Hello everyone! I'm happy to bring you all the first offical chapter of Dragon Ball CL. I know it took a while to write, but I had gotten stuck at some points and needed to think of how to properly get the story into words for you all.
Before I begin, I would like to take the time to thank my co-writer, and new friend, Ninjamon1228 for helping with this project. Seriously man, you're amazing.
Now... LET'S GO!
Chapter 1: A life changing confrontation! Pride and Power unleashed!
Ronnie Anne was silent as she found herself in a cold empty void. There was no sound, except for her footsteps as she started to walk forward through the darkness. "Hello? Anyone here? Where am I?" No response came to respond to the hispanic girl's call. Despite this, she strangely felt no fear. She simply continued to walk. Suddenly, Ronnie Anne heard what appeared to be a second pair of footsteps behind her. Quickly turning around, she saw an imposing silhouette a few feet away. Their body, while humanoid, had no defined shape. Their eyes were a solid red, devoid of pupils. As well as being narrowed into a triangular shape.
"Hey, who are you? What is all this?" Ronnie Anne asked. The figure didn't speak and instead bent their legs. Ronnie Anne gasped as the figure leaped forward in an attempt to attack, but she managed to raise her arms upward and block their first punch. The figure then proceeded to throw several more jabs and swings, which Ronnie Anne frantically dodged. "Hey! What's your deal?" The girl asked as she tried to punch her attacker.
The assailant was cut off guard as Ronnie Anne's fist connected with his face. Ronnie Anne then proceeded to kick the shadow down onto his back with a round house kick to the stomach. With a heavy exhale, the latina dusted herself off. "Yeah, that's right. Nobody messes with me." Ronnie Anne boasted as she felt pretty proud of her supposed victory. The figure groaned and got back up on its feet. Raising an arm above its head, an orb of some sort of energy began to form. It soon was absorbed by the figure and their hand began to glow a fiery red. Ronnie Anne was surprised by this strange turn of events, but quickly steeled herself and got ready for her attacker's next move. The shadow began to run forward, reeling its energy bathed arm back for a punch. Ronnie Anne got into a fighting position and started to growl before beginning to yell out a battle cry. The distance between the two continued to shrink as they prepared to hit each other with everything they had.
...
Ronnie Anne's eyes snapped open and she found herself staring at the pink ceiling of her room while lying in her bed as she heard a knock from outside her door.
"Ronnie Anne, are you awake?"
"Yeah, CJ. I'm good." The Hispanic girl replied.
"Well you better get up soon. Abuela made Huevos Rancheros for breakfast." Hearing her younger cousin inform her of the meal, Ronnie Anne groggily placed her hands on her mattress and slowly lifted herself out of bed. As she opened her bedroom door and yawned, she slowly trudged into the kitchen where her family was already eating breakfast. Her grandmother, Rosa, was still at the stove cooking some eggs, but managed to catch Ronnie Anne in the corner of her eye.
"Buenos días, míja. You certainly took your time getting up today." The grandmother playfully scolded as she used a spatula to scrape a fried egg onto a plate with a tortilla and various diced veggies. Ronnie Anne took the plate and gave her grandmother a small kiss on the cheek. As she turned to the dining room table and found a seat, she noticed something off.
"Did Mom and Tío Carlos leave for work already?" She asked. Ronnie Anne's grandfather, Hector, looked over at the girl and chuckled.
"Well, you know how much the hospital needs your mother. And Carlos wanted to get to work early for some reason." He reassured before doing a double take and noticing how tired Ronnie Anne looked. "Were you staying up late last night?" Ronnie Anne simply took a bite out of her breakfast and rolled her eyes.
"I wasn't doing anything. I was just having THAT dream again." She confessed. Her tone slightly grumpy from being dragged out of earlier slumber. The entire family paused and glanced over in her direction, the only sound coming from the stove as it continued to cook eggs. CJ eventually broke the silence.
"You mean the one with the scary shadow with the eyes?" He asked. Ronnie Anne nodded in response. Carlota couldn't help but shudder.
"I don't understand why you're so calm about that dream, Príma. Some big and mysterious freak attacking you in a dark void? Not to mention you've been having it for two months." Her cousin's remark simply earned a shrug from Ronnie Anne.
"Well it always ends right when things start to get intense. And I never get the time to find out what the dream is about." Ronnie Anne moped in disappointment. Bobby cleared his throat once his sister finished speaking.
"Uh, speaking of time, you might want to hurry or else you won't have enough to get ready. You know how Carl loves to take his time in the shower." He warned. Ronnie Anne groaned and proceeded to eat a little faster as the cousin in question laughed.
