#16: My Trips to the Extreme Ends.

******Luan's P. O. V*****

I never knew travelling would be this tiring. I was too tired to even lift a finger. Well it was to be expected as I went searching for her. To all the different crazy places. It was hard to even walk after coming.

My first trip was to the Mariana Trench. And, I must say as a wolf, I particularly never liked water, much less diving into an ocean. As we stood over, Vane used his magic to trick the marine officers and border control guys that we were just a friendly adventurer who have all the paperwork(we didn't).

The ocean, was beautiful But unpleasant for me, the strange part of it was that Vane, also a werewolf didn't find the water the least bit repulsive. We both dived in and all the Marine life just cleared away from us as if we were predators.. oh.. we are...

But they were quite afraid. There was a wild shark who tried challenging us, but a stare match with Vane put him down, he went away quite soon. Which kind of scared me, considering how powerful Vane is in the human world. I went on deeper, it was really dark and it felt heavy. The whole place was totally dark. Our little torch lights were the only thing luminous. That didn't help as they were just inviting all creatures. And yes, all were weird. I must not judge them. But... they were creepy. I guess not having light and mirror does funky things to you.

"Let's just go back? If they were here.. they could already be dead? ", I suggested to Vane

" Your Grace, dont be lazy and come. Don't forget that she was accompanied by an elf, elves have their own way for survival even in the worst circumstances by using whatever kind of medicines. ", he said.

" Yes yes okay. Are you sure you aren't just a werewolf? Because I don't know how you are able to get into water. ", I asked

" Well, I have a secret technique taught by my Grandpa. " he said

"Oo.. What's it? ", I asked.

" Just shut up and go on. ", he said, " That is the most effective tip. ", he smiled.

" Was that.. directed to me? ", I asked.

" No Sir. ", he smiled.

" Oohh.. sarcasm...", I said following him and helping him put away all the creatures that thought of us as food. The whole place was tiring. We swam faster than most, but there was no sign of a portal opening, portal openings leave a flash of heat or light. Since this was totally dark, nope. There was nothing. Far and wide, We searched. Touched the deepest ends. But no. It was empty. The Heat and pressure was unbelievable, but Vane said it was due to the pressure that I felt hot and that the depths were actually quite cool.

It was annoying how he was this calm, and I was suffering. I used a lot of my magic to identify any sort of anomaly, but it was futile, except for my energy being drained, it was of no avail. I came up to the surface and took a while to adjust myself to change of pressure. My ears felt as if they had melted. Thankfully, I was not a human. Or, I might have become a hot meal for the residents of the deep ocean. We kept a boat waiting here. I sat on a chair for a while, to get myself calm and went in to get my change of clothes.

"So, Its night now.", Vane said as he looked up and removed his clothes.

"Yes, I hadn't even noticed it. What's the time?", I went and checked the time, it was 9? Already?

"What's the time?", He asked.

"Its 9", I said,

"Oh, Shall we return and rest?", he asked putting on a simple shirt.

"No, I can't rest anyway, I might as well make most of it.", I said.

"Well then, You are going to accompany me for a late night party.", He said.

"A late night? How late are we talking?", I asked finally changed into dry clothes, after a quick shower.

"Its from 1 am to 4am.", he said.

"That late? Any special reason?", I asked.

"Well, They are receiving foreign guests and even Mr.Storm is coming.", He said.

"Who is he?", I asked.

"Well, ....he is the owner of Storm Corporations. Previously known as Sky corporate.", He said with a slight smile.

"Oh, now that's a famous guest. I heard he participates in many parties?", I asked.

"Yes. He does.", he replied.

"Have you met him before?",

"Well, let's get going to the other end of the world. Let's just check the artic.", he said and took out huge fur coats.

"Uh...I don't need them, I can handle cold.", I said, but no, I couldn't handle it. The temperature was a bit more cooler than expected that breathing felt like pushing ice through my nose. We came here quick by using a teleportation scroll, But here too, there was not much land, just snow and a few buildings. There too, I didn't find anyone nor anything. It was tiring, I might have walked more than 20 miles in 2 hours. I was basically running. The temperature didn't help. Vane was too busy talking with a penguin.

We took a total three hours to cover the whole place, But, we didn't find anything. We returned back to mainland. There our groups informed they too didn't find anything yet. We paused our search till tomorrow, from seven tomorrow morning, the search shall continue again. On the way back home, I was forcibly made to dress up in a suit and come to the late night party.

It was annoying, the whole pleasantries was annoying, people didn't believe I was Atlas Wulfric, when they believed they turned to introduce their daughters or sisters, I calmly went to the balcony to not freak out, but a sudden throb, I was filled with a fierce desire to kill, a certain target in a mansion not that far from here. My senses were overwhelmed, there was a sweet scent and my ears picked up howling of wolves, my eyes went blurry except for that one mansion. It was not good. It could be a wolf hunter.

I turned away from the balcony and tried walking towards Vane, he immediately came here, but he too was in the same condition. Mr. Storm, who was close came towards us, and offered a drink, but we were too... in a trance? I didn't know. I just felt drawn towards the mansion. Then suddenly it disappeared, that feeling disappeared entirely.

It was too mysterious to just ignore, the next news I had gotten was that the mansion was the property of Mr.Storm. I and Vane continued our search for Amber, but this time we got a clue. There had been a strange sighting in the Sahara. Apparently, it had suddenly turned into a forest, but disappeared in a few minutes.

I am sure, it was the magic of the little elf prince, royalty did have a lot of magic potential, though all royal's just had the magic to attack or defend, apparently our prince seems to have various talents.

"So our wanted people are there?", he asked.

"Yes, they are probably in the Sahara, or in some government experiment facility.", I said.

"Why would you say that? ", He asked.

"The government certainly would have taken action. In order to calm the natives who witnessed it.", I said getting ready to go on a trip to a desert.

"Yes, It might have. So, what shall we do if we don't find them there? If they would have taken refuge in someone's house, I doubt you can check everyone's house." Vane added.

"Yes, it would be a stretch for our illusion magic. Let's make our search teams disguise as travelers as seek shelter all around the place, each person on his own. Can they manage?", I asked.

"Hmm...I think they can.", He said and we quickly began scaling the whole desert. But something was weird, I felt hollow, as though I was lost, alone in the universe... Could it be the engagement bind playing tricks on me? The bind just felt loose...

We all got ready and proceeded with our search, searching each and everyone. We came across a drug-dealing gang, hiding out, and got some trouble. But it was all okay when Vane had a private chat with a mid-level officer and came out shoulder to shoulder, that secretary/aide of mine was scary. The potential of what he could achieve really scared me. I was slightly thankful he was not aiming for the throne. Because if he did, odds are that he might actually get it. Though after a very long war.

The sand sprawled across miles, but there was no sight of anyone still. The search groups were also getting a big no, in finding Amber. There was no sighting of a stranger, in almost all the surrounding towns.

Where did she disappear? As each second passed by, it felt I was loosing the only connection we had. Amber...Where are you?