Chapter 5- Stars

They walked towards a hill and plopped down. The noise of the festival was a dull murmur and the lights around the bushes were dimmed by the bright glow of the stars in the velvety black sky. Vegeta-sei's moon was not out. It only shown every eight years. It was a good thing too, any other way would have just been dangerous…
"One day, I think I'll write a song about the stars," said Collifla, flopping on her back in the soft grass. Vegeta snorted as he stood over her.
"Why?"
"Just look at them. They've got a life of their own…"
"Is this another flower thing?"
"Hey! Don't you make fun of my pressed flowers! Even a warrior's gotta have a hobby! So why not flower collecting?"
"Aw, here we go again…"
"I'm not kidding! When they send me off to clear planets, I'll collect the flowers just before I blow them up!" They laughed so hard that Vegeta actually collapsed beside her. When it subsided, they sighed and stared at the stars.
"I won't let them send you off, you know."
"I know."
More silence as they mentally traced the constellations.
"You know, the Saiyens own more than half of those," said Vegeta.
"Actually, this whole 'owning' thing is a little weird, don't you think?"
"What makes you say that?" Collifla turned on her side.
"Well, can you actually 'own' anything?"
"I'm not sure, but we seem to manage, and so does Freiza."
"Ugh. Don't even get me started on him. He hates us you know, and one of these days, it's going to be too much."
"Don't talk like that. I'm going to kill him when I get older and you're going to help me. When we kill him, we'll all be free to own whatever we want, not be told what planets to clear off and when. The Saiyens could rule the universe with enough time."
"That'd be stupid. If we rule the universe, what's left?"
"I dunno. I won't be alive by then, so why should I care? You've been listening to your brother too much, Collifla." Collifla turned and re-flopped onto her back.
"Maybe… I just think some of these planets know more than we give them credit for… I mean, take Humans."
"Humans?"
"Yeah. They could very well crossbreed with us, and their culture is just… fascinating. I think that if I had to choose someone of another race to be with, I'd choose a human."
"Well, you'll never have to. I think we'll be around for awhile."
"You never know. One of these days, Frieza could get sick of us or maybe even a natural disaster could happen. One has to prepare or at least think about it."
"You think to much," smirked Vegeta. Collifla brought up her tail and smacked him upside the head. Vegeta scowled at her.
"Ow! I hate it when you do that!"
"We seem to be saying that a lot lately," said Collifla. Vegeta laughed and pulled himself to his feet. Collifla sighed.
"I probably ruined my kimono."
"Yeah? Well then you won't need these!" Vegeta laughed evilly and grabbed her sandals. He took off down the hill toward the palace. Collifla leapt to her feet and tried running. The dress entangled around her legs and she nearly fell on her face. She heard Vegeta's laughter and smacked her forehead.
"What am I doing?" She took off into the air, her dress flaring around her ankles. The prince turned his head and his eyes widened. He half laughed and half cried out. He took off into the air they flew towards the open window. They tumbled into the prince's chambers as Collifla slammed the prince into the bed. Vegeta scrambled to the other side and ducked behind the bed.
"Fine! Take them. I'm sure they'll look wonderful on you. Give you an extra inch or two as well." She ducked as the sandals flew towards her.
"Thank you!" She said briskly, picking up the sandals. She smiled and walked towards her chambers.
"I'm off to bed. I'm tired."
"Alright. Good night," said Vegeta, now up from his "trench".

Collifla lay on her bed that night staring at the canopy. She remembered her brother's eyes… There was something there she had never seen before. She thought about the stars as words to a song formed in her mind. She thought about Frieza… Vegeta was so intent on killing him and proving his own strength. But nobody believed that Frieza was a danger to the entire planet.
"Hn. Maybe Vegeta was right…" She then thought no more, as she drifted off to sleep and the land of dreams…