"Hey, I'm not denying it. It takes time for a stud to groom himself to perfection." Carl bragged. Carlota couldn't help but snicker before replying.
"I thought it just took you that long to sing your favorite Boyz will be Boyz song?" She playfully teased. Carl immediately responded by groaning as his siblings and cousins laughed. As they did, Rosa couldn't help but turn to gaze at Ronnie Anne and frown as a worrisome thought lingered in her mind.
...
A half hour later, Ronnie Anne was waiting at the subway station for her train to school. "Sup, Bestie?" A voice called out from behind. Ronnie Anne turned and saw a girl with long brown hair, a blue shirt, and pink shorts. Ronnie Anne smiled and waved at the girl.
"Hey Sid!" Ronnie Anne greeted as the two exchanged a high-five. "So, you said you had an idea for an upgrade to our robot?" She asked, causing Sid's face to light up in excitement.
"Yeah. It's a pretty crazy one too." Sid began to reach into her backpack as a subway train pulled into the station. Its doors opened and the girls walked inside it along with a few other people. Taking their seats beside next to a teenager in a pink dress with blueish green hair. Sid pulled a blueprint of a robot out of her backpack and showed it to Ronnie Anne. "If we put a spring loaded boxing glove in the chest, we can catch everyone by surprise." She explained. Ronnie Anne couldn't help but laugh in delight.
"Oh man, I can already picture it. It's going to be so sick!" As Ronnie Anne cheered, the subway train lurched forward on the track and began to move again. The teen in the dress screamed as she fell down from the momentum. "Grrr. Stupid subway system! How can anyone ride these things?" She complained. Ronnie Anne chuckled a little bit, getting the girl's attention.
"Hey trust me, it gets easier after a while." She reassured in an attempt to be friendly. The teen just groaned.
"You're telling me. Ever since my family moved here, it's been one big fiasco. All because my family wanted to be closer to some business partner." She complained. Just then, the teen noticed the blueprints Sid was holding. "Hold on, what are those?" Sid glanced at the paper before showing it to the other girl.
"My friend in I are in a club at school where we make robots to fight each other." She explained. The teen slowly started to grin.
"Hey, these aren't bad for a couple of kids." She complimented. Ronnie Anne smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Sid here is the robotics wiz. I just control the thing." She said while pointing to her best friend with her thumb. Ronnie Anne then outstretched an arm and offered a handshake. "I'm Ronnie Anne." She introduced. The girl gave a nice smile and accepted it.
"Call me Bulma." She replied. The name caused Sid to frown and look at the ground.
"Bulma? Where does that sound familiar?" Sid pondered to herself in a whisper. Before she could put more thought into it, the subway train stopped again and caused Bulma to fall over.
"Damn it!" She huffed as she got back up. "I'd love to stay and talk with you kids, but I have to get going. I transferred to the local college and I don't want to leave a bad first impression." Bulma waved goodbye to the girls as she got off the subway. As Ronnie Anne turned back to Sid, she noticed her friend still lost in thought.
...
Three hours passed since the meeting in the subway, and Sid was still hung up on Bulma. As she and Ronnie Anne walked through the halls of Chavez Academy, Sid couldn't take her mind off the matter. "I know I heard that name before." Ronnie Anne pat Sid on the back.
"Eh, don't worry about it Sid. For now, we have to worry about a pop quiz in geometry next period." She warned. Sid's eyes widened in horror.
"Oh crud! I completely forgot! I should have studied but my Mom needed help taking care of a snake." She lamented. Before Sid could continue, the girls heard some voices from further down the hall.
"I told you to hand it over!"
"Just leave me alone, Sean!" Ronnie Anne and Sid rushed over to the source of the shouting, and found the cause in the form of two boys. One of them was Laird, wearing his usual blue suit and red necktie. While his glasses were crooked and his orange hair was messier than usual. As the school's magnet of misfortune, it was only logical that he was being bullied by the other boy, who had forced him to the floor on his butt. The second boy was wearing a black t-shirt with a skull and crossbones, torn jeans, and some red wristbands. His hair was combed back and gave a shine similar to hair gel. And in one of his hands was a brown paper bag. Sid glanced at Ronnie Anne nervously.
"Uh, who is that kid?"
"That's just Sean. He just a bully who likes talking down to people." Ronnie Anne explained. The explanation managed to catch Sean's attention and he turned to face Ronnie Anne and Sid.
"Well, if it isn't Santiago." He remarked snidely.
"Alright Sean, just leave Laird alone. What did he do to you?" She asked. Sean simply chuckled as he lifted up the bag he was holding.
