"Purple Diamonds...Really Violet?" Ghastly held up the purple diamond encrusted skull as me and Val fell about laughing.

2 Weeks later

We have been focusing on the portal opening 24/7 since we got the skull. China is teaching me everything I need to know for it. I found somewhere to satay, In Skulduggerys house, he had a spare room (well it was a hat room, so it was spare) and Valkyrie had a spare key. So now I'm living there and its fun, I must say. I met Tanith when she came home and she is teaching me some cool sword stuff too. I found out my true power, it's a type of adept, I can change things, I'm only learning so at the moment I can only do clothes that I already own.

9:30 AM.

"Violet...come on get up...it's 9:30...VIOLET NYMPH GET UP RIGHT NOW!"

"Fine, fine I'm up...WAIT WHAT TIME?!? Shit, pass me my boots there please."

I wraped my corset around my torso and clasped it at the side. Today was a busy day, we are opening the portal at 10:30 and then the ball is at 7:30, and we need our minimum 6 hours of prep, Mission Imposable or what? I stuffed all the things I needed to open a portal into another relm and potentally kill everyone on earth, What else would you on a Friday? Ratt coiled around my wrist.

"Here you go...Hey do you have any food here, I'm starving...My reflection ate my breakfast...Stupid reflection..." She started to mumble to her self as she passed me my boots.

"No I don't...But I do have a surprise that will help with the hunger, but we need to move VERY FAST, like 80mph fast ok?"

I ran down the stairs, grabbing my coat (even though I wont need it because it's like 25 degrees outside plus I was only wearing my corset and not my undershirt because it was soo warm, but for protection.) and sword belt from the hat stand. I ran out and locked the door, only to unlock it and run back in to get my gun.

"Ok, you wait here and I'll go get the surprise." I said to Val as I ran around the corner.

9:35 AM.

I sat on the wall Violet told me to sit on and waited for her. I heard a familiar purr of an engine.

"Oh My God, VIOLET HE IS GOING TO KILL YOU!!" I screamed as she rounded the corner in the Bentley.

She pushed herself up out of the drivers side open window and sat on the door.

"Valkyrie Cain, I am hungry...So get THAT arse in THAT seat, before I make you!!" she yelled banging the top of the car. I ran to the car and sunk into the passenger seat.

"You can drive?"

"Yes, Yes I can" She laughed as she roared the engine.

"Sush...Its early!"

"Hey, its not called cemetery lane for nothing!" We laughed as we drove down the M1, listening to the -newly installed- Ipod connected Stereo.

10:05 AM

We drove into Swords, and passed the school we will be going to be going to in September, we being Me, Val and Flatcher. Don't ask how I managed to get them to go at least 2 days of school a week, it involved Hardback copy's, breaking and entering, Ratt and a memory that I repressed for some reason. 2 minutes later we parked up in front of a little coffee shop called "Adams Apple".

"I'll be right back, Don't touch the stereo. It's tuned to the right station and it took me ages to get it there." I said as I pushed myself out the window.

"IT'S NOT EVEN YOUR CAR!!" Val shouted out the window.

10:10 AM

I came back out 5 minutes later with a paper bag Handel between my teeth and 2 coffees in my hands. I passed them through the open window to Val before I climbed in.

"Don't spill or I'll Kill you...Yum...they do the Nicest sandwiches and coffees EVER!"

"FOR THE SECOND TIME, THIS IS NOT YOU CAR!!...Yum...they really are nice aren't they."

A layer of make up and a pony tail with a brushed out side fringe later we were on the road to Annamore.

10:20 AM

We arrived last, everyone was already there. I beeped the horn as we drove up to get their attention. They looked gob smacked.

"You...Bentley...Food...Skulduugery...Drive...Kill...WHAT?!?"

"Yes bro that makes soo much sense! Where do I set up?"

"Over there in the scorched out circle of grass." he pointed to a patch of charcoal ground about 100 yards away.

"Right then" I muttered as I ran to it.

10:30 AM

I was ready, Val was ready and so was Fletcher... Tanith and Ghastly were messing about, fake fighting.

"Ok, Val please tie this around your waist just in case..." Fletcher held out a rope.

"Hah that rhymed" I mused.

"Fine, I will." She took it and tied it around her waist. "But only because it rhymed..."

"Sure..." She jumped into the portal

"Oh you only have 20 minutes by the way..."

"Thanks for telling me that earlier. By the way..."

"Cheeky"

"Bye..." she ran off.

10:45 AM

"Oh crap, ohh crap, oh crap... Shit..." I passed up and down in one spot.

"What, did you do something wrong?"

