Wow! I based 8 whole chapters on just a couple of days, yikes! I wonder how
long this story is going to be, anyways, here's the next chappie for The
Apple Tree! Enjoy!
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Trunks yawned, even if he was a prince, he still didn't like being up at three in the morning.
Pan laughed, "What's wrong? Tired, boxer boy?"
Trunks snarled, "OF COURSE NOT!"
Pan looked startled, "Wow, touchy, are you PMS-ing? No. . . wait. . . you're a guy. . . I guess you are just sleepy then."
Trunks wanted to shake his head, but he yawned and Pan laughed again. Trunks sighed, there was no point in hiding it anymore, he jumped off his horse and sat down, leaning against a boulder. "I'm not moving an inch until I get some sleep."
Pan smiled, "Suit yourself." And she dashed away on Algae.
Trunks cried out, "Panny! Wait! Don't leave me here all alone!" He stopped because he realized how stupid he had suddenly sounded.
Pan turned around, "What's the matter? Is the princy-boy afraid of the dark?"
Trunks snapped, "Of course not! And just how many nicknames do you have for me anyways?"
Pan counted her fingers, "Let's see here . . . about 5?"
Trunks groaned, "At least I only call you Panny."
Pan shrugged and jumped off her horse, she tied both Algae and Flame's leashes to a tree and sat down beside Trunks.
Trunks moaned, "What lame insult are you going to make now?"
Pan looked up at the sky, "Hey, Trunks, are you afraid of anything?"
Trunks laughed, "That was bad! Even for you!"
Pan glared at him, "That wasn't an insult."
Trunks smiled, "Opps. . . I guess I really am tired, then. And no, of course, I'm not afraid of anything. I'm a prince, after all."
Pan nodded, "Figured you'd say so, but I think you are afraid of something, everyone is."
"Why? What are you afraid of?" Trunks teased.
"That, is none of your business." Pan smirked.
After a while, they just sat, leaning against the rock, neither of them saying a word, Trunks heard a 'clunk' sound beside him, he smiled when he saw Pan lying in the grass, fast asleep.
Trunks laughed, "You look much nicer when you're asleep, and when you keep your mouth shut."
Pan's reply was a soft snore. Trunks chuckled to himself and prepared to rest a while also, it wasn't like he could drag her back to her house, he didn't even know where her house was! As Trunks dozed off into the dream world, he felt a sudden tight feeling in his chest, where Vegeta had punched him. He shrugged it off and went to sleep.
~*~
Pan rubbed her eyes, "What time is it?" She looked beside her and screamed, "10 'clock!"
Trunks made a muffling noise, apparently still trying to sleep. Pan shook him violently by the shoulders, "Wake up!"
Trunks made another muffled noise. Pan sighed and threw a rock at him, which hit his head and Trunks yelped, "Why did you do that?"
Pan sighed again, "Are you awake yet?"
Trunks stood up, rubbed his head and asked, "Who are you? Where am I? Who am I?"
Pan rolled her eyes, "Gimme a break, Trunks, you actually think I'm going to fall for that?"
Trunks groaned and sat back down on the ground, "Awww. . . it was a good try, though."
"If you consider pathetic good."
Trunks yawned and tried to go back to sleep. Pan shook him again by his shoulders, "Hey! We have to go and find your chain, remember?"
Trunks raised a hand, "That's alright, I don't need it anyways."
Pan's jaw dropped and she started yelling, "WELL, I DIDN'T GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO HELP YOU FIND SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T WANT!!"
"But, Panny." Trunks pointed out, "You didn't find it, as far as we know, it's probably in some fatso's stomach by now."
Pan yelled again, "First, don't call me Panny! And we're going to find that chain of yours if I have to drag you! And the festival doesn't start until 3."
Trunks yawned, "Fine, fine, whatever, but after we find my chain, can I go to sleep?"
Pan rolled her eyes, "I am very worried about having you as the future ruler of our planet."
Trunks' voice suddenly turned cold, "I'm not going to be the ruler of anything, especially not this planet."
Pan looked surprised, "Why not? You're the only son of the King, as far as I know."
Trunks clenched his fists, "You mean my father? I'm not a son of his, I'm just someone that he has to put up with until I get married and breed to produce a future heir for the throne."
Pan laughed, "Surely, he's not that bad."
Trunks didn't say anything so Pan untied the horses that were both quite hungry and led them off to graze.
When Pan returned, she didn't see Trunks so she sat back down by the rock and stared up at the moving clouds. How beautiful they were! How she wished that she could be lost forever in them! How she wished that someone would lo-"
"PAN!!!"
