Okay people. This fanfic is not entirely mine. My friend, Summer, started the story and we passed it back and forth and came up with the story you are now going to read. It has been almost two years since it was finished and it has been sitting in a box in my room since. I think it's time to bring it out again. I have another story up, and I suggest you read that one before this one because there is a lot explained there that is not in here. You should at least read the intro there, because it explains Ann a little. You'll get it eventually, but it's better to know first off. I will soon put up a story or two about Ann, so don't worry.
DISCLAIMER: Dragonball Z is not mine. Neither are the characters Katie or Ann, they belong to Summer. I do, however, own Mia Burgolis and her family. DO NOT COPY PLEASE!!
The Time Parasite: Chapter One-New Faces
"My name is Katie. Not Baby, not Lazy, not anything but Katie." The teacher's expression was classic. Here stood a new girl in class declaring who she was and what she'd handle in the same.
"Uh, thank you, Katie. You may take your seat now."
Katie nodded and moved to her desk.
"Hi," Mia greeted quietly. Katie was surprised by the voice, but smiled.
"Hello." she replied.
Inside their heads, opinions were quickly formed. Mia thought Katie was beautiful and obviously kind, while Katie assumed that Mia was different. Katie had something special about her, something she had never told anybody...she could fly and she had the ability to control Ki. Since she didn't understand it, she didn't use it (at least no more than to fly) and somehow, she could feel Mia also shared this strength...just not as hidden. That's how they were different, but alike in the same and with those words the friendship was formed.
As Mrs. Kapal began her lesson the students in the room pulled out their math books and some papers jostled as everyone's books were opened. Mia yawned and put her head on her hand; Katie twirled a strand of golden hair around her forefinger out of boredom. The lesson seemed to last forever, but as soon as it was over, the two girls faced each other and began talking. There was still about five minutes before the end of class and they weren't allowed to leave until class change. Mia started the conversation with: "So, what are your hobbies? Are you interested in Martial Arts?"
"Well, yes, I do like Martial Arts, but I'm not the best fighter. I like to water ski and fl- never mind." Katie caught herself before she finished the word 'fly.' She didn't want her newfound friend to think she was crazy, and she would definitely think so if she had said it outright. At least, that's what SHE thought. Katie had sensed something different about Mia, but she didn't know that the black haired girl also had that ability.
"Oh, okay, that's cool." Mia assured her, though obviously a bit disappointed or perplexed about something, "So what're you doing later, maybe we can do something to get to know each other better or whatever. I don't have many friends, and about half of them are way old...I need someone my age to hang out with."
"I don't know, I guess I could come, but I have to check it out with my mother to make sure." Just then the bell rang and everyone shuffled to their classes.
On the way home from school, Mia heard a scream coming from her left. She dropped her books and ran toward the sound. As she rounded a corner, she was knocked over from the shock wave of a blast of energy. When she looked up, she saw Katie, breathless, with some guy lying on the ground a few yards away from her. Mia could only stare. Katie fell to her knees and whimpered a bit. Mia stood quickly and ran to Katie's side.
"What was that?" she asked, awestruck.
"I don't exactly know...my dad said it was the Piik (pronounced 'peek') attack, but I have no idea what it is or how it works. I can't even control it!" Katie broke down in tears and Mia comforted her. Mia remembered hearing "Piik" somewhere before. Then it hit her. "Great Grandpa!! He said something about that! 'My sister, Ann, had this wild attack she called "Piik". She could hardly control it!'...Do you have a great-grandmother named Ann?"
"I never knew any of my great-grandparents. Can you help me, I feel a little drained right now." She hesitated, then, "Do you think I'm strange or different or something?"
"Well different, maybe; but not strange. I know plenty of people who'd love to have that attack, but I think it's hereditary...wait here, I gotta get my books." A few seconds later, she came around the corner with an armload of books. "You know, this would be easier if we just flew..."
"Fly? You can fly too?" Katie asked, very surprised. "Wow. Cool. I guess we fly then!" Together, they turned to leave.
"Say, what triggered the Piik anyway?"
