Hello again to everybody who are reading this.

I just had a really bad day, but with you dudes and dudets smiling away, the world seems a better place already.

P.s: I'm currently writing a book and it's about a guy who discovers that there is a parallel universe (another world which looks exactly like ours) which actually exists and accidently gets sucked into it by this magic circle on the ground but when he got there, it was destroyed by this giant mutant centipede while it was chasing him. But then a girl saves him and takes him back to her village and then they go off in an adventure to find a wizard who can fix the circle so the guy can go back to his own world again.

Anyhoo, what I need is a title for my book and URGENTLY so if you have any ideas then could you please let me know in the reviews.

Thanks!

Don't stop smiling!

Continuing from where we left off...

The skeleton "mentor" and his trusty "cadet" finally arrived at the wax works museum narrowly missing two trashcans, a woman and her dog and a fire hydrant... where the dog was peeing. (Even dogs have no shame these days.)

"Well," said Valkyrie turning off the engine. "We're here."

"Yes, we are," Skulduggery replied as he opened the door and got out of. Valkyrie did the same.

There was an awkward moment of silence.

"That poor lady," Skulduggery said, shaking his head. "The dog got so scared of the car that he accidently turned his peeing direction towards the lady's nice new heels."

"Well it was a PINK car that was hurtling towards him!" Valkyrie retorted waving her arms up and down.

"Okay, fine! No need to be so dramatic about it," he muttered as he strode past Valkyrie leaving her seething in annoyance. She then followed him to the sanctuary gate.

"Remember to make a good impression," He said as they opened the gate and walked through it. "And I know it's difficult, especially with him (the grand mage), but at least try to be a bit respectful."

"Why?" Valkyrie demanded. "He isn't respectful to us!"

"I know, I know. But if we do, there might be a chance that he-," Skulduggery started.

"Oh god! Again with the job," Valkyrie groaned. "You are so hopeless."

"Even so," said Skulduggery in a philosophical voice. "There is a saying that goes "The pleasant must help the unpleasant to be pleasant", and I'm not called Skulduggery Pleasant for nothing."

"And who said that?"

"Uh...some guy with white hair and a moustache...or was it a beard...," Skulduggery trailed off as they walked up the stairs.

Valkyrie rolled her eyes and knocked on the door. "Some wise guy you are."

Skulduggery opened his mouth to answer but got cut off when the door opened and a woman administrator appeared.

"Oh! It's you, the skeleton detective," the woman muttered. She looked at Valkyrie up and down. "And you must be his partner in crime," she added sarcastically. "The grand mage warned me about you."

"We were called for an appointment," Valkyrie said.

"You were indeed," the woman said. "Follow me."

She turned around and started walking briskly down the hallway with Skulduggery and his "partner in crime" at her heels. They slowly got to a wide clearing which had 3 doors in each walls. It was lit by two massive candles stands filled with candles, hanging from the arched ceiling. Valkyrie looked closer at the candles to see that the candle fames weren't yellow but white! In the middle of the clearing was a desk with a short bald man talking on the phone.

"Where are all the cleavers?" Valkyrie asked.

"Don't worry they're still here," The administrator chuckled. "You just can't see them. It's their new uniform. It makes them invisible."

"So there has been some upgrading in the cleavers," Skulduggery murmured. "Interesting."

As they approached the desk, they could hear the short man yelling quietly in the phone. He got very sweaty and red as his whispers became yells. He then swore and slammed the phone shut. He grumbled to himself for a bit and then noticed his guests.

"Oh! Ah...sorry about that," he mumbled.

"Having trouble with your wife eh, Matty?" The administrator asked.

"God, Cynthia won't stop hassling me about the car. She says either I buy her a car or let her drive mine!" Matty complained. "So I asked her why she needed to go out into town so much and she said to me to mind my own business and stop "hassling" her about her PRIVATE LIFE!" said Matty, practically screaming and waving his arms about.

"And you said I was dramatic," Valkyrie muttered to Skulduggery.

Matty suddenly stopped waving and then swivelled his wheelie chair closer to them. "You don't think she has hooked up with someone, do you?" he whispered.

"Uhh...," was all the Administrator could say.

"Argh! I knew it! I knew this was going to happen," Matty moaned.

"Don't worry, I'm sure she hasn't. And even if she has…uh… you know how the saying goes… "there are more fishes in the sea"…I think," Valkyrie said. She roughly elbowed Skulduggery.