Pan, who was mildly annoyed because her thoughts had been interrupted, yelled, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!"
There was silence, Pan snickered, she must've scared Trunks pretty bad.
"PAN!!!"
Or not. . . Pan shook her head and asked, "What do you want?"
"PAN!!!"
"Would you stop calling my name?" Pan sighed.
"Could you come here?" A whimper was heard.
Pan sighed again and stood up, she walked to where the voice was coming from, the small lake behind a small bunch of trees. She spotted a violet lilypad in the water and asked, "Why are you swimming?"
Half of Trunks' face popped up above the water, "Well, I saw how nice this lake was, and I thought how nice it would be if I just took a dip and I-"
Pan rolled her eyes, "Spare me the details, why do you need my help?"
Trunks blushed, "Well, uh, something ran away with my clothes."
Pan blinked twice, "What?"
Trunks blushed again, "I left my clothes by that tree and something ran off with it."
Pan slapped her forehead, "You idiot! Why would you just leave your clothes there? Was it a bear? Or a fox?"
"Nope."
Pan asked, "Well, what was the creature that ran off with your clothes?"
Trunks said sheepishly, "It was a couple of chipmunks, from the looks of it."
Pan laughed, "Your favourite animals ran away with your clothes! This is something that only happens in Disney movies!"
Trunks blushed again and Pan suddenly realized something, "But chipmunks don't steal clothes."
"Well. . ." Trunks hesitated and shivered. Pan laughed again, "The water is cold, isn't it?"
Trunks nodded and continued, "Well, when we were at your uncle's shop, looking for my chain, I kinda-um. . . snatched a piece of cake and because I was so sleepy, I just stuffed it in my pocket."
Pan stared at him in disbelief, "You stuffed a piece of chocolate cake in your pocket? Are you sane?"
Trunks snapped, "Hey! I was sleepy at the time, so lay off, okay?"
Pan sighed, "So you've lost your clothes and you want me to buy you some new ones, right?"
Trunks nodded and Pan sighed again, "You owe me big for this, well, hand it over."
"Hand what over?"
"Your money! Jeez! You don't expect me to use my own money for this, do you?" Pan yelled, very exasperated.
"Well, my money was sorta in my clothes. . . so. . ."
Pan shook her head, "Fine. . . I'll go home and get something from there."
Trunks smiled, "Thank you." He then sneezed, "And please hurry!"
Pan tried hard not to laugh and she whistled, Algae came trotting over and she hopped on the pitch-black horse and sped home.
~*~
Trunks waited for what seemed like hours in the freezing lake before he saw a figure on a horse approaching him.
He moved his frozen limbs towards the edge of the pond, when he realized that the figure on the horse wasn't Pan, he dove back under the water.
"Hello?" The person called.
Trunks knew it was rude to ignore a greeting, so he stuck a hand out of the water and waved.
The figure laughed, and Trunks' recognized the voice as a woman's, he poked his head out of the water and stared at the girl, who was wearing a very large wooden clock on her head.
"Er. . .why are you wearing a clock on your head?" Trunks asked.
The girl laughed again as she spoke, "I must never lose track of time, it's more important to me than anything."
Trunks asked, "Have you ever heard of watches?"
The girl laughed again, "You've got a good sense of humour, I like that."
Trunks looked at the strange girl closer, she had long, shiny brown hair tied back in a ponytail. Her eyes were of a glittering blue. Before Trunks could say anything the girl jumped off her horse and walked closer to Trunks, "Have you any idea what time it is?"
"Hey, you're the one with the clock on your head."
The girl laughed again, "Time is very valuable, you know."
Trunks wondered what the hell this girl wanted, as he was pondering, he saw the girl remove her jacket and saw, that she was wearing dozens of watches all along her arm, she was wearing a dress that looked like one big clock. Trunks rubbed his eyes, nope, the girl was still there. So, after many pinches and punches, Trunks discovered that he wasn't dreaming.
"What do you want?"
The girl smiled, "Time."
"You're weird. . . are you related to Pan?"
The girl smiled again, "What's your name?"
"Er. . .Trunks."
"My name is Emit." The girl smiled once again.
"Er. . .nice to meet you. . .do you live around here?" Trunks asked, nervously.
Emit stepped into the water and Trunks asked, "Are you sure all of those watches are waterproof?"
Emit smiled again and stepped closer to Trunks, who was backing up as fast as he can. Until he could back up no more, Trunks stopped and Emit advanced towards him until they were almost nose-to-nose. Trunks didn't like the fact that he wasn't wearing anything but Emit said sternly, "You don't have much time left."
"You mean I'm going to die?"
