Skulduggery – Crow
Anton – Bear
Ghastly – Panda
Dexter – Wolf
Saracen – Weasel
Erskine – Snake
Solomon – Raven
Corrival – Pa
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Chapter 94
The day went slowly and the night even more so. By the time tomorrow came, they were all happy because it was a big day as it marked the start of Tanith's sixth month. It was also the first day she'd had real morning sickness and had thrown up on and off for an hour before being able breath and settle herself.
She'd looked bad when she came downstairs and had immediately sworn at them all and blamed their positive ideas of pregnancy to be the cause of her being sick.
When Valkyrie was ready and she had distracted herself until the time was right, she ran down the stairs with her bag and other stuff. The others were sitting around the parlour which wasn't yet turned back into the comfortable living room it usually was. They looked up when she walked in.
"Can I get a lift to Nadia's house?"
They all grinned. "You're going to Nadia's? You are brave," Wolf grinned wolfishly. He lived up to his name well. "Did her Daddy leave?"
She gave him a sour look. "No. I'm going to lunch with her."
"Take the bike," Tanith said, an arm over her eyes. "The helmets are in the garage."
"Thanks!" She grinned.
"You can't take the bike, you don't have a licence," Crow said quickly. "And even if they can't see you're not old enough to drive, they will see Nadia."
"But Nadia won't be driving, will she?" Valkyrie grinned. She quickly ran upstairs and put on her protective jacket and switched her shoes for her protective boots and bolted downstairs to the garage. Tanith threw her keys at Valkyrie and she caught them mid-run.
The bike was glorious as ever, and she knew the vehicle she wanted when she was a year older and got her licence, but for now, she got the fake one out Pa had made for her and shoved that in her purse. The bag went on the back of the bike and she attached the second helmet for Nadia and rode away.
It was so exhilarating riding a motorcycle by herself for the first time on open roads. She'd been taught to ride alone, but that was with Tanith right behind her on a quad, so now she could really do whatever she wanted.
She seemed to be a boring person though because she just rode the way Tanith did. She sped too much, took shortcuts in the countryside, and gave the Gardaí little salutes and got smiles from them. Being so tall and bulky, she was pretty sure they thought she was a man, and dressed in black protective gear she looked as if she owned the bike and was meant to be driving it, so no one stopped her. She was so excited to see Nadia she probably wouldn't have stopped for them.
She stopped a street away from Nadia's house and left the helmet on the seat, knowing no one could get it off with the symbols on it. No mortal would want to touch, but they could admire. It was a pretty little trick Tanith got from a friend of hers, and it always made Valkyrie smirk when she thought about it. She didn't even have to lock it if she didn't want to.
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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...
