Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the Dragon Ball series whatsoever, Toriyama-sensei does as well as Funimation. Therefore I am making $0 off of this story and have merely written it for my own personal enjoyment. Some of the characters may sometimes end up a little bit out of character, but I'm trying my best to keep them in as much as possible. Also, I would just like to add that the main character in this story is like me only in personality...I'm a major Anime Otaku and Dragon Ball fanatic. :) Enjoy!
A Stranger in a Strange World
By: 'Lil Bulma
Marie sighed, looking out the window at the rain trickling down the pane. *I know that they told me that it would take a year for the Dragon Balls to regenerate, but I still can't help but be restless...It's been nearly that since I got here.* She turned and slumped against the wall. *And it's not that I'm ungrateful or anything...I just miss home, my friends, my family...All of it. I was getting all geared up to go off to college in the fall...* Marie's thoughts trailed off as a tear dropped down her cheek, which she wiped away with an irritated gesture. *Well, moping around isn't going to get me anywhere now is it?* Steeling herself against her emotions, Marie walked over to the bed, and sat down with a dull protest from the bed.
Resting her chin on her hand, she thought about her current situation. *It's strange, I feel so at home here...Yet at the same time I don't' think that I've ever felt this alone ever before...* her eyes wondered down the ceiling, coming to rest on the desk directly across from her. *And it's not for lack of people being friendly, because the mount of warmth can actually be a bit stifling at times...I can't quite put my finger on what is bothering me...Grrrrrr! I about to run up the wall! Even though I've been here for a while, I still feel like a deer in the headlights...So helpless...* Marie rolled her eyes at herself. *Stupid, I know, but it's really how I feel right now...How I have felt ever since I received that note...*
Flopping back onto the bed, Marie found her mind flooded with memories of that day...
*That must have been about a month after I got here I think...*
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"Your flowers are lovely, Mrs. Briefs," Marie said bending down to sniff a particularly lovely rose.
"Why thank-you dear!" Mrs. Briefs exclaimed as she continued watering. "That's so nice of you to say!" She then began humming a tune.
Not wanting to disturb her, Marie took herself away, walking along the parameter of the building. *God! This building is huge! I don't know how I'm ever going to figure it out!* She frowned to herself, *Hopefully I won't have to stay here long enough to worr...* Her thoughts were interrupted as she came face to chest with an orange gi.
"Eeeeeeeep!"
"Hey, Marie! What's up?"
"Oh god! You scared the crap out of me Yamcha!" she said, sticking her tongue out at him, while leaning against the wall of the building to catch her breath.
"Heh...Sorry about that. Listen, Bulma sent me looking for you..." he said.
*Wonder why?* "So are you two getting along right now, then?" she said, giving him a light jab in the ribs.
"Yeah we are..." he said, reaching behind his head in a show of embarrassment. "She said something about a message for you."
"Ok, I'll go see what it is then," with that, she turned on her heal and headed into the building.
** A few minutes later **
"Oh good! Marie, this was just delivered for you," Bulma called from within the confines her lab.
"Hi!" Marie called, heading over to where Bulma was and retrieving the small envelope.
"Any idea who it might be from?" Bulma asked peering over the rung of the ladder she was on. "The person who delivered it disappeared as soon as he made the drop."
Marie turned the envelope over in her hands. "I really don't have any idea..." She turned to say more, but realized that Bulma had gotten wrapped up in whatever it was that she was doing, so she decided to go back to her room and read it.
** Up in her room **
Leaning against the door, Marie looked down at the envelope, turning it over in her hands. *I wonder who would want to send me anything? No one knows that I'm even here for heaven's sake!* Biting down on here lip, Marie tore open the top of the envelope. Inside was a letter, but that was not what made her drop to here knees in shock. The cause of that reaction as whom the letter was from.
*Sam?! How did my little brother * Marie clapped a hand to her mouth, and forced her eyes to read.
