I love you all so much! You stayed with me even after I went and pulled that hideous trick on you all! And that even made more of you read this! Cookies and a chapter!
China sorrows worshipper: ;) I love playing with my little munchkins... Pleasant and Cain. WE ARE DETECTIVES! Skittles. I want skittles. GIVE INSANITY THE SKITTLEEEEEESSSSS!
Tanithsaraus Rex: thank you :p My midgets are dancing nicely, are they not? ;)
LionsandTrolls: sadly, Vile can't get his own dragon, so it'll havetp to be Ghastly's. I love your idea though! I WILL BITE EVERYONE NOW! MWAHAHA! BROTHEEERRRRS? TEN SECONDS HEADSTART! Sassy Lord Vile is epic- I love yours!- so I will try my utmost best 8)
Lightening Sparks: thanks :) I thought that she needed a bit of character, and she was in the tunnels before so... There we go! YAY! Stomp on people...! I think that... ERSKINE SHALL BE STOMPED ONOM HEREONAFTER! :p Inner dialogue is amazing... Fletcher's dragon sounds wonderful. I can't believe that I'm letting him have one, but go Fletcher Jr! You have just given me an amazing idea for Skulduggery's dragon- thank you! Val will have Gordon :)
DeadGirl19: :p did I really write them well? Be honest, because I'm not sure I did. Val's gone loopy, so OOC I'd fine for her, but Skulduggery is hopefully the same skeleton. I love that. I love that! I love your outburst! Go poshness! I'm never changing it. Puffarella is adorable! I love it. Ah, Saracen is whatever he wants to be. I love him. My tortoise just pooped. The idea is wonderful! And it fits in with what I'm (sort of) now planning! I AM TITAAAAANNNIIIIIUUUMMM! Umm... Singing of Puff the magic dragon may occur in this chapter... Come back to usssssss...
Disclaimer: Puff the magic dragon... Lived by the sea... In a land named HONER LEE! WE WILL DANCE FOREVER MORE IN THE RANDOM MISTS OF OUR IMAGINATIONS WHILE WE WISH THAT WE OWNED SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT!
"I've called Sexter, Ghastly, Anton, China and Fletcher. You?" Val asked Skulduggery as she finished her last call.
"Donegan, Gracious, Bliss, Tanith, Erskine and Myosotis. I thought that she would like an update on how you're doing." Val looked at Skulduggery weirdly ?
"How do you know that I saw Myosotis?" She questioned. Skulduggery looked at her in amusement. Now was his chance to say it! "I know things." Ah, yes. That was just as satisfactory as he'd thought it would be. Then Lord Vile had to but in. Nice work, chappie. Skulduggery nearly screamed in shock. What the hell is wrong with you? YOU SCARED GLADYS!
Ooh, Vile commented. Pulling out the 'H' word are we? Nah, Gladys wasn't scared. She planned this with me!
Skulduggery started sulking. Aww, Vile smirked. Poor wittle Skwuwy gonna cwwwwyyyy?
"Skulduggery... What's wrong?" Val asked as she watched her partner's head go down a bit and tilt unhappily for no apparent reason. Lord Vile. Darquesse noted.
"Lord Vile?"
Oh, well done my dear. Darquesse deadpanned. You got a indefinite conclusion from my definite fact. Aren't you clever? Valkyrie masked her negative reaction and raised an eyebrow and stared at Skulduggery. He looked back at her sulkily. "Yes."
"Ah. Well, why don't w-". Valkyrie whipped round, her hair flying out as she spun. Skulduggery ran up beside her, taking out his gum and loading it as he ran so by the time he reached her it was ready to fire. The shaking of the earth didn't stop- instead it grew louder and it vibrated Val's ears and made Skulduggery's bones rattle.
"What dou you think it is?" Val called over the pounding. Skulduggery just shook his head and manipulated the air so his hat stayed on. His jacket whipped around his thin frame though. Valkyrie's own clothes were twisting around her, and her hair sent tendrils that slapped her face and annoyed her. She manipulated the air as well- but it was harder to than it had ever been before.
