skull on fire: A skulduggery pleasant/ hunger games crossover fanfic

Chapter Thirteen: Another Day

Chapter Thirteen: Another Day

Today, training is not mandatory. We, the tributes, have three days (including today) before we are carted off to the Arena to fright to the death. Today is a free day, although the training centre is open and we must have meetings with Clarrabelle and Ghastly to discuss and prepare for the Interviews with Barnaby Templesmith (a descendant of Claudius Templesmith). Tomorrow we have our tests to determine our training scores, and then the day after that we have our interviews. After that, well its off to the Arena for us.

Seeing as we have most of our day free, me and Skulduggery decide not to waste our time in the Arena, or trying to get more allies. Instead, we decide to investigate the strange 'Magical' overflow that we noticed in the training centre. In the morning, when I woke up, I bumped into Clarabelle in one of the corridoors. I asked her weather she knew anything about the overflow, but she had never heard of it. She told me it would not be wise to search for it, but who ever said I was wise?

Later, after I had met with Skulduggery for some breakfast, we asked a passing Avox for a proper map of the building. She stared at us mutely, before turning and hurrying back down he corridoor. I do not expect her to return, but only moments later she does, holding a large roll of paper. I assume it must be a map and thank her, before taking the map and spreading it across the floor. Skulduggery looks over my shoulder as I pour over the map. This building is massive!

Finally I manage to find the training centre. I look at all the rooms around it, finally finding one which seems like it must be the one we need. I roll up the map again and set off running towards the corridoor where I saw the room. Skulduggery follows, shouting to be carefull.

Soon, we round one final corner to see a large door, covered in some sort of shimmering force field. There is no doubt this is where we are meant to be.

I carefully hold out the rolled up map and try to touch the door. The map is quickly jerked out of my hand and sucked into the forcefield. It is swirled around and shredded by a line of nails that are sticking out of the door. This thing is deadly.

"Holy pigeons!" I exclaim, pulling my hand back from near the door and taking a startled step back, "Did you see that!?"

I turn to Skulduggery in disbelief, only to have him take my hand and pull me down the corridoor into an elevator we passed on the way here. He pullls me into the lift and repeatedly presses the button for the top floor.

"What are you doing?" I yell, pulling my hand away, "Where are we going?"

"Think about it Val, they have alarms on everthing round here, if we were caught near the door, god knows what they would have done."

I think about what he said, it makes sense.. exept for one thing, "Skulduggery, they have secutiry cameras here too. Theyr'e sure to see us!"

"Thats why were going up here, they can't hear what we say on the roof!"

"Oh.. Okay." I reply, lowering my head, "I'm sorry, I may have overreacted a small bit there."

"Well one would hope so, you were just dragged down a corridoor and into an elevator by a skeleton. One would tend to react to such a situation." Skulduggery says, seriously, before he breaks into a laugh.

I join in, as his laughter is contagious. "Now that is just one of the things I love about-"

I cut my own sentance off as I realise what I have just said. What have I done? I scan Skulduggerys face for something, anything, but as always, it is unreadable. I can't tell what he is thinking, maybe he didn't even notice what I said? I sigh as he turns towards me, wishfull thinking. Of course he heard me. I feel so scared as he steps closer to me, what if he doesn't love me back? What if this all means nothing to him, he has lived for hundereds of years after all, he must have dated millions of girls, made them feel special and loved, what if-

My brain stops as he puts his hands on my shoulders and leans in, suddenly, everything seems like it is in high definition, every sense buzzing as his skull touches my lips and fireworks go off inside me. He takes his hands off my shoulders and puts his arms around me, pulling my body into his skeleton and deepening the kiss. After a few moments, my brain starts to work again, and I begin to kiss him back, my body moulding into his perfectly. It is like we were made for each other.

Soon Skulduggery pulls out of the kiss, placing his hands on my arms and staring into my eyes. "Valkyrie," He begins, using my full name for once, "I love you. With all my heart, I love you. I promise, I will never leave you. I love you so much."

Images of Fletcher's kiss flash across my eyes and I quickly push them away. I can't think about him, not now. I love Skulduggery, I know I do. And I will never see Fletcher again. I can't think about him now. As my feelings for Skulduggery overwhelm the thought of Fletcher, tears begin to stream down my face. Skulduggery looks at me, worried, and I tilt my head upwards towards his, "I love you too Skulduggery. More than you could ever imagine. I love you too."

Skulduggery relaxes visibly and pulls me into another kiss before the elevator doors open on to the roof. Here we are.

A/N:There so cute together!! Anyways, don't forget to vote and comment! Commenting is awesome! By the way, who else thinks that Benedict Cumberbatch is the perfect voice for Skulduggery? Just sayin'.

"I fell in love the way you fall asleap, slowly, then all at once." -The Fault In Our Stars

P.s: I went and saw the fault in our stars last week, I cried so much. It was amazing though.