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Mysterious Beauty
Foreword


Okay, first thing's first...

STANDARD DISCLAIMER: Dragonball Z/GT was created by Akira Toriyama and
belongs to Bird Studios, Toei Animation, and a bunch of other people I
can't think of right now...I don't own it, so don't sue me, yada yada
yada...enough said.

Now on to the complicated stuff...

In the DB series, we don't know very much about Videl's mother, who is also
Pan's grandmother (duuuhhh). Knowing this, I have taken this opportunity to
write about what kind of lineage Pan and Videl may have come from, and how
it affects Pan as a fighter. This is actually going to be about Mirai Trunks
and MIRAI Pan. It sounds confusing, I know, but I can't say too much without
spoiling the story. The story may not seem like it makes much sense at first
but it will start to once the story progresses.

When I first started planning out this story, I didn't think it would become
this complicated, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to do it
this way, mostly because most Mirai Trunks/Pan fics are all the same. Mirai
Bulma dies, so Mirai Trunks goes to the past for good; Trunks of the present
time (who is usually UNBELIEVABLY out of character) has broken Pan's heart
and then Mirai Trunks shows up to pick up the pieces, and he and Pan end up
getting together. Now don't get me wrong, the romance in those fics are
really great, but I HATE the way some authors turn Trunks into a complete
bastard! I LOVE Trunks and there will be absolutely NOTHING out of character
in my story when it comes to him! The Trunks that we all know and love is
going to STAY the Trunks we all know and love, and that is how it should be,
period.

For those of you who are familiar with my other works, you will notice that
this story is very different from my other ones. I don't usually incorporate
a lot of action or adventure in my stories but in this one there will be a
little bit of both. I'm just starting to get the hang of writing fight scenes
so please bear with me. If some of them seem corny, I apologize, but I
suppose if you are going to write about Dragonball, eventually you have to
write a fight scene or two. But let me just say that the amount of feedback I
get on this story will determine how quickly it gets done. If you all hate
it, I'm going to continue it anyway, because I've worked too hard on it, plus
it would go against all of my writing ethics if I started a story and didn't
finish it. But I hope that you will all like it. =D And any fans of my
Sailormoon stories who might be reading this: I am very sorry I haven't
written anything new on "I Don't Belong." Right now, my Trunks/Pan story is
embedded into every part of my brain and has taken over. Until I get this
story out of my head I don't think I can write anything else. I'm really
sorry to make you all wait, but I can't help it! But I promise that when I do
finish IDB you will not be disappointed. =D

Also, something else I should mention...lately, I've been playing a lot of
those old Sega Genesis RPGs...all of the old Phantasy Star games, to be
exact, and those games had a lot to do with my inspiration for this fic. And
let me say now, that THIS IS NOT A CROSSOVER! It's just that, for all of the
non-Dragonball related stuff, like the spells, planets, and characters such
as Lutz and Zio, are all names taken from the Phantasy Star RPGs. (The NAMES,
not the characters! Otherwise it WOULD be a crossover) I just didn't feel
like making up my own. ^^; If you don't know anything about it I suggest
going to http://phantasy-star.net if you want to know more about it. The
storylines are great, and the characters are just awesome. And as long as I'm
on the topic, I DO NOT OWN PHANTASY STAR, SEGA DOES! And to save you some
confusion, I have made a list of the characters, planets, and terms so you
can become familiar with them:

PLANETS/PLACES
Dahlia: Planet where Pan's grandmother/Videl's mother is originally from.
Terminus: A planet that battled with Dahlia many years ago. It was the
biggest planet in the solar system until it was destroyed, and then Dahlia
became the largest planet.
Azura: Dahlia's neigboring planet which helped rebuild Dahlia after the wars
with Terminus.
Aridia, Dezo: Two other planets that neigbor Dahlia.
Alisa: The name of the solar system in which all of the planets belong.
Dahlia City: The capital of Dahlia.

TERMS
Mystoke: Name of the magic art Pan learns to use. (This is actually the name
of a castle in Phantasy Star III.)
Dahlia Pendant: An important artifact belonging to the Dahlians.
Res: A spell that heals wounds.
Anti: A spell that heals poison and sickness.
Meseta: The currency (money) on Dahlia.

NON-DB CHARACTERS
Lutz: Dahlia's head sorcerer and the one who teaches Pan how to use Mystoke.
*Orakio: Was Pan's great grandfather.
*Laya: Was Pan's great grandmother.
*Alair: The daughter of Orakio and Laya; Videl's mother; Pan's grandmother.
*Siren: Was the king of Terminus, and caused the war that occured within the
Alisa Solar System.
Crys: Captain of the Dahlian royal guard. He trains Pan in swordfighting.
Kara: Crys's wife, also a fighter that trains Pan. Kara is a good friend to
Pan and like a sister.
Aron: Kara's brother and Dahlia's royal advisor.
Maia: Aron's wife and Dahlia's head scientist.
Wren: Crys and Kara's 3 year old son.
Rune: Aron and Maia's son, same age as Wren.
The characters with * means that they are deceased characters that are only
mentioned occasionally.

Now, you're ready to read the first part! Party on, dudes!

Sincerely,
Lady S