Chapter 16 – Egg Hunt?

Hey! HAPPY EA- wait, no, that was like.. 5 days ago.

This chappy's gonna be an Easter one, despite the fact that its late.

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Anyhoo, here y'all go!

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"Hurry up- and DON'T drop those dammed eggs!"

Skulduggery let out a sigh as he hoisted the box full of eggs up in to his arms.

"Why can't you carry them?"

Tanith looked over her shoulder and at him. "-Because-, Skulduggery, I am the map holder. How would we know where to hide them if I was carrying the eggs?"

".. I could hold the ma-"

Tanith raised a silencing hand. "No, Skul. No you couldn't. Don't ever suggest that again."

Skulduggery lowered his head and trudged on after Tanith, carrying the box of eggs.

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Valkyrie stretches out her arms and let out a rather unladylike yawn.

She got up from bed and got dressed before wandering downstairs for breakfast.

Because her parents were out of town, she had the entire house to herself.

After she filled her tummy with cornflakes and toast, she got out her phone.

"No messages.. Huh." She muttered to herself as she went out the front door. "Strange, they usually tell me to come over. And its Easter!"

She came to a stop at the gate and looked down. There, in the middle of the path, was a miniature cadbury's chocolate egg.

She narrowed her eyes and glanced about as she bent down to inspect it. She lowered her head and sniffed the area around the egg, then the egg itself.

Deciding it wasn't poisoned, or a trap, she picked it up, unwrapped it and popped it in to her mouth.

She stood up, nomming happily on the egg, and continued down the path. Ten seconds later, she came across another egg. Her gaze wandered down the path to find a whole trail of eggs.

Valkyrie narrowed her eyes once again and began picking them up as she goes, either stuffing them in her mouth or in her pocket.

After ages of walking, picking up egg, eating it, walking, picking up an egg, eating it, etc, she was lead by the never ending trail to Skulduggery's house.

She stopped outside the door and stuffed another egg inside her mouth before going inside.

It looked empty to her as she wandered in to the living room, then she heard a crash from the kitchen and immediately went in to ninja-stance.

Cautiously making her way towards the kitchen, she could her a familiar voice cursing at whatever was broken.

She prepared to kick the door open when someone from behind her grabbed her by her shoulders.

"Hey, get of-"

"Sh, Val. Its me."

Fletcher grinned at her as she turned her head to glare at him.

"Why are you holding me?"

"Can I not do that anymore?"

"You've never been aloud to do that."

"Hey, but Skul ain't around.."

Valkyrie tried to step away from him, but he just chuckled and turned her around. "I'm not gonna do anything, Val."

(A/N - I think we're starting to make Fletcher out as a bad guy! D: oh well.)

She scowled slightly. "I know that!"

Fletcher took a step closer to her, forcing her backwards a little. "Then why do you keep looking and talking to me like that?"

Valkyrie glanced behind her as she was pinned to the wall. She looked back at Fletcher and rolled her eyes. "Fletcher, -this- is exactly why I look and talk to you like I do."

Fletcher's lips lifted in to a smirk. "I just can keep my han-"

"HIIIIYYAAAAHH!"

Tanith, out of no where, came charging in to Fletcher and tackled him to the ground. Valkyrie jumped away from them and grinned as Tanith got Fletcher in to a head lock.

"No. Perving. Val. When. We're. Away!"

Fletcher groaned as she pounded his head with her fist at each word.

"Ah, Fletcher tried one again, Val?"

Skulduggery walked up next to Valkyrie, soon followed by Ghastly.

"Heh, yeah. Though Tanith's always here to save me!" Valkyrie laughed.

Skulduggery turned to her. "Val, we've set up an Easter Egg hunt."

Val's eyes widened and she grabbed his arm. "An Egg hunt?!"

Tanith let go of Fletch and bounced on to her feet. "Yeah! We gotta go find the eggs!"

"And who ever gets the most gets to wear the chocolate crown." Ghastly added with a grin.

".. A chocolate crown? Oh my, I'm so winning." Valkyrie said, her game-face set. "Let's go!"

They all went outside and to the huge field behind Skul's house. They found the starting point, dished out the baskets and set off.

"Hold on a second- wasn't Tanith the one who hid the eggs?" Ghastly asked after the Val and Tanith had left. Fletcher was still moping about with an ice pack on his head.

Skulduggery raised his shoulders. "Yeah, but you go stop her. I'm not taking that risk."

Ghastly shook his head slowly. "I feel sorry for Val."

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A while later, they all meet back up at Skul's house with their baskets.

Valkyrie's basket was filled to the brim with eggs. She was rather chuffed with her gathering skills. She waltzed in to the living room, about to brag about her basket, when she froze, staring at the sofa.

Tanith lay there, lazily swinging her full basket, while another bag full of eggs lay at her feet.

"No way- she cheated!" Valkyrie exclaimed, pointing her finger at Tanith.

Skulduggery and Ghastly cringed away from them.

Tanith sat up. "No I didn't! I got these fair and square."

"Well.. You -did- hide them, Tanith.."

"Shut up, Skul. That doesn't count."

Valkyrie's jaw literally dropped and her face was set with a scowl.

"Tanith, you big cheat!"

Tanith winked at her and wandered over to the chocolate crown, and placed it on her head.

"I got the most eggs, therefore I win! I am the Egg Queen!"

She spun around, grinning. She came up to Valkyrie and stuck her tongue out.

"Why you.." Valkyrie muttered, and snatched the crown from Tanith's head. Tanith gasped and tried to grab for it, but Val brought the crown up to her mouth and took a huge bite out of it.

Then there was silence.

Ghastly and Skulduggery edged ever so slowly towards the kitchen as steam literally came from Tanith's ears.

Then, suddenly-

"OH NO YOU DIDN'T!"

And Tanith was on Valkyrie. There was screaming, biting, scratching and all round viciousness as they both fought for the bitten chocolate crown.

Ghastly did his best not to laugh at the scene, though was soon laughing away at them. Fletcher, though, was petrified of even being in the same house as them. He always ends up hurt in these situations.

Skulduggery just stepped back and, if he had a face, his eyebrows would be soaring through the sky.

This won't end well.

ooOoo

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