Princess of the Saiyans

Chapter 1: Taken

Disclaimer: Of course I do not own Dragon Ball Z or any of its characters.

I was inspired to write this. It is alternate reality of course. Please be kind and review if you want me to post more chapters.

Deep in the far reaches of space, a race under tyranny has had enough. The King of Saiyans, Vegeta, was preparing his most elite warriors. He intended to take on the terror of the galaxy, Frieza. This evil tyrant had controlled the race for years, getting them to do his dirty work. They were used to purge planets for profit. It took everything the king had to be loyal to this monster, but he had no choice in any of it. He had to follow orders. The great King Vegeta had done everything that Frieza had ever asked of him, but one day Frieza asked for the something that King Vegeta valued more than his own life, his children. The lizard-like monster wanted to take Prince Vegeta and Princess Nonica, the king's most precious treasure. His son was powerful and stubborn. He had black, spiky hair and dark eyes and reminded the king of himself as a boy. The king's daughter was small and easily the fastest of any Saiyan the king had ever seen. She was beautiful with brown hair that went down to the small of her back and bright eyes that were icy blue. A rare trait in a Saiyan indeed. They were the kind of Saiyan children that would make any Saiyan father proud and the king was indeed very proud of them. The king's powerful children had made quite a name for themselves and showed great potential and Frieza just could not ignore the possibilities. King Vegeta wanted to tell Frieza where to stick it, but he knew that Frieza would have the children killed if he couldn't have them. So, reluctantly agreed to let Frieza have them.

The little princess was walking down the corridor, she had been given an order from her father to meet with him and her brother because he had something to discuss with them. I wonder what Father could want with us. We completed our last mission with no problems at all. Vegeta said that we did it in record time, so what could be wrong that Father wants a conference with us? Nonica feared the worst as she opened the doors of a large room that was normally used to hold conference with her father and his advisor, but today the only ones in the room were the king, the prince, and the princess.

Nonica stood in front of her father, as he said, "You're late, Nonica."

Nonica smirked and answered, "My apologizes, Father, but I was in the middle of a training session."

"You're excused. Please sit down with your brother." the king said. She did as her father asked and sat down beside her brother. The king took a deep breath and began to tell his children the news. "Vegeta, Nonica, Lord Frieza has requested that I give the two of you over to him and purge under him directly. He wants to train you both to work for him. I have, regrettably agreed to allow you to go and live on Frieza's planet. You will be transfers by the week's end."

The young prince stood in protest, "Father, you can not serious. Have Nonica or I done something to do upset you? Tell me, what have we done? We're both sorry. Right, Sister."

"Yes, Father, whatever we did, we're sorry. Please don't send us away. We don't want to leave you or the planet." Nonica said, taking her brother's lead as usual. Nonica and Vegeta were surprisingly very close. They had each other's back and were the only reason that the king would allow such a terrible arrangement in the first, they had to be together. Vegeta would watch over his sister and she would be there for him. They were a team, a unit, and would not be separated if King Vegeta had anything to say about it. The children ran to their father's side to plead for his reconsideration, but there was nothing the king could do. King Vegeta sighed and placed a hand on each of the children's shoulders.

He got down on one knee so that he was eye level to them and said, "My children, there was nothing that I could do to change Frieza's mind. The two of you have done nothing wrong and I wish that I could keep you with me until my dying day, but Lord Frieza has become very impressed with the power that the two of you possess and he wants to use it on some of more challenging assignments. I want the two of you do as you are told and look after each other." The king looked at his son, "Vegeta, you must always protect your sister. Watch over her and make sure she stays out of trouble. Nonica," he turned to his daughter, "You do what your brother tells you to do without question. I know that you will be just fine if you do that. All you will have on Freiza's planet is each other. Protect one another, you are brother and sister. Remember that, never rise against one another. Stay alive. Do you understand?" the children nodded in unison. The king arose and in an act that certainly not common in most Saiyans, he king pulled his small children in an embrace and said, "No matter what happens, always remember who you are. You are and always will be the royal children of Planet Vegeta. The son and daughter of the king. My children." he released the children and exited the room.

Nonica stood there with her head lowered, on the verge of tears. Vegeta walked over to her and lifted her face until she was looking at him, "Hey, none of that now. We are going to fine. We are Saiyan royalty and we will survive this. Besides, if we are directly under Frieza we are guaranteed the best assignments." he said with his trademark smirk. Nonica smiled at that fact. The children of the royal family were quite skilled when it came to the "family business". Nonica and Vegeta were so good at purging and their reputation so widespread that some planets thought them to be two full grown Saiyan. They were even had total control of themselves in the form of the Great Ape, a feat most Saiyan children could only dream they could pull off. They were a terrifying twosome to say the least, it was no wonder that Frieza would want to complete their training personally. They were sure to become a force to be reckoned with. The children left the conference room and went to let out their aggression by beating up the other Saiyans in the training room. Little did they know that life was about to change for them drastically.

