Everyone knows Valkyrie has nightmares. Right? Well if there's one thing Valkyrie Cain hates it is seeming weak in front of her friends. So what if they don't find out until a very stressful mission. Second one to train ride.

Valkyrie Cain screamed, withering around in her sleeping bag. The other dead men, who had been sitting around the fire talking, jumped up and bolted towards Valkyrie's tent. They entered and saw Valkyrie's face filled with pain and her blankets wrapped around her legs. Skulduggery pushed by and shook her.

"It's okay Valkyrie. It's only a dream. Wake up."

Valkyrie moaned and grabbed skulduggery's jacket burying her into his ribcage.

"Valkyrie. Come on, you have to wake up. You're okay here."

She moaned again but spoke, "Skulduggery?"

"That's it come on." He muttered waving the others out of the tent.

They moved out of the tent and could hear a quiet murmur from inside but didn't enter.

Inside the tent

They filed out leaving them alone. Valkyrie lifted her head and looked at him.

"Did I scream?"

Skulduggery nodded. "You went through a traumatic experience, it's natural."

"Are the others outside?"

"Probably."

"Could they wait till morning?"

"I say so."

"Good." She got up on wobbly legs and stepped out of the tent. "I'm okay now guys. We can talk in the morning."

They nodded to her and moved back to the fire. She turned and stepped back into her tent. Skulduggery was sitting there watching her.

"What?"

"You're not fine."

"None of us are. That guy was more trouble than we thought."

"What happened with him?"

"Nothing and everything."

"Well tell me what happened with everything."

"Can't."

"Why?"

"I- I just can't."

"I thought we didn't keep secrets from each other?"

Valkyrie sighed and sat down. Then she lay back against his legs and put an arm over her eyes. Skulduggery played with her hair waiting for her to talk.

"I can't tell you because I can't remember. I was there in my nightmare but I can't remember anything. It's gone, I don't even know his name."

Skulduggery pulled her to him. "His name doesn't matter. Valkyrie what do you mean you don't remember?"

"I know what repressing memories is like, I know what shock is like. This isn't it. I just can't remember what happened. Did I get hit in the head or something?"

"We don't know. You escaped and were running from him when we came."

"I escaped?"

Skulduggery looked down at her. "Half his face was burned."

Valkyrie blinked and nodded.

"Sleep. I'll stay with you."

"Goodnight skulduggery."

The next morning.

Valkyrie woke to shouting. She jumped up and ran out of the tent. The dead men were standing near the fire shouting and laughing.

"What are you idiots doing!" Valkyrie roared.

They all turned and Larkin jumped behind Saracen, grinning. Valkyrie stomped over, Skulduggery following behind, fixing his tie.

"Well?"

"I have nothing to do with it." Shudder muttered, flicking through a book.

"That must be nice." She muttered, "Are any of the rest of you going to tell me?"

"A pack of wolves came out into the clearing and Hopeless tried to talk to them."

"Tried?"

"They seem to have adopted him."

A startled-looking black wolf was being sniffed and poked by some grey and white wolves while some white and grey cubs bounced around his tail. Valkyrie walked forward, causing some of the wolves to growl, but Valkyrie raised her hand to Hopeless and he sniffed it before rubbing his head against the palm of her hand. This seemed to calm the others who came over slowly, one by one, and did the same. Now the she had the adult wolves approval the cubs came over investigating her. Valkyrie smiled and something flickered in her mind. A wolf, moving through the trees towards her. It watched her for a second before leading her towards the clearing. Her eyes darted over the wolves in the clearing, settling on the one that hadn't come over to, who hadn't growled or moved when she had approached. Valkyrie stood and walked to its side, reaching her hand towards it. The wolf watches her and pressed its nose to her palm.

"Thank you," she muttered running her hand over its head, "No clue why you helped me, but thank you."

The wolf seemed to nod and Valkyrie laughed and shook her head, going back to her tent.

"It's way to early for this bullshit."

Okay so this isn't very good, or productive, but it was an old one I found (Along with some others) that I'm trying to finish.