Romanya walked back to her home from the pod station in deep thought.

'How could this happen? Why her? Why my Calisaya?' A loose tear escaped her and she wiped it away before she could be shamed in front of her team of Saiyajin soldiers, they who marched beside her.

'She shouldn't have to suffer the same fate as the others. She won't. I won't allow it. She's not like the others . . . she's . . . different.'

Her brow furrowed in concentration as she thought of whom she could turn to, of what she could do. She knew that she couldn't go to the Saiyajin Ou; he would kill the brat for sure. No, she could never go to him. There was only one option left open to her, she would have to tell her mate Bardock. "

Sunset . . .

"Rom-chan? What's wrong? You haven't spoken a word since you got back from Arbatzu-sei."

"It's nothing." Romanya replied almost too quick as she absentmindedly stroked the scar on her neck, the symbol of her bond with her lover.

"Don't even try that one on me." Bardock smirked. "I know for a fact that there's something wrong, and I don't need telepathy to see that. If you don't tell me I'll wrestle it out of you if you like. Rom-chan! Why are you crying?"

The chocolate haired woman looked up to see her mate staring into her own eyes as he wiped her tears away with his tail.
"B Before I left for my mission, something happened to Calisaya that will change her life and everyone else's forever."
Looking at his mate quizzically, he took her face into his hands, preparing for the worst. "Woman, I don't understand. What are you trying to say?"
Taking a deep breath, she opened her satchel and placed a single sparkling white feather on top of the table. There was an eerie silence before Bardock's hoarse voice broke it.

"She's . . . . She's a . . . . ."

"Yes, she's a Celestian." Romanya finished it for him.

The eerie silence engulfed the pair once more as they stared at this object on their table, it was Bardock once again who broke the silence.

"This isn't possible, how can she be? Celestians have been extinct for such millennia that they're practically myth. How did this happen?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" Romanya snapped out in frustration, she lowered her voice once more looking to her mate apologetically. "But it's happened now, and there's nothing we can do. Soon Vegeta-Ou will sense her ki and kill her."

"But . . . there must be something we can do!" Bardock protested.

"Did you honestly think that I am going to allow him to kill my brat? Our brat?" She hissed, under her breath.
"I didn't mean it like that and you D*mn know it!" Bardock growled

The Saiyajin couple stopped their quarrelling and looked towards the door where their only daughter was sleeping. Sadness and despair overwhelmed them as their child suddenly became a threat to the Saiyajin Empire and was completely ignorant of it.
The next day . . .

"Helloo! Vegeta-sei calling Bardock! WAKE UP!"

Bardock bolted upright from his daydream and looked at his best friend Toma laughing at him, as he hadn't even seen the blow coming as he sat on the training room floor. 'Curse you for having no cares in the universe!' He muttered to himself as he took his friend's hand to get up. Toma stopped to look at his troubled companion. Then looking around to make sure they were completely alone, he sat down next to Bardock.
"Uh. . Hey man. . You uh. . You like someone's just died! Is something wrong?"

Smiling weakly at his friend, he asked Toma the question he'd wanted to ask. "What do you know about Celestians?"
Unsure as to whether or not that he should steer his friend away from this conversation, the look of sheer desperation on his team mate's face was enough.

"There's a myth about a High Priestess called Celestina, the Royal Advisor to the Saiyan-Ou five thousand years ago. Powerful in every aspect, in politics, magic, strength, wealth and combat. King Cold's ancestors invaded Vegeta-sei, killing all who fought to defend the planet. The priestess along with other survivors, were captured and tortured into submission, or killed very slowly." Bardock took this in thoughtfully, nodding for his friend to continue his story. Toma cleared his throat and started again. "Celestina would not yield to them nor did she show signs of losing her strength. Emperor Frost saw her phenomenal power as a threat and saw to it himself that she was eliminated. But before the final blow could be dealt she separated her soul from her body, prophesying that a child would born as her incarnation, to defeat his blood line and cleanse the universe of the evil of his descendants.

