Skulduggery Pleasant fanfic chapter 30

The other half of the party had made their way to Skulduggery's house, as it was the biggest. They all filed in, Saracen bringing up the rear and staying surprisingly quiet. Gracious, Donegan and Ghastly sat on the couch and Dexter and Trip took the armchairs. Skulduggery, Fletcher, Ravel and Saracen stood.
"So, what's for dinner?" Gracious asked. He had woken up on the ride back.
"Something eatable." Fletcher smirked.
"Right now, I would eat anything..." he wailed.
"How about Chinese?" Ravel suggested.
"No thanks, I couldn't stomach that, too filling." Ghastly added
"How about Pizza?" Flectcher said.
"Yeah, pizza would do." Donegan nodded.
"Who's paying?" Ravel asked.
Dexter was just about to say 'thanks for offering' again to annoy him when Skulduggery spoke up.
"I'll pay" he said.
"No Skulduggery, that's not fair. You can't even eat any." Fletcher protested.
"I'll pay for it." Saracen said at last, "It won't be enough to apologise for how I acted this evening but I hope it helps."
Everyone nodded apart from Trip. The gang had left their suits at Skulduggery's earlier that day. Anton's was still there but there had been no sign of him all night.
"Hey, has anyone seen Anton since this morning? I didn't even see him bring in his suit." Dexter said.
"I brought it in," Ravel replied, "He's working late at the hotel and will join us as soon as he can."
"Well, we better get enough pizza for him too then." Saracen smiled.
He went through to Skulduggery's hat room to order the pizza.
"I hate him" Trip blurted.
"We know. But Saracen has had a thing for Adra since she got here. He only found out recently that you were her boyfriend and backed off, slightly." Dexter added.
Trip sighed. "I know, but I think Adra is falling for him...you know what's he's like with women. Adra pretends that she's not one of those women who fall head over heels for his charm but she's been really distant recently."
He looked down at his hands. Everyone fell silent until Saracen walked back through to the living room.
"Pizza should be here in a few minutes."
"Good, i'm starving" Gracious groaned.
"You're always starving, Gracious." Donegan rolled his eyes.
"That's cause I never eat a lot and when I do we travel all over the world and I lose it all again."
"Skulduggery, you need more chairs." Fletcher complained
"For one, Fletcher I don't need more chairs, I don't normally have this many people in my house, just myself and Valkyrie. And secondly, there is a perfectly good carpet below your feet.
Fletcher grouchily sat down on the floor. "I need a seat...my feet are killing me from too much dancing."
"Fletcher, you do know it's a Christmas dance, don't you?" Ghastly chuckled.
"Well, yeah. Although I didn't expect Annabeth to be so lively..."
"Are you going to call her?" Ghastly asked quietly
Gracious and Donegan were too busy telling Dexter and Trip about their monster hunting adventures, Saracen and Skulduggery were in a world of their own and Ravel kept looking at his watch to see when Anton would show up.
"I don't know," Fletcher sighed solemnly, "I'll see what happens tonight"
"What are you waiting for?" Ghastly asked.
Fletcher just looked at him with a sad and thoughtful expression on his face and Ghastly finally caught on. "You want to know how things with Valkyrie go first?"
Fletcher nodded. Ghastly patted his back gently. Just then the door rang and Gracious sprung to his feet and bolted towards the door. He opened it and came face-to-face with Anton Shudder, holding the pizzas.
"Surprise" He grinned
Gracious grinned and snatched up the boxes of pizza and went back to eat them. Anton walked in after him.
"So, delivery boy, do I pay you instead?" Saracen smirked
"No it's alright, I already paid the delivery boy," Anton said, "Keep your pocket money, Saracen."
Everybody was now turned towards Anton smiling, apart from Gracious who was already onto his second slice.
"Hey Anton, you didn't miss much." Ravel said.
"Good to know" Anton took off his jacket and threw it over Ravel.
"Actually, you missed me beating Gracious in a drinking competition." Donegan announced proudly.
"Wow, now that is something." Anton said, sounding genuinely pleased for him.
Ravel huffed and hung up Anton's jacket then went over to the pizza, as did everyone else. Apart from Skulduggery who still stood staring out of the window. When everyone had finished eating they all got dressed. They all changed into their fancy black suits and wore different coloured ties. Ghastly's was yellow, Trip's was purple, Saracen's was silver, Ravel's was gold, Skulduggery's was deep red, Fletcher's was black, Gracious's was orange, Donegan's was pink, Anton's was green and Dexter's was royal blue. They all got back into the taxi, after Fletcher took around 20 minutes to get his hair sitting perfectly and they set off towards Gordon's house.

