Soz, I haven't updated in a while, but, here is the next chapter. Okay, I am in this chapter as the character Nyx Forkes – oh yeah, her description sort of matched my appearance except I'm not really strong or like incredibly fit. Hope you like! REVIEW MINIONS!
Her head was still buried in his shoulder when she woke up. She looked up at Skulduggery and smiled at him.
"Thank you," she said softly. He frowned, "For what?"
"For staying," she whispered. He hugged her close to his body and gently rocked her back and forth.
"My pleasure, it didn't look like you had any more bad dreams when I was here," he said smiling. She frowned this time.
"That's the thing though, I don't think they were dreams, they were way too realistic. I could feel Darquesse, I heard her voice. How could she possibly appear in a dream? Caelan, how did he know about Darquesse? Skulduggery, I believe that something evil is at work here, it's too much of a coincidence that they both appear in the same dream after what's just happened."
"Visions, you might have been having visions. We can talk to Cassandra if you like," he said.
She shivered slightly, "Okay, but I have a really big conscience and I kind of burned that dream catcher thingy . . . she can't read minds can she?"
"Not unless you want her to," he said tilting his head at her guilty conscience, "Why did you burn it?"
She looked up at him, "Well, it was really creepy, muttering and whispering while I was asleep. Who wouldn't want to burn it?"
"Good point, let's go downstairs and get some breakfast into you. Then we'll have to decide what to do about the reflection and Caelan."
"Okay," she said yawning.
They walked down the stairs to meet Banga. He was sitting down at the same table that they had sat in yesterday eating a banana.
"Morning you two! How did ya sleep?!" he said smiling revealing missing teeth which Valkyrie hadn't noticed before. That explains the lisp, she thought.
"Like a log," she replied, "Turns out, sleeping in this dimension is the same as sleeping in the other one."
"What about you Skulduggery?" he said.
"I'm a skeleton, I don't sleep," he replied.
"Okay then, anyways, would you like something to eat Valkyrie? A banana? Toast? Strawberries? Yoghurt?" Banga said rushing into the small kitchen.
"Just a banana thanks," she said.
"And then I think we'll be off, we detectives have things to do, world's to save, shunting to do and most importantly, when we get back that is . . . Bentley's to drive!" said Skulduggery. Valkyrie shook her head at him.
"You're such a goose!" Valkyrie ate her banana and thought about her reflection. It had gone off with Caelan running toward Mevolent's castle. Stupid, she thought, it looks exactly like me and I'm not too popular with the evil ruler at the moment. Well, it actually does have a chance because it somehow has magic now. She frowned, what could the reflection possibly gain by going to the castle? Then it clicked. She turned around to face Skulduggery.
"What?" he asked.
"The Sceptre! They're after the Sceptre! Reflection and Sparkles are freaking going after the Sceptre, Reflection can use magic now so it won't have any trouble using it," she said exasperatedly.
"Hold on a second, only someone descended from the Ancients can use it and charge it," said Skulduggery thoughtfully. Valkyrie started shaking her head furiously.
"Yeah, but this bloody freak of nature is somehow using magic! What makes you think that it can't just do some weird voodoo stuff with its weird magic and force the Sceptre to become it's owner? Plus, it has evolved, it is basically an evil version of me! Oh my God! What are we gonna do, what are we gonna do, what are we gonna do!" she gasped.
"Valkyrie, calm down," he said lightly touching her shoulder.
"How can I calm down?" she said running her hand through her hair.
"Like this," he said activating his façade and touching his lips to hers. She became slightly dizzy.
"We are always in really bad situations, but heck, we ALWAYS WIN! This is what we're going to do Valkyrie, we are going to go to that castle, beat the crap out of Sparkles, stop Reflection from taking that Sceptre, steal the thing for ourselves and escape reasonably uninjured and safe," he said resting his chin on her head.
"Okay," she breathed, "That's what we're gonna do."
He smiled, glad she had gotten the point. Banga, who had been watching their conversation stared at Skulduggery wildly.
"You're going to the castle?! On a mission?" he said. They nodded.
"Hmm, I'd like you to meet my daughter, she's part of the Resistance and I believe she can help you with your mission," Banga said thoughtfully.
"Daughter?" Valkyrie asked.
"Yes, her name is Nyx Forkes and, well, she was with the Resistance yesterday, so you didn't get to meet her, here she is now."
A tall girl with bouncy brown hair and a wild smile came walking down the stairs. She was wearing black skinny jeans and a long, black coat that almost touched the floor. She was very fit, strong and she had the deepest blue green eyes. As she was walking down the stairs her gaze finally rested on Skulduggery and she fell down the remainder of the stairs.
"Holy crap!" she said pointing at Skulduggery with trembling fingers.
"Nyx," Banga said, "Calm down, this is Skulduggery Pleasant and this is Valkyrie Cain. They're going to Mevolent's castle to stop some enemies of theirs and also to steal the Sceptre and I think they are going to need some help."
She slowly stood up, letting this new information sink in. Valkyrie stretched out her hand to Nyx.
"Hi Nyx, nice to meet you. I'm Valkyrie Cain and I'm an elemental, I can also do a tad of Necromancy," she said.
"Hi Valkyrie, I'm Nyx Forkes and I have the power over music."
"The what?" said Skulduggery tilting his head to the side.
"Well, when I sing, firstly, I sound exactly like the artist, even if they're male and secondly, the words that I sing become real, er, sort of. They have a twist to them. For example, if I sung Whip my hair by Willow. I'll show you. Um, you might want to move out the way," Nyx said.
They cleared a space in the small dining room Valkyrie and Skulduggery pressed themselves against the wall.
Nyx frowned, "I need more space, come outside."
They followed her outside and she started to sing.
I whip my hair back and forth, I whip my hair back and forth
Her hair grew and transformed. Her once brown shoulder length hair had grown to about 10 metres long and the strands of hair were now golden whips. She whipped her whips and they cracked and smashed the ground, tearing it up. When she stopped singing, her hair shrunk back to its size and her hair was now brown again.
"Wow, we have got one hell of a team here," Skulduggery said impressed with his arm around Valkyrie's shoulder.
Sorry, there's not much action in this, but there will be in the next chapter. Love you all! xxoxoxoxoxo
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