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Chapter 2: Gardna's lessons
"Sit up straight Vegeta!" Gardna demanded. They were sitting in the royal dinning room, eating their breakfast. They were all alone.
"Sorry," Vegeta said, "Hey, G (Gardna's nickname) why doesn't our father eat with us?"
"Because he's too busy"
"Why?"
"Because he is."
"Why?"
"Because he is king, just like you will be and he has important cuties to attend to. Stop asking stupid questions and eat, your breakfast is getting cold."
"What duties does he do?"
Gardna sighed. She was not in the mood to speak with him today. "He has to do the duties that Freeza tells him to."
"Does Freeza tell him to do hard duties?"
"It all depends on your perspective."
"Does father like the duties?"
"Oh yes, he enjoys them very much."
"I heard one of the servants saying that Freeza blew up a planet."
"Well, good for you."
"Do you think Freeza would tell our dad to blow up a planet?"
Gardna looked up from her food and stared at her 3 year old brother. Her eyes were filled with sorrow, but Vegeta did not notice. "I do not know," she lied. She knew her father blew up planets, but she could not bring herself to say it.
"Oh, well that's good. I do not think father would do such a thing, it is so savage."
Gardna sighed again, "Vegeta, sit up straight!" Gardna took Vegeta to the palace library. It was an enormous room, filled to the brim with bookshelves, stuffed full of books. All of the books in the library were historical records and encyclopedias. They were all alone yet again, because very few saiyans knew how to read, and even fewer came to the library. Gardna started teaching Vegeta to read as soon as he said his first word.
When they entered, Vegeta went straight to the book he had been reading. It was about the early history of the saiyans, long before they discovered space travel. The book had been moved from planet to planet and was written in a very old dialect.
"Gardna, why didn't the saiyans on planet Garden (the saiyan's first planet) write about their leader?" Vegeta asked after reading the last page.
"They did write about her."
"Her? You mean Queen Gardna?"
"Yes, her."
"I thought all saiyans were lead by Kings. The book said she was not married."
"Back then, women were given the respect they deserved. Unlike now, they were not just toys for men to sleep with when they came back from battle. In fact, the women were the warriors."
"Why aren't women the warriors now?"
"Read the next book."
"Can you tell me now? I want to know now. I can read the book and get the details later, but I want know the basics now."
"Well, Queens were chosen by their leadership abilities, instead of birth. On the full moon after a Queen died all the women of the planet would gather at the palace. The full moon would strike the crowd and chose the woman who was best suited for the job. After Queen Gardna died her son, Vegeta, destroyed the moon, and claimed the throne. He was powerful and no one could stand up to him. He started the male dominated society we live in now, and his children and grandchildren followed his path."
"Do you want women to rule again, Gardna?" Vegeta asked. He was amazed by the little bit of information. The books he had read so far had not mentioned the Queen choosing ceremony.
"I believe that the gods would have wanted us to keep our ways as they were. It is said that Vegeta's actions ultimately destroyed the planet, forcing them to discover other worlds."
"Wow. I think that was really terrible of him. Am I named after him?"
"Everyone in our bloodline bears his name."
"You don't."
"I was the first female saiyans born to this family since Queen Gardna. I could not be named Vegeta, so they named me after her."
"When I become King I think you should be Queen. Not like by marriage or anything, but you should have a say in ruling, since women did so well before the first Vegeta."
"That would be nice, but speak of this to no one. Not many were too fond of Queen Gardna."
"Alright. I'll keep my mouth shut, but you gotta let me go play outside for a while."
Gardna thought it over for a couple of seconds, and agreed. Vegeta ran out to the court yard leaving Gardna alone in the library. "Perhaps my teaching Vegeta was not a wise move by my father." She said to on one in particular.
Chapter 2: Gardna's lessons
"Sit up straight Vegeta!" Gardna demanded. They were sitting in the royal dinning room, eating their breakfast. They were all alone.
"Sorry," Vegeta said, "Hey, G (Gardna's nickname) why doesn't our father eat with us?"
"Because he's too busy"
"Why?"
"Because he is."
"Why?"
"Because he is king, just like you will be and he has important cuties to attend to. Stop asking stupid questions and eat, your breakfast is getting cold."
"What duties does he do?"
Gardna sighed. She was not in the mood to speak with him today. "He has to do the duties that Freeza tells him to."
"Does Freeza tell him to do hard duties?"
"It all depends on your perspective."
"Does father like the duties?"
"Oh yes, he enjoys them very much."
"I heard one of the servants saying that Freeza blew up a planet."
"Well, good for you."
"Do you think Freeza would tell our dad to blow up a planet?"
Gardna looked up from her food and stared at her 3 year old brother. Her eyes were filled with sorrow, but Vegeta did not notice. "I do not know," she lied. She knew her father blew up planets, but she could not bring herself to say it.
"Oh, well that's good. I do not think father would do such a thing, it is so savage."
Gardna sighed again, "Vegeta, sit up straight!" Gardna took Vegeta to the palace library. It was an enormous room, filled to the brim with bookshelves, stuffed full of books. All of the books in the library were historical records and encyclopedias. They were all alone yet again, because very few saiyans knew how to read, and even fewer came to the library. Gardna started teaching Vegeta to read as soon as he said his first word.
When they entered, Vegeta went straight to the book he had been reading. It was about the early history of the saiyans, long before they discovered space travel. The book had been moved from planet to planet and was written in a very old dialect.
"Gardna, why didn't the saiyans on planet Garden (the saiyan's first planet) write about their leader?" Vegeta asked after reading the last page.
"They did write about her."
"Her? You mean Queen Gardna?"
"Yes, her."
"I thought all saiyans were lead by Kings. The book said she was not married."
"Back then, women were given the respect they deserved. Unlike now, they were not just toys for men to sleep with when they came back from battle. In fact, the women were the warriors."
"Why aren't women the warriors now?"
"Read the next book."
"Can you tell me now? I want to know now. I can read the book and get the details later, but I want know the basics now."
"Well, Queens were chosen by their leadership abilities, instead of birth. On the full moon after a Queen died all the women of the planet would gather at the palace. The full moon would strike the crowd and chose the woman who was best suited for the job. After Queen Gardna died her son, Vegeta, destroyed the moon, and claimed the throne. He was powerful and no one could stand up to him. He started the male dominated society we live in now, and his children and grandchildren followed his path."
"Do you want women to rule again, Gardna?" Vegeta asked. He was amazed by the little bit of information. The books he had read so far had not mentioned the Queen choosing ceremony.
"I believe that the gods would have wanted us to keep our ways as they were. It is said that Vegeta's actions ultimately destroyed the planet, forcing them to discover other worlds."
"Wow. I think that was really terrible of him. Am I named after him?"
"Everyone in our bloodline bears his name."
"You don't."
"I was the first female saiyans born to this family since Queen Gardna. I could not be named Vegeta, so they named me after her."
"When I become King I think you should be Queen. Not like by marriage or anything, but you should have a say in ruling, since women did so well before the first Vegeta."
"That would be nice, but speak of this to no one. Not many were too fond of Queen Gardna."
"Alright. I'll keep my mouth shut, but you gotta let me go play outside for a while."
Gardna thought it over for a couple of seconds, and agreed. Vegeta ran out to the court yard leaving Gardna alone in the library. "Perhaps my teaching Vegeta was not a wise move by my father." She said to on one in particular.