"He has been hitting on me and because I ignored him, he tried to hurt me! He punched me, then grabbed my arm and pulled me to the ground and I just lost it. I totally lost control!"
"Don't worry, he'll be okay," Mia assured her and looked down at him. "I'm sure he's lived through worse with that attitude and I doubt he'll try that stunt again for awhile."
Katie looked at her and him and hoped Mia was right. She hadn't meant to hurt him, it just happened, involuntarily. *It's probably the warp lag grandmother and father told me about. Huh? Warp lag? Where did that come from?... Oh well, at least it's out of my system, whatever it is...* she thought as she stared down at what she had done.
"Katie? You coming?"
She turned to see Mia hovering in the air waiting for her. "Oh! Yes, I'm coming," she answered and with that, took to the air with Mia.
Together they had been flying and talking for all of two hours. They knew a lot about each other that normal friends would never know.
"Ha ha ha!! You learned to fly when your father dropped you?! Seriously?" laughed Mia.
"Mm hm! Seriously! We were high overhead some water, the ocean I think, on the way to a friend's place, on some island I think, when my grandmother flew up next to us in one of her jets. She surprised Dad so much that he dropped me. I was so scared, and my grandmother and father were having a cow until I stopped my free fall mid-flight!" Katie giggled and closed her eyes. "Of course, I hit the water once my flying fluke was over."
Mia laughed, "That's great!!" she smiled.
"It was like-" Katie started and suddenly dive bombed. Mia was worried for a second until Katie laughed and cut a flip.
"'Ey! Mia, what's up?" cried a voice, and Mia's attention shifted. Meanwhile, Katie finished her stunt, stopping just three inches above the water beneath her, creating tiny ripples beneath her feet. She looked up and saw Mia talking to someone else, both easily hovering high overhead. Glancing back at the once again calm water, she floated upwards.
"Oh! Katie. I'd like you to meet Krillin," Mia said with a smile.
"Umm...hi?" she said, "A little help please!" she whispered to Mia.
"Oh, right, he was my great, great grandfather's best friend. He fought alongside him in battle and with my great grandfather, and his daughter...you get the picture. He's an old friend of mine." She turned to Krillin, "Krillin, this is Katie; she's new at my school."
"Oh ho! You actually made a friend at school?! Never heard that before!!" Krillin joked. He knew Mia had a hard time making friends at school because of her reputation as a bad ass bully who beat people up whenever she invited them over. She really didn't though, not on purpose anyway. Her mother hated weak people so she always made Mia's friends help her train. Since no one was in any way able to even touch their energy, this always scared her friends off. Not to mention the fact that Mia acted up to her reputation by being aloof and sarcastic and generally not the friendliest person in the world.
Mia frowned and turned a bit red, then burst out, "Well, excuse me for being picky! Gee, if I recall correctly, you weren't the best at making friends either!"
Krillin stopped laughing and turned to Katie to begin a new conversation, but Katie had turned to look at something else. "Katie? Earth to Katie, do you hear me, girl!?" Krillin said, waving his hand in front of her face. She snapped out of her momentary trance. "What happened?" Krillin asked worriedly, "Did you feel something unusual?"
"Nothing, it's nothing...nothing." She assured him and herself. She wasn't sure, but she thought she felt some kind of strange energy or something and there was something about it that felt vaguely familiar. *That's silly. Stop daydreaming!* she scolded herself.
"Okay, well Mia tells me you want to find out who your great grandmother is. Do you know your grandparents' names?" he asked.
"Well, on my mother's side, my grandfather's name is Ralf Bucknick (she shuddered at the ugliness of the name she had just made up; she had no clue, in reality who her grandparents were, but she didn't want them to know) and my grandmother is Amelia Bryant. On my father's side, there's Trayle Finder and Olivia Goldivia. Does that help?"
"Well, it may. But I'm not so great at remembering names as I used to be. Hmm... No, I don't think I know those names at all. Sorry."
"It's okay, I really didn't expect you to. I guess we should head over to my house, Mia, and talk to my Mom, I'm sure she'll know. We'll tell you when we know. See ya!!"
"Bye, Krillin!" yelled Mia as they left.
