AN: This is a prologue to what will hopefully become a nice dramatic T/P romance. I know this part has nothing to do with Trunks or Pan, but I had to introduce it somehome!
**20 years in the past**
::I can't believe I'm lost in the jungle, on an island almost no one knows about:: Videl thought to herself. She sighed. Gohan was supposed to have come with her on this little "vacation" but his job had kept him too occupied to join her. ::Maybe if I fly up I'll be able to find the path again:: Videl deided as she began to rise. When she was over the trees she scanned the forest for the path, but saw nothing except for...a person! She gave a joyful shout before descending a few yards away and walking up to the person, who she now realized was a man.
"Hello, I'm Videl and I seem to be lost." "Obviously" replied the man. "If you are this far away from the main path you must be lost. I am Lutka, come back to my hut and I will feed you before showing you the way back." Videl's stomach rumbled, and she smiled sheepishly. "Thanks" she said with a grin, before following the man back through the forest. Videl was amazed at the man's hut, which was as primitive as possible and made of grass and mud. He ushered her inside and after a few minutes handed her a clay bowl with something in it.
"That is soup made with the Pujo plant. It's a plant I have bred all by myself by crossing different specimens." The man said proudly. Videl took a sip. "This is very good!" She complimented before quickly finishing a bowl, and then two more. She was very hungry. "Thank you again for the food, now if you don't mind, could you show me the way back to the path?" Videl asked. "Certainly." The man replied, as he once again led her through the forest.
**2 years and 5 months later (17 years, 7 months in the past.)**
"Oh Videl, I'm so happy!" Gohan cried as he swung his pale wife around. Then he suddenly frowned. "But dear, are you sure you should have the baby? You've been so weak lately, do you think you can handle the pregnancy and everything?" he asked, the concern evident in his voice. "Of course Gohan, I'm stronger than you think." Then she smiled. "And it's going to be a girl, named Pan, after my mother. Is that alright?" "Videl, for you, anything." Gohan replied, kissing her and carrying her up to their bedroom.
**7 months later (17 years in the past)**
"Please Mrs. Son, push!" "I-I can't! Gohan!" Videl screamed on the table. Gohan rubbed her hand. "Shh, it's ok sweety. Just a little more." He looked down at his wife. In only 7 months she had become even more ill. She was constantly white as a ghost and cold, and very frail. The doctors didn't know what was wrong. But no matter how weak she was, she refused to terminate the pregnancy. "No matter how weak I am Son Gohan, this baby is strong, she deserves to live." She would say. "Ahhh!" "Wah!" Gohan was suddenly brought out of his thoughts by his wife's scream and a baby's cry. "Congratulations Mr. Son, it's a girl!" The doctor said, winking at him. This doctor had attended Trunks's birth too, so he said nothing of the furry little tail that was attached to the babe. Gohan was handed a bundle wrapped in a pink blanket and he smiled down at her.
He was brought out of his daze by shouts and someone ushering him out of the room. When he peaked in he saw that there was something wrong with Videl. He pounded on the door, for someone to let him back in, but no one paid him any heed. Too nervous to blast the door down, for fear of hurting his wife more, he waited until someone came out to see him. "Mr. Son?" The nurse asked. Gohan nodded. "I'm sorry Mr. Son, she lost too much blood. There was nothing we could do..." the nurse trailed off and gave him a comforting pat, before walking away from the man. Gohan looked down at his daughter, who he noticed looked very much like her mother. "Videl." he whispered. "Pan." he said as a tear slipped down his cheek. Then he began to glow...
