Ch.4
by: Vegeta's Mate
"Her royal highness, KollieFleur, the Queen of Vegetasei!"
Kollie stepped out onto the balcony and shivered with delight as the crowd below
gave a mighty shout of praise. Tears nearly came to her eyes as she realized that
she was finally accepted by her people.
She smiled and walked to the front of the balcony. She raised her arm to wave.
This resulted in another wash of cheers and blarney. She had never felt so happy in
her entire life. She waved to her mother who was in the front of the crowd, and
tears did come then.
She then turned to face her King at her side...It was then that she let out a scream
of pure terror. A blast of Ki, with a power unlike any other that she had ever
known tore through her husband before she even had a chance to see him. In a
split second he was nothing more than ash.
Horrified she turned to run but stopped short as she heard the screams from the
crowd behind her. She spun around to see them engulfed in the same horrible
blast. Her mother reached out her hand to her and Kollie desperately tried to get to
her, but it was to late. Her mother was consumed by the same deplorable blast, just
inches away from her hand.
"No...."
She searched frantically for the attacker and found him. A shadowy figure loomed
over the carnage grinning at what he saw.
Tears poured down Kollie's face. Her home, her people, her mother, her husband...
her LIFE had been destroyed by this... this imprecation of a living beast!
"No...." Her hand clenched into an angry fist, power surging through her body.
"NO..."
The evil being caught sight of her and grinning, started to advance.
Kollie was reaching a breaking point, her memories of her people, and the need to
avenge their horrible demise coursed throughout her veins.
"NOOooooooooo!!!!!" She snapped.
Every part of her body burned with energy and screaming, she released it in one
fantastic blast.
The horned being stopped when he saw the beam coming towards him but to
Kollies horror, he merely laughed and batted it away.
She growled in frustration and anger, but that was quickly replaced with mortal
dread as he raised his hand, and let fly with an immense amount of energy, enough
to tear through any planet, directed entirely at her. She screamed...
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Kollie jumped out of bed screaming bloody murder to no one in particular. But the
one forced to hear it was frantically trying to get her to lie down.
"Calm down, my Lady! It's ok! It was only a dream!" The young girl above her
pleaded with her to settle down.
Kollie gasped in surprise at the sudden appearance of the girl but quickly
recovered as she managed to gather her thoughts.
"Huh? What? Oh...Oh I'm sorry. I didn't mean to alarm you." She said sheepishly
to the young girl.
The girl straightened and then bowed to Kollie. "It's quite alright I assure you my
Lady." She said quietly.
"Oh...oh that's good." Kollie said relieved. The Queen to be then took a better look
at the young girl. She was about the same age as she was, with black hair that was
tied back in a spiky pony tail. Her sable eyes were averted to the floor in humility
to her future Queen. Not a bad looking girl overall.
Kollie rose from the bed and turned to the girl. "Umm... tell me. Why are you
here?"
The girl immediately dropped to her knees.
"I was sent to get you ready my Lady. To meet the Prince, that is."
A chill ran through Kollie. She had forgotten all about that!
"O..oh! Of course! The Prince!" She stammered.
The girl remained on her knees. "Yes my Lady. I have your bath ready as well as
your clothes."
~She has my bath drawn for me?! Wow! I could really get used to this kind of
treatment!~ "Umm.. Yes. Thank-you."
The girl seemed startled that a Lady of the nobility would say "thank-you" to a
servant girl.
Kollie suddenly realised that the girl was still on the floor and that she hadn't even
asked her her name yet!
"Oh I'm terribly sorry! I haven't even asked you your name yet! *ahem* my name's
KollieFleur. But you can call me Kollie. What's your name?"
The servant girl nearly fainted. Sorry?! She said "Sorry?!" it was obvious that this
girl was not your average noble. And for an insane second the girl wondered if she
was in the right room at all.
"Umm... my name?" The girl seemed to struggle with the thought, as if she were
trying to remember something that was barely a memory. A smile passed over her
face as she found the bit of information that was required of her.
"M... Memphice. My name is Memphice my Lady."
Kollie smiled sweetly at her. "Well it's nice to meet you, Memphice. And umm..
