Characters: Travis-White Ranger

Troy-Red Ranger

Emma-Pink Ranger

Jake-Black Ranger

Gia-Yellow Ranger

Noah-Blue Ranger

Chapter 1

As my alarm started going off I groaned. I knew I had to get up and go to school, though I didn't want to. As I finally turned off the alarm, I checked the time. I still had an hour before I had to be at school. I got up and finally got ready. After I brushed my teeth and grabbed my bag I went downstairs. I found my mom sitting in the kitchen, reading today's newspaper, like she does every morning. I greeted her with a kiss on the cheek and told her good morning.

"Are you all ready for school?" She asked me and I nodded.

"I'm kind of scared." I admitted, and she laughed.

"It's OK to be afraid sometimes." She said with a smile.

"I don't know how the kids are going to act here." I told her. When I said that, I looked at the boxes that were still sitting everywhere. Still packed. I wish we could just take them and go back to our old town, but I know that would never happen. She gave me an encouraging hug and kept smiling.

"That's how I felt when I first moved." She said, and I nodded because I know how she felt when it came to these things. I know she's moved to America from Australia, and I know it was tough on her. I guess moving is a part of our family. I looked at the time and saw I had a half hour to get to school.

"Oh, mom, I gotta go." I said while standing up.

"Do you want me to drive you today?" She asked and headed to get her keys. I wanted to say yeas, but I stopped myself.

"I think I'll walk today." I said with a nod. She smiled.

"OK, have a good day." I grabbed my backpack and headed out the door. "Travis?" She called.

"Yeah?" I answered, looking back at her.

"I love you." She said, almost crying.

"I love you too, mom." I smiled and went out the door.

As I walked to school, I thought about everything that just happened in my life. My mom moved the both of us to this town, from a really great town. I had to leave everything behind, but it was alright because I was only leaving people behind, I guess. Our old house burnt down in a fire, no one knew how it was caused. It just happened. That's how my whole life was explained. It just happened. I never knew my father because he left before my mom had me. Tommy Oliver, that was his name. That's the only thing I knew about him. I asked my mom why he left, and she said she didn't know. "It just happened". That's what she said. Then, when I was four, my grandfather died. I asked my mom why, and she said the same thing. When we moved, I wondered if she would say "it just happened" because everything seems to be happening to us. I looked at the high school that I was now attending. There didn't look to be any cliques, and that was a good thing. That's what was at my old school, and that's what tore everyone apart. The only thing that held it together, was me, because my mom taught me to be friends with everyone, and I was. I looked down at my shoes. They were clean, I always kept my shoes clean. That's when it happened. I met my first friend.

"Hey cool shoes." I heard a guy yell. It was directed at me.

"Oh, yeah?" I said back. "Thanks, you too." That's when he nodded at me. He came over.

"What's up? I'm Troy." He smiled, so I smiled back. He had blue eyes and his hair was pushed back with gel.

"Hey, I'm Travis. I'm new if you didn't realize." We shook hands and he laughed.

"Maybe we have some classes together." He said.

"I would hope, you're the only person I know so far." I laughed and we both walked inside. He showed me where the administration office was, so I could go find my homeroom. I told him thanks and we went our separate way.

"Well, can't you just change one class?" I heard a girl ask when I walked in.

"I'm sorry Gia, there's nothing I can do. You're just going to have to deal with it." Replied the lady at the desk.

"Is this a bad time?" I asked. "If it is, I'll just wait until tomorrow to go to school." They both looked at me.

"Name?" The lady asked.

"Oh, right. Uh, Travis Hilliard." I said.

"Oh, you're the Hilliard boy?" She asked. I nodded. "Your mom and I go way back, tell her Janet says hi." I nodded and pretended like I was remembering. She handed me my schedule. "Gia, why don't you walk with this nice young man to your homeroom?"

"Alright." The girl said with a smile. After we left her smile faded.

"So, why were you trying to switch classes?" I asked, trying to make conversation.

"Oh, there's this annoying kid that's in all these classes. He keeps trying to ask me out." I nod, though I don't know the feeling. "You're name's Travis, right?". I nod.

"And you're Gia?" She nodded, then her eyes got wide.

"Can I see your schedule?" She asked, and I handed it to her. At that moment she stopped and started jumping up and down.

"Is there something I should know?" I chuckled a little bit.

"We're in the same classes!" She said, sounding really happy. "Maybe you could protect me, you know, from that kid." She rolled her eyes, he must be really annoying.

"I guess, though, I don't know why you would chose me."

"Well, you look like you take karate." I tried to look at myself, my mother always said I looked like my father, but I had her eyes.

"Well, I think my father did karate."

"Maybe you could ask him for some tips."

"I've never met him." I admitted.

"Oh, I'm sorry." She said, less happy.

"It's alright, but, I'll do it."

"Really?" She asked.

"Yeah, sure. Anything for a new friend." She smiled, and I smiled back. It was silent the rest of the way to homeroom. When we walked in, I spotted Troy.

"Hey! Travis, there's a seat right here." He pointed to a seat that was next to him.

"Troy, I didn't know you knew Travis." Gia said to him.

"Yeah, we like each other's shoes." He laughed. "I didn't know you knew him either."

"Yeah, he's protecting me from Spike." She rolled her eyes.

"Now he's a character." They both laughed, I smiled because I knew one day I would be in on their little laugh.

"Oh, hey Emma." Gia said as a girl just as pretty as her walked into the classroom. "You should meet Travis." I smiled, and Emma smiled back.

"Nice to meet you, Travis. I'm Emma."

"Nice to meet you too." She sat down next to Gia, and we all started talking. Then, two boys came in and sat down, one in front of Troy, and the other behind him.

"Travis, this is Jake." He pointed to the kid in front of him. "And this is Noah." He pointed to the kid behind him. We said our hellos, then the bell rang and the teacher started talking. After five minutes, two kids ran into the classroom. That's when Gia looked at me.

"That one," She pointed to the skinny one. "Is Spike."

"The other one is Bulk Junior." Noah said.

"Wait," I looked at Noah. "There's two of them?" They stared at me cross-eyed.

"Are you talking about his dad, his name is Bulk also, but he's like forty." Jake said.

"My mom know him. She said she doesn't like him, but she knows him. From the stories she told me, I'm shocked he has a son." They all laughed.

"Is there a reason you're late, Bulk and Spike?" The teacher asked them.

"Well, you see there was this kitten." Bulk said. I was surprised that even if there was a kitten, he could climb a tree to get it. He was pretty big around the waste.

"Yeah, it was a cute little kitten." Spike added. "With its little whiskers and paws." That's when he started acting like a cat. Bulk slapped him and he stopped.

"Well, this kitten was stuck in a tree, and like the good citizens we are, we saved him."

"I thought it was a her, Bulk."

"No, nitwit, it was a he."

"Well, I think it should've been a her."

"Class, who here believes Bulk and Spike?" The teacher asked, no one raised their hand. I would've if they could've stuck with one gender for the kitten. After class, Troy, Noah, Gia, Jake, Emma and I were walking to our next classes, just then, we were transported somewhere else.