The two men sat quietly with one another, unsure of what to say to the other. 'More . . . I need to know more. I need to know for sure.' How does one know that she has returned in the form of an innocent?"

"Ah, now this bit's interesting . . . it's said that the priestess' insignia was of wings, a pair of white wings that she wore as part of her ceremonial armour. It's also said that this child would sprout real wings to become a living symbol of the angel of death to smite the Cold Empire."

'So that's it then." Bardock's complexion went from olive to chalk. ' She truly is a . . . ' He shook his head; it hurt so much from all these revelations. A nudge in the rib by Toma brought him back from his thoughts.

"You gonna tell me what the crack is yet?" Toma demanded uncomfortably.

"My brat's the chosen . . . Toma she's the Celestian."

"SHE'S WHAT!!!!"

"SSSHHHH! Keep the f*ck down will ya? Gods!"

"Oh gods I'm sorry Bardock! What are your plans?" Toma asked, calmer though still shaken.

"Well it's not like I can hide her is it?" Bardock retorted. "I . . . I don't know what else to do."

Toma slumped back into the wall and sagged down to the floor next to Bardock, feeling as useless as his comrade. He didn't enjoy feeling like this. Toma closed his eyes and allowed the darkness to take him as he went into deep thought. Then it occurred to him, he opened his eyes with a grin and turned to his friend.

"How in Hell can you smile at a time like this?" Bardock bellowed indignantly. Toma leaned over into his companion's ear and whispered.

"Who said anything about hiding her here?" Bardock stared at the other Saiyajin incredulously, as what he said began to sink he started to grin as well, taking his friend by the shoulder.

"You're a genius!"

"True, true!"

Twilight . . .

"Mamma, Papa? Where are we going?" Calisaya sleepily asked her kin as her mother carried her to the pod station where Toma was waiting for them with a prepared pod.

"You're going on your first mission little one." Romanya replied almost robotically.

"Wow! Really? Where? Doing what?" The young Saiyajin asked eagerly and full of innocence.

The slender woman couldn't bear it any longer and let out a sob. Sensing his mate' s distress, he took the child from her and held her in his own arms.

"You're going to the North Quadrant to look for your brother and stay with him."

"How long for Papa?"

A silent pause came as he tried to find the right words, but he couldn't. "For good!"

Calisaya became panic stricken, tears of hurt threatened to break over her pale skin.

"You don't want me anymore? Did I do something wrong?"

"Don't be such a baka! You've done nothing wrong little one." Bardock and Romanya hugged their precious cargo afraid to let go. "We'll never stop wanting you either. The world wants to put a heavy burden on young shoulders and your mamma and I don't think you're ready yet that's all." He fought the tears away as his offspring's began to flow down her face. "Hey, come now. Saiyajin warriors don't cry, suck it up!"

Calisaya wiped away her tears stubbornly and smiled her bravest smile. "I'm ready to start my mission Papa."

Everything was set, and the young Saiyan was ready to go. All was left was to say goodbye.

"Remember me always little one. Promise me?"

"I promise. Mamma, I love you." Romanya hugged her daughter and without saying another word, she went and stood next to Toma. Bardock was the last to say goodbye.

"There's something I want to tell you so that you can pass it on to your own children someday."

"OK Papa."

Bardock shifted uncomfortably, he never was any good with words, particularly when it involved the 'L' word as he very rarely used it. So he tried as best he could so that his child would understand.

"Our love for you is like the suns and stars of the universe, it's everlasting and forever expanding. When you look up into the skies wherever you go, always know that you are our sun and stars, because our love evolves around you. When you're alone, look to the stars and find the brightest ones in the sky. That's where we'll be."

"I promise Papa." Calisaya leapt into her father's arms and cried into his chest as he held her close, silent tears sliding down his cheek splashing onto her raven hair. "I love you Papa."

"I love you too little one."

The pod door was shut and took off into the far reaches of space.

The computer turned on automatically as Calisaya prepared for hyper sleep as it began to state her mission over the com link.

Mission objective - - Travel to the North Quadrant, search out your brother; last known location is the blue planet of Chikyuu. Name . . .. Kakarott. End of transmission.