Skulduggery Pleasant fanfic chapter 29

The limo parked outside of China's house as it was the biggest. The girls tumbled out and ran into the house.
"I'm starving" Valkyrie moaned
"You said it Val...me too"
"How about we order pizza?" China suggested.
"I'll pay this time" Adra smiled.
"Splended" China replied.
China went to order the pizza. The girls get out their dresses ready to get dressed. Clarabelle couldn't sit still, she was practically bouncing off of the walls.
"Will we do each others make-up?" she exclaimed suddenly.
"First off, calm down Clarabelle. Secondly, no." China said sternfully, shooting Clarabelle down.
That calmed Clarabelle down. In fact, she looked like a deflated balloon.
"Awww..." She said sadly as she sank back into her chair.
"Chione, how about you tell us about some of the adventures you've been on? you haven't told us anything about your past life"
Tanith crossed her legs and looked towards her and the other girls did the same.
"Um...well...that's because I want it to stay hidden..." Chione blushed.
"It's fine, you can tell us. We've all done terrible things, apart from maybe Adra." Valkyrie said.
"Oh, no. I've killed people too so it's fine." Adra replied happily.
Chione sighed "Alright. One time I was in Paris, when we were very young. I had spared a little girls life before and she let us stay with her. She gave us a lot of food, and because my sisters were tortured and starved they ate a lot. And I mean a lot. We spent a week there trying to find our target so as you can expect, they gained a little weight. When we did find our target, we tried to sneak into the location via the air vents because we were small, we were around 9 and 10 at the time. Unfortunately, because they ate so much, when they tried to get through the vents their asses got stuck!"
The girls started laughing.
"What happened to your target? did he get away?" Tanith asked
"Well, it took around half an hour to get all three of them out of the vents then we thought it best to just walk through the front door. We killed everyone in the building, Including our target. But my sisters certainly learned their lessons."
"I really can't imagine your sisters as chubby children, Chione" Valkyrie giggled.
"Neither could I, they were all so skinny up until that moment. I obviously took a few minutes to laugh at them stuck there before trying to help them out." Chione laughed.
"That's a given" Adra smiled
China came back through and raised an eyebrow at everyone laughing.
"I always miss all the fun..."
"It wasn't that funny anyway China, don't worry." Chione smiled.
"Hmm...clearly, anyway, the pizza will be here soon."
"Yay! pizza!" Clarabelle cheered.
Valkyrie's stomach rumbled "Pizza..."
Tanith laughed and nudged Valyrie. Val nudged her back a little harder. Tanith pushed Valkyrie off of the couch. Valkyrie picked up a pillow and hit Tanith over the head with it. Tanith picked up the other pillow and hit her so hard she flew across to the other side of the room.
China sighed "Why is it always my home being destroyed?" and walked back out.
Clarabelle picked up a pillow and decided to join in too. She tried of hit Valkyrie and got flung into the door.
"Owch" she muttered.
Chione looked at Adra and she looked back. They nodded, picking up pillows and ran at each other from opposite sides of the living room. Clarabelle sat on the ground, singing to herself softly, maybe hit her head a little too hard.  Adra came at Chione and at the last second, she side-stepped and Adra went straight into Tanith. Tanith started attacking Adra and Valkyrie started fighting Chione.
"Remember this, Valkyrie?"
"Yeah, you and your sisters beat us up."
"You didn't do too badly yourselves."
Adra and Valkyrie went to one side of the room, Chione ad Tanith at the other. They charged at each other and just before they impacted, the door rang.
Valkyrie lunged at the door "Pizza!", She opened the door. "Hi there, pizza please"
The delivery boy smiled and gave the two pizzas over. "That'll be £25."
Adra came over and payed the guy. China came back through just as he was leaving.
"Oh, pizza's here. Fantastic."
The poor boy was almost drooling as Adra slammed the door on his face.
"Ok, let's eat" Valkyrie said hungrily
Adra put the pizza down on the table and the girls dug in. When all the pizza was gone, the girls got ready. Valkyrie put on her little black dress which came with black silk gloves and sparkly black heels. The dress was slim and fell to just below her knees. Tanith wore a yellow embellished dress with silver heels. Adra wore a simple purple dress with a black bow at her waist with purple pumps and a silver purse. Clarabelle wore a poofy pink dress with pink sandals. Chione was dressed in her royal blue sparkly dress with blue sparkly heels with white silk gloves. Finally China, who wore her blood red dress with a low neck line and a slit up the leg, finished off with her red stiletto heels that could easily be used as a weapon if she wanted them to be. The girls got back into the limo and made their way to Gordon's house.

