23 September 2011 – Actually in Ghastly's attic now…
Well, I started to write things then but I had to stop as we were about to be attacked. I swear, Dr Nye is no where as good as Kenspeckle used to be!
I got so many bruises that day!
Anyway, now is not the time. What did I do all that ages ago?
I will pick up from where I left off from.
When we got back to the mansion, Fletch disappeared again to wherever he goes to these days. I still don't see him all that often…
I will skip most of that day as I don't remember it :) But I do know that we were at the sea edge, where Val jumped into the water to save herself from all those nasty infected, when the crazy dude came around the corner.
I was the only person who noticed him arriving. I mean, it was just another person, why should they have to worry. We were out here to watch the sunset and I had just turned around to see what it looked like on the other side (because I could) when I saw him. He was limping slightly on his left foot and I continued looking at the sunset. I stopped however when he came up close to me.
'Sup?' I said to him. Yes it was a question, but I was not expecting an answer.
'Get out of my way little girl and you won't be violently disembowelled,' he replied. Even if I had been expecting a reply that would not have been it!
'As lovely as that sounds I think I will leave you to Pleasant and Cain. Val! Skul! Random weirdo trying to kill you behind you and in front of me!' I yelled and ran for it. Suddenly the creep was in front of me.
'Whoa!' I said slowly and took a couple of steps backwards. I was roughly pushed aside by Skulduggery as he ran passed.
'Who on mars is that?' I asked as they started fighting this person.
'Your death if you don't lave now and stay out of this forever,' a person said coming out of the ground behind me.
'I know who you are!' I screamed and ran in the other direction. The evil person came to appear in front of me.
'Go away you hippogriff!' I said and kicked the closest rock. It hit his leg and he swore.
'Oh no! You said a bad word!' I dibbed and started walking down the road pretending that nothing had just happened. The faces of people when you do that. The people who know what happened watch you like you have just walked calmly off a cliff where as the other people stare at you like you took a huge run up and screamed your way down that cliff. Trust me I would know.
The fight went on for another couple of minutes with me playing that game and it ended with all the badies tied up and us with little bruises. All together a good time.
It was only as I got to the car and placed a hand on my head that I realised that I was bleeding.
'That's a bugger,' I said looking at the blood like it was going to get up and start dancing.
'What is?' Val asked not turning around to see me yet.
'The amount of blood pouring out of my head,' I replied with a casual shrug. I know she wasn't watching me and neither was Skulduggery, but the world is my stage right?
That got both of their attention though and I was taken to the sanctuary to get healed. I didn't want any scars. How would I explain them to people?
How did you get that scar on your head? Did you fall over or something?
No. I fought some scary dude with a nasty looking bade with Val and Skul.
Sure and how did you get the scar?
Yep. That conversation was sure to go down well. Oh well, it wasn't going to happen yet. Getting hurt was just one of the many accepted facts of fighting. My fencing disclaimer when I joined said that the club was not responsible for any serious injury I receive. It is always good to know that you are being looked after.
During the fight though, Val managed to punch someone in the face and he promised to hurt her back. And the rest of us as well. Just because we were with her. No fair! I was there because I was forced to! … Sort of…
That night dinner was a small thing. Skulduggery actually cooked it for us. I didn't know that he could cook, apparently he can. And a very good cook he is.
The next day, I wrote about. Well you got the beginning at least.
About halfway through the night a crazy vampire came up to us and smashed the window of the room I was sleeping in. What is it with these people? I mean, come on! I don't like having glass shards in me.
Luckily for me and not so lucky for my attacker, Val and Skul heard my screams (they were still awake for some reason) and came rushing up to see me.
'What happened? They asked me.
'This evil, bad, crazy, wicked dude smashed the window and was attacking me! And now he is trying to sneak out!' I said.
Skulduggery turned around smartly and punched the guy in the face.
'Go away. I don't have time for you at the moment,' he said.
'You have time for me occasionally? I'm touched,' the person trapped said.
'You're touched in the head,' I said back. (1)
'How dare you be so open with me?' the person yelled at me after my comment.
'Not many have insanity in their family,' I said back and turned to Val. (1) 'So, how are you today Val?'
'You asked me this morning,' she said back getting suspicious.
'Actually no. It is the next day now,' I replied with a smile.
'You are arrested just to let you know,' Skulduggery said to the person.
'I am too pretty to be put in prison!' he tried again.
'Perhaps your mother betrayed your father with warthog,' I said thoughtfully. (1)
Soon after Skul disappeared with the person and Val and I started to clean up. She didn't seem inclined to start a conversation so I started singing under my breath to keep me entertained. Because we all know what happens when I am not entertained.
Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's
The little old bird woman comes.
