Chapter one

Sophia Looked out of the space ship and sighed. She looked round to see that Nappa was conversing with Raditz and Aries. She turned back to the window and allowed her eyes to travel over a very recently resurrected star or planet. Sophia was feeling many things at that moment, things that would make her men, Nappa and Raditz, proud. But others would no doubt worry them deeply. She was feeling excited and proud to be returning to her home and people to rule and protect them. They all had been told of her enclosing arrival and how she had vanquished the 'White Devil' himself. So they would be more than willing to have her as their first queen. But she was also feeling nervous and concerned that she had never been taught how to be Queen. After Sophia and her twin brother Vegeta had been taken from planet Vegeta, they had been torn apart and thrown into immediate torture and training. Her brother had been mostly handled by Frieza himself. But she (as she was a girl so thought weak and not a threat, ha!) had been handled by Zarbon on orders from Frieza. So being taught how to act and rule her now dead people wasn't in the training curriculum.

Sophia's mind wandered at her days with Zarbon. He had been a womanizer but Frieza didn't allow his men to have families. So he had no family, wife or children. Although he had been a harsh man in his youth, he had always wanted a little girl so he volunteered to be 'responsible' for her. He had been very kind to her for many years. Until she was around 12 years old she believed that he was her new daddy, though she always remembered where she came from. But when Frieza had ordered that Zarbon come with him and his fleet on a quest for the Dragonballs, Zarbon had been told that he couldn't take her with him. So once again, Frieza had taken what little family and kindness from her.

For the next few years she had been thrown into pure torture and pain. Then she was trained to be an assassin, and then she was boss. No one messed with her then or they would lose their genitals.

Sophia grinned back to the memories of her childhood when she was in Zarbon's charge.

Flash back.

"Daddy Zarbon! Daddy Zarbon! Welcome home!"

A small, petite, black haired Saiyan princess with deep blue eyes jumped off the bed and ran into the open arms of one of Frieza's most trusted and respected men. His Green hair that was usually in a long plate was ruffled and messed up. "Why is your hair a mess Daddy Zarbon?"

"Lord Frieza didn't like the report I gave on the Neptune project. So he…explained why he didn't like it."

"But you are all broken. Did you fall down?"

"Yes dearest. I fell down. Now, no more talk of this and give me 20 press ups."

"Only 20? I did 300 this morning for you and you only asked for 10 then. Can I do more?" enthusiasm to please glinted in her innocent eyes. Zarbon was so grateful that training hadn't been scheduled for her too. She was so pure and innocent that he couldn't bear to have her put through it. He had been forced through the intensive training program and lost his innocence because of it. He had been forced to kill, rape, purge all life from planets and torture the innocent. Some that were very much like the young She-Saiyan before him.

"Do 100 for me and we will eat. Ok hun?"

"YAY!" the young princess dropped to her hands and feet and did 100 press ups, got a hug from Zarbon and a well done before running into the kitchen to cook (more like help as she couldn't cook) dinner. Zarbon took of his heavy over armour and cloche. He laid it on the bed and walked over to his adopted daughter. He watched her wrestle with a sauce sashay with her teeth and chuckled at her before assisting her to open it. Once powder had been put into the cooking pasta, her and him, Zarbon started to clean her with a cloth.

"Aww. I could have done it myself!" She began to pout and he smiled at her.

"You could have, but I am hungry. (Laugh)" Zarbon cracked a bone in his aching wrist. His jolly face calmed and became serious as he thought back to Frieza and his 'distaste' and his methods of 'talking' about his distaste.

Frieza was violent enough. His little girl had only been 5 when she and her twin brother had arrived. He remembered that they had both been screaming. He chuckled at the memory.

Zarbon's memory

"Zarbon. Are the two brats here yet!" Frieza tapped his scouter to open the com link with his green haired general.

"Indeed my lord. Do you wish me to come to the bridge with them?"

"Yes. Hurry. Do NOT keep me waiting."

"Yes my lord."