Krillin waved back at them for awhile then turned and went home.
Hey!! How'd you like it? Please Review, I wouldn't mind Flames, even. I like reading Flames, I think they're funny. Anyway, please review and I'll have more for you soon! ^_^
DISCLAIMER: Dragonball Z is not mine. Neither are the characters Katie or Ann, they belong to Summer. I do, however, own Mia Burgolis and her family. DO NOT COPY PLEASE!!
The Time Parasite: Chapter One-New Faces
"My name is Katie. Not Baby, not Lazy, not anything but Katie." The teacher's expression was classic. Here stood a new girl in class declaring who she was and what she'd handle in the same.
"Uh, thank you, Katie. You may take your seat now."
Katie nodded and moved to her desk.
"Hi," Mia greeted quietly. Katie was surprised by the voice, but smiled.
"Hello." she replied.
Inside their heads, opinions were quickly formed. Mia thought Katie was beautiful and obviously kind, while Katie assumed that Mia was different. Katie had something special about her, something she had never told anybody...she could fly and she had the ability to control Ki. Since she didn't understand it, she didn't use it (at least no more than to fly) and somehow, she could feel Mia also shared this strength...just not as hidden. That's how they were different, but alike in the same and with those words the friendship was formed.
As Mrs. Kapal began her lesson the students in the room pulled out their math books and some papers jostled as everyone's books were opened. Mia yawned and put her head on her hand; Katie twirled a strand of golden hair around her forefinger out of boredom. The lesson seemed to last forever, but as soon as it was over, the two girls faced each other and began talking. There was still about five minutes before the end of class and they weren't allowed to leave until class change. Mia started the conversation with: "So, what are your hobbies? Are you interested in Martial Arts?"
"Well, yes, I do like Martial Arts, but I'm not the best fighter. I like to water ski and fl- never mind." Katie caught herself before she finished the word 'fly.' She didn't want her newfound friend to think she was crazy, and she would definitely think so if she had said it outright. At least, that's what SHE thought. Katie had sensed something different about Mia, but she didn't know that the black haired girl also had that ability.
"Oh, okay, that's cool." Mia assured her, though obviously a bit disappointed or perplexed about something, "So what're you doing later, maybe we can do something to get to know each other better or whatever. I don't have many friends, and about half of them are way old...I need someone my age to hang out with."
"I don't know, I guess I could come, but I have to check it out with my mother to make sure." Just then the bell rang and everyone shuffled to their classes.
On the way home from school, Mia heard a scream coming from her left. She dropped her books and ran toward the sound. As she rounded a corner, she was knocked over from the shock wave of a blast of energy. When she looked up, she saw Katie, breathless, with some guy lying on the ground a few yards away from her. Mia could only stare. Katie fell to her knees and whimpered a bit. Mia stood quickly and ran to Katie's side.
"What was that?" she asked, awestruck.
"I don't exactly know...my dad said it was the Piik (pronounced 'peek') attack, but I have no idea what it is or how it works. I can't even control it!" Katie broke down in tears and Mia comforted her. Mia remembered hearing "Piik" somewhere before. Then it hit her. "Great Grandpa!! He said something about that! 'My sister, Ann, had this wild attack she called "Piik". She could hardly control it!'...Do you have a great-grandmother named Ann?"
"I never knew any of my great-grandparents. Can you help me, I feel a little drained right now." She hesitated, then, "Do you think I'm strange or different or something?"
"Well different, maybe; but not strange. I know plenty of people who'd love to have that attack, but I think it's hereditary...wait here, I gotta get my books." A few seconds later, she came around the corner with an armload of books. "You know, this would be easier if we just flew..."
"Fly? You can fly too?" Katie asked, very surprised. "Wow. Cool. I guess we fly then!" Together, they turned to leave.
"Say, what triggered the Piik anyway?"
"He has been hitting on me and because I ignored him, he tried to hurt me! He punched me, then grabbed my arm and pulled me to the ground and I just lost it. I totally lost control!"
"Don't worry, he'll be okay," Mia assured her and looked down at him. "I'm sure he's lived through worse with that attitude and I doubt he'll try that stunt again for awhile."
