Yes it's been like forever... i know i know... i've been really out of it lately sorry guys...

anyways enjoy! and theres only a few more weeks till Dereks Australia Tour! arghhhhh! ekekekekekek :D and then the 7th book

Skulduggery Pleasant Kingdom of the Wicked :D ! it's gonna be gold! :D

China, Stumbled blindly out of the clearing and into the clump of trees. She knew Skulduggery was furious, but she couldn't bear the fact that his fury was directed at her for the first time, the first time ever in the three hundred or so years of their strained friendship.

She bent down and pulled her blue heels from her feet and set them down one at a time cautiously. The ground felt good, it brought back memories, the first time she had set foot on it. She'd been about eighteen. She had left the water and had gone through the clearing, coming out onto a very different looking road. There had been no motor cars like there were now, neither had there been as many houses. She could see how much changed in the three hundred years. It had been round the corner from here that she had first run into Skulduggery.

A young Man, he had been, exceptionally quick witted and handsome. Oh how she had fallen head over heels in love with him on first sight.

But then of course he had met that woman married her and she in turn had given birth to their child. The pain that had gripped china when she came to her senses all those years ago, that she could never have him because they were on different sides, came flooding back now. Just when she thought she had won him her sister had to rise up and claim China's happiness.

She stumbled on over the road and across to a little park. There was a climbing gym and a playground as well as some swings. She sat down on one of the swings and sulked. Waiting for it to all be over. She just wanted to go home.

Regan could sense the balance shifting. He had absolutely no control over the situation at hand. There was one desperate action left he could do that could possibly turn the tides back in his favour. The China woman was gone so that was one good thing; he wouldn't have to face her. At least not for a while. He knew the past would come back to haunt him eventually, everyone did. Melovant certainly did anyways.

He was on a mission, he had planned it from the beginning hence his mortal marriage. Eventually he planned to somehow make it, that mortals had magical abilities to! It was a brilliant idea it would mean everyone would have ability of control, it also meant that when he decided to pick a fight with a mortal at least there'd be some competition.

He looked to the skeleton detective and smirked. These people really were quite stupid in the face of danger and surely China should have known better.

He tensed his muscles and closed his eyes holding his breath. The felt the flames ignite and flicker up his arms melting the ice that was covering him, quietly he got up and moved behind the Cain girl.

Fletcher was confused, to say the least. How on earth could a prophecy be based on the actions of so many people, wasn't there some rule that limited it to one or two, otherwise how on earth would it be able to work? What if Valkyrie's parents hadn't had another child? What would have happened then? It was dependant onto many uncontrollable variables to be able to legitimately work. He looked from the twins to Darien and Alicia and frowned. What was it exactly they were meant to save the world from?

He voiced his opinion by holding up his hand. Skulduggery turned his head in Fletchers direction and nodded.

"What is it exactly that Regan is going to do that the four of you will have to save the world from?" he asked looking towards Alicia as she seemed to be the one with the most knowledge.

It was Vanity that answered though.

"He plans to set magic loose. So that all mortal beings will be able to poses it."

Fletcher had a look as if to say and this is a bad thing why?

Vanity seeing this look continued. "Mortal beings are adapted well enough to accept magic sure form a small amount of time they can cope but after a few days there brains being to collapse and they become dormant almost and turn into shells virtually, these shells are usually what Faceless ones inhabit. As it is much easier to take over a body that can't put up a fight and is only too willing."

"So how do you plan to stop him?" Fletcher said still quite confused as to how on earth or any other realm this idea would be able to pull through and actually have a successful outcome.

"By suffocating his magical ability, when a sorcerer loses there magical ability the same process happens their brains shut down." Vanity answered unphased by Fletchers apparent dis belief.

"And when do you plan on doing this?"

"Well right now as he has managed to free himself."

Everyone looked around just in time to see Regan lunge forward and grab Valkyrie by the neck.

"No one move, or I shall burn her to a crisp."

only about two more chapters to go and my story which was stared about 2ish years ago will be finished ;(

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