Description: Zakuro sees the alien has compassion when she meets his daughter, Ivory. Ivory helps Zakuro by keeping her alive, and makes friends with her. Deep Blue begins to see the mew in a different light.

Rating: T

MewMid: I'M SORRY! I know I've been dead forever, but I'm updating now! I'll try to finish this fic, and hopefully people keep reading. Thanks for being patient, don't eat me alive! Just enjoy! :D Hope you like it MewCupcake5556!

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"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

-Albert Einstein

The wolf mew clenched her teeth together, her eyes teared up. It was a strange feeling, she hadn't cried like this since she was a child. Her heart sank, her throat feeling like it was being stepped on. She blinked, staring down at the thin navy blue rug, her hands dug into the shallow carpet. Deep Blue stared down at the girl, unsure of what to think. Zakuro's vision was blurry, no matter how much she blinked she couldn't see.

A frigid cold hand slid through her long violet hair. She shook her head, tears falling out of her eyes like a rain shower. Deep Blue was just slowly twisting his hand through her hair, somehow enjoying the sight of her breaking. Zakuro sputtered, and covered her mouth in shame, she shook here head. Nothing she could do, nothing she could say, would stop him.

"Why don't you just kill me?"

She asked pitifully, her voice cracking and the sound muffled by her hand over her mouth. This was the weakest she had ever felt. She reached up with her free hand and grabbed his wrist, he paused and stared down at her. His expression changed from amused to surprised, this girl clenched his arm firmly, and slowly pulled his hand off of her head. He stared in slight surprise as she looked up at him. The mew's tears were now tears of anger and heartache,

"Did you hear me?"

Deep Blue stared into her deep amethyst eyes, they seemed as deep as black holes in space. He felt slightly lost in them, he blinked when he saw his double doors open out of the corner of his eyes. A tiny bit of kindness appeared on his face as he looked up at the person who entered the throne room. Zakuro stared in disbelief, this was an emotion she had not ever seen on his face. She stared at him as he waved for someone to come over. Zakuro slowly turned her head to get a glimpse of the person who interrupted him.

It was a young alien girl. Zakuro just stared at the young girl, she wore a long pouffy navy blue gown. This girl was younger than Purin as far as Zakuro could tell. Her eyes were a beautiful golden color, and her skin pale as Deep Blue's. The ruler took a deep breath as the girl paused to look down at Zakuro.

The mew's head was spinning, who was this girl? Tears effortlessly fell from the corners of her eyes, making her cheeks wet and warm.

"Ivory, what brings you to grace us with your presence?"

Deep Blue's voice didn't seem threatening at all, the girl slowly walked over and up to him. She stood beside the kneeling human woman. Zakuro stared up at her, the little girl knelt beside her and smiled at her.

"I heard you brought some humans here and I wanted to see them."

Deep Blue looked down at his daughter with a warmer expression. Zakuro's mouth hung slightly open, her expression still a broken one. The girl reached out and touched her violet hair,

"She's pretty father, can I take her back to my room to play?"

Zakuro stared at the girl as if she wasn't speaking the same language, this little girl was Deep Blue's daughter? She didn't look like him, the only thing that was the same was their eye shape. This girl was sweet and kept smiling at her.

"Of course my dear. As you wish."

The girl smiled wide and stood up, she jumped a bit wiggling her hands in excitement.

"Oh thanks a bunch! I haven't had anyone to play with in so long!"

The girl held out a hand for Zakuro to grab, the wolf mew just stared at it for a few moments. The girl huffed and reached down, grabbing Zakuro's hand impatiently,

"Please get up, I wanna go play."

Deep Blue made a motion at the doorway, one of the aliens at the door came over to the trio. He had dark almost black, blue hair pulled into a medium length ponytail. His eyes were narrow and gold in color, he was tanner than the other aliens only by a bit. He leaned down and grabbed Zakuro's right arm roughly, yanking her up to her feet. The girl hopped around happily, grinning up at Zakuro,

"We're gonna go play now! Aren't you excited?"

The wolf girl looked at Deep Blue one last time before she was hauled off towards this little alien's room. His eyes were on the girl, a warmth in his eyes she hadn't seen before. The alien was rough with Zakuro, pulling her along after the small girl, she hopped along, her long cream colored hair was in a messy braid bouncing behind her.

