Okay… So this is a story I posted back in 2011. It was called 2023 to 2024: A New Start. That story has now been deleted. I first posted it when I just turned 13. I'm 16 now. My writing style has changed so much since I first started. I'm not a perfect writer yet but I'm very proud of myself. When I look back at this story, I'm like, "Well, I like it but I write so much better than this now."

So, with that being said, I edited basically everything in this story. It still has my crazy AU ideas though. I really hope you enjoy the rewrite (not really, just chap. 1-8) of my first fanfic.

This chapter is going to confuse your socks off but at least it looks better than before I rewrote it…

Disclaimer: a girl can dream, right?

May 27, 2023

Dear Dr. Katherine Manx,

It's me, Anubis Cruger. Boy, it has been a long time since we've last seen each other. Seventeen years! Can you believe it? How have you been? Judging by how your reality show went, things seem to be going very good. Look, it's a long story but I'll try to summarize it for you and the sake of my tired hand.

As you know, all of the rangers including yourself left SPD back in 2006. The following years have been rough when it came to employment. I didn't get back another ranger team until just last year! They're a pretty good team. They come from all around the world. The red ranger, who's female by the way, is from Spain. She's very young (like Melody Carson) but she's strong. I also got a new secretary. Her name is Annalita. She's a piece of work. All she does is party and drink. Dr. Derek left in 2007 but Dr. Felix is still here. He also got two new assistants in the infirmary…Dr. Eric Smith and his wife, Cody Smith. They have three kids. Very lovely family.

So employment is getting better but… I still don't have a science officer. I don't know if you're still into the whole "SPD Life" thing anymore but it would be nice if you at least consider rejoining. I really miss you and so does Felix. I know it might not be the same party it was when Brandon Landors and Staci Drew worked here. It's okay though. We can make things work.

Sincerely,

Doggie

P.S. there is an assembly for new cadets coming up soon. I couldn't help but notice that two of my new cadets' names are Schuyler Tate and Bridge Carson. Do those names ring a bell?

Kat felt tears sting her eyes. This couldn't be happening. She just read a letter from the commander at Space Patrol Delta Earth. She hasn't spoken to him in more than a decade. How did he even get her address? She had to be dreaming. Doggie must have been drunk when he wrote this. Her, Dr. Katherine Mary Manx, daughter of Katrina and Dr. Gabriel Manx, work at SPD? Again? No. Something is wrong with that sentence. Kat trembled as she read Doggie's offer over and over again. Her heart ached.

This couldn't be happening.

Kat tucked the letter in her gold purse and began to make her way to the balcony in her room. She stood on her balcony and stared at her property. Was she willing to give it up for the second time? Was she willing to move away from her spotless cars, outdoor pools, and Beverly Hills for the second time? She looked at her fresh manicure along with the rest of her outfit. She wore a white suit with tall heels. What use is she to SPD now? Is Doggie using her for publicity?

"Grandma?"

Kat jumped and turned to see her seventeen years old granddaughter giving her a bright smile. She had a good length of curly black hair and had many tiny freckles covering her cheeks. She also had big, hot pink eyes. Her first granddaughter was definitely a different one. She was a fairy. She got it from her father's mother. People would kill to have a child like her. Fairies, vampires, and anyone supernatural were special on Earth. It wasn't because they were rare, it's because they have powers.

"Oh, Vivianna, it's just you." Kat dried her tears on a small tissue she pulled out of her purse. "Is there something you need?"

"No, I came by to see you." Vivianna replied. She leaned on the door frame. "Are you okay? You seem glum."

"I am." Kat sighed. She should've known better than to cry in her room. Her bedroom was always opened to anyone in the family unless told otherwise. "Look, I…" Kat sighed again. "I'll be okay. Can you do me a favor?"

"Of course, I'll do anything for you grandma."

"Get the family together tonight. I want everyone to meet me in the red family room at eight. I have some very important news to share."

"Yes, ma'am." Vivianna hurried out of her grandmother's room.

Kat walked back into her room and began to search her drawers. Once she found what she wanted, she sat at her makeup vanity. She pushed some of her makeup out of the middle so she could use the spot for the item she found, a photo album. The photo album was titled SPD Memories 2000-2006. Kat could feel water running down her cheeks again.

"I'm doing this for you Doggie."

Later that day, Kat sat on a white lazy boy couch with her legs up, dressed in a silk, red robe. She watched as her family made themselves comfortable in other couches and on the carpet. Her family is huge. She had three daughters with her late husband. Her eldest, Rachel, is married with three kids. The youngest, Jessie, is married with three kids and pregnant with her fourth.