Skulduggery Pleasant fanfiction chapter 28

The guys had met in the sanctuary. The deadmen and Trip.
"You know, Donegan, Gracious and Fletcher are part of the sanctuary too, we should invite them too." Ghastly said.
"Yeah, it'll certainly liven up the dance." Trip added.
"Trip, have you never been to one of Gordon Egdley's parties? They don't need livening up." Dexter laughed.
"No, Dexter, I haven't been to one. So I wouldn't have known" Trip snapped.
"Woah, what's wrong with you?" Saracen asked.
Trip quickly turned his head towards Saracen and glared. Saracen hushed up.
"I'll call Fletcher" Skulduggery said and walked away.
"So..." Ghastly said in an attempt to break the silence, "How is everyone?"
Saracen and Trip glared at each other, Dexter was clearly missing Chione and Ravel looked as if he got no sleep last night.
"Fantastic." He said.
Skulduggery came back. "They'll be here in a minute."
Just then Fletcher, Gracious and Donegan teleported into the centre of the circle.
"Or two seconds." Skulduggery added.
"Hello gents! we were wondering when we would be invited to this shindig." Fletcher said cheerfully.
He looked around at everyone else. He frowned.
"What the hell is up with you lot?"
No one answered.
"Well, I can tell this will be great fun." Fletcher moaned.
They all went outside into the limo, driven by Skulduggery as he's always the designated driver. They drove to a club they sometimes went to after work. They hardly ever went out as a group anymore. During the ride there, Donegan, Gracious and Fletcher talked about their monster hunting adventures. They got out of the limo and walked straight into the club, not having to wait in line. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at them for a moment. Then kept dancing and drinking. Skulduggery had taken off his shades and scarf and had touched his collarbone. His face was of a Blonde man with striking blue eyes. All the women stared. They took the table as close to the back of the room as possible. Fletcher stared at the ground.
“What’s wrong, Fletcher?” Donegan asked.
“This is where Valkyrie and I had our first date.”
“Ah shit,” he muttered, “sorry lad.”
“Nah it’s fine, I’ll find a way to enjoy myself somehow.”
Donegan gave him a firm pat on the back.
“Who’s going up for drinks?” Ravel asked.
“Thanks for volunteering, Grand Mage.” Dexter said as he shoved Ravel off of his seat and towards the bar. Saracen was already chatting up a group of girls that looked in their early 20s. They laughed and flirted with him. In a couple of minutes, he was up on the dance floor with them. Avicii’s “Wake me up” was booming in the background. Ravel came back with the drinks and Fletcher dived right in, Donegan giving him a look of sympathy. Fletcher noticed but didn't seem to care that much. He didn’t need Donegan to feel sorry for him. He didn't need anyone, Let alone Valkyrie. He finished his drink, slammed it down on the table and went on the prowl. He found a red head in the middle of the dance floor and shrugged. ‘Why the hell not’ He thought, ‘the night isn’t going to get much worse.’ He tapped her on the shoulder.
“Hi there. Can I just say, you are absolutely stunning.” He smiled
The girl blushed.
“Hi, I'm Annabeth. And you can say whatever you want.”
“Well then, I'm Fletcher.”
“Cool name”
“So is yours. Pretty, just like you.”
She blushed again. He was on a roll.
“Would you mind if I danced with you, Annabeth? Even though I'm kinda rubbish.”
“Well Fletcher, I’ll just have to show you, won’t I?” She smirked.
They started dancing together, the guys back at the table started.
“It comes so easy to Fletcher and Saracen…” Ghastly said.
“I suppose it’s cause they look the youngest” Dexter said, finishing off his 3rd drink.
“Shut up, Dexter. You always find a pretty one too. And now you've got Chione.” Ghastly huffed.
“And you've got Tanith” Dexter grinned.
“I do not. A woman like her would never go with a guy like me” Ghastly stammered.

"So you think" Dexter smirked. He got up and made his way onto the dance floor. A woman with long wavy brown hair approached him cautiously as if he were a bomb about to go off. She had bright green eyes, like a cats.

"Hi there" She said softly.

Dexter turned to face her. "Hello there."

"My name is Cordelia. Yours?"

"Dexter"

"Well Dexter, how about you come dance with me?"

"I would be happy to."

They disappeared into the crowd.

"That took what, 5 seconds for Dexter to be picked up by that women?" Ghastly complained.

"Ghastly how about you go try, you might be surprised. Some of these woman are so out off their heads they'll go with anyone." Ravel said.

Skulduggery sat in the corner quietly. Trip glared at Saracen and drank his beer. Donegan and Gracious had gone up to the bar to have a drinking competition. Flecther was still dancing with Annabeth., Dexter with Cordelia and with Saracen with 3 girls he had picked up as soon as he got in the club. 

"Thanks for the speech. Really boosted my confidence." Ghastly grumbled.

Ravel got up after his beer. "Why the hell not?" and went onto the dancefloor. Two girls were staring over where Ghastly was. They approached the table and sat on either side of Skulduggery. Of course  they did. Ghastly got into his second beer.

"Why hello there handsome, want to dance with us?" One of the girls said, grabbing onto his arm.

"Yeah come join us gorgeous" the other woman said.

"No thanks, I don't dance. But my friend here does."

