Its full name is Skulduggery Pleasant's 10 Favourite Never Before Released Adventures With Valkyrie Cain. Please enjoy. I think the title says it all. Please read and review.

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Adventure 1

Quartz Snowdrift

Valkyrie woke up suddenly, in her own bed. It was one of those rare nights when she got to sleep at home, and she had planned on enjoying it. She saw her phone flashing and reached for it. Skulduggery, she thought, looking at the screen. "You realise it's three in the morning." she said softly.

"Nice to see you too. Why are you talking so quietly?" Skulduggery replied brightly.

"Because it's three in the morning and my parents are asleep."

"Oh. Were you asleep?"

"Yes, I was."

"Oh. Come down to the pier, we have a new case."

"What is it?"

"Not telling."

"Why?"

"Because otherwise you won't come. If you know then it takes all the incentive out of it. If I don't tell you, you won't be able to sleep until you know. So you will have no choice but to come."

"You sound very proud of yourself. Did you come up with that on your own?"

"I did. Are you coming?"

"Is it important?''

"Yes.''

"Fine. I'll be there soon."

"See you then." Skulduggery said happily. She cursed his name and stumbled out of bed. Valkyrie brushed the mirror with her fingertips as she walked over to the closet. She pulled out her black clothes and pulled them on. The reflection stepped out of the mirror and stood there in silence. She pointed at the bed and the reflection slid in. Valkyrie glared at it, lying in her warm bed. She opened the window and climbed out. She landed gently on the ground and walked to the pier, grumbling to herself the whole way. Skulduggery sat in the Bentley. "Oh, you're here," he said. "I thought you weren't going to come." Valkyrie said nothing, and glared at him as she climbed into the Bentley. "You'll be glad you came." He said. Valkyrie still didn't say anything. She crossed her arms across her chest and glared out the window. "Guess what the case is." Nothing from Valkyrie. Skulduggery shrugged and kept talking. "A woman named Quartz Snowdrift wants to take over the world."

Valkyrie dropped her arms and looked at Skulduggery in surprise. "Someone wants to take over the world? Not release a bunch of evil gods that are bent on killing and enslaving humankind and then destroy the world loose?"

"Yes, glad to see you are talking to me again."

Valkyrie ignored that last part. "Wow, what a nice change."

"Yeah. Actually, not really. They're more of an annoying waste of time, an inconvenience, but I know what you mean."

"Annoying waste of time?"

"Most of their plans are so far-fetched that they don't need us to make them fail."

"Then why do you take the cases?"

"It amuses me."

"Now I what Dexter means," she muttered. Skulduggery pretended not to hear. "Most of their plans?"

"Occasionally, you get the one that seems like would work, but then I step in."

"How occasionally?"

"About every one in ten."

"Is this one of those nine?"

"I don't think so."

"Damn."

"How is she attempting to take over the world?"

"Miss Snowdrift is an Adept, and good at influencing people. She isn't much of a fighter, but from what we know, she is killing off the Grand Mages and influencing people to pick her as the successor. Then, I think she plans to force mortals to bow down under the magical community."

"Wow that is actually a good plan. Do you think it will work?"

"Not if we have something to do with it."

"Where has she struck so far?"

"Nowhere yet, but she plans to start here."

"Oh, I see. How do you know her plans then?"

"Well-" Skulduggery hesitated. Valkyrie raised an eyebrow. "OK, I guessed. But I do know she plans to try to take over the world."

The Bentley pulled up outside of the Sanctuary. Valkyrie opened the door and walked over to Skulduggery's side of the car. He waited in there, and she raised an eyebrow at him. Grumbling, he opened the door and stepped out beside her. "Sorry, were you waiting for something?" She asked.

"I thought you finally had manners and were going to open the door for me."
"Me? Manners?"

"I came to that conclusion." Valkyrie pushed the door open and stepped into the foyer. It was not as busy as it normally was during the day, but still busier than she had expected. Tipstaff trotted over. "They are expecting you, Detectives Pleasant and Cain."

"Are they?" Valkyrie asked. Tipstaff nodded and led them out of the room. Valkyrie followed him as he led them towards the Elder Room. Tipstaff knocked on the door and Ravel's tired voice drifted out. "Yes?" Tipstaff opened the door and bowed.

"Detectives Pleasant and Cain are here." He said.