Dear Marie:
How are you? Are you enjoying yourself in the DBZ world? I didn't really think the shooting star would grant my wish, but I'm glad that it did! I'm so happy because now you can see what I've been trying to tell you about! I'm so jealous, and I cant' wait for you to come home and tell me all about it! I bet that I can answer some questions you are asking yourself. Don't count on coming home anytime soon, because the dragonballs are going to be used up for other wishes next time. Even after that you can't come home, don't ask why you'll see. (The story is going to get really interesting). And if they do try to give one of the wishes to you, say no. I wanted you to see what I have been talking about, but if you use a wish it will mess everything up. I really don't know what will happen now that you are there because like I said, when I made the wish, I didn't think that it would really happen. Now, this is the really weird part about you being there and me here. It's like you never existed here! No one knows who you are except you and me. Our parents, friends, family, everyone looks at like I've got two heads whenever I mention you. So, until we can get this sorted out, try to have fun and please don't be mad at me!
Your kid brother:
Sam
The letter rustled as it left Marie's numb hand and fluttered to the ground. *Not be mad? No! I'm not mad...I've just been basically thrown into this world and now I'm stuck! There is no Marie back in Troy. And if what Sam says is true, I was never even born...* She leaned back against the door, fighting back tears. *And I'm not supposed to disturb anything in this world?! I already threw things off just by being here I'm sure...* her hands balled into fists at her sides, digging into her palm. *It's like taking a three-year-old in a china store and telling them not to touch or even breathe on anything! It's impossible...What in the hell am I supposed to do?* This was how she sat there, on the floor, just thinking. After what seemed like hours, but a look at the clock told her it had only been 15 minutes.
Marie picked herself up from the floor and went over to the bed, sitting down with a sigh. *I guess that there really isn't anything that I really can do about things...Just try to make the best of a bad situation...* she punched a pillow next to her. *That doesn't mean I have to be happy about this! I didn't ask Sam to bring me here! To just uproot my life and send me to a place like this! It's not fair!* Tears were flowing freely down Marie's face now, as she sobbed herself into a sleep filled with dreams of her now former life in Troy. Hanging out with her friends, dinners with her family, having fun with her brother...All the times before this 'cartoon' stepped in and threw everything in her life into chaos.
** The next morning **
Marie awoke to the cheerful chirps of birds in the sky, but her mind was not nearly as cheerful. Thoughts of 'What am I going to do?' still floated around in her head as she headed for the bathroom to take a shower. Followed her as she went about picking up her room. Finally, as she was drying her hair, it hit her.
*I am not going to do anything,* Marie thought, setting down the dryer. *I am going to treat this as though I'm at a summer camp or something. At least then I can feel as though this is going to come to a happy end...* She thought with a sigh, then a flick to her forehead. *And no more sighing all the time! I've got to stop feeling like I'm not in control! Take the bull by the horns and all that!* Giving herself a mock solute in the mirror, Marie went back to finishing her hair...
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*And I did just that!* Marie thought with a little smile. *I still get a letter from Sam about every two weeks or so, telling me how everyone is at home.* She mused. *And boy, have I had some good times here!* Marie giggled at the memories of them. *I've had some great late night 'girl talks' with Bulma, better than some of my friends back at home...That food fight the bunch of us had the last time Krillin, Gohan and everyone came over to eat. Now that was something that I don't think that I've done ever! It took forever to get the food out of our hair!* She nearly fell off the bed holding her sides, laughing.