Ghastly almost choked on his beer. The two woman looked at Ghastly

 then at each other and shrugged. They pulled him to his feet and dragged him onto the dance floor.
Skulduggery did his best not to chuckle.
"That was nice of you." Trip said, still staring at Saracen.
"I felt sorry for him. He'll either love me or hate me. Perhaps both if i'm lucky."
Trip laughed for the first time that evening and even took his death glare off of Saracen to look at Skulduggery. There was a cheer from the bar. Donegan had won the drinking competition. Gracoius was passed out on the floor. Donegan came back with Gracious hung over his shoulder and four girls following him.
"Alright, Donegan?" Skulduggery asked.
"I'm Great, man. I have all these beautiful woman, I beat Gracious for the first time, I am fantastic right now."
Donegan sat across from Trip, 2 girls on each side. Trip got up from the table.
"I'm going to the bar." And he went.
He sat down on a stool and ordered his sixth beer. A girl came over and sat beside him. He looked her over. Early 20's, Dirty Blonde, Floaty white dress. She noticed him looking.
"Hey."
"Hello"
"You certainly look as if you're enjoying yourself." She said.
"Oh yeah, i'm having a ball of a time."
She smirked. "Well I actually am."
"Good for you."
"You don't have to be rude."
"I wasn't trying to be, sorry."
The girl looked down at her glass.
"Have a girlfriend?"
"Yeah"
"Troubles?"
"Not with her"
"Another guy?"
Trip nodded.
"I see. Sorry to hear that."
"Yeah..."
"Sorry to have bothered you."
She got up to leave and Trip took her arm.
"Please stay"
The girl nodded. Saracen came over and kissed the girls cheek.
"Is he bothering you, Selena?"
"No saracen, he's not."
"Alright, come on then." He tugged on her arm and she pulled away.
"No."
"Selena, come on. He's a waste of time."
"Well I quite enjoy his company actually so if you don't mind, leave."
"See this is what happens when you hang around him, you go from being a lot of fun to being miserable and  a down right party pooper. That's why Adra is how she is now. If i remember she used to be a lot more fun."
Trip got up quickly and as the stool was falling, punched Saracen in the face. Saracen clutched his jaw and smiled.
"That's it, let it all out pal."
Trip growled and charged at him. Saracen stepped to the side at the last moment and Trip fell straight into a girl. He fell ontop of her; his hands on her  breasts/ He turned bright red and threw himself off of her. Saracen burst out laughing. Saracen was completely sober and Trip had drank six so he was a little Tipsy. -or should I say, Tripsy. The girl Trip ran into was blushing too, then got angry. She walked over to him and slapped him across the face, Hard. Saracen laughed even louder and the girl went over ad slapped him across the face too then walked away. Selena came over and slapped Saracen across the face as well then went over to help Trip up, They had caused a scene. The other guys were watching too, excluding Gracious as he was still back at the table passed out. Saracen smirked.
"Guess i'll have to delete Selena's number now."
Trip's eyes changed and he ran at Saracen again. The Dead men went to help but the women they met pulled them back. They all watched in horror as Trip got back his bearings. He was the fastest fighter that they knew. And they knew a lot of people. Trip raced at Saracen, aiming left but faking and goes for his right rib, just then Skulduggery walked out and caught Trip's fist.
"Let it go, Trip."
Trip glared and pulled his fist back. Skulduggery nodded then turned round and punched Saracen in the face.
"Why didn't I get to do that?" Trip muttered.
"Because you had already got a hit in. I wanted to hit him too."
Saracen stood there and rubbed his cheek.
"I think it's time we leave" Ravel said.
"Good call" Ghastly agreed.
Fletcher got Annabeth's number, Ghastly's two dates kissed either side of his face as they left. Saracen got almost every girls number in the place. They all piled back into the limo. Saracen and Skulduggery riding at the front, Everyone else in the back.
"Are you alright, Trip?" Donegan said, holding Gracious up with one arm.
"I'm fine. Pissed off but fine. I just want to see Adra now."
"Yeah, I get it. Well, not really cause i haven't had a girlfriend in a while...A few centuries actually. A proper one." Donegan shut up because he wasn't helping much.
"So Fletcher, I take it you had a good night?" Ghastly asked.
"Y-yeah, I suppose I did. Did you see? I got her number."
"I saw, good job."
Fletcher smiled, proud of himself.
"Ravel, did you get a girl?" Ghastly asked.
"Um, no. I tried but she had a boyfriend and he tried to punch me but I kinda knocked him out." he said.
Ghastly sighed. "I don't think we can go anywhere without fighting."
"We're Dead Men, Ghastly. That's almost impossible.
"Let's hope the rest of the night is different..." Fletcher said, looking out of the window.