"Tanith Low, I did nothing wrong...I take offence to that...no Finbar just rang me, I had him on look out for Glide and his crew and apparently they have realised that we're here and now they are coming... We have to get Val outta there, now." I ran towards the portal, then stopped and tried to ring her, It didn't work. Fletcher stuck his head in the portal,

"VAL, VAL COME ON WE HAVE TO GO, SOMETHINGS WRONG!!."

"FLETCHER RENN GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THAT HOLE NOW!!!"

"We have to get them out, Skulduggery or no Skulduugery..." Tanith told me.

"I'll run into the portal, and call her." I ran through and stood at the very edge and rang Val, she picked up on the 5th ring.

"Wow, great reception in this realm...Yea whats up?"

"Erm...Well the thing is that Glide and Marr are on the way up to stop us from bringing back Skulduggery... So we need to get out like, now..."

"Ya, give us 3 minutes, he's just saying goodbye, trust skulduggery to make friends between being tortured." she hung up and I hopped back through, and ran to the car.

"Dudes, COME ON, GET IN THE GOD DAMN CAR!!!" I screamed as I jumped into the driver seat via window. Ghastly and Tanith Jumped in the back. I turned the key and the engine roared. I slammed down on the escalator and turned the wheel towards the portal...The wheels slid...We were caught in mud.

"Crap, Crap, Crap, CAC!!" I finished screaming in Irish, while banging my head on the steering wheel, that beeped the horn at the same time.

"Ok, We'll get out and push and you hold down the accelerator." Ghastly said calmly as him and Tanith scrambled out of the backseat.

"Right, push on my signal...One...Two...Three...My signal!" I screamed. They pushed the car and it moved...Slightly...

"My Signal!!" They pushed again and the car tore down the farm yard. I reversed up to Tanith and Ghastly, and as they hopped in 2 things happened, A body emerged from the portal, and we heard a large van speed around the back roads. 2 bodies where now running towards us full speed. Fletcher grabbed the skull and teleported to the front passenger seat.

"Boot it, Buddy boy" I said thrusting my thumb towards the back of the car.

"Fine..." he muttered as he teleported to the boot. Val slid across the bonnet and hopped in the seat.

"Drive, Drive, DRIVE FOR GOD SAKE!!" I slammed my foot on the pedal.

"Skulduggery!!" I reversed and he hoped through the open back seat window and ended up lieing across they who are in the back seat. I drove out onto the road and swerved the opposite way to the passing black van. It tried to do a u-turn but it was too big at first. After some maneuvering it was chasing us. I was going a good 45 extra than legal, but ahh well.

"And This Is...?" Skulduggery shouted from the back.

"Violet Nymph, your savour."

"And why is she driving my car...I wanna drive my car...Its my car...Pull over...I wanna Drive my car!!!" He whined from the backseat.

"Éist suas leat creatlach fuilteacha roimh mé tú beatha do do mhadra!!!"

"What did she say" The west Londoner asked.

"Something like shut that dogs mouth, because its making a skeleton bleed." I twisted the wheel rapidly to avoid crashing into a barrier around a very sharp turn.

"STOP THE CAR RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!" Skulduggery screamed from the backseat.

"Íosa Críost...Do you have your drivers lenience in that wet suit?! No. Didn't think so, now dúnta suas!!" Everyone turned to look at him and he tugged at the wet suit, embarrassed.

"How do you know that much Irish? I've been here the same amount of time you have been, yet you know wayy to much Irish?" Fletcher asked from the boot.

"Come on Fletch, you know why." I laughed, as I turned to see him teleport into the backseat.

"Eyes on the road, Nymph!"

"You really don't know, huh? Íosa Críost... You do know I'm adopted, right?"

"What?!? Your adopted?! Since when?"

"Since I was born you ammodon."

"SO WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOU KNOWING TOO MUCH IRISH?"

"My blood family is from here, Ireland...Its in my blood."

"Ohh, Ok..." he nodded.

"You don't believe me do you?"

"Not for one second."

"Think about it, you, Mom and Dad all have blond hair and green eyes, and your all kinda short. I'm just 6 foot, and have Black hair and Blue eyes..."

"Ok, whatever." He said in a huff.

A -not so looking- Sharp bend was coming up but the van behind us were gaining on us fast soo I decided to put the pedal to the metal and floor it to just under 200 mph. We short forward as Skulduggery whimpered something like 'I'm gone for a month and a 13 year old driving my car into a tree...'

"I'm 15 thank you very much and the only way your car can go this fast is because I modified it so shut that jaw bone now." I swung the back of the car around so it looked like a shallow bent when really it was a 45 degree turn. We heard the crunch off metal on tree bark behind us.