Zarbon looked round to the transporter table. Two bawling royal Saiyan toddlers sat there making random cooing noises. One Girl and One Boy. Twins. In return for the planets safety, Lord Frieza had asked for the only heirs to the Royal Saiyan Thrown. Little Prince Vegeta and little Princess Sophia. They were only 5 Saiyan years old. The boy had huge, wild, ebony, fire like hair that defied the laws of gravity. Zarbon hoped he wasn't as defiant with Lord Frieza as his hair was to gravity. Or he would be in real trouble. The little girl had long ebony hair, parted in the middle and it came down to the very small of her back with some forward over her front. The boy had huge black almond shaped eyes that were typical of male Saiyans, but the girl had large deep blue eyes. They looked kinder than her brothers yet hid just as much potential. Zarbon decided that he liked the girl's eyes and hoped that she wouldn't come to harm. He strode up to them and the prince put his arm around his sister protectively. Zarbon walked behind them and took their tails, rendering them weak and vulnerable. He dragged them to the bridge and held them both up, dangling by their tails before Frieza. Frieza looked at Vegeta and signalled for Dodoria to take him to the combat room to be tested. He looked at the girl and decided that she had no use. He was about to say dispose of her when she started to whimper. Frieza chuckled at her and smiled at her discomfort and walked over to her. He twirled his finger indicating for Zarbon to drop her. He did and Frieza took great delight in seeing her hit her bum and cry even louder. She looked up at Frieza and tilted her head to one side. She stopped crying and simply looked up at him. Frieza raised one eyebrow and became confused to what she was doing. He took one step forward and opened his eyes wide when she put her hands up in the air, asking to be held, by Frieza?

Frieza chuckled and decided to take her up on her offer. He walked up to her and took her in his grasp.

"So you like to be held do you child?" Frieza was shocked again when she wrapped her little arms around his neck. He didn't know what to do. He looked over to his men and didn't see any answers in their equally confused faces. He looked back to the small child and thought of a little way to rub it in the Saiyans faces that he had their brats. He pressed the planetary com link. He made sure to have her resting on one of his hips and hold her tight to him with one hand while she rested her head on his shoulder, her arms still around his neck. The com link opened and King Vegeta and his Queen were waiting nervously.

"Master Frieza. You have our children. What more do you want?" The King said out of fear.

"I want you to see your daughter one last time. Oh little Sophia?" the little Princess shifted to look at Frieza. She didn't like to be on her own which is why she had cried when Vegeta was taken away. And it was why she had asked to be held. She turned her vision to the screen. Frieza, out of spite to her parents, kissed her on the forehead and she smiled thinking he was being nice, not knowing he was doing it to punish her parents. She heard her mother cry and the king tell her to be quiet. Frieza nuzzled his nose against Sophia's ear and got her attention. She looked at him innocently that made him smile, but only momentarily. He returned to his taunting and saw a certain red button on the consol.

"Do you like buttons little Sophia?" she nodded her head and opened her eyes brightly, thinking he was about to ask her to play a game with him. She liked to play. "Well. I have a special button. It's all mine and no one else is allowed to touch it. But you are special too, aren't you?"

She shook her head and Frieza became confused. All Saiyans were proud and would say yes to that, even at her age. "I think you are special. I like you and I want you to press my special button. Will you?" she nodded furiously and smiled madly. "Good girl." Frieza smirked evilly in a way that told everyone just what button he was talking about. Sophia looked at Frieza patiently and Frieza faced her again. He kissed her forehead again and looked out the corner of his eye to her parents. "I do think I like her, I like her very much. Say good bye to mommy and daddy Sophia" Frieza walked towards the panel that was directly in front of the screen. Sophia waved bye bye and smiled to her new 'friend' Frieza. He lowered into a chair before the panel and waved with her to her parents. "I will count to 3. Then press it ok Sophia my little pet."

"Yep Yep." Frieza smiled at her. That was the first time he had heard her speak. She sounded so innocent that it made him feel moved. He shook it off before anyone had chance to notice and smirked.

"1, 2," Sophia placed her hand over the big red button and smiled madly, waiting to press it.

"3!" Sophia pressed the button with glee and watched the screen. She could see her parents sobbing and Frieza was laughing his head off. "Congratulations. A mass murderer before the age of 6." Sophia tilted her head to one side and looked back to the screen. Her parents screamed in agony and the screen went blank. Frieza quickly closed the inter com and the normal screen out to space came back up.

"Ooo. Pretty colours." Out the window she could see a huge explosion of colours. Her planet.

"Well done. You have finished your first mission. To kill your parents and planet. And your entire race." Sophia looked from Frieza, to the button to the explosion in disbelief.

"That button sent a whole fleet's worth of nuclear missiles and rockets to your planet, and you sent them. Little Sophia, how does it feel to be the soul reason that your race, plant and family……are dead?" Sophia, knowing this to be true broke out into sobs and hammered her fists down on his chest over and over again. She wailed and screamed, tears spiriting everywhere and Frieza put her down and shook the tears off him. As much as he had enjoyed his fun, something inside him tore him apart slightly at her morning. He couldn't stand her crying any longer. He turned on his heel and glared at her.