Skulduggery Pleasant Fanfiction Chapter 27

Chione woke up really early, she was too excited to sleep. Today was her girls day out with everyone else going to the ball. The guys had their own stuff to do. Chione had a shower then put on her silver T-shirt with no back, her black skinny jeans, her leather jacket and her ankle boots. She had her breakfast, cereal again. She sat watching TV for a while but again, nothing was on. She had time to watch one episode of the walking dead before the car horn was heard from outside. She ran to the door and there was a pink limo waiting for her. She grabbed her dress, locked the door, ran across the street and got in. Valkyrie, Tanith, China, Clarabell and Adra were inside already, all holding the bags that their dresses were in.  She sat next to Valkyrie and Tanith.
"Hey Chione" Valkyrie said.
"Hello my dear, so you're the eldest of the element 4?" China's mouth moved but Chione  couldn't hear the words, she was the most beautiful women she had ever seen.
"Uh...yeah..." Chione mumbled.
Valkyrie looked sympathetic, she'd been through that before.
"So, where are we off to?" Adra said.
"First we're going to get our hair and nails done." Tanith said excitedly.
"Ah, good", China said whilst flicking her perfect locks, "I need my hair done again."
"You really don't" Chione said quietly.
China smiled "Thank you."
Valkyrie raised a bottle of champaign "who wants a drink?" everyone but Chione cheered and lifted up their hand.
"Chi, have you never  drunk before?" Clarabell asked.
"Um, no" Chione said nervously.
"Oh well it's time to change that. And no matter what, you have to down it in one to try to get used to it." Tanith encouraged.
Valkyrie poured her  a glass and gave it to her. Chione stared into the bubbly glass and took a deep breath, she threw her head back and downed it in a oner. The girls cheered.
"Good girl" China nodded, "Now one for me, Valkyrie."
Valkyrie poured the other women a glass and poured another for Chione.
"to the Christmas dance." Valkyrie called.
The girls put their glasses into the centre and clinked each others They drank their champaign and then the limo stopped.
"We're here" Tanith said.
The girls walked into the small shop. It was empty apart from a young women with curly red hair.
"Hey Tanith, what can I do you for?"
"Hey Helen, The the girls and I are looking for hairstyling and nails."
"Alright, what's the occasion?"
"Annual Christmas dance."
"Lovely. who's gonna be first?"
Everyone looked at Chione.
"Um...me, I guess"
"Hunny, when was the last time you got your hair cut?" Helen enquired.
"Never..." Chione replied, embarrassed.
"My god", Helen sighed, "Better get started then."
She chopped off half of Chione's hair to start off with.
"That was oddly satisfying." Helen smirked.
Chione, with her eyes closed so she didn't see her precious hair falling to the floor, heard the "thud" and whimpered.
Helen then took her to wash her hair . She left her at the mirror with a towel on her head.
"Who's next?"
Tanith stood up and Helen washed her hair, then Tanith was sitting next to Chione with towel on her head too. Next was Valkyrie, Then clarabell, Adra and finally China. They all sat reading magazines until it was time to get Chione's hair styled.
"Right, what style are you going for?" Helen asked.
"I'm not sure..." She muttered.
"Helen", Tanith called, "Give us it over."
Helen gave the magazine to Tanith and Valkyrie  and they looked it over. Chione listened carefully as she talked about how to chop the rest of her hair. Helen came back after they had all decided and started snipping with the scissors. Chione closed her eyes again, trying to block out the sound but it wasn't working. When Helen was done she tapped Chione on the shoulder ad she opened her eyes. He had a side fringe with long curls down the side of her face and her hail falling to almost a point at her back.
"I love it!" Chione shreiked.
The other girl smiled. Tanith and Valkyrie gave each other  high five.
"Chione, you look great." Valkyrie said.
"Thanks Valkyrie" Chione Beamed.
"Alright Chione, wait at the nail bar as I get the other girls looking as pretty as you."
Chione sat at the nail bar and looked at all the colours. Tanith just got her hair trimmed a little and curled. Valkyrie had her up in a bun that looked like a black rose with two strips of hair cascading down the side of her face. Clarabell had her hair dyed from Blue to Candy floss pink and had it up and curled. Adra just had hers curled with a silver clasp in it that she brought with her. China just had hers tided too with a red rose at the side that she also brought with her.
"Right, nails." Helen walked over to Chione who was still looking at all the bottles.
"What colour?"
"Blue" She said immediately."
"Any patterns?"
"Do you have snowflakes?"
"I do"
"Snowflakes then please.
Helen painted her nails Royal blue then she left them to dry. Tanith just wanted a French Manicure. Valkyrie got Black nail polish with pink glitter. She sat and smiles to herself when she was getting her nails painted. Chione smiled too because she knows why. Clarabell wanted hers rainbow coloured. Adra's was Silver. China got hers painted a deep red, Blood red. Helen went over Chione's nails with a clear coat and when that was drying she pressed the snowflakes into it then added another clear coat to strengthen them.
"All done, girls." Helen smiled, a little tired out.
"I'll pay." China offered.
"Oh no, China, I'll pay my bit." Chione insisted.
"It's my treat, Chione." China's eyes sparkled.
"Alright then..." Chione backed down, defeated by those eyes. China handed over the money and the girls got back in the limo. It was almost time.

Akatsuki No Yona fanfic

*is in her bed sleeping in the middle of the night*
*outside her window is lit by orange and red*
*an explosion rocks the whole castle and she jolts awake*
*there is screaming and shouting, the walls starting to crumble*
*She slips out of bed and runs over to the window to see what's going on*
*another exlosion sends her back into the centre of the room*
*she sits up coughing, parts of the roof falling around her*
*a man bursts through her door*
Princess, we have to go.
Yona: Hak...what's going on?
*Hak lifts her up and goes towards the door*
We're being attacked.
*intruders run forward and block the exit*
*Hak swears under his breath and sets the princess down*
You'll have to go out the secret passage. I'll protect you.
*Yona stares at him*
W-what? No...you can't leave me...
*Hak walks forward with his scythe*
Princess, go. I'll be right behind you.
*he lunges into the attackers, slicing them open*
*Yona opens the door to the passage but hesitates, watching him fight*
*Hak jumps over another group and continues to slash away*
Yona, go!
*She runs through the dark passage in her nightdress, almost tripping a couple of times*
*She reaches the end and runs into the trees*
*She walks along to the left seeing the courtyard, it's full of soilders and flames licking up the side of her home*
*She looks closer and sees her servants being brought out, their hands tied behind their backs*
*A dark figure walks over to them and says something that she couldn't make out*
*She looks around for her parents but can't see them*
*Then 3 soilders bring out her mother and father and throw them to the ground in front of the man*
*Her parents expressions go from anger to shock as the man takes down his hood*
*Her childhood friend and crush, Su-won, Stood above her parents, a glinting blade in his hand*
*She heard movement in the passage beside her and ducked into the bushes*
*Hak appeared and whispered her name*
*She rises slowly then waves him over where they both look at the situation unfolding in front of their eyes*
*Hak freezes after seeing Su-won*
*They were all childhood friends and used to spend many days together, Now a man, Her cousin has come to take over the throne*
Su-won: Where is princess Yona?
*He said loud enough to be heard by them*
*The queen laughed*
You will never have Yona. She's the rightful heir of this kingdom.
*Her father breathed a sign of relief*
Thank goodness she escaped...
*Su-Won swore*
Don't be too sure. We will find her.
*He turned his back and started walking away*
Kill them all.
*Her parents eyes widened and struggled*
*Yona watched in horror as her parents were decapitated along with their loyal servants, others decided to join Su-won thinking he was the rightful king*
*She tried to scream but Hak covered her mouth and dragged her back away from the scene*
*Once they were far enough away Hak let go of her and she crumpled to the ground, tears running down her face and she sobbed*
*Hak hugged her tightly and didn't say a word*