"I like her...She can drive...Valkyrie how come you don't know how to drive?...Learn how to drive for god sake woman!..." Skulduggery pipped up from the back seat.

"Thank you...Is it just me or are you guys starving too?" I asked coming up to a round about.

"Yea, I could go for food, what about you?" Valkyrie asked Tanith and Ghastly.

"Yup, sure, I'm in"

"Same."

"Count me in" Fletcher said in a muffled voice from the boot.

"Wait, aren't Ireland playing France in rugby today?" Skulduggery inquired.

"The buro it is." I said taking the 7th exit on the motorway.

11:00 AM

I hopped out of the car via window...Again. What can I say, its a fun filled action. I bent down and gripped my ankle and thought about my black Paten high heels. They appeared instead of my boots. Ratt wrapped himself around my ankle. I tugged at the bottom of my corset and it changed to a rugby top.

"Ehh...Yea, I'm a skeleton in case you didn't notice, I'm wearing a wet suit..."

"There is clothes under the passenger seat for you." He pulled out the stuff, it consisted of baggy jeans, a hoddie and a pair of converse.

"What part of a talking skeleton do you not understand Nymph?"

"Put the clothes on, then I'll give you a fake body that'll last about 45 minutes." he rushed into the car and changed.

11:30 AM

We were on the high stools and finishing eating lunch while watching a rugby match.

"Sextion can tackle me any day" Val observed

"Nah, his eyes are too close tougher, now McLaughling's a different kettle o' fish." Tanith said into her Corona Extra.

"Ladies, Ladies, Ladies, this is not acceptable Friday talk... Anyway we all know D'arcy is the man to go to..."

"And she is my house mate? Oh good god. Well, I got to go to the Jacx."

"That's like your 5th time down there in a half an hour, your bladders been dormant...no, non extantant for the past what 450 years? Wait, Fletcher-" I leaned forward and turned my head towards him (we were sitting in a row, Fletcher on the very left then Val, me, Tainth, Ghastly, then Skulduggery on the very right.)

"-do they have a big wall of mirror in then guys bathroom, like they do in the girls?"

"Yea, they do actually...Hmm" we all turned to Skulduggery and raised a eyebrow. He had black hair, and bright blue eyes and sallow skin, he was ripped to the max to, I'd say he was 24 when he died.

"Shut up." He waltzed down the stairs that went down to the bathroom, humming.

"Good God he's vain...So whats the plan for the rest of the day?" I asked Val.

"Well, we'll leave here, swing by Cemetery lane, get your stuff and then back to Gordan's to get ready." she said swigging out of a bottle of something.

"Rigthy-o then..."

12:00 PM.

We were just pulling out of Swords main street. Skulduggery was sulking like a child in the backseat.

"I wanna go back and get mouldly drunk, then I want to get Tacco Fries and stagger home and wake up in the backyard, with a dog licking the tacco stuff off my face!!! I'm Irish, it's my God given right!!" It got even worse when his face melted off.

12:15 AM.

We pulled up outside the old house.

"I'll be out in 5 minutes." I got out of thee car, you know how.

"Why does she keep on doing that?" Skulduggery seemed to be over his sulking. I was already half way up the Driveway.

"Dud, unless you want to go to the ball in a hoddie and jeans, get your bony butt in that house and get a tux." I shouted from the -now unlocked-front door.

"Fine...Wait what ball?" We all ignored the question, as he flustered.

I ran up to the room i was staying in, grabbed the dress bag off the back of the door and the lil suitcase that held my shoes, make-up ect. And ran back down stairs. I passed Skulduggery having a emotional moment, which included his hugging a hatstand. I stopped, looked back and raised an eyebrow.

"It is my favourite hatstand, I thought I'd never see old Hata again..." He sniffled.

"Yea well...Tic Tok."

12:20AM

I ran to the car and threw the stuff in the boot, and slid through the window.

"STOP GETTING IN THROUGH THE WINDOW, YOU'LL SCRATCH MY CAR WITH YOU GOD DAMN HEELS!!! USE THE FRIGGEN DOOR!!!" Skulduggery shouted from a 2nd story window. Val shouted back,

"DOORS ARE FOR PEOPLE WITH NO IMAGINATION."

"TUSHE" He replied before taking his head out of the window.

"Hey, where are the rest?" I asked, Noticing the empty back seat.

"Oh, he took them to get their stuff...Erm Violet, can I ask you something?"

"You just did without my permission so I don't see why not."

"Would it be weird is I went out with your brother?"

"Just a tad, why?"

"Well he just asked me to be his date to the ball..."

"What did you say?" There was I crackle and the tree of them appeared in the backseat. Fletcher was grinning like a maniac.

