The dark haired girl paced before the familiar face in front of her, her eyes wicked and licked with shadow and her hands gripped tightly to the weapon she held, "Why does a moth fly directly into the flame? Perhaps its captivated by the beauty to be found in such pure recreation?" Her eyes remained locked on those of the ones before her, smile dancing in the flames around, "Or perhaps, it flies so surely into its own death because it believes the flames of rebirth will allow it a second chance at metamorphosis and perhaps that this time... It will appear a butterfly. Perhaps this is the only thing It can force itself to believe, while it burns." She gave a cocky smile, and lifted her gun to the familiar face. "So, Miss Armageddon. Tell me my answer. Why are you not dead?" The girl smiled and brushed a loose strand of hair from her eyes, looking up from the ground and tilting her head and lifting her gun from her side, "Because I am no moth. I am a butterfly." And the shot rang.

'We tackled in the sky, ripping and slicing at each-other. I screamed in aguish and cut it's face with shards of broken ice only to be healed over once more. The God chuckled once more and for the first time: spoke. "You cannot win this one child." It was the voice of Death. I shook my head, tears streaming my face, " Don't you remember...?" The sky and world was blurry, all I could see was the blanked face; all I could hear was Death, "I don't believe in inevitability..." ' *** Dedicated to my partner, Valiance Nightshade. Until the End of the world, my love, til the end of time.

Since there is literally NO Valduggery fanfics, I made one :D K, So, Valkyrie Cain is 23+ in this fanfic. Enjoy!

A Facebook - for Skulduggery Pleasant characters! ----------------- Skulbook belongs to @evermore_360 ! Go check her out!

This is a Skulduggery Pleasant fanfic and my first SP one so NO HATE OK!?!?!?!??! *********WARNING!!!!!!************ This is set after the book: Death Bringer. Ok? So there might be spoilers if you haven't read it yet. I've read the other ones but I'm going to do it after Death Bringer. It might get a little bit emotional but YAY!!!!! Valkyrie is 17ish for this.

**DON'T READ IF YO HAVE NOT READ DEATH BRINGER** Darquesse is back, strong. Somone has Lord Vile's armour. Tanith Low is back. It's all happening now...

The books by derek landy . Rewritten new plots new characters . New adventures

Chased by a hideous monster down a dark alley isn't most teenagers average activity, but then again, Hex, Belle and Scarlett-Rose aren't average. Already aware of their powers and the world of magic, waiting just beside the ordinary one, the girls meet wise-cracking skeleton detective, Skulduggery Pleasant, who happens to have the unfortunate habbit of attracting trouble. The three young sorcerers have no problem with this, there's plenty of action, and even more people to hit. Everythings great... yeah, right. The bad guys turn up, as most bad guys do, and start breaking things, with the slight difference from your normal hostage takers, bank robbers, etc... Their asking for a weapon of mass destruction, a weapon they very well know doesn't exist anymore. Things are getting serious as mutiple attacks on the Roarhaven Scantuary arrise. Can Hex, Belle, and Scarlett figure out what these dangerous lunatics want before they acheive it?

What if skulduggery wasn't the only one who returned from death? What if his beloved wife also returned?

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes, and dead. ----- Join us for our FIRST EVER grand collaboration fan fiction! (Read for details) Cover by @flamebirds