"Your sense of humour could get you in serious trouble, you can't afford anymore wastes of time."
Trunks asked, "Who are you and what the hell do you want from me?"
Emit smiled, "You know as well as I do that you can't hide from your problems forever. What you need is time."
"But I- what are you talking about?"
Emit yelled really loudly, in his face, "GET SOME MORE TIME FOR ME! I WANT TIME!"
Just then, Trunks heard a familiar voice, "Emit, what are you doing?"
Trunks saw Pan and sighed a breath of relief, he scrambled out of the lake and hid behind her. Pan blushed and threw some clothes at him. Trunks realized, once again, that he wasn't wearing anything. So, sheepishly, he put on his clothes and asked, "Do you know her?"
Pan nodded and turned to the girl, "Emit? Aren't you going to be late?"
Emit smiled, "Nah, I always enjoy scaring the heck out of strangers."
Trunks looked at Pan, puzzled, "Who is she?"
"Emit is a friend of mine, she has been chosen to perform the time dance at the harvest festival this year." Pan explained.
"Oh. . ." Trunks felt embarrassed for falling for her trick, "That wasn't too nice of her, though."
Pan laughed and placed a hand on Trunks' shoulder, "Don't worry, Emit is actually quite nice, she likes to pull jokes on people, though."
Emit got out of the water and jumped on her horse, "Bye Pan! Meet you at the festival!"
Pan waved, "See you later!"
Emit laughed, "Bye Trunks! Guard your time well!"
Trunks shuddered at the weird girl and Pan asked, "Were you scared of her?"
Trunks shook his head and Pan climbed on Algae, "Well, c'mon we'd better get going also."
Trunks nodded weakly and climbed on Flame, he had realized a grim fact, Emit was right. He was running out of time, with his 30th birthday coming up in a couple of months, he couldn't possibly hide from his problems forever. He winced as he felt the pain in his chest again. He shook it away and caught up to Pan. . .
~*~
I'm sorry, that was a really horrible chapter, but it was necessary for Trunks to realize that, he was, running out of time. Don't worry, I put Emit in the story for a reason, she will be in further chapters. Please Review! Please! Please! I'll give Juunana plushies for all those who review! *points to two piles of Juunana plushies* Oh, incase you're wondering why there are two piles it's because one is just plain plushies, and the other pile of Juunana plushies has detachable clothes. *evil grin* So c'mon, Review!!!
-Juunanagou4ever
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Trunks yawned, even if he was a prince, he still didn't like being up at three in the morning.
Pan laughed, "What's wrong? Tired, boxer boy?"
Trunks snarled, "OF COURSE NOT!"
Pan looked startled, "Wow, touchy, are you PMS-ing? No. . . wait. . . you're a guy. . . I guess you are just sleepy then."
Trunks wanted to shake his head, but he yawned and Pan laughed again. Trunks sighed, there was no point in hiding it anymore, he jumped off his horse and sat down, leaning against a boulder. "I'm not moving an inch until I get some sleep."
Pan smiled, "Suit yourself." And she dashed away on Algae.
Trunks cried out, "Panny! Wait! Don't leave me here all alone!" He stopped because he realized how stupid he had suddenly sounded.
Pan turned around, "What's the matter? Is the princy-boy afraid of the dark?"
Trunks snapped, "Of course not! And just how many nicknames do you have for me anyways?"
Pan counted her fingers, "Let's see here . . . about 5?"
Trunks groaned, "At least I only call you Panny."
Pan shrugged and jumped off her horse, she tied both Algae and Flame's leashes to a tree and sat down beside Trunks.
Trunks moaned, "What lame insult are you going to make now?"
Pan looked up at the sky, "Hey, Trunks, are you afraid of anything?"
Trunks laughed, "That was bad! Even for you!"
Pan glared at him, "That wasn't an insult."
Trunks smiled, "Opps. . . I guess I really am tired, then. And no, of course, I'm not afraid of anything. I'm a prince, after all."
Pan nodded, "Figured you'd say so, but I think you are afraid of something, everyone is."
"Why? What are you afraid of?" Trunks teased.
"That, is none of your business." Pan smirked.
After a while, they just sat, leaning against the rock, neither of them saying a word, Trunks heard a 'clunk' sound beside him, he smiled when he saw Pan lying in the grass, fast asleep.
Trunks laughed, "You look much nicer when you're asleep, and when you keep your mouth shut."
Pan's reply was a soft snore. Trunks chuckled to himself and prepared to rest a while also, it wasn't like he could drag her back to her house, he didn't even know where her house was! As Trunks dozed off into the dream world, he felt a sudden tight feeling in his chest, where Vegeta had punched him. He shrugged it off and went to sleep.
