Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Anything's Possible ❯ The Storm ( Prologue )

Author's Notes: Alright, I've finally got my rear in gear and am finally writing this story. I've had this idea stuck in my head for over six months, but have been stuck on working out all the details, not to mention this stupid prologue during that time! I want to thank - anonymous celebrity - for her help with this prologue. Kami knows it gave me heart ache! Anyway, please Read and Review! This is my first fanfiction story, so try to be gentle. Thanks!

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball Z or anything related to it, besides a whole lot of merchandise, which anyone can get.

Anything's Possible

Prologue

Enormous shadows moved slowly across the ground, created by the monstrous cumulus clouds lumbering overhead. Jen sensed another of the shadows pass over her as she lay on the large, grassy hill. A hawk's scream caused her to squint open an eye, spotting the source soaring nearby. She watched the bird of prey enviously as it circled lazily above her several times before flying off towards the slowly descending sun. Sighing, the teenage girl closed her eyes once more.

Jen wished that she could just fly away. She felt so alone with the world. No family; and even no friends, because their parents would turn her over to the authorities. It wasn't fair that her adoptive parents had been killed in a car crash the week before. Or that she couldn't even show her face in town without running the risk of getting caught. She wouldn't allow herself to be placed in foster care (1). Not after having already experienced it during her earlier childhood.

So here she was. Deep in the forests surrounding her town. Spending her nights in a cave, feasting off of a quickly diminishing stash of junk food that she had managed to grab before escaping into the night a week ago, and fresh fish. Jen knew that she wouldn't be able to last out here in the wilderness for much longer, but she still didn't know what she was going to do. She couldn't go back to town, but at least here she had some allies.

Tired of thinking such dismal thoughts, the 16 year old shifted her body into a more comfortable position and began softly humming a gentle, almost growling, tune. Jen had no knowledge of where it came from, but she couldn't remember a time when she didn't know it. The soothing sound rarely failed to put her to sleep, even though she was the only one capable of creating the strange lullaby.

Sure enough, Jen started feeling drowsy within moments, and soon drifted off into a deep slumber.

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A loud crash jolted Jen awake. She sat up quickly and looked around confused, half expecting to see Goku and Vegeta sparring nearby. Instead all that greeted her eyes was darkness. She sighed a little disappointed. She had dreamed about being a saiyan and fighting alongside the Z senshi countless times. One of these times, she wished she could wake up and it be true.

A brilliant, horrific lightning bolt suddenly streaked across the black sky, immediately followed by another deafening clap of thunder, delaying any further thoughts. Deciding it would be well within her best interest to get off of the hill, Jen hastily climbed to her feet. Before she could take a step however, the clouds suddenly released their heavy burden. Large, freezing raindrops began pelting her furiously, leaving Jen drenched within seconds.

Jen gave an exasperated growl and swiped her soaked bangs out of her eyes, only to have the long, stubborn, spiky, black locks fall back into their original position. She hated these early summer storms, though she was more annoyed than frightened by them. Carefully the drenched teen began to feel her way down the hill, as the heavens continued to vent their fury.

Scarcely halfway into her descent, Jen suddenly felt a tremendous force slam right into her. Immediately incredible, searing pain exploded throughout her whole body. Every cell felt like it had erupted into its own inferno. An awful, blood-curdling scream pierced the air throughout the surrounding country side, straight from Jen's dry throat. Her eyes were opened wide, filled with agony, while her body began to spasm. Unnoticed by its owner, a long prehensile tail was standing stiff as a board, straight out behind Jen, mimicking the rest of her body.

Jen felt her conscious quickly deserting her; her body instinctively trying to spare her any more pain. Lucky for her. It felt as though her body was disintegrating. And indeed it was. Tiny, shining particles of her body were rapidly flying away from Jen and disappearing, forming a sort of cloud around the now unconscious girl, centered around the lightning bolt that pierced her torso.

Suddenly the lightning bolt vanished, just as quickly as it had appeared. However the orphaned teenage girl had disappeared with it.

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Next Time: Phew! Looks like Jen somehow managed to end up in the right hands, but her saviors ought to learn to get along!

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(1) - I have no idea what its like to be in foster care, so anything that I say about it you can regard as false. I'm terribly sorry if anyone is offended by what is said about it here.

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