"Let them in. Thank you, Tipstaff that will be all." Valkyrie watched as Tipstaff bowed again and gestured for them to enter. Valkyrie followed Skulduggery in. Ghastly smiled at her, and she grinned back. Ravel nodded to her, and Mist half glared at her, like she did to everyone. Valkyrie did her best to hide the smile, but she mustn't have done very well, as Mist sniffed disapprovingly. Ravel cleared his throat, and Valkyrie switched her attention to him. He had bags under his eyes and looked pale. Looking at the other Elders, she realised Ghastly looked the same, and Mist, well, she looked as ugly as ever. "How is the case of Quartz coming along so far?" Ravel asked.

"Quite well, we have tracked her down and are about to attempt to apprehend her."

"You had better, Skulduggery. I don't want to lose my life." Skulduggery looked at Ravel and tipped his hat.

"What did Ravel mean so far?" Valkyrie asked when they were back in the Bentley.

"Nothing," Skulduggery said, not meeting her eye. She waited. "It was your day off and I know how you hate working on you days off."

"Skulduggery, if it is important, you know I would rather come in on my day off than miss it."

"I know that now."

"So, where exactly are we going?"

"To Snowdrifts house."

"Really, you'd think that if she wanted to take over the world, you would go somewhere people wouldn't expect you to be."

"She doesn't know that we know."

"Are you sure, or are you just guessing?"

Skulduggery's head fell. "Just guessing."

"I see. So you really know where she lives?"

"Yes. Just outside of Dublin."

"Can we get something to eat on the way?"

"Our Grand Mage's life is on the line, and you want something to eat?"

"When you put it that way, yes."

An hour later, they pulled up outside of a house. Valkyrie looked at it. It was just a normal house. "Snowdrift lives here? It looks so… normal." She said.

"No, Snowdrift lives there." Skulduggery pointed across the street. Valkyrie looked over. Again, it was just a normal house.

"That house looks normal too, though."

"What, a mage can't have a normal house?"

"Yeah, but, you know, she wants to take over the world. All of our greatest bad guys had awesome houses. Serpine had a castle, and then Vengeous used it. Batu had a farmhouse, you see. This is, just a house. A normal house. My grandmother could live there, thats how normal it is."

"It is a rather normal looking house, when you put it that way." Skuduggery said as Valkyrie crumpled up her burger wrapper. "Shall we have a look inside?" Valkyrie nodded and they got out of the car. They walked over to the front door, and Valkyrie looked at Skulduggery. "We're going in the front door? Aren't doors for people with no imagination? Mightn't she expect us to go through the front door?"

"Hopefully, no. She shouldn't expect us anyway, let alone through the front door. Besides, she might be expecting us to go through the window, and so be waiting at the window, when really we go through the door where she doesn't expect us and are then able to sneak up and surprise her, while she waits for us at the window."

"Believe it or not, I think I actually understood something you said."

"When have I ever said anything you couldn't understand?"

"Only all the time. It gets really confusing."

"A mystery is a dull question if there's not plenty of confusion first." Skulduggery opened the door. He peered inside. He walked in and Valkyrie followed. She pulled the door shut behind them and clicked her fingers. The spark grew into a flame. Skulduggery looked at her and she shrugged. "In case." she whispered. He nodded and clicked his fingers. The flickering light showed a long hallway with a side table. Valkyrie caught sight of movement in her periphial vision and whirled around. She relaxed. Only a mirror. They crept down the narrow corridor. A voice whispered in her ear. She spun around. Nothing. It continued to whisper, urging her down the hallway. Skulduggery poked his head in a doorway, seeminly undisturbed by the voice. Valkyrie heard a footstep, the quiet whisper of a breath, behind her. She whirled around, and launched her fireball. A dark figure stumbled back, the flame catching them in the chest. Skulduggery threw his too, but the figure dodged clumsily. Skulduggery pushed at the air,a dn Valkyrie gathered shadows and flung them, and the figure sprawled on the ground. "That was easy," Valkyrie said, looking down at the figure.

They were almost back at the Sanctuary when Snowdrift said anything."Why am I even here? I didn't do anything."

"You were planning to take over the world by killing Grand Mages and influencing mages to follow you," Skulduggery sadi, not looking behind.

"Look at me, I couldn't even make it past the cleavers, let alone kill the Grand Mages." Valkyrie had to admit that she seemed to be right. Snowdrift was fat, short, with wispy blonde hair and papery skin. "You don't need to fight, when you can just ask. Don't try and outsmart me, it will never work. You are going to the holding cells, and you will be put on trial. You will never take over the world." Skulduggery sounded weary. The sun light up the horison, the long night taking its toll.

I will try to post a chapter at least once a week, maybe every two, depending. But there is Adventure 1. Please, review.