"What? I just needed something to eat for lunch." He answered in a tone condescending and overly sweet tone. He dangled the bag in front of all of them. Laird couldn't help but sniffle a little as tears filled his eyes.
"Come on, my mom made that." He pleaded. Sean simply laughed before he gave Sid a quick look.
"Never seen you around before." The bully noted, causing Sid to glance behind her and take a few steps back. "Since you're new here, I'll give you the short version. I'm the one calling the shots around here. And anyone who doesn't play ball ends up in a locker." He warned. Ronnie Anne growled at Sean's words.
"Quit it, Sean. Leave us alone." She commanded. Sean scoffed and rolled his eyes.
"Or what? It's not like you could beat me up." The bully berated.
"I'll have you know that I was one of the toughest kids back at my old school. I could turn you into a crumpled up mess if I wanted." Ronnie Anne warned. Sean snickered a little more in response.
"Really? I heard about how you and your family can't handle a bunch of street cats. What makes you think you can take me on?" Ronnie Anne took a step forward and shoved Sean back. The bully dropped Laird's lunch bag, which Laird scooped up before running off. Ronnie Anne's face was now inches away from Sean's as the two stared each other down.
"Want to find out, punk?" Ronnie Anne challenged. Before things could escalate further, Sid put a hand on Ronnie Anne's shoulder.
"Listen, I hate to be 'that girl', but you know how strict the school is with it's no fighting policy." Sid reminded her friend. Ronnie Anne looked at Sid for a moment, and then back to Sean.
"You know what? You're right. He isn't worth it. Let's just get to class." Ronnie Anne and Sid started to walk back onto their original route, leaving Sean alone. As the girls walked away, Sean slowly started to grin.
"That's right. Keep on walking. Do the smart thing instead of following in your brother's footsteps." Sean taunted. Ronnie Anne stopped and glanced back over her shoulder. Her eyes giving off an icy glare towards Shawn. Seeing the cocky smile on his face made Ronnie Anne turn back around fully. Facing him with a look of pure anger.
"Would you care to go into detail about that little remark?" Ronnie Anne questioned. Sid could hear the subtle rage in her friend's voice and grew nervous.
"Ronnie Anne? You might want to calm down a bit."
"No! I want to know exactly what he means by 'following in my brother's footsteps'!" Ronnie Anne insisted. "Now spill it!" The child's angry yelling started to catch the attention of a few other students nearby as her cries echoed through the halls.
"Well what is there to talk about?" Sean reasoned while raising his arms upward in a manner similar to a shrug. "Your whole family has these, let's call them quirks, that just make you all kinds of strange." The words Sean spoke caused Ronnie Anne's blood to boil with every passing second. "But your brother is a special case. I've seen some of the things he's done. I can only assume that he must have been dropped as a baby or something." The comment earned some vocal response from the crowd closing in as various "oohs" were heard. Sean chuckled at both the attention he was receiving for his comments, and the anger present on Ronnie Anne's face. "Hey, don't feel too upset. I mean, at least he isn't like down syndrome cousin of yours."
*CRACK*
Sean was instantly silenced when Ronnie Anne gave him a powerful punch to the face. The audible, spine chilling, graphic sound of Sean's nose being broken was heard throughout the school hallways. Followed by the impact of Sean hitting the lockers behind him. Everyone watching gasped at the sight as Ronnie Anne was panting from the exertion of force.
"RONALDA SANTIAGO!" The booming voice of a teacher calling her name brought Ronnie Anne back to reality. She looked around and saw the adult in question staring at her with a highly displeased glare, as well as the other students standing around in a stunned silence. Even Sid was at a complete loss for words having seen the damage her best friend had inflicted. Ronnie Anne turned where Sean was leaning against the wall. The bully was unconscious and groaning from the pain as blood trickled from his broken nose. Ronnie Anne finally glanced at her hand, and saw the blood on her knuckles.
"Principal's office! Now!" The teacher commanded. Ronnie Anne couldn't bring herself to say anything. She simply resigned herself to her fate and began to follow the teacher to the office. The other students stepped aside for her both out of necessity and fear. As Ronnie Anne walked away, Sid could only ask one question.
"Ronnie Anne, what have you done?"
Well, ain't this an intense start to a story? Seems Ronnie Anne doesn't know her own strength. Having crushed a peer with a single strike, in front of an audience to boot, what will become of young Santiago? And what of the fair Bulma? What about her was so familiar to Sid? Find out soon...
Now, if you're looking for more good stories to read, don't feel shy about checking out some of Ninjamon's work. Especially if you are also a fan of Ben 10.
Well, see you next time!