*I need to cheer up more!* Marie thought, giving herself a flick, almost the same way that she did all those months ago. *Look, it even stopped raining in the time since I've been up here...Maybe I'll go downstairs and see what everyone's up to!*
With that, Marie waltzed out of her room, and headed down the hall. *Hmm...I think that it's almost dinnertime...I wonder what it's going to be?*
When she got to the living room area, what she found there stopped her dead in her tracks. *Why's everyone outside? It was just raining...*
End Part 3
Ok, here's my only plea...Please review my story! This really takes a lot of time and effort to get this story together and it really doesn't take that long to write a small review. Just even to say 'good job!' or something. Thank-you! :)
Note: Sam is about 10 or 11, and he and Marie are closer than most brothers and sisters are...However, I apologize if the letter really doesn't sound as though a little boy would write it. :)
A Stranger in a Strange World
By: 'Lil Bulma
Marie sighed, looking out the window at the rain trickling down the pane. *I know that they told me that it would take a year for the Dragon Balls to regenerate, but I still can't help but be restless...It's been nearly that since I got here.* She turned and slumped against the wall. *And it's not that I'm ungrateful or anything...I just miss home, my friends, my family...All of it. I was getting all geared up to go off to college in the fall...* Marie's thoughts trailed off as a tear dropped down her cheek, which she wiped away with an irritated gesture. *Well, moping around isn't going to get me anywhere now is it?* Steeling herself against her emotions, Marie walked over to the bed, and sat down with a dull protest from the bed.
Resting her chin on her hand, she thought about her current situation. *It's strange, I feel so at home here...Yet at the same time I don't' think that I've ever felt this alone ever before...* her eyes wondered down the ceiling, coming to rest on the desk directly across from her. *And it's not for lack of people being friendly, because the mount of warmth can actually be a bit stifling at times...I can't quite put my finger on what is bothering me...Grrrrrr! I about to run up the wall! Even though I've been here for a while, I still feel like a deer in the headlights...So helpless...* Marie rolled her eyes at herself. *Stupid, I know, but it's really how I feel right now...How I have felt ever since I received that note...*
Flopping back onto the bed, Marie found her mind flooded with memories of that day...
*That must have been about a month after I got here I think...*
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"Your flowers are lovely, Mrs. Briefs," Marie said bending down to sniff a particularly lovely rose.
"Why thank-you dear!" Mrs. Briefs exclaimed as she continued watering. "That's so nice of you to say!" She then began humming a tune.
Not wanting to disturb her, Marie took herself away, walking along the parameter of the building. *God! This building is huge! I don't know how I'm ever going to figure it out!* She frowned to herself, *Hopefully I won't have to stay here long enough to worr...* Her thoughts were interrupted as she came face to chest with an orange gi.
"Eeeeeeeep!"
"Hey, Marie! What's up?"
"Oh god! You scared the crap out of me Yamcha!" she said, sticking her tongue out at him, while leaning against the wall of the building to catch her breath.
"Heh...Sorry about that. Listen, Bulma sent me looking for you..." he said.
*Wonder why?* "So are you two getting along right now, then?" she said, giving him a light jab in the ribs.
"Yeah we are..." he said, reaching behind his head in a show of embarrassment. "She said something about a message for you."
"Ok, I'll go see what it is then," with that, she turned on her heal and headed into the building.
** A few minutes later **
"Oh good! Marie, this was just delivered for you," Bulma called from within the confines her lab.
"Hi!" Marie called, heading over to where Bulma was and retrieving the small envelope.
"Any idea who it might be from?" Bulma asked peering over the rung of the ladder she was on. "The person who delivered it disappeared as soon as he made the drop."
Marie turned the envelope over in her hands. "I really don't have any idea..." She turned to say more, but realized that Bulma had gotten wrapped up in whatever it was that she was doing, so she decided to go back to her room and read it.
** Up in her room **
Leaning against the door, Marie looked down at the envelope, turning it over in her hands. *I wonder who would want to send me anything? No one knows that I'm even here for heaven's sake!* Biting down on here lip, Marie tore open the top of the envelope. Inside was a letter, but that was not what made her drop to here knees in shock. The cause of that reaction as whom the letter was from.
*Sam?! How did my little brother * Marie clapped a hand to her mouth, and forced her eyes to read.
