Alright this is my revised version of A Royal Family. I decided to go in a little bit of a different direction but the same general idea. I'm going to make this version more dark and a bit more detailed. I hope I get my old readers back but if not, that's ok. Hope you enjoy. Oh, also, I don't own DBZ in any way, shape, or form.

Prologue

Night was at its darkest as two hooded figures sneaked their way into the storage complex of the palace. One of them removed her hood and slowly approached one of the many spaceships hidden in the back. The other followed hesitantly.

"Do you think we should really do this? I mean if we get caught it'll be the end of us."

"Even if we go back now, it'll be the end of us anyway. You can go back if you want, but I'm going." Said the leader to her reluctant follower, "besides, I'm sure we won't get caught. I've been preparing this ship for a couple of weeks now and I've created a cloaking device for it. We'll be fine."

Her friend was much comforted by that, but she followed suit anyway.

As both women climbed on board, they heard a commotion going on outside the complex.

"Where has the princess gone? She isn't anywhere in the palace!"

"Quickly men search and find her. His majesty won't be pleased if he comes back to find her missing!"

As the commotion got closer and closer to the complex, the two women hurried along in preparing the ship to launch.

"I told her we would get caught, but you didn't listen!"

"Stop complaining and hurry up and help me. If they catch us before we leave it won't be pretty. I don't know how they found out I was missing, but we have to get out of here before they decide to search in here."

With that, the final preparations were made and the ship was ready to launch. With a little tweaking of her part, the leader managed to open the complex ceiling quietly.

"Now, this is where it gets tricky, launching with as little sound and as fast as possible."

As the guards outside got closer and closer to the storage complex, they heard a strange noise coming from deep within it. In awe they watched as one of the smallest and fastest spaceships rose quickly from the complex and rapidly disappeared from view. They watched in horror as it all but vanished from view.

"Sir, what do we do now? Should we go after them?"

The man obviously in charge looked at his men and said,

"No, we wait for his majesty to return. Going after them now would only give them more of an advantage."

"We're free! We actually did it. I can't believe I doubted you for a second your highness."

The Princess looked at her companion for a second before turning towards the ever more shrinking planet she knew as her home.

"Yes, we're free" she agreed. 'But only for now' was the dim thought in her head. Not wanting to bring her happy passenger down, the Princess turned towards the controls and began typing in numbers.

Up until now, the other girl hadn't really given a thought as to where they were going. She simply followed her Princess because of both a duty she had to her as a loyal subject and as a friend. She didn't think that the Princess had given it much of a thought either. The only real thing in her mind had been escape. Before she could ask her leader as to what their destination would be, she answered her unspoken question.

"I'm programming the ship to take us to a planet located in the north quadrant called Earth. I've researched it and found it to be a planet filled with life and beings that resemble us enough for us to blend in easily. According to how far it is, it'll probably take a good while, so we better make ourselves comfortable. I doubt he'll send the guards to look for us but we'll take turns keeping watch just in case. You'll go first."

Without further instruction, the Princess headed to the back of the ship to rest and assemble her thoughts. She thought back as to why she was making this decision to leave her planet. She knew that as a little girl she never dreamed of leaving it. Her father would constantly be on trips across the galaxy dealing with both political and non political issues, leaving her in the care of her servants. When he was home he would tell her stories of wondrous planets and their inhabitants.

He would fill her head with fantasy filled tales of adventure that only a small child could truly enjoy and believe. But all of this had happened before HE killed her father. She knew it was him who did it and not an accident as he led the entire planted to believe. She knew because she had been there that night. She had seen the argument that had started in her father's quarters and had seen when it turned for the worst. It was obvious he had used some sort of poison or spell to weaken her father, for at full strength her father could've easily destroyed the other. Since she was far too young to rule the planet and she didn't have any siblings, HE had been the only one available to rule.

The day the inauguration ceremony took place was the day her life as she knew it, ended. Never again did she laugh carefree as she used to, nor play silly hiding games with the many servants of the place. Her childhood innocence was ripped from her by the murderer of her father. He would constantly terrorize her with verbal assaults and sometimes it would turn physical. When it did, she would usually be left in her room beaten and battered while he would send healers to help her, only for the cycle to continue. As the years went by and she got older, the beatings got progressively worse. They would no longer be kept in the confinement of her room. Usually when he was in a more aggressive mood, he would take her the dungeons where she was forced to take a liquid that would suppress her powers leaving her defenseless towards him. Those were the worst times for her.

Finally, there came a day when she became old enough to begin training. She had seen her father train hard along with many of the guards and she didn't understand any of it. She hated fighting, she hated confrontations which was one of the reasons as to why she never fought back when he beat her. She simply took it and dealt with it as best as she could. When time did come for her to begin training, he took her to the training guards and ensured them to teach her strictly the basics. Astonishingly, they too knew that HE had murdered the king and therefore hated him for it. So when the Princess was brought to them, they saw it as a great advantage and took it. They trained her not only in the basics but in much more. They taught her many ways to kill and torture. At first she resisted. She didn't want to know any of it. But as time went on and she saw the pain and sorrow he brought everyone else, she forced her feelings down and became what they wanted her to be.

They trained her under the false belief that HE had no idea that they were doing it. They simply thought he was under the impression that they were just teaching her basics and leaving it at that. They were wrong. When at last the time came when they thought she was ready to beat him, they filled her head with ideas of how she would win. They hammered into her that she was indeed more powerful than he and that she would crush him. To say that he was the one who crushed her was an understatement. That day he was told them of how he knew all along what was going on but decided not to intervene. He was simply curious as to how strong she would get. He knew that she would never be as strong as he was as long as she still held onto her beliefs of not fighting. Even when she went along with what the training guards wanted, there was still a part of her that defied them. That was what caused her to lose.

After the battle she became desperate. She decided to leave her planet with her only friend. Her friend had been the healer assigned to her from Him. She had been the one who healed her after every beating. A close friendship had been created that would help both girls survive the tough years. Once she knew where they were going and how to get there, she persuaded her friend to go along with her, and she did.

As she lay there thinking, she wondered what the new planet would be like. She had done enough research to know that she and her friend would be able to live comfortably as long as they didn't make too much of a connection with the inhabitants. She didn't wish to be tied down to a planet she didn't know. She decided to rejoin her friend, since she couldn't very well rest now.

As she stepped onto the control room she noticed her friend looking out the window of the ship.

"Will you miss it Chi Chi?" she asked her.

"I'm not sure. Probably for a little bit, but then again there wasn't much left for us was there Bulma?"

They both looked nostalgically out the window and prepared themselves for the long trip to Earth where they would start their new lives as free women.

Elsewhere, the General was explaining their situation to their leader.

"Should we go after them My Lord?"

"No. Leave them be General. Princess Bulma may have fled her planet, but she cannot flee forever. We will find her in time. Don't worry too much about it."

He looked towards the sky and smirked with evil in his eyes.

'Yes, you can run Bulma, but you can't hide. Not from me you can't. For I will find you.'

Well, what did you think? This is basically a prologue but it will get better. I promise =) and I will finish this one. Haha well please review as it keeps me going. Thanks!