French maids dress and wig at Scapegrace's birthday party – but that's a whole other fanfiction so I won't go into that here. It's safe to say that it was completely hilarious.

Skulduggery stood in the doorway, glaring at Tanith before he switched his attention to Valkyrie. "How can I help you... my Lady..." He hissed reluctantly.

Valkyrie glared. "Drop the attitude Skulduggery; you are acting like Garfield on a Monday!"

"What do you want, Oh most benevolent Mistress?"

"Well, we need-"

"What more can you possibly need?" Skulduggery interrupted. "I've already gotten you pillows, blankets, DVD's, heck, I've even been to the shops to get you some nail varnish, which, by the way, made the cash register guy look at me like I was a weirdo!"

"We need," She began seriously. "Some popcorn! We can't have a film night without popcorn, that's blasphemy!"

"No way! I am not going out like this again!"

"Fine!" Valkyrie replied, narrowing her eyes and taking her phone out of her pocket. Skulduggery tried to protest but she was already dialling a number. As she put the mobile to her ear, Tanith turned towards him. "What is up with you guys? What has she got over you? Is this like the time she stole your hat and took it hostage?"

"Worse." He said darkly.

Tanith gasped, "Worse! How can it be worse!"

Valkyrie was now speaking into her phone. "Hey Fletch, do you mind picking me, Tan and Skulduggery up and taking us to Ghastly's? I think you should be there too."

There was a high pitched buzzing from the other end of the phone. Valkyrie winced and held it away from her ear for a moment. "No, nothing's wrong, there's just something we should all see."

Another less frantic buzzing. "Sure, see you in a minute!" Valkyrie snapped her phone shut. "He'll be here in a minute." She announced to the room.

"Val!" Tanith whined. "Do we have to go out? We were just about to paint our toenails, and I'm hungry!" With a faint pop, Fletcher appeared behind her holding a packet out.

"Redvine?" He asked. Tanith took one, saying thank you quietly and he disappeared into thin air again. Tanith turned back to her friends, biting the end of the sweet off, and said. "Oh my God, I love magic!"

Valkyrie looked at her in confusion for a second before shaking her head. "Fletcher!" She shouted. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

He reappeared. "Oh yeah, I was giving you a lift..." His voice trailed off towards the end as he got a good look at what the girls were wearing. "Wow." He turned and saw Skulduggery. His eyes widened. "WOW!"

After a rather awkward silence, Skulduggery decided to break it and get the attention away from his current attire.

"Soo, how did you hear Valkyrie calling you after you teleported away? Or was it just a coincidence?"

"No! That's what she wants you to think!" His statement was met with blank stares all round. "The Author! There's this girl, sitting at a computer right now, making us do things without us knowing! She needed me to be here but she couldn't think of a way to bring me back after I offered Tanith a-" He turned to the camera... err, reader, holding up his packet of Redvines. "-Redvine, that made sense so she twisted time and space so I would hear you-"

Suddenly a huge piece of wood fell from the ceiling right onto Fletcher's head, knocking him out cold on the floor. Valkyrie sighed, used to this odd behaviour and picked up a glass of ice cold water that was conveniently placed on the table next to her, pouring it over his head. He twitched on the floor, groaning. "Mummy!" He whimpered and sat up. "What happened? The last thing I remember was Skulduggery wearing an apron."

"You got hit on the head!" Stated Tanith helpfully as Skulduggery scowled at them all.

"Yeah, you were about to take us to Ghastly's." Valkyrie added.

"Well, come on then! Strange, I still feel like I'm forgetting something important..." Fletcher took hold of everyone's arm and teleported, singing something that sounded suspiciously like- "Ghastly's, Ghastly's, here we come! Ghastly's, Ghastly's, yum, yum, yum!"

Somewhere in England, a girl cackled madly as she typed away on her laptop.

Nothing to see here folks, just a line of random writing to show the passage of time...

When they made it to Ghastly's ten minutes later, and the tape was watched, there was much laughing and teasing Skulduggery, including Fletcher calling him 'Jesse McCartney's douchebag' which resulted in a few raised eyebrows. But soon, all was forgotten as everyone travelled back to Valkyrie's house to watch Titanic and the girls finally got the awesome sleepover they had been wishing for. Valkyrie and Skulduggery made up as the tissues were pulled out and she fell asleep in his arms. Everything was back to normal. Well, almost everything. There was still the fact that Madam Mist still wanted a few favours from our favourite skeleton turned human...

A/N: DUN DUN DUUUUNN! Whatever is going to happen next? And will I be continuing this or am I just going to leave you with this cliffhanger? Will we ever find out what Madame Mist has in store for Skul? Will I ever stop speaking/typing like this? Who knows!

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