Collifla stood in darkness. Stars swirled around her and music played in her ears. Frieza appeared in front of her. He held up a planet in his hand and a smile played on his lips. He crushed the planet to dust in his hands and threw the ashy remains toward her.
Vegeta lay at her feet as the young man he would become. The dust fell on his face. The Saiyen prince coughed as the ashes filled his nostrils. Frieza looked down at him and laughed coldly. Collifla looked down at herself. A white gauzy gown was draped over her with a golden sash tied around her middle. It was to long, and she noticed a train dragging on the ground. She was older as well, and also covered in the dust of the crushed planet. It's ashy blackness, poisoning the purity of the garment she wore. Freiza strode up to her and stared straight in her face. He said not a word, but pointed his finger behind him. Vegeta was trying to get up. He reached toward them both and choked out her name.
"Lili…" He gasped. Freiza looked straight into the Saiyeness's eyes and grinned manically. A ki blast emitted from his outstretched finger. It penetrated Vegeta's chest. He fell onto his back, groaning. When he hit the unseen floor, all sound stopped, and the Saiyen prince did not move. Collifla looked towards the sky and screamed. Ki surged from and swirled around her body, knocking Freiza back as a man landed before her. He had spiked black hair that stuck out on either side. Golden ki whirled around him. In a flash that made Collifla cover her eyes, his hair turned to gold as if touched by Midas, and his eyes became a turquoise green. He walked towards the crumpled form of Vegeta and put both his hands on the prince's back. The stranger's ki flared around them both, enveloping them in dazzling light. The unknown warrior stood up and grabbed Frieza's throat. In one swift motion, he threw him across the galaxy and shot a ki blast after him. Vegeta stood. His hair had become the same golden color as the other man, and the same ki emitted from his form. His jade eyes stared in the direction of the blast. It exploded in space as she heard screams swirling between the notes of the music, blowing away everyone and everything, even the remaining dust on her clothes, like a pile of dust on a windy day… save for the shining stars.
Her tresses turned flew above her head and her ki turned a radiant gold. Her hair became a matching color as she felt power pump through her veins. Through her emerald eyes, she saw unidentifiable silver figure float from nowhere and wrapped his arms around her. It kissed her and disappeared, scattering into thousands of stars. The new stars joined the ones that continued to swirl around her. They shown vibrantly and flew towards her like a swarm of angry bees, disappearing into her eyes as she released a scream. Her ki disappeared and her hair dropped back to its normal form. She put her hands on her knees and closed her eyes, drawing in ragged breaths. Without warning, she took in sharp gasp. Her eyes snapped open, still glowing with intense white light.
All at once, two beams of light, silver and gold, shot from her chest. The two beams interwove as one and exploded into a bright white symbol: An inwardly curved star inside a triangle with six small triangles pointing to every point and side. Voices whispered the meaning of the symbol into her ears… It was the Trinity of Power. One voice sang out in a clear through the darkness. The voice she would have as a young woman… She couldn't help noticing, it was beautiful.
"The Trinity of Power
Many have tried to find.
But reality is really
All in the mind…
Ultimate power
Level of six, given to three
Innocent, beautiful, and free…"
The light disappeared from her eyes and stars poured from her chest. They swirled around her body, playing with the tresses of her hair, ruffling her loose clothing, whispering poetry, songs, and words into her ear, flashing visions of what was to come before her eyes…

Collifla awoke in a cold sweat. She put her hand in her mouth and bit down on her fingers to stifle a scream. She looked herself over and saw that she was seven once again. She glanced around her room as she sucked on the blood she had drawn from her finger and assured herself that this was indeed reality.
She took a deep breath and brushed her sweat-matted bangs out of her eyes. She tried to hold onto the images and whisperings in her dream, but it was no use. She put her head in her hands and made a decision: She would tell no one. With that, she let go. Merely a handful of images remained in her mind. She then sunk back into her pillow and breathed in all the familiar scents with her acute Saiyen nose. It calmed her nerves immediately and sent her back to sleep. This time, however, She had no dreams.

"Symbolism!!!!! My favorite form of author impact and confusion!!!!!!! Mwa hahahahaha!!!!!!!! Oh, look for singing and stars scattered throughout both my main fan fics. It's actually kinda cool for the not-so-shallow- minded…" Q smiles sweetly, "And I am, of course, assuming that none of you are shallow 'cause I LOVE my readers!!!" She grins and strikes an anime style pose. She regains her stature and sighs, "God, I'm an idiot…"