(Relic's POV)

They were only two streets into the huge neighborhood, when Relic felt like he was going to shred his fur off. Discord jumped and yelped at everything they heard as they walked through the yards, she got herself caught on the first fence they had to jump over to enter the gated community and proceeded to panic getting feathers everywhere, now walking by the road that connected the populace with the rest of the world she was literally right underneath him and tried to pull him away every time a machine roared past.

She stayed on the inside, the farthest from the asphalt path, making an attempt not to step on his paws whenever she could, but it seemed she was afraid of everything. He let out an angry hiss as she yet again stepped on his paw, and it all would've been fine if a idiotic human hadn't slammed shut a cast iron fence right next to her, she crashed right into him sending them both into the road where the machines occupied.

Discord landed in a oily mudpuddle not far from the sidewalk, while Relic laid in the middle of the road. Discord was the first up and trotted over to Relic, she nudged him gently but when he sat up it was obvious he was angry. His front right leg was bleeding profusely from where he slid across the pavement, it was pink with the fur missing, she stopped short.

She leaned forward and tried to clean the wound "I'm so sorry I didn't mean t-"

"Of course you didn't mean too." He snarled angrily, pushing her back with his good paw "But when do you mean to do anything."

"You don't need to talk to me like that, it was an accide-" She mewed backing up slowly, but was yet again cut off.

"I don't care what it was, first you act like a stupid kit, then you nearly get us both killed by pushing us into the road." He yowled, his dark amethyst eyes blazed "Stop acting so freaking useless."

Discord's eyes burned with tears, as they began streaming down her face "I'm n-not stupid or u-use-less." Her heart stung worse than her eyes "Please, Relic I'm so sorry." She whimpered from the sidewalk.

"No! No more 'Relic' this and 'Relic' that, it was a big mistake helping you in the first place." He turned and limped to the other side of the street, when his paws touched the concrete he kept walking, leaving her to walk a side street.

She tried to go after him but a monster roared by making her jump away "Please don't leave me." She yowled trying to shake the mud from her pelt.

He stopped turning only a fraction "You know, if all warriors are as stupid and useless as you, no wonder they're doomed to die." Relic hissed his voice colder than Leaf bare, before he disappeared down another side street.

She stood alone, her heart shattering, falling to the pads of her paws.

Discord hoped he'd come back, but then a heartbeat past, then two more, then three more, she waited until the moonhigh before letting out a sob and looking around. She had no idea where she was, or how to get out, for the first time since she left home Discord was really alone.

Her paws carried her to the closest tree she could find, she scaled it stiffly and settled on the highest branch, not to sleep it just made her feel safer than the ground below. The intertwining bands of electric blue and gold that wrapped around her ankles seemed to glow as she dozed alone in her thoughts.

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He limped angrily away for what only felt like minutes, but soon the sky darkened and moon rose into the sky, only then did Relic realize he had no idea where he was and that Discord was alone in the middle of a concrete jungle. Never in his life did he regret anything as much as yelling at her, he turned on his heels and ran back cringing the entire way, but when he arrived she was already gone.

The echoey boom started back up again after being silent for sometime, making it even harder to focus on his surrounds. Padding up the sidewalk, he caught the light, warm scent of Discord but when he saw the direction she went his blood ran cold.

She went down the worst possible way, towards the home of a Kitten Mill owner, he ran after her knowing the horrors she could witness.

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The sun began to rise as her paws tired, she'd left not long after taking a short nap in the tree. Discord opened her mouth slightly, to get a better bearing on where she was, but all she could smell was the overwhelming smell of old blood and death. Her pawsteps became wary as the smell got more powerful, until she could hear a chorus of tiny mews, she stopped instantly pressing against the fence she'd been walking next to for a while, she found a hole easily, and looked in.

Lining the fence were more cats than she'd seen in her whole life, almost two hundred packed into small wire kennels, the smell was revolting, but soon her eyes fell upon the mother of the kittens she'd heard earlier. She was a pretty, fluffy she-cat around her neck was still a tattered, baby blue collar, suckling happily were three tiny kits each was a different color and pattern and looked no older than a quarter moon. One was a little grey-brown calico that she could assume was a she-kit, the next was a large, chunky, grey tabby with tiny white mittens on it's paws, lastly was a extremely small cream kit with white splotches.

A purr was about to escape her throat when a heavy door slammed nearby, causing her to jump out of habit, the sound of a pair of boots could be heard clicking against the stone ground. She peeked through the hole again and found that in front of the new mother was the boots, sitting beside the twoleg's boots was a sorrel tom with white mittens on his paws, he stepped forward and sniffed the tiny kits and though this should've been a joyous occasion the tom didn't seem very pleased. After sniffing the kits for only a moment he leaned down, taking the grey kit by it's nape, and proceeded to carry the kit over to a cage that contained a pair of very large dogs and without blinking flung it into the cage.

