Chapter 8:

Two weeks past and Avril was still in America. Valkyrie got a note about 4 days ago which said she should be back anytime soon. Fletcher got better as the days went by, he soon came to terms that she might not be coming back for him but there was still a spot in his heart always open for her if she ever did come back. Skulduggery went out with Ghastly to talk about 'stuff' but Valkyrie didn't think very much over it. Fletcher was downstairs making himself a coffee while Valkyrie fiddled with her phone. When suddenly the doorbell rang.

Valkyrie narrowed her eyebrows; 'Skulduggery shouldn't be back until later' Valkyrie thought to herself.

Valkyrie lifted herself off the sofa and walked to the front door. Once she opened the door, her face beamed with delight. The person at the other side of the door was none other than Avril Charms. Valkyrie made a girly squeal and gave her a giant hug. Avril grinned from ear to ear then pulled away saw Valkyrie have a playful grin across her face. Avril eyebrow's raised for a moment then Valkyrie put her hand around Avril's wrist and pulled her into the house; Avril was about to say something but Valkyrie put her finger to her lips to indicate to stay quiet, Avril responded with a quick nod.

"Fletcher! There's a gift here for you!' Valkyrie shouted through the house.

Fletcher walked out of the kitchen to the hallway where he saw a beautiful girl with red eyes that suddenly changed purple.

"Avril?" Fletcher whispered. He was too shocked to speak any louder.

"Yes hunny; it's me!" Avril replied with a cheerful grin.

"Oh my god; I'm so glad your back!" Fletcher yelled, then picked Avril up and began to spin her around in circles. He dug his head into Avril's hair and smelt her scent which he missed so much - that lovely strawberry and vanilla scent. Avril pulled back and kissed Fletcher gently on the lips. Valkyrie was in the background grinning and decided to leave them alone and walk upstairs to talk to Skulduggery.

"You came back. You actually came back" Fletcher said; stroking her face softly.

"Of course I did; I couldn't leave you forever" Avril replied.

"But why did you go in the first place?"

"To get a better reputation... I couldn't do it over here so I went to America... and they will be contacting the sanctuary soon to tell them about that cases I have solved as well as not committing any crimes." Avril beamed.

"So you've really changed? You really want this?"

"From now on; nothing can change me back to the way I was"

Fletcher couldn't stop grinning and put his hand to the side of her face, pulling her face into a gentle kiss. Then the door blew off its hinges and the door crashed down onto the floor. Fletcher pulled Avril behind his back. He didn't want anything to happen to her when he just got her back.

"Valkyrie! We need you!" Fletcher shouted through the house. Fletcher and Avril could hear Valkyrie running down the stairs, by the time she got down she already had two balls of fire in her hands ready to fight.

"Where are they?" Valkyrie spat out.

"Out there somewhere; they just blew your door ofs so it could be anyone really" Avril said.

Valkyrie slowly walked up to where the door was and looked out and show a boy. A 6 year old boy.

"Oh my word! Let's get you out of here!" Valkyrie said with compassion.

"Valkyrie no! It's a trap!" Fletcher shouted.

"It's hardly a trap; he is just a boy. Now stop being so paranoid since your girlfriend is back!" Valkyrie said angrily and the house shook a little.

"Valkyrie calm down ok; your just a little stressed" Avril said softly.

"Don't tell me to calm down when you've only be here for a few hours, you know nothing so don't even try to tell me to calm down"

Fletcher noticed that the boy had a remote in his hand; Fletcher tried to walk up to the boy but Valkyrie stepped in front of him.

"Don't you even think about touching him" Valkyrie said in a protective voice.

"Valkyrie; you don't know who that boy is or what he could be doing. Look you've already change from being with him for a few minutes!" Fletcher warned her.

Valkyrie blinked a few times and put her hands to her head.

Fletcher and Avril looked at each other and back at Valkyrie. When suddenly the boys mouth opened and there was a television device in it.

"Hello everyone!" said a man, Fletcher looked slowly at the screen and saw none other than 'Scapegrace'. Once Fletcher recognised the voice he relaxed his stance and just smiled. At this moment Avril was total confused and didn't know what to do.

"Hey numbskull" Fletcher replied.

Valkyrie finally controlled her stance and put her straight composure on.

"So the idiot decides to come back! What brings you here?" Valkyrie asked sarcastically.

"Who you calling numbskull?" Scapegrace bite back.

"Ohhhhh; fiesty!" Fletcher teased.

Valkyrie and Fletcher burst out laughing and leaned onto each other for support while Avril just raised a delicate eyebrow and shock her head softly at the two toddlers.

Scapegrace stomped his foot, obviously not amused by Valkyrie and Fletcher's laughter. Valkyrie and Fletcher straightened their backs and pretended to be soliders in the army by putting their left hand up to their forehead like a salut.

Avril burst out laughing and Scapegrace turned his head to wards Avril, whilst putting his hands on his hips which made him like like some sort of drama queen.

"And who are you?" Scapegrace said.

Avril's eyes turned orange and Scapegrace's body turned stiff and tipped over until his body hit the ground. Fletcher's eyes looked toward Avril's with confusion.

"I may have learnt some tricks when I was in America..." Avril admitted.

Valkyrie grinned and Fletcher just shock his head with disbelief.

"So... Want to go back to the house now? I'm really hungry" Avril insisted.

Valkyrie raised an eyebrow but smiled; "If we must..."

Hey! So what do you think? Just starting off again so it might be a bit boring at the start and build up more excitement; so please review and tell me your thought on how this can be better:)

~Onyx Shadows~