Hey! Another story and this is a follow up from the previous story: Pink With Evil. So I decided to carry on this universe. Originally this was going to be a super long one-shot, but instead, I opted for multi-chapter style, trying to keep to the same standard as PWE. I'm not too sure on Chapter length, it might be more or less, the same, depending.

Also, I did some research, made a bit of an error, which I will fix in PWE. According to wiki sites, the Original Rangers were only teenagers; Ninth Graders (just so you know, I am not fully aquatinted to the American Education System), so technically they're meant to be 14, going on 15, if not one or two of them being a year older. So Kimberly is not sixteen, she's 14 going on 15. Trini is the same age and I'm having Jason, Billy, Zach and Tommy at 15. So they're born between 1978 and 1979.

Give this the same chance as Pink With Evil! I know the opening is short, but it's just a taster!

And lastly, I don't own Power Rangers!

Prologue: Nightmares

"So you see, Good and Evil have the same face;

it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being."

- Paul Coelho

Monday…

3:00…

25th October 1993…

(Scene: Hart Household, Angel Grove Residence, Angel Grove, Earth/No POV)

It was fairly early in the morning; 3:00, a time where the residents of Angel Grove are still fast asleep. That was not the case for a young teenager, a very special one. Her name is Kimberly Ann Hart; fourteen year old State Champion Kickboxer, who recently won a charity tournament and saving a local orphanage from forced closure. Unknown to her divorced mother Caroline Hart, Kimberly is a Power Ranger. A powerful fighting force to defend her home from a years old space witch named Rita Repulsa, however, her journey as a Ranger was not so simple or easy. Her Power Coin was meant to be one of the Original Five, but instead, it fell into the hands of evil and remained there for years.

Of course Kimberly was the new girl, quickly making friends with an unlikely group: Thomas 'Tommy' Oliver, Jason Lee Scott; two Black Belt Karate experts, Trinity 'Trini' Kwan; skilled in Asian Martial Arts, despite no official belt standing and environmental/political activist, William 'Billy' Cranston; Science and Technology genius, and Zachary 'Zach' Taylor; a dancer. They were also the Power Rangers, the Original Five and respectively: the Green, Red, Yellow, Blue and Black Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. They were the forces of good, Kimberly; unfortunately for her, caught the attention of Rita for her skills in combat and was chosen by the Power Coin itself to wield it! Her Power Coin was corrupted with Dark Magic, the young teenager was captured and placed under a spell with one sole order: destroy the Power Rangers.

Kimberly would have succeeded if it were not for Tommy. If only her ordeals were easy to toss aside and forget, that was not the case. Her friends may have forgiven her, so have Zordon and his friend Alpha-5, then she herself; the trauma still remains in the form of nightmares.

(Nightmare/Scene: Limestone Quarry, Angel Grove, Earth/Kimberly's POV)

I opened my eyes, finding myself standing in a familiar area. It was the Limestone Quarry where myself and Tommy fought the final battle between us. Why am I here? What's going on? Then, I heard a sound coming to my right; it sounded like fighting and clashing of swords. Oh no! I raced across the quarry, only to find myself fighting Tommy. I have to say the battle was fast and vicious, but not that brutal! I have to stop them, stop my evil self from hurting Tommy anymore! I could tell he was hurt.

I ran to stop this, but only to run into an invisible wall, like a force field! I banged on the wall, begging my evil version to stop! My voice wasn't heard, surely the wall wasn't soundproof, it was just… no one was listening to me! I helplessly watched as Tommy charged up his Dragon Dagger in an effort to destroy the Sword of Darkness, but instead, the Pink Ranger switched the sword for the Power Bow, quickly drawing and firing a laser arrow into Tommy's dagger! It badly damaged the weapon and injured his wrist. Tommy fell to the ground, screaming in pain, which tore my heart out.

Pink Ranger banished the bow and brought out the sword once more. I began to cry, knowing what the inevitable was: Tommy wasn't strong enough to defeat me, now, I was… am going to kill him! I banged the wall once more, in vain as the Pink… no, it was me; we're not two separate entities… stop! Don't think like that! We are separate entities! Pterodactyl Ranger approached Tommy. He was still morphed, but she removed his Power Coin, causing him to demorph. Now in his civilian clothes, he was no longer safe. With no final words, I watched as the Ranger raise the Sword of Darkness and plunged the sword into his heart. I couldn't look away, but only cry, the sword's blade covered in his blood.

Could I have really done this if the battle went in my favour? Would I have killed Tommy Oliver? One of Zordon's most skilled Rangers? I looked as Tommy took his final breath, his face paled, then his brown eyes had a glassy look and the light left his eyes. He was really dead! And I killed him! I succeeded in killing one of the Power Rangers! I dropped to my knees, I felt sick. Worse, I feel like a monster, a cold blooded killer in pink. I now realised: we're not two separate entities; this is me, those were my actions, if everything did go my way. We are one and the same. The Pink Ranger, who is actually me, turned, facing me. She removed her helmet, we stared at each other. I stared at myself, I looked cold, emotionless, I could see the bloodlust in her… my eyes.

"This is what you could have become if you had won!" Kimberly said to me, "You could have been the most powerful being on Earth!" Suddenly, everything went black.

(Nightmare Ends/No POV)

"No!" Kim yelled, waking up suddenly. Her heart raced, as cold sweat ran down her back and forehead. The nightmare was horrible and took quite a heavy toll. She thought her nightmares would end, no. Her past deeds, no matter how hard she tried to bury them or push them away, they will always resurface, reminding her of the evil she carried out. It's all part of the package of Post-trauma evil, that nightmare was far too real. It did get her thinking though, would she have actually killed her friends if she remained evil? Maybe there was an evil buried inside her and all it took was Rita to release it for her?

"Just leave it!" She told herself, "I'm no longer evil! Not working for Rita and I am now working with Tommy and the others to defend Angel Grove!" Kim knew the nightmares may irritate her for a few days, but they'll go away eventually, she does not need her friends to become concerned so quickly. Four weeks; twenty-eight days only passed since the Evil Pink Ranger Incident and Rita has been surprisingly quiet, it gave them all some space to breathe. It was a relief for Kimberly though, the last time she showed her face as the Pink Ranger, now on the side of good, was fighting off Goldar on the outskirts of Angel Grove. Thankfully, the fight wasn't covered by the news. Kimberly decided to get whatever sleep she could, as she laid in the bed quilt, school is in the morning and she has to get up in another three and a half hours. She does not want to be cranky going into school.

And that's it! Like I said, this is a mere starter, I have a lot more things in store for poor Kim! Unlike what they did with Tommy in the TV show (but they did in the comics), is to show that the effects of being evil has caused Kimberly to have some symptoms similar to or a touch of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Also, wouldn't any of the Originals have shown some sign of it? I mean come on! They're teenagers who hardly hit Senior Year! They were 14 and at least going on 15! At least until the Turbo Era!

Anyways, I'm done for today! I'll update again soon!