She watched in horror as the tiny kit's body was ripped to shreds by the dog's canines, tears appeared as the tom threw the little calico into the cage too, more blood coated the stone, it was only then that she heard the mother's pained cries for her tiny kits who didn't get to see the world. Discord watched as the father grabbed the last kit, the twoleg was now putting the mother back into a wire cage, she continued to yowl as he got closer to the dogs until to her shock a big grey tom appeared in front of the sorrel one, displaying an obvious threatening stance. Sorrel didn't even hesitate threw it over the large metal wall that separated them from Discord, she dove and barely caught the tiny kit by it's nape, with no time to lose she turned and ran away carrying the kit with her.

She stopped once the smell of death and blood had subsided, she sat the tiny kit down and carefully lapped her tongue between it's tiny fat rolls on its back, and quickly discovered that it was a she-kit. The sun was beginning to set as she started to walk again, she wished Relic was here even though she was still furious at him, he always knew what to do and made her feel really safe. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even notice a old she-cat sitting on a porch watching her evenly, Discord would've padded right past if she hadn't spoken up.

The once pretty brown she-cat leaned forward "Do you need something, Darling."

Her voice startled Discord nearly making her drop the tiny kit, she looked over or a second and grinned hopefully "Yes ma'am, I actually do I have this kit…" She then proceeded to tell her about what she'd witnessed.

The older she-cat cringed "I'm so sorry you had to see that. Those people have been at it for generations, that's actually where I was born." She muttered before continuing "But if you need me to take her I can, my humans are veterinarians."

"Thank you so much-"

"My name is Pearl, darling."

"Thanks Pearl, watch over her please."

" I will."

Discord left shortly after Pearl went into her house, crawled sorely into a old trash can her wings were folded loosely so they wouldn't stiffen, she lay curled up, wishing Relic was there to comfort her. It wasn't long after that when the rain started to fall on the metal garbage can, the light pinging lulled her to sleep, in her sleep she began to feel the earth pulse lightly as if the world's heart started beating again.

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Relic ran as fast as he could to the point that it was like flying, his paws were blurs, and her scent was steadily fading as the rain began to fall. He'd never felt so terrified, until he found where her scent had ended, right outside the green metal wall of the Kitten Mill.

He looked around but found it was hopeless, her scent was completely gone and with it so went Discord. Relic went cold for a moment as tears began to fall down his cheeks, tears mixed with rain as he angrily pressed his forehead against the cold metal, he let out a screech so loud it echoed miles in all directions, he hated himself for yelling at her, he hated himself for leaving her behind, but most of all he hated himself for letting her down. He screeched until his voice was hoarse, but as he was about to start another round he felt a strange warmth from his left side, he turned slightly and was surprised to see a well put together house, the strange happy aura drew him closer.

Relic found a smile forming on his face, even as tears fell down his cheeks, he found that the house was very large, he could sense all of the people who've ever walked through its doors, most would arrive covered in a fear scent or anger, but when they came out their Aura reflected the house. He was trying to find a window to look through, when he tripped on something hard, he turned to check it out and found something that made me sad, but safe.

Lying on the ground was a small memorial plaque it read :

Pearl

2006 - 2015

When we found you were just a sickly newborn kitten someone threw away, but after

years of getting to be graced with your presence, we realized all those

years ago we were given the greatest gift we'd ever had

the love of something

Special

So much love estonished the Tom, he put his paw carefully on the and found it was strangely warm, welcoming almost, the pad of his paw began to tingle slightly, and with seconds a scent drifted across his nose, he knew it immediately as that of Discord, so he turned and began to run in it's direction but stopped suddenly and quickly walked back. He place his forehead against memorial and whispered a thank you, before he turned and chased her scent.

If he had turned around he would've seen a pretty brown she-cat, who glowed like the star, smiling from her position on her late master's rocking chair, before she like the tom disappeared too.

It took him a while to find the end of her scent, it led him to a knocked over metal trash can, he hoped and prayed to whoever was up there in Starclan, and walked to the opening.

Lying there was Discord, but cuddled against her was a tiny kit, he moved forward and sniffed the kit, it was a fluffy cream point, and when he go to close it began mewing loudly. Discord woke with a start, which in turn made Relic jump back, he landed in a puddle of cold water and let out a yelp.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, but when he looked up her realized the question wasn't directed at him, instead she was looking at the tiny kit, with surprise he realized she didn't see him.

He stood up and shook the water from his pelt, before he let out a happy laugh "Discord, I'm so happy I found you!" It was only then did she see him, they quickly closed the distance between the them.

They met right it the middle "Relic, I'm so sorry, I don't want to ever go through that again!" She cried and cuddled into his chest, the hugged her close, he felt his own fear drain away, they were still in a bad side of town but at least now he could protect her the best he could.

Then a thought hit him "What's up with the Kit?"

She quickly told him about the horrors she'd witnessed, which made him furious but in the end he was just happy that they were both safe, plus one which is always good thing. Relic leaned down and gently picked up the Kit before gently nudging Discord toward his long forgotten home.

They walked together, as the darkness subsided and a cloudy mist announced their entry back into the safety of the Good side of town, He could since her warm excitement as they drew ever closer to his home.