"Jackets?"

"Packed."

"Food?"

"Packaged."

"Human currency?"

"Duplicated."

"Your scepter?"

"Loaded with tesseract energy."

"Suitcases?"

"Shrunken and pocketed."

Jane closed her writing pad, sliding it in her parka's pocket. Her eyes met Loki's.

"And lastly, invisibility potion?" she asked.

Loki patted his own sweatshirt pocket to confirm.

Jane relaxed.

"Let's do this."

!

Thor pulled on a warm sweater. Darcy wrapped her arm around his and swung her messenger bag over her shoulder. They walked out Thor's room. The door shut closed behind, a unique echo the castle would never hear again.

!

It was a sight. Darcy and Thor, and Jane and Loki lined up, holding on to one another in one way or another. They were huddled in a circle wearing black garments, a literal cloud of black at the end of the rainbow bridge. The group moved like an army, walking in the night, the glow of the bridge illuminating their hooded faces and the colorful beams shining off on them.

They were quiet, a silent pack of wolves, strutting into the night with unknown intentions.

Heimdall squinted for a moment.

The four friends did not look like they were going on a simple vacation.

There was an overcast of sadness mixed with indifference, particularly on Thor's face. The castle was fast asleep, as was the rest of Asgard. Thanks to Loki's tricks, there was an aroma in the air that even made Heimdall yawn, even though the guard never slept.

As the group neared Heimdall in the golden chamber, their faces became clearer and the determination made the guard do a double take.

What was going on?

"Heimdall," Thor greeted the guard in a very low voice, well, it was low for the usual enthusiastic Thor.

Heimdall smiled a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"Prince Thor, why do you look so?"

Thor chuckled darkly. "I'm afraid the night has been unkind."

As all the nights and days in this stupid realm have been, Loki thought bitterly. His expression remained blank and he was silent as ever.

"How so?" Heimdall pressed.

"I am leaving what was once my home. Asgard, the place of my birth, my childhood, my youth. This was my utopia at a time. A realm like no other. A night like this reminds me of my loss. How naïve I had been before, I am reminded of their childish indifference to sadness. Now sadness is all I feel, but I hope to leave the behind along with my tainted memories as a child."

Heimdall felt sick. "Why are you speaking this way? Has anything truly changed? Is this no longer your home?" he scoffed. He was not used to Thor's new intensity and seriousness. It frightened him to see Thor go from a childish young man to someone Heimdall had yet to recognize.

Thor gave him a sad smile. "I'm afraid for a while I won't be home. I suppose my emotional state is due to mere nostalgia. But I will miss my giving parents, and you, my Lord."

Thor walked up to Heimdall and hugged him deeply. Not used to such intimacy, Heimdall stood there silently. Now it was for sure. Darcy had turned Thor into an emotional fool.

Abruptly, Thor let the guard go and he shifted back towards the group. Jane gave Heimdall a small wave goodbye and the pack moved towards the portal.

"Thor! Thor, Loki, where are your parents?" Heimdall interrupted.

"In the castle," Thor quietly replied.

"Why are they not here, to wish you farewell?"

Thor looked away and Loki answered, "They think we'll be back soon. No sense in bringing on tears when we all are going on a mere holiday."

"Loki, I'm surprised at least Frigga didn't come. At Thor's last departure, the entire castle and kingdom came to bid him a goodbye. Perhaps you should wait to leave in the morning when the others would be able to express their blessings. It's nighttime, wouldn't you rather have a celebratory leave or at least a morning feast?"

Thor looked at Loki with a pained expression. Then he moved towards the portal, shifting Mjölnir in his hands, opening the portal on his own. He couldn't wait to get out.

Loki quickly answered Thor, "That is unnecessary. It's a quick trip, there's no need for extra drama. The All-Father gave us permission to leave whenever we'd like and we decide the time has come now."

The portal opened and the white light shone brightly into the room. Thor turned around a little to look at Heimdall. He opened his other hand and Darcy slipped her hand into his.

"My brother is right. It's all unnecessary," Thor added quietly.

Loki offered Jane her arm and she took it and held on tightly. Thor nodded at them and Loki quickly walked into the light along with Jane. Just like that, they were gone.

Heimdall gaped at Thor, open mouthed. "What have you turned into?"

Thor's lips twitched and Darcy looked at the guard, irritated.

"An introvert," she answered, rolling her eyes. She pulled Thor into the portal and with a wave of the hammer, the portal closed shut.

!

First there was the white flash. Then the stream of color flashed past all of them, translucent droplets and splashes of something that could only be described as a mix of magic and science.

"They are one in the same."

Jane could practically here Loki's earlier words echo in her mind heavily was she tumbled into a land of green and her world spun once before it all went black.

!

"What the fuck is this? What the fuck was that? What the fuck are you?" Darcy asked holding her head in both hands. She rested her head between her knees, scooting away from Thor.

"Thor, stop, your voice is piercing through my skull," she complained.

Thor pouted at Loki who would have laughed except Jane was on the ground unconscious.

"Brother, what happened?" Thor whispered to Loki.

"We did not travel as lightly as we should have. It was way too fast," Loki frowned.

Darcy opened one eye, trying to adjust to the light.

Her jaw dropped.

Jane stirred. "Uh," she moaned, shielding her eyes from the shining light above her. "Am I dead?"

Loki cradled her face in her palms, urging her to sit up. "No, my love, we're here."

"Here?" Darcy asked. She tugged on Thor's leg, pulling him down to sit next to her. "Is this place what I think it is? Because if it is then that's really cool and I would kiss you right now, but my brain is about to throw up so we'll wait, but damn, this is nice. This is really nice," she complimented.

Thor beamed happily glad that in theory, Darcy was somewhat happy.

Jane experimented opening and closing her eyes. She leaned on Loki and sat up. The two couples beheld the sight before them, leaning into one another to marvel at the surrealist view.

It was different, unexpected, something Jane could have never imagined herself.

Even Darcy was speechless.

Well, until she opened her mouth again and commented, "It's so green."

Thor couldn't tell if that was a complaint, a good thing or just an observation so he settled on nodding as did Jane.

A small figure in the distance moved towards them. As it trudged towards them, it grew in size.

Looks like an animal…a bunny maybe, Jane guessed.

The animal grew bigger. Larger than a bunny, but what was it? It traveled on two legs and had brown, almost human looking hair. And it was wearing clothes. And it was getting bigger and bigger.

As the figure neared, they realized, the mini-whatever-was was not an animal.

It was a person. A very tiny person.

Darcy looked at it bewildered and Jane's jaw slacked towards the ground in amazement.

The little person smiled a 100-wat grin when it stopped in front of them. Jane and Darcy both jumped when the little cheerful elf spoke in a shrill voice.

"Ah! Asgardians and mortals! What a lovely group of beings. Welcome to Alfheim."

A/N: Alfheim, my chosen destination. In Thor 2, when Thor's telling Jane about the 9 realms he mentioned that and it's the home of "light" elves, so I thought in terms of vacation spots, this was the only one that made sense. I don't know any elvish-names, so if you have suggestions, please tell me because my Norse mythology knowledge is lacking. I think from here the story will pick up because lately I've been just coming up with predictable chapters but finally, something new! So yes, if you have idea of names for the elves, leave a review. I have a couple cute ones in mind too…Apologies for the short and slightly uneventful chapter.

Shout outs to JPElles, JaninaM8, Princess PrettyPants, EABrandon, JigokuShoujosRevenge, odinsdatter9, JadeRiceBall, The FaIIen Angel, and WickedWickedDame for being awesome human beings.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned :)