AN:  Hi everyone.  Here I am yet again starting another fic.  I can't help it though; I have so many ideas swimming around in my brain.  Anyway, I've always wanted to read a fic that depicted Vegeta's life before he met Bulma-tachi.  Well, there aren't many fics like that out there, so I decided to write one.  This fic is how Vegeta came to be the way he is, so please give it a chance.

Standard Disclaimer:  I don't own Vegeta, or any of the characters of DBZ.  So please don't sue me.

History of Vegeta

Serenestorm

Prologue: Birth of a Prince

~A rare gem indeed, as red as a blood ruby

Frieza

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Planet Vegeta.  Located in the heart of the universe light years from planet Earth.  A blood ruby casting it's eerie red light into the darkness of space, Vegetasei is the home of a race of warriors, the Saiyajins.  Yes the Saiyajins are a very powerful race, whose civilization was built upon fighting, upon conquering.  In the heart of that planet a child's wail can be heard, announcing his presence to the world.  Just as any other Saiyajin child, this child is destined to fight. But unlike other Saiyajin children, this child is also destined to rule, to rule the planet.  In the midst of Vegetasei, a prince has been born, Vegeta no ouji.  A name that will soon summon fear in the hearts of millions, soon will be whispered from the mouths of his dying victims, but now belongs to a child, an innocent but powerful baby, who will soon forget what innocence or even love means, until another, years later on the little planet called Earth shows him the true essence of what he is, and what the word truly means.  But now as the small prince is held in the arms of the woman that gave him birth, and as his small finger grasp the much larger finger of his father, he knows love, he feels the warm blanket of it flowing over him from his parents.  And that knowledge ceases his crying and the young prince falls into a peaceful, serene sleep.

Everyone has a beginning, a place of origin, and a starting point to their existence.  The Prince of all Saiyajins is no different.  This is Vegeta's story, the history of his past.