West City. The world's most technologically advanced city, and leading that charge is Capsule Corporation, a company that created the seemingly magical capsule. An item that contains various objects ranging from vehicles to small houses, a miracle product that has sent the company into the heights of power, and allowed it to expand across the world.

In any other scenario this would result with an economic superpower, but Doctor Briefs: founder and head of the company, is merely content with helping his fellow man.

Despite his humility and benevolent nature, rivals are inevitable, and soon he became a target for competing companies. Though he knew it came with the territory, the constant attempts of theft and sabotage were becoming tiring, especially as he settled down with a family.

Then came the child from space.

Dr. Briefs keeps to himself on a lonesome night. He needed time to think, not about his next invention, but about what to do about all the obstacles popping up. From the crime wave hitting the city as well as the now daily invasions in his labs and numerous locations across the city.

He didn't mind competition but this is too much for his employees to handle. It's gotten to the point that he's had to close some buildings. Maybe he could find a way to have everyone get along. If only all the current solutions he has wouldn't take decades, maybe even a few centuries, which only tire him out.

He puts out his cigarette and turns to go to bed, but is blown off his feet by a powerful gale, his heart nearly jumping up to his throat in fright. He stands to his feet and discovers the most peculiar thing in his front yard. A foreign object floats above the grass, spherical in shape with an intricate design detailing a flaming sun, the object itself had emitted great heat from it. Dr. Briefs noted that it began cooling immediately before softly landing, and he approaches it, noticing a glass top that slowly opens.

A horned baby sits inside sleeping soundly...

He has never before seen something so divine, so sacred, it feels wrong to even attempt to reach out for the child. However, as a man of science, curiosity is one of his greatest strengths and weakness. He takes the child up in his arms before looking back to the pod. The glass cover closes and produces a holographic image of a woman with wings, she speaks but the audio is distorted, broken as the image flickers on and off; so much for an explanation. Though admittedly he had enough on his plate, perhaps this gift from the starry heavens could be of use, and the child seems harmless for the moment. He leads the pod inside his garage and takes the baby to his home.

Breakfast was certainly awkward for him and his family. The child sat quietly in a booster seat at the table looking between all the faces. His wife, Panchy, can't help but gush over the baby's appearance.

"My oh my, look at those eyes of hers, and such beautiful pink hair!~"

The eldest daughter, Tights, prods the horn with a finger.

"What is this thing though? It's got a weird bone growth, but... It's so cute! D-Deformities like this are usually gross!"

The youngest child, Bulma, simply eats her food huffing.

"I didn't want another sister..."

Dr. Briefs laughs as he pets his cat watching his family.

"Sister, huh? Now that you mention it, I guess it would be easier to let her stay here!"

Panchy brings a tiny plate of food and holds up a spoonful to the baby.

"Well she's old enough to eat solid food. I saw her precious little chompers already!"

The child only stared at the spoon, stubbornly leaning back with her mouth closed, garnering a giggle from the blonde housewife.

"Oh my, are you not hungry?"

The child's stomach growls then. Panchy holds the spoon closer to the alien's mouth.

"I guess a trip from space to here is a really long time! Seat up!"

Tights take the spoon from her mother with a sigh.

"She doesn't even know what it is. Here's what you do!"

Tights ate the spoonful right in front of the child, then got another portion and offers it to the child.

"Show her it's something she can eat in the first place! Babies are very observant, just like Bulma was!"

Bulma opens her mouth full of food at Tights, who only stuck her tongue out back. The child eyes the spoon before slowly eating it. She coos and reaches out for the spoon to chew on it. Dr. Briefs laughs patting Bulma's head.

"Hohoho! Try to get along, you two. I'll go look at that strange spacecraft she came in on."

"Don't you have a meeting, Daddy?"

"I do?"

He rubs his chin thinking back, but can't recall any meeting he'd have today, and so he shrugs.

"I'm sure it was nothing important!"

Pancy and Tight shout in surprise catching the attention of the rest.