"Ow! Oh…uh…yeah that's right! And, um…well, it depends if the sea is polluted or not…" Skulduggery trailed off. Valkyrie glared at him as Matty started to groan again.

"What he means," Valkyrie said quickly. "Is that, Cynthia would be a total idiot to drop out on you. I mean look at you, you're a real…Hunk?" She said waving her arms towards Matty. Everyone stared at her as if she was deranged. Then a moment of silence followed. "Right?" she asked.

"Right," the Administrator said quickly.

"Right," Skulduggery said slowly. "He is a real "hunk"."

More silence.

"Anyway, may we please see Thruid Guild now?" Valkyrie asked, breaking the silence.

"Oh, sure…but you can't, not yet," Matty replied.

"Why not?"

"Well because, there is another person who supposed to see him before you. She rang earlier to warn me that she was going to be late,"

"Who is that?"

"Well-"Matty started but got cut off as the door bell rang again.

The administrator strided quickly down the hall to the door and swiftly opened it.

Valkyrie, Skulduggery and Matty listened quietly as they heard some whispering at the end of the hall, then as the sound of footsteps started to be heard, they looked at the hall way clearing as a girl appeared followed by the Administrator.

Valkyrie stared open mouthed as the most beautiful girl walked up to the desk. She had wavy, flaky black hair which was tied up into a bun with a pink stick through. Her front fringe curved outwards, with two deep turquoise coloured streaks, one on each side of her head. She was wearing a dark blue suit with a light pink blouse underneath and a dark blue skirt. She was tall and tan, maybe 2 or 3 years older than Valkyrie.

As the girl came closer, Valkyrie saw that the girl's piercing eyes were two different colours. Her right eye was brown-hazel, while her left was light bluey-green.

Valkyrie and Skulduggery stepped aside as she walked past them to the desk and halted a foot apart.

"Hello," she said in a light melodic voice. "I'm very sorry that I'm late. I had some trouble on the way. I hope it's not too late for my meeting."

"N-no, not at all," Matty stuttered, gaping at her.

He grabbed the phone on his desk and started jabbing the numbers in. Meanwhile, the girl turned to Skulduggery and Valkyrie and smiled sheepishly at them.

"Are you here for a meeting too?" she asked.

Valkyrie nodded slowly as Skulduggery tilted his head and said, "Yes, yes we are."

"Oh, I'm sorry if my lateness has held you up," she replied.

"Oh no, not at all," Skulduggery said. "Our call was actually unexpected. My name is Skulduggery by the way, Skulduggery Pleasant." Skulduggery put out his hand. "And this is my partner, Valkyrie Cain." He added nodding to Valkyrie. Valkyrie shyly put her hand out.

"Very nice to meet you two," the girl said, shaking both of their hands. "My name is-"she started but was cut off as Matty tapped her arm.

"Oh sorry, to interrupt you but uh… The grand mage can see you now," He mumbled, still staring at her.

"Thank you, good day," she said as she followed the Administrator towards a big black door, at the end of the clearing.

"Yeah, you too," he said he watched her walk away and then sighed. "If only she was older." He said.

"Oh, come on," Skulduggery groaned, then he and Valkyrie walked back towards the.

"I wonder why a girl like her wants to see the grand mage," Valkyrie said to Skulduggery. "I thought he hated "children" like me even though I'm almost 18."

"Well my dear cadet, we'll just have to find out, won't we?" Skulduggery replied.

Valkyrie rolled her eyes. "Yeah and just how do we do that? It's not like we can barge into their meeting, prop ourselves into a chair and listen to their whole conversation."

"Well since I'm not draft like you, I say we just do what any other genius like me would do."

He said turning around and walking back towards the clearing.

"And that is?" Valkyrie asked as she followed him.

"We just tell Matty that the girl "dropped" something and we would like to return it, and then when he is not looking, we sneak over to the door and press our ears against it, scrunch up our eyes and give our full concentration on listening to them speak while trying not to make any noise. And there you go, easy as washing hands."

Valkyrie stopped and stared at him. "I got three things to say to you. One, are you insane? Two, you even don't have any hands! And three, have you been paying a nickel to what the Administrator said? The whole place is guarded with Cleavers in invisible cloaks!"

"Cleavers in "invisible cloaks"?! You watch too many Harry Potter movies. This is going to be fine."

"And you watch too much James bond," Valkyrie grumbled back.

"As I said, it's going to be fine." Skulduggery replied as they got near the desk. "It's time Valkyrie, that I teach you the art of eavesdropping."