The lunch after Sports, Valkyrie went to visit Clarabelle and got ambushed by Scapegrace and Thrasher. "Hello, Valkyrie." Scapegrace said.

"Hi. Is Clarabelle okay?"

"Yeah. She's fine. Sleeping." Scapegrace eyed her up and grinned. "You look nice."

"Um, thanks?" She frowned. She couldn't stay with them any longer, their vacant smiles were creeping her out. They looked possessed. "I'd better go. I'm helping Dexter with his English homework."

...

Valkyrie sat next to Dexter on a picnic bench and shivered. Even in the cold, they insisted they sat on the picnic benches for lunch. Privacy, Erskine had said, was important. "You look unsettled." Skulduggery told her.

"I just had a chat with the creepy twins."

"Vaurien and Thrasher?" Dexter said. "They're awesome. They bought me vodka for my birthday. raspberry vodka."

"Right. Awesome." Valkyrie smirked and she heard Skulduggery laugh. "So, the English homework? Am I helping you?"

"Not any more. I got Aurora Jane to help me." Dexter said sheepishly.

"I thought Saracen fancied her." Skulduggery said.

"He does?" Valkyrie exclaimed at the same time Dexter said, "He does."

"Since when? I thought Saracen was a player and played the field instead of dating."

"Aurora's an exception."

"And you fancy her?"

"Uh, no. She's my tutor for English." Dexter smirked. "If that's what you call it nowadays."

"Call what?" Saracen appeared and Valkyrie choked on her water again. "Call what?" He repeated then hesitated. "Do I want to know, Dexter, my friend?" Dexter shook his head and Saracen dropped it. Valkyrie smiled; Saracen calling Dexter friend made her realize how they talked so old-fashioned although Dexter's eyes were youthful and blue and Saracen still had puppy fat.

"Valkyrie," Skulduggery said in his silky smooth voice. "You're daydreaming. We're wondering if Anton and Erskine have finally done the deed and eloped."

"You lot are weird."

"Says the girl who's made friends with us." Saracen retorted. "Anyway, has anyone seen Aurora?"

"Dexter was revising with her. She's his tutor." Skulduggery said. Valkyrie coughed and Skulduggery looked at her. "What?" He said, obliviously. She looked significantly at Saracen and raised an eyebrow. Skulduggery just stared at her then sagged. "I was trying to raise my eyebrows but I'm a skeleton."

"Did you forget?" Dexter laughed. "Skulduggery, my dear dear friend, you are a moron. A good moron but a moron none the less."

...

And on those wise words, albeit insulting, let us adjourn from this place.

In other words, end of chapter.

Any ideas please review and I'll give you credit.

Also, I've read DOTL but obviously I won't do spoilers. Thanks to Derek I've been crying A SMIDGE and also laughing (just saying scapegrace chapters). And I forgot to tell y'all, all characters are Derek's because he beat me to the fabulousity of owning them. Unfortunately.

The End.

P.S. anyone think robert downey jr would make an impressively awesome saracen?

The Real End.

Georgia (unfortunately last name is not Vex)