Time's Lapse
Wow my very first fanfic EVER. Where to begin... This is my very first fanfic so please don't flame at me. I have however taken the initiative to do research on DBZ. Yes I am a big fan, but this story is heavily based on DBZ's time line, and if there are some things that are off, it's because I changed them for this story. I am not including anything related to DBGT, never liked it anyway :-p. So the setting mainly takes place right after the Buu Saga. But for clarity I will mention the Place and the Time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any of its characters. There will be some characters that I have created and those will be announced at the beginning of the chapter that they will appear. I do own the character Da pronounced (DAY).
Some things to remember…"quotes" = speech, italics = thoughts and the 'apostrophes' = emphasis on a word. May add some more stuff later. Now on to the story….
Chapter One: Prelude
Place: ??? Time: Unknown
She awoke gasping for air. Her face wore an expression of disbelief and horror at the dream she was having. To her, she knew all too well that this was no ordinary dream. Her eyebrows were drawn together as she muttered, "This can't be, this just can't be." To her right she heard a female's voice. "Mistress, you have finally awoken!" Noticing the expression her master was wearing, she asked, "What is wrong my lady?"
"There is something coming Da, something I won't be able to stop." As her servant Da had already grown accustomed to the nickname she was given. She herself would not dare to make her master's name common. Even though she hadn't been working for her for very long, she knew what the dreams her master was having meant. Da too grew concerned and pressed her for more information. "My lady, it is very hard to believe that you are incapable of anything. Might I ask what this something could be," asked Da.
"I have found the reason for 'her' disappearance. But I never would have guessed her intentions." Knowing all too well who her master was implying, Da waited patiently for her to continue. She hastily got out of bed and started dressing. Then, she cringed as a loud booming voice echoed throughout her mind.
"You must stop her," the voice commanded. "But how Sir, there isn't much that I can do from here. I'm not able to leave my confines, unless of course you yourself would permit me to…" she was cut off. "I will never permit such a thing, you know my rulings and they will remain as such." Feeling hopeless she asked timidly, "Well Sir, what will you have me do?" "I trust you, you will figure something out," said the loud voice. Then as soon as the voice came, it was gone.
"Mistress, what was that," Da asked still a bit shaken. The voice had reverberated through her mind and body as well.
"That Da, is 'Him,' our master."
"So then Mistress, what must you do." "I don't know Da, I wish he were more clear about things." Da watched as her master started walking towards the window of the castle. She stood there with her staff in hand for a moment staring at nothing it seemed, then closed her eyes and remained motionless and very quiet. Da knew this was her master's way of thinking, so she dared not move nor speak until she did. After a long while, she opened her eyes and perked up. Seeing this Da knew she came up with a plan of some kind.
"Da, I need you to remain here in the castle. You must watch over everything until I return." "Mistress, when will that be, what are you going to do," asked a somewhat confused Da. "I don't know how long it'll take," she said moving from the window towards Da. "And it will take too long to explain…" so instead of talking, she placed her index finger to Da's forehead. "Don't move," she instructed "this will only take a minute." Da did as she was told and waited to find out her master's intentions. There was a light, and images flashed there way through Da's mind. After a few minutes, her master pulled her finger away and Da was clear of the entire plan.
"Mistress, the only way to leave this domain is to…" "Yes I know Da, I have to perform the forbidden ritual," she finished. "But then…" Da started. "I know. I'm counting on you Da to carry out my plans in my absence," she said a little distressed. With a newly found pride, Da responded "Yes my lady."
Da followed as her master left the bedroom and walked to the Altar room. She stopped at the entrance and turned to Da. "Thank you Da." "For what my lady?" "For being trustworthy." Da nodded, "I am honored to be able to help you with your plans my lady." "Well, this is where we must part. I hope to meet you again." With that she turned to face the entrance once more. With one wave of her staff there was another light. The metal locks could be heard being released. Da watched as her master entered the holy room. The door slowly shut behind her, and her master was gone.