Howl was trying to teach Micheal a new trick. Micheal messed up and ending up making him fly across the room and filled the place with white smoke. Howl was laughing outloud as he kept on hearing Micheal grumbling on about how it wasn't funny.

HOWL! Sophie's voice ran across his head. The tone, and the dark feeling he felt, made him stop laughing abruptly that caught Calficer and Micheal's attention.

"Let's split up," Howl commanded. "I have bad feeling about Sophie."

"She's suppose to be at the Market right!" Micheal nodded.

"Let's go!" Calficer quickly dashed out.

Howl quickly went straight to the routine that Sophie always takes to the market. Calficer did a quick scan of the town above the town, and Micheal went to the park or any other place Sophie would head to. Howl and the other, frantically trying to find her had no success. It was almost noon, almost three hours ago, that Howl has felt the ominous feeling.

"Where could she be?" Micheal gasping for breath after running a lot.

"I don't know," he shook his head, having a sick feeling in his stomach. "I can't sense her any where."

"Uh oh," Calficer breathed.

"What?" Howl followed his gaze and his eyes went wide open when he saw Sophie's shoe on the floor.

He knew it was hers. The black shoe with a white streak on the tip of the front from when Howl's accidently tripped over it.

"Howl, I'm worried," Micheal tried not to cry.

Howl clenched the shoe and turned towards them. "Let's not stop the search, let's keep going!"

Calficer scanned the whole area. Howl as well, and Micheal went to the authority figures. All with no success.

"It's like she went missing off the face of the Earth," Calficer shook his head.

Howl growing desperate began running again.

"Sophie! Sophie!" he shouted all over town. "Sophie!"

Police man heard reports of a mad man shouting across town and quickly ran over to him, trying to calm him down.

"Where is Sophie?" he demanded. "My wife!"

"Sir, calm down," the police man ordered, although he was scared of the man before him. Desperate to find his wife.

"Calficer," Micheal walked over to him. "I'm scared. Howl is acting crazy, and Sophie has gone crazy."

"I'm scared as well," Calficer breathed. If fire demons could cry, he would.

That night, after the police man conviced Howl to calm down, Howl sat in front of the fire place, thinking. Thinking of all the possible places Sophie could be.

When Micheal was sleeping and Calficer was idling next to Howl, Howl got up and calmly began looking around the town again.

There was no trace of her.

Micheal woke up in the morning and went down stairs to see Howl getting in.

He looked exhausted and tired. He quickly jumped to the sofa and tried to go to sleep.

The doorbell rang and Howl growled. "Tell the custumer that we'll be out of business for a couple of days."

"Howl," Calficer said. "It's the police."

Howl jumped and went straight to the door, pushing Micheal out of the way.

Seein two police man on the door way, with stricken faces tore Howl's heart apart.

"Sir," one of them looked down. "We found her."

"And?" Howl demanded. "How is she?'

"It's bad, sir," the other looked like he wanted to puke. He took a moment ad then looked up. He then looked up with a sad face. "She was a wonderful woman."

Howl grabbed the police officer by the shirt. "Shut up!"

"If it wasn't for her, my daughter probably wouldn't be alive nor would my wife without her care," the police man began to sob.

Howl grabbed the side of his head and began to scream. "You're all wrong!"

"Howl," Calficer meekly called for him.

Mrs. Sophie Howl was found dead outside in the skirts of town. Being beaten, strangled and stabbed to death. There are signs of being sexually abused before her death and she seemed to have been with child at the time. Identity of who the criminal could've been are yet to have been confirmed.

That was the letter from police man that was sent to Howl the next morning.

"Sophie," Micheal cried. A piece of his heart was crushed.

"Howl are you alright?" Calficer asked meekly.

"No," Howl answered promptly.

There was nothing else to be said.