Zakuro was thrown into a chair by the alien, and he gave her a death glare before walking back over to the doorway. The girl plopped down across the small round table, Zakuro observed the items spread out upon the table. A small tea set was spread out on the table, small elegantly decorated pastries were on small intricate plates around on the table. Ivory giggled and grabbed her tea up delicately,

"You can have some if you want. I'm Ivory by the way."

The mew was silent, unsure of how to react. She was so starved she was no longer hungry, she was just sick. The young alien girl tilted her head,

"What's your name?"

Zakuro stared at the kind little girl, she was just gawking at her with her warm amber colored eyes. The violet haired girl slowly responded, her head still spinning,

"I'm… Zakuro…"

Her response was numb and unemotional. Ivory nodded, "Okay,Miss Zakuro! You have pretty hair Miss Zakuro."

The alien girl hummed as she bounced up and poured Zakuro some tea. The wolf girl just stared at the cup, it steamed a little wisp. Ivory popped back into her chair, a grin still plastered on her face. She stared at Zakuro for a few moments, the older girl just staring into the now full tea cup. Her smile faded,

"Miss Zakuro… My father isn't a bad guy. I promise!"

Amethyst eyes flashed up to meet the young alien's. Zakuro's heart raced, this girl had no idea of what her father was doing. Ivory continued, now serious,

"We just want a place to call home, we used to live on the planet, before your dinosaurs. The Ice age drove us away, we couldn't survive, so my father took us to the nearest planet we could live on. My mother died when we got to the new planet, she wanted to save my brother, but they both froze on the planet because they stayed with the rest of our people. That planet eventually started changing too, turning freezing cold, so my father said we had to go move again. When we came back, you humans were here on our planet. My father knows our people will die soon if we don't find a place for us to live. I've been on this ship my whole life. I've never seen grass or flowers, like what you have on your planet now Miss Zakuro."

Zakuro stared at the girl in disbelief, she couldn't imagine what this would feel like. The wolf girl tried to fathom what it felt like to lose the planet. Humans don't even have the technology to move the entire human race into space, and these aliens have had the technology to survive in space for years. Every day, these people saw their loved ones die, or they never got to be truly free. This poor girl grew up on this ship, all alone. Zakuro's throat felt tight, her eyes watering once again. How heartbreaking.

"That's… Awful…" She whispered, her eyes falling down to her lap. Ivory frowned and shook her head,

"It's not all bad Miss Zakuro, My father protects me and Osirus keeps me company." The young alien pointed at the male alien that had dragged Zakuro there, he was guarding the door in case Zakuro tried anything. The young one continued, "You see, I'm not all alone. But I hope my father can give me a real home. I want to have a planet to call home, my father says we will get it soon. He must have brought you here to talk about maybe if you would let us move to your planet."

Tears fell out of Zakuro's eyes, this girl reminded her of herself. Zakuro's parents had passed away when she was young, not like she had spent a lot of time with them. They had died when she was 12 years old, Zakuro knew how it felt to be alone in the world. These aliens were on the planet first, they deserved to be able to come back now that the climate had evened out. The wolf girl didn't notice Ivory stand up and walk over to her,

"It's okay Miss Zakuro, I'm not sad anymore about my mother. I wish I could see her again, but I still have my father."

The young girl wrapped her arms around Zakuro and hugged her, the wolf girl sobbed quietly. Zakuro didn't know what to say, she felt so terrible for trying to deny these alien's right to their planet. She cautiously hugged the girl back, it was the first comforting touch she had in the longest time. The wolf girl sobbed quietly, it reminded her of when she ran into Momoka, the young girl that idolized her.

"Y-you really believe in your father don't you Ivory?"

Her words were soft and heartfelt, she didn't feel like anything anymore. Her body was numb and cold, the only warmth came from her own tears and this young girl's embrace. Ivory smiled and leaned back to look in Zakuro's face,

"Don't worry Miss Zakuro, Father will figure it all out. He'll save you too."

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MewMid: I just felt like that was a good place to end this chapter, I think I have a good idea of how to finish out this story. ;) I hope everyone likes it!