"SHUT UP YOU LITTLE BRAT!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Frieza covered his ears to stop them hurting, and failed. He stormed up to her and back handed her face. She turned and span round onto the ground before Zarbon, who had himself hated what Frieza had made her do. He didn't do child torture. But obviously Frieza did. He was only a youth himself and he had made her do that.

"That will teach you to do what I say next time. You can be pleasant when you don't make that blasted sound. What now?"

Panting furiously Sophia raised her head slowly, her hair covering her eyes from view until the last second. The fury in her eyes, the pain and torture. It would stay in her eyes until the day she dies. She rose to her feet slowly and her hair started to flow behind her like it had a mind of its own. She grit her teeth together and screamed at him.

"I hate you." She said viciously but too quietly for Frieza to hear.

"What was that little one?" Frieza was willing to forgive her for her unacceptable behaviour. But it was rude of her to not speak up.

"I.HATE.YOU!" Her entire body became encircled in a tempest of wind and random guards ran forward to contain her outburst. But to even Frieza's amazement, they stopped in mid run and were propelled backwards into a collision with the wall. Her eyes glowed a dark blue and the colour seemed to pour from her eyes and clawed its way around Frieza's throat. He tried to waft the smoke like blue colour away, but he couldn't feel it. It wasn't there! It wrapped around his neck and he felt his breath being taken from him. But that was impossible. His kind didn't breath! It was his life force, his very essence was being drawn from his mouth. He was being killed by that child! He shot a huge Ki blast at Sophia and she was knocked out. He caught his 'breath' and walked over to her.

"She is to have project Sapphires done to her. Then one of you are to be responsible for her. And report on her activities to me. But do not bother me with her."

There was no way that he was going to risk being killed by her again. She had almost killed him! That was unacceptable. At least he could heal his pride by the fact that his men didn't know what she had done and that project Sapphire will stop her. Frieza had been toying with the idea to incrust special Sapphires into the skin of someone who was too powerful but useful. It would insure that they could never direct their power towards Frieza making him safe. And this child could make a very useful assassin, just as long as she couldn't use her powers on him.

"Zarbon!" Zarbon had bent over to take the girl that he had every intention of taking for his own.

"Yes my lord?"

"You will be responsible for her?"

"Yes my lord."

"Very good. I will not be bothered by that female vermin any longer. So do not bring her with you to your station. And wipe her mind of me. Understand?"

"Yes my lord." Zarbon held the motionless child in his arms and left the bridge.

End memory.

I bet you scared him. That's why he wanted you made powerless to him and wipe your memory of him.

Zarbon held his wrist as is began to hurt again. He couldn't take another beating like that for a few days without his little charge getting suspicious. He wanted to keep her as safe as he could without her knowing of Frieza and his evil…again. He didn't want her to know of him, not just yet anyway.

"Sophia. Promise me to never lose your innocence."

"Of course Daddy Zarbon." He couldn't help but chuckle at her twice. The first time was genuine because she still had red powder on her nose making her look like Rudolf. But the second time was a lot weaker and fake. He knew she couldn't promise him that. Because he knew he couldn't shield her from Frieza for ever. He just hoped that she didn't grow up to be as beautiful as it looked like she would be. Or he would have to worry for her well being ever night. The beautiful were always taken advantage of the most when it came to Frieza. He even remembered how a pretty little teen girl on the master ship was taken to Cooler and he kept her until she…matured…

Then she didn't last long……

He promised himself that he would try his best not to let his little Sophia meet the same fate as that other girl had. As he knew that Frieza was capable of the same acts as his brother. And a small part of him already knew that she had lost her sweet innocence the first day she had met Frieza. She might not remember him, but when he looked into her eyes, he could see pain and torture. She hadn't looked as gentle as she had when she first arrived on this ship. And he knew she only had a fake veil of innocence that she couldn't understand. She knew her planet had been destroyed by Frieza's missiles. But not that she had sent them. He returned his gaze at his patiently waiting surrogate child. He brushed his fingertips over the large Sapphire on her temples. He saw that she had them every where. On her temples, the backs of her hands, the base of her neck before her chest, her ankles and the insides of her knees.

"Good. Now go clean up and I will finish dinner."

"Okay. Love you Daddy Zarbon."

"I love you too little one."

Zarbon had been quiet used to her saying I love you daddy Zarbon for the last few years now. So he simply replied, and he meant it too.

Little did he know that the next day, he was being drafted to Frieza's battle ship and going to the other side of the galaxy. And that Sophia would not be going with him.

And little did he know that that would be the last time he would ever hear her say "I love you" to him, or anyone else for that mater. Not for a very long time……