Skulduggery Pleasant Fanfiction Chapter 26

When she had woken up and had her breakfast, Skulduggery took Valkyrie to Chione's house. They knocked the door and Chione answered, Fully dressed.
"Oh, hello Valkyrie, Skulduggery" Chione beamed.
"Hey Chione, How are you doing?" Valkyrie asked.
"A bit tired, I stayed up watching the Walking Dead until about 1" Chione laughed.
"Oh yeah, the Walking Dead is great. I'm on Season 2 or 3."
"I just finished Season 1 so don't spoil anything!"
"I won't, but it gets so much better."
"Why would you want to watch a TV show about the walking dead when you're standing next to THE most famous and most handsome walking dead person there is. That you see almost every day." Skulduggery said.
"Cause they're zombies and they eat people." Valkyrie replied.
"Why would you want to be a zombie with all that rotten flesh, not to mention the smell. Remember Scapegrace?"
"Oh yeah...you have a point there..."
"Who's Scapegrace?" Chione said, confused.
"Just an annoying guy that called himself the "Killer Supreme" who got turned into a zombie and became the zombie king. He's a women now, right?" Valkyrie turned to Skulduggery.
"Yes, and he fairly enjoys it apparently."
"He's really weird and annoying and i hope you don't have the...pleasure...of meeting him." Valkyrie said, turning back to Chione who looked even more confused.
"Right..."
"Anyway, Valkyrie, why don't you tell her why we actually came here?" Skulduggery suggested.
"Ah, yes. We need some hep with the decorations for tomorrow night and...well, you're probably the best at it."
"I would love to!" Chione said excitedly.
"Great!", Valkyrie exclaimed, "this is going to be amazing."
"Well, we better get going then." Skulduggery urged.
They got into the Bently and drove to Gordon's house. Valkyrie went straight up to her uncle's study and brought down the Echo Stone. She placed it on the cradle in the center of the ballroom and the hologram of Gordon flickered to life. He looked at them all, eyes landing on Chione last.
"Hello there, and who may you be?"
"This is Chione, remember i told you about her, Uncle?"
"Oh yes,the eldest of the Element Four. You look beautiful my dear.
"Oh, thank you Mr..." Chione blushed.
"Call me Gordon.
"Alright...Gordon." Chione smiled.
"Chione is going to help us decorate."
"Ah good, us men aren't good at the...delicate things,"
"Speak for yourself, Gordon, I happen to be great at making decorations." Skulduggery announced.
"Ok then. How about the three of you make decorations and i'll choose who is better at making them."
"Challenge accepted." Skulduggery crossed his arms.
"Me too" Chione Jumped
"And me" Valkyrie added.
"Good, let the competition begin, you have three hours.. Oh and by the way, no magic."
"Awwwwww" all three of them said in unison.
"But the decorations would be made so much quicker and i would definitely win." Chione smirked
"I know, Chione. That is precisely why there is no magic allowed. It would be unfair to Valkyrie and Skulduggery who would lose by a landslide.
"Hey!" Valkyrie said and Skulduggery mumbled something under his breath.
Skulduggery sighed, "Well i suppose we better get started then, ladies."
They separated and went to different ends of the ballroom.
"By the way Gordon, where do we get materials for this...?" Valkyrie asked
All of them now realizing they have nothing to make decorations with.
"Ah" Skulduggery said.
"Oh i've got bits and bobs dotted around the house." He smiled mischievously.
Valkyrie and Skulduggery suddenly bolted out of the ballroom and up the stairs. Chione stared after them.
"I knew this would happen, my dear, so i stashed all the best supplies in that compartment in the wall over there."
He pointed to the section in front of her. She walked over and pushed the square in the pattern of the wall. It opened to reveal different colors of paper, paint, glitter, sequence, some scissors and some other materials.
"I've never been in your house, Gordon, so i wouldn't have stood a chance", She smiles, "Thank you"
"I know, you're very welcome. My niece and friend are such cheats." He chuckled.
Chione laughed and took as many materials as she could carry to the area beside Gordon and put them down, then went back for the rest. She sat cross-legged on the floor and started to cut crepe paper into semi-circles to make petals. She cut a circle out of the white paper and dipped the petals in blue glitter and stuck them onto the circle creating a crepe-paper flower."
"That looks beautiful, Chione." Gordon said, over-looking her work.
She smiled and kept making more.
"I wonder where the other two have disappeared off to" Gordon muttered to himself.