Vegeta had completed his training for the day. He looked across the room to see his sister throwing yet another fighter to the ground. He smirked, That's my sister. Nonica was still angry about the announcement her father had made earlier and beating the holy hell out of fighters nearly 20 years her elder was just the therapy she needed.

"Nonica, I'm finished with my training, I'm going to go eat. Are you coming?" Vegeta asked. Nonica just shook her head as another fighter stepped in front of her. Her brother shrugged his shoulders and exited the training room.

About an hour later, Nonica was out of opponents and decided to take a walk. She walked out the door and down the hall. She went to her room to get a clean uniform. Once she had finished freshening up, she proceeded to walk down the hall towards her father's throne room. She saw the big doors open and her father and three guards that were not Saiyans walking out of the throne room. She froze in her tracks.

"I'm sorry, Nonica. It seems that Lord Frieza wants to take you and your brother today." King Vegeta said with his lowered. Nonica started to back away from Frieza's soldiers. They eventually got their hands on her. The little princess struggled and struggled but she couldn't get free. The soldiers dragged the child down the hall. Nonica didn't go without difficulty. King Vegeta's heart was filled with pain and anguish as he watched them take away his little girl. He could still hear her screams long after she was out of sight. The king punched the wall and walked back into his throne. He sent everyone inside away; he needed to suffer in silence.

Nonica struggled to get free, but to no avail. They brought her, kicking and screaming to the landing docks and attempted to put her on the transport ship. The tiny princess saw the ship and became even more enraged. "I SAID NO!" she screamed and unleashed her rage. She blasted a beam at one of the transport ships and blew up the ship along with the loading dock. She continued firing on the people in the room. Soldiers and other Saiyans were running everywhere in panic. Some of the Saiyans tried to calm, but Nonica only grew angrier and would injure them.

"Nonica, ENOUGH!" a voice said from over at the door. It was Prince Vegeta and in that instant Nonica stopped as if it never happened.

"I'm sorry, Vegeta. I just don't want to go." she said.

Vegeta walked over to her and wiped her face, "It's going to be okay, sister. Don't forget what Father said. We have to stick together. We have to go. Get on the ship and stop acting like a baby." he said. Nonica didn't like being called a baby. She crinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue, but she turned on her heel and got on the ship. The young prince turned and looked at the destruction that his little sister had cause, then at the Saiyans that were injured on the ground and said with a smirk, "Was my little sister too much for you? Sad that I had to come along and save you." he laughed loudly as he too boarded the ship. Once everyone was on board the ship started and launched, heading for Frieza's ship.

"King Vegeta, we have just received word that the prince and princess have made it safely to Lord Frieza's ship." said a Saiyan to the king who was still in his throne room grieving for his children.

He sat straight on his throne and answered, "That is good news, Zorn."

The Saiyan smirked and said, "I must say that putting the princess on the ship was no easy task."

The king looked up and smiled, "Did she fight Frieza's soldiers?" he asked.

"Yes sire. She became angered when she saw the transport ship and lost her temper. She injured some of Frieza's fighters and some of ours as well. She even destroyed about half of the loading dock, but calmed herself once the prince arrived and stopped her."

The king laughed loudly. He felt a since of pride by his Saiyan daughter doing what a Saiyan child does. He loved it when his children demonstrated their awesome power and lived up to their impressive reputation of being terrors. "My children are true warriors. They make their father very proud." the king said still smiling. He waved his hand at Zorn and said, "That is all. You may leave. Make sure the Elites are prepared for the attack on Frieza's ship tonight. I will be meeting with them within the hour." Zorn bowed once more and left to do as he was instructed by his king. The fate of their race depended on King Vegeta and the Elites.

The children were taken immediately to Frieza's throne room. "I am pleased to have you abroad my ship, children. I'm sure that your father was told you why you are here so there is no since in repeating him." Frieza said to the Saiyan royals, "I expect the two of you to do as you are ordered when you are told to do it. If you disobey you will be punished. That punishment may be a beating or maybe even worse than that depending on what was done. The two of you are to act as though you are being ordered by your father. Do you understand?"

The children bowed inn front of Frieza as their father had told them to always do and responded, "Yes, Lord Frieza."

Frieza smiled in satisfaction, "Good. Now then, we have a long trip ahead of us and I know you both must be tried so I will ask Zarbon here to escort you to a room where you both can rest. Zarbon, if you will." Zarbon bowed and stepped out in front of the Saiyan royals.