You don't have to stay on the ground like that, you know."
Memphice was flabbergasted. She had never met any noble like this girl before.
She also felt bad for her. She knew that this kind young girl was going to have
quite the hellish life with the Prince...
"Thank-you, my Lady. Do you require my assistance with your bath?"
Kollie blushed slightly at that. "Oh no. Thank-you. But I think I'll manage on my
own."
Memphice sighed to herself. That girl was going to make quite the Queen...
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"I still don't see the bloody point in all of this."
The Prince of Vegetasei was busy hassling the servants with his objections to what
he considered, "a complete waste of training time." Meeting some damn female
who was going to be sponging fame off of him was not his idea of fun.
"I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times! I DO NOT NEED A MATE!!!"
The Prince's caretaker and trainer, Nappa, chuckled to himself in the corner where
he was waiting for the servants to finish dressing the arrogant little, but dangerous
Prince.
Vegeta turned to glare at him. "And what is so damn funny baka?! You think that
this is funny?!"
Nappa couldn't help but laugh out loud at the Prince's obvious distress. "Calm
down my Prince. It will all be over by tomorrow when you can go back to your
training and forget all about her for about 20 years or so."
Vegeta nearly face-faulted. "Tomorrow?!! Why tomorrow?!! I thought that I
would be seeing her for a few minutes and...."
Realization hit him like a ton of bricks. "No! Absolutely not! Not a chance! I am
NOT going to waste my whole day with some damn FEMALE!! You hear
ME?!!!!"
"Yes brat. It would be impossible not to hear you screeching all over the palace."
The King said as walked into the room.
"Father! You can't DO this to me! I can't spend an entire day with her! I'll end up
killing her!" The Prince said not hiding any of the desperation in his voice.
"Give it up already, Vegeta! You are meeting the girl, AND spending the day with
her as well." The elder Vegeta said very unamused with his son's behaviour.
The Prince, realizing that it truly was hopeless, settled on pouting as the servants
finished getting him dressed.
"Well it's about time come on brat. Time to meet your mate." The King motioned
for him to follow him out of the room.
Vegeta "hmph'd" and folded his arms across his chest, following his father out of
the room to where he would he would meet his "mate."
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Kollie couldn't believe what she was seeing in the mirror. Was that really her? The
elegant clothing and hairpiece made her look...look... well certainly not like
herself. She wished that her mother could see her...
~Stop it Kollie...~
"My Lady.."
Kollie spun around to greet Memphice. "Please, Memphice, call me Kollie. It's
been so long since I've heard my own name."
The servant girl smiled. "Yes, of course, Kollie. Kollie, the Prince is waiting for
you."
A wave of nausea washed over her. Was she truly ready to do this? She had to be.
She didn't have any other choice.
"Yes, thank-you Memphice. Umm..." She looked hopefully at her. "Will you be
coming to?"
The girl smiled slightly, fully understanding Kollie's nervousness. "Yes, My La...
Kollie. I will be attending you. As well as your other escorts who are waiting for
you outside."
"Oh..thank-you..."
Memphice curtsied to Kollie. "Follow me, Kollie."
Kollie could do nothing but take a deep breath and walk towards her destiny...
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The royal Prince of Vegetasei was NOT happy about the situation at all. He had
been waiting now for over half an hour and he had been already irritated when
first brought to meet this stupid female. By now, he was ready to kill something, or
more specifically, someone.
"Argh! How much longer do I have to wait for that baka!"
"Shut-up brat she's hear.." The King mumbled to his disgruntled son.
Vegeta's attention was instantly diverted to the top of the staircase where the
beginnings of her entourage were now descending. They finally stopped and an
announcer began the introduction.
"Lady's and gentlemen, royal members of the house of Vegetasei, I now present to
you, the future Queen of Vegetasei, Lady KollieFleur!"
Vegeta was surprisingly anxious to see the female that had ruined his life and
would continue to do so. And when she appeared at the top of the stairs, and they
both made eye contact, they all but froze.
And when the numbing shock had subsided, they both reacted at the same time.
"YOU?!!!!!!!!!!!!"