Chapter 1: A Daughter's Departure

Slipping quietly into the night out of her house as to not disturb her mate, a young Saiyan mother named Brussella flew with her baby daughter to the central military complex of Planet Vegeta and sneaked her way in. Overriding the door security codes, she made her way to the spacepod chamber. Finding a spacepod scheduled to fly to one of the weak and distant planets, she opened its door and placed her daughter inside. Brussella then placed beside her daughter a box containing Saiyan armour and a book of Saiyan History. She stuck a note on the outside cover of the book, reading 'whoever finds my daughter Kalieflor, please give her the book and armour when she is old enough to know what her true bloodline is. She will understand everything then.'

"Someday, Kalieflor, you will be glad I sent you away from this planet." Brussella said. "You will never get to see me again, if Frieza gets his way." (A/N: It's hard to think up Saiyan names so I thought 'Kalieflor' and 'Brussella' would do. Sounds like 'cauliflower' and 'Brussels sprouts', doesn't it? ^.^)

She kissed her sleeping daughter gently on the forehead and closed the spacepod's door.

Brussella couldn't hold back her tears as she pressed the pod release button, allowing the pod to be hurled out into orbit. Standing by the chamber's window, she sadly watched her daughter exiting Planet Vegeta's atmosphere, never to be seen again.

I will always love you, and I'll never forget you. She thought this as she turned to leave the chamber to head back home.

As she flew home, she knew that she would have to lie to her mate and tell him that Kalieflor had suddenly died in the night, and she went out to bury her body. Her mate would never accept the truth. He would have said she was mad believing what Bardock had prophesied.

The memory of that day so long ago came flooding back.

Bardock had predicted that a terrible power named Frieza would wreak havoc upon Planet Vegeta and no one would be spared. Sure, Bardock was a lower-classed Saiyan, but he wasn't stupid. After all, he did create the energy sphere that could imitate the moon. Everyone except Brussella thought he was crazy. She herself had heard the tales of Frieza's torment and suffering, and she wasn't about to let it happen to this planet.

"Don't be ridiculous, Bardock. Frieza's a weakling! He could never destroy our planet!" she heard a fat Saiyan shout.

"Yeah," laughed another. "We could kick his ass across the galaxy anyday!"

"The fate of the Saiyan race is in our hands, and if Bardock says that Frieza has such terrifying power, then he WILL destroy this planet! You may not believe in Bardock's prophecy, but I do."

All heads turned towards Brussella. Her mate was infuriated.

"How can you believe that shit coming from Bardock's mouth is a 'prophecy'?" he growled.

"I believe it because everything he has said before has come true!" She growled back.

Her mate just hmphed and walked off. Most of the Saiyans left as well, but a few stayed behind.

"We agree with you, Brussella," they all said. "Bardock has predicted many things that have come true in the past, so he must be right about Frieza."

Brussella nodded. At least some people are on Bardock's side as well as myself.

She turned and faced Bardock.

"Bardock, I suggest you let me try to convince King Vegeta to form an army, so that we are ready for Frieza."

Bardock smiled and nodded back. He really wasn't so sure about this. If she did manage to persuade King Vegeta to form an army they may be able to hold off Frieza's attacks for a short while, allowing time to try to evacuate the planet, but he knew that very few people, if any, would survive.

Brussella flew to King Vegeta's palace and went to walk in, only to be stopped by the Royal Guards.

"I wish to speak urgently to King Vegeta," she demanded.

"And who are you, may I ask?" sneered one of the guards.

"I am Brussella, mate of the commander of the Elite Royal Guards. If you do not let me enter, then you will have to answer to him. Is.That.Clear?" she growled lowly in her throat.

Both guards stiffened through fear as she said this. The guard who sneered cleared his throat and said, "So sorry to have disrespected you, madam. You may enter."

They opened the palace gates and marched Brussella to the conference room.

"Please wait here. We will notify the King of your presence."

The guards marched back out of the room. Two minutes later, the King appeared at the room's doorway. Brussella bowed as he sat down in his throne. He then invited her to take a seat.

"You wished to speak to me urgently, Brussella?" said King Vegeta in his regal voice.

"Yes. I'm sorry that I disturbed you, your Majesty, but there is word that Frieza may turn on us anytime soon and attack our planet. I am asking for you to form an army so that we will be ready for that day." she insisted, sounding serious.

The King stared at her in disbelief for a few seconds then laughed out loud.

"Brussella, my dear, our planet has an alliance with Frieza. He needs our people's strength to prepare planets for their new owners. He would never destroy us!"

"But it's true!" Brussella almost shrieked. "A Saiyan named Bardock had a vision of Planet Vegeta's destruction caused by Frieza! Please, you've got to believe me! Frieza WILL kill us all!"

King Vegeta closed his eyes and stroked his beard.

"Fine. Do what you wish, Brussella. I will put you and this 'Bardock' fellow in charge of creating an army that will never be needed. But I will say this for the last time. Frieza is our ally, and I know he would never attack us!"

Brussella let out a deep sigh and stood up. She bowed once more.

"Thank you, King Vegeta. I am most grateful." she turned and walked out of the conference room.

Brussella's ki had risen as she flew home. That memory was from a while ago, and Bardock said that Frieza could attack anytime soon. The very thought of Frieza made her blood boil, and she was glad that she transported Kalieflor away from this planet, away from the one threatening to wipe out the Saiyan Race. She landed outside her house, took a deep breath and walked inside. As she had thought, her mate had surfaced, and he sounded very angry indeed.

"Where the hell were you? And what's happened to Kalieflor?" he demanded.

Brussella put her acting ability to use.

"Kalieflor died last night. I couldn't go and wake you up- I was too upset." she burst into tears. "I went and buried her myself. Why did she have to die?"

God, I knew I should have become an actress! She thought to herself.

Her mate softened towards her, and he gave her a big hug.

"I don't know why, dear, I don't know why," he said as he comforted her.

Her mate wiped the tears away then held her gently by the shoulders.

"Put this behind you, Brussella. There is nothing you could have done, okay?"

"Okay," she sniffed. Phew! Good job he believes me...

"You need to rest, Brussella. You'll feel better in the morning." He said as he put her into the bed and pulled the cover up to her throat.

Yeah, now that I know that Kalieflor will be safe on another planet... she thought to herself as she drifted off to sleep.