In her own special way to the people she calls,
"Come, buy my bags full of crumbs.
Come feed the little birds, show them you care
And you'll be glad if you do.
Their young ones are hungry,
Their nests are so bare;
All it takes is tuppence from you."
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.
"Feed the birds," that's what she cries,
While overhead, her birds fill the skies.
All around the cathedral the saints and apostles
Look down as she sells her wares.
Although you can't see it, you know they are smiling
Each time someone shows that he cares.
Though her words are simple and few,
Listen, listen, she's calling to you:
"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag." (3)
When we finished I looked at Val.
'What song was that?' he asked me.
'A song I know,' I replied.
She nodded and went off to her own room to sleep.
The next morning, or was it still that morning? We all woke up and Fletch appeared. He looked like he had gotten less sleep than us and stumbled in and sat in a chair.
'Sup?' I asked him. I got a simple stare back. It was just blank. I shuddered. That look was not normal on anyone apart from those really brain dead blondes. (Not to dog blondes or anything. I am one)
'Any one bothered actually cooking something?' Tanith asked as she walked in the door.
'NO!' I called out.
'I'll take you to McDonalds,' Fletch offered and we all took it.
Val paused for a second before to leave a note for Skul and whilst I laughed we were all teleported to the McDonalds.
When we got back we all wandered around to do whatever it was that we did to entertain ourselves.
Val went to talk to echo Gordon, Tanith to read and Fletch disappeared again.
'Val!' I called through the corridor.
'Yeah?' she asked back poking her head out of Gordon's study door.
'Can I hack your internet?' I asked her.
'Why?' she asked me.
'Why else?' I replied. 'Fanfiction. The best website ever invented.'
'Fine,' she said.
For the next ages I was on Fanfiction. I started going through the Fanfiction for Skulduggery Pleasant. Other than the other day where I showed that one to Ghastly and the other important people, I hadn't really gone on the Skul ones in ages.
The next thing I knew Val was going down stairs.
'What time is it?' I asked her as she went past.
'Lunch,' she replied. 'I'm going out side for a bit. I need to think something over.'
'Cool with me,' I said and went back to my reading.
I looked up again when I heard her scream.
'What the?' I muttered as I ran down the stairs. There was the crazy dude (there do seem to be a lot of them don't there), holding her by the neck in the air.
'That's not a nice way to hold someone,' I told him.
'She deserves it,' he said.
'Why?' I asked him.
'Because…' he trailed off.
'Exactly. Now put her down and we can go inside to talk,' I said.
'I would rather talk out here,' he said. Suddenly thunder went off.
'What a coincidence,' Tanith muttered.
'I don't think so. The word coincidence always seems to start religious arguments for some reason,' I replied. (2)
She gave me the funny farm look.
'Don't worry,' I replied.
We walked in and starting talking to the man.
'Sup?' I asked him.
'What does that mean?' he asked me back.
'What's up?' I replied.
'Ok. Then the roof. But why do you want to know that?'
'Because it changes depending on the person,' I replied with a smirk.
About five minutes later, when they ad a decent conversation going I interrupted.
'Sup?' I asked him again.
'The roof is up. I told you that already,' he said back with a deep frown.
'Sorry,' I replied back.
Another five minutes later I spoke again.
'Sup?' I asked Val.
'Go away,' she said to me.
'Nope. Sup?' I asked Tanith.
'Sky. I am fine thank you,' she said.
'A big clash of thunder happened and I jumped up and ran out of the room.
'The evil bunnies are coming to get me!' I yelled as my departing phrase.
Later that night someone else tried to kill us. Val called Skul and he said that we needed somewhere to hide, at least for the time being.
I suggested his attic.
It went down really well all things considered. We went there and while Tanith was getting food that wouldn't need cooking, I sat down to write.
That didn't last long. Just as Tanith started unpacking everything (which had a lot of sugar in it), yet another crazy dude came bursting in.
'Found them!' he called out over his shoulder to someone in another room.
'What gave this perfect hiding spot away?' Skulduggery asked him.
'All yer cars parked outside,' he said and was blasted backwards by air from Val.
We ran out and got in the Bentley. Tanith naturally had left her bike at Val's.
We has and epic car race (it was epic to me, I was my first one) through the streets. We ended up winning by the other car flying off a bridge into water. Cars all around us stopped to watch but we pretended that we hadn't seen what happened. What else could we do?
We arrived at Ghastly's and hid in his attic.
I have to stop now because Ghastly hates my muttering and I can't write without muttering.
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(References)
1 – Song of the lioness -02- In the Hand of the Goddess (Tamora Pierce)
2 – Redemption of Althalus (David and Leigh Eddings)
3 – Feed the birds (Marry Poppins)