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Chapter 1: Awakening


Bulma opened her eyes, looking at all of the fuzzy objects around the room. It all seemed so strange. This heavily furnished room definitely wasn't hers. She tried to sit up, but was forced to immediately lie down again because of the throbbing pain in her head and the pain that was surging throughout her body. She closed her eyes and tried to make some sense of this whole thing. After about a minute of nothingness, it suddenly hit her, and the pain of it was almost too much to bear.


She had been training in the gravity simulator, when she'd heard a crash coming from her house. She immediately flew out the door, and was overwhelmed by the sight that she saw. Her home was a pile of rubble and her parents were surrounded by royal guards. She wanted to scream and stop them, but was unable to move a muscle. It was like she was frozen in time, watching her parents' feeble attempts to stay alive, without being able to do anything about it. It wasn't until she was hit from behind by a ki blast that she snapped out of it. The blast only sent her flying a few feet away, but within five seconds, she knew that the guard who hit her was feeling more pain than he'd ever wanted to in his life, but at the moment, he was the least of her worries. She found herself surrounded by the other seven guards, who were closing in on her like they did to her parents. She had seen her father try to pick them off one by one, but realized that they kept closing in and his attacks were worthless. She knew that she'd only have one chance to kill most of them, even if it meant that she'd perish in the process. She let them close in and think that she'd put op no struggle, and then, when they were three feet from her, she let out a ki blast that consisted of so much energy that she passed out without seeing it release.

'So,' she thought, 'they didn't kill me, and it's obvious that I'm not in prison, so where am I?' Bulma sat up. The room was, as she observed earlier, heavily furnished with very expensive fabrics. She decided to look around, after all, how else would she figure out where she was?

There were two large, white and silver doors at the other end of the room. As she opened them, Bulma saw a long, deserted white hallway that matched the doors that was so elegant that she felt extremely conspicuous in her torn armor. As she looked down at her armor, she caught her breath; she wasn't in her armor, in fact, she was in a very slutty blue dress that came down extremely low on her chest, and had no back, unless you counted the single string that ran across it to keep it in place; not that she needed it, it was so tight that she thought that someone would have to cut her out of it. Now she was even more confused; why would someone attack her family, not kill her, and clean her up? She decided that by standing in the doorway, she wouldn't find any answers, so she started walking down the hallway.
Bulma had walked about 100 yards without seeing anyone when she heard a sarcastic voice behind her.

"I'm glad to see that you're awake. It took you long enough."



Author's Note: Ok, I know that it's kinda short, but I thought that this was a good place to end it. I'm hoping (if I get some reviews!) to get the next chapter out at the latest by next Saturday. I promise, it'll be longer. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!