Valkyrie and Skulduggery ran up the stairs, Skulduggery taking two at a time and Valkyrie following behind him. Valkyrie rushed into the study and Skulduggery went in the opposite direction. Valkyrie opened the secret door and found a box of glitter. She smiled. She walked back out just as Skulduggery ran out with a box of paint. He crashed into her as they met at the top of the stairs. Skulduggery fell to the ground and Valkyrie stumbled ontop of him.
"Ow..." He said.
Valkyrie moaned and lifted up her head then laughed.
"You know, pink really doesn't suit you Skulduggery." She said as she got up.
Skulduggery frowned and looked at himself, covered in pink paint and glitter.
"Oh hell" He huffed.
"Somehow, none of it got on me." She said as she inspected her arms.
"Oh really? I see a spot right there on your back" He pointed and she turned her jacket round, not sensing the trick. He grabbed her arm and pulled her down ontop of him again and hugged her tightly, covering her in the paint and glitter.
"Skulduggery!" she laughed as she tried to push off of him.
"You suit pink too, Valkyrie" He teased.
"I do not, we both look much better in black."
"True." He grabbed a handful of black glitter and threw it at her.
She stared at him, mouth open.
"I wouldn't have my mouth open if i were you."
"Oh really?" She grabbed the black paint and poured it over his head.
He grabbed her and tackled her to the ground, covering her in the black paint too. They rolled around in the glitter and paint getting fully covered in it, laughing and making a mess of Gordon's mansion. Skulduggery got up and looked in the mirror, leaving Valkyrie gasping for breath on the floor.
"Oh god..."
"I know" She laughed breathlessly.
"I do suit pink, i look fabulous."
"Yup, told you."
"I need to get this off, I can't let Gordon see me like this."
"You really do." Valkyrie got up quickly and dragged Skulduggery down the stairs by his suit and into the ballroom where Chione was still making more of her flowers that had sparkly blue glitter. Valkyrie had seen enough glitter and paint for one day. Both of them turned to them and their mouths dropped.
"Alright, I will admit my defeat now." Chione laughed and collapsed on the floor.
"Yes, if they are the decorations for tomorrow evening it'll certainly get people's attention." Gordon mused.
"Haha..." Vakyrie said loudly and sarcastically.
"It was quite funny, Valkyrie..." Said Chione, now sitting up.
"Thank you, Chione, I'm glad you appreciate my humor. Anyway, my favorite niece, what happened to you two? attacked by glitter robots? gay giraffes? party pirates?"
"Nope, just Skulduggery." Valkyrie folded her arms.
"It wasn't totally my fault." He replied.
"You ran into me carrying the paint which went everywhere then the glitter i was carrying also exploded and we both fell right into it. I was just about to walk down the stairs and you came out of nowhere and knocked me over."
"I didn't come out of nowhere, i came out of the bedroom and ok, it was mostly my fault."
Valkyrie looked at him, a glint in her eyes.
"Ok, ok! it was completly my fault and I should have watched where i was going. I'm sorry i got you covered in pink and black paint and glitter."
"You have him wrapped around your little finger, Valkyrie." Gordon smirked.
"She does not!" Skulduggery insisted.
She turned to him again, glaring and he instantly shut up.
Gordon and Chione laughed.
"Well, i think it's safe to say that Chione won." Valkyrie looked over at the flowers.
"Yes, well done Chione. Would you stay and put them up with Valkyrie?"
"Of course i will." Chione smiled.
"Why only them?" Skulduggery asked.
"Because you're going to clean the mess you made." Gordon said sternly.
"Aww come on..." Skulduggery hung his head and walked back out of the ballroom.
They all tried not to laugh but failed. Chione went over to her work and held up one of the massive chains of flowers she made.
"Woah, you work fast." Valkyrie said, impressed.
"Yeah well, whilst you and Skulduggery were rolling around in paint and glitter together, i was doing this" Chione smirked.
Valkyrie smiled and helped Chione put the flower chains all around the room, attaching them to the walls with a nail gun that Chione had let Valkyrie be in charge of. She didn't know if that was a good or bad idea. Soon they were finished. The two girls went back to Gordon and looked at their hard work.
"Great job girls." Gordon clapped.
"Says the one who didn't do anything." Valkyrie said.
"Well i couldn't, i'm dead. I would have if i could.
"Mhmm..."
Just then Skulduggery slumped in looking really tired but less sparkly as he wiped off some of the glitter and paint but some still remained.
"Done..."
"Same here, partner."
He looked up and saw all the flowers. "Nice job"
"Thank you" Chione said cheerfully then yawned.
"I think that's a hint that we should all get some rest and de-glittered." Valkyrie smiled.
"I second that" Skulduggery groaned.
"Well, goodnight Gordon." Chione said.
"Goodnight Uncle." Valkyrie added.
"Goodnight girls, good work today. Get a good sleep and i'll see you tomorrow night." He smiled and disappeared.
"I'll just leave him down here since he'll be in the ballroom tomorrow anyway and he's in the cradle...too tired to go back upstairs..." Valkyrie yawned.
"Come on, let's get you two home." Skulduggery lead the two girl out to the car. He took Chione home and then headed back to his house with Valkyrie. They both had showers to get the rest of the glitter and paint off. Separately. Skulduggery carried Valkyrie to her bed like he had done the night before.
"Is this going to become a regular thing? because if it is i could really get used to it." Valkyrie smiled.
"Perhaps, perhaps not. Maybe i'm just in the holiday spirit."
"Uh-huh..."
"Is that so hard to believe?"
"Yes."
Skulduggery sighed, defeated. "Goodnight Valkyrie."
She smiled up at him. "Goodnight Skulduggery."

