I woke up in a daze, bewildered by what had happened. "That does it...This can't be right, something has to be messing with my dreams, it has to!" I muttered to myself as I stepped out into the living room. Chi Chi had a concerned look. "Are you all right, Christen? You seem lost."

"Just a little bit, yeah. Where's Vegeta and Gohan at?"

"They're outside training, you've only been asleep for forty minutes."

"What?! No way!" I gawked at the time. It had to be longer than that! Gohan came inside and asked, "Aunt Christen, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine...Time just moves really slow." I chuckled weakly. I need to find somebody who can help me out and tell me why I'm having such strange dreams. Unfortunately, that can only mean one person...

"Hey, Gohan, you know where Bulma lives, right?" I asked and he nodded. "I don't know what's wrong with me, but maybe she can figure it out."

Chi Chi at first wasn't too sure, until she realized I was talking about my dreams. After that, she saw no problems with it and sent us off to find her.

Gohan's curiosity got the best of him as we traveled to the Capsule Corp. building. "Aunt Christen, why do you need to see Bulma? Is it something that could kill you?"

"Heheh, no Gohan. I'm not going to die, but I'm just having strange dreams. Y'know, the kind that make you think that it was too weird to be just a dream. I'm kinda hoping that Bulma can use something in that complicated lab of hers to figure out what's causing it."

"Oh. I think I had a dream like that once. But I don't think it was anything important."

I smiled as we came to the entrance of the Capsule Corporation. As soon as we stepped in, we had noticed Bulma right away. "Oh, hi guys! What's up?" Bulma said cheerfully.

"Hi, Bulma. Look, I'm sorry for leaving all of a sudden and everything the other day. I don't mean to bother you right now, but I kind of need your help. See, I've been having these weird dreams and to save us some time, I don't think they're the average random dreams other people might get. You think you can figure out what's wrong with me?"

She gave me an odd look for a second then smiled, "It's okay, I was just irritated from other stuff that day. But I'm afraid I can't help you. We don't have the right stuff to accurately read your brain waves in your sleep and tell you what's wrong. Hopefully, it's just a coincidence or a one-time thing. I wish I could help you, but I don't know how I can without the right stuff."

Brain waves? What the hell did this have to do with my dreams? I wondered in massive confusion. Maybe dreams are more complicated than I thought.

"It's okay. Who knows, maybe this whole problem might disappear by tomorrow. Well, Gohan and I should probably go."

"All right, hope you get better. Say, how's Vegeta doing?" she said, changing the subject entirely.

"Fine, I think. It was nice talking to you, Bulma, I'll see you later, I guess." I answered and left shortly afterward. Why did she ask about Vegeta? I guess she was just being polite, but that was a weird way to change a subject.

"Wow, that went really well, Aunt Christen."

"I know. She was really nice about it, too." I agreed. But it still doesn't change the fact I might still have these dreams. Maybe it's not all in my head, maybe I really am cursed... That boy did say he came from the future like that voice told me. At the same time, it could be some random coincidence. Anyone could have a dream with some guy they never met claiming to have come from the future. There's always something that makes decisions like these so hard to make...

"Do you think your weird dreams will stop soon, Aunt Christen?" Gohan wondered as the question snapped me out of my thoughts. To be honest, I didn't know what to think after my last nap. How I seemed so different from my usual attitude, but I wasn't ready to worry Gohan.

"More than likely. At least everything's back to the way it should be, or will be soon enough." I lied. His smile comforted me as we kept walking. Oh, Gohan...You're much too naive like Kakarot...

Vegeta spotted us out in the front of the house and asked where we went.

"Just a little walk." I replied.

"I see...Well the boy's mother has made nourishment, so let's go." he responded, his tone of voice slightly urgent at the thought of food. Anxious and a little hungry, the three of us came in the house as Chi Chi had put food out on the kitchen table. "So, did it go well, Christen?" she asked.

"Surprisingly, it did. I mean, she said she didn't have the right stuff in her lab to figure out what was wrong with me, but she was really nice about it." I replied. Gohan nodded in agreement as he joined Vegeta in eating to his stomach's content. Vegeta paid no mind to the conversation because he had no idea what it was about and didn't bother with figuring out if his name wasn't mentioned.

The Saiyan Prince feasted as if he were a ravenous animal, attacking the rice cakes, then the noodles, and especially the barbecued ribs. Compared to their massive feeding frenzy, I only ate a couple of the rice cakes and some noodles. I could never really eat when I had so much on my mind like this. But at the same time, I didn't want to offend Chi Chi by not eating. Her cooking was excellent, but my stomach felt so twisted at the moment.

"Still thinking about something again?" she wondered out loud an hour later, well aware of the answer. By now, the boys were relaxing in their rooms while I helped Chi Chi clean the dishes.

"Yeah, I'm just so confused. In my last nap, I had another dream."

"About the boy?"

I nodded. "But this dream was so weird... The whole time, the dream version of me seemed so... troubled. Like something traumatic happened."

Her eyes widened. "Oh my... What if you and your father really do have that curse? What would that mean?"

I stopped and thought about it for a second. What would it mean? The boy is actually a real person, that he came from the future to warn us about something even worse than Frieza. But also the fact that something abnormal happened that didn't bode well for me. If it really is the future, I don't think I like it one bit!

"It means that something bad might happen if I'm not careful. I'm not sure what, but I can only hope that this will save me from any unnecessary trouble." I answered slowly, scrubbing off any food that remained on multiple plates. That is, if it's real...

Chi Chi ran hot water at the sink and put a frying pan underneath the faucet. The water shot in different directions at first, some of it splashing on my arms. "Hot, Hot!! Ouch!" I yelled.

It was scalding hot and stung for the first few seconds but eventually cooled down as I blew on the red marks that stained my skin.

"Are you okay, Christen? I didn't mean to burn you, I'm so sorry!" she panicked, almost dropping the pan in the the sink.

"I'm fine! Whew... No worries, Chi Chi. I'll be okay. They're only red marks, it'll go away." I calmed down a little. This whole thing has gotten us both shaken up, I know it. Maybe I should talk to that voice again... It was right about the boy coming from the Future. I'm not sure about the name, but at least it got one thing right, so hopefully I can figure it out...

I finished what was left of the bowls and silverware when Chi Chi urged me to relax and try to forget everything. Her request was unreasonable when it came to the forgetting part, but I understood that I needed to calm down, or everyone would feel that contagious anxiety before it was over with.