When Earth Arises
Disclaimer: All characters from Circle of Magic, The Circle Opens, The Immortals, The Lioness Quartet, etc. belong to Tamora Pierce. I do not own them. Or characters from Dragonballz, which belong to Mr. Toriyama...anyway
I know this is a weird combination, cross-over, whatever, but then, I'm a weird person. O_^
Chapter One:
Alanna the Lioness, King's Champion had not been this surprised or speechless in many years. Nor had she ever seen such a strange collection of people, with all her many fights and battles against the immortals. She stared as her unexpected guests climbed to their feet, brushing themselves off.
"Where are we, Ani-san?" one of them asked. He was young, about seven or eight years, with wild black hair and large, dark eyes. The other visitor his age, which she noted with stunned surprise had floppy lavender colored hair and bright blue eyes, rolled them and smacked the other lightly on the head.
"How is Gohan supposed to know, baka," he snapped. "Ask the weird lady staring at us." Alanna blinked at the mention of her, then scowled. Her eyes met those of the strangest of the group, a tall...creature with green skin and obsidian eyes, wearing a turban and a cape. He smirked, as if sensing her annoyance at being referred to as "weird." The one she figured was Gohan sighed. He looked like the young one who had first spoken, although his hair did not quite defy gravity as the little one's did.
"Trunks, quit being rude," he ordered. The lavender-haired one scowled darkly, crossing his arms, but Alanna noticed that he kept quiet.
"Uh, I'm Son Gohan," the older boy continued, offering his hand.
"Alanna," she said, finally finding her voice, and shaking the offered hand. He looked at his companions, and pointed to them in turn. "That's my brother Goten, his best friend Trunks, and my sensei, Piccolo. I don't know them . . ." His voice trailed off as everyone looked at the dazed pair. The older was a boy, with dark, curly hair and jade-green eyes. Alanna noticed admiringly that he had positioned himself slightly in front of his companion, a young girl with large oval eyes, characteristic of the Yamani.
"I'm Briar Moss and this is Evumeimei," he said after a moment. "Or Evvy."
"Well," Alanna blinked. "Welcome to Tortall . . .I guess. And to answer your question, little one," she continued, smiling at Goten, "You are in the King's castle, in Coris, the capital of Tortall."
"But how did we get here?" Gohan asked, looking around. She shook her head in answer. "You know as much as I do."
"I've never heard of Tortall," Trunks muttered, eying Alanna suspiciously. "And what King?"
"Trunks . . ." Gohan hissed warningly.
Alanna smiled. "Well, with the way you showed up, I'm not surprised. And it's King Jonathan. Speaking of which, with these unusual circumstances, I'm sure he wants to meet you." She eyed the silent one called Piccole, who met them, face expressionless. "It would probably be better if you waited here. While there are some unusual beings in Tortall, you are not quite like the immortals I have seen."
Briar looked at his also with a strange look on his face. Piccolo, feeling the eyes on him, turned his head to look at him.
"Something wrong, human," he growled. Briar blinked, then shook his head.
"I dunno, you feel . . .familiar," he answered. Evvy eyed him as well. "He feels like a rock killer," she announced suddenly. Briar seemed surprised, then a calculating look came over his face.
"You're right, Evvy," he said, tapping his chin. "I can feel him, like I can feel plants."
It was Piccolo's turn to look startled, then he scowled.
"My people are a type of sentient plant," he informed them. Then he glowered at Evvy. "But I am not a rock killer." He grinned, showing sharp fangs. "I prefer humans." She yelped and his behind Briar.
"Sensei," Gohan complained. "You're being as bad as Trunks." Piccolo scowled at this comment, but kept quiet.
"Uh . . ." Alanna broke in. "What do you mean "feel plants?" And how can you kill a rock?"
Before anyone could answer, a knock came at the door.
"Alanna?" a male voice came through. "It's Numair and Daine. She says she can feel something . . . part animalistic . . . coming from in there. Is everything all right?"
Alanna turned back to the group with a raised eyebrow.
"Sentient plants and animals?"
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