"Oh, I see then. Tanith, do you have a date for tonight?" She held up her hand that was intertwined with Ghastlys.

"Shit, erm...I have 6 hours, I'll figure something out..." Val yawned,

"God I'm tired. I need a power nap."

"Hah, funny joke. Oh god, you're not kidding are you. Then no you don't need a power nap. You need a Vente Americano with 3 expresso shots from Starbucks, then a muffin so you're not too hyper. Lets go, they're on me." I put the car into gear and went to drive off.

"Skulduggery."

"Oh, Crap, that's what the second time I've forgotten about him today only, god." He hopped in the back.

12:40 AM

I was standing in line, waiting to order.

"Violet, the usual?" The girl behind the counter asked.

"Nope, I need 3 skinny lattes, 2 triple shot americanos, all vente. And 3 skinny lemon and poppy seed muffins. And these caramel waffles." I paid and sat in a chair near where they called out your order. She called out my order and placed the paper bag with all the food in it beside them. I was just finishing a text, so I waited a minute. I looked up to see one of the coffees sort of shimmer and then disappear. I sighed, and whispered,

"Blake Dúnmharú, I believe you are swigging from my boyfriends coffee." I felt the air get tense.

"Blake, I know your there, don't make me do this..." I pulled out my phone and flicked through the contacts looking for his. I felt someone grip me around my waist. I started laughing. I knew I was invisible, from the moment he grabbed me, we wouldn't be seen or heard. That works for almost everything, Except technology, like if you were invisible and your phone rang, you could hear it.

"Hey" he said flashing a cheeky grin, and then swigging out of the cup again.

"Hey, can I have that coffee back please, before my boyfriend realises I'm gone" I pointed to a big tank of a rugby player. Blake gluped.

"Oh, yea, ehh, I'm sorry." He stuttered.

"Just kidding, I don't have a boyfriend at the moment. Here help me bring this stuff outside to the car." I said linking his arm. He grabbed the cardboard tray, and I got the food.

"You look great, by the way, did you watch the match?"

"Ehh, I only saw the last 30 minutes because I've been running around all day, opening portals, closing them, now I have to go to a big ball with the sanctuary at half 7 and it's just a big mess."

"So I guess you don't want to go out then later tonight?"

"Sure, but it'll be to the ball. You don't have to go if you don't want to."

"Hey, I'd love to go, as long as I don't have to leave your side I'm fine"

"Cheesy...And great, thank you, its black tie and you'll need a mask because it's a masquerade ball, ok? I'll text you the rest."I smiled at him.

"Great, Hey how are you, ya know after what happened?" His eyes were big and brown, but not the kind that melted into his iris, the kind that were completely unique. He was wearing dark jeans, a pair of converse, and a grey t-shirt. The other 3 times I saw him his hair was spiked, but today his inky black hair was a disarray, I preferred it this way. I dropped my head and I felt his eyes scanning me. He pulled my face up to look at him with is fingers, his eyes were caring, worried and shy all at the same time.

"Vie, it's ok." He leaned down and hugged me. He was a good 3 inches taller then me, and I was wearing heels.

" Erm...This is where I get off, thank you."

"No problem, see you later, I'll be the one in the mask!"he handed me the food and unlinked arms with me, then he gave me back my half coffee. Fletcher who had his face pressed up against the car window and was blowing up his cheeks against it, jumped and banged his head against the window.

I slid in the car and doled out all the stuff.

1:20 PM

We drove up to the manor, and gawped at its beauty.

"Wow, you own this place?"

"Well, not until I'm 18, no. But after that yes I own this place."

It took us 4 trips to get all the stuff out of the boot, and into the hallway.

"Ok, guys in the west wing, girls in the east wing."

"You turn left at the top of the stairs." I explained at the foot of the stairs, to a confused looking Fletcher.

"You go this way at the top of the stairs" I elaborated for him.

"Ok..." He picked up his stuff and ran up the stairs, turning right. I sighed, shaking my head. I went into the kitchen and got a drink. I stood at the foot of the stairs a shouted

"Wrong way Fletcher" He turned around and ran to the 1st door on the left. Valkyrie was walking past the door, and a hand snaked out the door and grabbed her elbow and dragged her into the room, laughing. I went into the kitchen, found a basin, filled it with water, trudged up the stairs, opened the door, while shielding my eyes just in case, and threw it over them.

"VIOLET!"

"Oh tú féin a fháil níos mó ná! Get ready, and Fletcher, take a cold shower!" I walked out laughing, and hi-fived Tanith, who was on the ground, laughing. Ghastly and Skulduggery were standing in the doorways, also laughing.

So wadda think? I seriously need your OC's to apper briefly for the chap after next.

Violet...