Katie looked at her and him and hoped Mia was right. She hadn't meant to hurt him, it just happened, involuntarily. *It's probably the warp lag grandmother and father told me about. Huh? Warp lag? Where did that come from?... Oh well, at least it's out of my system, whatever it is...* she thought as she stared down at what she had done.
"Katie? You coming?"
She turned to see Mia hovering in the air waiting for her. "Oh! Yes, I'm coming," she answered and with that, took to the air with Mia.
Together they had been flying and talking for all of two hours. They knew a lot about each other that normal friends would never know.
"Ha ha ha!! You learned to fly when your father dropped you?! Seriously?" laughed Mia.
"Mm hm! Seriously! We were high overhead some water, the ocean I think, on the way to a friend's place, on some island I think, when my grandmother flew up next to us in one of her jets. She surprised Dad so much that he dropped me. I was so scared, and my grandmother and father were having a cow until I stopped my free fall mid-flight!" Katie giggled and closed her eyes. "Of course, I hit the water once my flying fluke was over."
Mia laughed, "That's great!!" she smiled.
"It was like-" Katie started and suddenly dive bombed. Mia was worried for a second until Katie laughed and cut a flip.
"'Ey! Mia, what's up?" cried a voice, and Mia's attention shifted. Meanwhile, Katie finished her stunt, stopping just three inches above the water beneath her, creating tiny ripples beneath her feet. She looked up and saw Mia talking to someone else, both easily hovering high overhead. Glancing back at the once again calm water, she floated upwards.
"Oh! Katie. I'd like you to meet Krillin," Mia said with a smile.
"Umm...hi?" she said, "A little help please!" she whispered to Mia.
"Oh, right, he was my great, great grandfather's best friend. He fought alongside him in battle and with my great grandfather, and his daughter...you get the picture. He's an old friend of mine." She turned to Krillin, "Krillin, this is Katie; she's new at my school."
"Oh ho! You actually made a friend at school?! Never heard that before!!" Krillin joked. He knew Mia had a hard time making friends at school because of her reputation as a bad ass bully who beat people up whenever she invited them over. She really didn't though, not on purpose anyway. Her mother hated weak people so she always made Mia's friends help her train. Since no one was in any way able to even touch their energy, this always scared her friends off. Not to mention the fact that Mia acted up to her reputation by being aloof and sarcastic and generally not the friendliest person in the world.
Mia frowned and turned a bit red, then burst out, "Well, excuse me for being picky! Gee, if I recall correctly, you weren't the best at making friends either!"
Krillin stopped laughing and turned to Katie to begin a new conversation, but Katie had turned to look at something else. "Katie? Earth to Katie, do you hear me, girl!?" Krillin said, waving his hand in front of her face. She snapped out of her momentary trance. "What happened?" Krillin asked worriedly, "Did you feel something unusual?"
"Nothing, it's nothing...nothing." She assured him and herself. She wasn't sure, but she thought she felt some kind of strange energy or something and there was something about it that felt vaguely familiar. *That's silly. Stop daydreaming!* she scolded herself.
"Okay, well Mia tells me you want to find out who your great grandmother is. Do you know your grandparents' names?" he asked.
"Well, on my mother's side, my grandfather's name is Ralf Bucknick (she shuddered at the ugliness of the name she had just made up; she had no clue, in reality who her grandparents were, but she didn't want them to know) and my grandmother is Amelia Bryant. On my father's side, there's Trayle Finder and Olivia Goldivia. Does that help?"
"Well, it may. But I'm not so great at remembering names as I used to be. Hmm... No, I don't think I know those names at all. Sorry."
"It's okay, I really didn't expect you to. I guess we should head over to my house, Mia, and talk to my Mom, I'm sure she'll know. We'll tell you when we know. See ya!!"
"Bye, Krillin!" yelled Mia as they left.
Krillin waved back at them for awhile then turned and went home.
Hey!! How'd you like it? Please Review, I wouldn't mind Flames, even. I like reading Flames, I think they're funny. Anyway, please review and I'll have more for you soon! ^_^