~Videl: Warrior Princess: Well, everyone. I know I've already posted this. So, why am I posting it again? I'll tell you. In the beginning, I was just going to make this one HUGE chapter and decided to post the first part since I hadn't updated in awhile, and I knew it was going to take me a long time to write the rest. Well, I was re-reading it, when I decided that the chapter could be broken down into two chapters. So, there ya go. Here's chapter eight; enjoy.
Chapter 8: Little Miss Sunshine
Another year came and went, as well as another, and Videl turned eight. She was a very spunky girl that was every bit of a tomboy. She always wore jeans or bike shorts and her hair in a ponytail or pigtails and played sports instead of dolls. And one of Videl's favorite things to do was to train in the city park. So, on her birthday, Perse decided to take Videl there after breakfast.
"Hey Perse! Do you wanna run around the park again?" Videl asked with a smile after running two laps. Perse was panting but looked to Videl with a tired smile as she sat down on a bench.
"No…I think I'll pass this time, but hey, why don't you go play with the other kids?" Perse offered, pointing to a group of kids behind Videl. Videl turned around and almost wrinkled her nose in disgust at the sight of them playing football.
"But…It looks like they already have their teams…They might not want me to join now…" she protested. Perse shook her head and laughed lightly.
"Oh nonsense! They're just little kids; they'll let you join!!" Perse insisted.
"Well…" Videl began.
"Oh go on! Who knows, maybe you'll make a friend!"
"But…"
"Go on!" Videl nodded timidly and began walking to the group of kids, but every couple of steps she would look back to see Perse nodding her on. Suddenly, something else besides the kids caught her eye.
"Oh…a white hat…" Videl murmured as she watched the big white bonnet roll on the ground on its side past her.
"Uh…oh no! My, my hat!" a tiny voice cried. Videl looked up and saw a girl, who was probably her age, with long blond hair and blue eyes chasing after it. She was near in tears, and the poor thing tripped over a rock, fell, scraped her knee, and she sat up and stared at her fleeing hat hopelessly. "My hat's gone away! Come back hat!" she sobbed and held her head in her hands as she cried.
Videl snapped out of her daze and chased after the elusive hat. "Got ya!" she cheered in a hushed voice as she grabbed the hat before it fell into the pond. Holding onto it tightly, she walked back to the girl, who was still sitting there, crying. "Does this belong to you?" Videl asked, holding the hat down to her, standing right before the girl. The girl stopped crying and lifted her head up and gasped.
"My hat!!" she happily squealed and took the bonnet and hugged it, smiling with joy. Videl smirked at her display of happiness.
"You might want to hold onto it tighter, so you don't lose it," she advised sarcastically, still standing there.
"Huh?" the girl asked and looked up at Videl, who was also smirking at her. Instantly, the girl got a huge grin on her face, dropped her hat, jumped to her feet, and gave Videl a bear hug.
"What?" Videl asked in a hoarse whisper since she was being choked from the hug. No kid had even shown her true kindness, much less ever give her a hug before. The girl released her and looked at her, still smiling her insanely big grin at her.
"You must be the one who gave me back my hat! Oh thank you, thank you so much!" she chimed, happily, jumping up and down with joy.
"Uh…you're welcome…" Videl replied, quite confused and nervous about this girl's reaction.
"Oh thank you so much Miss uh…" the blonde ranted on, then stopped and looked at Videl confused. "What is your name by the way?"
Videl blinked in shock. Was she serious? Really, really serious? "You…you don't know who I am?…" Videl asked her in disbelief. The girl shook her head.
"Nope, I don't. If I did, I wouldn't have asked what your name was." Videl looked at her weird, still not convinced.
"Are you sure?…" The girl nodded. "You really, really sure?"
It was at that point the girl pouted and stomped her foot down in anger. "I swear I don't know it!! Now, are you going to tell me or not?!"
Videl mentally smiled. Finally, someone who didn't know who she was. Maybe now she could make a real friend who didn't like her based on her father's fame. "Videl. My name is Videl." She held out her hand for a handshake, and the two girls shook hands.
"Nice to meet you Videl, I'm Erasa!"
"Oh, well…" Videl scratched behind her head, trying to think of what to say next. She never had any friends her age, and she certainly didn't hang out with any of the kids at her school (or pay any attention to them for that matter). How did kids act with one another?
"Hey, wanna play dollies?" she asked, breaking Videl's thoughts.
"Well, uh…" Videl began uneasily. How was she going to explain to her new friend (and first friend her age) that she didn't like doing what normal girls did?
"C'mon! Let's go!" Erasa chimed, grabbing onto Videl's hand and dragging her over to another part of the park, where her toys were, before Videl could say anything.
"Mep!" was all the raven-haired girl could yelp as the tiny blond dragged her.