"L-Look at her horn! I-Is it supposed to be doing that?!"

"Wow, what a marvelous color!"

"M-Mom this is serious!"

The baby giggles and laughs as her horn glows radiantly, as well as the spoon which floats on its own. The glowing spoon gets portion after portion for the baby to eat happily at a slow pace. All the ladies look to Dr. Briefs, being the man of science in the room

"Well I'll be…! It's a good thing she landed here of all places. I'll have to get started right away!"

Dr. Briefs studies the pod making several fascinating discoveries. It being compatible with his Capsules means he could legally now say anything can be stored in them, especially items out of this world! More importantly, the energy used to fuel that machine is something he has never seen, powerful yet harmless, and similar to the power the baby exhibited. He knows the answers for his questions reside in that message the pod holds, but the damage it sustained within entering the atmosphere has made that difficult. Regardless of the difficulty, he tries, day in and day out.

To the family's pleasant surprise, the alien is rather friendly, hardly ever crying save for when she was hungry. Panchy then made an interesting observation. She runs up to Tights cradling the baby in one arm and holding out her free hand.

"Look what I found in the baby's diaper!"

She holds up a handful of golden nuggets. Tights takes one and eyes it carefully, rather astounded.

"Wow! It's real gold! You can tell by how it shines and feels! Did someone stuff these in her diaper to hide them?"

"I don't know! They surely weren't there earlier!"

"W-Wait, what do you mean earlier?"

"I've been finding these gold pieces whenever I think to change her! Don't you think it's odd I keep finding gold instead of poop? I wonder how it gets there…"

Tights grows pale before handing the gold back to her mother.

"Mom I-I don't think… Where have you been keeping the gold?"

"Oh there's so much lately that I've started to give it away to people in town! Bulma's taken some for her own little pet projects!"

Tights starts to gag which prompts Panchy to worry.

"Are you alright, dear? You're turning green!"

Tights shakes her head quietly excusing herself.

Another day comes where Bulma is responsible for the child. Tights laughs as she strolls past the two with a few capsules holding her luggage.

"Baby's first babysitting! I bet you feel really grown up now, huh Bulma?"

Bulma looks at the baby in her arms with a huff.

"She doesn't even do anything except make things float… How come I have to stay behind!?"

"Because babies should stick together!"

"I hope you get eaten by a shark on that island!"

"I'll write you a letter about it!~"

She gives the two a wink before rushing outside. Bulma shakes her head sighing as she becomes bored already.

"Well I'm sure I'll figure out something to do while they're gone…? Huh?!"

She looks down as the baby vanished without a trace.

"H-Hey! Hello?! B-Baby?! Oh, why didn't we give you a name yet?!"

Bulma finds the baby in the kitchen on top of a shelf, next to a jar of cookies.

"Aha! So the second the adults are gone you show a little mischief, huh?! Well I caught you red handed!"

The baby uses her power to float herself and the jar down to Bulma, offering it to the older girl.

"You're giving it to me? Trying to bribe me, are you? Well… It worked."

Bulma still didn't like the otherworldly child, but she didn't dislike her either, especially when it comes to exploring her father's lab. Most children would have no idea what a single machine in here is, but Bulma knows them all, down to the nut and bolt. It's why she was taken out of school early, as teachers would grow frustrated trying to teach a girl who knew more than them, and this gives Bulma a big head.

Although she could care less for the horned child, she is far from disinterested. She just didn't like having to share the attention with someone that has superpowers. With just the two of them here, maybe she can try and solve the mystery of what she is. The two pass by many marvelous inventions, but one item snatches the eye of the baby. An orange ball with five red stars inside sits under an advanced magnifying glass. She brings it over using her power and holds it up to Bulma.

"Huh? This boring thing? It's called a Dragon Ball. Daddy found it when he wasn't so old. There's something special about it but I already forgot what."

Just then, a crash is heard, and one of the vents in the lab fall to the ground as a man in a militant uniform sneaks out.

"Infiltration: Success. Retrieving mysterious object from the premises."

"Who are you?"

