Author's Prologue: YIKES!! I owe you guys a big apology! I've been doing and studying for exams and my end of semester class transitions, so I hadn't gotten anything done at all! I'm so sowwy! =( .... Maybe I should write some more to make you happy, no?

Oookie, then! Let's go!

-Winter

Chapter 3- The Statue

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Bulma and Sonya had been put in seperate rooms. Instead of being with her lifelong friend, she'd ended up with a preppy girl who was a little too into sports...

"OH MY GOSH! I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY BASKETBALL AGAIN!" Gabby had moaned as she flung herself onto one of the beds. Bulma rolled her eyes as she dragged her cargo box over to her bed and tossed her bookbag onto it.

"For further notice," she yelled over Gabby's sobbing, "that's your bed. Don't come near mine!" Gabby, however, didn't hear. She was still moaning and complaining into her pillow. Rolling her eyes, Bulma grabbed her book and headed toward the classroom. As she shut the door to drown out the wailing, she spotted Sonya coming down the hall.

"Sonya!" she called, running up to her. Sonya looked up and smiled when she saw who it was.

"Bulma-chan!" she squealed happily, stopping to allow Bulma to catch up. Bulma then began walking with her in the direction Sonya had been going; Sonya'd always been better with directions than she had.

"So who do you have to room with?" Sonya asked, trying to find somethng to converse about. Bulma rolled her eyes as they passed through a doorway, the Saiyan guards stopping them to check their little IDs.

"Gabby the Wonder," she muttered. Sonya made a face, and Bulma laughed. "Yeah, I know. She's in there crying about not being able to play sports."

Sonya nodded, understanding. "I should have guessed." They began walking once more, down a beautiful hallway with bunches of pictures. "She can't seem to- Bulma?"

Bulma had stopped walking to watch something. A fountain in the middle of the upcoming hall commons. It was beautiful; the water glittered gold, as if there was indeed gold flowing through it. And there were lights in it, too. In the middle stood a beautiful woman; she looked like the Aquarius symbol as she held a jar of water. That was where the water was pouring from. Around her neck dangled a gold chain with a symbol on it; the same symbol that had been on the King and Prince's attire yesterday. On her shoulders flowed long black hair. Well, it was metallic, but still. And her eyes were blue, shockingly blue. Bulma stood gaping at the beautiful stone creature that stood there. She had a tail, too. A Saiyan...

"Ah, so I see you like our fountain, Bulma." Bulma was snapped from her distant reverie by the sound of Celera's voice. She looked to where the sound had come to find Celera, too, staring at the statue. She then looked down at the dazed teenager and smiled.

"Who is she?" asked Bulma as Sonya came to stand beside her. Celera glanced at the statue once more before continuing.

"She's the current Queen of Vegeta-sei, Bulma. She went off on a peace treaty mission a while ago, but she still hasn't come back. Some people wonder when she'll ever come back, especially her son, the Prince. He inadvertenly calls me his mother from time to time. I pity him..." She stopped with a sad note to her voice, and she looked once more at the statue. Finally, she looked back to the girls. "Let's go, girls, before you're late to class."


Neep! I know this one was kinda short, but I *hadda* put it in for the plot purposes! Please forgive me! I'll even put up chapter 4 faster...

Oh yeah, when you review this time, try and guess what importance "The Statue" has to the story, both Bulma and Vegeta wise and to the other charries as well. And I think I need some ideas to go on... Puh-lease! Help me!

-Winter