A new story even though I still have to continue on with Skulduggery's Friend. I will get to that some time by the way. Even though the chapters will continue on from each other, they might be in different point-of-views though I will tell you at the beginning of the chapter.

This one might end a little depressing so I'll update A.S.A.P :)

I looked at the girl in front of me. She was dark and an evil smile played across her lips. It wasn't me. It certainly wasn't the Valkyrie Cain I knew. But, why was I looking in the mirror? Most of them knew the dark side as Darquesse. I wish I could accept that it was a totally different person. Ever since I found out my true name I could never look in the mirror the same way anymore. Instead of seeing the Valkyrie I had known for quite a while, I saw Darquesse. She had black lipstick and dark eyes. Her clothes seemed blacker than mine and her lips weren't in a frown but worse, a smile.

Skulduggery was always there. See he understood what it was like to go through everyday knowing who you really are. Well he tried telling me it wasn't really me, he said that Darquesse would be a whole new person using my body and I would just be pushed back to watch.

I had so much on my mind these days. There was Darquesse, the reflection and its extra-strange behavior, Tanith getting the remnant sucked out tomorrow and I have an impossible love for someone. This, unfortunately, was my life.

The knock at Valkyrie's window made her jump and her heart speed up. It was Skulduggery, perched on the windowsill. He stared at Valkyrie as she opened the window without a word and he climbed in. She turned her back and went to the mirror trying not to look at it as much as possible. She touched it and the reflection stepped out. Once Valkyrie turned around laid eyes on Skulduggery she could tell he was concerned because his skull was tilted to the must have picked up on her mood so she sighed.

Valkyrie went to walk past Skulduggery to get her phone but his gloved hand lightly touched my arm. She looked up with curious eyes and he dropped his arm. He almost seemed torn. She grabbed her phone and stuffed it in her pocket.

Skulduggery sat on the windowsill with his legs dangling against the bricks.

"Today you have to babysit Alice. So be careful." Valkyrie warned the reflection. It just nodded and she went to join Skulduggery. Before Valkyrie could jump down he put his arm around her waist and she dropped with him. I usually did that myself, even when I was with Skulduggery. Maybe he just forgot. Once they landed he looked around at the empty streets but his arm didn't drop. Valkyrie tried to not notice it by looking around as well.

He coughed once and and wandered off to the Bentley leaving her standing there wondering what the hell was going on.

They were on their way to the Sanctuary for a new case. Skulduggery didn't tell her much, just that three mortals were killed by a vampire. They didn't know which vampire so that was what they had to find out. Skulduggery's behavior got Valkyrie confused. He wasn't talking much and usually by now he would have said something to insult her intelligence. Valkyrie took note of his hands tight on the wheel and his unusually rigid posture. Maybe he'd had an argument with someone.

Once we were in the main meeting room with Ghastly, Valkyrie had sat down at a random seat. She heard murmurs from the two in parts but sometimes they would go so quiet she began to wonder if they were actually talking.

"I needed to be somewhere alone with her but I couldn't tell her at the house." Skulduggery whispered. Why were his teeth clenched?

"I leave you two alone then." Ghastly replied. He smiled at Valkyrie but it looked apologetic and concerned. Now this is all getting suspicious. Skulduggery took a deep breath for some reason and went to sit with Valkyrie. He held both of her hands and sighed.

"Valkyrie there is something I have to tell you. I have never done this before really. The case we have to work on is... difficult but there is something you have to know. Didn't you find your house unusually quiet this morning?" He asked.

Valkyrie's eyebrows were pulled together. "No, they are never up at 5am."

"You didn't check on Alice?" His voice was thick like he had a lump in his non-existant throat.

"No, it would have woken her and my parents up... Skulduggery what's going on?"

Skulduggery sighed and looked away. "Those three mortals...in the case we're on. It's your parents... and Alice. I'm so sorry Valkyrie."

Valkyrie's body went numb. She looked at the wall with wet eyes as she bit her bottom lip. Skulduggery went to reach out to her and he definitely felt her pain. Seeing her like this made him want to fall apart. His fingers were just centimetres away from her shoulder when she stood up angrily. She looked down at him with accusing eyes even though tears were still falling.

"Why didn't you tell me when this happened? Why did you wait so long? I woke up thinking they were sleeping in their beds when inf act they probably lying a pool of blood! I hate you!" She yelled. Skulduggery looked down. Valkyrie stormed out of the room and ran.

Strange way to stop but I'll update soon. :) Sorry for the depressing ending by the way.