"This way, children." he said as he walked out the doors. Vegeta and Nonica followed behind him. They stayed close to one another. They had no idea what to expect aboard Frieza's ship, they just knew they had to be cautious. They soon came to the last door on the left side of the hall. Zarbon opened it and walked just inside of the room, "Here we are." said Zarbon. Nonica looked to Vegeta and he motioned for her to go on inside. She did as her brother said. He was right behind her. The room was small and dark. It didn't even have a bed in it. Did Frieza really expect royal children to sleep here? Zarbon stood at the door with his hand on the latch, "Well, goodnight, monkeys." he said and shut the door. The children heard the door lock. "MONKEYS?" Nonica yelled as she tried to open the door.

Vegeta rolled his eyes and yanked her back by the arm, "It's locked, Nonica. They are trying to make sure was stay in here. Calm down, you know we're match for Zarbon yet." he said.

She snatched her arm back, "I don't care. He has no right disrespecting us like that. We are royals and should be treated as such."

Vegeta snorted, "I highly doubt that we are gonna get any of the treatment our breeding deserves. If we want respect from any of these morons, we are going to have to earn it." Nonica began to calm down. She knew Vegeta was right. She also knew what the penalty for misbehaving was. Frieza had long ago threatened that if the children didn't do as they were told that their father would have to pay the price with his life.

"I hate this. Father just gave us up without even trying." Nonica said angrily.

Vegeta looked over at his little sister, "What could he have done? We were as good as Frieza's the second the idea popped into his head." Nonica immediately regretted saying what she had said.

"I just wanna go home." she replied sitting down on the cold, hard floor.

"This is home now, sister." her brother said with a sigh as he took a seat beside her, "You are going to have to accept it. But, don't worry. We are going to be okay."

Nonica tried to find comfort in his words. Eventually she was even able to lay her head in Vegeta's lap and fall asleep. Vegeta looked down at his sleeping sister. He brushed the hair from her face. "I promise to protect you. No matter what it takes to keep you safe. You can bet your life on that." he whispered. The prince soon gave in to his fatigue and he fell asleep.

Nonica woke up and looked up at her brother. He was still asleep, so she slowly and carefully sat up. She stood and stretched out her limbs. As the small princess began to look around her, she began to become stir crazy. I have got to get out of here! she thought. Her options were very few. The door was locked and their were no windows at all. But her ticket out of that cracker box of a room presented itself when she spotted an air vent. "That's it." she whispered. She floated up to the air vent and removed the cover. Taking one last glance over at her brother, she proceeded to float up into the vent. Soon she was in well enough to able to crawl. She crawled as carefully and quietly as possible as to not alert anyone she was up there. She soon came to an opening. She peered over through the cover and could see that it was the vent over Frieza's throne room. Frieza was inside along with Zarbon and Dodoria. It looked he was drinking wine as he sat on his throne like chair. Nonica tried to stretch over the vent so she get to the other side and keep going. But she was such a small child and couldn't quite get her footing right. She then slipped and fell through the cover. It shocked her that she didn't have the time to think fast to stop herself from hitting the floor. "Ow!" she said when she was able to sit up. The noise from the crash and the thud of Nonica hitting the floor startled everyone in the room. They all jumped and looked behind them.

"One of the monkeys got out." Zarbon said. Nonica gave him the meanest "go to hell" look she could muster. Frieza began to laugh.

"You certainly gave us a scare, little one." he said.

The princess looked at him, scared to death at she was about to get a beating, "I'm sorry, Lord Frieza. I was bored in that small room and my brother was asleep, so I got into the air vent so I could get out."

Frieza lifted up his hand and she instantly stopped talking. "It is quite alright, my dear. Why don't you come sit up here with he. I can keep an eye on you and you won't get bored." said the lizard like tyrant. Nonica was unsure but she walked over to him and sat down in front him and looked out the window.

The Elites had been gathered and the king had met with them. They were going to invade Frieza in a matter of minutes. They to hurry because they didn't want Frieza's ship to leave with the prince and princess still aboard it. On the command of King Vegeta, the troops set out and headed straight for Frieza's ship. They would be fighting for their freedom. It was a battle that none of them would come back from.

Zarbon stepped into the throne room, "Lord Frieza, King Vegeta is here. He was requested an audience with you."

Frieza continued to drink his wine as if he'd heard nothing. He then said, "Open my doors, Zarbon."

"Daddy?" Nonica whispered.

