DISCLAIMER: I don't own Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Dragonball GT or any of the subsequent OAVs and all 42 of the manga. Akira Toriyama takes all the credit in that department. Also, Shueisha publishing consequently Weekly Shonen Jump and Toei Animation. And we can't forget VIZ Media.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So many reviews! I feel so loved! What I don't get is that this story has gotten over 100 hits and only 8 reviews…that kinds of math doesn't make sense! So please review!
Chapter one: Premonitions
a.k.a That Weird Feeling
Dropping her books on the floor as she entered her apartment, Pan sighed. School was easy enough but the fact that she had to succeed with flying colours was insane. Sometimes she wondered why her father and grandmother were so obsessed.
Putting a TV dinner in the microwave and jamming it shut with a spatula, she went into her living room and turned up the music. Making herself relax, she began punching the living crap out of her punching bag. 'I gotta thank Uncle for buying this for me.' Only stopping to eat, she studied long into the night unsure of what awaited her in her dreams. Vainly she tried to remember the dream from last night.
"Gee…Pan you don't look so good, getting enough sleep at night or is there a boyfriend you've been hiding from me?" asked Marron the next day finding Pan half standing by the bus stop.
"What?!" yelped Pan, jumping out of her semi-comatose state.
"So it is a guy!" laughed Marron already devising ways to embarrass the poor university student with bloodshot eyes that stood before her.
Blinking rapidly and questioning herself on why she ever befriended such a sadistic girl, Pan tried to formulate an answer.
"No, I didn't sleep last night…the whole night I walked up and down the fire escape until dawn."
"What?!" cried Marron looking at her best friend in a new and eerie light.
"I couldn't fall asleep," replied Pan. 'Or wouldn't,' countered her sub-conscience. "Shut up."
"You don't have to be crabby," scoffed Marron.
"No not you, me, I mean the other me, no that doesn't sound right, never mind…" sighed Pan in defeat.
"Wow, you weren't kidding about lack of sleep," said Marron. "Let's get you some coffee."
Later at Starbucks and after a few black cups of coffee…
"So you are plagued by insomnia because you're afraid to dream?! It was one night and you already said it wasn't a nightmare, you really do over complicate things," sighed Marron after her fifth cup of coffee.
"There is no use explaining it. It felt weird and I can't remember. Argh…" shot Pan furiously, the caffeine doing wonders for her system. CRACK! "Oops."
"Really, I can't take you anywhere, another broken table and mug. I should stop going to coffee shops or outside for that matter," mumbled Marron waiting for someone to also notice the dent in the floor.
"Sorry, I guess I don't know my own strength," sighed Pan, shifting in her seat.
"Come on, class will start soon away, maybe we can leave without drawing a crowd," said Marron getting up.
"Hold it!" cried the barista.
"Damn it…"
In the outskirts of Earth's solar system…
"You sure she's here?" asked Uub for the fifty-third time or was it the ninety-second? The Saiyan at the control panel sighed. It was suppose to be just him. Not him, his sister and a couple of Royal Elite Guards. Being the prince of a planet was never easy.
"Come on, big brother why aren't you answering Uub? Huh?! Come on, why not? He hasn't asked that often," declared Bura, crowned princess of Vegeta-sei. The question wouldn't have been annoying except that she also had been doing that for the whole trip. What did he do to ever deserve such torture.
"Yes," the poor travel worn Saiyan said as he banged his head on the control panel, denting it.
"Bah! You're no fun!" huffed Bura turning her attention to one of the guards, Uub in particular.
'Soon my mate we will be together…soon…'
"Gah!" THUD "Ouff!"
"Funny how you're a martial artist and yet you fall down. My aren't we kultzy today?" said Marron grinning down on her best friend and prime target for tormenting.
"I wasn't being klutzy! Didn't you feel that shiver? It's like someone is watching us…" grumbled Pan from the ground.
"And stop insulting me! Sarcasm isn't funny today or any day for that matter…"
"Geez… what's under your skin? And no, I will forever bug you. Besides, if you got a chill maybe something's gonna happen or someone's thinking of you. Wait, that's sneezing or is that when you talk about someone. I never got that reference," said Marron thinking more to herself that to Pan who was now gathering birds.
'I hope not…the weird dream…a person I'm sure…but maybe something else it feels special but to weird…like my soul is out there for all to see…I should talk to Uncle…but what a dream…' thought Pan as she became a permanent fixture in the park.
To be continued…
Read & review! I'll wait for 10 reviews before posting the next chapter. Should give me enough time to edit it and do my lab report. :D
Many thanks to the reviewers so far…anyone interested in being my beta for the story? The position is up for grabs.
supersaiyanx – Thanks for the support, see I updated!
sonpan – Another reviewer! I love getting reviews.
DarkAngel246 – I am glad you liked the first chapter, I edited it like crazy before posting it again.
WhiteRaven88 – I updated! As for what happens…you'll have to keep reading.
C0SM0S – Thanks so much! I too loved the spidey-senses…ah…Spider-man…in what context don't you make sense:D
Pansan – I am so glad you liked the prologue! So much re-editing went into it.
Nikki-4 – Thanks!
JeMS7 – I hope I still have your attention:)
And gosh, already on favourites and author-alerts lists, my work here is done.
Does anyone know Paris or Marron's last names? I can't seem to find them anywhere…