~*~
Pan rubbed her eyes, "What time is it?" She looked beside her and screamed, "10 'clock!"
Trunks made a muffling noise, apparently still trying to sleep. Pan shook him violently by the shoulders, "Wake up!"
Trunks made another muffled noise. Pan sighed and threw a rock at him, which hit his head and Trunks yelped, "Why did you do that?"
Pan sighed again, "Are you awake yet?"
Trunks stood up, rubbed his head and asked, "Who are you? Where am I? Who am I?"
Pan rolled her eyes, "Gimme a break, Trunks, you actually think I'm going to fall for that?"
Trunks groaned and sat back down on the ground, "Awww. . . it was a good try, though."
"If you consider pathetic good."
Trunks yawned and tried to go back to sleep. Pan shook him again by his shoulders, "Hey! We have to go and find your chain, remember?"
Trunks raised a hand, "That's alright, I don't need it anyways."
Pan's jaw dropped and she started yelling, "WELL, I DIDN'T GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO HELP YOU FIND SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T WANT!!"
"But, Panny." Trunks pointed out, "You didn't find it, as far as we know, it's probably in some fatso's stomach by now."
Pan yelled again, "First, don't call me Panny! And we're going to find that chain of yours if I have to drag you! And the festival doesn't start until 3."
Trunks yawned, "Fine, fine, whatever, but after we find my chain, can I go to sleep?"
Pan rolled her eyes, "I am very worried about having you as the future ruler of our planet."
Trunks' voice suddenly turned cold, "I'm not going to be the ruler of anything, especially not this planet."
Pan looked surprised, "Why not? You're the only son of the King, as far as I know."
Trunks clenched his fists, "You mean my father? I'm not a son of his, I'm just someone that he has to put up with until I get married and breed to produce a future heir for the throne."
Pan laughed, "Surely, he's not that bad."
Trunks didn't say anything so Pan untied the horses that were both quite hungry and led them off to graze.
When Pan returned, she didn't see Trunks so she sat back down by the rock and stared up at the moving clouds. How beautiful they were! How she wished that she could be lost forever in them! How she wished that someone would lo-"
"PAN!!!"
Pan, who was mildly annoyed because her thoughts had been interrupted, yelled, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!"
There was silence, Pan snickered, she must've scared Trunks pretty bad.
"PAN!!!"
Or not. . . Pan shook her head and asked, "What do you want?"
"PAN!!!"
"Would you stop calling my name?" Pan sighed.
"Could you come here?" A whimper was heard.
Pan sighed again and stood up, she walked to where the voice was coming from, the small lake behind a small bunch of trees. She spotted a violet lilypad in the water and asked, "Why are you swimming?"
Half of Trunks' face popped up above the water, "Well, I saw how nice this lake was, and I thought how nice it would be if I just took a dip and I-"
Pan rolled her eyes, "Spare me the details, why do you need my help?"
Trunks blushed, "Well, uh, something ran away with my clothes."
Pan blinked twice, "What?"
Trunks blushed again, "I left my clothes by that tree and something ran off with it."
Pan slapped her forehead, "You idiot! Why would you just leave your clothes there? Was it a bear? Or a fox?"
"Nope."
Pan asked, "Well, what was the creature that ran off with your clothes?"
Trunks said sheepishly, "It was a couple of chipmunks, from the looks of it."
Pan laughed, "Your favourite animals ran away with your clothes! This is something that only happens in Disney movies!"
Trunks blushed again and Pan suddenly realized something, "But chipmunks don't steal clothes."
"Well. . ." Trunks hesitated and shivered. Pan laughed again, "The water is cold, isn't it?"
Trunks nodded and continued, "Well, when we were at your uncle's shop, looking for my chain, I kinda-um. . . snatched a piece of cake and because I was so sleepy, I just stuffed it in my pocket."
Pan stared at him in disbelief, "You stuffed a piece of chocolate cake in your pocket? Are you sane?"
Trunks snapped, "Hey! I was sleepy at the time, so lay off, okay?"
Pan sighed, "So you've lost your clothes and you want me to buy you some new ones, right?"
Trunks nodded and Pan sighed again, "You owe me big for this, well, hand it over."
"Hand what over?"
"Your money! Jeez! You don't expect me to use my own money for this, do you?" Pan yelled, very exasperated.
"Well, my money was sorta in my clothes. . . so. . ."
Pan shook her head, "Fine. . . I'll go home and get something from there."
Trunks smiled, "Thank you." He then sneezed, "And please hurry!"