The ship shook roughly causing Frieza to spill his wine on his leg. He became angered and told Zarbon to open the throne room, throwing his glass across the room. The king came inside. "Frieza, we have come to end your rein of terror." said King Vegeta. Frieza just laughed at him and when the king looked behind him, he saw that his army of elite Saiyan fighters were too afraid fight Frieza.

"It doesn't like you're going to do anything, Vegeta." said Frieza. He then held his arm out, "Princess Nonica, come here, my dear." he said. The king's eyes widened as he saw his daughter walk from behind Zarbon to stand with Frieza. Frieza placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Nonica, get away from him! Run! Now!" King Vegeta yelled to his child.

Nonica began to do as her father had ordered. She tried to run, but Frieza quickly wrapped his lizard like tail around her waist and tossed her into the arms of Zarbon.

"But, you gave her to me, Vegeta. She is mine now." Frieza mocked.

Nonica struggled to get free, but that only made Zarbon grip her tighter. King Vegeta became enraged and lunged at Frieza. The king had to protect his child and free his people from this tyrant. He came at Frieza with everything he had, but Frieza was just too powerful. He kicked the king with his full force. King Vegeta landed on the ground motionless, the king was dead.

"Daddy, NNOOOO!" Nonica screamed. She finally was able to struggle out of Zarbon's grip and she rushed over to her father's side. "Daddy, don't die! Daddy? DADDY!" she cried as she tried to wake her father to no avail. Frieza motioned for Zarbon to grab the weeping child as the other Saiyans stormed in to their fallen king.

"HA! Long live the king." Frieza said, "Don't worry boys, you'll be joining your good king very soon." Frieza used his eye beam to incinerate the remaining Saiyan warriors. The tiny princess wept at the sight of her fellow Saiyans death and most important, her father. Frieza then had a thought, "Zarbon, what do you say just get rid of the rest of those monkeys? Since the king revolted against me the others may try. You know what they say, 'Monkey see, monkey do"." he said. He began to walk over to his hovering chair.

"No, Lord Frieza. You don't have to do that. You still have Vegeta and me. We can tell them to continue to obey and they'll fall in line with whatever we tell them. Please, don't do this." Nonica protested.

"So smart at such a young age. But I'm afraid I cannot take that risk." he replied as he got into his chair and began to float out of the door that opened up and lead outside the ship. He gathered his energy into one massive ball and hurled it at the planet. Nonica watched helplessly at her planet's destruction. She could hear Frieza's maniacal laughter as he watch the planet being reduce to dust by his own hand. With that, Planet Vegeta was gone along with it inhabitants. It was more than the princess could bear.

Frieza reentered the ship after he had had his fun. He looked at the small Saiyan child who was still crying in the window. "Now that that's taken care of, there is still you to be dealt with." he said to Nonica.

Nonica quickly turned to face him when she heard his words to see his tail flying at her. It wrapped around her throat and lifted her up in the air. Frieza pulled her back toward him and made her look at her. "I'll make a deal with you," he said with an evil smile on his face, "If you keep your mouth shut about what just happened tonight, I won't kill your precious brother. But, if you even so much as hint as to what you saw, then his death will be the last thing you ever see in this life. Do I make myself clear?" Nonica managed to choke out a yes. "Good." Frieza said dropping Nonica to the floor. "Zarbon, take the princess back to Prince Vegeta." he ordered. Zarbon obeyed and lead Nonica back to the room that her brother was still in.

"Nonica, where have you been? I woke up and you were gone." the prince said when the door opened and Nonica stepped through with Zarbon following behind. Tears were still in Nonica's eyes and on her cheeks. "What happened?" Vegeta asked.

Nonica knew that Frieza would kill them both if she said anything, but she had to tell Vegeta something. She thought up a lie quick, "Vegeta it was awful." she began, "I went through the vent to get out of this room and I fell into the throne room. Frieza let me sit in front of the window and that's when I saw this huge asteroid crash into Planet Vegeta. It's gone, brother. Father, our home, our entire race, all gone!" Vegeta was taken aback by this news. He collapsed on the floor and just sat there for a while. Zarbon was quite impressed with the tiny princess's story. It was quite the convincing performance, Hmm, she almost had me believing it and I was there. thought Zarbon. He left the two children to grieve together. All hope the two had of ever getting back to their home and father were gone in an instant. They were at the mercy of Frieza and there was no telling what was in store for them on his planet. All they knew was that they had to be strong and stick together. They had promised that to their father and they were hell bent on keeping that promise no matter what.

What lies before the Saiyan royals now that everything they've ever known is gone? Will Nonica tell Vegeta what she saw or will she heed Frieza's words? Stay tuned for the next excited installment of Princess of Saiyans. Please review and let me know if you guys like this story and I will continue with it. Be kind you guys.