The masked man jumps and rolls across the ground drawing his gun. Bulma stands there confused with the baby in her arms.

"Was that sound you knocking before entering? Normal people use doors instead of dusty ducts, y'know!"

"Just a two brats. Sedative Darts will be more than enough."

He pulls out a gun and fires a single dart for Bulma. The small girl gasps in fear and shuts her eyes bracing for the worst. She opens them to see the dart floating harmlessly in the air. The secret soldier fires a few more only for the same result. They drop to the ground and the soldier drops his gun stupefied by this.

"I-Ineffective! H-How?!"

He whips out a baton humming with electricity.

"One poke from this should do the trick. For the Red Ribbon Army!"

Bulma holds the baby out with newfound confidence.

"Teach him what for!"

The soldier runs for the children only to stop by hitting jabbing himself with his own weapon. He falls to the ground groaning in agony as the weapon soon vanishes from sight.

"T-This enemy is… Too strong!"

He sits up panting as he pulls out a smoke bomb.

"Ta-Tactical retreat!"

He throws the bomb to the ground and the room is filled with smoke. Dr. Briefs opens the door to a plume of smoke and steps out of the way coughing.

"Goodness Gracious! What happened in there-?"

"WAHHH!"

The soldier flies out into the hallway and hits the wall head first. Bulma walks out, surrounded by a protective dome emanating from the baby's horn, though it disappears shortly after the smoke did.

"Daddy that weird guy kept trying to hurt us, but she managed to beat him up real good!"

The baby yawns in her arms and falls fast asleep. Dr. Briefs nearly drops his cigarette from his mouth out of wonder, before calling the police. He learned that the man was there to kidnap him and force him into serving the Red Ribbon Army, since he ignored their invitation for a meeting. Shrugging this off, Dr. Briefs made a mental note to never again converse with the terrorist group, and to keep an even closer eye on this strange lifeform.

The years pass by, and the babe grows into a surprisingly tall girl, matching Bulma who's hit her teen years. She's properly integrated into the family with a proper name, Bikini. With Bulma there to school her with Dr. Briefs, she never did go to school, and it became mighty convenient when Dr. Briefs would conduct tests on her to study her physiology.

On one such day, Dr. Briefs creates an advance treadmill and has Bikini stand on it.

"Alright now, the purpose of this test is to gauge your speed! Think you're up to the task?"

She nods hopping onto of the treads.

"We'll start with a good fifteen steps per minute."

"That's fine, but can we go faster?"

"We'll accelerate at a steady rate. I don't want you falling on your face."

The treadmill starts and Bikini grows bored already.

"Anyone can do this, Dad! Can't this go a little faster?"

"We'll start with a jog, just to warm you up, and then go into the sprint!"

Bikini smiles and keeps up with the machine with great ease. Faster and faster it goes, but she doesn't even break a sweat.

"Just tell me when we get to the sprint!"

Dr. Briefs is the one sweating. His disbelief clear on his face. He accidentally sneezed and cranked the machine up to sixty miles per hour, yet Bikini keeps up with it unaware of the sudden increase in speed.

"Y-You're showing some amazing results! Aren't you even the least bit tired?"

He looks up from his notes to see her doing tricks from cartwheeling, to back flipping, like an acrobat running wild in place.

"I could go on like this all day! Can it go faster?"

"F-Faster than this…? I wonder if I should…"

Dr. Briefs carefully begins to raise the speed, but his cat brushes its tail along his nose, causing him to sneeze again. He looks up horrified to hear Bikini cry in surprise. She's in air, hands out to catch herself, however at the current speed she'd fly towards the wall. Then, his wide eyes nearly bug out from his sockets when he sees Bikini change in a flash of light, from a beautiful girl to a majestic mare, her hands now hooves meet the tread. Rather than falter and trip, she recovers effortlessly and begins running.

"Whoa! That was a close one! Warn me next time!"

