Ara's Wish

Chapter 1

A.N: Happy Halloween, everyone! Here's a treat for all of you!

The door to the bedroom cracked open and a tall male slipped inside. Turles could not believe his luck that this wing was totally deserted. For a royal's bedroom he was honestly expecting...well more. The room had a rather sterile feel to it. He had been casually glancing around the empty room when he spotted an ornate box resting on the carved table in the room. Curious the pirate checked and was surprised to find the box was not locked and looked inside to see a large circular golden amulet with a large cut ruby in the center laying inside.

"What's a little beauty like you doing in a place like this?" He whispered to the jewel as he picked it up off the table. The delicate gold chain twinkled in the low light as the saiyan examined the amulet. "Especially with someone like Cooler. I didn't know he wore jewelry."

His scouter alerted him to someone coming his way, and he cursed under his breath. Turles shoved the amulet under his armor as he quickly ducked out of the room and headed back to the rest of the saiyans in Cooler's palace.

He grinned as he finally made his way back without his little excursion being noticed.

"The hell you've been, pirate?" A voice hissed in his ear.

Ok, almost without being noticed.

"Oh, just looking around." Turles lowly responded. "Don't get your tail jerked in a knot, Raditz. I was only curious."

The long haired saiyan growled over the nonchalant tone Turles used before silencing himself when Prince Vegeta's eyes cut to him.

"Just stay out of trouble, Turles. The prince owed you a favor and now you're here. Don't screw up these negotiations with your lust for shiny things."

"Kinda hard to do that when there aren't exactly an shiny things about." Turles muttered under his breath. "Relax, the only thing I picked up was a small trinket. I doubt it will even be missed even after we're gone."

+++TK+++

Negotiations were boring as hell Turles decided once he returned to his ship and went his own way from the royals. All in all it was rather disappointing that he wasted his favor with the prince for a look inside one of the Cold's palaces and there wasn't anything worth going back to steal.

Shedding his armor he was reminded of the ruby amulet. Taking a closer look he noticed it was old. But the jewel was flawless, no scratches to mar its surface or natural imperfections. Turning it in his hands he checked the back for any inscriptions and found nothing.

He moved to set the necklace aside when he caught a flash of some thing from the ruby in the corner of his eye. Turles rubbed his eyes. He could have sworn he saw eyes staring at him. Picking the necklace up again he brushed his thumb over the jewel before convincing himself it was a trick of the light and his tired brain at work. A pulse of warmth shot through his hand as the ruby lit up with a rose colored glow. The pirate dropped the necklace and immediately stood to destroy the thing when a trail of fire spun for a second and vanished leaving behind a.....woman. Her head was bowed in submission to him.