Her middle child, Kianna, was a different story. She has one daughter, Vivianna. She broke up with Vivianna's father after Vivianna turned four months old. Kianna still kept her ex close though for Vivianna's sake. So close they lived in the same house on the Manx's property and he had three more kids with another woman a year after having Vivianna! They had a complicated relationship but Kat allowed it. She really didn't like being involved in her children's relationship problems unless it was serious. Besides, Kianna's ex wasn't harmful. He actually had a big heart.

"Is everyone here?" Kat spoke over the noise coming from her grandchildren. Their ages ranged from three to seventeen years old. Everyone in the family room nodded their heads. After a glance of the room, Kat took a deep breath. "I'm going to make this meeting very quick."

"Take all the time you need grandma." Vivianna gave Kat a small smile and sat in front of her. She doesn't know why she had to call the whole family for a meeting but it seemed important considering she caught her grandmother crying.

"I'm… I'm going back to SPD." Kat stated. She gazed at all of her children and family friends' faces. All of the older one's were shocked. The younger ones didn't know what SPD was but they kept their mouths shut. They didn't want to be chastised by their parents. They also had small toys keeping them occupied anyways.

"Didn't you leave SPD because of… me?" Vivianna played with the rings on her fingers.

"I didn't leave SPD because of you Vivianna." Kat assured her granddaughter. She looked at her three daughters, who were too ashamed to look back. "I left because your mother couldn't handle the consequences of her sudden pregnancy with you. I left because your Aunt Rachel got engaged and never told me. I left because your Aunt Jessie almost didn't graduate high school. That is why I left SPD in 2005. It wasn't official until 2006 when you were born Vivi. At least when I left, I had a beautiful granddaughter to go home to."

Vivianna nodded her head, unsure of how to respond.

"Anymore questions?"

"What's SPD mama?" Kat's youngest grandson asked.

"SPD is a type of police force. Except they are much more advanced and their officers live there." Kat explained in the simplest way she could. She frowned. "I'm going to live there."

"Will you be back?"

"Of course sweetheart, I'll be back before you miss me and I'll bring lots of gifts for you."

"Mom?" Kianna raised her hand slightly. She always had trouble speaking to her mother about SPD. It brought back terrible memories. Getting pregnant when she wasn't ready and forcing her mom out of her job to save her was the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to her.

"Yes Kianna, is it a quick question?"

"I don't know."

Kat gave Kianna a curious look. "Ask anyways."

"Who will make the big decisions here?" Kianna asked. "I mean… you're basically queen bee… or queen kat in this house."

Kat smiled. She understood what her daughter was asking. Apart from the times her father, Gabriel Manx (who still lived on their home planet, Katastrophia) visited, Kat was the eldest in the house. Her daughters weren't even her age yet. They weren't even close to a hundred yet. She was well, "queen kat". Everyone called her mom or something like it. She's in charge of everything. Big decision making going on in the family was run by her. Family meetings, much like this one, were held by her. Whenever someone left the house, they told her. They're a very tight family.

"Kianna, you and your sisters have grown so much. The first time I left your ladies for SPD, Rachel was just twenty-five. That's very young for a kat. You're all more than capable of taking care of yourself without mama's help. Hell, your own daughter can take care of herself without you even realizing it. She's a senior in high school. When was the last time she's asked you to make her breakfast?"

Kianna looked at Vivianna and then back at her mom. "It just doesn't feel right."

"Would you like someone in charge while I'm gone?"

"It would make me feel better…"

"You're in charge."

"What?"

"Everyone in favor of putting Kianna, Rachel, and Jessie in charge of the family while I'm at SPD say I."

"I."

Kianna and her sisters gave each other worried looks before a grin crept on their faces. Their mother trusted them to take care of things while she was gone. Kat noticed their looks and her smiled widened. It wasn't easy news to swallow but she had faith in them.

"Anymore questions?" Kat asked again to make sure. No one spoke up. "Good, now go to bed."

"Aw, can you at least tell us a bedtime story grandma?" Vivianna pouted and opened her eyes bigger. No one could resist the beauty in her eyes. "A Katrina story…please?"

Kat smiled. "Of course."

Confusing...trust me, it gets better :P Tell me what you think. I'm not the one to manage two or more multi-chapter stories at once (I'm still writing The Samurai Family II: Here We Go Again). But I'll try...the second chapter to this is already complete :)