Skulduggery Pleasant Chapter 25

Skulduggery was driving through Dublin again, just wanting to see her again. He knew how Chione felt and how difficult it was to stay away from someone that you love. He stopped outside of her house. She looked out of the window and smiled. He stared up at her. Not that she would know how he felt anyway, he was a skeleton, you could never tell his expression. Valkyrie came down from her window and sat in the front seat.
"Hey partner," She beamed, "Where are we off to?"
"Just your uncle's house to help him with the decorations and such."
"Ah good, I'm great at decorations."
"You are?"
"No, not really."
"Thought not, neither am I, so we're the two least likely people for the job."
"Chione would be better at it. We should ask her to help tomorrow. Then the day after we'll have a girl's  day out and get ready before the ball in the evening."
"Good plan. So where do we go now then?"
"How about we go to a Christmas market? I've never been to one..."
"Alright, we could get presents for each other there. Although, there is a perfectly good stick over there I could wrap up for you."
She laughs and smacks his arm gently. He would have smiled if he had his façade on.
"You can't get me it, you told me what it is now, you're meant to surprise me."
"Damn, you're right...My plan is ruined."
"Just go" She chuckled.
He would have smiled if he could. He started the car and set off through the city to the Dublin city centre which had a big Christmas fair around it. They wandered around, looking at all the stalls. Valkyrie took as many samples of the food as she could stomach. Skulduggery won her a big fluffy penguin toy at a shooting game. He was fairly proud of himself, even though he was one of the best shots of the Dead Men. One of seven.
"I feel ill, but this has been so much fun, thank you Skulduggery." Valkyrie chirped.
He had to admit, he done good.
"You're welcome." He checked his watch. 9pm, they had spent all evening there. He glances down at her as he was driving, she looked tired...
"Do you want to go back to your house or stay at mine tonight? Bearing in mind it's easier to get to Chione's from mine."
"Yeah...i'll just go to yours." She murmured as she rubbed her eyes. He nodded and quickly drove to his house..
"Why are you driving so fast?" she asked.
"Because you're tired and it's been a long day."
"Yeah...you're right, even though I was at home it went on forever. Then this evening flew by."
"Time flies when you're having fun. That statement is scarily accurate for this evening."
"You enjoyed yourself?," she asked sleepily, "I'm glad, we don't have normal days out like this...like ever. We should do it more often."
"I'll see to it that we do."
They got to the house and Valkyrie stumbled out of the car. Skulduggery went around and picked her up. He carried her upstairs and gently placed her in the bedroom he had for her.
"Don't you think I'm a bit too old for that Skulduggery?"
"No, you're still as light as a feather, and Ghastly still carries me to bed when I get tired" He said jokingly.
She laughed "Thanks"
"I was lying, you're getting fat. Especially with all the free samples you ate."
"Owch...I couldn't help it, they all looked amazing, and they did offer..."
He chuckled. "You'll never be too heavy for me to carry and you could hardly walk yourself you're so tired. He threw the penguin plushie at her.
"Yeah..." She hugged the penguin
"So you're too big for me to carry you to bed but not too old for a giant fluffy penguin?"
"Correct"
"Fair enough."
He sat on the edge of her bed and placed the cover over her.
"They smell nice"
"Well, I had them washed for you recently."
He leaned down and pressed his finger to his collarbone then kissed her forehead.
"Goodnight, Valkyrie."
"Goodnight, Skulduggery."
He got up and went to the door. He watched her close her eyes then turned the light off. She looked so pretty when she slept. He walked downstairs and found the bottle of perfume he sprayed on the covers when he washed them. He was going to give her a proper present this year. She liked the smell of it, so he would buy another and give it to her at Christmas, the dance. She always gave him the best gifts. He loved wearing his skull cufflinks. 'Daisy' it was called. He wondered what she would wear at the dance, she hadn't told him yet, she normally does before events. He sat down and looked around his living room. He needed a picture of her somewhere, even if he was in it with her. Maybe that's another gift idea...give her a picture of them together with a nice frame, one for her and one for himself. Good idea. He looked back at his life without her. It was so boring, and so lonely. He was filled with hate, it was through his bones. But she stopped that. She helped him out of a bad, dark place. In fact, she's done it on more than one occasion. And him for her too. That's why they're so perfect together...as partners...