The air was thick, densely packed like the world had suddenly been forced into a soup can. Fog floated, scraping the ground as the world suddenly lurched forward, she let out a slight squeak as her world tilted, nails clawing fearfully at the trunk of the tree until her strength finally gave out and she fell. Right into the arms of her waiting older brother, Octavian, who had been waiting annoyed, watching her wrestle one of their parent's many cats from the tree in the middle of the yard.
"Alex, will you please avoid injuring yourself while i'm watching you." He muttered placing her back on stable ground.
Alex dusted herself off, rolling her eyes "Mom said that you were to help me, you call that helping?" She added glaring at him, ruthlessly.
"Oh, would you have rather me let you fall?" The rebutted before grabbing the brown cat by its scruff, making her meow loudly, as he walked towards the house.
"Don't hold Jasmine like that!" She stated reaching out, before grabbing the pretty tabby from his hands.
"Fine." He growled, disappearing back into the house.
Jas leaned up and licked her chin, as if uttering a silent 'thank you' "You're welcome." she giggled, kissing her between the ears before too going back inside.
Alex sat the cat down before marching up stairs, towards her and her family's bedrooms, down the hallway past her younger brother, Kobe, you walked blindly walking the opposite direction with his headphones on followed closely by his fluffy, dark Grey cat Ajax who had on the cape his master had made for him connected to his black collar.
Snorting lightly, she watched them pass before walking into her room, the light scent of strawberries drifted past her nose as her eyes landed on a candle her mother had placed in there just moments before. A smile showed itself as she walked over to her laptop, which was place rather symmetrically, on the old desk that had belonged to her dad. It was strategically placed in front of the only window in her room, giving her the much needed sunlight after long homework sessions. She heard a heavy snore startup nearby, making her pace to the foot of her bed where Aires slept happily, she at on the floor and stroked her beautiful coat, accidentally touching the sickly scar that wrapped from between her shoulder blades to her belly. It happened one day while she was exploring the forest, Dad had gotten nervous since it was only two months after she had her kittens, he went out and found her in a small pool of blood. We rushed her to the vet, and after a bunch of stitches and the statement that she'll never be able to have kittens again we left just happy she was alive, but even thought that was a little over a year ago the scar still remains a reminder since that day none of the cats are allowed in the forest.
Her train of thought was interrupted when her Dad in carrying his plate of dinner "Mom said dinners read, Alex."
Alex let out a little chuckle as he stretched holding his food above his head "Dad, you should really get some rest." She said as she shakily got to her feet, before closing the distance between them.
He hugged her closely and kissed her on the forehead "I can't Angel to much work to do." Dad let go and continued to walk back to his study, where he was doing paperwork his boss assigned on a new construction zone.
She looked back at Aires before flicking off the light, then walked downstairs where Mom had like always prepared a feast fit for royalty.
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Aires' eyes opened not long after the light flickered off, she sat up with a tired yawn, stretching out her spine, before jumping down from her comfy oasis. Her soft paws blended into the carpet of the hallway, making her already stealthy paw-steps, unheard, so much so that even when she made the descended from the from stairs landing lightly by the front entrance.
To her left the family was having dinner and was not to be bothered, but to the right was the living room and with it the plush sofa, so the choice was easy. She slinked in before climbing onto the back of the couch giving her the perfect view of the backyard out the sliding glass doors. Walking along the fence was their neighbor Leo, who was most likely looking for her daughter Jasmine, his sleek golden pelt shined in the light of the awakening sun, that had just appeared above the houses of the neighborhood. Not long after the tom showed himself, she watched as her mate marched angrily to the younger tom and yowled, making him fall from the fence, Aero walked back proudly as Aires left out a squeal of laughter. She listened as he jumped through the cat door and continued to join her on top of the sofa.
He wrapped his tail around her and began grooming her gently "Where are the kits?" She mumbled relaxing against her partner.