Dear Marie:
How are you? Are you enjoying yourself in the DBZ world? I didn't really think the shooting star would grant my wish, but I'm glad that it did! I'm so happy because now you can see what I've been trying to tell you about! I'm so jealous, and I cant' wait for you to come home and tell me all about it! I bet that I can answer some questions you are asking yourself. Don't count on coming home anytime soon, because the dragonballs are going to be used up for other wishes next time. Even after that you can't come home, don't ask why you'll see. (The story is going to get really interesting). And if they do try to give one of the wishes to you, say no. I wanted you to see what I have been talking about, but if you use a wish it will mess everything up. I really don't know what will happen now that you are there because like I said, when I made the wish, I didn't think that it would really happen. Now, this is the really weird part about you being there and me here. It's like you never existed here! No one knows who you are except you and me. Our parents, friends, family, everyone looks at like I've got two heads whenever I mention you. So, until we can get this sorted out, try to have fun and please don't be mad at me!
Your kid brother:
Sam
The letter rustled as it left Marie's numb hand and fluttered to the ground. *Not be mad? No! I'm not mad...I've just been basically thrown into this world and now I'm stuck! There is no Marie back in Troy. And if what Sam says is true, I was never even born...* She leaned back against the door, fighting back tears. *And I'm not supposed to disturb anything in this world?! I already threw things off just by being here I'm sure...* her hands balled into fists at her sides, digging into her palm. *It's like taking a three-year-old in a china store and telling them not to touch or even breathe on anything! It's impossible...What in the hell am I supposed to do?* This was how she sat there, on the floor, just thinking. After what seemed like hours, but a look at the clock told her it had only been 15 minutes.
Marie picked herself up from the floor and went over to the bed, sitting down with a sigh. *I guess that there really isn't anything that I really can do about things...Just try to make the best of a bad situation...* she punched a pillow next to her. *That doesn't mean I have to be happy about this! I didn't ask Sam to bring me here! To just uproot my life and send me to a place like this! It's not fair!* Tears were flowing freely down Marie's face now, as she sobbed herself into a sleep filled with dreams of her now former life in Troy. Hanging out with her friends, dinners with her family, having fun with her brother...All the times before this 'cartoon' stepped in and threw everything in her life into chaos.
** The next morning **
Marie awoke to the cheerful chirps of birds in the sky, but her mind was not nearly as cheerful. Thoughts of 'What am I going to do?' still floated around in her head as she headed for the bathroom to take a shower. Followed her as she went about picking up her room. Finally, as she was drying her hair, it hit her.
*I am not going to do anything,* Marie thought, setting down the dryer. *I am going to treat this as though I'm at a summer camp or something. At least then I can feel as though this is going to come to a happy end...* She thought with a sigh, then a flick to her forehead. *And no more sighing all the time! I've got to stop feeling like I'm not in control! Take the bull by the horns and all that!* Giving herself a mock solute in the mirror, Marie went back to finishing her hair...
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*And I did just that!* Marie thought with a little smile. *I still get a letter from Sam about every two weeks or so, telling me how everyone is at home.* She mused. *And boy, have I had some good times here!* Marie giggled at the memories of them. *I've had some great late night 'girl talks' with Bulma, better than some of my friends back at home...That food fight the bunch of us had the last time Krillin, Gohan and everyone came over to eat. Now that was something that I don't think that I've done ever! It took forever to get the food out of our hair!* She nearly fell off the bed holding her sides, laughing.
*I need to cheer up more!* Marie thought, giving herself a flick, almost the same way that she did all those months ago. *Look, it even stopped raining in the time since I've been up here...Maybe I'll go downstairs and see what everyone's up to!*
With that, Marie waltzed out of her room, and headed down the hall. *Hmm...I think that it's almost dinnertime...I wonder what it's going to be?*
When she got to the living room area, what she found there stopped her dead in her tracks. *Why's everyone outside? It was just raining...*
End Part 3
Ok, here's my only plea...Please review my story! This really takes a lot of time and effort to get this story together and it really doesn't take that long to write a small review. Just even to say 'good job!' or something. Thank-you! :)
Note: Sam is about 10 or 11, and he and Marie are closer than most brothers and sisters are...However, I apologize if the letter really doesn't sound as though a little boy would write it. :)