I know I didn't get all of those reviews I wanted, but I wrote this chapter anyway. (See my fans, I do care about you!) But I'll only do that three times at the most, if I don't get them on the fourth time there will be no more chapters until I do get them!

They both clicked their fingers, producing a flame. "Magic," they said.

Valkyrie's parents went pale, her mum looked as if she were about to faint and her dad just gaped at the flames that Skulduggery and Valkyrie held in their hands. They stared in shock.

"Wha… what… h-h-how d-did y-you…?" her mum tried to ask but couldn't bring her lips to form the words.
"W-well, how c-can we be sure, the t-two of you c-could be using a l-lighter to d-do that… s-somehow." her dad said trying his luck.
"Valkyrie, I think he wants verification." said Skulduggery.

Valkyrie grabbed her necromancy ring out her pocket and slid it on. Skulduggery moved the air to pick up a candle while Valkyrie wrapped the shadows around a flower vase. Both items floated in the air.

"I understand… I think. Gordon used to talk about people who could do… magic." said her dad.
Her mum didn't say anything; she just carried on staring from the two floating objects to Valkyrie and Skulduggery and back.
"Uh, what was that you called Stephanie?" asked Valkyrie's dad.
"Valkyrie, that's what I go by now, Valkyrie Cain." said Valkyrie.
"Oh, what's wrong with 'Stephanie'?" asked her mum, finally bringing herself to say something.
"Nothing it's just that when you become a mage you have to choose a 'taken name' to stop people from controlling you with your 'given name'." she said.
"Oh, I see… not really." said her mum.
"I'll explain some other time."

"But still, how does m-magic explain what Stephanie was doing in your car with you?" asked Valkyrie's dad.
"I'm a detective, and she is my work partner, Mr Edgley." said Skulduggery.
"I still don't see how that explains anything."
"I drove Stephanie to school because I was trying to make sure she didn't send her 'reflection' instead of going herself."
"Reflection?"
"Whenever we're working on a case she summons her 'reflection' to go to school for her while she's busy working."
"Oh, but still, how can a mere child be a detective?"
"Long story short, she forced me to let her do it. I didn't have a choice; she had taken my favourite hat hostage."
"You let my daughter do dangerous police investigations because she took your hat hostage?"
"Something like that. And they aren't exactly police investigations, we work for the sanctuary, that's head of the magical community in Ireland. And neither are they investigations, but more of stopping evil mages trying to take over the world, or trying to bring back The Faceless Ones."
"Who are The Faceless Ones?" asked Valkyrie's mum.
"They're the evil dark gods who if return into this reality will destroy the world as we know it." said Skulduggery.
"Ah-huh, I think I actually understood that. No, no, it's gone now."

"One more question, what's with the disguise?" asked Valkyrie's dad.
"You don't wanna know." said Valkyrie.
"Yes, I do."
"Skulduggery, I think he wants you to take it off."
"Mr Edgley, this isn't going to be pretty. Are you sure you want to see this?" asked Skulduggery.
"Yes, my wife and I would like to see you without the disguise."
"Well, be prepared for something horrifying."

Skulduggery stood up and began removing his disguise, taking off his hat, sunglasses and scarf, revealing that there was no flesh or muscle, just bone. That he had no face, but only a skull. He then took off his gloves, showing he had only bone there too. After that he took his coat showing off his anorexic form.
Both Valkyrie's parents gasped, staring at the man that wasn't a man, the mere skeleton before their eyes.
Valkyrie's mum fainted, falling off her chair.

"Y…you…you…you're…you're…a…a sk-skeleton!" Valkyrie's dad screamed, grabbing a sharp knife. He got out his chair and slowly backed away to the other side of the room. "Don't come any closer!" he yelled waving the knife around.
"Mr Edgley, you're over reacting, I don't mean any harm. And please put the knife down before you hurt someone." Skulduggery pleaded.
"Never! Stephanie, get away from him!"
"Dad, he's not gonna hurt you, calm down." Valkyrie told him soothingly.

He suddenly collapsed to the floor, dropping the knife and crawling into the corner. He hugged his knees and began rocking back and forth. "I'm going crazy aren't I? My little girl works for a magical 'sanctuary' and her partner is a talking skeleton in a suit." he said as he rocked, staring at the talking skeleton that was now putting on its coat.
Valkyrie slowly walked towards her father and knelt down beside him.

"Dad, you're not going crazy. I know it's a lot to take in, but you're perfectly sane.
"I am?"
"Yes, you are."
"Oh thank God. For a minute there I thought I'd gone bonkers, round the bend, loony!"
"You haven't gone bonkers, round the bend or loony. You're just in a state of shock."
"That's good to know!"
"Yes, it is indeed." said Skulduggery. "Valkyrie, I think I'll be going now, before your father faints too."
"Good idea," said Valkyrie.

Skulduggery picked up Mrs Edgley and placed her on the couch in the living room. He said goodbye and left Valkyrie and her dad to think about the events that had occurred that day.

"Stephanie, I'm just going to go to my room and rest. I've had rather exhausting day, as you can imagine."
"Dad, trust me, your day was no where near as bad as mine."
"Really, well you can tell me what happened with you some other time." He said as he climbed the stairs and went his room.

Valkyrie went to her room as well and lay on her bed.

"Official worst-day-ever." she mumbled.

Hope you enjoyed that! That might be the last chapter but I don't know for sure. (I don't wanna leave the story at a major cliffhanger like everyone else did, but I'm all out of ideas... sorry.)
I'm thinking about turning it into a kind of series thingy, like the 'The Chronicles Of Cain'. That would be fun.

My next story is gonna be a kinda 'pure humour' thing.
Try and read my other stories if you can!

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