Pan tried hard not to laugh and she whistled, Algae came trotting over and she hopped on the pitch-black horse and sped home.
~*~
Trunks waited for what seemed like hours in the freezing lake before he saw a figure on a horse approaching him.
He moved his frozen limbs towards the edge of the pond, when he realized that the figure on the horse wasn't Pan, he dove back under the water.
"Hello?" The person called.
Trunks knew it was rude to ignore a greeting, so he stuck a hand out of the water and waved.
The figure laughed, and Trunks' recognized the voice as a woman's, he poked his head out of the water and stared at the girl, who was wearing a very large wooden clock on her head.
"Er. . .why are you wearing a clock on your head?" Trunks asked.
The girl laughed again as she spoke, "I must never lose track of time, it's more important to me than anything."
Trunks asked, "Have you ever heard of watches?"
The girl laughed again, "You've got a good sense of humour, I like that."
Trunks looked at the strange girl closer, she had long, shiny brown hair tied back in a ponytail. Her eyes were of a glittering blue. Before Trunks could say anything the girl jumped off her horse and walked closer to Trunks, "Have you any idea what time it is?"
"Hey, you're the one with the clock on your head."
The girl laughed again, "Time is very valuable, you know."
Trunks wondered what the hell this girl wanted, as he was pondering, he saw the girl remove her jacket and saw, that she was wearing dozens of watches all along her arm, she was wearing a dress that looked like one big clock. Trunks rubbed his eyes, nope, the girl was still there. So, after many pinches and punches, Trunks discovered that he wasn't dreaming.
"What do you want?"
The girl smiled, "Time."
"You're weird. . . are you related to Pan?"
The girl smiled again, "What's your name?"
"Er. . .Trunks."
"My name is Emit." The girl smiled once again.
"Er. . .nice to meet you. . .do you live around here?" Trunks asked, nervously.
Emit stepped into the water and Trunks asked, "Are you sure all of those watches are waterproof?"
Emit smiled again and stepped closer to Trunks, who was backing up as fast as he can. Until he could back up no more, Trunks stopped and Emit advanced towards him until they were almost nose-to-nose. Trunks didn't like the fact that he wasn't wearing anything but Emit said sternly, "You don't have much time left."
"You mean I'm going to die?"
"Your sense of humour could get you in serious trouble, you can't afford anymore wastes of time."
Trunks asked, "Who are you and what the hell do you want from me?"
Emit smiled, "You know as well as I do that you can't hide from your problems forever. What you need is time."
"But I- what are you talking about?"
Emit yelled really loudly, in his face, "GET SOME MORE TIME FOR ME! I WANT TIME!"
Just then, Trunks heard a familiar voice, "Emit, what are you doing?"
Trunks saw Pan and sighed a breath of relief, he scrambled out of the lake and hid behind her. Pan blushed and threw some clothes at him. Trunks realized, once again, that he wasn't wearing anything. So, sheepishly, he put on his clothes and asked, "Do you know her?"
Pan nodded and turned to the girl, "Emit? Aren't you going to be late?"
Emit smiled, "Nah, I always enjoy scaring the heck out of strangers."
Trunks looked at Pan, puzzled, "Who is she?"
"Emit is a friend of mine, she has been chosen to perform the time dance at the harvest festival this year." Pan explained.
"Oh. . ." Trunks felt embarrassed for falling for her trick, "That wasn't too nice of her, though."
Pan laughed and placed a hand on Trunks' shoulder, "Don't worry, Emit is actually quite nice, she likes to pull jokes on people, though."
Emit got out of the water and jumped on her horse, "Bye Pan! Meet you at the festival!"
Pan waved, "See you later!"
Emit laughed, "Bye Trunks! Guard your time well!"
Trunks shuddered at the weird girl and Pan asked, "Were you scared of her?"
Trunks shook his head and Pan climbed on Algae, "Well, c'mon we'd better get going also."
Trunks nodded weakly and climbed on Flame, he had realized a grim fact, Emit was right. He was running out of time, with his 30th birthday coming up in a couple of months, he couldn't possibly hide from his problems forever. He winced as he felt the pain in his chest again. He shook it away and caught up to Pan. . .
~*~
I'm sorry, that was a really horrible chapter, but it was necessary for Trunks to realize that, he was, running out of time. Don't worry, I put Emit in the story for a reason, she will be in further chapters. Please Review! Please! Please! I'll give Juunana plushies for all those who review! *points to two piles of Juunana plushies* Oh, incase you're wondering why there are two piles it's because one is just plain plushies, and the other pile of Juunana plushies has detachable clothes. *evil grin* So c'mon, Review!!!
-Juunanagou4ever