Skulduggery – Crow
Anton – Bear
Ghastly – Panda
Dexter – Wolf
Saracen – Weasel
Erskine – Snake
Solomon – Raven
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Chapter 63
She had a light dinner and got herself ready and finished her preparations with time to spare, so she spent it fretting and thinking of all the possible scenarios.
In the end, it got to leaving time and she swore and grabbed the basket and her bag and left the house. At least she was moving now.
She travelled by the late bus to the nice area Nadia lived and walked out into the dark, stormy night in a big raincoat she found in the cupboard she was sure was once Gordon's. There was a bright flash and shortly after, a loud crack of thunder. It was a short walk to Nadia's street and Valkyrie very nearly crossed over and missed it completely before a flash of lightning lightened up the street sign.
She jogged down the street with the basket in hand, finding Nadia's house and running past it quickly. She ran into a neighbour's house and around the back, jumping the wall and hiding behind a tree.
She had to work out what window connected to Nadia's room. It was nine in the evening so Valkyrie expected she'd be in her room, but she couldn't be sure.
There was a light on in three rooms. She took a guess and decided one was an office, another her parent's bedroom and the last would be Nadia's room. She didn't dare take a peek or feel with the air. She just had to hope and pray. The best method.
She decided, based on the size of the gap between windows, that the two end lights were bedrooms because they had the most space, and they had windows on the left and right side of the house respectively, so they were obviously big rooms. Nadia had two windows, so she only had two to decide between. Left or right? Valkyrie didn't know.
She sighed and watched the right one, the one she was nearest to, carefully. It had a balcony. Did Nadia's room have a door? Valkyrie couldn't remember. She took a guess and decided she didn't. She had mentioned liking them, so maybe that was her desire to have one also? Either she got it right or she'd die tonight. Taking a breath, she cut across the garden and around to what she hoped to be Nadia's bedroom.
Working quick, she used the air to pull herself up to the window and looked inside. There was no one in there but she recognised the bedsheets. Thank every god that ever existed.
Valkyrie carefully opened the window and pushed herself and the basket in the room. She closed it quickly and noticed the shower in the ensuite was on. Working fast, Valkyrie pulled off the massive raincoat and used her magic to pull the water from her and put it in a plant pot. There was a little water left but barely. She opened the basket and put a blanket on the bed, then put the basket on it and made the picnic up quickly, warming the bacon and spreading out the rest.
Heart beating rapidly, she sat back against the headboard and threw her shoes somewhere else and tried to relax.
Nadia took absolutely ages in the shower and then took ages getting ready in the bathroom. Eventually, though, she opened the door, rubbing her dark hair with a towel.
She screamed.
"Shh!" Valkyrie hushed her quickly.
Nadia slapped a hand over her mouth and they both silently stared at the door for almost a minute, waiting for anyone to check on them, but no one came. They each let out a sigh of relief.
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Raising Cain
Fanfiction(This story is written as a fanfiction, but can be read as a story without having read any of the books.) Valkyrie Cain, the adoptive daughter of the Dead Men, has had a life full of love and magic. But as she gets older, times become scarier and sh...