He didn't respond. His eyes lower in disbelief and see that her current speed is the equivalent of one-hundred fifty-five miles per hour. He has to get over the fact his adopted daughter has just turned into a talking mythical creature first. He brings the treadmill to a gradual stop. Bikini transforms back into her human shape and stretches with a beaming smile.

"That was so much fun! Can we do that again later, Papa?"

"O-Of course! Anytime you want to I'll be sure to run the test again!"

"Yay!"

She happily skips away leaving Dr. Briefs to himself and his thoughts. This didn't change anything about how he feels about her, but it does provide him with even more questions about her powers, even her purpose for being sent here. Over the years, he's tried as hard as he could to recover the audio from her spacecraft. He's translated and put together bits and pieces, all he could piece together is a few words, enough to tell him that the race she's from of is called Equestrian. That and she's the only one left.

"Papa?"

He's torn from his thoughts and smiles at her warmly.

"Yes? What can I do for you?"

"What's this thing? Bulma told me it's a Dragon Ball but she never tells me what it is for. She's too busy going on about having a boyfriend."

"Ah! The Dragon Balls come in group of seven! Collect them all and they'll grant you any one wish! I found that with a friend of mine during my youth on an excavation in the ruins of the Wastelands."

Bikini's eyes sparkle as she listens, something Dr. Briefs enjoys about her as opposed to Bulma's mild enthusiasm.

"Did you find them all?"

"Nope! Only that one there! However, I've studied it closely, and managed to create a radar to home in on the energy the Dragon Balls resonate."

"Is it anything like me?"

"No, your power is similar to solar energy."

"How come you haven't gathered them all yet?"

"Truth of the matter is I don't need to! I've everything I need and anything I want I can work for! You shouldn't rely on legends and the powers of others over your own. It's good to have friends but never forget your own capabilities."

She nods looking around.

"Yes Papa! What if… I want to find them though?"

"Oh? You have a wish?"

"It's a secret!"

Dr. Briefs eyes her with a wily smile.

"Would it happen to be a lifetime supply of strawberries?"

Bikini blushes looking down at the ground in silence. The scientist laughs at her reaction before making his way to one of his shelves.

"Hohoho!~ I remember where the radar is. You know, I never did actually believe the legend, even though the radar does work well enough to find this one. It has a wide range, but you'd still have travel around the world to find it."

Bikini blinks before catching the radar as it's tossed to her with her power.

"A-Around the world? That's a lot of ground to cover…"

Her smile fades as she stares at the radar, the top of it acting as power button, but it shows only Five-Star Ball in the lab. Dr. Briefs offers her the item nonchalantly.

"True, but it might do you some good. You can handle yourself if you're careful out there!"

"But I'd be all by myself… I-I wouldn't really have anyone looking out for me."

Dr. Briefs pauses as he watches Bikini begins to succumb to the fear of the unknown. He scratches his chin before an idea pops into his mind.

"Why not take Bulma with you? She could do with some experience in the world too!"

Her mood picks right back up at the suggestion.

"Papa! That's a great idea! You really are a genius!"

"I'm just a man who thinks quite a bit."

She gives him a tight hug and lifts him up off the ground with a spin before she drops him.

"I'll get her right now! Oh this is going to be so much fun!"

Bulma waits in her car, a small case of capsules in hand, she looks up at Bikini smiling back at her.

"You have everything you wanted to take with you?"

Bikini nods tugging at the strap of the bag wrapped around her chest.

"Ready!"

"There's only room for one in here, but we might be able to fit you if-"

"Actually Bulma, I think I can keep up on foot!"

Bulma gives her sister a skeptical look before snickering.

"You're for real, huh? Well I guess you can do anything if you put your mind to it. Don't get mad at me if I leave you in the dust!"

Bikini only giggles and wait for Bulma to speed off. Just as the teenager presses her foot on the gas pedal, both girls take off onto the road, Bulma near crashes instantly in shock and barely manages to dodge oncoming traffic from drifting into the wrong lane.

"W-What…!? Y-You're actually… K-Keeping up…?!"

"Hehehe! Let's go find those Dragon Balls!"