"Jasmine is asleep under the Octavian's bed and the boys are in the kitchen eating." She didn't mean to but she let out a little sigh prompting Aero to cuddle closer to her "I'm sorry." he mumbled quietly hugging her close.
Both still yearned greatly to find their little missing kit, after the accident she had confessed everything that had happened and but instead of being angry he was just as distraught as she was he didn't care which of them were and weren't his, he had raised them for that long, none of the details mattered to him.
They both fell asleep, lulled by the warmth of the sun as it's rays shot off in every direction.
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Phoenix sat glaring, menacingly at her son, who tried shrink from her gaze "Where have you been young tom, and where is your sister?" Ash and Silver weren't helping as they sat on both sides of her shifting nervously on their paws.
"I was with Discord and Opal in the forest."
"And why were you there?"
"Because we were tired of waiting for dad, so we went out looking for him."
"Then where is your sister?"
Cosmic's ears fell to the back head, as he knew his mother's reaction was going to be bad "I may have left her in the forest."
"YOU WHAT!" She snarled with such fury that the den seemed to shack for a moment. "Why in Starclan would you leave her alone in the forest."
It was at that moment that Major stomped in followed by Opal who looked like she'd been mentally dragged through a bramble bush "Tell her what you told me." She growled at her daughter who slinked over and sat by Cosmic .
"Discord wasn't alone." She whispered clawing at the ground.
"Than who was with her." Phoenix asked the kits, narrowing her eyes at them.
Cosmic decided to answer this one "We may have left her with a kittypet." he echoed his thoughts, as he searched their mother's faces for any sign of sympathy, he found it was a lost cause quickly.
"Why would you two do that to her, and who was this kittypet she-cat."
"We were tired of going nowhere and she wasn't budging, so we left out of boredom while they were asleep." Cosmic said shifting and ignoring the urge to clean his matted fur, that was under so many pairs of eyes.
"And it was actually a tom." Opal added making Cosmic glare fiercely at her before looking back to their mother's who sat together with twin looks of shock.
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They stood on the hill overlooking the miles and miles of houses that belonged to this city's biggest neighborhood, Relic looked over at Discord to make sure she was still there, her gaze was locked on the seemingly endless rows of houses the distant look took him aback when he was just a little kit standing up here with Aero and his siblings. He turned slightly and looked at the now mucky pond where the human kits used to play during the summer months, it was an amazing feeling to be going home. He found his eyes drawn back to Discord, whose head was tilted at a weird angle "What are you doing." He asked grinning at her.
"Isn't it obvious." She said looking at him with the same weird angle in her neck.
"No, not really." He added as he began to wonder how long she could keep her head like.
She snorted lightly "I'm seeing the world from a new point of view, come on try it."
He wasn't sure how to say no to her yet so he tried it tilting his head to the same point Discord's was at. Relic was surprised when the world did seem to change and could feel the faint beat from earlier turn back into the booming explosions he'd experienced before. He turned to look at Discord, Surrounding her was a gold pulsing aura, so bright and piercing it burned his eyes just gazing at it, it seemed to grow bigger and brighter the longer he looked at it, until he was blinded by it's brilliance. He sat his head up, and the light disappeared in a flash, but the white and black circles that danced in his vision remained as if they were invited guests, the booming beat went back to a whisper as well and soon his vision began to clear leaving him face to face with Discord.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" He muttered shaking the few remaining circles from his vision.
Finding that he was responding again she smiled "I looked up and find you looking nauseous, and when I tried to talk to you, you kept leaning farther and farther away from me. Are you okay?"
He looked at her for a moment and blinked "I'm fine." He stated, shaking himself before standing up."
"Great! Let's get going then." She added nudging him before starting down the hill, he watched her tail swayed back and forth for a moment before hesitating and thought "What am I getting myself into?" Before running after her, soon they were walking side by side towards his home and the place of his birth, and towards her answers and her destiny.