As Val realised this, the source of the sound walked out the cliff edge in front of them. It was a massive dragon.
Deep blue scales wandered up the dragons body, leading towards shimmering silver spines that stretched from its long neck down to the tip of its long tail. As Val stared at the dragon that was wandering elegantly towards them her eyes slipped up to meet his. Ivy green orbs glinted dangerously before dialeting. The dragons paws glinted as it unsheathed silver claws, and it started loping towards the frightened duo.
"Valkyrie..." Skulduggery said, putting his gun away.
"Yes, dear partner?" Val asked as she got ready to turn and run.
"I believe that this would be an adequate time to advance in reverse. What is your hypothesis?"
"I believe that the statement that you just provided is entirely truthful. Shall we run?"
Skulduggery tilted his head at her as they pivoted away from the incoming beast. "We shall."
Skulduggery and Valkyrie ran- tactically advanced in reverse.
The two ran through the twisting maze of the tunnels without any clue of where they were going. They knew that the dragon had stopped chasing them as soon as they had left the eggs behind, but they also knew that they shouldn't stop running. Any nature of creatures could live down here.
And so they ran. They ran until Val's muscles burned and Skulduggery felt tired. They ran until the walls span. They ran until they saw a light.
The duo clutched each others arms as they ran forwards, muscles clenching and making them know that this was the last effort.
When they finally made it to the end of the tunnel, Val was astonished. Skulduggery tilted his head and for once had no words with which to speak.
Stepping onto dewy green grass, Val saw how soft it was. Then she let her gaze wander down the hill, saw how it was gently surrounded in mist. Heard the gentle lapping of waves against the shore. Saw the dragon flying high above them.
Leading the way into the Earth's garden, Valkyrie started singing softly. "Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea. And frolicked in the autumn mists in a land named Honer Lee..." Skulduggery took up the song in wonder as he looked around. They were in paradise.
Dexter and Saracen were talking happily when they reached the edge of the pit. There they realised that they had not thought things through. Neither of them had Elemental powers... They couldn't get down with magic. Looking at each other sheepishly, the pair started walking off when they heard the cultured voice of China Sorrows. "So they called the rabble out as well, did they? Hmm. And you have no way of getting down, do you." Saracen interrupted her as he learnt something.
"Actually, we do now. Thank you!" China glared at him icily.
"I may not help you now that you have disregarded my authority with interruptions," she felt a hand on her arm. "And yet it seems that we will be in need of you chimpanzees, and my brother wishes for my helping of you. Since we are in the term of accepting ones not unreasonable demands, I will help you. You will be indebted to me." She spoke coldy and the jokers mock-shivered. China clenched her perfect jaw slightly.
"Give me your arm," she told Dexter. He gulped nervously as he saw her sharp pen swirling over her skin and making runes. "It will only hurt a little." She smiled sourly.
In this chapter we thank China Sorrows 400 for her dragonic creation
In this chapter you should be glad that I made myself write it when I was NOT sleep deprived because I wanted to write things like this when I was:
The earth didn't stop- instead it grew louder and it vibrated Val's ears and made Skulduggery wish that he could take therapy.
Screw that- I WAS SLEEP DEPRIVED!
I have a busy couple of weeks soon, so I'll be even worse at updating than usual. You may start the throwing of the tomatoes ;)
I read a fanfic and thought that it said 'review and sleep' instead of what it actually said... I think delusions are bad... Ah, whatever. Being in love with a fictional character is worse!
YOU CAN NOW MAKE UP A SECOND DRAGON!
Anton, Dexter, Erskine, and maybe some others are still free.
Fletcher, Val, Skulduggery, China, Bliss, Ghastly, Tanith, Saracen are definitely taken. Is that all? First person to pick someone gets the person, so if you've already reviewed wanting someone that I've forgotten about (so sorry) you'll get them still!